Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 27 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 Monday 27 February 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 27 February 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 27 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 27 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 27 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much debt is owed to the UK by Burma.

(54443)

2
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason transit flights are exempt from Air Passenger Duty; and what estimate he has made of how much extra revenue would be raised per annum were such flights subject to this duty.

(52713)

3
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 1395W, on insurance premium tax, how many insurance intermediary companies are being investigated for alleged insurance premium tax fraud.

(53741)

4
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 1395W, on insurance premium tax, what percentage of insurance companies issued policies at premiums below that which premiums were demanded as a result of insurance premium recharges in the last 12 months.

(53742)

5
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the impact on consumer protection of the availability of independent advice on financial products.

(54328)

6
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the increase in the number of consumer complaints lodged with the Financial Ombudsman Service since 2001; and what steps the Department is taking to reduce the number of complaints.

(54329)

7
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed timescale and scope is of the forthcoming review of general insurance regulation.

(54334)

8
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has undertaken of the performance of the Financial Services Authority in meeting its statutory requirement to protect consumers.

(54335)

9
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Department is making in the development of the national strategy for financial capability.

(54336)

10
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what options the Department has considered to increase access to financial advice and information as part of its financial inclusion strategy.

(54337)

11
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of charges that bank customers will pay to access money from their accounts through fee-charging cash machines in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(53514)

12
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those organisations found to have links with Al Qaeda where funds have been frozen; how much was involved in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(53564)

13
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the results were of his Department's work to monitor the number of (a) banks being sold and (b) banks closing their cash machine networks; and if he will make a statement.

(53569)

14
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of introducing a windfall tax on oil company profits; and if he will make a statement.

(54461)

15
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount awarded in tax credits in Northern Ireland was in each of the last two years.

(54151)

16
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Northern Ireland have been awarded tax credits who had income of (a) £10,000 to £19,999, (b) £20,000 to £29,999, (c) £30,000 to £39,999 and (d) £40,000 to £50,000.

(54152)

17
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to extend the period within which policy holders can lodge a claim for compensation for the mis-selling of endowment policies.

[R] (53912)

18
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net tax revenue effect of the amendments to the Health Bill in respect of smoking passed by the House on 14th February.

(54104)

19
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will suspend the recovery of the tax credit overpayment which is being recovered from the constituent of the hon. Member for Birkenhead, national insurance number JR493898C.

(52947)

20
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the most recent available drafts of (a) a tax credit award notice, (b) a tax credit overpayment notification letter, (c) an end of year renewals form and (d) Code of Practice 26.

(54160)

21
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Paymaster General's evidence to the Treasury Select Committee, 1st February, Question 307, what the cost is of extending additional payments of tax credits for claimants who are in hardship and who have suffered a reduction of regular payments due to their income rising by more than £2,500.

(54161)

22
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many completed TC846 forms have been received by HM Revenue and Customs requesting that it reconsider its decision to recover an overpayment of tax credits in each month since April 2003; and in what proportion of these requests the decision has been taken by HM Revenue and Customs to write off the overpayment.

(54162)

23
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many tax credit cases in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 inquiries have been made to HM Revenue and Customs by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman as part of an investigation into complaints concerning tax credits.

(54163)

24
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many TC610 Notice to Pay forms were issued in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(54164)

25
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the most recent population statistics provided by the Office of National Statistics for Aberavon and Neath Port Talbot.

(53612)

26
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children and young people under the age of 18 years have committed suicide in each year since 1990.

(54331)

27
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rates of withdrawal have been from (a) the NHS, (b) teachers and (c) principal Civil Service pension schemes, broken down by age, sex and duration of service, in each year since 1997.

(54232)

28
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Havant, of 8th November 2005, Official Report, column 330W, on pensions, whether the estimate of the proportion of public sector pensionable payroll in future years that relates to scheme members who join after April 2006 was made on the assumption that the probability of leaving service was independent of the length of service; what the evidential basis was for the assumptions underlying the estimate; and what rates of withdrawal from service were assumed.

(54464)

29
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition he uses of the terms (a) non-budget expenditure and (b) non-voted expenditure.

(53670)

30
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates he visited British soldiers injured in Iraq; and what locations were visited.

(54099)

31
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been generated by domestic air tax on flights between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

(54231)

32
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 3772W, on Financial education, with whom the Department has had discussions on the role non-governmental organisations and social enterprises can play in financial education; and what aspects of financial education were discussed.

(53593)

33
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 3770W, on Benefit payments (debt recovery), with whom in the banking industry his Department has had discussions about the right of set-off; and what assessment was made as a result of these discussions of the effect of the right of set-off on basic bank account holders.

(53594)

34
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people did not have access to a bank account on (a) 31st December 2005 and (b) 31st December 1997.

(53599)

35
N Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual saving to the Exchequer would be of withdrawing the age-related allowance where income exceeds the income limit.

(53360)

36
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people work in construction in the UK.

(53520)

37
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the titles of those films which have claimed the tax reliefs designed to promote the production of UK films since 1997.

(54268)

38
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the take-up of children's trust funds is in the Peterborough constituency; and how many of these are low income families and what proportion of the total take-up this represents.

(54353)

39
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of forged tax credits resulting in prosecution have been reported to Jobcentre Plus in Tamworth in the last 12 months.

(53434)

40
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of census figures for (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last two censuses; and if he will make a statement.

(53446)

41
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the current population of each ward in the Tamworth constituency based on (a) the 2001 Census, (b) electoral rolls and (c) health service users; and what projections he has made for the next five years.

(53447)

42
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formula he has used to determine the funding allocated to local authorities to pay for the provision of free off-peak bus travel for pensioners from April 2006; and what the allocation will be for each local authority.

(53472)

43
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January, Official Report, column 2258W, on the Financial Services Authority (FSA), if he will make a written statement when the FSA has completed its assessment of costs.

(54084)

44
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15th February 2006 to Question 50227, on Written Parliamentary Questions, how many Written Questions have been submitted to his Department in each year since 1997; and how many Questions each Minister in his Department has answered.

(54244)

45
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 1397W, on tax credits, how many claims were not decided within 30 days; and what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken was to decide one of those claims.

(54254)

46
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 1397W, on tax credits, how many families were sent more than one tax credit entitlement notice in each year.

(54256)

47
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are being taken to collect tax from off-shore online, mobile and interactive gaming companies who advertise in the UK for business.

(53891)

48
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents of Wansdyke constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credit and (c) working tax credit in the latest period for which figures are available.

(54404)

49
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) gross and (b) net contributions the Government has made to the European Union budget in each year from 1997 to 2005; and what contributions he expects it to make in each year from 2005 to 2013.

(54115)

50
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have paid tax under the settlements legislation in each tax year since 2001-02.

(53775)

51
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs have conducted under the settlements legislation in each year since 2001-02.

(53776)

52
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been in receipt of the incorrect level of tax credit in (a) Uxbridge and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon in each year since tax credits were introduced; what assessment he has made of the number of these who could not have been reasonably expected to know that a mistake had been made; and if he will make a statement.

(53633)

53
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from personal taxation from those resident in the constituency of Uxbridge in (a) 1997 and (b) the last financial year for which figures are available.

(53634)

54
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings of full-time employees in the constituency of Uxbridge were in April in each year since 2000.

(53635)

55
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards for (a) child and (b) working tax credit there were in the constituency of Uxbridge in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05; how many awards were (A) underpaid and (B) overpaid at (1) 5th April 2004 and (2) 5th April 2005; and what the total amounts were in each case.

(53638)

56
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers living in (a) Uxbridge and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate.

(53641)

57
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Ombudsman Service on steps it can take to speed up the consideration of claims for pension mis-selling; and if he will make a statement.

(54002)

58
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was by the Financial Ombudsman Service to determine claims for pensions mis-selling in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.

(54003)

59
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people migrated from outside the UK to (a) Romford and (b) Havering in each of the last seven years.

(53784)

60
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people migrated to the UK from each of the (a) British overseas territories and (b) Commonwealth nations in each of the last seven years.

(53789)

61
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised in tax revenue from tobacco products in each of the past five years.

(53847)

62
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of tax on tobacco products was in each of the last 10 years.

(53848)

63
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the European Commission's Annual Progress Report on the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement.

(54001)

64
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the worth of the recycling industry in the UK to the UK economy in each of the past five years.

(54320)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

65
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on (a) the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, (b) the Strategy Unit, (c) the Office of Public Service Reform, (d) the e-Government Unit, (e) the Policy Hub and (f) UK Gov Talk in each year since 1996-97 or the date of establishment; and what the estimated expenditure for 2005-06 is.

(53810)

66
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the running costs of the Government Communications Network were in each year since its establishment; and what the forecasted expenditure is for 2005-06.

(53811)

67
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the members of the (a) Strategy Unit and (b) Prime Minister's Delivery Unit; and how many are in each pay band.

(53812)

68
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what strategic reviews are being undertaken by the Strategy Unit.

(53813)

69
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the estimated expenditure for the Government Communication Group is for 2005-06.

(53814)

70
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent on the National School of Government since its launch; and what the estimated expenditure is for 2005-06.

(53815)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

71
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time was from arrest to sentencing for cases leading to conviction in (a) York Magistrates' Court and (b) York Crown Court (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(53682)

72
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if the Government will take steps to lessen the differences in the number of people in each Parliamentary constituency.

(53889)

73
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement in response to the National Audit Office's report on the effective use of magistrates' court hearings.

(54070)

74
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received on enabling voters to cast their vote from any polling station in their constituency; what plans she has to make this option available; and if she will make a statement.

(53698)

75
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to increase voter turnout; what further measures are planned, with particular reference to the local elections in May 2006; and if she will make a statement.

(53699)

76
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of postal voting on voter turnout; and if she will make a statement.

(53703)

77
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on voter registration of rolling registration for electoral registers since its introduction; and if she will make a statement.

(53704)

78
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility to voters of polling stations.

(53705)

79
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many local authorities applied to take part in electoral modernisation pilots for the May 2006 local elections; how many were accepted; and what criteria were used in making the selection.

(53706)

80
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received from the Association of Electoral Administators concerning electoral modernisation.

(53707)

81
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received since the May 2005 General Election from the Electoral Commission concerning (a) voter turnout and (b) strategies to reduce voter abstention.

(53730)

82
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the (a) current and (b) future status of the Co-ordinated Online Register of Electors.

(53731)

83
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the factors affecting levels of voter turnout; and if she will make a statement.

(53732)

84
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on (a) voter turnout and (b) the incidence of postal voting of voters being able to cast their votes in any polling station in (i) the constituency in which they reside, (ii) the country in which they reside and (iii) the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.

(53733)

85
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans her Department has to enable voters with disabilities or other access problems to apply to the Returning Officer for permission to vote at an alternative polling station; and if she will make a statement.

(53735)

86
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent representations she has received concerning voter turnout in the 2005 General Election.

(53749)

87
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what options she is considering for the introduction of (a) electronic and (b) internet-based measures to reform the electoral process, broken down by stage of the electoral process; and if she will make a statement.

(53886)

88
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on voter participation of the narrowness of the majority of the sitting hon. Member.

(53887)

89
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received on the use of electronic methods of counting votes cast in electoral processes; what assessment she has made of such methods; and if she will make a statement.

(53888)

90
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what provisions her Department has made for those seeking specialist advice on complex cases, following the decision of the Legal Services Commission to withdraw funding from the Citizens Advice Bureau.

(54275)

91
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what effect on costs to the public purse are expected from the decision of the Legal Services Commission to withdraw funding from the Citizens Advice Bureau for specialist support and advice to clients on complex cases in (a) Shropshire and (b) England.

(54276)

92
N Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many Members of the House of Lords have their main residence in each (a) country, (b) region and (c) county of the UK, broken down by political affiliation; and what assessment she has made of the geographical distribution of Members of the House of Lords.

(53884)

93
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make it her policy to lower the voting age to 16 years; and if she will make a statement.

(53654)

94
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers are informed of Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests made to their Department.

(53808)

95
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance the Information Commissioner has issued on the sale of drivers' personal data held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for commercial purposes.

(53809)

96
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the electoral participation of voters in socio-economic groups D and E.

(54154)

97
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of levels of electoral registration in Gateshead East and Washington West.

(54155)

98
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the numbers of (a) young and (b) ethnic minority magistrates in Lancashire.

(53361)

99
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what objections she has received to the proposed changes to legal aid.

(53362)

100
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the process is for becoming a magistrate in Lancashire.

(53363)

101
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates in Lancashire are under (a) 30 and (b) 25 years, broken down by sex.

(53364)

102
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the term of office is of (a) the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, (b) deputy lieutenants of Lancashire and (c) the High Sheriff of Lancashire.

(53365)

103
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what rules apply to the appointment of (a) deputy lieutenants and (b) high sheriffs of Lancashire who reside outside the county.

(53366)

104
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court cases were held at each magistrates' court in Lancashire in 2004-05.

(53468)

105
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who keeps the register of (a) (i) political and (ii) financial interests and (b) membership of outside groups in respect of (A) deputy lieutenants and (B) high sheriffs in Lancashire.

(53469)

106
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many Crown Court sentences have been mitigated on appeal in each calendar year between 2000 and 2005.

(53475)

107
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people were (a) tried, (b) found guilty and (c) acquitted by Crown courts in each calendar year between 2000 and 2005.

(53479)

108
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of convictions in Crown courts were successfully appealed in each calendar year between 2000 and 2005.

(53480)

109
Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which Government Department holds the collection of written submissions made to the Inquiry held by Sir Richard Scott into military equipment exports to Iraq; and whether this information is publicly accessible on request.

(53801)

110
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans her Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice she has issued to her Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if she will make a statement.

(54190)

111
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Legal Services Ombudsman about the powers available to strike off solicitors who do not abide by Law Society adjudication decisions.

(53601)

112
Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what measures she has put in place to assist vulnerable witnesses in the family and civil courts.

(53823)

113
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the consultancy firms which have been employed by her Department since its formation.

(54097)

114
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of abortive hearings in magistrates' courts which did not go ahead as planned in each of the last five years.

(54139)

115
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of pre-trial hearings were estimated by her Department not to have gone ahead as planned in each of the last five years.

(54140)

116
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the most common reasons are for hearings not going ahead as planned; and how many cases were attributed to each of these reasons in each of the last five years.

(54141)

117
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what processes are in place for the Crown Prosecution Service, police and other criminal justice agencies to discuss agendas and dates for trials.

(54142)

118
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many times her Department has met (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) the police service and (c) other criminal justice agencies in the last 12 months.

(54143)

119
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to decrease the number of court hearings which did not go ahead as planned.

(54144)

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

120
N Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of British tourists that have visited Burma in each of the past three years.

(54448)

121
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many library authorities outsource book procurement.

(54116)

122
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed by library authorities on book selection; and how many were so employed in 1996.

(54117)

123
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met the Publishers Association to discuss the pricing of books supplied to public libraries.

(54118)

124
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to receive initial proposals from the Public Libraries Stock Procurement Model Development project.

(54119)

125
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) library authorities and (b) library consortia supply non-standard servicing in their book purchasing.

(54120)

126
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the proposed library closures in Lancashire; and what powers she has to intervene.

(53465)

127
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what minimum level of facilities she expects to be available in main town centre libraries.

(53466)

128
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures are in place to record the number and quality of playing fields in the UK.

(54145)

129
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has for the creation of new playing fields.

(54146)

130
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to assist the growth of tourism in Peterborough; and if she will make a statement.

(54351)

131
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those who have made representations about the project to retrieve gold and silver from the wreck of HMS Sussex.

(53455)

132
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under which Council of Europe convention it is forbidden to undertake investigations to recover cultural property for commercial sale.

(53456)

133
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the bilateral agreements she (a) has signed and (b) is negotiating to protect historic wrecks.

(53459)

134
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors the Government took into account in making the decision that (a) protection of the wreck of the Rooswijk on the Goodwin Sands and (b) archaeological vetting of the recovery procedures of silver ingots now in the possession of the Dutch Finance Ministry were unnecessary.

(53722)

135
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many convictions against (a) premises licence holders and (b) personal licence holders there have been under the Licensing Act 2003.

(53415)

136
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Independent Fees Review Panel is expected to reach a conclusion as to whether the maximum number of temporary event notices for which village halls can apply under the Licensing Act 2003 should remain as stated in the Act.

(53893)

137
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence the Independent Fees Review Panel has taken from (a) representatives of village halls and (b) Action with Communities in Rural England on the impact of temporary event notices.

(53894)

138
N Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many online gambling companies have registered with (a) her Department and (b) the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005.

(53895)

139
N Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what additional regulations she intends to bring forward concerning internet gambling companies advertising in the UK.

(53896)

140
N Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many internet gambling companies have been prosecuted for violating the Gaming Act 1968 after advertising gambling services in the UK.

(53897)

141
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in (a) Uxbridge constituency and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon are in receipt of the free television licence for over-75 year olds.

(53642)

142
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps Ministers in her Department are taking to encourage local authorities to give priority to libraries in making funding allocations.

(53026)

143
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the names are of those on her working groups for the Designation of Historical Wrecks and the Salvage of Wrecks; and which organisation each member represents.

(53027)

144
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the value of (a) the smallest and (b) the largest grant awarded under the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme in each year since 2001.

(54469)

145
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of places of worship in the UK that are not listed as eligible for the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.

(54470)

146
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many places of worship there are that are listed as eligible for the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.

(54471)

147
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many places of worship received funding under the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme in each year since 2001.

(54472)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

148
N Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, column 28W, on Afghanistan, if his Department will publish casualty figures broken down in the same way as those for Iraq for (a) Afghanistan, (b) Kosovo and (c) other areas of deployment.

(53092)

149
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on future planned purchases of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

(54452)

150
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the military capability and sophistication of (a) the Taliban and (b) al-Qaeda forces operating in South Afghanistan.

(54206)

151
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the number and strength of (a) Taliban, (b) al-Qaeda and (c) illegal armed groups operating in South Afghanistan.

(54207)

152
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units are based in Diego Garcia.

(54199)

153
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the mission statement is for British troops sent to Afghanistan.

(54286)

154
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's funding of remedial care for ex-Service personnel with post traumatic stress disorder and related conditions was at facilities provided by the charity Combat Stress in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(53795)

155
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mental health (a) professionals, (b) beds and (c) other facilities his Department has in place in Iraq to identify and treat Service personnel with post traumatic stress disorder and related conditions; and if he will make a statement.

(53796)

156
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Service personnel on tour in Iraq were sent back to the UK in advance of their scheduled tour end date due to a post traumatic stress disorder or related condition developed whilst on tour in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(53797)

157
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1587W, on post traumatic stress disorder, how many ex-service personnel claimed for a war pension where one of the claim conditions to the individual's service was post traumatic stress disorder or a related condition in the 12 month period between 1st October and the following 30th September in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04 and (d) 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.

(53817)

158
N Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1587W, on post traumatic stress disorder, how many ex-service personnel successfully claimed for a war pension where one of the accepted conditions to the individual's service was post traumatic stress disorder or a related condition for the 12 month period between 1st October and the following 30th September in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement.

(53818)

159
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is with regard to the establishment of combined cadet forces in state maintained schools.

(54224)

160
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original (a) estimated cost and (b) in-service delivery date was of the first three Astute class submarines; what the latest estimates are; and if he will make a statement.

(53655)

161
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were awarded a war pension in each of the past five years, broken down by the type of injury and illness for which they were awarded.

(53658)

162
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Department of Health on ensuring that injured service personnel receive adequate care.

(53659)

163
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2005-06, if he will break down the revised Request for Resources 1 Department Expenditure Limit provision by subhead in (a) near cash and (b) non cash terms.

(53661)

164
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate Request for Resources 1 Annually Managed Expenditure provision by subhead in (i) near cash and non cash terms for financial years 1999-2000 to 2005-06.

(53662)

165
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the Request for Resources 1 Annually Managed Expenditure outturn by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non cash terms for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05.

(53663)

166
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate Request for Resources 1 non-budget expenditure provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non cash terms for financial years 1999-2000 to 2005-06.

(53664)

167
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the Request for Resources 3 Annually Managed Expenditure outturn by subhead in (a) near cash and (b) non cash terms for financial years 2002-03 to 2004-05.

(53665)

168
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the Request for Resources 1 non-budget expenditure outturn by subhead in (a) near cash and (b) non cash terms for financial years 1999-2000 to 2004-05.

(53666)

169
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of receipts from (a) royalities, (b) compensation and insurance receipts and (c) sales of licences that were (i) appropriated in aid of his Department and (ii) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in each financial year since 1997-98.

(53667)

170
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which public corporations his Department received a receipt from a (a) dividend payment and (b) equity withdrawal in financial years 2004-05; what the value of each receipt was; and whether receipts were (i) appropriated in aid of his Department and (ii) submitted to the Consolidated Fund.

(53668)

171
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of receipts from asset sales that were (a) appropriated in aid of his Department and (b) submitted to the Consolidated Fund in financial year 2004-05.

(53669)

172
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the dates on which funds were advanced from the contingencies fund to provide for a deficient net cash requirement in the last five years.

(53689)

173
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an inquiry has been conducted into the unlawful killings in Iraq of (a) Gunner David Lawrence of 1st Battalion Royal Horse Artillery and (b) Corporal Marc Taylor of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers by (i) the Iraqi police and (ii) the British armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

(53690)

174
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what activities the International Security Assistance Force will undertake in Afghanistan falling within the definition of providing support to Afghan counter-narcotics forces operations that are not related to (a) the destruction of poppy fields and (b) pre-planned direct military action against the drugs trade.

(53831)

175
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down the (a) main estimate, (b) winter supplementary estimate and (c) spring supplementary estimate Request for Resources 3 Annual Managed Expenditure provision by subhead in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms for financial years 2002 to 2005.

(53841)

176
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 14th February, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on the Spring Supplementary Estimates, what operations comprised the extension of aircraft operations referred to; and what elements made up the £2,100,000 transferred to his Department from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

(54338)

177
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff he expects to be re-located following the creation of an acquisition hub in the Abbey Wood area; from which sites will they be re-located; by which agencies they are currently employed; and when he expects this process to begin.

(54339)

178
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects his Department to acquire facilities for the creation of an acquisition hub in the Abbey Wood area.

(54340)

179
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress is being made with the creation of an acquisition hub in the Abbey Wood area; and what he estimates the final cost to be.

(54341)

180
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of RAF Wyton.

(54342)

181
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress towards meeting the UK's dismounted countermine capability requirement.

(54343)

182
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the replacement of the AugustaWestland A 109 Hirundos.

(54344)

183
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the extent was of the UK's contribution to Def-expo 06 in New Delhi; and if he will make a statement.

(54345)

184
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Indian government about the EH101 to meet the Indian requirement for 80 medium-lift helicopters.

(54346)

185
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Indian government about the Eurofighter Typhoon to meet the Indian requirement for 126 multi-role combat aircraft.

(54347)

186
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from the Indian Government concerning the possible purchase of surplus UK Sea Harriers; and if he will make a statement.

(54348)

187
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the development of technologies involved in (a) locating fissile material and (b) tracking weapons of mass destruction.

(54349)

188
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the United States regarding missile defence in each of the last three years.

(54372)

189
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that measures are in place to counter the effects of an electromagnetic pulse weapon used against UK forces in the field.

(54373)

190
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department is conducting into the use by enemy forces of an electromagnetic pulse weapon on the UK mainland; and what steps he is taking to ensure measures are in place to counter the effects of such an attack.

(54374)

191
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the use of unmanned surface vehicles in mine clearance.

(54375)

192
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, hehow many UK forces are trained to render weapons of mass destruction safe and secure.

(54376)

193
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has put in place to secure the protection of his Department's computer system against cyber attack.

(54377)

194
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of documents (a) DC1 305/4, (b) the GPS Office charter and (c) DIN 2005DIN08-013 relating to global positioning satellite systems.

(54378)

195
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technologies other than global positioning satellites are being considered for his Department's navigation data requirements.

(54379)

196
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent consultations his Department has had with the United States concerning network centricity and interoperability.

(54380)

197
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK personnel are involved in the US Global Information Grid; and what measures his Department is taking to develop a similar capability for the UK.

(54381)

198
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's total spending has been on the development of improvised explosive devices defeating technology, broken down by project.

(54382)

199
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to include UK private contractors in future UK force planning.

(54383)

200
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the likely implications for the UK of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review by the US Department of Defense.

(54384)

201
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts about the provision by the United States of logistic support on operations.

(54385)

202
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the equipment which is being leased from the United States by UK armed forces.

(54386)

203
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the equipment valued over £20,000 that is being borrowed from US forces by UK armed forces.

(54387)

204
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions in the Department of Defense's 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review to overhaul `export control activities' and `providing advanced military technologies to foreign allies and partners' on technology transfer from the US to the UK; and what consultations he has had with his US counterparts on the matter.

(54388)

205
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution his Department is making in the establishment of a NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre.

(54389)

206
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the increased use of Radio Frequency Identification technologies in (a) the logistical process and (b) his Department's supply chains.

(54405)

207
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Stepnoy Orel-2006 (Steppe Eagle) international anti-terror exercise; and what (a) UK and (b) international forces were involved.

(54406)

208
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the forecast unit production cost of a Type 45 destroyer was as at 31st March of financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05, broken down by (a) indirect resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) direct resource DEL and (c) capital DEL.

(54407)

209
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the UK's anti-structures munition to enter service; and what measures he has put in place to guarantee security of supply.

(54408)

210
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft from the Royal Air Force's air-to-air refuelling fleet are unserviceable.

(54409)

211
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans (a) to procure and (b) to lease further air-to-air refuelling aircraft before aircraft provided by the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft private finance initiative enter service.

(54410)

212
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to sign the contract for the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft private finance initiative; and if he will make a statement on how the programme is progressing.

(54411)

213
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to produce a small and medium-sized enterprises strategy to support the Defence Industrial Strategy.

(54412)

214
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with industry about the maintenance of design and manufacturing capabilities for complex weapons and missile systems in the UK.

(54413)

215
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to prepare a strategy for its future complex weapon requirements.

(54414)

216
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to assist the development of niche technologies through small and medium-sized enterprises.

(54415)

217
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air-to-air refuelling aircraft are on deployment in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) elsewhere; and what changes he is planning to make to these numbers.

(54416)

218
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the minimum number of aircraft is needed to meet his Department's air-to-air refuelling requirement.

(54417)

219
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's supply chain strategy within the Defence Industrial Strategy.

(54418)

220
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the forecast cost at Main Gate was of the Type 45 destroyer programme, broken down by (a) indirect resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) direct resource DEL and (c) capital DEL.

(54419)

221
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the forecast cost of the Type 45 destroyer programme was as at 31st March of financial years 2000-01 to 2004-05, broken down by (a) indirect resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) direct resource DEL and (c) capital DEL.

(54420)

222
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the requirement for the (a) Casspir and (b) South African manufactured Buffalo armoured vehicles for use in Afghanistan and Iraq.

(54421)

223
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's deadline is for the commencement of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft private finance initiative; and whether he has reassessed the desirability of a conventional procurement to meet this requirement.

(54422)

224
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress is being made by the Air Tanker consortium in securing third party commercial operations for the aircraft involved in the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft private finance initiative.

(54423)

225
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what joint air strikes have been made by Royal Air Force and US forces against insurgents in Iraq; how many such strikes the RAF has been involved in; how many aircraft were used; which munitions were used in the strikes; and if he will make a statement.

(54424)

226
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for future upgrades to UK missile systems; and what plans he has to develop a strategy to incorporate emerging technologies into existing weapons systems.

(54425)

227
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase investment in complex weapons systems.

(54426)

228
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the US regarding the establishment of a Defence Coalition Support Account.

(54442)

229
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) officials and (b) commanders of UK forces on the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal.

(53368)

230
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met representatives of the trade unions to discuss the closure of Bridgwater Royal Ordnance site.

(53369)

231
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which trade unions are involved in the proposed closure of Royal Ordnance sites; and which sites are under discussion.

(53370)

232
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much ammunition is being stored by UK forces; and how much has been supplied from overseas companies.

(53371)

233
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has estimated the cost of putting on an annual military tattoo in London; and if he will make a statement.

(53467)

234
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Government authorised Odyssey Marine Exploration to undertake salvage work on the wreck of HMS Sussex.

(53452)

235
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to allow UK-based witnesses giving evidence to a UK-based court martial to give evidence via a video link.

(53476)

236
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army personnel were (i) tried, (ii) found guilty and (iii) acquitted by a court martial in each calendar year between 2000 and 2005.

(53477)

237
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many convicted (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel subject to a court martial had (i) their sentence mitigated after presentation of a petition to the reviewing authority, (ii) their sentences mitigated without the presentation of a petition to the reviewing authority, (iii) the finding quashed after the presentation of a petition to the reviewing authority and (iv) the finding quashed without the presentation of a petition to the reviewing authority in each calendar year between 2000 and 2005.

(53478)

238
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will post on his website copies of the documents listed at paragraph 26 page 317 of the QinetiQ offer document.

(54283)

239
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of peacekeeping by United Kingdom forces for each peacekeeping operation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(53794)

240
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) reliability and (b) suitability of the computer system installed on Eurofighter jets.

(53743)

241
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with United States officials about the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.

(53744)

242
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training sorties have been undertaken in the mid-Wales military tactical training area by military aircraft flying below 250 feet in each year since 1994.

(54011)

243
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been paid in compensation to farmers for livestock losses caused by low flying military aircraft in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each year since 1994.

(54299)

244
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment manpower is of (a) officers and (b) other ranks in the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment.

(53544)

245
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks there are in the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment; and how many in each category have completed their training within the last three months.

(53617)

246
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of defence contracts were awarded to BAE Systems in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05; what the value was in each case; and how many were won through competitive tenders.

(54098)

247
Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the plans are for loading ASTER missiles and other ammunition on to the Type-45 Daring class destroyer.

(53500)

248
Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the plans are for rebuilding the Up Harbour Ammunitioning facility in Portsmouth Harbour.

(53501)

249
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost to the UK of training Iraqi military and security personnel in Iraq and Jordan was up to December 2005.

(53843)

250
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of military reservists mobilised specifically for Operation TELIC to December 2005.

(53853)

251
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost was of deploying troops and equipment to Kuwait between November 2002 and March 2003.

(54298)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

252
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the impact of Part M of the Building Regulations on the design of new housing.

(54196)

253
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he has given local authorities to ensure the consistent application of Part M of the Building Regulations by building control officers.

(54197)

254
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many cases there have been of enforcement action against builders for breaches of Part M of the Building Regulations in the last three years; and what the result of the enforcement action was in each case where proceedings are complete.

(54198)

255
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended.

(54202)

256
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions when he has revoked planning permission under section 100 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended, since 1997.

(54203)

257
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received about his powers under section 100 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended; and if he will make a statement.

(54204)

258
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2002.

(54302)

259
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received regarding enforcement of Circular 2002 Planning Inquiries for Major Infrastructure Projects procedures; and if he will make a statement.

(54303)

260
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of (a) Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, (b) the Town and Country Planning Appeals (Determination by Inspectors) (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2000, (c) the Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) Regulations 2000 and (d) the Town and Country Planning (Hearings Procedure) (England) (Rules) 2000.

(54304)

261
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of (a) section 100 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, (b) Article 20(5) of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 and (c) the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.

(54305)

262
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the study commissioned by his Department, A Review of the Publicity Requirements for Planning Applications.

(54306)

263
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

(54307)

264
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) Regulations 1997.

(54308)

265
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of Schedule 6 paragraph 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

(54309)

266
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000.

(54310)

267
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made on the implementation of the EU Buildings Energy Performance Directive.

(52718)

268
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to promote the take-up of positive planning for renewables policies among local planning authorities.

(54044)

269
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when his Department will start the urgent review of local authority positive planning for renewable energy policies announced in Standing Committee C on 9th February; and when he expects the review to report its findings.

(54045)

270
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when a decision will be taken on the extent to which further Government action will be taken to promote positive planning for renewables policies by local authorities.

(54046)

271
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution that local authority positive planning for renewable energy policies could make to delivering future carbon emission and renewables targets.

(54047)

272
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) date and (b) subject matter was of each of his Department's (i) circulars and (ii) statements on planning and climate change policy sent to local and regional planning authorities in (A) 2003, (B) 2004 and (C) 2005.

(54057)

273
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Part L of the Building Regulations encourages the greater use of renewable energy systems in the built environment.

(54059)

274
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he intends the energy efficiency requirements for level 1 of the Code for Sustainable Homes to be set higher than Part L of the Building Regulations.

(54063)

275
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to require the greater use of micro renewable energy systems in the Code for Sustainable Homes.

(54064)

276
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he took the decision to postpone his Department's plans to consult on a Code for Sustainable Buildings; and for what reasons.

(54065)

277
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what advice his Department issues to (a) Government offices and (b) its inspectors on the desirability of local authorities adopting positive planning for renewable energy policies.

(54484)

278
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from (a) commercial developers and (b) housing developers on the feasibility of local authority positive planning for renewables policies.

(54485)

279
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage consideration of efficiency in the use of (a) energy and (b) water in the construction of (i) new housing and (ii) commercial facilities in connection with his growth area strategy.

(53747)

280
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will re-define the term brownfield site to exclude gardens of residential homes.

(54033)

281
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to protect pensioners from above inflation increases in council tax; and if he will make a statement.

(54041)

282
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department operates a mechanism by which council tax exemption thresholds are adjusted annually.

(53416)

283
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the (a) value and (b) repayment date is of each loan provided by his Department to arm's length management organisations in London.

(54465)

284
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the effect on carbon emissions of (a) the extension of new standards for conservatories set out in Part L of building regulations, conservation of fuel and power, announced in September 2005 to all conservatories and (b) a requirement that the building of an extension should trigger consequential energy efficiency improvements to the existing building.

(53829)

285
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria his Department applies to applications for the siting of wind-turbines in (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty.

(53715)

286
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of people gaining access to a service through Supporting People were at risk of domestic violence in each year since 2003.

(54165)

287
N John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the local authorities which have applied under the Freedom of Information Act for information from his Department in 2006; and what information they have applied for.

(52726)

288
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of the council housing stock of (a) houses and (b) flats in Gateshead East and Washington West constituency has been sold under the right-to-buy scheme since 1980.

(54073)

289
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans are in place to include water use reduction measures in building regulations.

(53833)

290
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) full-time and (b) retained firefighters have been employed in (i) Gravesham and (ii) Kent in each year since 1996-97.

(54327)

291
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid in business rates in Gravesham in each year since 1996-97; and how much was received by Gravesham Borough Council from the central rate pool.

(54332)

292
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) full-time and (b) retained firefighters have taken early retirement in (i) Gravesham and (ii) Kent in each year since 1996-97; and what assessment he has made of the frequency of reasons given for early retirement.

(54427)

293
N David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish details of the alterations to Part L of the Building Regulations for England and Wales, set to come into force in April 2006.

(54147)

294
N David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when and how he plans to implement Articles 7 to 10 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; and if he will make a statement.

(54148)

295
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much rates support grant was given to Lancashire County Council over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(53372)

296
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people are on the waiting list for rented social housing in Chorley.

(53373)

297
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his Department's policy is on retaining two-tier council areas.

(53374)

298
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what money is available for housing associations to build houses in Chorley.

(53375)

299
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money the Government has made available for housing in Chorley in the last three years.

(53376)

300
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will meet hon. Members and representatives from Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue and Peterborough City Council to discuss strategies to combat incidences of arson in the Greater Peterborough area.

(53301)

301
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for tackling overcrowding in residential accommodation in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

(53805)

302
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new homes he expects to be built in Staffordshire in (a) 2006-07 and (b) each of the following three years.

(53430)

303
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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 statement.

(53431)

304
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many applications there have been to construct mobile telephone masts in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency 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.

(53432)

305
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new mobile telephone masts have been erected under permitted development rights in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency in each of the last 48 months for which figures are available.

(53435)

306
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research his Department has assessed since 2001 on how homelessness prevention funds have been spent.

(53720)

307
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many retained firefighters there are in each region of England; and how many vacancies for retained firefighters there are in each region.

(53329)

308
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how long on average it takes to fill vacancies for retained firefighters in the last period for which figures are available.

(53330)

309
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many areas in England are reliant on retained firefighters rather than full-time firefighters; how many of these areas have a full quota of retained firefighters; and in how many of these areas there are unfilled vacancies for retained firefighters.

(53331)

310
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether there are incentives for employers to allow employees (a) to start and (b) to continue to work as retained firefighters; and whether he plans to introduce measures to ensure that employees are not penalised for working as retained firefighters.

(53332)

311
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the possible impact of the increased retirement age under the proposed new firefighters' pension scheme on the health and safety of firefighters.

(53471)

312
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54195)

313
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many incidences of financial irregularities have been discovered in his Department in each year since its creation; and if he will make a statement.

(54270)

314
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 1st December 2005, Official Report, columns 681-2W, on housing, what statistical methods of comparison his Department has used to analyse the effectiveness of the Empty Homes Strategy.

(54318)

315
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 1st December 2005, Official Report, columns 681-2W, on housing, what assessment he has made of Purbeck's performance in implementing the Empty Homes Strategy.

(54319)

316
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 1st December 2005, Official Report, columns 681-2W, on housing, whether the figures were (a) submitted by each local authority and (b) collected by his Department.

(54430)

317
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to change the planning class order on casinos from D2 to sui generis; and over what timescale.

(53892)

318
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on alternatives to housing stock transfer as a method for strategic investment in council housing.

(53340)

319
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance he issues to local authorities which plan to ballot tenants on housing stock transfer proposals; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's proposed review of strategic investment in council housing on that guidance.

(53341)

320
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to strengthen Part E of the Building Regulations (England and Wales) as they relate to resistance to the transmission of sound in relation to wooden or laminate floors.

(53470)

321
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the meetings that departmental (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with local authority (i) officials and (ii) representatives on local government restructuring in the last 12 months.

(53095)

322
Mr Robert Syms (Poole):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the meetings that the Minster of Housing and Planning has had in the last 12 months with local authority (a) officials and (b) representatives on local government restructuring.

(53344)

323
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to encourage senior representatives of Swindon Borough Council to hold regular public meetings to promote local dialogue on measures taken to address anti-social behaviour.

(53883)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

324
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the campaign to (a) develop further and (b) share schools' experience of parental engagement will be launched.

(53487)

325
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what materials she will provide to deprived parents to use at home to support their child's learning and study skills as referred to on page 67 of the White Paper `Higher Standards, Better Schools for All'.

(53488)

326
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the schools which use home-school agreements in each local education authority.

(53493)

327
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the maintained schools in each local education authority which do not give information on pupils' progress to parents at least three times a year.

(53494)

328
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which specialised diplomas will be available in 2008 for pupils aged 14 years.

(53498)

329
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the use of the contractual value added measure by Ofsted.

(53499)

330
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of maintained schools offer access to e-learning resources both in and out of school.

(53511)

331
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the review by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority of the Key Stage 3 curriculum.

(53512)

332
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made on the pilot project to look at the impact of completing Key Stage 3 in two years; and if she will make a statement.

(53513)

333
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will extend the provision of services for teachers' professional development in science, mathematics, English and social sciences.

(53523)

334
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what independent research she has evaluated on best practice in setting by ability in schools; and if she will make a statement.

(53539)

335
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targeted programmes have been introduced to address under-performance of pupils from gypsy and traveller communities.

(53540)

336
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what change there has been since 2003 in the performance of black and minority ethnic pupils in (a) English and (b) mathematics at each key stage.

(53547)

337
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the high performing specialist schools which have taken on additional functions since the publication of the White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools for All.

(53549)

338
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools have taken steps to address under-performance in GCSEs of white working-class boys in receipt of free school meals.

(53550)

339
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the sponsors of the Every Child a Reader project; and what the results of the project were.

(53553)

340
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities will receive funds from that part of the Dedicated Schools Grant earmarked for small group tuition; and how much each of them will receive.

(53554)

341
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools will receive extra targeted financial help in 2006-07 because they have the highest numbers of pupils who have fallen behind.

(53555)

342
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to promote more effective (a) measurement of and (b) accountability for progress made by pupils with special educational needs across a wide range of abilities.

(53556)

343
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list examples of the sharing of expertise between special and mainstream schools, referred to on page 55 of the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All.

(53557)

344
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list specialist schools which have a special educational needs specialism.

(53558)

345
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest fixed period is for a pupil exclusion, short of permanent exclusion.

(53570)

346
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisations run the parenting programmes which parents subject to a parenting order must attend; and what the cost to public funds is of the programmes since they were introduced.

(53571)

347
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expenditure of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth was in each year since 1999.

(53572)

348
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the remit of the Children's Information Services to be extended to provide information for parents of children up to of age 19 years.

(53573)

349
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources have been made available for (a) the National Parents' helpline and (b) the Parents' Centre web service; and if she will make a statement.

(53574)

350
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools employ dedicated home-school outreach workers, broken down by local education authority.

(53575)

351
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the implementation of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services.

(53576)

352
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, how many (a) safer school partnerships and (b) children's trusts have been set up.

(53577)

353
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local safeguarding children's boards have been set up.

(53578)

354
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the draft guidance on information sharing for all practitioners who work with children, young people and families.

(53579)

355
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in England have published disability equality schemes.

(53580)

356
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the review of pupil registration regulations.

(53581)

357
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether all local education authorities have arrangements in place for identifying children missing from education.

(53582)

358
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the proposed pathfinder project to assist the identification of children whose needs could be met by appropriate boarding provision.

(53583)

359
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the proposed consultation on proposals for transforming outcomes for looked after children.

(53584)

360
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which primary care trust areas have at least one full-time year-round qualified school nurse.

(53585)

361
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many court-imposed parenting orders for parents of excluded pupils have been (a) applied for and (b) issued in each local authority since they were introduced.

(53586)

362
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learning mentors there are in each local education authority.

(53587)

363
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, where the (a) multi-agency behaviour and education support teams and (b) in-school learning support units are based.

(53588)

364
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether trust schools will be expected to comply with the Equal Opportunities Commission and Relationship Education Guidance 2000.

(53596)

365
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list schools which offer parents access to adult and family learning opportunities.

(53597)

366
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will issue best practice guidance to assist promoters of new schools in designing admission policies.

(53609)

367
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many maintained schools (a) set and (b) group pupils in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) science, (iv) design and technology, (v) history and (vi) modern languages; and if she will make a statement.

(53610)

368
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expenditure to date has been on the Aiming High programme; and what assessment she has made of its impact.

(53613)

369
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent advice she has given to further education colleges on criminal record checks (a) on staff employed at the colleges and (b) in relation to work placements of their students.

(54278)

370
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in secondary schools with over 20 per cent. of pupils entitled to free school meals, what is (a) (i) the percentage of such pupils and (ii) the overall proportion leaving without a qualification and (b) the overall proportion achieving grade A* to C at GCSE or equivalent.

(54074)

371
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department since 1990 on future trends in university admissions; and if she will make a statement.

(53902)

372
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers parents have to find out the content of their children's sex education in schools.

(53595)

373
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department has allocated for key skills training in secondary schools in (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire in each year since the beginning of the scheme.

(53316)

374
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department allocated for school IT systems in (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(53317)

375
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there were for headteacher positions in (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997.

(53318)

376
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding her Department has made available for school music facilities in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire in each academic year since 1997.

(53319)

377
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding her Department has made available for improvements to school sports facilities in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(53320)

378
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) England, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) West Lancashire constituency in the last year for which figures are available.

(53321)

379
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the merits of leaving local authorities in control of school assets in the context of the Education White Paper.

(53302)

380
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school leavers in Coventry South took up a modern apprenticeship after the completion of their GCSEs in each year since 1997.

(53303)

381
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will name the new schools which have been commissioned through the competitive process, broken down by local education authority; and what criteria were used in making the decision whether to use that process.

(53906)

382
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she has taken to improve procurement in the children, young people and families sector; and what savings have been made as a consequence.

(53417)

383
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she has taken to improve procurement in the higher education sector; and what savings have been made as a consequence.

(53433)

384
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the implications of the Education White Paper for compliance with the Gershon Review of Public Expenditure.

(53436)

385
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress she has made in replacing accountability requirements on schools for departmental skills programmes with the intelligent accountability framework of the New Relationship with Schools; and if she will make a statement.

(53535)

386
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in introducing a new accountability system for (a) funding, (b) planning, (c) monitoring, (d) audit and (e) inspection arrangements for (i) colleges and (ii) other educational providers in the lifelong learning sector.

(53536)

387
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is her Department's policy to reduce grants for new school buildings if a sprinkler system is included in the plans.

(53348)

388
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to publish its second report into the use of coursework in GCSE and GCE A level exams.

(53474)

389
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the cost of losses of buildings used for education caused by arson in each year since 1996.

(53552)

390
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the marks in GCSE history are awarded by each examination board for (a) course work, (b) historical knowledge and (c) skills-based knowledge.

(53882)

391
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 998W, on avian influenza, when she expects to be in a position to issue government guidance on action to be taken in the event of an avian influenza pandemic in schools.

(54182)

392
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 998W, on avian influenza, to which of the Answers to the hon. Member for Bury North on 30th January 2006, Official Report, column 96W, she was referring to.

(54183)

393
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she last visited a state grammar school on official business.

(53825)

394
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many visits she has made to state grammar schools on official business since 5th May 2005; and to which schools.

(53826)

395
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the nature of the grants made in 2004-05 through the Children's Fund.

(53350)

396
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) current work programme and (b) funding for 2005-06 is for (i) the Adult Learning Inspectorate, (ii) Partnership for Schools, (iii) National College of School Leadership, (iv) the Learning and Skills Council, (v) the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services, (vi) the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, (vii) the General Teaching Council and (viii) the Office for Fair Access.

(53351)

397
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual funding per pupil has been in (a) Gateshead and (b) Sunderland constituencies in each year since 1997.

(54157)

398
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the new school in Buckshaw village in Chorley will be built; and how many school places it will provide.

(53354)

399
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what records are kept by her Department of the (a) number and (b) area of school playing fields in England.

(54107)

400
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether there is a register of school playing fields.

(54108)

401
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used by her Department to assess the need for school playing fields.

(54109)

402
Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used by her Department to determine whether a school playing field can be released for change of use.

(54110)

403
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to promote active citizenship among young people.

(53504)

404
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to tackle bullying in schools.

(53505)

405
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what statistics the Government holds on bullying in schools.

(53591)

406
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of Government strategies to tackle bullying in schools.

(53598)

407
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in Peterborough achieved five or more A*-C grades at GCSE in 2005.

(53481)

408
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list visits by Ministers in her Department to SureStart schemes and facilities in England in the 12 months to 5th May 2005; in which parliamentary constituency each facility is; what the cost of each visit was; and if she will make a statement.

(53482)

409
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people aged 18 to 24 resident in the Peterborough constituency were registered students at UK universities in each year since 1997.

(53709)

410
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she plans to issue to local education authorities concerning variations of pay agreements under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document, with regard to the non-provision of childcare tax vouchers as a non-cash benefit; whether her Department plans to review this policy; and if she will make a statement.

(53803)

411
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

(53422)

412
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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) Staffordshire and (ii) Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997.

(53423)

413
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of truancy levels in schools in (a) Tamworth, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England.

(53424)

414
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research her Department has commissioned into the social profile of adult learners.

(53022)

415
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many neighbourhood learning centres were set up following the report of the policy action team of the Social Exclusion Unit in 1999; and how many are still open.

(53023)

416
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2006, Official Report, column 2210W, on sex and relationships education, if she will take steps to make the teacher's certificate in personal social and health education compulsory for all teachers expected to teach sex and relationships education.

(53353)

417
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what legislative provision governs (a) the curriculum for and (b) the recruitment of teaching staff in religious education in (i) community schools, (ii) schools with a religious ethos and (iii) academies.

(53524)

418
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what legal provisions govern (a) the content of and (b) the rights of pupils and teachers to request withdrawal from religious worship in (i) community schools, (ii) schools with a religious ethos and (iii) academies.

(53525)

419
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many racist incidents amongst pupils were recorded in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education institutions in (i) England, (ii) the Tees Valley and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each year since 1997.

(53533)

420
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines local education authorities are given in relation to tackling racism in schools.

(53534)

421
N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have been (a) referred to and (b) included on the (i) Protection of Children Act 1999 list and (ii) the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list since 8th January; and how many of these referrals have been cases of individuals previously referred to each list but not previously included on them.

(53091)

422
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1572W, on sex offenders, how many names were transferred to the Protection of Children Act list from the Consultancy Services Index at its inception.

(54253)

423
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th February to Question 49418, if she will make a written statement on when she plans to place figures on school funding in the Library.

(53832)

424
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans her Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice she has issued to her Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if she will make a statement.

(54192)

425
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children with special educational needs have been refused admission to (a) foundation schools, (b) academies and (c) proposed trust schools in the last 12 months.

(53870)

426
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many admission cases to (a) foundation schools, (b) academies and (c) proposed trust schools have been referred to an independent educational tribunal for appeal concerning children with special educational needs in the last 12 months.

(53871)

427
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have had with groups representing children with special educational needs on admissions policies in (i) foundation schools, (ii) academies and (iii) proposed trust schools.

(53872)

428
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have had with potential sponsors of proposed trust schools in relation to admissions policies on children with special educational needs.

(53873)

429
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many academies are supported by organisations which incorporate or adhere to a faith or religious ethos in their (a) curricula and (b) admissions policies.

(53910)

430
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of children excluded from academies have been referred to an independent educational tribunal for appeal since academies were introduced.

(53911)

431
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of academies select some of their pupils by aptitude.

(54004)

432
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she and her officials have had with universities in the north west of England on their potential involvement in proposed trust schools.

(54006)

433
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what were the (a) A-level and (b) GCSE results for each school in Wansdyke constituency in 1995 and each subsequent year for which data are available; and what the average results were in those years for all schools in (i) Wansdyke and (ii) England.

(54363)

434
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total expenditure was on maintenance and improvement of (a) primary, infant and junior schools and (b) secondary schools in Wansdyke constituency in each of the last eight years.

(54364)

435
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual funding per pupil has been in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire in each year since 1992.

(54365)

436
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was in (a) Bath and (b) North East Somerset in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in the latest period for which figures are available.

(54366)

437
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government contributed to the establishment of Trinity Primary and St Nicholas Primary schools in Radstock.

(54367)

438
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures her Department is taking to ensure children at school are unable to access inappropriate material on the internet.

(54390)

439
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many residents of Wansdyke constituency are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the education maintenance allowance.

(54391)

440
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) school support staff were employed in South Gloucestershire in each year since 1992.

(54396)

441
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was allocated by her Department in Bath and North East Somerset for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years.

(54397)

442
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was allocated by her Department in South Gloucestershire for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years.

(54398)

443
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time teachers and (b) school support staff were employed in Bath and North East Somerset for each year since 1992.

(54399)

444
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the criteria are for the awarding of Beacon status by her Department; and if she will make a statement.

(53304)

445
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether there is a limit on the number of Beacon schools in any region.

(53308)

446
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils have been excluded from school in (a) Uxbridge, (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon and (c) Greater London in the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(53643)

447
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils received free school meals in each school in Boston and Skegness constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(53856)

448
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools hot lunches are cooked (i) on and (ii) off the school premises in (A) Lincolnshire and (B) Boston and Skegness.

(53857)

449
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost of a school meal was for (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (A) Lincolnshire and (B) Boston and Skegness constituency in the last period for which figures are available.

(53858)

450
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the issue of raising research and development spending; and if she will make a statement.

(53849)

451
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are receiving special needs provisions in Lancashire.

(54496)

452
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many potential providers have submitted proposals to set up schools under provisions for open competition in the Acts of (a) 1998, (b) 2002 and (c) 2005; and how many of these have been successful in each case.

(54357)

453
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have applied for foundation status since the fast track scheme was introduced; and how many of these applications have been successful.

(54358)

454
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many decisions on school expansion schools organisation committees have made in each of the last five years; and how many of these decisions in each year were that schools should expand.

(54359)

455
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many proposals for school expansion have been referred to the Schools Adjudicator in each of the past five years; and how many of these have resulted in school expansion.

(54371)

456
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to allocate funds to local authority music service provision after 2008; and if she will make a statement.

(53299)

457
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what annual resources are allocated to local authority music services from the Music Standards Fund (a) in each year between 1995 and 2000 and (b) in 2005-06; and if she will list the totals allocated to each local authority.

(53300)

458
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected allocations are for each local authority for music service provision from the Music Stanadards Fund for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the totals were for each local authority.

(53305)

459
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in fulfilling the commitment for all primary children to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.

(53306)

460
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to guarantee access to music services including learning a musical instrument for all young people.

(53307)

461
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources she has allocated to the anti-bullying alliance in each year since 2003; for what purposes the resources are allocated; and what method of assessment for the effective use of the resources her Department uses.

(54009)

462
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the management costs imposed by local authorities for the administration of SureStart.

(54083)

463
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been undertaken to compare management costs imposed by local authorities for the administration of her policies in schools.

(54175)

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

464
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that badgers (a) killed as part of a cull and (b) otherwise found dead are disposed of in a way which does not represent a potential notifiable disease hazard.

(53448)

465
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason she has not yet signed the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals; and if she will make a statement.

(52716)

466
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to tackle water shortages in the South East (a) during 2006 and (b) over the next 10 years.

(53602)

467
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Government publishes on carbon dioxide emissions from each type of fuel; and what emission factors are used to calculate these figures.

(53750)

468
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) shipping fuel and (b) aviation fuel included in table 1.1 of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics is excluded from the calculation of UK carbon dioxide emissions.

(53751)

469
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to recycle plastic.

(53312)

470
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire have been registered under the Organic Entry Level Scheme.

(53313)

471
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of air quality standards in West Lancashire constituency.

(53314)

472
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact on farmers in West Lancashire of late payments of the single farm payment.

(53315)

473
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the use of illegal snares; and if she will make a statement on the recent incident at Crumlington, Northumberland.

(53648)

474
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the results of the work of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency evaluating the use of the gamma interferon test for bovine tuberculosis in cattle.

(53874)

475
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference are for the Gamma Interferon Working Group; and when it is due to report to Ministers.

(53875)

476
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the advisory committee on pesticides has complied with the guidelines on scientific analysis in policy making from the Government Chief Scientific Adviser in its consideration of the impact of pesticide use on bystanders.

(54438)

477
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will rename the Advisory Committee on Pesticides as the Advisory Committee on Pest Management and make the appropriate consequent changes to its remit.

(54441)

478
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many calls the Poultry Register helpline has received in each week since it was opened.

(54181)

479
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th December 2005, Official Report, column 2210W, on poultry, whether her Department has reconsidered making it (a) possible or (b) mandatory for owners of smaller flocks to register their birds.

(54479)

480
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th December 2005, Official Report, column 2210W, on poultry, what percentage of poultry owners have fulfilled the requirement to register their flocks under the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) Regulations 2005.

(54480)

481
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006, Official Report, column 451W, on poultry, how many flocks of 50 birds or more have now been registered with her Department; and what the flock size is of each registered poultry owner.

(54481)

482
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the accuracy of the digitalised farm maps used by the Rural Payments Agency for the purpose of making single farm payments.

(53194)

483
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will reverse its policy of asking farmers in TB hotspots to pay inspection costs.

(53195)

484
N Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of aggregates were (a) quarried and (b) recycled in each of the five years (i) before and (ii) since the introduction of the aggregates levy.

(53349)

485
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Office of Water Services on linking a reduced-rate water supply and sewerage infrastructure charge to water efficiency measures.

(53836)

486
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the water companies to reduce leakage in the water infrastructure.

(54429)

487
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the current staffing establishment is at English Nature in Peterborough; and what projected staffing numbers are over the next five years.

(54354)

488
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people employed in the farming industry in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands.

(53449)

489
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's assessment is of the potential impact of the influx of Chinese mitten crabs in British waterways on the environment; and what plans her Department has to tackle the problem.

(53531)

490
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which councils have applied to join the Department's scheme to tackle chewing gum litter.

(53532)

491
Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many social scientific researchers she has in her Department; and what plans she has to increase this complement.

(53799)

492
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of applying the water affordability tariff, to be introduced in Northern Ireland in April 2007, to England and Wales.

(54311)

493
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice she has issued to her Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if she will make a statement.

(54194)

494
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in (a) Uxbridge constituency and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1997; how many prosecutions were made as a result; and if she will make a statement.

(53636)

495
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recycling points there are per 1,000 population in (a) Uxbridge constituency, (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon, (c) Greater London and (d) England.

(53637)

496
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding (a) Uxbridge and (b) the London Borough of Hillingdon received to support recycling in each year since 1997.

(53645)

497
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from horse riders and horse riding organisations about access to (a) sites of specific interest and (b) national nature reserves; and if she will make a statement.

(52731)

498
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department are paid on a performance-related basis.

(50518)

499
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many digital maps issued by the Rural Payments Agency have been returned due to error; and if she will make a statement.

(54264)

500
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the time taken to receive a digital map from the Rural Payments Agency; and if she will make a statement.

(54265)

501
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken was for the Rural Payments Agency to send out a digital map in the latest period for which a figure is available.

(54266)

502
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government Decontamination Service has the capacity to operate in response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents abroad.

(53358)

503
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the national targets are for recycling (a) household waste and (b) corporate waste over the next five years.

(53844)

504
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage recycling.

(53845)

505
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of landfill waste which was recycable in each of the last five years.

(53846)

506
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste produced in (a) Leicester and (b) England in each of the last five years was household waste.

(54321)

507
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage companies to enter the recycling industry.

(54322)

508
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of capacity in landfill sites in England has been used in each of the last five years.

(54323)

509
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste in England was exported for disposal in each year between 1997 and 2005.

(54324)

510
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's targets are for recycling of waste for each of the next five years.

(54325)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

511
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the Foreign Secretary has had with the Burmese Government in exile in each of the past three years.

(54444)

512
N Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Government has made an assessment of the safety of British tourists using Burmese airlines.

(54447)

513
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to India regarding the sale of British aircraft to Burma.

(54460)

514
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with United States officials about (a) sanctions and (b) other measures against Iran for breaches of its international obligations in respect of its nuclear programme.

(54210)

515
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with United States officials in 2005 on (a) support for a conditional security assurance to Iran and (b) the security assurance offered to Iran by France, Germany and the UK, acting as the E3, in August 2005.

(54211)

516
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of how far Iran is from acquiring technologies necessary for the production of a nuclear weapon.

(54212)

517
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) political activists and (b) journalists detained in (i) Iran and (ii) North Korea.

(54213)

518
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in (a) Iran and (b) North Korea.

(54214)

519
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the status of the Joint Statement of the Six-Party talks on North Korea issued on 19th September 2005.

(54221)

520
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Korea's nuclear weapons programme and (b) transfer of nuclear technologies.

(54222)

521
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the UK Government has had with the US Administration about changes in the military and security use of Ascension Island in the last 12 months.

(54459)

522
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's position is on (a) granting residents of Ascension Island permanent right of abode, (b) granting residents property rights with full legal title, (c) granting licences for commercial ventures on the Island, with particular reference to commercial air charters, (d) licensing commercial flights between St Helena and Ascension if the former builds an airport and (e) the future of the Island Assembly's taxation and administrative powers; and if he will take steps to codify those powers in an agreement between the Assembly and British Government.

(54476)

523
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the governments of (a) Uganda, (b) Rwanda and (c) Burundi concerning the security situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(54168)

524
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with the African Unity Organisation concerning the governance of Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

(54170)

525
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Saudi Arabia concerning their foreign minister's call for a nuclear weapons free Middle East; and if he will make a statement.

(54171)

526
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision is made by the High Commission in Dhaka for monitoring the state of human rights in Bangladesh.

(54172)

527
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of electoral fraud in the recent elections in Haiti.

(53728)

528
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the violence associated with the recent elections in Uganda.

(53876)

529
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress being made in the reunification of Cyprus.

[R] (53710)

530
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other members of the United Nations on (a) funds available for the African Union Mission in Sudan and (b) plans for a United Nations Mission to take over from the AU; and what plans there are for joint working and cooperation between AU and UN forces.

(52949)

531
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps (a) the UK Government is taking and (b) he is taking through (i) civil society organisations, (ii) the United Nations and (iii) other means to protect civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo from intimidation, murder and other humanitarian atrocities; and what assessment he has made of the steps needed to improve measures to protect civilians in that country.

(52950)

532
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UN mandate applying to Darfur, Sudan.

(52952)

533
N Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the membership of the Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit.

(53096)

534
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Ministers in his Department are preparing to hold talks with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; and if he will make a statement.

(54086)

535
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterparts regarding the possibility of holding discussions with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; and if he will make a statement.

(54087)

536
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact members of his Department have had with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

(54088)

537
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has supported terrorist organisations in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.

(54089)

538
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of support offered by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas; and if he will make a statement.

(54090)

539
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether previous EU-Morocco fisheries agreements have enabled EU vessels to have licences to fish in Saharawi waters.

(53652)

540
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government holds records on EU fraud allegations made by whistleblowers.

(53438)

541
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government holds information relating to the death of Commission official Antonio Quatraro.

(53439)

542
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent wave of arrests in Bulawayo and Harare in Zimbabwe.

(53723)

543
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Spanish government required salvage work on HMS Sussex to be halted; on what grounds; and what the response was of the UK Government.

(53454)

544
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Canada on protecting the wreck of HMS Fantome from treasure hunting.

(53457)

545
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Gibraltar on protecting from destruction the Rosia Water Tanks on Gibraltar.

(53460)

546
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of visitor visa applications from (a) married and (b) unmarried men applying from (i) India, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) Bangladesh have been refused in each year since 1997.

(53379)

547
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what planning applications his Department made for the G8 Summit in Gleneagles in 2004-05; and how many were (a) granted and (b) refused.

(53721)

548
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February to Question 50163, what progress has been made by the African Union towards the establishment of an African stand-by force.

(53345)

549
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February to Question 50163, when the EU will decide whether to provide additional support to the UN forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(53346)

550
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February to Question 50163, when the three options being considered in parallel will be decided upon; and when such considerations began.

(53347)

551
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the relationship between Cabinda and (a) Angola and (b) Democratic Republic of Congo.

(53861)

552
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place between the Government and Angola regarding the security situation in the province of Cabinda.

(53862)

553
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made on the treatment of Christians to the government of (a) Egypt, (b) Saudi Arabia, (c) Iran, (d) Sudan, (e) Vietnam, (f) China, (g) Poland, (h) Spain, (i) Morocco, (j) Nepal, (k) India, (l) Pakistan, (m) Indonesia, (n) Myanmar, (o) North Korea, (p) Belarus, (q) the United Arab Emirates and (r) Yemen.

(53548)

554
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter of 7th December 2005 from Anas el-Banna about his father, Jamil el-Banna, sent to the Prime Minister and forwarded to his Department on 16th January.

(54487)

555
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of private security companies contracted to his Department and operating in Iraq, between April 2003 and December 2005.

(54290)

556
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on armoured civilian vehicles by his Department for operation in Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005; and how many such vehicles were purchased by his Department in that period.

(54292)

557
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of (a) securing and (b) setting up the British Embassy buildings and compounds in (i) Baghdad and (ii) Basrah following the handover of sovereignty to the Iraqis; and what the cost was of securing the office for the UK representation in Kirkuk.

(54294)

558
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of (a) preparing and (b) deploying (i) Civil Service and (ii) non-Civil Service (A) UK and (B) non-UK personnel to Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005; and what the salary costs of personnel in each category were.

(54295)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

559
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will consult on the proposal for a right for people with disabilities to request not to be placed in institutional care; and if she will make a statement.

(54498)

560
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department expects to publish an updated edition of the school nurse development pack; if she will place a copy in the Library; and if she will make a statement.

(54300)

561
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the (a) adult and (b) child population of (i) York and Selby Primary Care Trust area, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England was registered with an NHS general dental practitioner in (A) 1997 and (B) each year since then.

(53677)

562
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioners there were in the York and Selby Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.

(53679)

563
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration per full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioner was in the York and Selby Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.

(53680)

564
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were registered with NHS general dental practitioners in the York and Selby Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.

(53681)

565
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on temporary NHS (a) staff, (b) doctors and (c) nurses, in each (i) strategic health authority and (ii) Government office region in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by specialism.

(53565)

566
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on recruiting (a) nurses and (b) consultants from abroad in each (i) strategic health authority and (ii) Government office region in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by specialism .

(53566)

567
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) consultants, broken down by specialism, were recruited from abroad in each (i) strategic health authority and (ii) government office region in the last 12 months for which data is available; and what percentage of the total employed in each category these figures represent.

(53567)

568
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many temporary NHS (a) staff, (b) doctors and (c) nurses there were in each (i) strategic health authority and (ii) government office region in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by specialism.

(53568)

569
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of how much interest would be paid for cash support by NHS Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 based on bank rates of interest.

(53309)

570
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what interest rate is charged to (a) NHS authorities and (b) Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust for cash support; what the rate was in each of the past four years; and what estimate she has made of how much will be charged in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07.

(53310)

571
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire have had to wait more than (i) one month, (ii) two months and (iii) three months for an appointment with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the last 12 months.

(53311)

572
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints her Department received about the domiciliary oxygen supply service in West Lancashire in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many it has recruited in 2006.

(53359)

573
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the access to GP services by families who have been involved in domestic violence in West Lancashire.

(53384)

574
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients normally resident in West Lancashire have been treated for cancer in the past 12 months.

(53397)

575
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to increase the numbers of Macmillan nurses working for the NHS in West Lancashire.

(53398)

576
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements her Department has made to ensure that (a) patients in West Lancashire will have access to an independent complaints and advocacy service when the contract with the Citizens Advice Bureau finishes and (b) that there will be a smooth transfer from the current provider to the new provision.

(53399)

577
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy that no new in-patient television systems should be installed without the facility to offer subtitles.

(53400)

578
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects all hospitals to be able to provide subtitles on pay-to-view televisions.

(53401)

579
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals provide pay-to-view patient televisions on which subtitles are (a) available and (b) unavailable.

(53402)

580
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rating was given to Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust by the turnaround team.

(53904)

581
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the accident and emergency waiting time target.

(54255)

582
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether private providers who carry out NHS work will be subject to the NHS complaints procedure.

(54261)

583
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether private providers which carry out NHS work will be subject to the patient involvement schemes which operate in NHS organisations.

(54289)

584
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the effect of the changes to NHS dentistry on costs to (a) Wakefield West Primary Care Trust and (b) the NHS over the next five years.

(53407)

585
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists were employed by Wakefield West Primary Care Trust in each year from 1997 to 2005.

(53408)

586
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding Department has provided to (a) Wakefield West Primary Care Trust and (b) the NHS for dental services in each year from 1997 to 2005.

(53409)

587
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):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 (a) Wakefield constituency and (b) England in each year from 1997 to 2005.

(53410)

588
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available for involuntary addicts withdrawing from benzodiazepine addiction.

(53559)

589
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department issues to general practitioners on the prescription of benzodiazepine.

(53560)

590
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to establish more specialist benzodiazepine dependence treatment services on withdrawal clinics.

(53561)

591
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to register benzodiazepine dependence as a long-term condition under the National Service Framework.

(53562)

592
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the number of benzodiazepine addicts in England; and what methods her Department uses to compile this information.

(53563)

593
N Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of general practitioners' premises in each primary care trust area in London were above minimum standards on the last date for which figures are available.

(52308)

594
N Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an estimate was made by her Department of the cost to the NHS of locally provided independent sector elective treatment as part of its analysis of the NHS budget overspend for 2005-06.

(53631)

595
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for (a) children's, (b) adults and (c) all hearing tests for each NHS trust in the County of Bedfordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(53461)

596
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hearing tests have been completed in the County of Bedfordshire in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(53462)

597
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) children and (b) adults who need hearing (i) aids and (ii) tests; and if she will make a statement.

(53463)

598
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for those (a) children and (b) adults in the County of Bedfordshire who need hearing tests; and if she will make a statement.

(53464)

599
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS audiologists there are in Bedfordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(53521)

600
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to encourage greater uptake by general practitioners of the choose and book IT system.

(53515)

601
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to replace the use of paper prescriptions by use of IT.

(53516)

602
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to improve retention rates for nurses in training.

(53745)

603
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to encourage take-up of free eye tests amongst (a) groups with an increased genetic risk of developing glaucoma and (b) people with diabetes.

(53764)

604
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in the Bournemouth area in each of the last five years.

(54285)

605
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education and Skills on contingency planning for an outbreak of pandemic influenza.

(54333)

606
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the NHS have received oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation during and post surgery in each of the last five years.

(53425)

607
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost and (b) savings to the NHS of standardising the provision of oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation during and post surgery throughout England; and what the cost is per patient of oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation.

(53426)

608
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation.

(53427)

609
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with (a) health service and (b) funding managers regarding the introduction of oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation during and post surgery.

(53428)

610
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce oesophageal Doppler probe haemodynamic optimisation as a standard treatment during and post surgery throughout the NHS.

(53429)

611
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of HIV treatment for pregnant women whose migrant status is undetermined.

(54042)

612
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been allocated for the National Social Work and Social Care recruitment drive, launched on 15th February, including the amount allocated for (a) national and local television, (b) press and (c) radio advertising.

(54043)

613
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she has requested the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to make a recommendation for the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine as a matter of priority.

(54050)

614
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will make a recommendation for the use of a human papillomavirus vaccine.

(54051)

615
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times she has met the manufacturers of the human papillomavirus vaccine, to discuss its introduction, following the submission of the first Marketing Authorisation Application to the European Medicines Agency.

(54052)

616
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness with which (a) Eastleigh and Test Valley South Primary Care Trust, (b) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority has spent funding for improving access, choice and quality in NHS dentistry.

(54166)

617
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has met the British Dental Association over the past six months to discuss the NHS Dental Contracts.

(54173)

618
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults and children in England were registered with an NHS dentist in each year since 1997 in each primary care trust area.

(54174)

619
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people accessed genito-urinary medicine clinics in each of the last five years.

(54216)

620
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate has been for the chlamydia screening test pilot scheme launched in 2005 in conjunction with Boots; and how many samples (a) have been returned and (b) tested positive.

(54217)

621
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the provision of sexual health services in Hampshire.

(54218)

622
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times for an appointment at a gentio-urinary medicine clinic in England were in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by primary care trust.

(54219)

623
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the £300 million made available for improving sexual health services in 2006-07 and 2007-08 through the Choosing Health White Paper will be ring-fenced; how the spending will be tracked; and if she will make a statement.

(54220)

624
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer Question number 38287 tabled on 13th December by the hon. Member for Romsey.

(54223)

625
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2006, Official Report, column 2340W, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of cases of (a) chlamydia, (b) gonorrhoea, (c) syphilis, (d) genital warts and (e) genital herpes diagnosed in genito-urinary medicine clinics in England from 1997 to 2004 by primary care trust area.

(54440)

626
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2005, Official Report, column 263W, on genito-urinary clinics, what steps she is taking to ensure that the additional investment of £130 million goes directly towards improving genito-urinary services and infrastructure in 2006-07 and 2007-08.

(54497)

627
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MSRA cases there were in each hospital in (a) Hampshire and (b) out-of-county hospitals which receive significant numbers of patients from Hampshire in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

(53653)

628
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS provides (a) treatment and (b) resources specifically for ex-service personnel following injury or illness while serving in the armed forces.

(53840)

629
N John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2006, Official Report, column 1325W, on the private finance initiative (PFI), what the net present value is of payments under the PFI contract for (a) Whipps Cross NHS Trust, (b) Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust and (c) Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust; what the net present value is of the public sector comparator; and how much of the net present value of the public sector comparator is accounted for by the optimism bias.

(53093)

630
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had regarding guidance issued to (a) NHS trusts and (b) other NHS organisations on charging for car parking space for patients requiring (i) extended periods of stay in and (ii) repeated visits to hospitals.

(54159)

631
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to encourage the adoption of haemodynamic optimisation for surgical procedures.

(53835)

632
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she made of the financial position of primary care trusts, foundation trusts and other National Health Service organisations before finalising levels of funding for local authorities for 2006-07.

(53541)

633
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to support young people with mental health problems.

(53506)

634
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists serve the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership; and how many dentists in Peterborough constituency (a) operate fully within the NHS and (b) only offer NHS treatment for children.

(53804)

635
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether schools in the Peterborough City Council area will be included in a BCG inoculation programme.

(53807)

636
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what gambling addiction services are available in Cambridgeshire.

(54352)

637
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase the availability of mammography screening for younger women in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire.

(54355)

638
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many violent incidents there have been involving staff of the East Anglian Ambulance Service in the course of their duties in each of the last five years.

(54356)

639
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grants have been provided to help patients accessing sexual health services in Tamworth.

(53405)

640
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the provision of sexual health services in Tamworth.

(53413)

641
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant midwife posts there are in (a) the Staffordshire and Shropshire Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust area; and what plans her Department has to recruit more midwives into the NHS in Staffordshire.

(53414)

642
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges were in acute hospitals serving the Tamworth area in the last 12 months; and how many acute hospital bed nights these represented.

(53419)

643
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single-handed general practitioner practices there are in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire.

(53420)

644
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cadaveric donations of organs there were in England in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the refusal rate was of families asked if they would permit cadaveric donation in each year.

(54257)

645
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the New Home Oxygen Service introduced on 1st February.

(53339)

646
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her assessment is of the policy of the National Blood Service that prohibits gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

(53528)

647
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Department has estimated the change in the amount of blood that would be donated if the National Blood Service removed its ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.

(53529)

648
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra (a) finance and (b) personnel are planned to be allocated to promoting sexual health over the next three years; and what new initiatives are planned for that period.

(53530)

649
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects that the posts of chairmen in the ambulance trusts will be advertised.

(53522)

650
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect on costs in other parts of the NHS of the Expert Patients programme.

(53336)

651
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from (a) denturists and (b) patients of denturists regarding the reforms introduced by the Dentists Act (Amendment) Order 2005; and what the content of these representations was.

(54077)

652
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on jobs in the Prescription Pricing Authority in (a) Manchester and (b) England of the creation of the NHS Business Service Agency.

(53380)

653
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken towards (a) developing, implementing and reinforcing comprehensive mental health policies as outlined in the 12 areas for action set out in the World Health Organisation's Mental Health Action Plan for Europe and (b) engaging non-governmental organisations and service users in this work.

(53097)

654
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations originally scheduled for before 31st March are to be delayed for financial reasons until the 2006-07 financial year.

(53418)

655
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of animal-based insulin as a medication for those with diabetes; and if she will make a statement.

(53473)

656
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice she has issued to her Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if she will make a statement.

(54191)

657
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of chlamydia levels in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Strategic Health Authority in the latest period for which an estimate is available.

(54271)

658
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's estimate is of the costs to date of the Choose and Book computer system; what range of estimates she has received on the total final costs of its implementation; and if she will make a statement.

(54273)

659
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will hold an inquiry into the Choose and Book computer system; and if she will make a statement.

(54274)

660
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd February 2006, Official Report, column 1721W, on HIV/Aids (Hertfordshire), what representations she has made to the Befordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority concerning (a) HIV diagnosis and (b) levels of other sexually transmitted infections.

(54458)

661
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) side-effects of drug treatment options that would be prescribed as alternatives for people with Alzheimer's disease in the severe stages of the disease who are currently prescribed Ebixa.

(54179)

662
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Alzheimer's sufferers in the severe stages of the disease are currently prescribed Ebixa; and what treatment options are available to these patients were Ebixa to be withdrawn from use.

(54180)

663
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessments have been undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of the cost-effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease medication compared to non-drug interventions, including the cost of extra care for patients, as part of its development of recommendations on such medication.

(54360)

664
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of Alzheimer's disease drugs takes current prescribing practice into account.

(54361)

665
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the methodologies used to develop the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's recomendations on Alzheimer's disease drug treatment.

(54362)

666
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence took adequate account of the views of (a) people with dementia and (b) their carers on the effectiveness of drugs for Alzheimer's disease.

(54369)

667
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to ensure that effective drug treatment will be available for people in the early and late stages of Alzheimer's disease following recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that currently available drugs for mild and severe Alzheimer's should be withdrawn.

(54370)

668
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the targets for granting marketing authorisations detailed in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's business plan for 2005 are being met for over-the-counter medicines; and how many application files were open on the last date for which figures are available.

(53024)

669
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Type II variations to marketing authorisations targeted for approval within 90 days in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency business plan are taking longer than the target time for approval; and by how much each has exceeded this period.

(53025)

670
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total costs have been of implementing MHRA's Sentinel computer system; how many and what proportion of each type of application it is being used for; what assessment she has made of how it has affected the time spent to authorise and approve single applications; and if she will make a statement.

(53028)

671
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much time was taken on average to grant applications for marketing authorisation for (a) new, (b) abridged and (c) variations of over-the-counter medicines, from initial receipt of the application to its final approval in the last period for which figures are available.

(53090)

672
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the Better Regulation of Over-the-Counter Medicines Initiative to make its recommendations; and if she will make a statement.

(53197)

673
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses have been received to the Medicines (Fees) Regulations consultation; what proportion of these responses objected to the proposed fee increases; and when the results of the consultation will be made public.

(53615)

674
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) uses to ensure that deadlines for the granting of marketing authorisations for medicines are being met; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure the MHRA assessors are held to account.

(53616)

675
N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) all guidance, instructions and requests sent to West Wiltshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) on community hospitals since the publication of the Government White Paper Our health, our care, our say and (b) all correspondence relating to community hospitals from the PCT received by the Department since publication of the White Paper.

(52732)

676
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish all correspondance between her Department and the UK National Screening Committee realting to the timetable for the introduction of screening for bowel cancer.

(54326)

677
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on IT for NHS dental services over the last three years in support of (a) Connecting for Health and (b) the National Programme for IT in the NHS; and what future spending is planned over the next three years.

(54499)

678
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to (a) inform parents of her Department's change in BCG vaccination for children policy and (b) assess the effectiveness of her information strategy.

[R] (54500)

679
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims were received by the Dental Practice Board in each year since 1997; of these how many (a) attracted the maximum patient charge, (b) involved one filling only and (c) involved one crown only.

(54501)

680
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she will take to ensure dentists with atypical earnings during the test period are not disadvantaged under the new dental contract.

(54502)

681
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of (a) the number of medical students without jobs allocated from August 2006 and the reasons for delay in allocations, (b) the effectiveness of the Multi-Deanery Appointment process and (c) the number of 2006 medical graduates that will not have jobs as junior doctors by 1st August 2006.

(54503)

682
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts are inviting dentists to sign memoranda of agreement instead of contracts.

(54504)

683
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the time taken by primary care trusts to finalise contracts with dentists.

(54505)

684
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a forecast of the cost to patients of one standard NHS dental filling (a) before and (b) after 1st April 2006.

(54506)

685
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of Wansdyke constituency have received free influenza vaccinations in each of the last 10 years.

(54392)

686
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps will be taken by her Department to maximise the take-up rate of influenza vaccinations by those eligible during autumn 2006 and winter 2006-07.

(54393)

687
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why contracts for sterile service supercentres have been issued before the conclusions of the Pathfinder exercise.

[R] (53198)

688
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations have taken place with the Royal College of Surgeons on the estimated costs involved in the surgical instrument sets when supercentre sterile services are established.

[R] (53199)

689
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she has in place to allow fair competition and innovation to continue when supercentre contracts for sterile services are developed.

[R] (53200)

690
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made with the registration and education of denturists and clinical dental technicians.

(54038)

691
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Departmemnt has taken to raise awareness of elder abuse.

(53864)

692
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legislation governs the hiring of (a) paid and (b) volunteer staff within healthcare facilities caring for the elderly.

(53865)

693
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department takes to identify individuals (a) employed and (b) seeking employment in the healthcare profession who might pose a risk to the patients they care for.

(53866)

694
N Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have received the cancer drug Tarceva.

(53996)

695
N Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the NHS trusts which have prescribed the cancer drug Tarceva.

(54101)

696
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much beef was procured last year through framework agreements established by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, broken down by country of origin.

(54093)

697
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 976W, on hospitals, when she expects to issue guidelines for advertising by hospitals.

(54242)

698
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average take-home pay was for general practitioners in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.

(53620)

699
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which primary care trusts are already meeting the proposed requirements in paragraphs 6.42 and 6.43 in the Health White Paper, Our Health, Our Say on procedure to be followed when considering the closure of community hospitals.

(54267)

700
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on attrition rates amongst student nurses; and what data set her Department uses to calculate attrition rates amongst (a) student nurses and (b) student midwives.

(53748)

701
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent attrition rates are for (a) student nurses and (b) student midwives.

(53766)

702
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student nurses dropped out of pre-registration nursing courses in each year since 1991.

(53767)

703
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what communication her Department has had with other EU member states about the process for submitting claims to the community register under the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods; what the outcomes of these discussions were; and if she will make a statement.

(54488)

704
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what appeals mechanism exists for claims which are (a) not accepted on to the community register and (b) prior approved under article 14 of the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

(54489)

705
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her proposals are for the process of submitting claims to the community register under the the proposed EU nutrition and health claims made on foods regulation; when her Department will begin the required consultation process; and if she will make a statement.

(54490)

706
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on (a) the delivery and performance of the Sentinel system procured by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency and (b) its use by manufacturers and others using the services of the Agency.

(53333)

707
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) longest and (b) average period the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency took to process (i) an abridged application and (ii) a variation was in (A) 2004 and (B) 2005.

(53334)

708
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) applications for marketing authorisation for over-the-counter products, (b) abridged applications and (c) variations were received by the the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency in each year since 2001.

(53335)

709
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to announce the outcome of the consultation by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency on the Medicines (Fees) Regulations.

(53855)

710
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what conditions funding will be added to the baseline for primary care trust budgets in 2006-07 for the newly established NHS chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis services.

(53671)

711
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the progress of establishment of NHS services for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.

(53672)

712
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used in assessing applications from primary care trusts (PCTs) for funding in 2005-06 to establish new NHS chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis services; and if she will list the PCTs which have established such services.

(53673)

713
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the economic effects of the early diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis.

(53674)

714
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis patients have been seen to date by the NHS chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis services.

(53675)

715
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that further NHS chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis services are established in 2006-07.

(53676)

716
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on treating smoking-related illnesses in each of the past five years.

(53877)

717
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths have been caused by smoking-related illnesses in each of the last five years.

(53878)

718
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people she estimates have (a) started and (b) stopped smoking in each quarter of each of the last five years.

(53879)

719
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what locations rheumatology services are available to patients in the North and South Stoke Teaching Primary Care Trust areas.

(53880)

720
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the figures referred to on page 104 of `Our health, our care, our say' reference five, on the number of general practices opted out of immunisation service provision, broken down by (a) primary care trust and (b) deprivation level.

(53604)

721
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to answer Question 32012, tabled by the hon. Member for Northavon on 22nd November 2005 on children's teeth.

(53605)

722
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 3.22 of "Our health, Our care, Our say", how many and what percentage of general practitioner practice lists are open but full; and if she will make a statement.

(53608)

723
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of infections with the bacteria acinetobacter there were in the NHS in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by region.

(53683)

724
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the contracts that have been awarded in the UK by (a) the Government and (b) primary care trusts to United Health Europe; and if she will make a statement.

(53684)

725
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times (a) she, (b) her predecessor as Secretary of State and (c) another Health Minister met representatives of United Health Europe in 2005; and what the dates were of these meetings.

(53685)

726
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the contract awarded by North Eastern Derbyshire Primary Care Trust to United Health Europe to run GP practices in Europe was advertised; how many organisations tendered for the contract; how many organisations were shortlisted; and what the criteria were for shortlisting.

(53686)

727
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date NHS trusts will be asked to complete a third hospital management framework self-assessment.

(53687)

728
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with strategic health authorities about the hospital medicines management framework self-assessment responses.

(53688)

729
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the Better Regulation of Over-the-Counter Medicines Initiative; and if she will make a statement.

(53759)

730
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of implementing the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's Sentinel IT system; and what assessment she has made of the impact of Sentinel on the time spent by assessors on simple applications for marketing authorisations.

(53760)

731
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Type II variations to marketing authorisations took longer than 90 days for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to approve in the last period for which figures are available; and how long each took.

(53761)

732
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the targets are being met for granting marketing authorisations set out in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency business plan for 2005-06 for over-the-counter medicines; and how many application files are open.

(53762)

733
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest time for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency to process (i) new, (ii) abridged and (iii) variation applications for marketing authorisations was in the last period for which figures are available.

(53763)

734
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the most recent estimate of the average body mass index in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority.

(53839)

735
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the General Medical Council's complaints mechanism; and if she will make a statement.

(54094)

736
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence her Department has had with (a) members of the public and (b) the General Medical Council (GMC) regarding the lack of a right of appeal by patients against decisions made by GMC case examiners following complaints against doctors.

(54095)

737
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to consult the voluntary sector in drawing up plans for the regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists.

(54096)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

738
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to review the practice of police officers conferring before writing up their versions of an incident.

(53323)

739
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges, (b) investigations and (c) prosecutions there have been under (i) the Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act 1962, (ii) the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960, (iii) the Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949, (iv) the Cockfighting Act 1952, (v) the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999, (vi) the Protection of Animals Act 1934, (vii) the Protection of Animals Act 1911 and (viii) the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 in the last 10 years.

(53337)

740
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Founia Ilyas, reference 3107 2668, will be notified of her immigration status.

(53913)

741
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on voluntary organisations adhering to a code of practice on the status and treatment of long-term volunteers.

(53798)

742
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hon. Members have registered with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's internet service for them since its launch.

(53322)

743
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made using the Home Office Trends in Crime model of the impact on crime rates of (a) economic and (b) demographic changes in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement.

(53898)

744
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have been made to the Home Office Trends in Crime model in the last year; and if he will make a statement.

(53899)

745
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Northern Ireland in 2005 were estimated to be doing so illegally.

(52722)

746
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide the estimated costs, disaggregated from the overall increase in passport costs, of (a) the Authentication by Interview scheme, (b) the acquisition of the 69 potential sites for new passport offices, (c) the Personal Identification Project and (d) the setting up of systems to capture and record fingerprints in passports.

(54053)

747
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money the Prison Service receives each year as a result of charges imposed on prisoners' phone calls.

(54054)

748
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place a copy of the report produced by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, entitled Mind the (level 2) gap, in the Library.

(54055)

749
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Salford last visited Watford in his official capacity.

(54058)

750
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent to date on preparation for the inclusion of fingerprint biometrics in passports.

(54067)

751
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government policy on cannabis is informed by the view that cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(54068)

752
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the reduction in non-car/race-related criminal damage offences sited in the Respect Action Plan is statistically significant.

(54069)

753
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the research studies which have been (a) conducted and (b) commissioned by the Anti-Social Behaviour Unit in the last 12 months; and how many of these studies have been subject to peer review by (i) the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics department and (ii) external academies.

(54071)

754
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation has been conducted of parenting orders; and if he will make a statement.

(54149)

755
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violent crime using a deactivated weapon were recorded in each year since 1997-98.

(54112)

756
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration was given to the standard and quality of housing and support for asylum seekers in the tendering process for National Asylum Support Service; whether the tender process allowed for a decline in the quality of such provision; what assessment he has made of the impact upon these services and asylum seekers of the changes arising from the recently completed tendering process; what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who will have to move home; whether their accommodation is likely to be worse than that presently provided; what the ratio of support workers to asylum seekers will be in 2006-07; what this ratio was in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.

(54368)

757
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to improve the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence in West Lancashire.

(53383)

758
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices have been issued in relation to the illegal use of fireworks in (a) West Lancashire and (b) the Lancashire police force area since the relevant legislation was introduced.

(53392)

759
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought for (a) sales of alcohol to under age children under the Licensing Act 2003 and (b) crime and disorder associated with pubs and clubs in West Lancashire since November 2005.

(53393)

760
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of (a) drunken and disorderly behaviour and (b) drunken and aggravated disorderly behaviour in (i) England and (ii) West Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(53394)

761
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners underwent treatment for drugs dependence in (a) West Lancashire constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales in each of the past five years.

(53395)

762
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applying for positions within residential care and nursing homes in (a) West Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) England are awaiting clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau.

(53396)

763
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum sentence is for manslaughter; and what the sentencing guidelines are for that offence.

(54262)

764
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how parole boards are constituted; and against what criteria a decision to release a prisoner is made.

(54263)

765
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in Wakefield constituency; and how many of them are children.

(53406)

766
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in (a) Wakefield, (b) Wakefield Metropolitan District Council and (c) West Yorkshire since the scheme began; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the community support officers on crime and anti-social behaviour.

(54280)

767
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is available in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Wakefield constituency to deal with domestic violence.

(54281)

768
N Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to the end-to-end supervision of offenders under National Offender Management Service arrangements for long-term prisoners.

(53442)

769
N Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been the subject of supervison orders under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and previous legislation in each of the four designated tiers; and what estimate he has made of how many additional trained probation officers will be needed to ensure that standards set are met over the next five years.

(53443)

770
N Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are on the Sex Offenders Register; and how many of those are on for life.

(53444)

771
N Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are covered by multi-agency public protection arrangements for level (a) one, (b) two and (c) three, broken down by probation area.

(53445)

772
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners convicted of sexual offences maintained their innocence and refused to participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in prison and on probation after their release in each year since 1995; and how many have been convicted of sexual offences after they were released from prison.

(53907)

773
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners convicted of sexual offences participated in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in prison and on probation in each year since 1995; and how many have been convicted of sexual offences after they were released from prison.

(53908)

774
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is compulsory for individuals convicted of sexual offences who maintain their innocence to participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme (a) in prison and (b) on probation.

(53909)

775
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how decisions for parole are reached for individuals convicted of sex offences who maintain their innocence and do not participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(53914)

776
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken to achieve parole was by those who (a) participated and (b) did not participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in the last period for which figures are available.

(53915)

777
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Youth Justice Board received in 2004-05 for the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme for young offenders.

(53997)

778
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials had with the Crown Prosecution Service regarding the prosecution of Abu Hamza.

(53772)

779
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the shortest amount of time served by a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment before he or she were released on licence was in each year between 1999 and 2004.

(53773)

780
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to prisons on the purchase of halal meat.

(53774)

781
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings Ministers and officials plan to have in Yorkshire to discuss the proposed merger of police authorities in the county.

(54111)

782
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to merge the City of London Police with the Metropolitan Police Service; and if he will make a statement.

(53508)

783
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about progress being made to prevent internet service providers based abroad using the web to promote terrorism.

(54287)

784
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met ICANN (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) to discuss the monitoring of the internet to prevent communication between terrorist organisations.

(54288)

785
N Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 7th November 2005 to regarding a constituent Mr Hasan Gun (Home Office reference G306739).

(53592)

786
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point after the implementation of the Drugs Act 2005 the advice given by the Talk to Frank helpline in relation to the status of unprepared magic mushrooms was changed.

(54039)

787
N Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Questions tabled by the right hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst on (a) 9th January 2006, refererence 39441, (b) 15th November 2005, reference 29679, (c) 7th October 2005, reference 16397 and (d) 11th July 2005, reference 11971 on the Civil Service Code of Conduct transferred from the Prime Minister; and if he will (i) make a statement and (ii) provide an explanation of the reasons for the time taken to reply.

(51809)

788
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether service level agreements between regional offender managers and probation boards under the National Offender Management Service arrangements are legally binding.

(53916)

789
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to deal with probation boards or trusts that decline to accept a piece of work.

(53917)

790
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal expenses his Department incurred in each month of 2005 in relation to asylum appeals.

(53495)

791
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the findings of the inquiry into allegations of abuse at Lunar House, Croydon; and if he will make a statement.

(53496)

792
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost, and average monthly cost, to date has been to the Government for (a) building works and (b) security provisions at Silverlands, Chertsey.

(54468)

793
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle youth crime in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

(53701)

794
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) minors and (b) adults normally resident in Peterborough are serving custodial sentences.

(53702)

795
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions there were for offences relating to (i) the possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs in (1) Cambridgeshire Police Authority area and (2) the Northern Division of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary in each year since 1997.

(53716)

796
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of Islamic fundamentalism in the prison system.

(53718)

797
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next plans to review the level of funding for police community support officers in Cambridgeshire; and if he will make a statement.

(53719)

798
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was at current prices of policing per head of population in Cambridgeshire in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and how much of this funding came from (i) council tax, (ii) police grant, (iii) national business rate, (iv) revenue support grant and (v) other funding sources in each year.

(53806)

799
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to tackle illegal immigration in Cambridgeshire.

(54350)

800
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) the Borough of Tamworth, (c) Trent Valley Division and (d) Staffordshire in each year since 1997.

(53403)

801
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) the Borough of Tamworth, (c) Trent Valley Division and (d) Staffordshire since the scheme began; and what assessment he has made of the impact of community support officers on crime and anti-social behaviour.

(53404)

802
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables have been recruited in (a) the Trent Valley Division, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England and Wales since the beginning of the scheme.

(53411)

803
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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) the Trent Valley Division, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England and Wales in each year since the beginning of the scheme.

(53412)

804
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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 Tamworth.

(53450)

805
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):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) the Trent Valley Division, (b) Staffordshire and (c) England and Wales.

(53451)

806
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February 2006 to Question 36154, on the National Youth and Community Service, what the rationale was for setting up a new charitable company to implement the National Youth and Community Service Scheme.

(53729)

807
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State during the debate on the Identity Card Bill, 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1209, whether the set-up costs for the identity card scheme are included in the £584 million annual cost over 10 years of the scheme.

(53754)

808
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost of the Passport Agency Support System was in the latest year for which figures are available.

(53755)

809
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records are held on an individual in the Passport Agency Support System.

(53756)

810
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the annual income from the proposed charge for a biometric passport and identity card in each of the first three years of the scheme.

(53757)

811
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Questions (a) 50928, (b) 50948, (c) 50322 and (d) 50261 on identity cards.

(54258)

812
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a fund analogous to the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund exists from which non-religious belief groups may receive grant money.

(54260)

813
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the National Offender Management Service to be fully operational.

(53352)

814
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents in Manchester, Withington have been waiting for more than 13 weeks for replies to correspondence from his Department in relation to (a) settlement visas and (b) claims for asylum.

(53378)

815
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost of (a) regional offender managers and (b) supporting staff within the National Offender Management Service was in 2005-06.

(53632)

816
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he has given (a) police officers and (b) the general public on identifying potential suicide bombers; and if he will make a statement.

(54272)

817
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has Operation Trident cost.

(54473)

818
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Operation Trident in reducing gun crime; and if he will make a statement.

(54474)

819
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria he has established with which to assess the effectiveness of Operation Trident.

(54475)

820
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made in each year since 1997 for possession of firearms; and how many gun-related incidents have been recorded in each of those years.

(54477)

821
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegally held firearms in England and Wales.

(54478)

822
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire in each year since 1998.

(54402)

823
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated to police services in (a) Uxbridge and (b) each London borough in each year since 1995.

(53639)

824
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the levels of (a) violent crime, (b) car crime, (c) robbery and (d) burglary in Uxbridge constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(53640)

825
Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) support services and (b) training are available to help children of school age who have been convicted of a crime in (i) Uxbridge constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon, (iii) Greater London and (iv) England.

(53644)

826
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalties are available against businesses which hire illegal workers; and if he will make a statement.

(53768)

827
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have had British citizenship removed in each of the last seven years.

(53769)

828
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last seven years.

(53770)

829
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of proficiency in English is required when applying for a highly skilled work permit.

(53771)

830
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to deal with those who transport illegal immigrants into the UK.

(53777)

831
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fake passports have been seized in the UK in each of the last seven years.

(53778)

832
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for making fake passports in the UK in each of the last seven years.

(53779)

833
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to tackle illegal immigration in (a) Romford, (b) Havering and (c) Greater London.

(53780)

834
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for attempting illegally to enter the UK in each of the last seven years.

(53781)

835
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested in the last seven years for non-immigration related offences were illegal immigrants.

(53782)

836
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extraditions the Government has (a) requested and (b) granted in each of the last seven years.

(53783)

837
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds have been allocated to tackling illegal immigration in each of the last seven years.

(53785)

838
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 50 countries of origin for which the most work visas were granted in each of the last seven years.

(53786)

839
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 50 countries of origin from which the most illegal immigrants arrived in each of the last seven years.

(53787)

840
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals (a) applied for and (b) were granted holiday work visas in each of the last seven years.

(53788)

841
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time as immigration officers in the last three years for which figures are available.

(53619)

842
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems are in place among law enforcement agencies to (a) record and (b) respond to cases of elder abuse.

(53863)

843
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 20th September 2005 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, regarding the application of Mr Malleit Ram, Home Office reference R1059053 for leave to remain.

(53338)

844
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 1st November 2005 on behalf of Mrs Sherif, Montague Road, Smethwick.

(53905)

845
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to issue a consultation document on guidance for the police on the provisions contained in the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill.

(54092)

846
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how many officer hours it took on average to process an arrest in (a) England and (b) Humberside in the latest period for which an estimate is available; and if he will make a statement.

(54269)

847
Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, when a soldier is found guilty of an offence by the military law courts, that information is recorded by the Criminal Records Bureau and accessed when a check against the Bureau's records is carried out.

(53824)

848
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kettering from the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of 7th November, Official Report, column 535W, when he will respond to the Better Regulation Task Force report on regulating the voluntary sector.

(54229)

849
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) other police forces are funded for the policing of major (i) commercial and (ii) non-commercial events; what Government funding for these purposes was identifiable for each force in the last year for which figures are available; and what the Government's policy is on achieving equity in the provision of policing between the Metropolitan and other force areas.

(54282)

850
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment were released after less than (a) 12 years, (b) eight years and (c) six years in each year since 2000.

(53355)

851
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to give the National Probation Directorate the responsibility for appraising the proposals outlined in the discussion paper Restructuring Probation to Reduce Re-offending.

(53890)

852
David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to change the operation of the deed poll system in order to prevent identity fraud.

(53881)

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

853
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members' cars have been parked in House car parks for more than (a) three months and (b) six months in the last 12 months.

(53752)

854
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have parked more than one vehicle at a time in House car parks in the last 12 months.

(53753)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

855
Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK spent on supporting internally displaced people in Burma in 2004-05.

(54446)

856
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government is taking to support the capacity of (a) parliaments, (b) parliamentarians and (c) parliamentary officials in (i) the Middle East, (ii) north Africa and (iii) central and eastern Europe to (A) hold governments to account and (B) improve the effectiveness of public expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

(54100)

857
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 786-7W, on government accountability, how much his Department (a) has spent on each of the last three years and (b) expects to spend in 2005-06 on support for African parliaments; how much in total his Department expects to spend on each of the projects and initiatives referred to in the Answer; what the objectives are of each such project and initiative; what progress has been made on each; and which partner organisations are involved with each.

(54238)

858
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of EU agricultural policies on people in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.

(54451)

859
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what monitoring of the use of UK aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo is undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(54167)

860
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the establishment of a donors conference for Angola; and if he will make a statement.

(54169)

861
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Palestinian election on international funding for Palestinian development.

(53483)

862
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what alternative channels of funding to the Palestinians are being considered should Hamas refuse to renounce violence and recognise Israel.

(53484)

863
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of private sector initiatives as a means of sustaining international aid to the Palestinians.

(53485)

864
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what review of the Country Assistance Plan for Palestinians is being made in light of Hamas's success in the Palestinian elections.

(53486)

865
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government has allocated in response to the South East Asia earthquake; for what purposes; and what further aid (a) has been requested and (b) is planned.

(53606)

866
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's activities in South Africa.

(53711)

867
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's activities in Namibia.

(53712)

868
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's activities in Mauritius.

(53713)

869
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's activities in Mozambique.

(53714)

870
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in those regions of Sudan which are subject to the African Union Mission.

(52948)

871
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) the African Union and (b) the UN on the provision of humanitarian support and protection for internally displaced people in Darfur, Sudan (i) up to March, (ii) after September and (c) in the intervening period.

(52951)

872
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list occasions on which his Department attempted to maintain an alternative livelihoods programme in a country experiencing an ongoing conflict.

(53837)

873
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish the alternative livelihoods programme for (a) the success criteria, (b) the budget for each of the next five years and (c) the expected duration in Afghanistan.

(53838)

874
Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the Government's partnership with the Rwandan government on development.

(54085)

875
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's (a) work and (b) expenditure in the Solomon Islands.

(54277)

876
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54193)

877
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, from which budget his Department's donation to the tsunami relief effort was taken.

(54037)

878
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the mineral and natural resource extraction projects in developing countries.

(53850)

879
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the environmental effects of projects supported through his Department.

(53867)

880
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps have been taken by his Department to support renewable energy projects in developing countries.

(53868)

881
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Auditor-General and his Department and (b) the internal departmental auditing mechanisms in (i) Ethiopia, (ii) Ghana, (iii) Kenya, (iv) Mozambique, (v) Rwanda, (vi) Tanzania, (vii) Uganda, (viii) India, (ix) Pakistan and (x) Vietnam.

(53851)

882
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether British non-governmental organisations are working in the province of Cabinda; and if he will make a statement.

(53859)

883
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether UK (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral aid is spent in the province of Cabinda; and if he will make a statement.

(53860)

884
N Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to assist the people of Tanzania in response to food, water and power shortages there.

(53367)

885
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on reconstruction in Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005.

(53852)

886
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on armoured civilian vehicles by his Department for operation in Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005; and how many such vehicles were purchased by his Department in that period.

(54293)

887
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to his Department was of (a) preparing and (b) deploying contracted (i) Civil Service and (ii) non-Civil Service (A) UK and (B) non-UK civilian personnel to Iraq between April 2003 and December 2005; and what the salary costs of these staff were in this period.

(54296)

Questions to the Leader of the House

888
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, how many hours the House of Commons has sat this Parliament; and what proportion of those hours was spent considering Private Members Bills.

(54450)

889
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Leader of the House, what proposals he has received for a system for tabling parliamentary questions during recess.

(54156)

890
Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Leader of the House, how many Scottish Grand Committee meetings were held in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.

(53727)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

891
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, columns 1141-2W, on the Civil Service, how many people work in the general service quarters of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; and what proportion of that total work in the positions identified in the Answer.

(52720)

892
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in the number of people employed in the ranks of the Senior Civil Service in Northern Ireland has been since 2003, broken down by religious background.

(52723)

893
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average daily number of vehicles using the M2 Motorway Citybound was between (a) the Toome Bypass and the A26 junction, (b) the A26 junction and the Sandyknowes junction and (c) Sandyknowes junction and Belfast in the latest period for which figures are available.

(52724)

894
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many GPs are practising in Northern Ireland; and how many were found guilty of inappropriate behaviour towards their patients in each of the last five years.

(52725)

895
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions mains electricity supply in the Carrowclare Road area of Limavady, Co. Londonderry has been interrupted in the past two years; and what redress is available to consumers for the loss of supply.

(53489)

896
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convictions there have been against those found to be travelling on (a) Northern Ireland Railways and (b) Ulsterbus without the proper payment having been made in each of the last five years.

(53490)

897
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken (a) to secure and (b) to improve the rail line north of Ballymena.

(53491)

898
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to encourage men in Northern Ireland to use health centres that specialise in early detection of prostate cancer.

(53492)

899
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1534W, on teaching staff (absenteeism), what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differential in absenteeism rates among teaching staff in the various sectors in Northern Ireland.

(53820)

900
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been to public funds of the district policing partnerships in Northern Ireland since their inception.

(53821)

901
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent (a) by and (b) on behalf of the Policing Ombudsman in Northern Ireland on research, surveys and focus groups regarding opinions of the general public on that office.

(53822)

902
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) robberies and (b) robberies with violence there were in which the victim was categorised as an older person in each district command area in northern ireland in each year since 2004.

(54102)

903
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks there were on victims categorised as an older person involving actual or grievous bodily harm but not involving robbery in each district command area in Northern Ireland in each year since 2004.

(54103)

904
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many claims for compensation against his Department were (a) lodged and (b) brought to a conclusion in each year since 1996.

(54121)

905
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many claims for compensation were lodged against his Department arising out of terrorist incidents at (a) the Royal Group of Hospitals, (b) the Mater Hospital, (c) the Ulster Hospital and (d) the City Hospital between 1995 and 1998; and what the outcome was in each case.

(54122)

906
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) maintained, (b) controlled, (c) Irish medium and (d) integrated schools have been opened in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

(54125)

907
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) Irish medium schools and (b) integrated schools in receipt of Government funding in Northern Ireland.

(54126)

908
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which youth service providers have received funding from the Department of Education in each year since 1997.

(54127)

909
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what projects are included in the Capital Programme for youth service provision for the next five years; and how much funding has been allocated for each project.

(54128)

910
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling knife crimes; and what steps he is taking to tackle knife crime.

(54129)

911
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to introduce a knives amnesty for Northern Ireland.

(54130)

912
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been allocated to tackle fuel poverty in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(54131)

913
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) enrolment numbers and (b) number of unfilled places are in each (i) Irish medium school and (ii) integrated school in Northern Ireland.

(54132)

914
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been allocated to (a) the Irish medium and (b) the integrated education sector in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

(54133)

915
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been allocated to (a) Intobhas na Gaelscolaiochta and (b) Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta in each year since their formation; how much of the funding for Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta was allocated for core running costs; who the members of its board are; and how many staff are employed.

(54134)

916
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Irish medium education officers are employed through (a) the education and library boards in Northern Ireland, (b) the Department of Education and (c) the Department of Employment and Learning.

(54135)

917
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money has been allocated for the development of curriculum materials for (a) Irish medium schools and (b) integrated schools by the Department of Education in each of the last 10 years.

(54136)

918
Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much capital funding for youth service provision the Department of Education has allocated in each of the last 10 years.

(54137)

919
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ensure that arrangements are put in place to enable Orange Halls and other halls used for community purposes to apply for de-rating in time for the commencement of the 2006-07 rating year.

(53437)

920
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many penalties for offences motivated by hostility towards a person's race have been increased since the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 made provisions for increased penalties.

(53357)

921
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients are using continuous positive airways pressure machines in each health board area.

(54259)

922
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many punishment (a) beatings and (b) shootings have been attributed to (i) loyalist and (ii) republican groups in each of the last four years.

(53649)

923
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the amount of arms which remain in the ownership of each of the loyalist paramilitary groups.

(53650)

924
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) ministerial and (b) staff air travel between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

(54230)

925
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54186)

926
Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many solicitors are under investigation for money laundering.

(53356)

Questions to the Prime Minister

927
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact on the efficient working of Government of the absence of a Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

(53816)

928
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met victims' families and survivors of the 11th September 2001 attacks.

(53827)

929
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, what energy efficient measures he has introduced at numbers (a) 10 and (b) 11 Downing Street.

(53828)

930
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15th February 2006 (50367), for what reasons he will not disclose the (a) dates and (b) locations of his visits to British soldiers injured in Iraq.

(54483)

931
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) the President of the United States and (b) the United Nations on the call from the United Nations Economic Social Research Council Commission on Human Rights, contained in paragraph 96 of report E/CN.4/2006/120, for the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay to be closed; and if he will make a statement.

(54463)

932
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday in his official capacity; and what assessment he has made of plans for the celebration.

(54184)

933
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, when the House of Lords Appointments Commission is expected to advise him on the suitability of persons most recently proposed for elevation to the peerage.

(54113)

934
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy for honours to be forfeited if the holder is judged to have behaved dishonourably.

(54114)

935
N David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, columns 1038-9W, on Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill and his Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2653W, on meetings, which issues of national security prevent him from revealing dates of past meetings.

(53618)

936
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the attendees at the round-table meeting of the NHS Partner's Network on 16th February 2006.

(54076)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

937
Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the costs of the Arbuthnott Commission Report were; and if he will make a statement.

(53724)

938
Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the membership of the Arbuthnott Commission; and what remuneration was paid to each member for serving on the Commission.

(53725)

939
Mr Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the Arbuthnott Commission Report; and if he will make a statement.

(53726)

940
Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Department for Trade and Industry on consumer protection measures to protect the public in Scotland from solvent abuse.

(54178)

941
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54187)

Questions to the Solicitor General

942
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Solicitor General, whether he received the letter dated 26th January 2006 from the chairman of the three Oxfordshire local justice areas representing all magistrates in Oxfordshire to the area director of the Courts Service concerning the number of prosecutors made available to magistrates' courts in Oxfordshire prior to his reply to the Oral Question from the hon. Member for Banbury of 13th February.

(53551)

943
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Solicitor General, how many full-time equivalent qualified prosecutors there were in North Yorkshire (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(53678)

944
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Solicitor General, what plans there are to reform the Crown Prosecution Service.

[R] (54072)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

945
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of the (a) Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 and (b) the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988.

(54200)

946
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward legislation to extend the period in which compensation may be sought from a builder for poor workmanship; and if he will make a statement.

(54201)

947
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) Members of the House of Lords and (c) members of the public about the Stop Now Orders (EC Directive) Regulations 2001; and if he will make a statement on the operation of the Regulations.

(54301)

948
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place a copy of the (a) Natural Environment Research Council and (b) Centre for Ecology and Hydrology business plans in the Library.

(52250)

949
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many members of the Natural Environment Research Council Executive board were ecologists when the decision to close the facility at Winfrith, South Dorset, was taken.

(52251)

950
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria were used by the Natural Environment Research Council in its decision to close Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research facilities; and what assessment he has made of this.

(52252)

951
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is implemented within the recycling industry within the next 10 years.

(53603)

952
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will examine possible market abuse and anti-competitive practices in the life insurance market following the recent decision by leading supermarket providers to reduce premiums.

(54330)

953
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he introduce a process by which reviews of the science infrastructure are in future subject to a form of public inquiry.

(54034)

954
N Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his estimate is of the amounts owed to miners by legal firms under the coal health compensation scheme in (a) Wakefield constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) nationally.

(54279)

955
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the status is of the contract of employment of the Chief Executive of the Shareholder Executive; what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Execuitve on the contract running its full course; and if he will make a statement.

(53998)

956
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Chief Executive of the Shareholder Executive was asked to appoint Lord Birt to the board of Urenco.

(53999)

957
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is for appointing directors to (a) the board of Urenco and (b) boards of companies for which the shareholder executive has responsibility; and if he will make a statement.

(54000)

958
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on Government plans for Urenco over the next five years.

(54005)

959
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the arrangements are for his Department to review decisions made by the Shareholder Executive about appointments to boards related to its shareholding responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(54007)

960
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions the Government has had with the (a) Dutch and (b) German governments on appointments to the board of Urenco.

(54008)

961
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of items of mail (a) lost and (b) misdirected in each constituency in England and Wales in 2005.

(53614)

962
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost of moving the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill; and what discussions he has had with the Medical Research Council on the move.

(53440)

963
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the move of the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill to central London to take place; and when he expects the Gateway process on the move (a) to start and (b) to finish.

(53441)

964
N Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the impact of the regulation of the amount of an electricity supplier's renewable obligation that can come from co-firing from April 2006 on the price of co-fired renewable obligation certificates.

(54208)

965
N Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of (a) the amount of biomass which will be co-fired with coal at power stations between (i) April 2005 and March 2006 and (ii) April 2006 and March 2007, (b) the resultant level of carbon dioxide emissions in each period and (c) the carbon dioxide emissions which would result from firing solely with coal in each period.

(54209)

966
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Royal Mail remains entirely in public ownership.

(53651)

967
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential future role of small independent retailers in the economy.

(53657)

968
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's policy is on the takeover of leading UK companies by foreign companies.

(53517)

969
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many share interests are held by the Government; and in which companies.

(53518)

970
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK manufacturing of recent changes in energy prices.

(53519)

971
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been processed in (a) County Durham and (b) North Durham constituency.

(53509)

972
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claims for vibration white finger have been processed in (a) North Durham constituency and (b) County Durham.

(53510)

973
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the content and timetable of the proposed review of the Export Control Act 2002.

(53869)

974
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much electricity was fed back from the grid to maintain the generators in use on wind farms across the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of the power generated by such farms.

(52743)

975
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what work his Department's Green Minister has undertaken in the last three months.

(53325)

976
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting in July 2005 between the Minister of State for Trade and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of Cable and Wireless.

(53326)

977
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance his Department has made available to Cable and Wireless plc since July 2005.

(53327)

978
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what UK Trade and Investment's budget is for the proposed market visit to the Caribbean in 2006 to allow small and medium-sized businesses to pursue opportunities created by the forthcoming Cricket World Cup in 2007; and what proportion of the budget is for direct financial aid to businesses that may wish to take advantage of the scheme.

(53328)

979
Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria are used to judge whether information released to applicants in response to freedom of information (FoI) requests is of wider public interest and should be included on the FoI pages of his Department's web site.

(53800)

980
Peter Law (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the freedom of information requests made since 1st January 2005 concerning information on (a) energy policy, (b) renewable energy and (c) nuclear energy; and whether the request was (i) fully complied with, (ii) partially answered and (iii) refused in each case.

(53802)

981
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54185)

982
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many residents of Wansdyke constituency have received (a) full and final payments and (b) interim payments under the Government's compensation schemes for health problems caused by working in coal mines; and what the total paid to residents of Wansdyke constituency under such schemes has been.

(54394)

983
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department are taking to protect people against the nuisance of unsolicited automated telephone marketing and sales calls.

(54395)

984
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure miners' compensation claims in relation to respiratory problems are processed as swiftly as possible.

(54400)

985
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on anti-competitive practices in the newspaper wholesale and distribution sector.

(54466)

986
Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received about regional monopolies in newspaper distribution.

(54482)

987
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce an accreditation scheme for green electricity tariffs.

(53885)

988
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the impact on (a) production of renewable energy and (b) carbon dioxide emissions of take-up of green supply offerings by domestic consumers at rates of (i) 50 per cent. and (ii) 100 per cent.

(54105)

989
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of the take-up of green supply offerings for the supply of domestic electricity in the UK.

(54106)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

990
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) GNER and (b) the Office of the Rail Regulator (ORR) held on the rejection by the ORR of GNER's rail service proposals.

(54291)

991
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships used the English Channel in 2005, broken down by flag.

(53029)

992
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government is providing to Lancashire County Council to provide free bus travel for (a) older and (b) disabled persons in West Lancashire.

(53387)

993
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the funding required to fund free off-peak travel for (a) older and (b) disabled persons on buses in West Lancashire.

(53388)

994
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Highways Agency on a bypass for Ormskirk.

(53389)

995
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been (a) withdrawn and (b) added to service in (i) England and (ii) West Lancashire in each financial year since 1st April 1998.

(53390)

996
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Lancashire Council received from his Department (a) in total, (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population in each year since 1997-98.

(53391)

997
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further plans he has to improve access to transport for disabled people.

(53196)

998
N Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on security breaches at Stansted Airport involving Ryanair staff.

(53089)

999
N Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the safety practices of Ryanair and their compliance with Civil Aviation Authority standards and procedures; and if he will make a statement.

(53094)

1000
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to enable the merger of the British Transport Police operating within London with the Metropolitan Police Service; and if he will make a statement.

(53507)

1001
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing to the driving test oral questions on how to use appropriate first aid techniques in the event of an accident.

(53646)

1002
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislation to require drivers to help in the event of a road traffic accident.

(53647)

1003
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote monorails in towns in England.

(54284)

1004
Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the publication of the Brighton Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy, what the most recent daily usage figures are for the direct Brighton to Ashford service; and if he will make a statement.

(53497)

1005
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Network Rail's inventory of assets owned is publicly available.

(53589)

1006
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1500W, on Rail Safety (Hampshire), if he will provide the names and addresses of the organisations which hold this information.

(53590)

1007
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available for disabled pensioners to subsidise transport cabs if public transport is not suitable.

(53660)

1008
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken since 2001 to improve road and rail links from the North East to the South; and what further plans there are for such links.

(54153)

1009
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving cyclists resulting in (a) death and (b) serious injury there were in Gateshead East and Washington West constituency in each year since 1997.

(54158)

1010
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution that the railway industry is making towards (a) relieving road traffic congestion and (b) economic regeneration; how this contribution to these objectives is assessed; what criteria he uses for determining which railway infrastructure projects should proceed; and if he will make a statement.

(53021)

1011
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his plans are for changing the regime in respect of motor vehicle driving licences; what the reasons are for the changes; and if he will make a statement.

(53537)

1012
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress towards the targets in the European Union Biofuels Directive.

(53790)

1013
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to achieve the renewable transport fuels obligation; and if he will make a statement.

(53791)

1014
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the 1998 Convention on Driving Disqualification.

(53792)

1015
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many commercial vehicle registrations there have been in each year since 1997.

(53793)

1016
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train stations in (a) England and (b) the Tees Valley do not have a no smoking policy on uncovered areas of the station.

(53526)

1017
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines the Department has set for smoking policies (a) on uncovered sections of train stations and (b) at bus stops.

(53527)

1018
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how he plans to meet the commitment in the 2003 Aviation White Paper to report by the end of 2006 on progress on the policies and proposals in the Paper.

(53342)

1019
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many unelected people are provided with cars by the Government Car and Despatch Agency; and what the cost to public funds was in 2004-05.

(53377)

1020
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list constituencies in the South West region in which there are non-motorway trunk roads passing through areas of outstanding natural beauty.

(53607)

1021
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54188)

1022
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account is made of passengers travelling on (a) Rover tickets, (b) Britrail passes and (c) other concessions and non-specific tickets when compiling train service usage data.

(54457)

1023
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent to improve rural public transport in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire in each of the last eight years.

(54401)

1024
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the trial on the M42 of restricting heavy vehicles to the inside lane.

(54035)

1025
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has assessed the merits of the M27/M3 junction as a suitable site to trial the restriction of slow moving vehicles to the inside lane.

(54036)

1026
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much bus subsidy has been provided in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority area in each of the last 10 years.

(54091)

1027
N Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact Crossrail would have on the (a) capacity and (b) length of journeys from Paddington to Exeter.

(54040)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

1028
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) rail companies, (b) the Disability Rights Commission in Wales and (c) Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on improvements to disabled access to rail stations in Wales.

(53611)

1029
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and (b) Welsh Assembly Government on increasing the use of clean coal technology in the coal industry in Wales.

(53717)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

1030
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of services available to children who have been involved in domestic violence in West Lancashire.

(53385)

1031
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on improving the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence in West Lancashire.

(53386)

1032
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to address the gender pay gap.

(52247)

1033
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the merits of equality audits.

(52248)

1034
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to encourage employers to make provision for job shares.

(52249)

1035
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about fiscal incentives for married mothers who wish to stay at home and bring up their children full-time.

(53656)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1036
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission new research into the impact of the non-dependant deduction regime on (a) maladministration in the housing benefit system, (b) work incentives and (c) poverty amongst claimants.

(54434)

1037
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February 2006, Official Report, column 664W, on housing benefits, how many claimants he estimates would benefit from raising the standard rate of housing benefit and council tax benefit earned income disregards from £5 per week to £10 per week.

(54435)

1038
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims in 2004-05 were subject to each rate of non-dependant deduction.

(54436)

1039
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, column 590W, on benefits, if he will list the organisations who (a) supported and (b) opposed the simplification or reform of the housing benefit non-dependant deduction regime proposed in the Housing Green Paper.

(54437)

1040
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, column 590W, on benefits, how many households were (a) made subject to a delayed non-dependant deduction and (b) exempt from the non-dependant deduction regime as a result of the changes introduced in October 2003 following the introduction of the Pension Credit.

(54445)

1041
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 not imposing housing benefit non-dependant deductions where this would leave non-dependants with an income below income support level.

(54449)

1042
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 capping the maximum housing benefit non-dependant deduction at 50 per cent. of the rent due.

(54453)

1043
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new proposal for housing benefit sanctions on family members of a person committing anti-social behaviour who were not themselves responsible for anti-social behaviour.

(54491)

1044
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the future accommodation prospects of those evicted for anti-social behaviour who have had their housing benefit reduced as a result of refusing to take up help to address their behaviour.

(54492)

1045
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of housing benefit sanctions on the behaviour of people who commit anti-social behaviour.

(54493)

1046
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of housing benefit sanctions on the administration of housing benefit.

(54494)

1047
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to consult on the proposal to introduce housing benefit for those people who have been evicted for anti-social behaviour.

(54495)

1048
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made (a) in monitoring progress against the Gershon efficiency targets and (b) in the development of metrics for measuring the level of service delivery; what the programme is for publishing the results of these analyses; whether these data will be subject to external audit; and if he will make a statement.

(53758)

1049
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be transferred from incapacity benefit to pensions in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(53900)

1050
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research has been (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by his Department on the mortality rates of individuals claiming incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(53901)

1051
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to make Child Support Agency records reportable at constituency level.

(53737)

1052
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the contractor who supplied the Child Support Agency's updated IT system has fulfilled the obligations set out in the procurement contract.

(53738)

1053
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payment has been made to the contractor who supplied the Child Support Agency's updated IT system; and if he will make a statement.

(53739)

1054
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of staff hours spent by the Child Support Agency on assessing a case is under (a) old and (b) new rules.

(53740)

1055
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) internal and (b) external legal advisers have been consulted by the Child Support Agency since August 2005 over the case of Mr Edward Saul; what the total cost of this advice has been; and if he will make a statement.

(53830)

1056
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on changes to the Access to Work programme relating to the provision of qualified interpreters for deaf people; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact that this may have on the employment prospects of disabled people.

(53381)

1057
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to public funds of social security fraud in West Lancashire in each of the last three years.

(53382)

1058
Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for Remploy.

(53502)

1059
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of cases assessed on the new system of child support maintenance which had previously been assessed under a default maintenance decision the amount of child maintenance deemed to be owed in the final assessment was (a) higher and (b) lower.

(52727)

1060
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many child support cases a reduced benefit decision was administered where a parent with care refused to undergo a scientific test under section 46 of the Child Support Act 1991 in each year since 2001.

(52728)

1061
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child support cases on the CS2 system were assessed under a default maintenance decision in each year since 2003.

(52729)

1062
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many penalty payments were (a) issued by the Child Support Agency and (b) paid by non-resident parents under section 41A of the Child Support Act 1991 in each year since 2001.

(52730)

1063
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will be in a position to answer Question numbers 50674, 50675, 50676, 50698 and 50699 tabled by the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 7th February 2006.

(54150)

1064
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer Question 39638, tabled on 19th December 2005, on debt centres.

(54215)

1065
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the centres at which Personal Capability Assessments were conducted; and how many such assessments were carried out in each of the last six years.

(54225)

1066
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the transactional cost of paying benefits into foreign bank accounts of UK citizens resident abroad in (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries for each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(54226)

1067
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to assess the eligibility of benefit claimants who are UK citizens resident in foreign countries.

(54227)

1068
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK aged under 25 years claiming housing benefit which is insufficient to cover the housing rent they are paying.

(54228)

1069
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional arrangements are in place for pension centre operation prior to the reduction in pension centres.

(54233)

1070
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by (a) the Pension Service in the UK and (b) each pension centre at the end of each of the last 18 months for which figures are available.

(54234)

1071
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) national and (b) local targets have been set for call centre performance in pension centres; and what has been the performance against such targets over the last two years.

(54235)

1072
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in Job Centre Plus in the UK at the end of each of the last 18 months for which figures are available.

(54236)

1073
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many current Child Support Agency cases are regarded as linked cases; and what his definition is of a linked case.

(54237)

1074
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Suport Agency staff members are allocated to tactical clearance teams at each Child Support Agency centre; and what performance targets have been set for such teams.

(54239)

1075
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) national and (b) local targets have been set for call centre performance on (i) the legacy Child Support Computer System and (ii) the new CS2 system in the Child Support Agency; and what the performance against such targets has been for each measurement period within the last three years for which data is available.

(54240)

1076
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed as part of the Child Support Agency contingency team in Liverpool and how many were assigned to the new CS2 system; and how many of them were assigned to the legacy Child Support computer system at the end of each of the last 18 months for which figures are available.

(54241)

1077
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number of staff employed in each of the six Child Support Agency call centres was in the UK; how many staff in each call centre were assigned to the legacy Child Support computer system at the end of each of the last 24 months for which figures are available; and how many were assigned to the new CS2 system.

(54243)

1078
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number of staff employed by the Child Support Agency was in the UK during each of the last 18 months for which figures are available.

(54245)

1079
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place in jobcentres for dealing with clients arriving late for Job Search appointments.

(54246)

1080
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is between a request for a Job Search appointment and the actual appointment in each Jobcentre Plus contract centre area.

(54247)

1081
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the planned roll out of Jobcentre Plus benefit delivery centres to be completed.

(54248)

1082
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the transitional arrangements for benefit claim processing that are in place prior to the roll out of Jobcentre Plus Benefit Delivery Centres.

(54249)

1083
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what national targets have been set for Jobcentre Plus benefit application processing times; and what has been performance against targets over the last two years.

(54250)

1084
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Jobcentre Plus offices carry out benefit claim processing; and how many staff are employed for the purpose of processing benefit claims in each such office.

(54251)

1085
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) national and (b) local targets have been set for Jobcentre Plus Contact Centre performance; and what data have been recorded to measure performance against such targets over the last two years.

(54252)

1086
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on 15th February 2006, if he will list the identified IT defects in the Child Support Agency computer system; and when he expects each to be resolved.

(54454)

1087
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on 15th February 2006, how many of his Department's staff he intends to transfer internally to the Child Support Agency as part of the Operational Improvement Plan; when he expects those transfers to occur; and whether they will be (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory.

(54455)

1088
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on 15th February 2006, how many new staff, excluding staff transfered from within his Department, he intends to employ within the Child Support Agency as part of the Operational Improvement Plan.

(54456)

1089
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of registered stakeholder pension schemes that have no members.

(54467)

1090
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Kettering constituency have a Post Office Card Account; and how many are registered at each Post Office in Kettering constituency.

(53834)

1091
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Peterborough constituency received (a) widow's benefit, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit and (d) income support in each year since 1997.

(53708)

1092
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list visits made by Ministers in his Department to SureStart schemes and facilities in each parliamentary constituncy in England and Wales in the 12 months to 5th May 2005; what was the cost to public funds of each visit; and if he will make a statement.

(53765)

1093
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) oral warnings, (b) written warnings, (c) dismissal decisions and (d) retirements on medical grounds decisions were made in (i) Jobcentre Plus and (ii) his Department under his Department's Unsatisfactory Attendance Procedures in each month in 2005.

(52680)

1094
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on mystery shopper exercises in each of the last three financial years.

(52681)

1095
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to celebrate Her Majesty's 80th birthday; what advice he has issued to his Department's executive agencies on celebrations for the birthday; and if he will make a statement.

(54189)

1096
Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in cold weather payments to households in Bath and North East Somerset in respect of winter 2005-06.

(54403)

1097
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis was for his Department's calculation that the cost of making a pension or benefit payment into a Post Office Card Account is £1.

(53700)

1098
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February 2006 to the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Official Report, columns 1690-1W, on Post Office Card Accounts, what the estimated cost is of the three pilot schemes.

(53734)

1099
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many own occupation tests were conducted pursuant to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1999 in relation to those claiming statutory sick pay in each of the last three years.

(53736)

1100
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and Post Office Ltd for the delivery of Post Office Card Accounts until 2010.

(53746)

1101
Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available; how many had their housing benefit paid directly to a landlord.

(54010)

1102
Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances there have been of housing benefit being suspended due to a tenant's failure to pay rent in each year since 2000; and in how many cases local authorities then redirected housing benefit payments directly to a landlord at the landlord's request.

(54012)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1103
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial benefit the Government will receive from profits made on the salvage contract for HMS Sussex.

[Transferred] (53453)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

1104
N Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what educational opportunities are available to members of the cadet forces.

[Question Unstarred] (53946)

1105
N Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Head of the Civil Service was consulted on the extent to which individual former public servants would benefit financially from the flotation of QinetiQ.

[Transferred] (53842)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

1106
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many dogs are used by each fire authority in England and Wales to detect arson; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (53538)

1107
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the consultation on changes to Planning Policy Guidance 25 relating to flood prevention and protection.

[Transferred] (53854)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

1108
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people failed to make repayments to their student loan accounts in each of the last five years; and how many of them the Student Loans Company failed to trace.

[Transferred] (53343)

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

1109
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage contribution of (a) non dwelling buildings and (b) dwellings to the UK's total annual carbon emissions was in each year between 1997 and 2005.

[Transferred] (54066)

1110
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the margins of safety allowed for in the risk assessment of pesticides are sufficient to protect the foetus.

[Transferred] (54439)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

1111
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) he, (b) any UK minister and (c) any official of the UK Government has authorised any warrantless wiretapping since 1997.

[Transferred] (54462)

1112
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of fraud involving (a) basic bank accounts and (b) current accounts.

[Transferred] (53600)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

1113
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of pursuing a policy of the UK becoming an oil free economy.

[Transferred] (53324)

1114
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of incorporating on-site renewable energy in major new commercial developments.

[Transferred] (54048)

1115
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of trends in gas and electricity prices on the cost-effectiveness of renewable energy technologies in the domestic sector.

[Transferred] (54049)

1116
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's estimate is of the size of (a) solar photovoltaic, (b) solar hot water and (c) micro wind system needed to deliver a 10 per cent. carbon emissions reduction in a typical three bedroomed house built to 2006 Part L Building Regulations.

[Transferred] (54056)

1117
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's estimate is of the lowest marginal capital cost to a housing developer of integrating (a) a micro wind turbine and (b) a solar hot water system in a new build house.

[Transferred] (54060)

1118
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake of building-integrated solar photovoltaics.

[Transferred] (54061)

1119
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's estimate is of the marginal capital cost to a commercial developer of installing a solar photovoltaic facade in place of conventional prestige facade materials.

[Transferred] (54062)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

1120
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures the Government is implementing to achieve the 2010 target for biofuels of five per cent. of road fuel sold.

[Transferred] (54428)

1121
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government signed an international treaty to protect the wreck of the Titanic; and for how long that protection will stand.

[Transferred] (53458)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1122
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered disabled people there were in each quarter since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (53903)

1123
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the pay gap between able bodied and disabled workers in (a) Tamworth and (b) the UK in each year from 1997 to 2005; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce it.

[Transferred] (53421)

1124
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding the safety of parents and babies in public baby changing facilities.

[Transferred] (53819)

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