Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 9 February 2006

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 9 February 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 9 February 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 9 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 Thursday 9 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 9 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of census figures for (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Essex in each of the last two censuses; and if he will make a statement.

(50478)

2
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the current population of (a) each Essex borough and (b) each ward in Southend West constituency based on (i) the 2001 Census, (ii) electoral rolls and (iii) health service users; and what projections he has made for the next five years.

(50479)

3
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials were responsible for compiling the 2001 census in Southend-on-Sea, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement.

(50834)

4
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are available to (a) hon. Members and (b) local authorities to dispute the findings of a national census; and if he will make a statement.

(50835)

5
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the level of taxation on vegetable oil to the level for natural gas.

(50900)

6
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Government expects to receive from the changes to the level of tax on vegetable oil as a fuel in 2005-06.

(50902)

7
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of taxation on vegetable oil as a fuel was in each year since 2001.

(50903)

8
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of motorists using vegetable oil as a fuel; and what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the taxation of such fuel on the numbers of motorists using it.

(50905)

9
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from organisations representing leaseholders with concerns about alleged fraud regarding the insurance premium tax.

(49465)

10
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is legal to use Scottish bank notes in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.

(50618)

11
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of tax which would be raised by introducing a new 49 per cent. tax band for those with incomes over (a) £100,000 per annum, (b) £125,000 per annum, (c) £150,000 per annum and (d) £200,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement.

(50450)

12
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research into the effectiveness of the climate change levy his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated; and if he will make a statement.

(50451)

13
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what circumstances trigger an investigation by his Department into possible fraudulent claims by companies for research and development tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

(50917)

14
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what professional advice his Department received about the offering of shares in QinetiQ to retail investors at flotation; when this advice was received; whether (a) officials and (b) Ministers challenged this advice; and if he will make a statement.

(50931)

15
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in climate change levy was paid by three-digit industry categories since it was introduced; and on what percentage of industry output the levy was charged.

(50932)

16
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have received child and working tax credits awards of (a) less than £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £2,499, (c) £2,500 to £4,999, (d) £5,000 to £9,999 and (e) over £10,000, broken down by Parliamentary constituency.

(51031)

17
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) he and (b) his officials last met representatives of Syngenta.

(50554)

18
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Fund accounts have been opened by families in London.

(50768)

19
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Fund accounts have been opened by local authorities on behalf of children in their care since the programme began (a) in total, (b) in each region and (c) in each local education authority.

(50769)

20
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place for HM Revenue and Customs to inform the Student Loans Company when graduates' income exceeds the threshold above which loans must be repaid.

(50838)

21
N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) dates and (b) locations of his nationwide tour undertaken to date; and when he expects the tour to be completed.

(50110)

22
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the aggregate net present value of public sector pension liabilities is, using a discount rate equivalent to the current yield on long-dated indexed linked Government debt at 31st January 2006; and what the estimated value of funds accumulated under funded schemes was at 31st January 2006.

(50777)

23
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50880)

24
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum was accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50897)

25
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of tax credit claimants affected by technical issues preventing (a) automatic payments being made into bank accounts and (b) cheques being posted to 2004-05 tax year accounts.

(50599)

26
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the technical issues affecting the tax credit system; on what date each was (a) identified and (b) resolved; and what the cost of rectification of each was.

(50600)

27
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data is transferred between the tax credits systems and the PAYE system; and what controls there are over the transfer of data between systems to ensure that the accuracy of data held on both systems is maintained.

(50601)

28
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the technical issues preventing the (a) posting of cash cheques to correct tax year accounts and (b) automatic payment of tax credits to claimants' bank accounts were first identified; what steps are being taken to resolve them; what assessment he has made of (i) when they will be corrected and (ii) the cost of correcting them; whether the cost of correcting them will be met from public funds; and what assessment he has made of the impact of these technical issues on the ability of HM Revenue and Customs to resolve disputes with claimants.

(50642)

29
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs uses to determine whether an appeal against one of its decisions constitutes a test case.

(50677)

30
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of forged tax credits resulting in prosecution have been reported to Jobcentre Plus in Peterborough in the last 12 months.

(50733)

31
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2006, Official Report, column 2222W, on tax credits, what the results of the surveys to assess the effectiveness of tax credits communications were; and if he will place the results of the surveys in the Library.

(50584)

32
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2006, Official Report, column 1208W, on the self-assessment awareness campaign, what the results of the value for money audit carried out by Billetts have been to date.

(50603)

33
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Financial Services Authority's press release of 8th March 2001, if he will list the UK banks which laundered money for the former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha; and how much money was handled by each bank.

(50557)

34
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislation under which banks would not be permitted to close branches without demonstrating that the local citizens would not experience any deterioration in credit and banking services.

(50558)

35
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislation requiring all banks operating in the UK to donate one per cent. of their UK profits to local community projects.

(50559)

36
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake an inquiry to establish whether banks in (a) the UK and (b) Crown Dependencies offered their facilities to General Pinochet to evade taxes and launder money.

(50569)

37
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with Ministers from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister about (i) the operation of and (ii) departmental responsibility for the Valuation Office Agency.

(50423)

38
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 529W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the Valuation Office Agency (a) is permitted and (b) has access to data held by HM Revenue and Customs to facilitate or assist in the levying, assessment and valuation of properties for council tax or business rates.

(50909)

39
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 529W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether HM Revenues and Customs has access to data held by the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of charging taxes to individuals.

(50959)

40
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 12th January 2006, Official Report, column 766W, on council tax, when the copies of the external guidance will be placed in the Library.

(50961)

41
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether buildings insurance provided through Pool Re covers radiological, biological and chemical terrorist attack where the building is subsequently uninhabitable due to contamination without significant structural damage.

(51108)

42
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of UK companies that accept payment in euros for transactions in the UK.

(50854)

43
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the costs were of minting each denomination of UK coinage in each of the last five years.

(50855)

44
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50483)

45
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a regulatory framework for unlisted real estate investment trusts.

(50436)

46
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50755)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

47
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the powers proposed to be given to Ministers under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill will enable the alteration of the rights of (a) freeminers and (b) commoners in the Forest of Dean.

(50579)

48
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05, broken down by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50883)

49
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what cost in each case.

(50756)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

50
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of (a) the English Bar and (b) judges sitting in Chelmsford Crown Court are Benchers.

(50494)

51
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average waiting time was from allocation to hearing for small claims at Southend County Court in the last period for which figures are available.

(50495)

52
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the judges sitting in Chelmsford Crown Court; what relevant specialist qualifications each holds; whether each is a Bencher; and what the career details are of each.

(50496)

53
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent research on the effectiveness of specialist support services she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaulated.

(50867)

54
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ask the Legal Services Commission to review its decision to withdraw funding from specialist support services; and if she will make a statement.

(50868)

55
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the official residences for which her Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50876)

56
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50886)

57
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, column 1532W, on identity cards, whether her Department has concluded its work on calculating costs in the areas where identity cards will be used in her Department.

(50452)

58
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reasons the Legal Services Commission has decided to withdraw funding from specialist support services; and what assessment has been made of the likely impact of this decision.

(50784)

59
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what training courses were provided for (a) magistrates and (b) district judges on domestic violence in each region since 2003; what percentage of each attended courses in each region in this period; and if she will make a statement.

(50581)

60
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Land Registry records whether a property purchaser is a first time buyer.

(50884)

61
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 24th January 2006, Official Report, column 1943W, on council tax valuations, if she will list the property attribute that the Land Registry provides to the Valuation Office Agency.

(50952)

62
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many requests her Department has received regarding access to census records before 1970 in the last 12 months.

(50996)

63
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received regarding the denial of public access to census records before 1970.

(50997)

64
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many job advertisements were placed by her Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50748)

65
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what measures her Department is taking to ensure representation for consumer interests in the proposed Office for Legal Complaints.

(50937)

66
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when her Department will set up the Office for Legal Complaints.

(50938)

67
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what arrangements her Department is making for the (a) financing and (b) staffing of the Office for Legal Complaints.

(50939)

68
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what common features her Department plans to maintain between the customer complaints service of the Law Society and the Office for Legal Complaints.

(50940)

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

69
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households are unable to receive (a) Channel 5 and (b) Freeview, broken down by Government Office region; whether her Department plans to offer these households a reduction in their licence fee; and if she will make a statement.

(50072)

70
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2004-05, broken down by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50890)

71
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the organisations that responded to the Gambling Commission consultation paper Statement of Principles on Licensing and Regulation.

(50922)

72
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect on participation levels in sport of the staging of major sporting events in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(50923)

73
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many playing fields are listed on the Sports England Domesday Book of Sports Facilities, Active Places; and how many of the sports grounds are owned by (a) the Ministry of Defence, (b) health authorities and (c) universities and colleges of higher education.

(50924)

74
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what period of time sports grounds must remain unused before she can dispose of them without permission.

(50925)

75
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been granted for 24-hour sale of alcohol licences in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Doncaster North constituency.

(50595)

76
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the 2012 London Olympic Games will use renewable energy derived from fuel cell technology.

(50068)

77
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many appeals under the Licensing Act 2003 (a) have been lodged with local authorities since 24th November 2005, (b) have been determined and (c) are outstanding; and what the estimated cost is to the courts system of determining such appeals.

(50469)

78
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Department of Health on the possible effects of the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 on requirements for (i) staffing and (ii) funding for accident and emergency departments and (b) the Home Office regarding the implications of that Act for the cost of policing late night drinking in town and city centres.

(50470)

79
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to publish her review of the guidance on the Licensing Act 2003 which was given to local authorities and the police.

(50472)

80
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what regulation is applicable to companies who are registered abroad, pay no tax in the UK, but advertise their online gambling and betting services in this country.

(50740)

81
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her Department's policy to provide for the reception of a digital signal via a second set where an individual qualifies for Government support in the process of digital switchover.

(50536)

82
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the causes of public library closure for those due to do so in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

(51056)

83
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued on whether businesses which are in the vicinity of a licensed premises may be classed as interested parties and object to a licensing application.

(51101)

84
N Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of works of art in public collections which are thought to have been looted by the Nazis.

(50067)

85
N Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of objects in museums or galleries for which her Department has responsibility that are considered to be objects stolen by the Nazis.

(50330)

86
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the value of artefacts on shipwrecks around the coast of the British Isles.

(50976)

87
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to protect valuable artefacts and items of historial value on shipwrecks around the British Isles from theft.

(50977)

88
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many job advertisements were placed by her Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50752)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

89
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose is of the two further radomes planned for RAF Menwith Hill.

(50808)

90
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the space tracking and surveillance system will be operational.

(50809)

91
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of (a) weld mesh fencing, (b) razor wire, (c) CCTV cameras and (d) other security measures at RAF Menwith Hill was in 2004-05; and who is responsible for such funding.

(50810)

92
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional advice his Department received about the offering of shares in QinetiQ to retail investors at flotation; when this advice was received; whether (a) officials and (b) Ministers challenged this advice; and if he will make a statement.

(50930)

93
Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 31st January 2006, Official Report, columns 10-11WS, on the Pingat Jasa Malaysia, what steps veterans who wish to apply for such medals should take.

(50556)

94
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 825W, on the HELEN laser, whether AWE has supplied (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the local planning authority with the required method statement detailing remediation requirements to minimise the impact on ground and surface waters as a result of the construction of the new ORION laser at Aldermaston.

(50858)

95
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 825W, on the HELEN laser, what (a) construction work has already taken place and (b) has begun on the new ORION laser at Aldermaston.

(50859)

96
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops in Iraq have been issued with improved coverage body armour.

(50371)

97
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50895)

98
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of work being carried out at the former Chorley Royal Ordnance site for his Department's contracts.

(50173)

99
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of Gibraltar Regiment troops in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

(50984)

100
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last discussed departmental requirements in Gibraltar with the (a) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, (b) Governor of Gibraltar and (c) Chief Minister of Gibraltar.

(50985)

101
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met representatives of BAE Land Systems at the former Royal Ordnance site at Chorley to discuss ammunition supply.

(50986)

102
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2006, Official Report, column 318W, on identity cards, whether his Department has finalised its estimates of the cost of using the Identity Cards Scheme to support the services which it oversees.

(50453)

103
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to expand the RAF museum at Cosford.

(50861)

104
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he is making to mark the formal opening of the new Cold War museum at RAF Cosford.

(50862)

105
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to put on open display the museum items stored at RAF Stafford.

(50863)

106
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will change the guidelines for Rest and Recuperation from Operational Theatres to offer a minimum of 12 days in the UK or home country for a six month tour of duty, and pro-rata subject to a minimum qualifying period for tours of a shorter duration.

(50727)

107
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 817W on Afghanistan, how the expected breach of Harmony guidelines caused by the planned deployment to Afghanistan will be managed.

(50728)

108
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tomahawk cruise missiles have been (a) purchased for and (b) launched by the Royal Navy in each year since 1997; and how many Block IV Tomahawk cruise missiles are due to be purchased.

(49648)

109
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military explosives will continue to be manufactured in the United Kingdom following proposed closures of former Royal Ordnance factories.

(49649)

110
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the warheads carried by the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent will continue to contain high-explosives manufactured exclusively in the UK.

(49650)

111
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what long-term plans he has for the security of supply of military explosives for UK forces.

(49651)

112
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which countries he expects United Kingdom armed forces to obtain military explosives after the proposed closure of former Royal Ordnance factories.

(49652)

113
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments to civilian prisoners of the Japenese were made before the introduction of the birth link criterion; and on what basis they were paid.

(50833)

114
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces he expects to compete in (a) the 2008 Olympic Games and (b) the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

(50415)

115
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces competed in (a) the last three Olympic Games and (b) each of the last three Winter Olympic Games.

(50416)

116
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance is given (a) to encourage and (b) to support members of the UK armed forces who have sporting prowess sufficient to be considered for participation in the Olympic Games; and if he will make a statement.

(50417)

117
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what cost in each case.

(50750)

118
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Territorial Army (a) establishment and (b) strength is for (i) 2nd lieutenants, (ii) lieutenants, (iii) captains, (iv) majors and (v) lieutenant colonels.

(50933)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

119
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new mobile telephone masts have been erected under permitted development rights in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Southend West constituency and (c) Essex in each of the last 48 months for which figures are available.

(50476)

120
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applications there have been to construct mobile telephone masts in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Southend West constituency and (c) Essex in each year since 2000; how many of these applications have been (i) granted and (ii) refused; and what the reason for refusal was in each case.

(50477)

121
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what power his Department has granted since 1997 to local authorities to refuse applications by mobile telephone companies to erect telephone masts; and if he will make a statement.

(50480)

122
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he proposes to alter the scope and powers of local planning authorities in relation to telecommunication transmitters.

(50419)

123
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his proposals to create a database of unauthorised roadside advertisement companies will include the sites on which they advertise.

(50680)

124
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on (a) the environment and (b) energy efficiency of the repair and renovation of existing registered social landlord housing stock with energy saving measures.

(50610)

125
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will estimate the number of students living in accommodation provided by (a) registered social landlords and (b) universities in 2005-06.

(50813)

126
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of home improvement packs on the number of properties which will be available for sale.

(50906)

127
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of homelessness in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07, in each London borough; and if he will make a statement.

(50331)

128
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what grant funding for homelessness was provided to each London Borough in 2004-05; how much is being provided in 2005-06; how much is projected for 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(50332)

129
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50875)

130
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent on entertainment by his Office in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50893)

131
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to assist local markets to remain in operation, with particular reference to Peterborough city market; and if he will make a statement.

(50732)

132
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless acceptances there have been in each local authority in the East Midlands region in each of the last four quarters.

(50907)

133
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department has issued in the last 12 months to local authorities on handling homelessness cases.

(50908)

134
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had in the last 12 months with housing authorities on the handling of homelessness cases.

(50913)

135
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who the voting members of Milton Keynes Partnerships Committee are; and whether their posts are remunerated.

(51030)

136
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Department on regeneration projects in the constituency of Doncaster North in each year since 1997.

(50586)

137
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements exist (a) to service and (b) to repay debt on council housing; and what the implications are of the number of units sold under right to buy for these arrangements.

(50820)

138
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much council rents have changed on average in each of the last five years.

(50821)

139
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, by how much council expenditure on (a) repair and (b) administration of council housing has changed on average in each of the last five years.

(50822)

140
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of home inspectors required to produce home information packs once the scheme is fully operational.

(50420)

141
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the presentation made by officials in his Department to chief executives of local authorities on proposed consultations on restructuring local government.

(50421)

142
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has provided (a) staff and (b) funding to the Home Office's Respect Unit.

(50422)

143
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 22nd November 2005, Official Report, column 1875W, on unitary local government, whether the Government has commissioned further research into the cost of local government restructuring since 22nd November 2005.

(50910)

144
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 1699W, on the Valuation Office Agency, from what date the Valuation Office Agency has had access to data held in the National Register of Social Housing.

(50911)

145
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 1699W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many properties Valuation Office Agency inspected to determine whether the property is used for both business and domestic purposes in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(50912)

146
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19th January 2006, Official Report, column 1546W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full ruling of the Lands Tribunal of Tully versus Jorgensen.

(50951)

147
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 1693W, on mobile telephone masts, how many communication stations were registered for business rates in England in each local authority area in 1998.

(50956)

148
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 19th January 2006, Official Report, column 1546W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what changes have been made to the criteria applied by valuation officers since May 1997.

(50960)

149
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 24th January 2006, Official Report, column 2060W, on council tax regulations, what recommendation was made to amend regulation 3 of the Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings) Order.

(50962)

150
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of compensation claims against local government.

(50963)

151
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) council tax and (b) business rate (i) banding and (ii) valuation appeals there were in each year since 1996-97; and how many were successful (A) in whole and (B) in part in each year.

(51055)

152
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency made of the average size of (i) business premises which paid business rates and (ii) a Band D property in the last year for which estimates are available.

(51061)

153
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency made of the average (i) council tax bill and (ii) business rates bill of an average composite hereditament in the last year for which estimates are available.

(51062)

154
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Valuation Office Agency has produced proposals on the sale of its council tax datasets for commercial purposes in the last five years.

(51071)

155
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans the Ordnance Survey has to use the Galileo European satellite.

(51073)

156
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) take-up and (b) occupation rates of accommodation built under the Government's key worker initiative scheme.

(51074)

157
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to pool Planning Delivery Grant funding into local area agreements.

(51075)

158
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the survey by ORC International on his Department's staff.

(51076)

159
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many park and ride schemes have been built on green belt sites since the revision of Planning Policy Guidance 3 in 2000.

(51077)

160
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the average business rates bill in England in 2005-06.

(51080)

161
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the Minister for Communities and Local Government's proposal for a neighbourhood call to action will operate; and what the timetable is for its introduction.

(51081)

162
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether regional housing boards will continue to operate from the Government Offices for the Regions.

(51082)

163
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what procedure should be followed by a billing authority in circumstances where a householder has claimed a council tax discount for which they are not eligible.

(51083)

164
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on how council tax capping will operate in London in 2006-07.

(51084)

165
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers local authorities have to regulate day-time bonfires.

(51085)

166
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the (a) cost to and (b) effect on the Local Government Pension Scheme of the abolition of advanced corporation tax relief.

(51086)

167
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what requests by local authorities for freedoms under local area agreements have been rejected by (a) his Department and (b) the Government Offices for the Regions.

(51098)

168
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax bill was in England in 2005-06.

(51099)

169
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes the Government has made to guidance to local planning authorities on (a) parking spaces, (b) parking charges and (c) parking fines since May 1997.

(51100)

170
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated annual cost will be of the proposed new national advice unit to assist regional planning authorities.

(51103)

171
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether (a) aerial and (b) satellite photography are used to help provide information for the Ordnance Survey's (i) Master Map and (ii) Land Line.

(51106)

172
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the average stamp duty paid by first-time buyers.

(51107)

173
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new homes he expects to be built in Suffolk in (a) 2006-07 and (b) each of the next three years.

(50693)

174
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications for new mobile phone masts have been approved in West Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(50724)

175
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much of the £4.8 billion referred to in his Department's press release No. 0278 of 20th December 2005 for local authorities in England in 2006-07 will come from rents paid by council tenants.

(50543)

176
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the summary of responses to his Department's three year review of rent restructuring.

(50544)

177
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of greater differentials in rent for larger properties resulting from his Department's final housing revenue account subsidy determinations for 2006-07 on the income after housing costs of larger families.

(50545)

178
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what local authorities were granted a derogation from housing revenue account rent rebate subsidy limitation rules in 2005-06.

(50546)

179
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of the average increase in council rents resulting from his Department's final housing revenue account subsidy determinations for 2006-07 on pensioners not in receipt of housing benefit.

(50547)

180
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July 2005, Official Report, column 307W, on homelessness, when he expects to publish the code of guidance.

(50993)

181
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of local authority housing stock in each Government office region is (a) houses and bungalows, (b) low rise flats, (c) medium rise flats and (d) high rise flats.

(51019)

182
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many planning applications have been processed in (a) Leicester and (b) England in each year between 1997 and 2005; and how many were heard by committees of local planning authorities.

(50444)

183
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average pay awards were for (a) district councils, (b) borough councils, (c) city councils, (d) London borough councils and (e) county councils in each year from 1997 to 2005.

(50445)

184
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the provision of leisure facilities by local authorities in (a) Leicester and (b) England.

(50446)

185
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many job advertisements were placed by his Office (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what total cost in each case.

(50746)

186
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will lay the statutory instrument to bring Part L of the building regulations into force.

(50936)

187
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to tackle anti-social behaviour in social housing in Swindon.

(50611)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

188
Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors she took into account when deciding not to allow selection in schools by academic ability.

(50799)

189
Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors she took into account when deciding to allow selection in schools by (a) sporting and (b) physical ability.

(50800)

190
Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the criteria on which maintained secondary schools may select pupils.

(50805)

191
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to amend the funding formula for infant schools to reduce fluctuations arising from unpredictable pupil numbers.

(50983)

192
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the capacity of further education institutions to administer the Education Maintenance Allowance in-house from 2007-08.

(50934)

193
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how Government grants for education will be affected by the White Paper proposals.

(50456)

194
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes are expected under the White Paper proposals with respect to councils' allocated education budget; and what assessment she has made of the possible effects on levels of council tax.

(50457)

195
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many higher level teaching assistants are working in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority.

(50770)

196
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will extend fee remission for further education courses to pensioners in receipt of pensions credit.

(50673)

197
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the percentage of teachers using Curriculum Online; and what the trends of such usage have been since its introduction.

(50964)

198
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme for new entrants.

(50965)

199
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effects on costs of introducing a new pay structure for the upper pay spine for teachers.

(50966)

200
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the amount of time spent on administrative tasks by teachers; and what steps she has taken to reduce (a) the number of and (b) the time spent on such tasks.

(50967)

201
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many employees of (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Standards in Education have been redeployed from London and the South East since July 2004; and how many she expects to be redeployed in this way in the next two financial years.

(50968)

202
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on supply teachers in each of the last three financial years; and what the forecast amount is for each of the next three years.

(50969)

203
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the effects on costs have been in the last two financial years as a consequence of nationally-brokered framework contracts for the acquisition of (a) computers and (b) interactive whiteboards for schools.

(50970)

204
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February 2006, Official Report, column 678W, on exam results, what the average A level attainment of entrants to undergraduate courses leading to qualified teacher status has been in each year since 2002-03, based on the best three qualifications; and what proportion of entrants attained (a) at least (i) 360, (ii) 300, (iii) 240, (iv) 180 and (v) 120 and (b) fewer than 120 points in their three best A levels in each year since 2002-03.

(50633)

205
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50888)

206
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected numbers are of physical education teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.

(50926)

207
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the last year for which figures are available.

(50927)

208
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, under what circumstances trust schools would be able to dispose of assets; and whether restrictions are planned on the use to which money from the sale of such assets could be put.

(50175)

209
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors determined the funding allocation for Hertfordshire Local Education Authority's dedicated schools grant per pupi for 2006-07.

(50776)

210
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 16 to 19-year-old parents have returned to higher education in Doncaster North constituency since 1997.

(50587)

211
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places have been created in Doncaster North in each year since 1997.

(50590)

212
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many three and four-year-olds in Doncaster North constituency have received (a) 12.5 hours a week, (b) 15 hours a week and (c) 20 hours a week of free early-years education in each year since 1997.

(50591)

213
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children living in disadvantaged areas of Doncaster North constituency participated in Sure Start local programmes in the last period for which figures are available.

(50592)

214
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people aged (a) 30 to 39 years, (b) 40 to 49 years and (c) 50 years and over received skills training in (i) South Yorkshire and (ii) Doncaster North constituency in each year since 1997.

(50593)

215
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to encourage schools to use fuel cell technology.

(50065)

216
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on truancy levels in schools in (a) Leicester and (b) England.

(51004)

217
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many hours of school were missed due to truancy in each academic year between 1997 and 2005 in (a) Leicester and (b) England.

(51005)

218
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students chose to take (a) mathematics and (b) further mathematics A-level in each academic year between 1997 and 2006 in (i) Leicester and (ii) England.

(51006)

219
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's estimate is of the total cost to public funds of putting a child through state schooling from the age of 5 to 16 years.

(51007)

220
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teaching vacancies, including positions filled by temporary staff, there are in secondary schools in (a) Leicester and (b) England.

(51008)

221
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for use of the International Baccalaureate for post-16 education.

(51009)

222
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she last met her counterparts from other EU states; and what was discussed.

(51010)

223
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many job advertisements were placed by her Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50747)

224
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to encourage young people in Swindon to get involved in (a) after-school activities and (b) sports programmes.

(50613)

225
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding was made available to further education colleges in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2002-03.

(50801)

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

226
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her review of quarantine regulations.

(50807)

227
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to extend the requirement to consult the Central Point of Expertise on Timber to more public bodies.

(51059)

228
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will set a target for all Departments and other Government bodies to purchase only sustainable timber within five years.

(51060)

229
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the Austrian government on taking forward Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade; and if she will make a statement.

(51065)

230
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects EU Ministers to discuss Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and the EU Commission's report on relevant legislative options.

(51066)

231
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's timetable is for negotiating Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade voluntary agreements with partnership countries.

(51067)

232
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made towards meeting the Kyoto summit targets; and what steps are being taken to ensure that the targets are met.

(50901)

233
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legal advice her Department received regarding the exclusion of social criteria in legislation relating to illegal timber imports and exports.

(50839)

234
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times action has been taken to stop illegal timber imports into the UK in the last 12 months; and what plans she has to improve her Department's performance in this area.

(50852)

235
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects on (a) biodiversity and (b) the environment of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dip.

(51032)

236
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and Environment Agency consultation on the future use of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dip is not a public consultation.

(51033)

237
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compliance of the current format of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and Environment Agency consultation on the future use of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dip with the openness about environmental decision-making required by the Aarhus Convention.

(51034)

238
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dip was licensed for disposal in each of the last five years.

(51041)

239
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of synthetic pyrethroid sheep dip chemical precursors were sold in each of the last five years; and how much sheep dip by volume would be produced when the precursors were prepared for use.

(51042)

240
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what schemes her Department promotes to encourage the recycling of toner from photocopiers and printers.

(50619)

241
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions there are on the transportation abroad for recycling of waste toner from photocopiers.

(50620)

242
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the occasions on which she met representatives of Syngenta during (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.

(50176)

243
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when (a) she and (b) her officials last met representatives of Syngenta.

(50177)

244
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to make a decision on whether compost material should be defined as a product rather than waste.

(50530)

245
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to simplify the licensing regime for composting.

(50531)

246
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to issue further guidance relating to the Government's strategy on composting; and if she will make a statement.

(50532)

247
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to enable post-release monitoring of the potential health and environmental effects of a genetically modified organism to take place as required by EU Directive 2001/18.

(50533)

248
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the public consultations on co-existence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops is expected to begin.

(50535)

249
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the minimum amount of single farm payment is.

(50672)

250
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the agricultural budget from the EU for the UK reached UK farmers in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.

(50685)

251
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total agricultural budget of the EU reached farmers in the EU in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.

(50686)

252
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of animals in travelling circuses.

(50562)

253
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of working dogs which have had their tails amputated as a consequence of injury.

(50981)

254
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the official residences for which her Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50879)

255
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50887)

256
N Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Carbon Trust grants have been allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and what guidance she has issued to the Trust on making grants to SMEs.

(50285)

257
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what EU funding is available for farmers to grow biomass crop.

(50972)

258
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the control of grey squirrels.

(50973)

259
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the promotion of English (a) beef and (b) lamb in 2004-05.

(50974)

260
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average annual income of (a) dairy, (b) beef, (c) arable, (d) mixed and (e) sheep farmers in (i) England and (ii) Lancashire was in each of the last three years.

(50975)

261
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation was paid by her Department to farmers in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency for cattle affected by bovine tuberculosis in (a) 2002 and (b) 2005.

(50761)

262
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of bovine tuberculosis were registered in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2005.

(50766)

263
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department has provided to Shropshire farmers on bovine tuberculosis.

(50767)

264
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental implications of replacing glass bottles and glasses with plastic versions in pubs, clubs and bars.

(50819)

265
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total weight of discards to date under the Common Fisheries Policy.

(50529)

266
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average cost of disposal of a television set.

(50580)

267
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the status of the Beacon Towns initiative.

(51102)

268
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on English Nature's delivery plan; when the latest plan will be published; and whether this plan imposes (a) targets and (b) statutory requirements on local planning authorities.

(51104)

269
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role English Nature plays in (a) advising on and (b) approving regional spatial strategies of regional chambers.

(51105)

270
N Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to provide core funding for (a) wheels to work and (b) wheels to learning schemes in rural areas.

(50069)

271
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made by (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency of the causes of the River Roding flood on 30th October 2000; and what (i) schemes are in place and (ii) plans have been made to prevent a future flood.

(50609)

272
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 25th January 2006, Official Report, column 2110W, on correspondence, if she will send the promised reply by 10th February.

(50989)

273
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with other Departments on (a) the regulatory framework for carbon capture and storage in the UK and (b) tax incentives for large scale capture and storage demonstration projects; and if she will make a statement.

(50602)

274
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much in EU subsidies farmers in the UK received in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(50978)

275
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many job advertisements were placed by her Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50751)

276
N Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects a reply to be sent to the letters of 12th July 2005 and 20th November 2005 to the Fisheries Minister on behalf of Mr Tom Purborough.

(50280)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

277
Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list meetings in (a) the UK, (b) USA and (c) elsewhere that have taken place between (i) ministers and (ii) officials of his Department with (A) Caleb McCarry and (B) officials of the Cuba Transition programme within the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(50778)

278
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's estimated contingent liabilities attributable to Ascension Island are; what the liabilities were estimated to be in 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(50935)

279
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Cyprus.

(50679)

280
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of cross-border attacks by militias between Sudan and Chad; and what discussions he has had with the (a) African Union and (b) UN on measures to reduce such attacks.

(50526)

281
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to try to end boycotts of Western goods in Islamic countries.

(50527)

282
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian Authority on ensuring that it fulfils its obligations under the Road Map.

(50684)

283
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) current status and (b) future direction are of the Israeli-Palestinian Road Map.

(50688)

284
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political and security situation in Ethiopia, with particular reference to the reported violence in rural areas of the country.

(50734)

285
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Defence Attaché in Addis Ababa last visited the ex-Somaliland Scouts Association.

(50735)

286
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50877)

287
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50898)

288
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from officials from other countries on changes in the law on seeking international warrants for the arrest of people suspected of serious human rights abuses; and if he will list the countries which have made such representations.

(50425)

289
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total oil production in the Falkland Islands was in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2005.

(50762)

290
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value was of the agricultural products imported by UK overseas territories in (a) 2000 and (b) 2005.

(50764)

291
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the precise location is of the wreck of HMS Sussex off the coast of Gibraltar; and whether this site is in international waters.

(50540)

292
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why the British Government has not claimed the 12 nautical miles on the eastern shoreline of Gibraltar to which it is entitled under the UN Law of the Sea Convention.

(50541)

293
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Crown Dependencies permit (a) the issuance and (b) trading in bearer shares.

(50568)

294
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on diplomatic immunity within the United Kingdom where a foreign court has made a request for extradition involving human rights.

(50605)

295
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip on the Palestinian economy; and if he will make a statement.

(50473)

296
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50745)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

297
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the decision not to include the proposal to close NHS campuses for people with a learning disability in the easy-read version of the White Paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say.

(50994)

298
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the proposals in Stopping Tuberculosis in England in (a) Southend and (b) England.

(50474)

299
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 areas in England had the highest rates of tuberculosis infection in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(50475)

300
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of the additional 200,000 doses of winter influenza vaccine ordered by her Department went to Southend.

(50865)

301
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) Hertfordshire have been given (i) the single MMR vaccine and (ii) the three separate vaccines in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(50866)

302
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from what date in 2008 patients waiting for audiology aids and testing will be covered by the proposed 18-week maximum waiting time from the date of initial referral to fitting of a device; and if she will make a statement.

(50418)

303
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medicine use reviews have been conducted in each month since November 2005; and how many such reviews her Department estimated would be carried out in the (a) first six months and (b) first year of the new community pharmacy framework.

(50979)

304
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacy contractors there are in England.

(50980)

305
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient pharmacies there are in hospitals; and in how many cash is the only available means of payment.

(50447)

306
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ATMs there are in hospitals; and how many of them are free of charge.

(50448)

307
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for patients who are unable to pay for prescriptions but are not eligible for free prescriptions.

(50449)

308
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single-handed GP practices there are in West Lancashire.

(50571)

309
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students there were at (a) the Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School and (b) the Newcastle upon Tyne Dental School in each of the last five years; and what plans she has to increase the numbers of such students.

(50991)

310
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what types of eating disorders are treated by the NHS; and how many people are estimated to be suffering from such disorders.

(50538)

311
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the annual saving resulting from withdrawal in the UK of the universal TB vaccination programme in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.

(50687)

312
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that no jobs are lost at the headquarters of the Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust as a result of the proposed reorganisation.

(50814)

313
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to introduce new regulations on the status and influence of nurse advisers.

(50815)

314
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances patient records held by general practitioner surgeries can be released to pharmaceutical companies, their agents and staff.

(50816)

315
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence spent on employing health appraisal economists to assess the cost of treatments being assessed in each of the last three financial years.

(50738)

316
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence budget is in 2006 for employing health appraisal economists to assess the cost of treatments being assessed.

(50739)

317
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Health and Social Care White Paper, whether she plans to give further support to new technologies that treat patients at home and prevent hospitalisation.

(50519)

318
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make extra funding available for new technologies that are designed to treat wounds outside the hospital setting.

(50520)

319
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the clinical guideline for footcare which forms a part of the type II diabetes guideline to be reviewed.

(50521)

320
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how stakeholders may submit new evidence of relevance to a published clinical guideline to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

(50522)

321
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she takes to ensure that National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines are as up-to-date as possible.

(50523)

322
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether one section of a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guideline may be reviewed after two years without reviewing the whole guideline.

(50524)

323
Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence is considered when deciding whether to review a National Insitute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guideline two years after publication.

(50525)

324
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50889)

325
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children are registered as NHS patients in dental practices where adults have to pay for treatment.

(50286)

326
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the new dental contract on practices where children are treated under the NHS if their parents pay for their treatment.

(50287)

327
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in acute hospitals serving the Cambridgeshire area in the last 12 months; and how many acute hospital bed nights these represented.

(50427)

328
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest wait for urgent breast cancer referral at the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was in the latest period for which figures are available.

(50428)

329
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant midwife posts there are in (a) the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Hospitals Trust area; and what plans her Department has to recruit more midwives into the NHS in Cambridgeshire.

(50431)

330
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for an out-patient appointment at each of the hospitals run by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the last year for which figures are available.

(50729)

331
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department will reply to the Freedom of Information request by the Centre for International Public Health Policy, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh reference number PO 00000055787, made on 7th December 2005 requesting the source of the research referred to in her Department's press release of 2nd February 2005, Faster access and more choice for cataract patients, about the performance of independent sector treatment centres.

(50424)

332
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many hospitals ATMs which charge a fee are the only method of obtaining cash.

(50454)

333
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people in England with communication impairments; and how many she estimates require augmentative and alternative communication equipment.

(50561)

334
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2006, Official Report, column 470W, on NHS Trusts (chartered accountants), whether (a) employment history and (b) professional qualifications are included in the information presented to Ministers when they appoint non-executive directors of health trusts; and whether Ministers have an input into the appointment of executive directors.

(50860)

335
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs incurred by the preferred bidder on the Barts and the London NHS Trust Private Finance Initiative project would require to be returned if the project were not to proceed.

(50462)

336
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February 2006, Official Report, column 721W, on HIV/AIDS (Hertfordshire), what assessment she has made of the reasons for the trends in HIV diagnosis rates; and if she will make a statement.

(50757)

337
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant nursing posts were unfilled, in each strategic health authority in each year since 1997 broken down by nursing specialism; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for posts remaining unfilled.

(50763)

338
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has allocated for (a) hospital services, (b) general practitioner services and (c) dental services in the constituency of Doncaster North in each year since 1997.

(50585)

339
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children in the Doncaster North constituency were estimated to be obese in the latest period for which figures are available.

(50594)

340
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to improve dental services in Doncaster North constituency.

(50596)

341
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the provision of sexual health services in Guildford.

(50563)

342
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grants have been provided to help patients accessing sexual health services in Guildford.

(50564)

343
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government has taken to improve sexual health by providing strongly focused prevention messages as identified in the Government's response to the Health Select Committee Report on New Developments in Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Policy (Cm 6649).

(50565)

344
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of educating the public on health issues through media campaigns (a) on television, (b) in newspapers and magazines, (c) on billboards and (d) on radio.

(50566)

345
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2006, Official Report, columns 454-5W, on departmental advertising campaigns, if she will list the amounts spent on the campaigns listed in each of the past five years.

(50971)

346
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute trusts which are in deficit have an operational private finance initiative (PFI) scheme; and in how many such trusts the annual PFI charge is more than a quarter of the deficit.

(50836)

347
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Commission for Social Care Inspection takes to ensure that the national minimum standards of nutrition for older people in care homes are properly implemented.

(50171)

348
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that staff providing meals for older people living in care homes have received sufficient catering training.

(50179)

349
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have sought to have their sex change operations reversed since 1995.

(50853)

350
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of agency nurses was in NHS organisations in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(50692)

351
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of Newmarket Hospital.

(50694)

352
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there have been in West Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(50695)

353
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the potential savings arising from merging (a) ambulance trusts, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) primary care trusts in East Anglia.

(50696)

354
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge Strategic Health Authority on the effect of the formula governing revenue allocations on primary care trusts in Suffolk.

(50697)

355
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) people and (b) men were tested for chlamydia by each local National Chlamydia Screening Programme area in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2003-04.

(50681)

356
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the National Chlamydia Screening Programme successfully targets men.

(50682)

357
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in transferring responsibility for the National Chlamydia Screening Programme from her Department to the Health Protection Agency.

(50683)

358
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of Agenda for Change has been since 2004, including additional salary costs, the cost of administering the programme and the cost of the appeal system (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the annual NHS salary budget for financial year 2004-05; and whether she has made an estimate of the total final cost of implementing Agenda for Change on the same basis.

(50548)

359
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consistency of the outcomes of the Agenda for Change re-grading procedure in NHS trusts.

(50549)

360
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of decisions on pay under Agenda for Change have been disputed since 1st January 2004, broken down by NHS trust.

(50550)

361
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines for the use of anticholinesterase drugs.

(50441)

362
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on (i) Alzheimer's disease and (ii) senile dementia.

(50442)

363
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has allocated for drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia in each year from 1997 to 2005 in (a) Leicester and (b) England.

(50443)

364
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people her Department estimates died from smoking-related illnesses in the last year for which figures are available.

(51002)

365
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research into the effects of second-hand smoke from tobacco products her Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned.

(51003)

366
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Eastern Leicester Primary Care Trust and (b) the NHS for dental services in each year between 1997 to 2005.

(51011)

367
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists have been employed by Eastern Leicester Primary Care Trust in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(51012)

368
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department estimates the changes to NHS dentistry will save (a) Eastern Leicester Primary Care Trust and (b) the NHS over the next five years.

(51013)

369
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the reforms of NHS dentistry that come into effect on 1st April 2006.

(51014)

370
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the pension rights will be of staff in the Leicestershire Partnership Learning Disability Service if the proposed integration of their service with the local authority occurs and they are transferred from the NHS to the local authority.

(51015)

371
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations her Department is undertaking regarding the proposed integration of Leicestershire Partnership's Learning Disability Service and the local authority.

(51016)

372
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on gas in (a) Leicester and (b) England since 1997.

(51017)

373
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the redevelopment of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

(51018)

374
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many job advertisements were placed by her Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50741)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

375
N Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what ways neighbourhood policing requires the engagement of non-police partners, with particular reference to (a) government offices, (b) regional resilience fora, (b) local authorities, (d) health authorities, (e) fire services and (f) ambulance services.

(49621)

376
N Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners at (a) Chelmsford, (b) Coldingly, (c) Elmsley and (d) Rochester prison convicted of offences under section 18 of the Offences against the Persons Act 1861 were given home detention curfews in each of the last five years; how many prisoners at each institution were registered for home detention curfews in each year, broken down by grounds for rejection; and how many appeals by prisoners at each institution against rejection of applications for home detention curfews were granted in each year.

(50369)

377
N Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in (a) Chelmsford, (b) Coldingly, (c) Elmsley and (d) Rochester prison have tested positive for drugs in each year since 1997.

(50370)

378
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted for and (ii) convicted of (A) murder and (B) manslaughter in Southend in 2004.

(50857)

379
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes are proposed to the Crown Prosecution Service consequent upon the amalgamation of police forces.

(50992)

380
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will waive the fees involved for applying for and gaining British citizenship in circumstances where British subjects who are long-term UK resident wish to travel to countries for whom citizenship is a requirement of entry.

(50606)

381
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from members of the public on the cost to British subjects of applying for and acquiring British citizenship.

(50608)

382
N Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to announce the pilot local authorities for the intensive family support projects outlined in the Respect action plan.

(49952)

383
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department held with the Metropolitan Police prior to the demonstrations on Friday 3rd February and Saturday 4th February to discuss response tactics; and if he will make a statement.

(50461)

384
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department had with the Crown Prosecution Service regarding the prosecutions of (a) Otis Ferry and (b) Maya Evans; and if he will make a statement.

(50832)

385
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions there were between his Department and the Metropolitan Police concerning the protests outside the Danish Embassy on 3rd February (a) before and (b) after the event.

(50281)

386
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what race equality projects aimed at young black men his Department sponsors; and if he will make a statement.

(50671)

387
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that the Cumbria Police Authority remains a separate organisation.

(50812)

388
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners who have converted to Islam whilst in prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(50458)

389
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the report from the inquiry team into the murder of John Victor Monkton; and if he will make a statement.

(50818)

390
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, columns 1791-2W, on work permits, if he will break down each figure given by type of application.

(50277)

391
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were granted to health workers from overseas in each year between 1997 and 2003, broken down by (a) country of origin and (b) applications (i) made overseas, (ii) made in-country, (iii) for extensions and (iv) for change of employment.

(50282)

392
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he will ensure that the resources in a merged Welsh police force will be distributed fairly throughout Wales.

(51022)

393
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the cost of restructuring the police forces in Wales will be met.

(51023)

394
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has made of (a) the set up costs, (b) the recurring annual costs and (c) the recurring savings of setting up a single police force in Wales.

(51024)

395
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the financial position of the pension schemes of police forces in Wales.

(51026)

396
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all local authorities in Wales will be represented on a new police authority for a single Welsh police force.

(51027)

397
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide additional resources to equalise the impact on the police precepts in each of the four police authority areas in Wales in the event of the establishment of a single Welsh police force.

(51028)

398
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements he plans to put in place to tackle the potential for unequal impacts on the police precepts in different authorities in Wales following the establishment of a single Welsh police force.

(51029)

399
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Entry Clearance Officers Operational Enforcement Manual.

(50635)

400
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projects his Department is funding to promote affordable immigration advice to visa applicants overseas.

(50636)

401
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was that an asylum seeker was detained under the fast-track procedures in the last period for which figures are available.

(50637)

402
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast-track asylum applications were (a) made and (b) refused as at 31st December 2005.

(50638)

403
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are detained under the asylum fast-track procedures; and how many of them are children.

(50639)

404
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers applied for judicial review of their decisions in 2005.

(50640)

405
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) immigration staff, (b) female immigration officers and (c) male immigration officers were in post at each of the asylum removal centres in the last period for which figures are available.

(50641)

406
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the Home Office guidance issued to immigration officers on making decisions on whether to detain asylum applicants.

(50643)

407
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have broken their bail conditions in each of the last three years.

(50644)

408
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chinese nationals were removed under Operation Elucidate in 2005.

(50645)

409
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who had fully complied with their reporting requirements were detained in 2005.

(50646)

410
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for reasons of detention were received by the Detention, Escort and Population Management Unit in each of the last three years.

(50647)

411
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of racism by removal centre employees his Department received from detained asylum seekers in each of the last five years.

(50648)

412
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum and (b) immigration removals were delayed for two weeks or more in 2005.

(50649)

413
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the refusal rate for each UK entry clearance office has been in each of the last five years.

(50650)

414
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many student applicants were refused entry to the UK by an (a) immigration officer and (b) entry clearance officer in each of the last five years.

(50651)

415
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permit holders were granted permanent settlement in the UK in each of the last five years.

(50652)

416
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful appeals of refusal decisions of student applicants there were in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.

(50653)

417
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance officers can speak fluently the language of the country they are situated in; and if he will make a statement.

(50654)

418
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants have entered the UK from each accession country since May 2004.

(50655)

419
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers with dental qualifications entered the UK in each of the last three years.

(50656)

420
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) formal investigation of an immigration complaint by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (b) processing a service-level complaint was in the last period for which figures are available.

(50657)

421
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum detainees have had their removal delayed due to difficulties in obtaining travel documents in each of the last five years.

(50658)

422
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) were successful in applying for a visa to enter the UK and (b) failed in their visa application in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005.

(50659)

423
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from (a) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) Nigeria and (c) the US have been refused leave to enter the UK for the purpose of family reunion in each of the last five years.

(50660)

424
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were detained in removal centres in each of the last three years.

(50661)

425
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful appeals there were on visa refusal decisions by (a) Nigerian, (b) Pakistani, (c) Ghanaian, (d) Australian and (e) United States nationals in each of the last five years.

(50662)

426
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual wage is of an (a) immigration officer and (b) entry clearance officer.

(50663)

427
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local interpreters are employed by the Entry Clearance Office in Islamabad.

(50664)

428
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what language qualification requirements there are on entry clearance officers before they can take up their position.

(50665)

429
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum applicants and (b) migrants have been (i) issued with an anti-social behaviour order and (ii) placed on the Sex Offender Register in each of the last five years.

(50666)

430
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) migrants are registered with the police.

(50667)

431
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seeking children are in care.

(50668)

432
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time social services took to respond to a call to collect an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child in the last period for which figures are available.

(50669)

433
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time an entry clearance officer took to make a decision on a visa application in the last period for which figures are available.

(50670)

434
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants are receiving national asylum support service subsistence and accommodation support in the last year for which figures are available.

(50689)

435
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours of training an (a) immigration officer and (b) entry clearance officer receives before taking up their post.

(50690)

436
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken following the recommendations made in the latest Complaints Audit Committee report.

(50691)

437
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken by an immigration officer in the UK to make a decision on an entry application was in the last period for which figures are available.

(50837)

438
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unauthorised demonstrations have taken place in Parliament Square since the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 came into effect.

(50736)

439
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 in preventing unauthorised demonstrations in Parliament Square; and if he will make a statement.

(50737)

440
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50874)

441
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50896)

442
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the leadership offered by the Chairman of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association; and what representations he has received on this subject.

(50213)

443
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Department has allocated to the National Neighbourhood Watch Association in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the use made of the funding.

(50214)

444
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes took place in Peterborough City Council area in each of the last five years.

(50730)

445
N Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his written statement of 2nd February 2006, Official Report, columns 29-31WS, on identity fraud, what his Department's definition of identity fraud is; and whether it is the same as the definition given by the Cabinet Office in its 2002 Report.

(50283)

446
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Minister's letter to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak of 23rd June 2005, Home Office reference M12110/5, how the identity card scheme will reduce the opportunity for those facilitating terrorist and organised criminals to operate using multiple identities; and how the scheme will monitor the support activities of terrorist networks.

(50426)

447
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th July 2005, Official Report, column 1448W, on biometric information, whether the UK Passport Service has commenced the introduction of biometric passports; and what the cost is of producing biometric passports (a) to comply only with US requirements and (b) with a facial recognition biometric obtained in the most cost-effective maner.

(50928)

448
N Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to his officials on the time in which they should respond to requests for information to process entry clearance applications from overseas posts.

(50063)

449
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a link has been established between professional counterfeit operations and other forms of organised crime, with particular reference to terrorism.

(50560)

450
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps UK police are taking to combat the trade in counterfeit goods on online auction sites.

(51020)

451
Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of the trade in counterfeit goods involving UK citizens on online auction sites.

(51021)

452
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in North Yorkshire for breaches of anti-social behaviour orders.

(50988)

453
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost of (a) a prison place and (b) a residential drug rehabilitation place was in the last period for which figures are available.

(50070)

454
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the reconviction rates differ of those convicted of drug-related offences who (a) enter drug residential rehabilitation places, (b) receive drug treatment and testing orders and (c) receive other disposals.

(50071)

455
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London.

(50844)

456
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London will run.

(50845)

457
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites are covered by the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London.

(50846)

458
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the anti-terrorist poster campaign in London to other cities.

(50847)

459
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for further poster campaigns once the one in London finishes.

(50848)

460
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to teach (a) police and (b) civilians how to recognise improvised explosive devices.

(50849)

461
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what (a) purposes and (b) projects the (i) Metropolitan Police Service specific grant, (ii) regional specific counter-terrorism grant and (iii) specific counter-terrorism capital grant will be used.

(50850)

462
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effects police force amalgamations and restructuring will have on counter-terrorism funding and its distribution to each police force.

(50851)

463
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is available in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Doncaster North constituency to deal with domestic violence.

(50589)

464
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in (a) Doncaster North, (b) the borough of Doncaster and (c) South Yorkshire since the scheme began; and what assessment he has made of the impact of community support officers on crime and anti-social behaviour.

(50597)

465
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) Doncaster North, (b) the borough of Doncaster and (c) South Yorkshire in each year since 1997.

(50598)

466
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to combat (a) binge drinking and (b) other forms of alcohol misuse.

(50471)

467
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total public expenditure was on the arrest and detention of General Pinochet.

(50528)

468
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to alert Ministers to the entry to the UK of individuals on an EU travel ban list; and whether such mechanisms have been triggered since such bans were introduced.

(50615)

469
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department has received on the activities of Newham Council's park police.

(50958)

470
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow the security industry to deploy unlicensed staff in the event that the Approved Contractors Scheme, under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, is delayed past 28th March.

(50172)

471
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that details of the Approved Contractors Scheme set out in the Private Securities Industry Act 2001 will be announced in time for implementation by the Security Industry Authority before March.

(50178)

472
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been breached in each local authority in England in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(50914)

473
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were charged with causing criminal damage to property by means of graffiti in (a) Swindon, (b) the South West and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1995.

(50915)

474
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in Swindon in each year between 1998 and 2004.

(50916)

475
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violent crime there were in (a) Swindon and (b) England in each year from 1997 to 2005.

(50918)

476
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) Swindon and (b) England in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(50919)

477
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of local authorities have an anti-social behaviour policy.

(50920)

478
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow local authorities to close telephone boxes at night if they are being used by drug dealers.

(50921)

479
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 6th December from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mr Faisal Ahmed of Smethwick.

(50840)

480
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 15th November from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mr Tirath Singh of Oldbury.

(50841)

481
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 15th November from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mr Dulal of Smethwick.

(50842)

482
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 14th November 2005 from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mr Santokh Singh Dhanda, of Smethwick.

(50843)

483
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to (a) the police and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service, on how long an individual may be formally investigated under child protection legislation, before being (i) informed of the issues in question and (ii) charged or the investigation closed.

(49570)

484
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women under investigation by the West Yorkshire police force under child protection legislation have not been (i) informed of the issues in question and (ii) charged.

(49571)

485
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of (a) the time taken to (i) investigate and (ii) charge individuals under child protection legislation and (b) the safeguards during investigations for the communities in which individuals under investigation (A) live and (B) work; and if he will make a statement.

(49572)

486
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the safeguards for individuals under investigation under child protection legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(49620)

487
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50493)

488
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables have been recruited in (a) Leicester and (b) England and Wales since the beginning of the scheme.

(50432)

489
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average number of hours per week was worked by a special constable in (a) Leicester and (b) England and Wales in each year since the beginning of the scheme.

(50433)

490
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided for special constables.

(50434)

491
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has allocated to the special constables scheme in each year it has been running in (a) Leicester and (b) England and Wales.

(50435)

492
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50744)

493
N Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those convicted of offences involving incitement to violence will be covered by his powers to deprive people of (a) citizenship and (b) abode as set out in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(50174)

494
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, to Question 44712, on Special Branch, whether the Special Branch National Training Unit referred to in the Special Branch Summary of Responsibilities document of August 2004 has been disbanded.

(50212)

495
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to publicise action taken to tackle anti-social behaviour to members of the public in Swindon.

(50607)

496
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to help the public to gain access to services that will help them tackle anti-social behaviour.

(50612)

497
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents there have been of violent crime committed by people under 21 years in the Swindon area in each year since 1997.

(50614)

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

498
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 31st October 2005, Official Report, column 738W, on the Parliamentary Information Management System (PIMS), whether (a) the business case has been completed and (b) a decision has been taken on making the PIMS search engine available to the public on the Parliamentary internet site.

(50953)

499
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff of the House are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50492)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

500
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of the British Embassy in Madagascar on UK aid and development initiatives in (a) Madagascar and (b) South East Africa.

(50583)

501
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the occasions on which (a) he and (b) his officials met representatives of Syngenta during (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005.

(50555)

502
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the locations in which his Department has had offices in each of the last five years.

(50775)

503
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has required the Palestinian Authority to meet certain criteria in order to ensure continued financial aid; and if he will make a statement.

(50551)

504
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50882)

505
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of aid given to (a) the Pakistan Government and (b) aid agencies has been following the earthquake of 8th October 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(50726)

506
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50491)

507
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has allocated to (a) total expenditure, (b) grant in aid to private sector partners, (c) capital spending and (d) revenue spending in each year between 2006-07 to 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.

(50617)

508
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50742)

Questions to the Leader of the House

509
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff in his Office are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50490)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

510
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions have taken place with (a) Loyalist paramilitaries and (b) Unionist political parties on the decommissioning of weapons; and if he will make a statement.

(50498)

511
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what amount of arms has been decommissioned by Loyalist paramilitaries in each of the last five years.

(50499)

512
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property; what contribution the occupants of each make towards running costs; what the total capital and refurbishment expenditure was on those properties in 2004-05; how much was spent in each property on (a) flowers and plants, (b) wine and entertaining, (c) food, (d) telephone bills and (e) electricity and gas in 2004-05; how many (i) domestic and (ii) maintenance staff are employed at each property, broken down by post; and what the total cost of staff employment was in 2004-05.

(50878)

513
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50894)

514
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much it has cost to police each district command unit in Northern Ireland since 2000.

(51043)

515
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget was for the Northern Ireland Planning Service in each year since 2000; and what funding has been allocated for each of the next five years.

(51044)

516
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been stationed in each district command unit in Northern Ireland since 2000, broken down by rank.

(51045)

517
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultation is undertaken by the Northern Ireland Planning Service with the Department for Regional Development's (a) Water and (b) Road Service in considering submissions for new residential developments.

(51046)

518
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arrests have been made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each district command unit since 2000; and how many successful prosecutions resulted from the arrests.

(51047)

519
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are plans to introduce an air ambulance service in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(51048)

520
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on hospitality in each year since 2003-04.

(51049)

521
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place between representatives of Invest Northern Ireland and (a) each district council in Northern Ireland and (b) Larne Enterprise Development Company in the last 12 months; and what representations Invest Northern Ireland have received from each.

(51050)

522
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time in Accident and Emergency has been at (a) Antrim Area Hospital and (b) Whiteabbey Area Hospital in each month since March 2005.

(51051)

523
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many emergency calls were received by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service in each service district in each year since 2000; how many of these have later been categorised as hoax calls; and what estimate has been made of the cost to the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service of hoax calls during this period.

(51052)

524
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed by Invest Northern Ireland (a) in Northern Ireland and (b) outside Northern Ireland.

(51053)

525
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers are stationed at the Port of Larne, broken down by rank; and how many arrests have been made by police officers at the Port of Larne in each year since 2000.

(51054)

526
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to provide subsidised travel for carers in Northern Ireland.

(51063)

527
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to extend the Northern Ireland concessionary fares scheme to include carers; how many people he expects would benefit as a result; how much the extension would cost; and if he will make a statement.

(51064)

528
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) level of inward investment and (b) number of new start up businesses in Northern Ireland was in each year since 2000, broken down by council area.

(51068)

529
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been employed by the Northern Ireland Planning Service in each year since 2000, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement on the future staff recruitment needs of the Service.

(51069)

530
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning submissions were received by the Northern Ireland Planning Service in each year since 2000, broken down by Service district.

(51070)

531
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50489)

532
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50754)

Questions to the Prime Minister

533
David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 852W, on torture, whether he understood the US Secretary of State's statement to represent a change in US policy.

(50552)

534
David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 852W, on torture, what assessment he has made of whether the US's interpretations of its obligations under the Convention Against Torture differ from internationally accepted interpretations of those obligations.

(50553)

535
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers had council tax bills on official residences paid for by Government departments since May 1997; and for how long such payments have been made.

(51072)

536
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, how many decisions were taken by Ministers using prerogative powers in the last year for which figures are available.

(50856)

537
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50488)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

538
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05, broken down by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50892)

539
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50487)

Questions to the Solicitor General

540
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will take steps to improve liaison between the Crown Prosecution Service and witnesses in relation to bringing cases to court.

(50982)

541
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve the delivery of court papers.

(49933)

542
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50486)

543
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether to prosecute a juvenile was in the last year for which figures are available.

(50064)

544
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Solicitor General, how many job advertisements were placed by the Law Officers' Departments (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50749)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

545
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason evidence submitted to the Energy Review is not available on a publicly accessible Department of Trade and Industry website.

(50806)

546
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date the draft regulations in respect of the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive will be published; and for what reason publication has not yet taken place.

(50811)

547
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect of the different tax rates on energy sources on incentives for companies to carry out research to identify alternative sources.

(50929)

548
N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken to publicise to consumers the provisions of the Home Information Pack redress scheme.

(49573)

549
N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will undertake a consultation on (a) how to strengthen regulation of estate agents, (b) the setting up of a redress mechanism, (c) possible qualifications and national quality standards for estate agents and (d) measures to increase the effectiveness of the Office of Fair Trading and local trading standards departments in protecting consumers and making estate agents' dealings with consumers more transparent following the March 2004 report by the Office of Fair Trading.

(49574)

550
N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward legislation to regulate estate agents; and if he will make a statement.

(49575)

551
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce proposals to require gas and electricity companies to publish in consumers' bills the relevant carbon dioxide emissions of their use of energy.

(50604)

552
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations his Department has undertaken on the Community Renewables Initiative.

(50678)

553
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Ofgem regarding a review of electricity generation licences.

(50771)

554
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Ofgem regarding a review of SLC 14 and SLC 15 with regards to electricity generation licences.

(50772)

555
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place a moratorium on applications for compulsory purchase powers by electricity generating companies until Ofgem has completed its review of SLC 14 and SLC 15.

(50773)

556
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when Ofgem will undertake its reviews of (a) SLC 14 and SLC 15 and (b) the electricity generation licence.

(50774)

557
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of how many people fall into fuel poverty for each percentage point increase in energy prices; and if he will make a statement.

(50537)

558
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on outside consultancy services in each year since 2001.

(50634)

559
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50885)

560
N Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance is available to microgenerators in relation to the sale of renewables obligation certificates.

(50284)

561
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the firms of solicitors that have been involved in processing coal health claims; and how much has been paid to each firm in costs.

(50802)

562
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Thompson's Solicitors has received in fees for coal health claim cases in (a) total and (b) North Durham.

(50803)

563
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been paid in coal health claim compensation to clients of Thompson's Solicitors (a) in total, (b) in County Durham and (c) in North Durham.

(50804)

564
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of exports to Equitorial Guinea in (a) 2000 and (b) 2005.

(50765)

565
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the renewable power generated in England and Wales was accounted for by co-firing in 2004-05.

(50779)

566
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government supports co-firing biomass with coal in power stations as a method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

(50780)

567
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to reduce surplus co-fired renewables obligation certificates; and what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) their market price, (b) co-firing and (c) carbon dioxide emissions.

(50781)

568
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements are in place to ensure joined-up cross-departmental working with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on incentives to use bio-mass for electricity generation.

(50782)

569
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when companies will be able to bid for the £15 million funding package for UK demonstrations of hydrogen and fuel cell energy technologies announced by his Department on 14th June 2005.

(50066)

570
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward legislation to give company directors a duty of care to (a) each shareholder and (b) employers in respect of the probity and efficacy of the actions of the board.

(50823)

571
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether trusts operated by UK-domiciled companies are registered and regulated in the UK.

(50990)

572
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list those categories of personnel exempted from European working time legislation as not being classified as workers.

(50539)

573
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether regional development agencies have a role in the regeneration of market towns.

(51057)

574
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what responsibilities the regional development agencies have taken over from the Countryside Agency in the last two years.

(51058)

575
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has set a minimum price for the sale of Westinghouse.

(50326)

576
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what he defines as the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear assets and capabilities.

(50327)

577
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the timetable for planning the clean-up of ex-military and civil nuclear programmes; and which companies are advising him on the project.

(50328)

578
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on his plans for the British Nuclear Group.

(50329)

579
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50485)

580
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the pay gap between able bodied and disabled workers in (a) Leicester and (b) the UK in each year from 1997 to 2005; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce it.

(50437)

581
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50743)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

582
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to members of the public wishing to complain about (a) increases in fares and (b) the services provided by train operators; and if he will make a statement.

(50459)

583
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the representations he has received from individuals and organisations in Southend on (a) increases in fares by C2C Rail Ltd and (b) the decision by C2C Rail Ltd to abolish Flexitime and Early Bird season tickets; and if he will make a statement.

(50460)

584
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with C2C Rail Ltd about their decision to abolish (a) Flexitime and (b) Early Bird season tickets; what consultation the company undertook in advance of the decision; and if he will make a statement.

(50463)

585
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of (a) a weekly, (b) a monthly and (c) an annual season rail ticket from (i) Southend-on-Sea, (ii) Chalkwell and (iii) Leigh-on-Sea to London Fenchurch Street was in each year since 1996.

(50466)

586
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation was undertaken by C2C Rail Ltd about increasing its fares in January; and if he will make a statement.

(50467)

587
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public about the decision of C2C Rail Ltd to increase its fares in January; and if he will make a statement.

(50468)

588
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on research into the use of vegetable oil as a fuel in each of the last five years.

(50904)

589
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what refurbishment work has been undertaken at Stage Cottage, Hurst Green, East Sussex; and what the total cost of this work is expected to be.

(49466)

590
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the South East of England Regional Assembly regional prioritisation and the proposed A21 upgrade.

(49467)

591
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Highways Agency budget was spent on payments to Private Finance Initiative contractors in the last period for which figures are available.

(50582)

592
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the railway stations in Hampshire which (a) do not have (i) waiting rooms and (ii) toilets and (b) are inaccessible under disability discrimination legislation; what steps are being taken to improve the position in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(50497)

593
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how of this sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50881)

594
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether there is a potential conflict of interest between the chairmanship of his Commission for Integrated Transport and the role of Transport for London Commissioner.

(50817)

595
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on subsidies for (a) rail and (b) bus travel in the Peterborough City Council area in each of the last five years.

(50430)

596
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department is giving to develop park and ride schemes in the Greater Peterborough area.

(50725)

597
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct his Department's Rail Group to consult (a) RailWorld, (b) Peterborough City Council, (c) the East of England Development Agency and (d) other local stakeholders on developing the Crescent Link scheme connecting the Nene Valley Railway with Peterborough main railway station.

(50731)

598
N Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account his Department took of the potential impact of the Review of the British Airports Authority Heathrow Noise Fines Fund in preparation of the Civil Aviation Bill; what discussions his Department has had with the Review team; what assessment he has made of its terms of reference; when he expects it to report; and whether his Department plans to respond to its findings.

(49860)

599
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of aircraft movements at Heathrow Airport was during each hour between 7a.m. and 11p.m. in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(50542)

600
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds are held within the Air Travel Organisers Licensing Air Travel Trust Fund; and whether he plans to increase the fund.

(50783)

601
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes the Government has made to guidance to highways authorities on parking (a) spaces, (b) charges and (c) fines, since May 1997.

(50955)

602
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed within the British Transport Police.

(50758)

603
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total operating budget was of the British Transport Police in the last year for which figures are available.

(50759)

604
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the financial position is of the British Transport Police pension fund.

(50760)

605
N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to permit traffic to turn left at red lights.

(50073)

606
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50484)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

607
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50891)

608
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales Government on hill farming in Wales.

(50987)

609
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50482)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

610
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of lowering the entitlement age for the higher rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance to two years old.

(50995)

611
N Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Equity Trade Union about the deficit in the opera singers' pension scheme; and what plans he has to assist in rescuing the scheme.

(49425)

612
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed (a) incapacity benefit and (b) disability living allowance in Stroud constituency in each year since 1997.

(50455)

613
N Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage the London Borough of Haringey to make use of its discretionary housing payment funding to help those facing significant housing benefit shortfalls, rent arrears, eviction and homelessness in the borough.

(50278)

614
N Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much discretionary housing payment funding the London Borough of Haringey was granted in each year since 2001-02; and how much of each year's grant was returned unused.

(50279)

615
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in settling the 340 cases lodged by widowers at the European Court of Human Rights prior to May 2005.

(50674)

616
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 340 widowers who have cases lodged in the European Court of Human Rights have cashed the cheques which the Department sent to them for back payment of benefit.

(50675)

617
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the merits of mediation as a way of settling the dispute with the 340 widowers who have cases lodged with the European Court of Human Rights.

(50676)

618
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 340 widowers with cases against his Department lodged within the European Court of Human Rights have settled their dispute prior to court proceedings.

(50698)

619
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department advised those widowers to whom they sent cheques for back payments that they should consult a (a) solicitor, (b) Citizen's Advice Bureau and (c) trade union official prior to settling with his Department.

(50699)

620
N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits his staff made to benefit (a) claimants and (b) recipients in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; and how many such visits his staff expect to make in each of the next two years.

(48445)

621
N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where (a) claimants and (b) recipients of (i) Child Benefit, (ii) Child Support, (iii) Severe disablement allowance, (iv) Industrial injuries benefit, (v) Income Support, (vi) Jobseeker's Allowance, (vii) Job Grant, (viii) Earnings top up (ix) Statutory sick pay, (x) Statutory Maternity Pay, (xi) Maternity allowance, (xii) Incapacity elements, (xiii) child elements in Income Support, (xiv) state pensions, (xv) non-contributory state pension, (xvi) Christmas Bonus, (xvii) pension credit, (xviii) TV licences for over 75s, (xix) widow's benefit, (xx) War Pensions, (xxi) Winter fuel payments, (xxii) bonuses and payments from the Social Fund, (xxiii) Crisis Loans, (xxiv) funeral payments, (xxv) Attendance Allowance, (xxvi) Disability Living Allowance, (xxvii) Disability Working Allowance, (xxviii) Carer's Allowance, (xxix) Invalid Care Allowance, (xxx) Vaccine Damage Payments, (xxxi) Motability specialised vehicles, (xxxii) council tax benefit, (xxxiii) Housing Benefit and discretionary housing payments, (xxxiv) Independent Living Funds, (xxxv) New Deal allowances and credits, (xxxvi) over 65s payment, (xxxvii) over 70s payment, (xxxviii) Guardian's allowance and (xxxix) Child's Special Allowance who live in County Durham may go to receive face-to-face advice from departmental staff about their entitlements and circumstances.

(48546)

622
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2004-05; and how much of that sum was accounted for by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(50899)

623
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) over 25s, (b) lone parents, (c) over 50s and (d) young people in Peterborough have participated in the New Deal in each year since its inception.

(50429)

624
Edward Miliband (Doncaster North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have come off benefits and entered work in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Doncaster North constituency in each year since 1997.

(50588)

625
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive was involved in (a) recommending and (b) approving planning permission for the development of (i) the Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead and (ii) residential or business properties near the depot; and if he will make a statement.

(50954)

626
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the role of the Health and Safety Executive is in (a) approving and (b) commenting on planning applications relating to (i) fuel depots and (ii) developments near fuel depots.

(51078)

627
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the claimant on-flow rates to (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance were in each of the last 15 years.

(50723)

628
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deaths occurred due to carbon monoxide poisoning in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these deaths involved (a) liquid petroleum gas, (b) fire and explosions, (c) exposure to unburnt gas from piped gas and (d) exposure to carbon dioxide from piped gas.

(50998)

629
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions there have been by the Health and Safety Executive of unregistered gas installers in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were successful.

(50999)

630
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department has taken to implement the Health and Safety Commission's Fundamental Review of Gas Safety recommendation for a levy on the gas industry for research and publicity.

(51000)

631
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been spent by his Department on reducing rates of carbon monoxide poisoning in each of the past 10 years; and what steps the Government is taking (a) to promote gas safety awareness and (b) to prevent deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning.

(51001)

632
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50481)

633
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to increase the £200 winter heating allowance for pensioners.

(50438)

634
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the effect on pensioners of increases in the cost of gas and electricity.

(50439)

635
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of benefit fraud in (a) Leicester and (b) the UK in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(50440)

636
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job advertisements were placed by his Department (a) in total, (b) in print newspapers and magazines and (c) on a recruitment website in each year since 1997; and at what (i) total and (ii) average cost in each case.

(50753)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

637
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the population figures provided by the Office for National Statistics in relation to Enfield.

[Transferred] (50864)

638
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce regulations to ensure that no Government department or public body will be able to award public contracts to any organisation or firm without checking that it has paid the taxes due to HM Treasury.

[Transferred] (50570)

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

639
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether works of art other than those stolen in August 2001 from the temporary residence of the Ambassador in Buenos Aires have been stolen from departmental buildings since 1997.

[Transferred] (50567)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

640
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on UK involvement in ballistic missile defence programmes; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (50616)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

641
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the number of park and ride sites built on green belt locations since the revision of Policy Planning Guidance 3 in 2000.

[Transferred] (50957)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

642
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to enable consumers to exercise choice on whether to consume genetically modified ingredients and products derived from genetically modified organisms.

[Transferred] (50534)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

643
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers local authorities have to refuse to license new sex shops in their areas.

[Transferred] (51079)

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