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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 13 March 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 13 March 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 13 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 Monday 13 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 13 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the basis is of his Department's statutory definition for biofuels which qualify for the duty concession of 20 pence per litre. | | (58374) | 2
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount of assets has been frozen under the Al Qaeda and Taliban Order (2002); and what amounts have since been returned to individuals and entities. | | (57541) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the medium-term effect of the recent trends in the balance of trade on the British economy. | | (58634) | 4
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings were of full-time employees in West Lancashire constituency in April of each year since 2000. | | (58420) | 5
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the current population of each ward in the West Lancashire constituency based on (a) the 2001 Census, (b) electoral rolls and (c) health service users; and what projections he has made for the next five years. | | (58424) | 6
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of census figures for (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire in each of the last two censuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (58425) | 7
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of forged tax credits resulting in prosecution have been reported to Jobcentre Plus in West Lancashire in the last 12 months. | | (58426) | 8
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in West Lancashire did not have access to a bank account on (a) 31st December 2005 and (b) 31st December 1997. | | (58427) | 9
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the excess winter mortality (a) rate and (b) numbers were for (i) those aged 65 to 80, (ii) those aged over 80, and (iii) all ages in (A) England and (B) West Lancashire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (58580) | 10
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is entitled to refuse to give a receipt when requested to do so by a taxpayer submitting a tax return. | | (58409) | 11
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is entitled to refuse receipt of a tax return when submitted by an agent acting on behalf of a client. | | (58410) | 12
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2006 to Questions 50599 and 50642, on tax credits, for what reason claimants are receiving regular manual payments instead of automated payments; when such payments first started to be made; how many unposted individual cheque encashments there were at the end of each month since April 2005; and what steps are being taken to ensure that all claimants receive regular automatic payments. | | (57914) | 13
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the implications for UK tax revenues of cross-border clearance and settlement of securities transactions within the European Union. | | (57916) | 14
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the population was of (a) each borough in Hampshire, (b) Southampton and (c) Portsmouth in each year since 1997. | | (57923) | 15
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the progress of his review of the regulation of (a) money service businesses, (b) trust and company service providers, (c) payment service providers and (d) firms providing consumer credit. | | (57994) | 16
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to regulate hedge funds. | | (58512) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) HM Revenue and Customs officials and (b) Ministers were first made aware of identity fraud in the tax credit system; and how many suspected cases of identity fraud there were as of (i) 31st March 2005, (ii) 30th June 2005 and (iii) 30th September 2005. | | (58460) | 18
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government paid to (a) the Isle of Man and (b) Northern Ireland in respect of UK Continental Shelf receipts in each year since 1976. | | (58292) | 19
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made by HM Revenue and Customs of the likely impact of the removal of processing and compliance work from the Newport, Isle of Wight, office on (a) residents and (b) local businesses on the Isle of Wight. | | (58254) | 20
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Office of Government Commerce spent on consultants in relation to the conduct of the Gershon Review of public sector efficiency. | | (58526) | 21
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Financial Ombudsman Service is taking to accelerate its decision-making processes; and if he will make a statement. | | (58568) | 22
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to ensure the independence of the Financial Ombudsman Service from its private financial sector funders; and if he will make a statement. | | (58572) | 23
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to handle complaints about the performance of the Financial Ombudsman Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (58573) | 24
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mechanism is for lodging an appeal against a decision made by the Financial Ombudsman Service. | | (58574) | 25
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether staffing levels at the Financial Ombudsman Service are adequate to meet demand; and if he will make a statement. | | (58575) | 26
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will apply to the European Commission to exercise an option to introduce a reduced rate of VAT on the labour input of renovation and repair work to private buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (57902) | 27
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many passengers have been found to be in possession of illegal meat imports after being detected by meat detector dogs since 2001; and how many such passengers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of importing illegal meat. | | (58615) | 28
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which locations each meat detector dog has visited in each month since 2001; how many hours each UK (a) seaport, (b) airport and (c) border crossing point has had a meat detector dog working in each month since 2001; and how many hours each meat detector dog has worked in each month since 2001. | | (58616) | 29
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tonnes of meat have been voluntarily handed over by passengers at each UK (a) seaport, (b) airport and (c) border crossing point in each year since 1997. | | (58617) | 30
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total amount of illegal meat seized at (a) each UK seaport, (b) each UK airport and (c) each UK border crossing point in each year since 2003. | | (58626) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 31
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what properties were held by his Department on 1st May 1997; and what the (a) square footage of each property and (b) purpose to which each property was being put was in each case. | | (57909) | 32
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what income was received in respect of each property held by the Cabinet Office in the last year for which figures are available. | | (57910) | 33
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent by the Cabinet Office on the acquisition of properties since 1st May 1997; what the (a) address, (b) cost and (c) date of acquisition was of each such property; how much has been realised by the Cabinet Office from the disposal of properties since 1st May 1997; and what the (i) address, (ii) sale price and (iii) date of sale was of each. | | (57912) | 34
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date an energy audit was last carried out in respect of each property held by the Cabinet Office. | | (57913) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 35
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2006, Official Report, column 1211W, on clinical negligence, what proportion of the legally-aided clinical negligence cases that were closed in the last year in which the solicitors reported a substantive benefit to the client were settled without regard to the merits of the case and for reasons of the health service defendant seeking to avoid or limit irrecoverable legal costs. | | (57915) | 36
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to extend the sitting hours of criminal courts; and if she will make a statement. | | (58649) | 37
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many polling stations for local government elections in 2006 will be accessible for disabled people; and how many will be in (a) caravans and (b) other temporary structures. | | (58413) | 38
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th February 2006, Official Report, column 2193W, on freedom of information, if she will bring forward legislation to include sports trusts providing services on behalf of a local authority within the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (58415) | 39
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what monitoring is undertaken of the decisions of individual immigration judges; and whether the results indicate that decision-making is consistent. | | (58554) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 40
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been collected in television licence fees in 2005-06 from Coventry South. | | (57268) | 41
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new mobile lending library services have been opened in each of the last 10 years. | | (58379) | 42
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many mobile public lending libraries have closed in each of the last 10 years. | | (58380) | 43
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new public lending libraries have been opened in each of the last 10 years. | | (58381) | 44
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public lending libraries have closed in each of the last 10 years. | | (58382) | 45
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what independent assessment of the performance of the English Institute of Sport has been undertaken; and if she will publish the findings. | | (58478) | 46
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to sign the UNESCO Convention on Anti-Doping. | | (58479) | 47
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria a playing field must meet before it can be considered for disposal under the statutory consultation process. | | (58482) | 48
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether playing fields under one hectare are subject to compulsory consultation guidelines before being considered for disposal. | | (58483) | 49
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the terms of reference are for the KPMG contract to scrutinise the 2012 Olympics; how much the project will cost; and whether preliminary conclusions have been reached. | | (58190) | 50
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of (a) the total income generated for the gambling industry by sporting events and (b) which sports generate the most income. | | (58191) | 51
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on sport of the UNESCO International Convention Against Doping. | | (58192) | 52
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many drug tests were carried out by UK Sport in each of the past three years; what the unit cost was; and what the results of the tests were. | | (58193) | 53
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was made available for high performance sports from (a) Lottery funding and (b) central Government to (i) UK Sport, (ii) Sport England and (iii) the Northern Ireland Sports Council in (A) 2004-05 and (B) 2005-06. | | (58289) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 54
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preparations have been made for Veterans' Day on 27th June. | | (58090) | 55
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which groups and organisations he consulted on the designation of a Veterans' Day on 27th June (a) prior to the decision being announced and (b) after the decision was announced. | | (58091) | 56
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department made the decision to hold a Veterans' Day on 27th June. | | (58092) | 57
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate the contribution of the Home Guard on national Veterans' Day on 27th June. | | (58169) | 58
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding was allocated by his Department to the ex-services mental welfare society Combat Stress in each of the past five years. | | (58183) | 59
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will encourage British military bases in Europe to serve British beef. | | (58383) | 60
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means lessons learned in counter-insurgency techniques during past deployments in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are being collated and disseminated for use in future deployments. | | (57269) | 61
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the training programme is for (a) officers and (b) other ranks for low-intensity warfare prior to deployment on counter-insurgency operations. | | (57270) | 62
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the mechanism is for reconciling British counter-insurgency techniques with those of (a) the United States and (b) other coalition partners in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan. | | (57271) | 63
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent co-operation there has been on anti-terrorism measures between the armed forces of Russia and the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (57272) | 64
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason one Type 23 frigate has been selected not to receive Sonar 2087. | | (57273) | 65
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006 to the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan, Official Report, column 506W, on boards of inquiry, whether there are circumstances in which families are allowed to bring legal representatives to a board of inquiry. | | (58293) | 66
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for RAF Spadeadam; and if he will make a statement. | | (58589) | 67
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recruitment initiatives have been introduced by the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in (i) the south east of England and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 2002. | | (57804) | 68
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there was British (a) military and (b) civilian involvement in the initial incident involving two vehicles in Basra on 6th March; and whether British troops discharged their weapons in the aftermath of the incident. | | (58252) | 69
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question 51573 tabled on 9th February by the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre for named day answer on 13th February. | | (58188) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 70
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage the regeneration of small town centres in the North East. | | (57917) | 71
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to strengthen local authority neighbourhood warden schemes. | | (57918) | 72
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to take steps to develop inter-council partnerships amongst smaller unitary authorities. | | (57920) | 73
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage developers of new housing to build in an environmentally sustainable way. | | (57921) | 74
N | Vera Baird (Redcar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of microgeneration in new build housing. | | (57922) | 75
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new homes he expects to be built in West Lancashire in (a) 2006-07 and (b) each of the following three years. | | (58411) | 76
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for tackling overcrowding in residential accommodation in West Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. | | (58412) | 77
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the Government has made available for housing in West Lancashire in the last three years. | | (58430) | 78
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what money is available for housing associations to build houses in West Lancashire in each of the next three financial years. | | (58431) | 79
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average length of time taken by his Department to process a parish council application from submission to final approval was in 2004-05. | | (58514) | 80
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reasons a final decision has yet to be reached on the parish council application from the South Lathom Residents Association. | | (58581) | 81
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department follows on the length of time during which consultation on electoral arrangements for parish council applications should be conducted. | | (58583) | 82
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what date the application for a parish council from the South Lathom Residents Association was submitted to his Department. | | (58584) | 83
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what information he has received about plans by owners of sheltered and residential housing schemes to sell off wardens' flats; and if he will make a statement. | | (57901) | 84
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many jobs from his Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001. | | (58503) | 85
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by (i) children under the age of nine years, (ii) youths aged 10 to 17 years, (iii) adults of 18 plus years and (iv) other of unspecified age and (b) related casualties there were in (A) 2004 and (B) 2005. | | (58339) | 86
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of accidental dwelling fires started by cigarette lighters by children under the age of nine years. | | (58340) | 87
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will introduce building regulations to control standards and safety during the installation of oil-fired appliances and oil storage equipment. | | (57809) | 88
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new social homes have been (a) granted planning permission, (b) started and (c) completed in each year since 1997. | | (58565) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 89
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Minister of State for Schools and 14 to 19 Learners will reply to the correspondence from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed dated 15th September 2005 relating to education maintenance allowance; and what the reasons are for the delay in replying. | | (56434) | 90
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships were taken in each (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available. | | (58444) | 91
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in the (a) primary school and (b) secondary school sector in the Lancashire Local Education Authority area have disapplied the National Curriculum (i) in respect of specific purposes in Key Stage 4 under section 91 of the Education Act 2002, (ii) through a statement of education need and (iii) for a temporary period under section 93 of the Education Act 2002 in the last five years; and how many pupils were affected each year. | | (58450) | 92
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people aged (a) 30 to 39 years, (b) 40 to 49 years and (c) 50 years and over received skills training in (i) Lancashire and (ii) West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (58486) | 93
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of truancy levels in schools in (a) West Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) England. | | (58487) | 94
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance her Department issues to schools and local education authorities on the staffing levels needed to teach children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement. | | (58346) | 95
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were educated in special schools in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (58347) | 96
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received on the staffing levels needed to teach children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement. | | (58348) | 97
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number and percentage of schools which have kitchens. | | (58620) | 98
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the standards of the School Food Trust for food other than lunch in schools. | | (58621) | 99
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many and what percentage of local authorities school meals are (a) produced in-house and (b) outsourced. | | (58622) | 100
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools provide a hot school meals service. | | (58623) | 101
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the proposals in the White Paper would permit pupils to continue to be selected on sporting prowess in those schools recognised as sporting academies. | | (58484) | 102
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many jobs from her Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001. | | (58504) | 103
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have left school at 16 in (a) Carlisle constituency and (b) Cumbria with less than the equivalent of five GCSEs at A to C grade in each year since 1994. | | (58586) | 104
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role the Connexions Agency plays in admitting students into (a) the workplace, (b) universities and (c) modern apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement. | | (57807) | 105
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that education professionals are trained to work with students with Tourette's syndrome. | | (58363) | 106
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many undergraduate students resident in Suffolk declared themselves bankrupt in 2005. | | (58511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 107
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she was first informed by HM Treasury of the decision to abandon the Operating and Financial Review. | | (58249) | 108
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase the amount of set-aside farmland used for biofuel crops. | | (58369) | 109
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote oilseed rape and sugar beet farming for the biofuels industry in rural areas. | | (58371) | 110
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote the domestic biofuels industry in the UK. | | (58372) | 111
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single farm payments were made in February; how many payments have been made in March; how many letters of confirmation of the amount of single farm payments have been sent to farmers; what percentage of the calculations of the amount of payment have been shown to be inaccurate; and when she expects all valid applicants to receive a correct letter advising the amount of their payment. | | (58628) | 112
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the new (a) reservoirs, (b) treatment plants and (c) sewerage systems that might be needed to accommodate proposals for the new house building up to 2016 in West Lancashire. | | (58429) | 113
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):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 Lancashire. | | (58448) | 114
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) incidents of fly-tipping were reported and (b) prosecutions were made for the offence in (i) Lancashire and (ii) West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (58449) | 115
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people employed in the farming industry in (a) West Lancashire constituency and (b) Lancashire. | | (58488) | 116
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from waste water; and if she will make a statement. | | (58544) | 117
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring the Government undertakes of nitrous oxide levels in water supplies in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) England; and if she will make a statement. | | (58545) | 118
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to decrease the amount of nitrous oxide gases emitted into the atmosphere; what mechanisms are in place to monitor emissions; and if she will make a statement. | | (58546) | 119
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been made available to sewage treatment companies to explore alternatives to nitrous oxide producing machines in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58547) | 120
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work she has commissioned on the impact of hedgerows in reducing the level of bovine tuberculosis. | | (58375) | 121
N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the import of poultry meat from countries in which avian influenza is present. | | (57748) | 122
N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that the poultry industry cleans and disinfects all crates, containers and modules and other equipment before and after use to prevent the possible spread of avian influenza. | | (57749) | 123
| 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 258W, on air quality, what progress has been made towards bringing the standard of air quality in the Stockport part of Denton and Reddish constituency to within the guideline limits. | | (58417) | 124
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2015W, on pesticides and paragraph 1.2, page 4 of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides' Commentary on the report published by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) in September 2005, which bodies (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Health and Safety Executive have suggested should be asked to comment on the RCEP report, Crop spraying and the health of residents and bystanders; if she will place in the Library the correspondence and other records in which such requests were made; from which bodies such submissions were received; and when each was received. | | (58640) | 125
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of entitlement statements for the single farm payment being sent to farmers were unvalidated; and what steps she is taking to ensure that these farmers receive their payments before the end of March. | | (57896) | 126
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new applicants have registered land for entitlements under the single farm payment. | | (57982) | 127
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much previously unregistered land has been registered for the single farm payment. | | (57983) | 128
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many payments of the single farm payment had been made by the end of February. | | (57984) | 129
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to assist those farmers who will not receive single farm payments before 31st March. | | (57985) | 130
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of farmers who will not have received their single farm payments by 31st March. | | (57986) | 131
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have received their single farm payments to date. | | (58351) | 132
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the delivery of the single payment scheme and progress towards meeting the Government's target of 96 per cent. of payments to be made by the end of March. | | (58352) | 133
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the banking industry on the provision of financial support to farmers who do not receive single farm payments by the end of March. | | (58353) | 134
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of delays in single farm payments on non-farming businesses in rural communities. | | (58354) | 135
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of farmers have (a) received their single farm payment entitlement statement and (b) had their statement validated. | | (58355) | 136
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hazardous waste landfill sites are available for use in each region of England. | | (58408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 137
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK overseas missions have amalgamated over the last nine years. | | (58627) | 138
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to host a visit from Oscar Aria, President-Elect of Costa Rica, in the UK. | | (58629) | 139
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on UK-Costa Rican relations. | | (58630) | 140
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with (a) coalition partners in Afghanistan and (b) the Afghan government concerning alternative methods of poppy eradication in Afghanistan. | | (58631) | 141
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of the use of (a) chemical eradication and (b) incineration in the destruction of poppy crops in Afghanistan. | | (58632) | 142
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Saudi, (b) Chinese and (c) Indian authorities about the stance of the Iranian government on uranium enrichment. | | (57267) | 143
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Sudan on the expulsion of Samaritans Purse from the Beja area; and what assessment he has made of the humanitarian implications. | | (58525) | 144
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Indian government about the persecution of Christians in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (58485) | 145
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage British embassies and diplomatic missions in Europe to serve British beef. | | (58384) | 146
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries with which the UK has held discussions on establishing a memorandum of understanding for the treatment of deported terrorist suspects; and what the status of the discussions is in each case. | | (58194) | 147
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries with which the UK has agreed a memorandum of understanding for the treatment of deported terrorist suspects; when the memorandum was agreed in each case; which non-governmental organisation in the country will monitor the memorandum; how the independence and suitability of the non-governmental organisation for this purpose was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (58195) | 148
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will conduct inquiries as to the whereabouts and well-being of (a) Mr Uday Nasser Badr, (b) Mr Yasser Hamad, (c) Mr Quitaba Hamdari and (d) Mr Firaz Imad, abducted by the Badr organisation during February 2004. | | (58253) | 149
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 774W, on Iraq, what Geneva Convention rights apply to the four named individuals during the time in question. | | (58290) | 150
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2006, Official Report, column 2244W, on UK citizens (overseas detention), whether the details of the three individuals are a matter of public record. | | (58291) | 151
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the objectives of Government policy towards China. | | (57798) | 152
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) capability and (b) range of Iranian missiles; and which countries he assesses to be in range of such missiles. | | (57799) | 153
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty of the agreement between the US and India on nuclear arrangements. | | (57800) | 154
N | 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 Iran. | | (57801) | 155
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the objectives of the Government's policy towards India. | | (57802) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 156
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department's repeat analysis of variations in the use of cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will be concluded; and when she plans to make the findings publicly available. | | (58093) | 157
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to strengthen the commissioning role of cancer networks. | | (58286) | 158
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish the results of her Department's diagnostics waiting time data collection. | | (58287) | 159
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist cancer nurses are working in the NHS. | | (58288) | 160
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the primary care trusts which received supplementary out-of-hours funding following the introduction of the new GP contract. | | (56320) | 161
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is being provided to diabetic patients dependent on animal insulins from healthcare professionals on the availability of pork and beef insulins following the announcement by Novo Nordisk that it is discontinuing its pork insulin products; and if she will make a statement. | | (58653) | 162
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department's £15 million funding for alcohol dependency projects in 2007-08 will be allocated between treatment and preventative care. | | (58356) | 163
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust in England will receive to treat alcohol dependency in 2007-08. | | (58357) | 164
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants at what grades are employed in her Department (a) to deal with treatment for people who are misusing drugs and (b) on the alcohol strategy. | | (58359) | 165
N | Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the practice of primary care trusts (PCTs) in financial deficit borrowing money from other PCTs in financial surplus with a commitment to repayment in future years; what guidance she has issued to PCTs on this; and whether she has specified appropriate levels of interest. | | (57897) | 166
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money is to be paid into the pension of each strategic health authority chief executive officer who is being made redundant. | | (58428) | 167
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in West Lancashire receiving residential care have the cost of the care paid for them by the NHS. | | (58433) | 168
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding for capital expenditure on health services was allotted to West Lancashire Primary Care Trust in each of the past five years; and what percentage of the total funding to the Primary Care Trust in each year those figures represent. | | (58445) | 169
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase partnership working between mental health trusts and drug and alcohol services in West Lancashire. | | (58446) | 170
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the future role for the independent sector in the provision of mental health facilities in (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire constituency. | | (58447) | 171
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in acute hospitals serving the West Lancashire area in the last 12 months; and how many acute hospital bed nights these represented. | | (58452) | 172
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant midwife posts there are in (a) the Cheshire and Lancashire and Cumbria Strategic Health Authority area and (b) the West Lancashire Primary Care Trust area; and what steps her Department is taking to recruit more midwives into the NHS in (i) Cheshire, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Lancashire. | | (58453) | 173
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the provision of sexual health services in West Lancashire. | | (58454) | 174
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will give details of the numbers of how many MRSA cases there were in each hospital in (a) Lancashire and (b) hospitals which receive significant numbers of patients from West Lancashire constituency in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58455) | 175
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for (a) children's, (b) adults' and (c) all hearing tests for each NHS trust in (i) the county of Lancashire and (ii) West Lancashire constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (58456) | 176
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many temporary NHS (a) staff, (b) doctors and (c) nurses, broken down by specialism, there were in each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) Government office region and (iii) the Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in the last 12 months for which data is available. | | (58457) | 177
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) consultants, broken down by specialism, were recruited from abroad in each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) Government office region and (iii) Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in the last 12 months for which data is available; and what percentage of the total employed in each category these figures represent. | | (58458) | 178
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on recruiting (a) nurses and (b) consultants from abroad, broken down by specialism, in each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) Government office region and (iii) the Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust in the last 12 months for which data is available; and what percentage of the total employed in each category these figures represent. | | (58459) | 179
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices have only one general practitioner in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire. | | (58471) | 180
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average take-home pay was for general practitioners in (a) England and (b) West Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58472) | 181
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration per full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioner was in the West Lancashire Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (58489) | 182
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were registered with NHS general dental practitioners in the West Lancashire Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (58490) | 183
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2006, Official Report, column 170W, on home oxygen therapy, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of using pharmacists in West Lancashire to supply additional equipment to home oxygen users. | | (58513) | 184
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices serving the West Lancashire constituency have lists which are open but full. | | (58579) | 185
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met with the Health Ministers in (a) the Welsh Assembly Government and (b) the Scottish Executive. | | (58527) | 186
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for research into food allergies and prevention measures in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58540) | 187
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital due to allergic reactions to (a) nuts and (b) milk in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (58541) | 188
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the system of allergy warnings for food items; what representations she has received on the system; and if she will make a statement. | | (58542) | 189
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking towards implementing an improved system of warnings for consumers who have allergies to (a) peanuts and (b) milk products; and if she will make a statement. | | (58543) | 190
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Government has provided for research into treatments for those suffering from arthritis in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58548) | 191
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations her Department has received on (a) rheumatoid arthritis and (b) osteo-arthritis in the workplace; and if she will make a statement. | | (58549) | 192
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase arthritis awareness in the workplace; and if she will make a statement. | | (58550) | 193
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department offers to patients who are prescribed methadone on where the medicine should be administered. | | (58378) | 194
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the rationale for the recent inclusion of new clinical indicators in the revised Quality and Outcomes Framework on the General Medical Services contract will be published. | | (58637) | 195
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the second phase of the review of the General Medical Services contract will take place. | | (58638) | 196
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2005, Official Report, column 1819W, on the Quality and Outcomes Framework, when she expects the University of Manchester National Primary Care Research and Development Centre's evaluation of the impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework on quality of patient care to be published. | | (58639) | 197
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) is taking to reduce the risk of exposure to tri-nobutyl maleate. | | (58342) | 198
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much she estimates will be top sliced from strategic health authority budgets in the year 2006-07. | | (58338) | 199
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who authorised the (a) terms and (b) signing of the contract between the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and Southampton Technology Assessment Centre for the cost-effectiveness model to be used in NICE's technology appraisal of donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and memantine. | | (58641) | 200
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make eye solution available on prescription for keratoconus patients. | | (58555) | 201
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance her Department gives to support groups that provide help to keratoconus patients. | | (58556) | 202
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on behalf of keratoconus patients, with particular reference to the provision of eye solution on prescription. | | (58557) | 203
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to minimise the expense of eye lenses and eye solutions to keratoconus patients. | | (58558) | 204
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's total expenditure on communications research has been in each month since July 2004; how much of this cost was accounted for by producing (a) reports on the public perceptions of the NHS, (b) reports from plain English workshops, (c) stakeholder surveys, (d) national media evaluations, (e) regional media evaluations and (f) other communications research; and what assessment she has made of the research. | | (58551) | 205
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions (a) her Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency has had with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States on the levels of benzene in soft drinks; and if she will make a statement. | | (58566) | 206
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many jobs from her Department have been relocated to Wales since 2001. | | (58502) | 207
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future funding of children's hospices. | | (58331) | 208
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of how many patients have been affected by the practice of primary care trusts using referral centres as an intermediate measure before referral to a consultant during the 2005-06 financial year. | | (58559) | 209
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to correct potential errors in waiting time statistics as a result of uncounted time taken for GP referrals to be passed on from referral centres run by some primary care trusts, with particular reference to North Somerset. | | (58560) | 210
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what help and support is available for (a) parents, (b) professionals and (c) individuals dealing with Tourette's syndrome. | | (58360) | 211
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that health professionals are trained to recognise the symptoms of Tourette's syndrome. | | (58361) | 212
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to improve the general awareness of Tourette's syndrome. | | (58362) | 213
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much will be taken from next year's budgets of primary care trusts (PCTs) in Birmingham and the Black Country to cover deficits in other PCTs in the West Midlands. | | (58501) | 214
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidences of alcohol-related illness have been treated within the NHS in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (58508) | 215
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been to the National Health Service of treatment for cerebral palsy in each of the last 20 years. | | (58364) | 216
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for treatment for alcohol misuse in each primary care trust area in the South East Region; and if she will make a statement. | | (58365) | 217
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress her Department is making towards reducing average waiting times for treatment for alcohol misuse. | | (58366) | 218
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer Question 51575, tabled on 9th February by the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre for named day answer on 13th February. | | (58189) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 219
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact on prison management resources of the creation of the National Offender Management Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (58645) | 220
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average (a) age and (b) tenure of prison governors at each establishment was in (i) 2005, (ii) 2001, (iii) 1997, (iv) 1992 and (v) 1987; and if he will make a statement. | | (58646) | 221
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on changes in prison management systems over the last 10 years. | | (58647) | 222
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the changes in skills required for the staff working in prison management over the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (58648) | 223
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of youth recidivism; and if he will make a statement. | | (58650) | 224
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of different approaches to youth justice applied by different local authorities; what mechanisms (a) are used and (b) are being developed (i) to spread best practice in youth justice and (ii) secure (A) optimal outcomes and (B) economic efficiency; what account is taken of economics in determining the impact on recidivism; and if he will make a statement. | | (58651) | 225
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the criminal justice IT programme. | | (58652) | 226
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed in his Department to deal with the criminal justice aspects of (a) drugs and (b) alcohol misuse. | | (58358) | 227
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) West Lancashire constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (58473) | 228
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables have been recruited in (a) West Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales since the beginning of the scheme. | | (58474) | 229
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average number of hours per week was worked by a special constable in (a) West Lancashire, (b) Lancashire and (c) England and Wales in each year since the beginning of the scheme. | | (58475) | 230
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he (a) is taking to and (b) plans to take to tackle anti-social behaviour outside nightclubs and public houses in West Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. | | (58515) | 231
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was provided to West Lancashire District Council to tackle anti-social behaviour in the last year for which figures are available. | | (58516) | 232
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) support services and (b) training are available to help children of school age who have been convicted of a crime in (i) West Lancashire constituency and (ii) England. | | (58521) | 233
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has allocated to the special constables scheme in each year it has been running in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire. | | (58585) | 234
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are used to monitor offenders on home detention curfew schemes operated by Group 4 Securicor. | | (58552) | 235
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who decides which offenders are placed on the home detention scheme operated by private security companies. | | (58553) | 236
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private companies are contracted by the Home Office to provide electronic monitoring of offenders; and what the value of the contracts with each company is for 2005-06. | | (58563) | 237
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many laptop computers the Prison Service has purchased for use by prisoners in each of the last eight years. | | (58564) | 238
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2006, Official Report, column 1318W, on prisoners, what crimes prisoners have been convicted of who have Sky TV in their cells; and how many have been sentenced to life in prison. | | (58643) | 239
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times each of the companies contracted to provide electronic monitoring of offenders has failed to meet the criteria specified by his Department. | | (58644) | 240
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many LD50 animal tests have been carried out on botulinum toxin in each of the last 10 years. | | (58344) | 241
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of botulinum toxin subject to LD50 animal tests was destined for (a) cosmetic and (b) therapeutic uses in the last period for which figures are available. | | (58345) | 242
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued to individuals working in sport in each of the last five years; and in which (a) sports and (b) area of employment the individuals concerned were employed. | | (58476) | 243
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available to people seeking (a) work permits and (b) visas to come to the UK to take up employment in sport. | | (58477) | 244
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether future market testing of public prisons will be evaluated on (a) cost and (b) delivery against the existing performance of public sector prisons. | | (58505) | 245
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what organisations will be involved in the implementation of the NOMS plan for Wales; and what funds have been allocated to them for the implementation. | | (58506) | 246
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which regional organisations will be involved in the delivery of individual pathways in Wales under the re-offending action plan. | | (58507) | 247
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to meet local representatives from North Yorkshire County Council and district councils in North Yorkshire to discuss his proposals on police restructuring. | | (58636) | 248
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken to review security arrangements at major cash handling centres in England and Wales since 20th December 2004. | | (58500) | 249
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices have been issued in relation to the illegal use of fireworks in Suffolk since the relevant legislation was introduced. | | (58509) | 250
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in Suffolk since the scheme began. | | (58510) | 251
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 26th January, reference M2213/6, from the hon. Member for Walsall North regarding a constituent. | | (57805) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 252
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to ensure that (a) Millennium Development Goal 7 is met in East Africa and (b) targets to increase sustainable access to drinking water are met. | | (58493) | 253
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Palestinian elections on international aid for Palestinian development. | | (58561) | 254
| Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has for continued assistance for the people of the areas of Pakistan and Kashmir affected by the South Asian earthquake. | | (58451) | Questions to the Leader of the House 255
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Leader of the House, what steps have been taken to ensure the percentage abatement of pension entitlement outlined in the Parliamentary Pension Regulations is compliant with the EU Directive on Age Discrimination, with particular reference to Regulation H1 and Schedule 4; and whether he has satisfied himself that the scheme is so compliant. | | (57919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 256
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many passenger journeys have been made on Citybus/Metro in the last five years. | | (57904) | 257
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the last occasion was that a person was convicted for non-payment of the proper fare on the Citybus system. | | (57905) | 258
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted of offences involving cruelty to animals in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (57906) | 259
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many animals have had to be destroyed in Northern Ireland following acts of cruelty in each of the last five years. | | (57907) | 260
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of non-payment of (a) domestic and (b) commercial rates in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (57908) | 261
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many junior house doctors there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (58576) | 262
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients on average are looked after by junior house doctors (a) during the day and (b) at night in (i) the Royal Victoria Hospital, (ii) the City Hospital, (iii) the Ulster Hospital, (iv) Whiteabbey Hospital, (v) Altnagelvin Hospital, (vi) Craigavon Hospital and (vii) Daisyhill Hospital, Newry in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (58577) | 263
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consecutive nights on average were worked by junior house doctors in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (58578) | 264
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is compulsory for secondary schools in Northern Ireland to teach pupils at Key Stage 3 from the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment curriculum. | | (58491) | 265
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether secondary schools in Northern Ireland may teach pupils at Key Stage 3 based on the National Curriculum developed in England. | | (58492) | 266
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006 to the hon. Member for South Down, Official Report, column 776W, on bovine tuberculosis, what steps he is taking to reduce the differences between the first and second tests. | | (58376) | 267
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of all the legal advice received by the Department of the Environment since 26th March 2003 regarding the official name of the City of Derry. | | (58624) | 268
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans Road Service has to improve the footpath along Strabane Old Road, Derry. | | (58625) | 269
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) criteria were adopted and (b) procedures used in the appointment of the membership of the new Public Service Commission in Northern Ireland. | | (58184) | 270
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the proposed Public Service Commission is representative of the community in Northern Ireland in terms of gender and ethnicity; and if he will make a statement. | | (58185) | 271
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why the Ninth Report of the Independent International Monitoring Commission (HC 969) was not made available to hon. Members until 14:30 on 8th March. | | (58186) | 272
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his letter of 8th February 2006, (COR47/2006) to the hon. Member for North Down, on the revised curriculum and associated assessment arrangements, when he expects to be in a position to provide the further information to which he referred. | | (58250) | 273
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what respite services are provided at the neurology unit at Foster Green Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the future of the unit. | | (58330) | 274
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hazardous waste landfill sites are available for use in Northern Ireland. | | (58407) | 275
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to tackle illiteracy in Northern Ireland. | | (58349) | 276
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the illiteracy rate was in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each constituency in Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (58350) | Questions to the Prime Minister 277
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects the right hon. Member of Sheffield Brightside to move out of the Home Secretary's official residence. | | (58562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 278
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the processes are by which his Department will assess local opinion on the wind farm proposals in Northumberland which are to be determined by the Department. | | (56482) | 279
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) potential and (b) actual energy output from each power station in Scotland was in each year since 1997. | | (57211) | 280
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he plans to make of the UK's inward investment and export promotion policy in comparison with those of the UK's major competitors in the EU. | | (58633) | 281
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is on devolving the UK Trade and Investment budget to regional development agencies and regional assemblies. | | (58635) | 282
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, with which countries the UK experienced a trade balance deterioration over the last three years. | | (58642) | 283
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices in West Lancashire constituency receive rural support funding. | | (58432) | 284
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value is of the subsidy his Department proposes to pay during the 2006-07 financial year to Post Offices Ltd for the maintenance of (a) rural and (b) other post offices in West Lancashire. | | (58438) | 285
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new jobs have been created by the work of the North West Regional Development Agency in the last five years, broken down by county. | | (58439) | 286
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of capital assistance provided by the North West Regional Development Agency has been in the last five years, broken down by county. | | (58440) | 287
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many flagship sites the North West Regional Development Agency controls; and what estimate he has made of the capital cost of each. | | (58441) | 288
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints have been received from companies by the North West Regional Development Agency in the last five years; and what action was taken in each case. | | (58442) | 289
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the consultants employed by the North West Regional Development Agency in each of the last five years; and how much was paid to each. | | (58443) | 290
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claims for vibration white finger from residents of (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire have been processed; and how many are still outstanding from West Lancashire. | | (58518) | 291
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from residents of (a) Lancashire and (b) West Lancashire constituency have been processed; and how many are still outstanding from West Lancashire. | | (58519) | 292
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the pay gap between able bodied and disabled workers in (a) West Lancashire and (b) the UK in each year from 1997 to 2005; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce it. | | (58520) | 293
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recent energy price increase on the number of people in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (57321) | 294
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he has taken to ensure the labelling of fabrics that have been treated with tri-n-butyltin. | | (58343) | 295
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the effects of the European Working Time Directive on the permitted working hours of wardens in sheltered/retirement housing schemes. | | (57900) | 296
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Office of Fair Trading takes to ensure local suppliers are able to provide evidence on possible breaches of the Supermarket Code of Practice without affecting their future contracts with the supermarket. | | (58422) | 297
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask the Office of Fair Trading to include small stores owned by the supermarkets in their assessment of the local market share held by the supermarket chains. | | (58423) | 298
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which regional development agencies have funded (a) rail services and (b) road building, construction or road improvement works in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (57808) | 299
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) names and (b) salaries are of the chief executives of regional development agencies. | | (57810) | 300
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of businesses in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) South-East England were start-up businesses in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (57806) | 301
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Ministers have had responsibility for the approval of arms export licences to Iraq since the beginning of 2004. | | (58251) | 302
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on implementing the outcomes resulting from his Department's participation in the Futures and Options Association's power trading forum roundtable on 6th November 2005. | | (58337) | 303
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will increase statutory adoption pay to the same level as statutory maternity pay. | | (57542) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 304
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what car has been made available to the Leader of the Opposition; how many hours a day a chauffeur is available to him; and what the monthly cost is of this provision; and how much is accounted for by (a) running costs of the vehicle, (b) costs of the chauffeur and (c) all other costs. | | (57911) | 305
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget has been allocated for each of the next three years to make railway stations comply with the Disability Discrimination Acts (DDAs) of 1995 and 2005; how much has been spent in each of the last 10 years on making railway stations DDA compliant; which stations have received dedicated funding; how much has been spent on each such station; and what estimate he has made of the amount that needs to be spent on railway stations to make them all DDA compliant. | | (58418) | 306
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the definitions of Act of God used by the train operating companies in relation to train cancellations. | | (58419) | 307
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monitoring his Department will carry out to establish that management measures in marine environment high risk areas are delivering better protection for these areas. | | (55305) | 308
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the future management of marine environment high risk areas will include (a) educating mariners on the sensitivity of these areas, (b) establishing set shipping routes with areas to be avoided and areas with mandatory pilotage, (c) provision of more salvage tugs at key points and (d) increased availability of oil pollution response equipment. | | (55306) | 309
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13th February 2006, Official Report, columns 58-9WS, on marine environment high risk areas, whether he will propose compulsory protective measures if the approach announced fails to deliver better protection for these areas; and what plans he has to consult interested parties on the measures he has announced. | | (55307) | 310
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on whose authority road signs showing the turn offs to Writtle and Danbury on the A12 in the Chelmsford local authority area were removed; what the reasons were for the removal; and if he will make a statement. | | (56622) | 311
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used to make the decision (a) to keep a road sign on the A12 in the Chelmsford local authority area showing the turn off to the Antiques Centre at Battlesbridge and (b) to remove road signs showing the turn offs to Writtle and Danbury; and if he will make a statement. | | (56623) | 312
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to each local authority for the provision of free off-peak bus travel for pensioners from April 2006; and whether this funding is ringfenced. | | (58421) | 313
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide assistance to West Lancashire Council to pilot partnership approaches to improve security at and around stations. | | (58436) | 314
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that (a) train operating companies and (b) British Transport Police improve security at stations in West Lancashire. | | (58437) | 315
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking in relation to new vehicle technologies to reduce the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol. | | (58187) | 316
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Highways Agency on improving capacity and traffic flows at the M60, M67 and A57 interchange at Denton. | | (58414) | 317
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to improve the junction capacity at the M60, M67, A57 interchange at Denton. | | (58416) | 318
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a number of high mounted cameras have been erected on the M18 motorway between junctions 1 and 2; whether these are expected to be permanent; and if he will make a statement. | | (57803) | 319
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times shipments of (a) nuclear fuel and (b) nuclear waste have passed through Carlisle constituency by rail in the last five years. | | (58587) | 320
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the railway stations in Cumbria which do not have (a) waiting rooms, (b) toilets and (c) disabled access; and if he will make a statement. | | (58588) | 321
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd December 2005, Official Report, column 811W, on driving (sleep problems), and if he will make a statement on the reasons for the rise in DVLA inquiries about obstructive sleep apnoea. | | (58538) | 322
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken into the link between obstructive sleep apnoea and road traffic accidents; and what plans his Department has to collect information on road traffic accidents in which a sleep disorder is a contributing factor. | | (58539) | 323
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Blue Badge scheme and parking in loading bays. | | (57797) | 324
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Transport Innovation bids have been received from the regions on (a) roads, (b) rail, (c) bus, (d) road pricing and (e) other matters; when he will announce the decision on allocations of funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (58329) | 325
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic impact on Plymouth of the proposed new First Great Western timetable. | | (57903) | 326
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to revise the regulations relating to stretch limousines to include vehicles carrying nine to 16 passengers. | | (57898) | 327
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many airlines have been given fifth freedoms since they became available from the UK's regional airports in October 2005. | | (57899) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 328
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the criteria are for pensioners to qualify for council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (56624) | 329
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners live in the West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency; how many are in receipt of council tax benefit; and what percentage this is of the total number of pensioners living in the constituency. | | (56625) | 330
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of lone parents in West Lancashire moved from income support to (a) incapacity benefit, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) other out-of-work benefits and (d) employment when their youngest child reached 16 years old in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (58434) | 331
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people have been registered for disability allowance in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (58435) | 332
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Lancashire constituency have received (a) widow's benefit, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax credit and (d) income support in each year since 1997. | | (58517) | 333
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for an overseas national to obtain a national insurance number (a) in-county and (b) from abroad. | | (58522) | 334
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to overseas nationals resident in each local authority in the south-west in each of the last four years. | | (58523) | 335
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas nationals resident in each local authority in Gloucestershire obtained national insurance numbers in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by country of origin. | | (58524) | 336
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas nationals in each local authority in the south-west were refused a national insurance number in the last year for which figures are available. | | (58537) | 337
N | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made with his plans to reform incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (57329) | 338
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in penalty and transfer charges levied by private pension providers on their clients in each of the last three years. | | (58569) | 339
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research has been undertaken by his Department into the effects of penalty and transfer charges on people's willingness to take out private pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (58570) | 340
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to record the penalty and transfer charges levied by private pension providers on their clients; and if he will make a statement. | | (58571) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 341
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to increase the duty concession for biofuels after 2008. | | [Transferred] (58373) | 342
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2006 to the hon. Member for Woking, Official Report, columns 1731-2W, on drug-related deaths, if he will break down the number of deaths which occurred in each year since 1997 by (a) adults and (b) children. | | [Transferred] (58567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 343
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what length of time local authority-owned sports grounds must remain unused before they can be disposed of without (a) the permission of and (b) consultation with (i) the Secretary of State and (ii) Sport England. | | [Transferred] (58480) | 344
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities have publicly available lists of sports fields; and how many local authorities have published a playing fields strategy. | | [Transferred] (58481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 345
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total amount in tonnes of illegal meat imports that have entered the EU from countries with (a) foot and mouth disease and (b) avian influenza in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (58618) | 346
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total amount in tonnes of illegal meat imports that have entered (a) the UK and (b) the EU in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (58619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 347
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what the reasons Government target for Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation in 2010 is 0.75 per cent. below the target in the EU biofuels directive. | | [Transferred] (58367) | 348
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what the reasons the UK did not meet the EU target of 2 per cent. biofuel inclusion for 2005. | | [Transferred] (58368) | 349
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the capacity of domestic biofuels industry will be sufficient to meet the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, which comes into force in 2008. | | [Transferred] (58370) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 350
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department expects to report through the Health and Safety Commission on the implications of increasing numbers of migrant workers in the UK. | | [Transferred] (58377) |
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