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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 10 March 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 10 March 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 10 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 10 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 10 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average age of the mother when a child is born to a lone parent was in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by region; and what research he has conducted on the equivalent figures in (a) EU and (b) G8 countries. | | (57841) | 2
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of children born to lone parents had the name of the father registered at birth in the last period for which figures are available. | | (57842) | 3
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female lone parents are in (i) part-time and (ii) full-time employment. | | (57843) | 4
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female parents who are cohabiting with a partner, whether married or not, are in (i) part-time and (ii) full-time employment. | | (57844) | 5
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female parents are who are cohabiting with a partner, whether married or not, of working age are in (i) part-time and (ii) full-time employment. | | (57845) | 6
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average amount of working tax credit entitlement is, broken down by age of claimant. | | (57962) | 7
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on private pension savings of the taxation changes which will come into force in April 2006. | | (57879) | 8
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps he plans to take to encourage parents to invest their child trust fund vouchers. | | (57883) | 9
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing tax incentives to encourage poorer parents to invest in trust funds for siblings who are not eligible for child trust fund vouchers. | | (57884) | 10
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide fiscal incentives for businesses to encourage them to make well paid jobs available for part-time workers. | | (57885) | 11
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much potential income from inheritance tax has been foregone on account of bequests to charities in each of the last five years. | | (58178) | 12
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher rate income tax payers there were in Northern Ireland in (a) 1994 and (b) 2004. | | (58061) | 13
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many estates in Northern Ireland inheritance tax was payable in (a) 1994 and (b) 2004. | | (58062) | 14
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings of full-time employees in Denton and Reddish constituency were in April in each year since 1997. | | (57826) | 15
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the assumptions underlying the Office for National Statistics' population projections. | | (57392) | 16
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the rate of VAT for (a) supply, (b) construction, (c) renovation and (d) alteration of housing to meet the needs of disabled people beyond the adaptation of bathroom or washroom and alteration to facilitate entry into and movement within a building. | | (58208) | 17
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the Iraq war. | | (57734) | 18
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 100 electoral wards have the lowest registration levels. | | (57735) | 19
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many electoral wards in the UK have registration levels below 80 per cent. | | (57736) | 20
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Office of Government Commerce has taken to promote public procurement from small businesses. | | (58319) | 21
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary will reply to the letter of 15th December 2005 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (PO Ref: 5/00563/2005). | | (57639) | 22
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (HMT Ref: 3385N 05/06). | | (57642) | 23
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary will reply to the letter of 23rd December 2005 from the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire on the classification and use of reprocessed fuel oils. | | (57538) | 24
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the recent comments by the Governor of the Bank of England on reform of the International Monetary Fund. | | (57887) | 25
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times in the last five years his Department has agreed to pay the legal costs of a claimant in judicial review proceedings brought against it; and if he will list the cases in which proceedings are complete. | | (57850) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 26
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reason the Cabinet Office retains a transmission mast at Hannington Radio Station, Hampshire; to what purpose each of the out-buldings on this site is put; and if he will make a statement. | | (57861) | Questions to the Minister Without Portfolio 27
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister Without Portfolio, if he will list his official engagements for each day in February 2006. | | (57862) | 28
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister Without Portfolio, what car is made available to him at public expense; how many miles he covered in this car in February 2006; and for how many hours in that month a chauffeur was available to him. | | (57863) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 29
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in what circumstances public access to criminal courts may be restricted to protect witnesses; and if she will make a statement. | | (57849) | 30
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have been penalised under the Representation of the People Regulations 2001 for failing to return voter registration forms since 2001, broken down by (a) region and (b) county. | | (57895) | 31
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the adult population to registered electorate ratio for the proposed new parliamentary constituency boundaries in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (58005) | 32
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received from Citizens Advice Bureaux in (a) England and (b) Staffordshire on the decision of the Legal Services Commission to withdraw funding for specialist advice on complex cases. | | (57853) | 33
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many parents have court-ordered access arrangements that allow main contact with their children only (a) at weekends and (b) on Sundays. | | (58074) | 34
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the decision of the Legal Services Commission to withdraw funding for specialist support from Citizens Advice Bureaux. | | (58110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 35
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many instances of (a) physical assault and (b) criminal damage were carried out on personnel investigating television licence fee evasion in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (58066) | 36
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implementation of the new licensing regime for gaming machines in pubs and other alcohol licensed premises from 24th November 2005. | | (58265) | 37
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the local authorities who (a) have introduced and (b) are yet to introduce policies for the granting of permits for pubs and other licensed premises to have gaming machines following the introduction of the new licensing regime on 24th November 2005. | | (58266) | 38
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of local authorities have issued new permits for gaming machines in pubs and other licensed premises since 24th November 2005. | | (58267) | 39
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she or one of her Ministers will meet the recently formed events industry alliance. | | (58176) | 40
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that all licence fee payers will be able to take advantage of digital switchover regardless of (a) technical expertise, (b) income level, (c) age and (d) geographical features of their local area; and what estimate she has made of when digital switchover will be implemented in the area in which Vale of Clwyd constitutency is located. | | (57384) | 41
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Lottery distributing bodies on the funding of voluntary and community sector organisations after 2009. | | (58021) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 42
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings (a) he, (b) his ministers and (c) staff from his Department have had with (i) US defence officials and (ii) members of Congress to discuss the Joint Strike Fighter Programme; and what the purpose of these meetings was in each case. | | (57833) | 43
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel applied to take up appointments with private military companies in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by rank; and how many of the applications were refused in each case. | | (57864) | 44
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 1579W, on Defence Export Services, when he expects to begin the process of finding a successor to Alan Garwood as Head of Defence Export Services. | | (57995) | 45
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per aircraft was of the Royal Navy's fleet of Merlin Mark 1 helicopters. | | (57954) | 46
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the defence budget has been allocated to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in each of the last seven years. | | (57981) | 47
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much income was derived per hectare from the rent of military land on Salisbury Plain in each of the past three years; and what assessment he has made of the rents payable for similar land in the private sector in the Salisbury area. | | (58327) | 48
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the relocation of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. | | (57388) | 49
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the re-use of RAF Lyneham after 2012. | | (57389) | 50
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of RAF Lyneham for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. | | (57390) | 51
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of the collocation of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory with (a) the Defence Logistics Organisation and (b) the Defence Procurement Agency. | | (57391) | 52
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15th February 2006, Official Report, column 2096W, to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, on missile defence, what consultation process will be followed in reaching a decision on the future of the UK's missile defences. | | (57428) | 53
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have been (a) injured and (b) killed in Iraq. | | (57740) | 54
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were deployed in Stockwell on 22nd July 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (57746) | 55
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place copies of the latest Continuous Attitudes Surveys for each of the Services in the Library. | | (58301) | 56
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Air Force capability is in respect of (a) offensive and (b) defensive aircraft. | | (58303) | 57
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manning shortfall is at each of the operational pinch points identified by the Armed Forces Pay Review Body in their report of February 2006, Cm 6740, for (a) officers and (b) other ranks in each of the Services. | | (58304) | 58
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army (a) officers and (b) other ranks (i) were granted and (ii) applied for premature voluntary retirement or release in each quarter since January 2004. | | (58305) | 59
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Air Force capability requirement is for (a) offensive and (b) defensive aircraft for (i) 2010 and (ii) 2012. | | (58307) | 60
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) staff numbers in post are of each specialisation of allied health professionals in each of the services. | | (58308) | 61
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) number of staff in post of nurses is in each of the Services. | | (58309) | 62
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) single living and (b) family accommodation in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas is at (A) standard 1, (B) standard 2, (C) standard 3 and (D) standard 4 for condition. | | (58310) | 63
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers on operational tour in Iraq went absent without leave in each quarter since January 2004. | | (58312) | 64
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many drugs tests on Army personnel have produced positive results in each quarter since January 2000, broken down by (a) class of drugs and (b) regiment concerned. | | (58313) | 65
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in each of the Services were subject to tests for illegal drug use in each quarter of each of the last five years. | | (58314) | 66
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been allocated to the research and technology budget by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (58315) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 67
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what environmentally sustainable features he requires to be installed in new public buildings. | | (57877) | 68
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of using council tax incentives to encourage the installation of microgeneration in private and rented accommodation. | | (57878) | 69
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the National Rent Deposit Forum to developing best practice in the reduction and prevention of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the future of the service. | | (58173) | 70
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding for the concessionary travel scheme has been allocated to Lancashire County Council; what this represents as a percentage of the Council's total budget; and whether this money is ringfenced. | | (57894) | 71
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) churches, (b) synagogues and (c) mosques have applied for planning permission to erect or display religious iconography deemed to be advertising under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 on or around their premises in each of the past five years; and how many of these applications have been successful. | | (57818) | 72
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on the Greater Manchester Primary Care Trust's decision to end the `in perpetuity' dowry agreements with local authorities. | | (57823) | 73
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effect of the house building moratorium in Stockport on (a) the amount of new housing available and (b) the prices of homes in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. | | (57824) | 74
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local planning authorities do not have in place an (a) adopted and (b) revised replacement unitary development plan. | | (57999) | 75
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of former landfill sites pre-dating the Control of Pollution Act 1974 for built development, with particular reference to new schools. | | (58000) | 76
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what regulations are in place governing development and planning control procedures in respect of planning applications on former landfill sites which pre-date the Control of Pollution Act 1974. | | (58001) | 77
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has had discussions in respect of reorganising local government (a) structures and (b) functions of the metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester. | | (58002) | 78
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has had discussions on changing the electoral cycles of the metropolitan districts in England. | | (58003) | 79
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Single Status Scheme for council employees to (a) Tamworth Borough Council, (b) Staffordshire County Council and (c) all councils in England; and what financial support the Government is providing to local authorities for implementing the scheme. | | (58108) | 80
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance is given to local authorities on the disposal of land and other assets at less than market value. | | (58217) | 81
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the starting salary was for newly qualified firefighters in Oxford in each of the last 10 years. | | (58276) | 82
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to West Sussex County Council was of inspection regimes instigated by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (58163) | 83
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Minister of State will reply to the letter of 30th January from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire. | | (57638) | 84
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what work (a) was undertaken by his Department between May 1997 and June 2003 and (b) has been undertaken since June 2003 in preparation for UK membership of the Eurozone; at what cost in each case; what future work is envisaged; and at what estimated cost. | | (57848) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 85
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures her Department has in place to ensure that a child whose parent moves into a refuge outside the local education authority (LEA) where the child is ordinarily schooled is given a temporary school place within the new LEA area. | | (57792) | 86
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how far from the school ordinarily attended by a child of someone who has moved into a refuge the refuge is required to be for temporary schooling nearer the refuge to be considered. | | (57794) | 87
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average length of time a child whose parent moved into a refuge was absent from school in the last 12 months. | | (57795) | 88
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total further education budget for 19 plus education was in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how much was allocated in each year to 19 to 24 year olds (i) up to Level 1, (ii) up to Level 2, (iii) up to Level 3 and (iv) up to Level 4. | | (58198) | 89
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will introduce level 6 tests for Key Stage 2 mathematics and English. | | (57951) | 90
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Question 47462 on school bus drivers, how many bus drivers are included on List 99; whether bus drivers have been permitted to carry on working with children following convictions for sexual offences against minors; and what measures are in place to check taxi and minicab drivers who drive special needs children to school. | | (58050) | 91
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough and (c) Tameside Metropolitan Borough continued into (i) further and (ii) higher education in the last year for which figures are available. | | (58006) | 92
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average expenditure on education per pupil was in the (a) primary and (b) secondary sector in (i) Tameside and (ii) Stockport Local Education Authority in each year since 1997. | | (58009) | 93
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in England had their delegated budgetary powers removed by local education authorities in each year since 2001. | | (58010) | 94
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport Local Education Authority achieved five or more GCSEs at (i) grade A*-C and (ii) grade A*-G in each year since 1997. | | (58011) | 95
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what requirements there are for special educational needs co-ordinators to undergo training in (a) special education needs and (b) autism. | | (58147) | 96
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she plans to introduce minimum standards for training for special education needs co-ordinators. | | (58155) | 97
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to promote the publication Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Good Practice Guidance. | | (58268) | 98
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many copies of Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Good Practice Guidance have been distributed to (a) schools and (b) local education authorities; and what assessment she has made of the implementation of its recommendations. | | (58269) | 99
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of additional (a) secondary and (b) primary schools that will be required in Peterborough to meet the planned expansion of housing. | | (58152) | 100
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teenage pregnancies there were in Tamworth constituency in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (57867) | 101
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the availability of childcare for parents who work at weekends; and if she will make a statement. | | (57868) | 102
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school leavers in Tamworth constituency took up a modern apprenticeship after the completion of their GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (57869) | 103
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received from church aided schools on proposed changes to the way capital funding is channelled to schools; and if she will make a statement. | | (57873) | 104
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the effect of education maintenance allowance on staying on rates in Tamworth constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (58072) | 105
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will reply to the letter dated 8th February from the hon. Member for Tamworth about St Leonard's Primary School. | | (58080) | 106
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of secondary school students in Tamworth constituency achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C in (a) 2005 and (b) 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (58081) | 107
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people leaving care in the Tamworth constituency in 2004-05 received a leaving care grant of (a) less than £500, (b) over £500, (c) over £1,000 and (d) over £2,000. | | (58082) | 108
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards the target of (a) fair access to higher education and (b) reducing rates of non-completion to higher education courses. | | (58012) | 109
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards (a) improving the basic skill levels of adults, (b) ensuring that one million adults in the workforce achieve NVQ level 2 between 2003 and 2006 and (c) increasing participation in higher education for those aged 18 to 30 years by 50 per cent. by 2010. | | (58013) | 110
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards ensuring that (a) by 2008 60 per cent. of those aged 16 years achieve the equivalent of five GCSEs at grades A*-C, (b) at least 25 per cent. of pupils achieve this standard by 2006 and (c) at least 30 per cent. achieve this standard by 2008. | | (58014) | 111
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards ensuring that at least 50 per cent. of pupils achieve level 5 or above in English, mathematics and science by 2008. | | (58015) | 112
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards ensuring that by 2007 (a) 85 per cent. of 14 year olds achieve level 5 or above in English, mathematics and information and communication technology and (b) 80 per cent. of 14 year olds achieve level 5 or above in science. | | (58016) | 113
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards ensuring that by 2008 the proportion of schools in which fewer than 65 per cent. of pupils achieve level 4 or above in mathematics and English is reduced by 40 per cent. against 2004 levels. | | (58017) | 114
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards reducing the rise in obesity amongst children under 11 years by 2010. | | (58023) | 115
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards 85 per cent. of 11 year olds achieving level 4 in English and mathematics by 2006. | | (58024) | 116
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards ensuring that by 2008 80 per cent. of children under 16 years who have been looked after for two and a half or more years will have been living in the same placement for at least two years, or are placed for adoption. | | (58025) | 117
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards reducing the under-18 conception rate by 50 per cent. by 2010. | | (58026) | 118
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards (a) introducing an effective light-touch childcare approval scheme, (b) increasing the take-up of formal childcare by lower income working families by 50 per cent. by 2008 and (c) increasing the amount of Ofsted-registered childcare by 10 per cent. by 2008. | | (58027) | 119
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average starting salary was for newly qualified teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Oxford in each of the last 10 years. | | (58272) | 120
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what transfer of resources she proposes to make in respect of the transfer from April 2006 of responsibility from her Department to local education authorities for the provision of assistive technology to pupils with complex physical, learning and communication disabilities who are presently supported under the Communication Aids Project. | | (58300) | 121
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evaluation she has undertaken of the Education to Employment Programme. | | (58318) | 122
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether she plans to decrease the income threshold necessary for obtaining financial help with university fees. | | (57996) | 123
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what regulations she will introduce to ensure that private bus operators who provide school bus services under the Education and Inspections Bill have properly trained operatives. | | (57387) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 124
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions apply to the import from France of poultry (a) fed on poultry protein and (b) administered drugs banned in the UK. | | (57429) | 125
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 258-9W, on air quality, what recent assessment has been made of air quality standards in the Stockport part of Denton and Reddish constituency. | | (57819) | 126
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of water supplies in the North West of England in 2006. | | (57829) | 127
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the rates for recycling were in each local authority in each of the past nine years, broken down by (a) metropolitan borough and (b) other authorities. | | (57997) | 128
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the leakage rate was for the United Utilities Water Company in the latest period for which figures are available; and what change there has been in United Utilities' water leakage rate in the last five years. | | (58004) | 129
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce measures to prohibit the (a) import, (b) export and (c) re-export of (i) primates and (ii) marine mammals; and if she will make a statement. | | (58311) | 130
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the administration of the single farm payments scheme in Staffordshire. | | (57851) | 131
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average length of time local authorities in England took to make rights-of-way modification orders in 2004-05; how many orders Staffordshire has outstanding; and what percentage of orders were successful. | | (57852) | 132
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter dated 31st January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr S. Serayet. | | (58112) | 133
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to enable farmers to move footpaths which are adversely affecting farming. | | (58158) | 134
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to move out of its departmental offices in Epsom Road, Merrow, Guildford; what representations she has received from departmental employees on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (58047) | 135
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued notice of contractual terminations to mobile phone companies relating to mobile telephone masts located in her departmental offices in Epsom Road, Merrow, Guildford. | | (58048) | 136
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with water companies on reservoir capacity in Oxfordshire. | | (58294) | 137
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on biofuels. | | (57787) | 138
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department gives to the agricultural sector to grow and process alternative crops for renewable energy. | | (57788) | 139
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking (a) to promote alternative crops for renewable energy and (b) to encourage the establishment of biofuel processing plants in England. | | (57789) | 140
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of standpipes being required in (a) Kent and (b) Sussex in the course of 2006. | | (57299) | 141
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase water supplies in (a) South East England and (b) Kent; and if she will make a statement. | | (57300) | 142
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 23rd December 2005, from the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire on the reprocessed fuel oil, the Waste Incineration Directive and the draft Waste Framework Directive. | | (57532) | 143
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to allow recipients of the Warm Front Scheme to pool resources from the Scheme to fund community-based fuel initiatives. | | (57888) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 144
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th February 2006, Official Report, column 2285W, on Israel and Palestine, what border the UK Government recognises as the international border between the State of Israel and the West Bank pending mutual determination between the parties of the future borders in accordance with Phase III of the Road Map. | | (58148) | 145
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the latest round of Sino-Tibet talks; whether those talks have been discussed in the context of the UK-China human rights dialogue; whether the UK Government plans to make representations pressing for further progress in the talks and negotiations; and if he will make a statement. | | (57865) | 146
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Bulgarian authorities in relation to Michael Shields, imprisoned in Bulgaria; and if he will make a statement. | | (57398) | 147
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has in place to celebrate Commonwealth Day in the United Kingdom. | | (57825) | 148
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the deuterium-labelled compounds that are supplied by the UK to Iran under the humanitarian exemptions to UK sanctions on trade with Iran. | | (58230) | 149
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what military equipment has been provided by the UK to Iran to assist in counter-narcotics operations in the last three years. | | (58244) | 150
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for the deuterium-labelled compounds supplied by the UK to Iran as exempted medical supplies to be diverted to purposes connected with a nuclear weapons programme. | | (58245) | 151
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female United Kingdom nationals are serving prison sentences in foreign jurisdictions. | | (58172) | 152
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 6th April 2005 from Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow region, regarding Ali Javaid Pal and Shamshad Perveen. | | (58306) | 153
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political implications of the recent attempt to assassinate Lesotho's Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement. | | (58227) | 154
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries in Africa do not have a UK Ambassador based in that country. | | (58160) | 155
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what matters will be discussed at the next Gymnich meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (57747) | 156
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of comments by the Iranian negotiator Hassan Rowhani on 4th March 2006 on Iran's nuclear programme. | | (57871) | 157
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government supports sanctions against Iran in relation to its nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (57872) | 158
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran's nuclear enrichment policy; what the UK position on this was at the IAEA meeting in Vienna; and what steps the Government plans to take in relation to Iran's nuclear programme. | | (57874) | 159
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Nepalese government on human rights. | | (58018) | 160
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Nepalese government on the restoration of democratic government. | | (58020) | 161
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the objectives are of the Government's policy towards North Korea. | | (58165) | 162
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which Embassies and High Commissions he is (a) reducing diplomatic and other staff and (b) deploying additional staff; and what the reasons for the changes in staff deployed are in each case. | | (58166) | 163
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what (a) circumstances and (b) rules the EU flag is flown from official UK diplomatic premises in (i) EU member states and (ii) non-EU countries; and in what ways the relevant rules or guidance have been amended over the last 10 years. | | (57796) | 164
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implementation of the Hudood Ordinances in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (57870) | 165
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to seek the release from prison of Pastor Cai Zhuohua. | | (57992) | 166
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese authorities on religious persecution against Protestant groups in China. | | (57993) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 167
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) overcrowding and (b) inter-prison transfers of inmates on the delivery of prison healthcare; and if she will make a statement. | | (58238) | 168
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to increase availability of NHS dentists in Haltemprice and Howden constituency. | | (57859) | 169
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there have been in Haltemprice and Howden constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (57860) | 170
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with diabetes in each constituency in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (57636) | 171
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of (a) infertility treatment and (b) IVF treatment on the NHS in South Staffordshire. | | (57876) | 172
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the categories of accident and emergency (A&E) departments; and what the criteria are for determining into which category an A&E department falls. | | (57881) | 173
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons psychiatric patients are excluded from patient choice under the choose and book system. | | (57791) | 174
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the Greater Manchester Primary Care Trust's decision to end the `in perpetuity' dowry agreements with local authorities and (b) the likely impact of the decision on social services budgets in the county. | | (57816) | 175
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with primary care trusts in Greater Manchester on their decision to end the `in perpetuity' dowry agreements with local authorities. | | (57831) | 176
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget surplus or deficit was in each (a) primary care trust, (b) acute services trust and (c) foundation hospital trust in the county of Greater Manchester in each year since 2000. | | (57832) | 177
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have not yet made available to those with a clinical need treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for use in rheumatoid arthritis. | | (58153) | 178
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) existing NHS deficits on the uptake of treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for use in rheumatoid arthritis and (b) payment by results and practice-based commissioning on the availability of these treatments; and if she will make a statement. | | (58154) | 179
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRSA cases there were in (a) Royal Surrey and (b) Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey in each of the last three years. | | (58320) | 180
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons were for the withdrawal of the national tariff for payment by results; when her Department will indicate what payment by results tariff will apply for financial year 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | (58316) | 181
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the funds received by pharmacies as a result of the difference between the price paid for drugs by (a) the Prescription Pricing Authority and (b) pharmacists in each financial year since 2000-01; and what estimate she has made of the funds received in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (58322) | 182
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 drugs contributed most to the total funding of pharmacies because of the difference between the price paid by the pharmacies and the price paid by the Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA) in each year since 2000-01; what estimate she has made of the total funding from that source in the next two financial years; and what the price paid was by (a) the pharmacy and (b) the PPA for each of those 10 drugs. | | (58323) | 183
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2006 to Question reference 45907, on NHS Direct, what steps is she taking to measure the net value of NHS Direct to the National Health Service. | | (57539) | 184
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the new arrangements for the domiciliary supply of oxygen products to patients. | | (58088) | 185
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from the medical profession since the introduction of new arrangements for the domiciliary supply of oxygen products to patients. | | (58089) | 186
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the availability of free dental care for children within Peterborough constituency. | | (58151) | 187
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the Tamworth constituency who are (a) paid and (b) unpaid carers for relatives. | | (58098) | 188
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from dentists on the implementation of the new dental contract in Staffordshire. | | (58099) | 189
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely cost of redundancies in (a) Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority and (b) primary care trusts within Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority as a result of planned hospital mergers. | | (58100) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the financial position of each hospital in the Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority area. | | (58101) | 191
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many successful clinical negligence claims were made against hospitals trusts under the Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority area in 2004-05. | | (58102) | 192
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the clinical negligence payments made by hospitals trusts under the Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority area in 2004-05. | | (58103) | 193
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that syringes required to administer medicines to babies orally will be available on prescription; and if she will make a statement. | | (58104) | 194
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trainee physiotherapists are expected to qualify in 2006. | | (58105) | 195
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new vacancies have been created for physiotherapists in the last 12 months; and how many of these vacancies were for newly-qualified physiotherapists. | | (58106) | 196
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were referred to hospital by general practitioners in the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust in each year since the primary care trust was established; how many spent at least 24 hours in hospital in each year; and if she will make a statement. | | (58107) | 197
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much will be paid into the pension funds of chief executives who are taking redundancy in (a) health authorities, (b) acute trusts and (c) primary care trusts in the North West Region. | | (57397) | 198
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultants, (b) doctors, (c) nurses and (d) dentists from Malawi were working in the NHS in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58220) | 199
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2006, Official Report, column 1322W, on the NHS Tariff Uplift, for what reasons the tariff uplift of 4 per cent. between 2005-06 and 2006-07 given in the Answer differs from the statement in paragraph 5.2, page 18 of her Department's document of 26th January 2006, The NHS in England: the operating framework in 2006-07, that the overall weighted increase across the full tariff in 2006-07 is 1.5 per cent. | | (57533) | 200
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRSA cases there were in each hospital in Cumbria in each of the last three years. | | (57739) | 201
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether payment by results has had an impact on the number of (a) home births and (b) caesarean section; and if she will make a statement. | | (58046) | 202
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what she expects the total cost of turnaround directors to be; and whether the costs will be borne by (a) primary care trusts, (b) strategic health authorities and (c) the Department of Health. | | (58182) | 203
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average starting salary was for a newly qualified (a) nurse, (b) GP, (c) hospital doctor and (d) laboratory technician in Oxford in each of the last 10 years. | | (58296) | 204
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the financial position of the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. | | (58161) | 205
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra resources in 2006-07 are being released to her Department arising from efficiency gains generated by the Gershon process. | | (58162) | 206
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional net resources will be available to the NHS in 2006-07 after taking into account (a) NHS inflation and (b) the 2005-06 deficit. | | (58168) | 207
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated in accident and emergency departments for injuries resulting from accidents involving unregistered mini-motorcycles in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) the North West and (c) England in the last two years. | | (57386) | 208
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the performance of Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service in meeting national standards for answering emergency calls in rural areas in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (57866) | 209
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government expects to publish the outcome of the Foster Review of non-medical healthcare regulation. | | (58171) | 210
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding her Department has allocated to the National Blood Service to recruit more bone marrow donors from ethnic minority communities; and if she will make a statement. | | (57882) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 211
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Bashkim Bushati, reference B1022306, in HMP Bellingdon will be deported from the United Kingdom. | | (57790) | 212
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to inform prison governors of reasons why home detention curfews are breached; and if he will make a statement. | | (58207) | 213
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners with (a) hepatitis B and (b) hepatitis C; and if he will make a statement. | | (58209) | 214
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of people with a learning disability in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (58210) | 215
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) male, (b) female and (c) juvenile inmates have been diagnosed with (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) more than two mental health disorders; and if he will make a statement. | | (58211) | 216
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of drug treatment programmes in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (58213) | 217
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on prisoners' use of electronic mail facilities whilst in detention. | | (58214) | 218
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have a severe and enduring illness; and if he will make a statement. | | (58215) | 219
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of drug treatment orders in England and Wales were successfully completed in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (58216) | 220
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken to improve the performance of HMP Norwich since the last report by HM Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (58218) | 221
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the trends in (a) crimes of violence against the person and (b) drug offences since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (58219) | 222
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure appropriate use of internet facilities within the prison estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (58221) | 223
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the work of Skills for Justice; and if he will make a statement. | | (58222) | 224
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of entrants to each prison had (a) drug and (b) mental health problems in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (58224) | 225
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of (a) drug and (b) mental health problems in each prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (58225) | 226
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which prison establishments yoga is being taught; at what cost; what assessment he has made of its impact on prisoners; how many participants there are at each relevant establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (58226) | 227
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the C-NOMIS information system. | | (58228) | 228
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons have converted to Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork processes for assessing at-risk inmates; and if he will make a statement. | | (58229) | 229
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rates of reconviction were after (a) home detention curfew and (b) imprisonment in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (58231) | 230
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons operate a home detention curfew scheme; what the rate of recall of those under such curfews was in each establishment in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (58232) | 231
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons have access to the Police National Computer (PNC); what action he is taking to increase access for prisons to the PNC; when he expects all prisons to have access to the PNC; and if he will make a statement. | | (58233) | 232
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the processes within the part of the criminal justice system for which he is responsible for responding to breaches in home detention curfew; and if he will make a statement. | | (58235) | 233
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the Prison Service's management of home detention curfew preparations; and if he will make a statement. | | (58237) | 234
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prison inmates registered with a general practitioner prior to being sent to prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (58239) | 235
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the consistency of initial assessments by prison governors for home detention curfew arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (58240) | 236
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been subject to electronic monitoring in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement. | | (58241) | 237
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the processes involved in the management of the home detention curfew schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (58242) | 238
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the (a) electronic tagging and (b) satellite tracking of offenders. | | (58274) | 239
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the rates of psychotic illness amongst (a) remand prisoners and (b) convicted prisoners; and if he will make a statement. | | (58295) | 240
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006, Official Report, columns 829-30W, on prisoners, how many sets were purchased in each year between 1997-98 and 2003-04. | | (57875) | 241
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding will be made available to each of the police forces in the West Midlands to help with the costs of their merger into a new West Midlands force; and if he will make a statement. | | (57880) | 242
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost is of merging the police forces in the West Midlands into a new combined force. | | (57990) | 243
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted indefinite leave to remain under family applications in 2005. | | (58197) | 244
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had been receiving National Asylum Support Service support on 31st December 2005 for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years. | | (58201) | 245
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those held at immigration detention centres in 2005 were held at more than one centre during their period of detention. | | (58202) | 246
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were covered by family applications for National Asylum Support Services support in 2005. | | (58203) | 247
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holders of student visas applied (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully for the right to remain in the UK in a different category in 2005. | | (58204) | 248
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants in 2005 had previously unsuccessfully applied for a visa. | | (58205) | 249
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those held in immigration detention centres on 31st January were held under the Fastrack scheme. | | (58206) | 250
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of additional police (a) officers, (b) support staff and (c) stations that will be required as a result of the planned expansion of housing in the Peterborough City Council area. | | (58150) | 251
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to Staffordshire police in relation to the coming into force of the Licensing Act 2003; and what period this covered. | | (57854) | 252
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 26th January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Rashid Mahmood. | | (58113) | 253
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will visit Monkmoor Police Station in Shrewsbury to meet local police officers. | | (58157) | 254
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many jobs in his Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001. | | (57643) | 255
N | Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will provide a substantive answer to Question 17761, tabled by the hon. Member for Newport East on 11th October 2005. | | (57537) | 256
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised in each of the last three years by police forces charging victims of car theft for the return of their vehicles. | | (57978) | 257
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to police forces of removing the charge to victims of car theft for the return of their vehicle. | | (57979) | 258
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the starting salary was for newly qualified police officers in Oxford for each of the last 10 years. | | (58273) | 259
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by the Thames Valley Police Authority in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were deployed to work in Oxford City. | | (58275) | 260
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts, (b) parenting contracts, (c) parenting orders, (d) full injunctions, (e) evictions, (f) dispersal orders and (g) closure orders have been issued in each (i) constituency and (ii) local authority in England since 2001. | | (58022) | 261
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unregistered mini-motorcycles have been confiscated by the police in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) the North West and (c) England in the last two years. | | (57385) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 262
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will arrange for the House of Commons Travel Office to publish the email addresses of individual travel office staff on the parliamentary intranet. | | (57430) | 263
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bottles of mineral water were purchased by the House of Commons in each of the last three financial years. | | (56258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 264
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what arrangements were made for the continuation of bilateral development assistance to Madagascar when the decision was taken to transfer responsibility for the administration of the Small Grants Scheme to the Foreign Office. | | (57856) | 265
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what responsibilities for development in Madagascar his Department has taken over from the Small Grants Scheme since its discontinuation. | | (57857) | 266
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what forms of bilateral development assistance were provided to Madagascar before the announcement of the decision to close the British Embassy. | | (57858) | 267
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the running costs were of his Department's offices in (a) Pretoria, (b) Brasilia, (c) Bangkok, (d) Montserrat, (e) Paris and (f) Rome in 2004-05. | | (58243) | 268
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what timetable he has set for the implementation of the recommendations of the Prime Minister's Commission for Africa. | | (57534) | 269
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that the recommendations of the Commission for Africa are fully implemented. | | (57535) | 270
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation by the Commission for Africa on the use of assessments of how to reduce the risk of violent conflict and improve human security in formulating country and regional assistance strategies. | | (57536) | 271
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources were allocated to Malawi to combat HIV/AIDS amongst (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years. | | (58196) | 272
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of UK aid to Malawi was in each of the last 10 years in real terms. | | (58199) | 273
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) mechanisms and (b) funding are in place to develop twinning and civic co-operation between the UK and Malawi. | | (58200) | 274
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the date was of the last official visit by him or his predecessor to Malawi. | | (58223) | 275
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will increase UK aid to Mauritania. | | (58156) | 276
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid was given to Mauritania in (a) 1980 and (b) 2004. | | (58159) | 277
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are being taken to provide aid for the people in areas of Kenya affected by famine. | | (57737) | 278
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what loans have been approved in relation to Nepal in the last two years; and what conditions have been attached to each loan. | | (58234) | 279
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia; what assessment he has made of its effectiveness; and if he will make a statement. | | (58037) | 280
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to the mudslide-affected region of the Philippines; and if he will make a statement. | | (58038) | 281
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils enrolled in unregistered private schools in Africa. | | (58039) | 282
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to displaced people in Colombia; and if he will make a statement. | | (58040) | 283
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the recent outbreak of cholera in Sudan; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent the disease spreading. | | (58041) | 284
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department provides for programmes to support children orphaned or displaced by the civil war in Nepal. | | (58019) | 285
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of the British aid programme to India in the last year for which figures are available; what projects the programme funded; and what the objectives of the programme were. | | (58164) | 286
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he last discussed microfinance with his counterparts in the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest; and if he will make a statement. | | (58028) | 287
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the role of microfinance in the development of poor Latin American communities; and if he will make a statement. | | (58029) | 288
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's budget to support microfinance projects went to Latin America in the last period for which figures are available. | | (58030) | 289
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department is working with local communities in Latin America on the (a) aims, (b) design, (c) implementation and (d) evaluation of development projects. | | (58031) | 290
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen civil society in Latin America through co-operation with local communities. | | (58032) | 291
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department sets development strategies to target (a) poverty and (b) inequality in Latin America. | | (58033) | 292
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what microfinance organisations his Department supports in Latin America. | | (58034) | 293
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what process microfinance organisations must complete in order to be eligible for support from his Department. | | (58035) | 294
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which 20 non-governmental organisations working in Latin America received the highest amount of grant from his Department for microfinance or microcredit projects in each year since 1997. | | (58036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 295
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Tourist Board plans to promote and market the historic Mussenden Temple site at Downhill, County Londonderry. | | (57741) | 296
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the vehicular traffic using the Greencastle-Magilligan ferry in 2005 originated in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland. | | (57742) | 297
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) Limavady and (b) other small further and higher education colleges in Northern Ireland retain their local identity following the planned college amalgamations. | | (57743) | 298
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many surplus places there are in primary schools in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland. | | (57744) | 299
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were prosecuted for illegal dumping in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (57745) | 300
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the adult population in Northern Ireland entitled to be on the electoral register is on that register. | | (57966) | 301
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Northern Ireland Assembly Ombudsman has (a) been asked to deal with and (b) investigated in the last two years. | | (57967) | 302
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time was at MOT centres in each of the testing centres in Northern Ireland during January. | | (57968) | 303
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on repairing damage to schools caused by vandalism in each of the education and board areas in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (57969) | 304
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted in connection with vandalism to schools in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (57970) | 305
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the latest Northern Ireland New Earning Survey was carried out; and when the next one is scheduled. | | (57971) | 306
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees there are in the (a) maintained, (b) controlled, (c) integrated and (d) Irish language sectors of education in Northern Ireland. | | (57972) | 307
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated value is of school lands and properties used by the (a) maintained, (b) controlled, (c) integrated and (d) Irish language sectors of education in Northern Ireland. | | (57973) | 308
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the difference is in average pay between men and women in Northern Ireland; and what measures are being taken to reduce the difference. | | (57974) | 309
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the last 50 people appointed to non-departmental public bodies in Northern Ireland for whom a party political allegiance was ascertained were allied to each party. | | (57975) | 310
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Republic of Ireland authorities have sought assistance from the police in Northern Ireland regarding the whereabouts of persons resident in Northern Ireland in relation to the disturbances in Dublin on Saturday 25th February. | | (57976) | 311
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average absenteeism rate was per 1000 pupils in primary schools in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (57977) | 312
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what cross-referencing was carried out to the most recent Northern Ireland New Earnings Survey to ensure its accuracy. | | (58063) | 313
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress is being made in the development of anti-bullying campaigns in primary schools in Northern Ireland. | | (58064) | 314
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether prisoners who participated in the early release scheme in 1998 were given financial assistance or incentive from the public purse (a) at the time of and (b) subsequent to their release. | | (58065) | 315
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Community Relations Council in Northern Ireland has to offer support and financial assistance for the development of cultural and historical murals in Loyalist areas. | | (58067) | 316
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted of social security fraud in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (58068) | 317
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change was over the previous year in the numbers of planning applications submitted in (a) 2000 and (b) 2005 in Northern Ireland; and what the change was between 2000 and 2005. | | (58069) | 318
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Planning Appeal Commission hearings took place in Northern Ireland during 2005; and how many involved a commissioner from outside Northern Ireland. | | (58070) | 319
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are serving on three or more non-departmental public bodies. | | (58071) | 320
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican shootings and assaults; and if he will make a statement. | | (58321) | 321
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the members chosen for the Policing Board for Northern Ireland; and when he expects to announce the final composition. | | (57952) | 322
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the membership of each cross-border body set up under the Belfast Agreement. | | (57953) | 323
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has for additional schemes to tackle deprivation in (a) (i) the Erskin and (ii) the Grange estates in Ballyclane, (b) housing estates in Antrim Town and (c) the (i) New Mossley and (ii) Ballyduff areas of Newtownabbey. | | (58052) | 324
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Department of Education is taking to tackle bullying on school buses. | | (58053) | 325
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Department of Education will announce a new school build for Ballyrobert Primary School. | | (58054) | 326
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when new CCTV projects will be provided in the Antrim Borough Council area. | | (58055) | 327
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when funding will be made available for new CCTV projects in the Newtownabbey Borough Council area to assist in tackling crime. | | (58056) | 328
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the political affiliation is of members of each cross-border body set up under the Belfast Agreement. | | (58057) | 329
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of each cross-border body set up under the Belfast Agreement in each year since its formation. | | (58058) | 330
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Department of Education is taking to tackle smoking on buses transporting children to and from school. | | (58059) | 331
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many manufacturing jobs have been (a) created and (b) lost in the last 12 months in each of the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies. | | (58114) | 332
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to make a range of energy options available to all rural areas in Northern Ireland. | | (58115) | 333
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what policies have been put in place to promote and support small businesses in the food retail sector in Northern Ireland. | | (58116) | 334
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what initiatives the Government has undertaken to promote Belfast International Airport. | | (58117) | 335
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many trade missions have been undertaken by Invest Northern Ireland accompanied by South Antrim business personnel. | | (58118) | 336
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools in each Northern Ireland Parliamentary constituency offer extended hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.. | | (58119) | 337
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Children's Commissioner to undertake an urgent review of overcrowding on buses transporting school children in Northern Ireland. | | (58120) | 338
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public funding has been spent on (a) maintenance and (b) repair of school property in each Northern Ireland Parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years. | | (58121) | 339
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many foreign nationals are employed in each local authority area in Northern Ireland. | | (58122) | 340
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the building of industrial premises on grounds at Global Point, Newtownabbey, has not begun; and when he expects the first sod to be cut at the site. | | (58123) | 341
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to increase the average funding per schoolchild in Northern Ireland. | | (58124) | 342
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the organisations and individuals who supported the Seven Councils option during the recent Review of Public Administration consultation process. | | (58125) | 343
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase sentences for those found guilty of cruelty to animals in Northern Ireland. | | (58126) | 344
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual cost has been of the Independent International Commission for Decommissioning since it was set up. | | (58127) | 345
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many school buildings in Northern Ireland have been (a) provided and (b) commenced in each of the last five years using public private partnership financing. | | (58128) | 346
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision the Government has made in Northern Ireland for children with autism in each of the last five years. | | (58129) | 347
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the number of NHS dental access centres in Northern Ireland. | | (58130) | 348
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of planning application refusals have been overturned by the Planning Appeals Commission in each local authority area in Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (58131) | 349
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase (a) recycling and (b) composting in Northern Ireland. | | (58132) | 350
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of packaging being used for commercial products in Northern Ireland. | | (58133) | 351
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to promote Northern Ireland beef internationally. | | (58134) | 352
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average daily sum spent by the Prison Service in Northern Ireland on feeding (a) adult prisoners and (b) young offenders was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (58135) | 353
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many asylum and immigration applications are outstanding in Northern Ireland. | | (58136) | 354
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when all payments under the Single Farm Payment scheme will be concluded in Northern Ireland. | | (58137) | 355
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps the Government has taken to prevent an outbreak of avian influenza in Northern Ireland. | | (58138) | 356
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to (a) reduce waiting times and (b) increase access to radiotherapy for brain tumour patients in Northern Ireland. | | (58140) | 357
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients have been transported by air ambulance in each of the last five years in Northern Ireland. | | (58141) | 358
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost was of a National Health Service dental check-up in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (58144) | 359
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in Northern Ireland which were directly related to smoking in each of the last five years. | | (58145) | 360
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what educational provision is made in Northern Ireland for young people with profound learning disabilities aged over 19 years; and in what locations. | | (58146) | 361
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many primary care trusts in Northern Ireland have an integrated falls and osteoporosis service as required by the National Service Framework for Older People in Northern Ireland. | | (58174) | 362
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost impact on the NHS of the effective use of medicine reviews by pharmacists and GPs in Northern Ireland. | | (58175) | 363
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on costs in Northern Ireland of ensuring (a) that patients comply with dosing regimens and (b) that effective medicine review processes are carried out. | | (58179) | 364
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Our Health, Our Care, Our Say on (a) the management of osteoporosis, (b) patient choice and (c) the number of osteoporotic fractures in Northern Ireland. | | (58180) | 365
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to increase the information and support offered to osteoporosis sufferers in Northern Ireland. | | (58181) | 366
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2006, Official Report, column 1230W, on child sex abuse, when a decision will be made on whether to move to the new database under consideration; what factors will be taken into account when deciding whether to move to a new database; how child sex abuse allegations will be tracked until a decision is made; and how the Police Service of Northern Ireland will collate clusters of allegations around particular individuals until a decision is made. | | (58277) | 367
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, columns 396-7W on student drop-outs, what steps are being taken to reduce the number of students dropping out of their courses. | | (58278) | 368
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that early invoice payment discounts are secured by each Department in Northern Ireland. | | (58279) | 369
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 370W, on housing, what the total unpaid Housing Executive rent was in each district in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and what steps are being taken to recover outstanding amounts. | | (58280) | 370
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 364W, on dissident republican paramilitaries, what new information came into his possession between 11th January and 27th February on dissident recruiting. | | (58281) | 371
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 362W on Civil Service (meetings), on how many occasions the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service has met in the last three years (a) the Presbyterian Church, (b) the Roman Catholic Church, (c) the Church of Ireland, (d) the Methodist Church, (e) the Baptist Union of Ireland, (f) the Free Presbyterian Church, (g) the Elim Pentecostal Church, (h) the Reformed Presbyterian Church, (i) the Congregational Union of Ireland, (j) the Evangelical Alliance, (k) ECONI and (l) the Caleb Foundation. | | (58282) | 372
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the religious breakdown is of each grade of employee in the Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Care Trust. | | (58324) | 373
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 352W, on `R' Drivers, what steps are being taken to reduce the number of `R' drivers issued with fixed penalty notices in Northern Ireland; and how many `R' drivers have had (a) their licences revoked and (b) their period of restriction extended as a result of excess speed in each of the last five years. | | (58325) | 374
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether students working in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency are paid for bank holidays. | | (57846) | 375
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to include in the Civil Service pension scheme survey interviewers who work for Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland. | | (57847) | 376
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2006, Official Report, column 990W, on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, for what reasons the interviewers are employed under terms and conditions different from those of other part-time staff of the agency. | | (58060) | Questions to the Prime Minister 377
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent on (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) 11 Downing Street, (c) Carlton House, (d) Government House in Pimlico and (e) Chequers in each year since 2000. | | (57637) | 378
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Prime Minister, what factors he took into account in recommending Sir Nigel Crisp for a peerage; and if he will make a statement. | | (58212) | 379
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Prime Minister, what work Mr Alistair Campbell has undertaken for the Government since January 2005. | | (58049) | Questions to the Solicitor General 380
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Solicitor General, what his policy is on declarations of interest by members of the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (58045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 381
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to investigate the background of companies applying for post office franchises; and if he will make a statement. | | (58246) | 382
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has evidence of companies applying for post office franchises under multiple names; and if he will make a statement. | | (58247) | 383
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what capital assets have been transferred from public ownership to private companies under the post office franchise arrangements. | | (58248) | 384
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the applications for wind farm developments in Lancashire which have been submitted to his Department for decision. | | [R] (57634) | 385
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices in (a) Tameside metropolitan borough and (b) Stockport metropolitan borough are franchised to the private sector; and what steps he is taking to monitor (i) the quality of service they provide and (ii) the number of complaints received from the public. | | (57830) | 386
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will next meet officials of the Office of Fair Trading to discuss the operation of the Supermarket Code of Practice; and if he will make a statement. | | (58149) | 387
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the cost-benefit analysis of the impact of de-regulation of Sunday trading will assess (a) ancillary costs to the public sector of an extension of Sunday trading hours, (b) additional costs to non-retail businesses and (c) the impact on family and community life of changes to the Sunday working hours of retail staff. | | (58083) | 388
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) reports and (b) academic papers being considered by the consultants preparing the economic cost-benefit analysis of extended Sunday trading hours. | | (58084) | 389
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies that operate stores with a floor area of (a) less than and (b) more than 3,000 square feet have been invited to make submissions to the consultation on extended Sunday trading hours. | | (58085) | 390
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons submissions to the consultation on extended Sunday trading hours were not invited from (a) police authorities and (b) local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (58086) | 391
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many licences for the sale of alcohol over 24 hours have been granted in Tamworth in the last 12 months. | | (58087) | 392
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the cost-benefit analysis of extended Sunday trading hours will take into consideration the provisions of the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. | | (58109) | 393
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with Citibank International plc as providers of the Post Office Card Account on the ending of the contract for the account; and if he will make a statement. | | (58297) | 394
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when (a) he and (b) officials from his Department last met officials from Citibank International plc. | | (58298) | 395
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office branches have closed in Scotland in each year since 1992. | | (58302) | 396
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of setting up the Post Office Card Account. | | (58328) | 397
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what are the names of the staff in his Department working on the review of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive which he announced in December; how many staff hours a week are being spent on the review; which stakeholders have been consulted; whether records are available of meetings that have been carried out in relation to the review; what the terms of reference are of the review; whether a date has been set for the consultation period; and whether it is policy that staff working on the WEEE review take email enquiries only. | | (58042) | 398
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government has spent on fusion research at Culham (a) directly and (b) through its contribution to EU programmes in the last 10 years. | | (58299) | 399
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of domestic energy consumers living in fuel poverty. | | (57793) | 400
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many gas and electricity suppliers have ceased trading since September 2005; how many domestic and commercial sites each supplied at the point at which they ceased trading; what assessment he has made of the impact of these closures on retail market competition; and if he will make a statement. | | (57834) | 401
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost to UK consumers of the pace of energy market liberalisation in Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (57835) | 402
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on the wholesale gas market of the increased information available on flows of gas into the National Transmission System through the programme sponsored by his Department. | | [R] (57836) | 403
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter of 12th January from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire. | | (57641) | 404
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to increase trade between the UK and (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian territories. | | (57991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 405
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is mandatory for airlines to spray insecticide in the interior of aircraft cabins on flights arriving in the UK; what rules govern this practice; what insecticides are permitted for use; and if he will make a statement. | | (57393) | 406
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) his Department, (b) the Highways Agency and (c) other agencies and organisations funded by his Department work on (i) road safety issues and (ii) rail-related safety issues. | | (57817) | 407
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a lost passport section; how many people on average have complained that their passports have been lost by the DVLA in each of the last five years; whether the DVLA is considering (a) the use of registered mail and (b) other improvements to the arrangements for returning passports; and if he will make a statement. | | (57855) | 408
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the additional costs of extending the concessionary travel scheme to allow cross-boundary travel. | | (57889) | 409
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional trips that over-60s and disabled bus service passengers would make if the concessionary travel scheme were to be extended across boundaries. | | (57890) | 410
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount private bus providers will spend on complying with the requirements of the concessionary travel scheme. | | (57891) | 411
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has provided additional funding to private bus providers to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the concessionary travel scheme. | | (57892) | 412
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) over 60-year-olds and (b) disabled people resident in West Lancashire will be eligible for the new concessionary travel scheme. | | (57893) | 413
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether private bus providers will need new technology to accommodate the new concessionary travel scheme. | | (58097) | 414
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the Highway's Agency projection of costs associated with moving from ORACLE to SAP was made. | | (58043) | 415
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of the cost of moving from ORACLE to SAP for the viability of the Shared Services Programme business case; and if he will make a statement. | | (58044) | 416
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assumptions of (a) prices and (b) range of prices for crude oil in (i) 2010, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2025, (v) 2030 and (vi) 2050 are being used by his Department in (A) the National Transport Model, (B) the forthcoming review of the aviation White Paper and (C) the draft guidance on railway closures; when the Department last reviewed these prices; and whether these price assumptions have been subject to independent external review. | | (58326) | 417
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of Greater Manchester's bus operators have been reported to the Transport Commissioner in each year since 2001; and how many bus operators lost their operation licence as a result of investigations in each year. | | (57814) | 418
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in implementing the South East Manchester Multi Modal Study in (a) Tameside Metropolitan Borough and (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough; and if he will make a statement. | | (57815) | 419
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Stagecoach Manchester on their bus strategy for South Manchester. | | (57820) | 420
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and (b) Network Rail on improving the passenger facilities at Manchester Victoria Railway Station. | | (57821) | 421
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and Network Rail on improving the passenger rail services in the county. | | (57822) | 422
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) potential effect of the proposed Hazel Grove A6 Bypass in redirecting Manchester-bound traffic onto the M60 motorway and (b) potential consequential impact on the capacity of the M60/M67/A57 Denton interchange. | | (57980) | 423
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Platform 0 at Stockport railway station will become operational. | | (57998) | 424
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with insurance companies regarding reduced premiums for those that have (a) the Pass Plus and (b) other advanced driving qualifications. | | (57963) | 425
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the Pass Plus scheme and (b) other advanced driving courses on drivers' accident rates. | | (57964) | 426
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Pass Plus scheme on the payouts made by insurance companies for road traffic accidents. | | (57965) | 427
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions he has placed on increases in the number of trains run by operating companies; and which of these restrictions apply to trains running to and from Staffordshire. | | (58073) | 428
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what subsidy was given to (a) all train operating companies and (b) train operating companies running to and from Staffordshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what he expects the subsidy to be in the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (58075) | 429
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) Staffordshire County Council and (b) Lichfield District Council regarding the Brownhills Transport Package. | | (58076) | 430
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) reliability, (b) punctuality and (c) frequency of trains running to and from Staffordshire; what plans he has to improve those services; and if he will make a statement. | | (58077) | 431
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has any plans to reduce the annual subsidy given to Northern Rail. | | (57394) | 432
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities outside London and the metropolitan areas have provided free concessionary bus transport on a county basis. | | (57395) | 433
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have reported a shortfall in their funding for free bus travel for pensioners; and what steps each has taken to make up the shortfall. | | (57540) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 434
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 247W, on housing benefit, how many people he estimates will have their housing benefit withdrawn as a result of anti-social behaviour in each year; and with which local authorities he is discussing pilot schemes to withdraw housing benefit as a result of anti-social behaviour. | | (57837) | 435
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include provisions for withdrawing housing benefit as a result of anti-social behaviour in the forthcoming Welfare Reform Bill. | | (57838) | 436
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of increasing either benefit or tax credit payments to levels which will bring all families with children below the poverty line to a position above the poverty line. | | (57839) | 437
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children in families with (a) a lone parent, (b) married parents or step parents and (c) cohabiting parents or step parents are in poverty; and what research he has conducted on the equivalent figures in other (i) EU and (ii) G8 countries. | | (57840) | 438
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) disabled claimants and (b) care leavers under-25 years are (i) exempt from and (ii) subject to the Single Room Rate restriction on Housing Benefit. | | (57955) | 439
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average shared room rate has been in each of the Local Housing Allowance Pathfinder areas. | | (57956) | 440
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Single Room Rent restriction on housing benefit was in each locality in each of the Local Housing Allowance Pathfinder areas in each year between 1996-97 and 2004-05. | | (57957) | 441
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 246W, on housing benefit, whether his Department holds copies of the responses to the Housing Green Paper, Quality and Choice: A decent Home for All, relating to the modernisation of housing benefit. | | (57958) | 442
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 246W, on housing benefit, what research evidence base his Department is using to determine policy decisions on the non-dependent deduction regime for housing benefit. | | (57959) | 443
| 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, what the principal reasons were for the decision not to implement the simplification of the non-dependent deduction regime proposed in the Housing Green Paper, Quality and Choice: A decent Home for All, in 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (57960) | 444
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 247W, on housing benefit, if he will list the relevant bodies, stakeholders and experts he plans to consult informally on his plans to withdraw housing benefit as a result of anti-social behaviour. | | (57961) | 445
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19th January 2006, Official Report, column 1550W, on benefits, whether he expects to be able to provide an estimate of the cost of a national rollout of local housing allowance before the final decision on the amount of transitional funding is announced. | | (58051) | 446
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much fraud investigators recovered for his Department in each of the last five years. | | (57635) | 447
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside metropolitan borough and (c) Stockport metropolitan borough are (i) entitled to and (ii) receiving council tax benefit. | | (57827) | 448
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed people aged over 50 years have been assisted back to work in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough and (c) Tameside Metropolitan Borough since 1997. | | (58007) | 449
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Tameside Metropolitan Borough and (c) Stockport Metropolitan Borough are in receipt of (i) disability benefit and (ii) income support. | | (58008) | 450
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what collaborative projects his Department has undertaken with the Staffordshire Police Authority to combat fraudulent activities in relation to benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (58078) | 451
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency use the Post Office Card Account to receive benefits and pensions. | | (58079) | 452
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Fife and (b) Glenrothes are in receipt of (i) income support and (ii) disability benefit. | | (57738) | 453
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Oxford East constituency receive pension credit; and how many have received it in each year since its inception. | | (58270) | 454
| Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Oxford East constituency receive council tax benefit; and how many have received it in each of the last 10 years. | | (58271) | 455
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Mid Sussex Parliamentary constituency were claiming incapacity benefit in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (58167) | 456
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter of 31st January from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire. | | (57640) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 457
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in each financial year since its inception how many people the tax credits computer system has recorded as deceased who were still living. | | [Transferred] (58317) | 458
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of child benefit in each Northern Ireland Parliamentary constituency. | | [Transferred] (58139) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 459
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the judicial appointments made in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (58142) | 460
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have been granted legal aid in each Northern Ireland Parliamentary constituency during the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (58143) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 461
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many stores with a floor area of (a) more than 3,000 square feet and (b) less than 3,000 square feet operate in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Scotland. | | [Transferred] (58111) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 462
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to upgrade the British canal network to enable the transport of more freight on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (57786) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 463
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the regulations on making gating orders under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 will come into force; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (57828) | 464
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded incidence was of (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime in each month from January 2003 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by police authority area. | | [Transferred] (58177) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 465
| Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make state pension accrual easier for those in part-time work. | | [Transferred] (57886) |
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