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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 20 March 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 20 March 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 20 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 20 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 20 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the recharging of insurance premium tax; and if he will make a statement. | | (58996) | 2
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the ministerial conference in Paris of 28th February and 1st March 2006 on innovative sources of finance for development aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (60287) | 3
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the disbursement of funds from the proposed International Finance Facility to be funded by an air ticket levy. | | (60309) | 4
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why the UK is not listed in the communiqué summary as one of the countries which has agreed to provide financial support for the International Drug Purchase Facility. | | (60312) | 5
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the air passenger duty has raised in each year since its introduction. | | (60313) | 6
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the air passenger duty will be used to fund international development objectives. | | (60314) | 7
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in the next 12 months to develop innovative financing instruments to fund the Millennium Development Goals. | | (60323) | 8
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a sterling stamp duty to fund international development. | | (60342) | 9
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the stamp duty on stock transactions raised in each year since its introduction. | | (60346) | 10
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income was raised from tax on (a) recycled paper and (b) virgin pulp in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60224) | 11
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by overseas trade to UK gross domestic product. | | (60154) | 12
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce tax credit fraud; and if he will make a statement. | | (60227) | 13
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce delayed payment of tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (60228) | 14
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) the parliamentary constituency of Mid-Bedfordshire have received overpayments of (i) working tax credits and (ii) child tax credits in each year since the credits were introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (60229) | 15
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) the county of Bedfordshire and (b) the UK are receiving child tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (60230) | 16
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases procedures for clawing back overpayments of tax credits were initiated in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire, (b) the country of Bedfordshire and (c) the UK in each of the past 12 months for which records are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (60231) | 17
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60343) | 18
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of identity fraud amongst its employees. | | (60295) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of tax credit claimants received manual payments due to computer system failure in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 to date. | | (60190) | 20
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the likely (a) number and (b) value of claims for Landlords' Energy Savings Allowance prior to its introduction; and how many landlords have taken up the allowance since its introduction. | | [R] (60297) | 21
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many energy efficiency measures have been installed since the Landlords' Energy Savings Allowance was launched in 2004, broken down by measure. | | [R] (60298) | 22
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to improve take up of the Landlords' Energy Savings Allowance. | | [R] (60299) | 23
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total expenditure by HM Revenue and Customs has been on the use of consultants employed on introducing the lean processing model into the Department. | | (58391) | 24
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mortality rate was for (a) chronic lung disease, (b) all forms of cancer and (c) coronary heart disease in Carlisle in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004; and what the (A) neo-natal and (B) perinatal mortality rate was in Carlisle in these years. | | (60327) | 25
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland from (i) starting rate, (ii) basic rate and (iii) higher rate income tax in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will estimate the revenue that will be raised in each case in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09. | | (60522) | 26
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the pay scheme documentation, including incentive schemes, which is in operation for Valuation Office Agency staff. | | (60100) | 27
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Valuation Office Agency has spent on foreign travel, including subsistence, for staff in each year since 1997-98. | | (60101) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) location and (b) cost was of each publicly funded foreign visit that Mr Paul Sanderson, Director of Data Strategy at the Valuation Office Agency, has undertaken since May 1997. | | (60102) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of home workers; and how the number has changed since 1997. | | (60103) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the OASIS PC market applications plays in the Valuation Office Agency's council tax valuations. | | (60135) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of the Valuation Office Agency Programme Board that was preparing for the council tax revaluation in England. | | (60192) | 32
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether representatives from (a) the Valuation Office Agency, (b) HM Treasury and (c) the Valuation Tribunal Service will attend the 2006 Tyler-CLT User Conference in Utah, USA in April 2006. | | (60195) | 33
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department completed the equality impact assessment for the removal of processing and compliance work from the Newport, Isle of Wight office of HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the equality impact assessment. | | (60182) | 34
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wildlife souvenirs have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs each year since 2000; what the item was and from which species the item was derived in each case; and how many such souvenirs were from South Africa in each case. | | (60218) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 35
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what reviews are carried out at the preliminary stages of the implementation of Government information technology projects. | | (60158) | 36
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Government departments are not included in the Directgov website. | | (60159) | 37
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the running cost of the Directgov website was in 2005; and how many hits the website received in that year. | | (60160) | 38
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which public services are not `e-enabled'. | | (60161) | 39
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with Health Ministers on progress with the implementation of the NHS Choose and Book system. | | (60162) | 40
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many visitors the Cabinet Office website received between 1st February and 1st March 2006; and how many updates were made to the website during that period. | | (60163) | 41
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the frequency with which the UK worldheritage.org.uk website is used. | | (60164) | 42
N | Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what further measures he plans to take to promote the Get Safe Online campaign. | | (59223) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 43
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (60338) | 44
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, from which (a) companies and (b) Government departments those interviewed by Sir Patrick Brown in the course of the Department's review of the Business Appointment Reviews came. | | (60510) | 45
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, over what period the capital costs of community legal aid and advice centres (CLACs) will be recovered; and what assessment she has made of the effects of the recovery period on the overall costs of CLACs. | | (60187) | 46
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the timetable is for (a) developing defined outcome and output measures for community legal aid and advice centres and (b) consultation on the measures; and if she will make a statement. | | (60188) | 47
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent in connection with the branding of community legal aid and advice centres and networks. | | (60189) | 48
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to terminate existing social welfare law contracts with (a) private and (b) other providers as community legal and advice centres are rolled out; and if she will make a statement. | | (60207) | 49
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Government has to consult on the final model of the community legal and advice centre network; and if she will make a statement. | | (60239) | 50
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to encourage private and other providers to remain in the Community Legal Service. | | (60278) | 51
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will take steps to protect law centres' funding as community legal and advice centres are rolled out. | | (60279) | 52
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which EU states allow notaries public from England and Wales to practise within their legal system. | | (60280) | 53
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received from notaries public on barriers to their working in other EU member states. | | (60281) | 54
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, to what extent the UK allows notaries public from other EU member states to work in the UK as notaries public. | | (60282) | 55
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps are being taken to prevent conflicts of interest between community legal and advice centres and (a) local government and (b) other sector bodies; and if she will make a statement. | | (60357) | 56
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the barriers facing British notaries public in working elsewhere in the EU; and if she will make a statement. | | (60358) | 57
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the total annual value of the EU market in the services of notaries public. | | (60359) | 58
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the qualifications necessary to practise as a notary public (a) in England and Wales and (b) elsewhere in the EU; and if she will make a statement. | | (60360) | 59
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2006, Official Report, columns 1576-8W, on departmental telephone numbers, what service each (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone number maintained by the Department for Constitutional Affairs provides; and what revenue was obtained from (i) 0845 and (ii) 0870 numbers maintained by her Department in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60442) | 60
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what systems are in place in her Department to record the number of cases of elder abuse which are dealt with by the courts. | | (60249) | 61
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in the last five years for failing to complete required returns in relation to the electoral register. | | (60241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 62
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (60345) | 63
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the merits of library self-service systems; and if she will make a statement. | | (60293) | 64
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to install library self-service systems; and if she will make a statement. | | (60294) | 65
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many self-service library systems there are in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (60514) | 66
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries there are in England; and how many there were in 1997. | | (60518) | 67
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the running costs of the UK world heritage website were in 2005. | | (60169) | 68
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what methods she will use to assess the proposed regional casino pilot scheme. | | (59975) | 69
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what resources have been made available to local authorities for conservation officers; and what percentage of local authorities now employ a full-time conservation officer. | | (59976) | 70
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the Public Service Broadcast requirement for additional capacity on digital terrestrial for high definition television; who will pay for the additional capacity; and what estimate she has made of the cost of providing the additional capacity. | | (59984) | 71
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable will be for the assessment of the casinos pilot scheme under the Gambling Act 2005. | | (60063) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 72
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the (a) DP and (b) GP rifles used by (i) army cadets, (ii) sea cadets and (iii) air cadets are in good working condition. | | (60099) | 73
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rifles have been cannibalised for spare parts in order to keep other rifles used by cadets in working order since January 2004. | | (60243) | 74
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with cadet organisations concerning rifle (a) stocks and (b) replacements; and if he will make a statement. | | (60258) | 75
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what minimum number of rifles (a) in total and (b) per 100 cadets is required by army cadet organisations to maintain training standards. | | (60260) | 76
| Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to replace (a) obsolete and (b) unusable rifles used by cadet organisations in the UK; and what the timetable is for rifle replacement for cadets. | | (60261) | 77
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operating costs of the Defence Export Services Organisation were in the last three financial years; and what the (a) expenditure and (b) receipts of the organisation were in each year. | | (60508) | 78
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60326) | 79
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the (a) merits and (b) timing of a Veterans' Day (i) prior to and (ii) after the decision was announced. | | (59677) | 80
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first announced the decision to hold a Veterans' Day; and how the decision was announced. | | (59678) | 81
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2006 to Question 58091, on veterans, if he will list the potential stakeholders to whom he refers; on what dates significant consultation occurred; and what the consultation method was employed. | | (59698) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 82
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to meet its target to provide 60 per cent. of new homes on brownfield sites by 2008. | | (60445) | 83
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much urban greenfield land has been sold off for social housing development since 1997. | | (60446) | 84
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) residential parks and (b) urban green spaces have been created since 1997. | | (60447) | 85
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether it is his Department's policy to use urban greenfield land for social housing developments. | | (60448) | 86
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much brownfield land has been sold for social housing development since 1997. | | (60449) | 87
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the pension funds covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (60257) | 88
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what authority the trustees of the Local Government Pension Scheme were permitted to allow employees to reduce their contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme from 1988 onwards. | | (60284) | 89
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the 2004 valuation reports of the funds within the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (60285) | 90
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the deficits were, expressed as a percentage of total liabilities, of funds within the Local Government Pension Scheme following the 2004 valuation. | | (60286) | 91
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60339) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has further to discourage retrospective planning applications; and if he will assess the merits of levying a large fee for the submission of such applications. | | (60435) | 93
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the sub-regional household projections will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (60512) | 94
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how Planning Policy Statement 3 will affect the status of airfields in respect of whether they are deemed as previously developed land. | | (60332) | 95
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the extent to which funding provided through the Revenue Support Grant to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council to provide free off-peak bus travel for older and disabled people is sufficient to cover its contribution to the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority to implement the scheme. | | (60333) | 96
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will reply to the letter of 20th December 2005 from the hon. Member for Aylesbury about the case of Mr D.W. of Stokenchurch, Bucks. | | (58721) | 97
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of including commercial properties within the scope of Empty Dwelling Management Orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (60225) | 98
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) households and (b) children in (i) the East of England and (ii) Luton are living in overcrowded accommodation. | | (60203) | 99
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homeless households were accepted by local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need in the East of England in 2004-05; and how many such households contained (a) (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three or more children and (b) an expectant mother but no other children. | | (60204) | 100
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the refurbishment schemes in the East of England being delivered with funding from the Hostels Improvement Programme. | | (60205) | 101
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much funding Luton Borough Council has received from the Homelessness and Housing Support Directorate in each year since 2002. | | (60206) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total public expenditure was on the Your Say regional assembly publicity campaigns in (a) the North East, (b) North West and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside. | | (60098) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the implications of the UK signing the Council of Europe's European Landscape Convention for the planning system in England. | | (60116) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of local government total assumed spending was made up of specific grants in each year since 1997-98; and what the estimated figure is for 2006-07. | | (60117) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the 85 year rule was introduced in the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (60118) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of the Local Government Pension Scheme in 2006-07. | | (60119) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the legislative timetable is for the abolition of the 85 year rule and the associated reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (60120) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Government's most recent estimate is of the percentage of new build homes that have been sold and let to key workers, broken down by Government Office region. | | (60121) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what powers councils have to impose a moratorium on specific types of new housing development if the local planning authority has met its regional building targets. | | (60122) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the registered social landlords participating in each Pathfinder scheme. | | (60123) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether planning permission is required to upgrade a 2G/2.5G mobile phone mast to 3G. | | (60124) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the business rate liability is for a (a) pico cell, (b) micro cell and (c) macro cell mobile phone mast. | | (60125) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the planning process is for applications for new (a) pico cell, (b) micro cell and (c) macro cell mobile phone masts. | | (60126) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many households he expects to participate in (a) Social Homebuy, (b) Open Market Homebuy and (c) New Build Homebuy in each year of the proposed scheme's operations. | | (60127) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of households which (a) rented in the private sector, (b) rented in the social housing sector, (c) were owner occupiers owning outright, (d) were owner occupiers with mortgage and (e) purchased a property for the first time with a mortgage in year since 1996-97. | | (60128) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings (a) he has and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Prime Minister concerning local government restructuring. | | (60129) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Staff Handbook for his Department. | | (60130) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether churches require planning permission to erect a cross within the curtilage of their church property. | | (60131) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what was the Greater London Authority precept, and its predecessor fire/police precepts in London, on an average band D property in each year since 1996-97; and what the figure is for 2005-06. | | (60132) | 120
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for laying the Home Information Pack Regulations 2006 before Parliament. | | (60133) | 121
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what changes the Government is making to local government inspection. | | (60134) | 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006 to the hon. Member for Angus, Official Report, column 914W, on departmental expenditure, if he will list each external consultancy employed by his Department in each year from 2002-03 to 2005-06; and what the purpose of the consultancy contract was in each case. | | (60184) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2006, Official Report, column 1358W, on hereditaments, for what reason the number of composite hereditaments on the Council Tax List is different from the number on the Ratings List; and what assessment he has made of the reason for the decline in the number of composite hereditaments on the Ratings List since 2001. | | (60185) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2006, Official Report, column 1359W, on home information packs, what estimate he has made of the price of a home information pack including VAT; whether all elements of the home information pack will have VAT levied on them; and what estimate he has made of the annual VAT revenue which will be raised from home information packs. | | (60186) | 125
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether representatives from his Department will attend the 2006 Tyler-CLT User Conference in Utah, USA in April. | | (60191) | 126
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his most recent estimate is of the total number of (a) mobile telephone masts and (b) picocell mobile telephone masts in England; and what assessment he has made of the demand for new (i) masts and (ii) picocell masts as part of 3G rollout. | | (60193) | 127
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for Comprehensive Performance Assessment. | | (60194) | 128
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of local government revenue expenditure was financed through parking charges and fees in each year since 1997-98; and what the estimated figure is for 2006-07. | | (60196) | 129
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the earliest retirement age possible under the Local Government Pension Scheme is for a worker in good health; and what the average retirement age of a member of the Scheme was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60197) | 130
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether water companies were consulted on the Sustainable Communities Plan. | | (60198) | 131
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when district councils were informed of the annual roll-out indicative plans of mobile telephone operators for mast erection in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (59670) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 132
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many disabled children, as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, have used children's centres since their introduction. | | (60259) | 133
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the proposed basis is for the distribution of additional funding for personalised learning plans; and whether these resources will be required to be passed to schools by national formula and without brokerage payments to, or service legal agreement deductions by, local education authorities. | | (60306) | 134
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (60325) | 135
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to promote energy efficiency within (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities; and if she will make a statement. | | (60453) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will set standards of school toilet provision for pupils to match those required by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, for workers. | | (60437) | 137
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of school toilets in need of refurbishment. | | (60438) | 138
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will undertake a review of toilet facilities in schools in England. | | (60439) | 139
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the merits of installing water coolers in all schools to improve pupils' access to free, fresh drinking water during the school day. | | (60440) | 140
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to encourage water consumption by pupils during the school day. | | (60441) | 141
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the draft Schools Admissions Code related to the Education and Inspections Bill will be published. | | (60240) | 142
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of including child maintenance payments in the household income figure used to calculate eligibility for (a) maintenance grant, (b) special support grant, (c) higher education grant and (d) the extra portion of the maintenance loan; and if she will make a statement. | | (60463) | 143
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of students who would become ineligible for student support if eligibility was based on the combined income of a student's resident and non-resident parent instead of the household income measure. | | (60464) | 144
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the changes in targets for training physical education teachers since 2004-05. | | (60504) | 145
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there have been for physical education teachers in each academic year since 1997-98. | | (60505) | 146
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the allocated number of physical education initial teacher training places was in each academic year since 1997-98; and how many are planned in each year to 2007-08. | | (60506) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 147
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase water provision in East Sussex in the next 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (58995) | 148
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2006 to Question reference 55456, on water, what sites have been considered for the proposed new water reservoir developments; and if she will make a statement. | | (59048) | 149
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review the licence fees and charges incurred under the Water Framework Directive by homeowners who install environmentally friendly heat pumps by means of Clear Skies Grant. | | (60370) | 150
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (60340) | 151
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of household waste within the areas covered by (a) Mid-Bedfordshire District Council, (b) South Bedfordshire District Council, (c) Luton Borough Council, (d) Bedford Borough Council and (e) Bedfordshire County Council was recycled in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (60450) | 152
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to meet its commitments on carbon reductions under the Kyoto Protocol; and if she will make a statement. | | (60451) | 153
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle movements were tracked by the British Cattle Movement Service in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (60369) | 154
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons those who report or hand in badgers for the Road Traffic Accident Survey may not be told the result of those tests that are undertaken to determine whether the animal was a vector for bovine tuberculosis. | | (60403) | 155
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to expand the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 to cover other areas of responsibility; and what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on this issue. | | (60469) | 156
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single payment scheme applications have been received from Bath constituency; and how many of those applications have received validated payments. | | (60509) | 157
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have received the correct single farm payment in full from the Rural Payments Agency; and by which date she expects all farmers to have received full payment. | | (60483) | 158
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Rural Payments Agency on the efficiency and accuracy of its computer systems; and whether the Agency has allocated the correct payments for each farm. | | (60484) | 159
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of delays in the Single Farm Payment on the supply chain within the farming industry; and whether she has had discussions on compensation for creditors. | | (60485) | 160
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has held with the (i) energy and (ii) cement industries on the use of waste as a power source for cement kilns; and if she will make a statement. | | (59767) | 161
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how UK authorities exercise their responsibilities under the EU Habitats Directive with regard to (a) the assessment of plans or projects likely to have an effect on European wildlife sites and (b) the consideration of alternative solutions and of imperative reasons of over-riding public interest relating to plans or projects assessed as likely to have an adverse impact on the integrity of European wildlife sites in instances when a plan or project is of a type not specified by regulations 54 to 85 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994 (as amended). | | (60301) | 162
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet bodies that represent farmers to discourage resumption of the export of live calves for rearing as veal on the continent; and if she will make a statement. | | (60137) | 163
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference are of her Department's internal review of the extension of the ban on the wild bird trade; and on what date she expects that review to report to Ministers. | | (60152) | 164
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter dated 31st January from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent Mr K. C. Sandison of Aberchirder. | | (60495) | 165
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ensure adequate supplies of water to houses proposed under the Sustainable Communities Plan. | | (60106) | 166
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on making water meters compulsory for new build domestic properties. | | (60107) | 167
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average level of water (a) leakage and (b) use per household in litres was in each water company area in each year since 1996-97. | | (60108) | 168
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the demographics of households who have volunteered for water meters. | | (60109) | 169
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on citizens being fined for placing small quantities of domestic rubbish in municipal rubbish bins; and what the Government's definition is of domestic rubbish. | | (60110) | 170
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of compulsory water metering on (a) the water bills of families and (b) poorer socio-economic groups. | | (60111) | 171
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) assessment her Department has made of and (b) research has been conducted by her Department on the effect of the Sustainable Communities Plan on water supplies. | | (60112) | 172
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many unpaid fixed penalty notices for environmental offences there were in each Government Office region in each year for which figures are available. | | (60113) | 173
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices for (a) littering and (b) dog fouling were issued in each year for which figures are available. | | (60114) | 174
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the animal welfare implications of free-range poultry being moved into shelters in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza. | | (60409) | 175
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the implementation of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | | (60219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 176
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will advocate to non-signatory countries ratification of the United Nations Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956. | | (60488) | 177
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in other countries (a) to ratify international standards which prohibit slavery and (b) to introduce stronger international mechanisms to monitor and report on compliance with these standards. | | (60489) | 178
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress by the Government of Argentina in introducing its proposed law on the Repression of Trafficking in Persons and Assistance to its Victims. | | (60490) | 179
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on progress made by the Argentine authorities in resolving the case of Marita Verón. | | (60491) | 180
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress by the Government of the Philippines in introducing its Domestic Workers Bill. | | (60492) | 181
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60344) | 182
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reported statement by the govenment of Israel that they decided to enter the prison in Jericho only after the withdrawal of British and American monitors; and if he will make a statement. | | (60444) | 183
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Canadian counterparts on commercial seal hunting in Canada. | | (60244) | 184
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the British Council on plans to relocate jobs from Manchester to London. | | (60147) | 185
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made by the joint UK-Libyan investigation announced on 7th April 2004 into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher; and if he will make a statement. | | (60208) | 186
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits to Tripoli have been made by the Metropolitan Police team investigating the death of WPC Yvonne Fletcher since April 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (60209) | 187
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget is of the Metropolitan Police team investigating WPC Yvonne Fletcher's death; and if he will make a statement. | | (60210) | 188
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with British and Libyan representatives about their investigation of the death of WPC Fletcher; and if he will make a statement. | | (60211) | 189
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of Libya's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (60212) | 190
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of human rights in Libya since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (60213) | 191
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much trade and investment has been agreed with Libya since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (60214) | 192
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Libya has complied with all its obligations in respect of Lockerbie; and if he will make a statement. | | (60215) | 193
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much compensation Libya has paid to the families of those who died on the Pan-Am flight at Lockerbie; and if he will make a statement. | | (60216) | 194
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Libyan authorities about the freedom of Libyan journalists and political prisoners; and if he will make a statement. | | (60217) | 195
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the amount of oil and gas being flared off in (i) Iraq and (ii) Kuwait and (b) its impact on global carbon emissions; what representations the Government has made on this issue to the (A) Iraqi and (B) Kuwaiti authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (60347) | 196
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department's investigations into the meeting held in Baghdad in January 2003 between the hon. Member for Norwich North and Dr Rihab Taha will be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (59992) | 197
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the preliminary report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on his visit to China and Tibet. | | (59614) | 198
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will table a resolution on torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners and detainees in Tibet and China at the forthcoming Session of the UN Commission for Human Rights. | | (59615) | 199
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his written Statement of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 38WS, on rendition allegations (inquiries), whether the UK requires the US to seek permission to render detainees via UK territory and airspace, including overseas territories. | | (59974) | 200
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made by his Department to the Palestinian Authority about their breaches of the Ramallah Agreement prior to 8th March. | | (60497) | 201
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the conditions under which Palestinian prisoners were being held in Jericho Prison by the Palestinian prison authorities. | | (60498) | 202
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the steps being taken by the Palestinian Authority to protect foreign nationals and property in Gaza and the West Bank. | | (60499) | 203
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Syrian compliance with the investigation into the murder of Rafik Hariri. | | (60500) | 204
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of Hezbollah in terrorist activity in (a) southern Lebanon and (b) the Palestinian Territories. | | (60501) | 205
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Palestinian Authority about the destruction of the British Council building in Gaza. | | (60502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 206
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what enquiries she has made into the references to the evidence of Stephen Walker of the NHS Ligitation Authority given before the Constitutional Affairs Committee made at footnote 89 in the Committee's Third Report, HC 754-1; and if she will make a statement. | | (59872) | 207
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to report on her Department's consultation on the supply of ostomy, incontinence and wound care products. | | (59879) | 208
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects all cancer networks to have fully implemented HER2 testing for women with breast cancer. | | (59932) | 209
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the figure of £41 million was arrived at which was referred to by the Minister of State, Lord Warner in the debate on the NHS Redress Bill, Official Report (House of Lords) of 15th February 2006, column 1183. | | (59933) | 210
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the legally-aided clinical negligence cases that were closed in the last 12 months with payment of compensation were settled for reasons of the health service defendant seeking to avoid or limit irrecoverable legal costs. | | (59977) | 211
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place for verifying the (a) professional registration and (b) credentials of private sector providers of outsourced procedures within the NHS; and what the arrangements are for (i) terminating contracts in cases where unlawful treatment has been carried out and (ii) indemnifying patients for any injury caused during unlicensed procedures. | | (60165) | 212
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the number of mental health therapists which will be needed to meet the demand for their services in the next five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (60242) | 213
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) regulatory regime and (b) labelling requirements apply to the compatibility of mineral supplements for flour with vegetarian dietary requirements. | | (60255) | 214
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (60324) | 215
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to undertake an audit of the quality of care in paediatric continence services. | | (60471) | 216
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Healthcare Commission on the quality of care in paediatric continence services. | | (60472) | 217
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place for the sharing of good practice in paediatric continence services provision between primary care trusts. | | (60473) | 218
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts offer a paediatric continence advisory service. | | (60474) | 219
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in drug treatment in England are being prescribed (a) methadone and (b) buprenhorphine; and what proportion of the treatment budget was spent on the purchase of each drug in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60064) | 220
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the total cost of the purchase of substitute drugs used in 2004-05 in drug treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (60068) | 221
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why she did not submit (a) the National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005 and (b) the National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) Regulations 2005 for formal 12-week public consultation. | | (60384) | 222
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in (a) Eastleigh and Test Valley South Primary Care Trust, (b) Mid-Hampshire Primary Care Trust, (c) Southampton City Primary Care Trust and (d) New Forest Primary Care Trust were accepting new NHS patients in each year since 1997. | | (60385) | 223
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures she is adopting to ensure that social services always advise patients that they cannot be compelled to sell their homes to pay for care in their own lifetime. | | (60386) | 224
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to launch a public awareness campaign illustrating the new dental charges and what they will mean for patients. | | (60387) | 225
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) formal and (b) informal advice her Department received from the British Dental Association following the meeting on 14th February 2006 to discuss the new NHS dental contracts. | | (60388) | 226
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many orthodontics advisers are employed by each primary care trust in England. | | (60389) | 227
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she took to ascertain that all strategic health authorities undertook advertising and publicity in order to raise awareness of the restitution process, as stated on page 17 of the Government's response to the Health Select Committee's Report on Continuing Care. | | (60516) | 228
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were registered with NHS general dental practitioners in the Stockport Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (60248) | 229
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses employed in the Hillingdon Primary Care Trust area are on (a) permanent and (b) temporary contracts. | | (60288) | 230
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a hip replacement was in (a) Hillingdon Primary Care Trust and (b) England in each of the last five years. | | (60289) | 231
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners (GPs) there are in (a) Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (b) each London borough; and what estimate she has made of the number of GPs likely to retire over the next five years. | | (60511) | 232
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on radio advertising in each of the past five years for which figures are available. | | (59427) | 233
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to conclude her review of the continuation of smoking in psychiatric hospitals and mental health facilities in private, public and charitable ownership. | | (60078) | 234
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 8th February 2006, Official Report, column 1322W, on NHS tariff uplift and 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 450W, on the health budget, why the extra costs of delivering the 18 week waiting time target in 2006-07 has not been reflected in the uplift to the NHS tariff in 2006-07. | | (59847) | 235
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the total planned investment on genetics of £50 million referred to on page 5 of her Department's White Paper Our Inheritance: Our Future, published June 2003, Cm 5791-II has been achieved; and if she will break down spending by main expenditure area. | | (60393) | 236
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected year-end financial position of social services departments in England is in 2005-06 (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority area; and what the year-end outturn position has been in each year since 1997-98. | | (60394) | 237
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the capacity of cancer networks to offer HER-2 testing to women diagnosed with breast cancer and who could benefit from the drug Herceptin; and whether she plans to ensure all cancer networks have access to at least one such testing facility. | | (60395) | 238
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts operate referral management schemes; what representations she has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) NHS organisations and (c) other interested parties on the operation of such schemes; what the content of these representations was; and when they were received. | | (60396) | 239
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the use of minimum waiting times in NHS organisations as a means of recovering from financial deficit. | | (60397) | 240
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many arm's length bodies have been (a) established and (b) dissolved by her Department since 1997; and what the total costs of establishment or dissolution was in each case. | | (60398) | 241
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been suspended in each quarter since April 2001. | | (60399) | 242
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of people identified as having diabetes in England were offered screening for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy in (a) each year since 2003-04 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (60400) | 243
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on the Food Standards Agency's nutritional profiling model; what the content of these representations was; when they were received; and what she expects the nutritional profiling model to be used for. | | (60402) | 244
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2006, Official Report, column 1828W, on primary care trusts (expenditure), if she will provide details of the allocations per (a) weighted and (b) unweighted head for each primary care trust in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08 in the same format as that provided in the Answer to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham on 30th June 2005, Official Report, column 1766W, on primary care trusts. | | (60405) | 245
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2006, Official Report, column 1204W, on health-specific inflation, what family health services inflation has been in each year since 1997-98; if she will define NHS-specific inflation, as referred to in Table 3.2.3 of her Department's written evidence to the Health Committee of 1st December 2005, HC 736-iii; and what NHS-specific inflation was in each year since 1997-98. | | (60406) | 246
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer of 7th March 2006 to the hon. Member for Banbury, Official Report, column 71, on Clinical Advisory Liaison Services, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by her Department's Director of Access to Primary Care Trust Chief Executives in July 2005. | | (60414) | 247
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th January 2006 to the hon. Member for Holborn and St Pancras, Offical Report, column 1670W, on independent sector treatment, for what reasons the percentage cost per procedure above the NHS equivalent cost for 2004-05 provided in the Answer differs from the figure provided in Table 1.3.2 of her Department's written evidence to the Health Committee of 1st December 2005, HC 736-iii; and whether either of these figures includes the capital costs of the independent sector treatment centre programme. | | (60415) | 248
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient episodes took place in each mental health trust in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2003-04. | | (60290) | 249
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was from general practitioner referral to first appointment for (a) child and adolescent, (b) adult and (c) elderly mental health services, in the last period for which figures are available in each mental health trust. | | (60291) | 250
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) crisis resolution, (b) early intervention and (c) assertive outreach teams are operating from each mental health trust. | | (60308) | 251
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the expenditure by each mental health trust on agency staff in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (60310) | 252
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for patients referred for (a) psychotherapy and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60311) | 253
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the longest time is that a patient has waited for (a) psychotherapy and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust in the last 12 months. | | (60318) | 254
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited longer than (a) six months and (b) 12 months for (i) psychotherapy and (ii) cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust in the last 12 months. | | (60319) | 255
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for (a) psychotherapy and (b cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust. | | (60320) | 256
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the medical vacancy rate is in each mental health trust; and how many consultant vacancies there are in each mental health trust. | | (60321) | 257
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health trusts she expects to be in deficit at the end of the 2005-06 financial year; and what she expects the deficit to be in each case. | | (60503) | 258
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2006, Official Report, column 446W, on sexual health, if she will place in the Library the review that was undertaken of sexual health service provision in Watford and St Albans. | | (60138) | 259
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2006, Official Report, column 1830W, on sexual health, what assessment she has made of chlamydia levels in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Strategic Health Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (60155) | 260
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has assessed the merits of placing a legal maximum on the level of trans fats in food in England. | | (60443) | 261
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of (i) the technological feasibility of replacing trans fats in food with less harmful fats and (ii) the likely costs to the food production industry that would result. | | (60513) | 262
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the (i) potential effects on levels of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, omega-3 nutritional status, pre-eclampsia and atopic disorders and (ii) general public health effects of the imposition of legal maximums on the level of trans fats in food. | | (60515) | 263
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the outcomes of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) consultation MLX 322 on fees published on 6th March 2006, when she expects the MHRA to discuss with industry associations how best to improve levels of (a) service, (b) communication and (c) monitoring. | | (58096) | 264
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the requirement for education and training places for (a) nurses, (b) midwives, (c) physiotherapists, (d) podiatrists, (e) radiographers and (f) professions complementary to dentistry over the period 2006 to 2010. | | (60390) | 265
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurses, (b) midwives, (c) physiotherapists, (d) podiatrists, (e) radiographers, (f) doctors, (g) dentists and (h) members of professions complementary to dentistry from EU accession states (i) in training and (ii) practising in England since 1st May 2004. | | (60391) | 266
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much she has budgeted for (a) non-medical education and training and (b) multi-professional education and training in each year since 1999. | | (60392) | 267
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Witham, Braintree and Halstead Primary Care Trust area and (b) England were diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2004-05; and how many of these were given a life expectancy of less than 12 months for each area. | | (60460) | 268
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the NHS Trusts at which (a) Patientline and (b) other private service providers provide telephone and entertainment systems. | | (60200) | 269
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) composition and (b) remit is of the review group on hospital telephone and entertainment system charges. | | (60201) | 270
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued on the provision of premium telephone and entertainment systems to patients; and what advice about costs and alternatives patients are given. | | (60202) | 271
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that health professionals understand the (a) symptoms, (b) effects and (c) treatment options. | | (60478) | 272
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to improve awareness of endometriosis. | | (60479) | 273
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for endometriosis research in each of the last 10 years. | | (60480) | 274
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists from each EU accession country are practising in England; and what estimate she has made of how many have returned to their country of origin in the last 12 months. | | (59375) | 275
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) assumptions, (b) estimates and (c) trends were used in forecasting an average annual income for a dentist under the new personal dental services contract of (i) £80,000 fees and (ii) £80,000 expenses; and what steps she took to validate this forecast. | | (59671) | 276
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the minimum standards set out in the Government publication Your guide to the NHS - getting the most from your National Health Service published in January 2001 remain applicable. | | (59848) | 277
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B. | | (60232) | 278
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. | | (60233) | 279
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the economic costs of chronic hepatitis B. | | (60234) | 280
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for research into the hepatitis B virus. | | (60235) | 281
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources from 2006-07 in order to enforce effectively the proposed ban on smoking in public places. | | (60467) | 282
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors participated in (a) the general practitioners' returners scheme and (b) the flexible careers scheme in each year since they were introduced; and how much each cost in each year. | | (60468) | 283
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of infection with the bacteria acinetobacter were reported in the NHS in Wales in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and what the most recent data is which she has collected on the reported number of infections in England and Wales in 2005. | | (60475) | 284
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of NHS staff whose pay will not increase between 2005-06 and (a) October 2009 and (b) April 2011 because of the protected pay elements of Agenda for Change. | | (60476) | 285
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will respond to Question 48215, tabled on 30th January 2006 by the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, on sex offenders. | | (59376) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 286
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many home detention curfew applications were turned down in each year since 2001; how many of those were appealed against; and how many appeals were successful. | | (59373) | 287
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many home detention curfew applications which were refused were referred to the Ombudsman in each year since 2001; how many times the Ombudsman asked the board to reconsider its decision in each year; and in how many of those cases the board then granted a home detention curfew order. | | (59374) | 288
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Agreement between the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency and the Independent Police Complaints Commission under the Independent Police Complaints Commission (Forces Maintained otherwise than by Police Authorities) Order 2004; when that Agreement came into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (59880) | 289
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in Coventry South since the scheme began. | | (58906) | 290
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle anti-social behaviour outside nightclubs and public houses in the West Midlands region; and if he will make a statement. | | (58907) | 291
N | Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the removal of failed asylum seekers. | | (59236) | 292
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) battery and (b) mains electrical equipment that prisoners are permitted to keep in their cells; and if he will make a statement. | | (60077) | 293
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th March, to Question 58643, on prisoners, what estimate he has made of the cost is of providing the information requested. | | (60350) | 294
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1318W, on prisoners, what information his Department collects on prisoners who have Sky TV in their cells. | | (60351) | 295
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 1318W, on prisoners, what the cost to the Prison Service is of prisoners receiving Sky TV in their cells. | | (60352) | 296
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60337) | 297
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost is of the equal pay settlement between HM Prison Service and the Public and Commercial Services trade union over the next three years. | | (60519) | 298
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have taken place between HM Prison Service (HMPS) and the Treasury on the funding of the equal pay settlement between HMPS and the Public and Commercial Services trade union. | | (60520) | 299
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for the pay and conditions of other grades within the Prison Service of the equal pay settlement agreed between the Service and the Public and Commercial Services trade union. | | (60521) | 300
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on the financial situation of Greater Manchester Police. | | (60247) | 301
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006, Official Report, column 813W, on the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the exclusion of non-religious belief groups from eligibility for grant money under the Faith Communities Capacity Fund with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 relating to official discrimination between religious beliefs and non-religious beliefs; and if he will make a statement. | | (60296) | 302
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2006 to Question 47527, on children in custody, if he will make it his policy to record the numbers of children held in penal custody who had (a) some form of mental health problem, (b) a history of having been in care, (c) literacy levels below the average for their age, (d) reported experience of violence at home, (e) reported suffering from sexual abuse and (f) not accessed educational provision prior to custody. | | (60307) | 303
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2006 to Question 47527, on children in custody, how many young persons held in prison establishments were held in adult prisons in each of the last three years. | | (60436) | 304
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the cost of bringing protective services in the four Welsh police forces up to the level considered fit for purpose in the report Closing the Gap. | | (60353) | 305
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the set-up costs will be of a strategic police force for Wales; and how these will be funded. | | (60354) | 306
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors he took into account when allocating funding for security at the ports of (a) Holyhead and (b) Mostyn, in North Wales for 2006-07. | | (60355) | 307
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the set up costs of the proposed Welsh Police Force will be; what the average set up costs of amalgamated forces in England will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (60367) | 308
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2006, Official Report, columns 2115-6W, on passport information sharing, what representations he has (a) made to and (b) received from (i) the European Union and (ii) European nation-states on the wholesale sharing of (A) biometric and (B) other details to be contained within biometric passports; and if he will make a statement. | | (60079) | 309
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2006, Official Report, column 2121W, on public order, what progress is being made by the Metropolitan Police in arresting the remaining protesters identified outside the Danish Embassy on 4th February 2006. | | (60455) | 310
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for extending drug testing on arrest. | | (59377) | 311
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what priorities he has set for the work of the new Serious Organised Crime Agency. | | (59378) | 312
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the security of the UK passport to prevent identity theft. | | (59379) | 313
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to ensure proper training for relevant professionals in respect of guidance published on forced marriages. | | (60470) | 314
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter dated 23rd January from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding the free passport criteria. | | (60494) | 315
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2006, Official Report, column 1665W, on life expectancy, whether the two studies referred to provided any evidence of the impact of experiencing burglary on life expectancy amongst older victims. | | (60292) | 316
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (60104) | 317
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how relevant requests made to the non-emergency 101 number will be passed on to services provided by local authorities. | | (60105) | 318
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to make the offence of driving whilst disqualified a matter for the Crown Courts. | | (60434) | 319
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the responsibilities are of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner with regards to terrorism. | | (60432) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 320
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will arrange for jugs of water to be provided in committee and meeting rooms as a replacement for or alternative to bottled water. | | (60177) | 321
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures are being taken to offset carbon emissions from the House of Commons estate. | | (60477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 322
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international development initiatives the revenue derived from the air passenger duty will fund. | | (60315) | 323
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether development aid funded from air passenger duty will be additional to existing overseas development aid spending commitments. | | (60316) | 324
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether international development aid to be funded from hypothecated air passenger duty will be subject to economic policy conditions. | | (60317) | 325
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of work undertaken by non-governmental organisations to combat child domestic work and trafficking of children in the Philippines; and whether his Department has funded such work. | | (60486) | 326
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of a possible link between poverty and contemporary forms of slavery; and what steps he is taking to support poverty reduction strategies in countries where such practices are used. | | (60487) | 327
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60336) | 328
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to promote sustainable development in the developing world towards the reduction of global greenhouse gases; and if he will make a statement. | | (60454) | 329
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on recent discussions with the Government of Uganda on (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) its support for a negotiated end to the conflict in the north of the country. | | (60493) | 330
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many development projects supporting oil extraction his Department funded in the last 12 months; how much was allocated to each project; where each was located; and what percentage of total UK aid the funding represented. | | (60254) | 331
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria he uses to assess whether the UK Government contributes to the World Food Programme's disaster derivative insurance scheme. | | (60428) | 332
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had on contributing to the World Food Programme's disaster derivative insurance scheme. | | (60429) | 333
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of the World Food Programme's decision to buy natural disaster insurance cover in case of drought in Ethiopia. | | (60430) | 334
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the establishment of the African Catalytic Growth Fund. | | (60431) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 335
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated total costs are of (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other associated activity of those public representatives and officials from Northern Ireland travelling to the United States for events at the White House around 17th March. | | (59874) | 336
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many secondary schools in East Londonderry constituency are based in premises over 50 years old. | | (59875) | 337
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the incidence of coastal erosion around Northern Ireland. | | (59876) | 338
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what statutory bodies in Northern Ireland are responsible for dealing with the consequences of coastal erosion. | | (59877) | 339
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been prosecuted in Northern Ireland over the last five years for illegal fly-posting. | | (59878) | 340
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of membership of an illegal organisation since 26th September 2005; and how many of these cases involved membership of the Provisional IRA. | | (60069) | 341
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions since 26th September 2005 the Police Service Northern Ireland have been called on to deal with cases of suspected illegal activity involving the use or possession of illegal firearms. | | (60070) | 342
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning applications were deferred after coming before local councils for consultation on a first occasion in Northern Ireland between January (a) 2005 and 2006 and (b) 2004 and 2005. | | (60071) | 343
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ensure that all polling stations provide access for people with disabilities voting in person at (a) the 2007 Assembly elections and (b) other future elections in Northern Ireland. | | (60072) | 344
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to promote rural tourism in East Londonderry in 2006. | | (60073) | 345
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60329) | 346
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what firms provide personal television and telephone facilities to patients at hospitals in Northern Ireland; what daily rates are charged in each case; how many patients at each hospital have used these facilities in each of the last three years; and whether concessionary rates are available to long-term patients at each hospital. | | (60427) | 347
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of those in receipt of child benefit in (a) Belfast and (b) Northern Ireland use a Post Office Card Account to access the benefit. | | (60411) | 348
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultation has taken place with the people of Forkhill, Co. Armagh regarding the future use of the former army and police base site. | | (60412) | 349
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to implement in Northern Ireland those articles of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which have been ratified by the Government. | | (60413) | 350
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures his Department has implemented to attract inward investment to Belfast to encourage private sector growth. | | (60416) | 351
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will assess the impact on businesses in Northern Ireland of the end of industrial de-rating. | | (60417) | 352
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time is for oncology services in Northern Ireland; how many people in each Northern Ireland health board area are on waiting lists for oncology treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (60418) | 353
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what budget has been allocated to the Department of Environment's illegal dumping unit. | | (60419) | 354
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed in the Department of Environment's illegal dumping unit. | | (60420) | 355
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of illegal dumping were investigated by the Department of Environment in each of the last three years. | | (60421) | 356
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of illegal dumping have been referred to the courts for prosecution in each of the last three years. | | (60422) | 357
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures his Department is taking to reduce the occurrence of illegal dumping in Northern Ireland. | | (60423) | 358
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many medical staff from each of the hospital trusts in Northern Ireland have received injuries at work as the result of abusive attacks from patients under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in each of the last five years. | | (60424) | 359
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much sick leave has been taken by medical staff in each hospital trust in Northern Ireland as a result of injuries caused by patients under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in each of the last five years. | | (60425) | 360
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much compensation has been paid to medical staff in each hospital trust in Northern Ireland as a result of injuries received from patients under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs in each of the last five years. | | (60426) | 361
N | The Reverend Ian Paisley (North Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the remit is of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment inquiry into the Bioscience and Technology Institute. | | (59666) | 362
N | The Reverend Ian Paisley (North Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public funding has been allocated to MTF, and associated companies, in relation the Bioscience and Technology Institute project. | | (59667) | 363
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which department is resonsible for the (a) Annesley Mansion project and (b) promenade project in Newcastle, Co Down. | | (60456) | 364
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what projects were undertaken by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in relation to coastal protection schemes related to tourism or harbours in each of the last five years. | | (60457) | 365
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which department is responsible for coastal protection schemes (a) where there is a (i) road and (ii) promenade interest and (b) related to (A) tourism and (B) harbours. | | (60458) | 366
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many studies monitoring the contribution of the caravan sector to the Northern Ireland economy have been carried out in the past 20 years. | | (60459) | 367
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress on the Causeway IT programme. | | (60175) | Questions to the Prime Minister 368
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will amend the Ministerial Code to include guidance on the content of speeches given by spouses of Ministers where the speech may be construed as being relevant to Government policy. | | (59750) | 369
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Prime Minister, what is the role of Lord Levy in Her Majesty's Government. | | (59996) | 370
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to improve transparency and accountability in Government. | | (59997) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 371
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60335) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 372
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when (a) household grant allocations and (b) large scale community and commercial grant allocations under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme will begin. | | (60060) | 373
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cut-off date was for (a) household and (b) community applications for the Clearskies Programme. | | (60061) | 374
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Natural Environment Research Council since 13th March 2006. | | (60062) | 375
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers he has to examine decisions taken by the Natural Environment Research Council. | | (60065) | 376
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the United Kingdom joined the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership; what resources have been committed to date in support of the partnership; what future resources are expected be committed to the partnership; how many meetings of the partnership have been held to date; and if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of partnership meetings and documents circulated amongst partnership members to date. | | (56893) | 377
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what requests he has made to (a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (b) the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management and (c) Nirex for assessments of the quantity, type and capacity of facilities to handle additional radioactive waste created by new nuclear reactors built and operated in the United Kingdom. | | (56894) | 378
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the building industry to meet the demands of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's programme of work between the present time and 2012, with particular reference to large-scale public sector building programmes competing for manpower. | | (56895) | 379
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what timetables have been agreed with each foreign customer for Sellafield reprocessing facilities for the return to countries of origin of the reprocessed uranium arising from treatment of spent nuclear fuel; and what role the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will play in organising the return of such material. | | (56896) | 380
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many wave power research and development projects have been financially supported by his Department over the last three years; and at what total cost. | | (60221) | 381
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60341) | 382
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what programmes have been announced by the six major domestic energy supply companies to protect vulnerable customers from the impact of rising energy prices; and how many customers have been signed up for such programmes. | | [R] (60300) | 383
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action his Department is taking to tackle the misuse of competitions where letters are sent requesting payment in advance of receiving a cash prize. | | (60149) | 384
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the companies in Cumbria which have received assistance from the North West Regional Development Agency since it was set up. | | (60328) | 385
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any of the 20,878 semiautomatic pistols exported to Iraq referred to in the Second Quarterly Report on Strategic Export Controls 2004 had previously been subject to the refusal of an export licence application by an EU member state as defined by the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. | | (59749) | 386
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what further plans he has to regulate unsolicited telephone sales calls. | | (60517) | 387
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department regulates tour operators providing services to UK residents travelling overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (60256) | 388
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes are planned to the (a) distribution and (b) amount of European Structural Funds in the UK. | | (60115) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 389
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to review the Package Travel, Package Holidays, Package Tour Regulations Act 1992. | | (60220) | 390
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60330) | 391
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on funding for the proposed A555 relief road. | | (60246) | 392
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects widening of the M1 motorway to be carried out. apart from the stretch of motorway north of junction 8; and at which locations. | | (59426) | 393
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason roadworks are taking place on the M62 on the westbound carriageway east of junction 37; why such work was not carried out when this stretch of the motorway was recently resurfaced; and if he will make a statement. | | (59428) | 394
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the implementation of European Council Directive 96/48/EC in relation to ballastless high-speed railway track systems. | | (59429) | 395
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase the number of (a) waiting rooms, (b) toilet facilities and (c) commercial business activities at railway stations; and if he will make a statement. | | (59430) | 396
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on revisions to the Highway Code; and who is being consulted thereon. | | (60080) | 397
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is by which regulation (a) 48 and (b) 49 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats e&c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) is applied to assess the implications for European wildlife sites of ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other chemicals (i) in harbour authority areas and (ii) elsewhere in UK territorial waters; and what assessment he has made of the compliance of each process with the requirements of the EU Habitats Directive. | | (60302) | 398
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department monitors the ship-to-ship transfer of oil and other chemicals within UK harbour limits. | | (60303) | 399
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the draft regulations covering ship-to-ship transfer of oil and other chemicals in UK territorial seas; and when he expects to introduce the final regulations. | | (60304) | 400
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the compliance of the consenting regime for ship-to-ship transfer of oil in UK territorial waters with UK Government responsibilities under the EU Habitats Directive, with particular reference to (a) the assessment of plans or projects likely to have an effect on European wildlife sites, (b) the consideration of alternative solutions and of imperative reasons of over-riding public interest in the case of plans or projects assessed as likely to have an adverse impact on the integrity of European wildlife sites and (c) European protected species. | | (60305) | 401
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, column 1538W, on cargo transfers, who decides whether ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other chemicals may or may not take place (a) in harbour authority areas and (b) elsewhere in UK territorial waters. | | (60507) | 402
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the train operating companies that have requested compensation payments for losses incurred as a result of industrial action from (a) the Strategic Rail Authority and (b) the Department for Transport in each month since 2003. | | (58390) | 403
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the ownership of airports operated by the British Airports Authority. | | (60167) | 404
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the performance standards are for (a) the British Airports Authority plc and (b) other airport operators in relation to continued operations during adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (60245) | 405
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that airlines comply with their obligations to passengers on delayed and cancelled flights under Regulation (EC) 261/2004 and related European Court of Justice rulings; and if he will make a statement. | | (60250) | 406
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to facilitate and encourage the operation of community transport initiatives under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 relating to the removal of unduly restrictive conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (60251) | 407
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has given the Driving Standards Agency on changes to the provisions relating to cyclists in the consultation on amendments to the Highway Code; and if he will make a statement. | | (60252) | 408
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has given the Driving Standards Agency on framing the planned consultation on the revision of the Highway Code. | | (60253) | 409
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rehearsals have taken place to prepare for a terrorist attack on (a) the Merseyrail in Liverpool and (b) the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle. | | (60530) | 410
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of commuters who travel into the Greater London Authority area for work purposes. | | (60407) | 411
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he received from (a) Transport for London, (b) regional transport boards and (c) passenger action groups about proposals to extend the Mayor of London's rail powers beyond the London boundary before his Department's consultation launch in March 2006. | | (60408) | 412
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving deer were reported in 2004-05; and how many such accidents resulted in serious injury or fatality to drivers and passengers. | | (60461) | 413
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department takes to monitor roads which have a high incidence of collisions between motor vehicles and wild animals. | | (60462) | 414
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the cost of requiring the Motoring Insurance Bureau to act as the insurer of last resort in respect of personal injury claims resulting from collisions between motor vehicles and wild animals. | | (60465) | 415
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much bus subsidy has been provided in the Greater London area in each of the last 10 years. | | (60178) | 416
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the commitments set out in the letter of the Minister of State of 8th February 2006 (Ref SL/001336/06) in relation the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority and the complaints of the Chairman of the Riparian and Mooring Rights Owners Group will be met; and if he will make a statement. | | (59668) | 417
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to encourage mobile telephone operators to use existing Network Rail infrastructure along tracks for transmission purposes. | | (59669) | 418
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail operators are required under their franchise to pay a premium to Government on profits above a threshold; how many payments have been paid to the Government under these requirements; and by which operators such payments were made. | | (59871) | 419
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service (MAVIS) is located; what acreage of land it occupies; what the terms of the current lease are; what the possibility of renewing the lease is; how many people (a) are employed by the service on a permanent basis and (b) were trained in each of the last five years; what the maximum number of trainees under training was at one time in the last 12 months; how many vehicles are employed by the service; what the breakdown of training between mileage driven on the MAVIS site and mileage driven on public roads is; what sites have been identified as a possible future location for MAVIS; what consultations have taken place with (i) local authorities and (ii) other local representative bodies on a future location for MAVIS; and if he will make a statement. | | (60059) | 420
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities and (b) injuries took place on railways in the North East in each of the last 10 years. | | (60371) | 421
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of litter, rubbish and debris on railway lines on the effective operation of train companies' timetables. | | (60372) | 422
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the East Coast Main Line franchise's performance indicators were met by the train operator in (a) the 12 months prior to the new franchise being awarded in March 2005 and (b) the 12 months after the awarding of the franchise. | | (60373) | 423
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of GNER's timetabled train services were cancelled in (a) the 12 months prior to the new franchise being awarded and (b) the 12 months after the awarding of the franchise. | | (60374) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 424
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60334) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 425
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary about improving the support and assistance given to the victims of trafficking who agree to help the authorities in a prosecution case against those who trafficked them. | | (60375) | 426
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary about the number of victims of trafficking who have been brought into the United Kingdom to be sold into the vice trade. | | (60376) | 427
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will discuss with the Home Secretary the possibility of the courts being provided with the power to include restraining orders in the sentencing of perpetrators of domestic violence. | | (60377) | 428
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what measures the Government is taking to encourage businesses to provide more high-quality, high-paid flexible and part-time work at all levels, with particular reference to senior staff. | | (60378) | 429
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps she is taking to encourage women who have left jobs in health and education to return to work in those services. | | (60379) | 430
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with trade unions about the role they can play in promoting flexible working. | | (60380) | 431
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the effect of the National Minimum Wage on women. | | (60381) | 432
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing girls with advice on the way in which their career choices may impact their future pay and progression. | | (60382) | 433
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the role that improved career advice for girls could play in closing the pay gap. | | (60383) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 434
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to Jobcentre Plus call centres serving Oxfordshire were necessary on average for a jobseeker to get through to a member of staff in the last period for which figures are available. | | (60081) | 435
| Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which occasions since 1990 transitional relief has been provided as part of a benefit rule change. | | (60226) | 436
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely average change in amount received for those who receive the replacement for incapacity benefit. | | (60481) | 437
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the benefit replacing incapacity benefit will be taxable. | | (60482) | 438
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Coventry South received (a) widow's benefit, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax credit and (d) income support in each year since 1997. | | (58908) | 439
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of lone parents in Coventry South have moved from income support to (a) incapacity benefit and (b) jobseeker's allowance since 1997. | | (58909) | 440
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase energy efficiency within his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (60331) | 441
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers aged 60 and over in each Welsh parliamentary constitutency receive the non-standard rate of carer's allowance, broken down by sex. | | (60410) | 442
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who would be able to commute their pension benefits to a lump sum because of serious ill-health if provision 08100080 of the Registered Pension Scheme Manual took effect in the event of a diagnosis of terminal illness regardless of life expectancy. | | (60452) | 443
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were able to commute their pension benefits to a lump sum in 2004-05 because of serious ill-health under provision 08100080 of the Registered Pension Scheme Manual. | | (60466) | 444
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letter dated 8th February from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding UK child poverty. | | (60496) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 445
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department requires local public consultation as part of the Regional Transport Prioritisation process. | | [Transferred] (60222) | 446
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus routes are operating in West Lancashire. | | [Transferred] (60223) |
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