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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 2 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 2 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 May 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 Tuesday 2 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 2 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are taken to avoid causing hardship in the recovery of tax credit overpayments. | | (67257) | 2
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in response to the Ombudsman's recommendation of an independent right of appeal on decisions to recover tax credit overpayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (67258) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government Actuary has made of contingent public sector liabilities in respect of employee pension funds of privatised companies. | | (67630) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend Table 3 on page 30 of Tax credits: reforming financial support for families (March 2005) so as to show marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. and over 40 per cent. (a) before 1998, (b) in 2005-06 and (c) in 2006-07. | | (67870) | 5
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department in the first full year of the change in personal pension planning outlined in the 2006 Budget. | | (67545) | 6
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with Ministerial colleagues on the implications for the Civil Service of the Government relocation programme in the North West. | | (66798) | 7
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67782) | 8
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the target of 0.7 per cent. of gross domestic product to be allocated to overseas aid will include the £8.5 billion for education in Africa and Asia announced by the Chancellor in April 2006. | | (67693) | 9
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of each public sector commercial broadcaster. | | (68081) | 10
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the Financial Services Authority on shared appreciation mortgages. | | (67507) | 11
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guarantees the Government has given to private sector companies in respect of their pension liabilities. | | (66899) | 12
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings of full-time employees based on the annual survey of hours and earnings were for (a) Birmingham, (b) Sandwell, (c) Dudley, (d) Walsall, (e) Wolverhampton, (f) Solihull, (g) Coventry, (h) Worcestershire, (i) Herefordshire, (j) Shropshire, (k) Telford and Wrekin, (l) Staffordshire, (m) Warwickshire and (n) Gloucestershire in each year since 2000. | | (67401) | 13
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 692W, on income tax, what further estimates he has made of income to the Inland Revenue if the same incomes in the upper rate of income tax has only applied to those earning over £100,000. | | (66995) | 14
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assurances he received during discussions on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's funding for Shell's proposed Sakhalin II development that none of the remaining western gray whales will die as a result of the project. | | (67174) | 15
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what statutory authority the Registrar General retained the 1921 decennial census for England and Wales in his Department between 1st January 1959 and 16th January 1985; and if he will make a statement. | | (67180) | 16
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2006, Official Report, col 1045W, on business invetment, if he will give the page reference of the latest OECD Economic Outlook at which the requested data may be found. | | (67602) | 17
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in the Peterborough constituency were overpaid tax credits in the financial year 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (67479) | 18
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1118W, on VAT relief, whether within an existing zero rate of VAT category it is permitted to alter the detailed arrangements with respect to an item or service to which the zero rate applies. | | (67585) | 19
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a tax on plastic carrier bags; and if he will make a statement. | | (67880) | 20
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the operation of their plastic bag tax. | | (67881) | 21
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer the letter to him dated 14th February from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Julie Reid. | | (67484) | 22
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67366) | 23
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of using private debt collection agencies to collect written off tax debts. | | (68041) | 24
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Government continue to pay interest and capital reduction to the US in connection with lend lease and war loans; and if he will make a statement. | | (67695) | 25
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the levels of teenage pregnancy were in each county in each year since 1997. | | (67417) | 26
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made with implementing the recommendations of the Gershon review. | | (67453) | 27
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67534) | 28
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67977) | 29
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67978) | 30
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68024) | 31
| Mr Andrew Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Office for National Statistics met the local authorities participating in the Improving Migration and Population Statistics project; what the outcome was of those meetings; and when he expects the project to be completed. | | (67408) | 32
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of levying a zero rate of VAT on new build houses and a 17.5 per cent. rate on repairs and conversions. | | (66902) | 33
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to limit the fees chargeable by mortgage lenders to people wishing to change their mortgage provider. | | (67204) | 34
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 8th March 2006. | | (67130) | 35
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost would be to the nearest £100 million of raising the personal tax allowance to £10,000 per annum. | | (68045) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 36
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he plans to issue an updated version of the Guide to Legislative Procedure; when it was last updated; whom he consulted prior to publication; and if he will make a statement. | | (67163) | 37
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the work of the Legislative Programme Committee. | | (67164) | 38
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assistance (a) his Department and (b) the Legislative Programme Committee gives to departmental Bill teams; and if he will make a statement. | | (67165) | 39
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the extent of Ministerial powers to be granted by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. | | (67305) | 40
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he will answer the letter to him dated 14th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr N McHugh. | | (67485) | 41
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he will attend the Birthday celebrations for the Duke of Lancaster in May. | | (66903) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 42
| Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the process is for appointing county selection panels for the selection of High Sheriffs in England and Wales. | | (67375) | 43
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67790) | 44
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many electoral registration officers there are in the West Midlands region. | | (66499) | 45
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which classes of (a) litigants and (b) former litigants are entitled to have money in the Court Fund Special Account; and if she will make a statement. | | (67309) | 46
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the possible alternatives to the Court Fund Special Account available to litigants and Court of Protection clients; and if she will make a statement. | | (67310) | 47
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost was of the (a) consultants and (b) departmental staff used to conduct the investment and banking review within her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (67312) | 48
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to upgrade the IT available to the Court Funds Office; and if she will make a statement. | | (67313) | 49
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received on the future of the Court Funds Office and the Court Fund Special Account; and if she will make a statement. | | (67314) | 50
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff are employed in the Court Funds Office; what the (a) salary and (b) on-costs are; and if she will make a statement. | | (67318) | 51
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects to publish the outcome of her Department's Investment and Banking Review; and if she will make a statement. | | (67323) | 52
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who conducted her Department's Investment and Banking Review; how he was appointed; what qualifications he holds; when he reported to Ministers; and if she will make a statement. | | (67324) | 53
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many accounts on behalf of (a) individual litigants and (b) clients of the Court of Protection are held in the Court Funds Special Account; what the average balance was of the fund over the last 12 months; how many transactions the Account administered in that period; and if she will make a statement. | | (67376) | 54
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to change the Court Funds Special Account; and if she will make a statement. | | (67385) | 55
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what rate of interest has been payable on the Court Funds Special Account over the last 12 months; how much above base rate this rate was; and if she will make a statement. | | (67386) | 56
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to her Oral Statement of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 361WH, on small claims (courts), what information technology projects in the civil and family courts are under consideration by the Department. | | (67003) | 57
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made in negotiations with other EU member states on the European Small Claims Procedure in relation to (a) the proposed 2,000 euro limit and (b) the rule that the losing party would have to pay the losing party's costs. | | (67138) | 58
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress her Department has made in drafting a Bill to improve enforcement of judgments in the civil court system; when she expects the Bill to be ready to introduce into Parliament; and what measures her Department is planning to include in the Bill. | | (67145) | 59
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps are being taken to expand the type of small claims hearings that can be dealt with by telephone. | | (67146) | 60
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps are being taken to provide greater assistance to claimants in the small claims court who are not legally represented. | | (67150) | 61
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many defendants sentenced in the Crown Court of England and Wales were recommended to the Home Secretary for deportation on completion of their sentence in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (67685) | 62
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much in legal aid has been provided to Mr Nabeel Sami Fathallah; and if she will make a statement. | | (67393) | 63
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what legal aid is available to the families of people who die in state custody. | | (67266) | 64
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the criteria are by which a decision is taken as to whether an inquest should be heard by a senior judicial office-holder. | | (67278) | 65
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in her Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for children of employees of her Department. | | (67359) | 66
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many elections there were in each ward of (a) the Vale of Clwyd and (b) Denbigshire in each of the last 10 years. | | (67813) | 67
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many elections there were in each (a) county and (b) constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (67814) | 68
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67522) | 69
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been paid in legal aid to the Childrens Legal Centre in each of the last three years. | | (67206) | 70
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for competitiveness of the restriction to a single third-party distributor of information based on County Court judgement records. | | (67795) | 71
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she has conducted a survey of users of County Court judgement records to obtain their views on the value of such records. | | (67799) | 72
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of County Court judgement records; what plans her Department has to recover the cost of improvement from the users of the records; and if she will make a statement. | | (67800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 73
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Minister for Sport's statement of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 70WH, on football players (behaviour), what her response is to the hon. Member for Nottingham North's proposal on the relaunch of sportsmanship on the first day of the next season. | | (67562) | 74
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the television licence fee crude evasion rates were for (a) England, Scotland and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland at the end of February (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (67543) | 75
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67788) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the change in licensing hours in (a) Coventry South and (b) the West Midlands region as a whole. | | (66497) | 77
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what central government funding has been allocated to sport in Coventry in each of the last eight years. | | (66498) | 78
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration her Department will give to the interests of the commercial broadcasting sector when examining the BBC's licence fee bid. | | (68067) | 79
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation process will be carried out in advance of her making a decision on the level of the BBC's licence fee; and who will be included in that consultation. | | (68068) | 80
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how she will ensure value for money from the BBC's proposed licence fee settlement. | | (68069) | 81
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research she has commissioned on the BBC licence fee; and if she will publish it. | | (68070) | 82
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research she has commissioned into the likely costs of digital switchover for the BBC. | | (68071) | 83
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will invite (a) the National Audit Office and (b) the Public Accounts Committee to assess the cost-effectiveness of the BBC's licence fee bid. | | (68072) | 84
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made in the context of the BBC's licence fee bid of the value for money and efficiency savings expected to be achieved following the BBC's proposed move to Greater Manchester. | | (68073) | 85
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her officials have had with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the provision of appropriate sports infrastructure in Northamptonshire in connection with growth area housing expansion. | | (67308) | 86
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in her Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for children of employees of her Department. | | (67371) | 87
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has provided to (a) football, (b) cricket, (c) tennis, (d) rugby, (e) athletics and (f) other sports in (i) the Tees Valley and (ii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (67198) | 88
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department has provided to increase (a) female and (b) ethnic minority participation in (i) football, (ii) rugby and (iii) cricket. | | (67199) | 89
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Football Association, (b) the Premier League, (c) the League Managers Association, (d) the Professional Football Association and (e) individual football clubs on tackling homophobia in football. | | (67200) | 90
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has made to the Home Office concerning a possible relaxation of the handgun legislation to enable Olympic target shooters to train in the country. | | (67141) | 91
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the money recently awarded by UK Sport to shooting will be used to fund the costs of training outside the UK. | | (67142) | 92
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Carolyn Warner of the Right to Swim campaign will receive an answer to her letter to the Secretary of State of January 2006. | | (67144) | 93
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67524) | 94
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in her Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67981) | 95
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in her Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (67982) | 96
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in her Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68017) | 97
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will undertake a review of the implications of licensing costs for village halls and not-for-profit entities; and if she will make a statement. | | (67302) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 98
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what delays there have been in delivering Warrier armoured personnel carriers to British forces in Iraq over the last four months; what the reasons were for the delays; and what alternative arrangements have been made to safeguard the security of the troops affected. | | (67238) | 99
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many casualties were treated on Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus during the period 18th March 2003 to 18th May 2003; and how many of those were classed as injured in combat. | | (67171) | 100
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was of a rescue mission carried out by the RAF in 2005-06. | | (67566) | 101
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what charge is made to the Scottish Ambulance Service for use of RAF search and rescue helicopters for air ambulance flights. | | (67567) | 102
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in each year since 1996 RAF search and rescue helicopters have been used for air ambulance flights in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland and (c) the Western Isles; and what the average cost was in each case. | | (67568) | 103
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67789) | 104
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers in the armed forces were dismissed for having a sexual relationship with a subordinate in each of the last five years. | | (67965) | 105
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed of the dispute referred to on 9th February 2004, Official Report, column 1177W; and what the estimated scale of the Government's potential financial liability was at that time. | | (67839) | 106
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) barristers' chambers and (b) (i) Ministry of Defence and (ii) Treasury legal staff have been employed by the Government during the case of arbitration referred to on 9th February 2004, Official Report, column 1177W. | | (67840) | 107
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingent liabilities have been set aside by the Department for final settlement in the case of arbitration referred to on 9th February 2004, Official Report, column 1177W; and where these appear in the Department's Appropriation Account. | | (67841) | 108
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in relation to the case of arbitration referred to in the Answer on 9th February 2004, Official Report, column 1177W, when the disposal contractor first sought resolution of contractual differences; what attempts were made, and on what dates, by the Department to resolve matters through negotiation or mediation; and when legal process commenced. | | (67842) | 109
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution which the 771 search and rescue squadron at Royal Naval Air Station makes to (a) the protection of lives of those at sea and on the coast in western waters and Cornwall and the South West, (b) the training of and experience available to Naval pilots and crew and (c) anti-terrorism activities. | | (67002) | 110
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each of the armed forces have tested positive for controlled substances in each of the past five years, broken down by rank. | | (66997) | 111
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each of the armed forces have gone on the Early Intervention Programme (Drugs) in each year since it began; and how many have subsequently been retained in the armed forces, broken down by rank. | | (66998) | 112
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in each of the armed forces have failed a drugs test following successful completion of the Early Intervention Programme (Drugs), broken down by rank. | | (66999) | 113
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hospital wards in the UK are reserved for military personnel only. | | (67000) | 114
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish the next Defence White Paper; and what plans he has to revise the Defence Planning Assumptions. | | (67001) | 115
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of the Royal Military Police investigation into the death of Kieran Heggarty in Moscow Army Barracks on Sunday 19th February 2006. | | (67687) | 116
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the civilian guard force have suffered gunshot injuries in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, (c) England and Wales and (d) while serving overseas in the last 12 months. | | (67688) | 117
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what disciplinary action has been taken against those involved in the death of Warrant Officer Michael White following his death in a live fire exercise near Newcastle, Co. Down in December 2001. | | (67689) | 118
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67370) | 119
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reconsider the Meteorological Office plans to withdraw its (a) Mountaincall and (b) Mountainfax services from the general public and Mountain Rescue Services. | | (67147) | 120
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specialist services the Meteorological Service plans to provide for (a) Mountain Rescue Services and (b) hillwalkers once the Mountaincall and Mountainfax services are withdrawn. | | (67148) | 121
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what on-going involvement his Department has with (a) individual domestic dwellings and (b) communal areas of former military housing which Annington Homes has sold to private owners; and if he will make a statement. | | (66918) | 122
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67527) | 123
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67985) | 124
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67986) | 125
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68019) | 126
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister for Veterans will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 13th March, reference 01611/2006. | | (67131) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 127
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the use of Dorneywood by his close personal friends. | | (67353) | 128
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, under what circumstances Ministerial cars and drivers under the control of his Department may be used to transport his personal acquaintances on private business; and whether it is his policy to reimburse the costs of such use. | | (67355) | 129
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total expenditure of local authorities was in each of the last five years. | | (67836) | 130
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67793) | 131
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants are allocated to work in his Ministerial private office; whether he was involved in (a) their appointment and (b) the allocation of duties to those staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (67796) | 132
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people have participated in the key worker housing scheme in (a) Barnet and (b) London over the last five years, broken down by category of employment; and if he will make a statement. | | (67753) | 133
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what categories of employment are eligible as key workers for the purposes of the key worker housing scheme; if he will review the categories; and if he will make a statement. | | (67754) | 134
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was spent on average in real terms by (a) district councils and (b) shire county councils on employing staff in (i) 1998 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (67400) | 135
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much and what percentage of (a) council tax and (b) business rates was not collected by each of the 10 Metropolitan districts in the County of Greater Manchester in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67247) | 136
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the potential for displacement of problems associated with housing market failure into areas adjacent to renewal schemes. | | (67250) | 137
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment has been made of the merits of introducing single member wards in the metropolitan districts in England. | | (67255) | 138
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what consideration has been given to altering the elections by thirds pattern of democracy in the metropolitan districts of England. | | (67667) | 139
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to ensure that sports trusts operating services and facilities on behalf of local authorities are subject to the same rules in respect of public access to information as local authority leisure services departments. | | (67668) | 140
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Office; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Office. | | (67363) | 141
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much was paid to each relevant local authority in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 under the Supporting People programme; how much he plans to allocate to each in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (67664) | 142
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will respond in full to the letter from the hon. Member for Woking of 14th March concerning a constituent, Mr Aroskin. | | (66950) | 143
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what was the level of Housing Corporation grant available for (a) general needs housing and (b) sheltered/OAP housing in each of the last five years. | | (67751) | 144
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions during 2005 the fire brigade was called out to deal with incidents in hotels and similar establishments where a fire alarm had been triggered by cigarette smoke and there was no fire; what estimate he has made of the cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (67561) | 145
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether members of local strategic partnerships are subject to the Local Government Code of Conduct. | | (68044) | 146
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether a local authority is permitted to provide information to a local strategic partnership which it has not given to local councillors. | | (68046) | 147
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what provision there is for local councillors to put (a) oral and (b) written questions to the local strategic partnership. | | (68047) | 148
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether there is a requirement for local strategic partnerships to report (a) verbally and (b) in writing to the local authority. | | (68048) | 149
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67533) | 150
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (68003) | 151
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (68004) | 152
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68025) | 153
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take steps to increase the number of shared equity homes in (a) Warrington and (b) other housing hot spots in the North West. | | (67848) | 154
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on the thermal performance of multi-foil insulation prepared under his Department's domestic buildings energy performance project. | | (67158) | 155
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24th March 2006, Official Report, column 924W, on anhydrite mines, how many bids there were for funding in the current round of the Land Stabilisation Programme; what the total amount was of such bids; and what the total value is of the Land Stabilisation Programme. | | (67388) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 156
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received about the children's home operator Green Corns. | | (67825) | 157
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on recent progress on the establishment of a European vocational qualifications framework. | | (67218) | 158
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67784) | 159
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Minister of State for Schools and 14 to 19 Learners will reply to the letters dated 17th January 2006 and 22nd March 2006 from the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup. | | (67446) | 160
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 19 to 25 year olds in Coventry South are studying for a first level 3 qualification. | | (67863) | 161
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much each local education authority spent on (a) excluded pupils and (b) pupils in (i) pupil referral units, (ii) behaviour support implementation programmes, (iii) inclusion, administration, assessment and coordination programmes, (iv) behaviour support plans and (v) other programmes intended to avoid exclusion of pupils in the last period for which figures are available. | | (67214) | 162
| Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children in each school in Worcester City (a) receive free school meals and (b) are eligible for free school meals. | | (67402) | 163
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is available for extended school provision for children in (a) Tameside metropolitan borough and (b) Stockport metropolitan borough. | | (67889) | 164
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total public expenditure per head of population on (a) capital and (b) running costs of education was for the Metropolitan area of (i) Greater Manchester, (ii) West Yorkshire, (iii) South Yorkshire, (iv) West Midlands, (v) Merseyside, (vi) Tyne and Wear and (vii) South Tyneside in each of the last 10 years. | | (67280) | 165
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total public expenditure per head of population on (a) capital and (b) running costs of education was in (i) London and (ii) each of the English regions in each of the last 10 years. | | (67321) | 166
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to address the shortage of qualified school teachers in key subjects. | | (67306) | 167
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether under the proposals in the further education White Paper (Cm 6798) a local education authority would be permitted to take over responsibility for an under-performing college. | | (67565) | 168
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unfilled vacancies there are for teachers of modern foreign languages in secondary schools. | | (67438) | 169
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of posts for teaching English in secondary schools are (a) vacant and (b) held by someone without a first degree in English. | | (67439) | 170
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will answer the letter to her dated 6th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Adele Reynolds. | | (67483) | 171
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will answer the letter to her dated 16th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Joane Carr. | | (67486) | 172
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will answer the letter to her dated 8th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Dr. D. Ziegeler. | | (67491) | 173
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in her Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of her Department. | | (67360) | 174
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) revenue and (b) capital support has been provided to (i) the King's Academy, (ii) the Unity City Academy and (iii) the Macmillan Academy in Middlesbrough since their formation. | | (67186) | 175
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from India her Department expects to study at educational institutions in England in the next five years. | | (67194) | 176
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the teaching of creationism in schools in England. | | (67195) | 177
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what specific powers will trust schools have in determining and shaping their own curriculum. | | (67196) | 178
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in Cumbria are in receipt of the education maintenance allowance. | | (67331) | 179
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children's centres have been established in each month since November 2004; what the location is of each; and if she will make a statement. | | (67411) | 180
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools in each local authority have achieved healthy school status. | | (67415) | 181
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects all schools to be part of a school sports partnership; what progress has been made towards this target; and if she will make a statement. | | (67416) | 182
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67518) | 183
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in her Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67999) | 184
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in her Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (68000) | 185
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in her Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether those procedures include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68012) | 186
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children on the Child Protection Register were reported missing to the police in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (67604) | 187
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department has taken in relation to the recommendations of the Social Exclusion Unit's report on runaway children. | | (67605) | 188
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in local authority care were reported missing from care to the police in Warrington in each year since 1995. | | (67606) | 189
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish her Department's strategy for safeguarding runaway and missing children. | | (67607) | 190
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in local authority care were missing overnight in each local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (67847) | 191
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many hits the teachernet website received in each month of the last two years. | | (67275) | 192
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many specialist schools there are in England, broken down by specialism; and how many of such schools are electing to select up to 10 per cent. of their intake by aptitude. | | (67276) | 193
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary (i) head teacher and (ii) deputy head teacher posts in England had been vacant for more than three months in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (67403) | 194
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are using temporary mobile classroom accommodation in each region; and if she will make a statement. | | (67404) | 195
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) support staff in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools she estimates will be made redundant in (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2007-08 as a result of falling rolls; and if she will make a statement. | | (67405) | 196
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children educated at home achieved five GCSEs graded at A* to C by the age of 16 in each of the last five years. | | (67406) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 197
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) frequency and (b) potential health consequences of the emission from municipal incinerators of PM2.5 particles. | | (67172) | 198
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities have a statutory obligation to deal with light pollution; and if she will make a statement. | | (68052) | 199
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of analogue televisions which will be sent to landfill as a result of switching off the analogue television signal; and what steps she is taking to find means by which televisions can be reused or recycled. | | (67765) | 200
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67785) | 201
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research the Department has undertaken on intelligent water metering. | | (67895) | 202
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the EU Commission on EU support for environmental industries. | | (67896) | 203
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of households in each water company area has water meters; and what percentage of all households was metered in (a) 1990, (b) 2000 and (c) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (67897) | 204
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status of insect repellents is under the REACH regulations; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the regulations on manufacturers in the UK, with particular reference to animal testing. | | (67898) | 205
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of allowing water companies discretion in selecting households for water metering. | | (67899) | 206
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce legislation to establish a statutory body with responsibility for waste. | | (68043) | 207
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has made available for the protection of the Herdwick indigenous sheep flock in each year since 1997. | | (67481) | 208
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on air quality standards in central London, with particular reference to nitrogen oxide emissions. | | (67875) | 209
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking in conjunction with local authorities to meet European Union targets on nitrogen dioxide emissions. | | (67876) | 210
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the nitrogen dioxide emission statistics for (a) Marylebone Road, (b) Brompton Road and (c) Cromwell Road were in each of the last five years. | | (67877) | 211
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to meet (a) the European Commission, (b) France and (c) other EU member states regarding actions necessary to reduce cetacean by-catch. | | (67149) | 212
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on (a) the proposal (i) to delay and (ii) to cancel the issuing of a licence for the development of the offshire wind farm at Scarweather Sands and (b) the effect of a wind farm for breeding harbour porpoises; and if she will make a statement. | | (67600) | 213
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had about plans for responding to oil spills in winter ice conditions in relation to possible European Bank for Reconstruction and Development funding for Shell's proposed Sakhalin II development. | | (67173) | 214
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money the Moroccan Army has received from the issuing of fishing licences in Western Sahara under the last EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement; how much it is expected to receive under the currently proposed agreement; and if she will make a statement. | | (67176) | 215
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list her Department's (a) advisory bodies and (b) committees concerned with animal health and welfare; and if she will make a statement. | | (67178) | 216
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on improving resource efficiency. | | (67182) | 217
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatability of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's funding for Shell's proposed Sakhalin II development with the Government's proposed resolutions at the International Whaling Commission on protecting the Western Gray Whale from anthropogenic impact. | | (67240) | 218
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to prevent the import of fur from domestic animals from China. | | (67828) | 219
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in her Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of her Department. | | (67362) | 220
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the list of change management and consultants undertaking carbon management programmes will be opened up to other consultants. | | (67846) | 221
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the Carbon Trust is exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (67866) | 222
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the forms for the 2007 Single Farm Payments will be sent out. | | (67634) | 223
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered farms there are in each Somerset constituency. | | (67635) | 224
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average price of farm land in England was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005. | | (67330) | 225
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2006, Official Report, column 942, on avian influenza, what steps the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has taken to hold discussions with the Association of Local Government Ecologists. | | (68066) | 226
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what temperature (a) the heating thermostat is set to in winter and (b) the air conditioning is set to in summer in her Department's main London office. | | (67447) | 227
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by her Department in (a) personnel and (b) media, press and public information. | | (67448) | 228
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage change was in (a) carbon dioxide and (b) other harmful gasses arising from energy efficiency measures taken in each of the last 30 years; and what the planned reduction in harmful gas emission through energy efficiency measures is over the next 10 years. | | (68031) | 229
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67530) | 230
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in her Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67979) | 231
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in her Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (67980) | 232
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in her Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68022) | 233
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Minister of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 3rd March 2006. | | (67132) | 234
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the March meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and its implications for the Government's policy on terminator seeds. | | (67467) | 235
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been of Rural Payment Agency (RPA) services supplied to the National Fallen Stock Company since it was established; and what assessment she has made of the RPA's relationship with the company. | | (67343) | 236
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Crown copyright applies to Environment Agency data. | | (67801) | 237
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of constraints on the use of tallow for fuel. | | (67905) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 238
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have condemned (i) suicide and (ii) other terrorist attacks in Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (67934) | 239
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with Arab states about suicide bombings in Israel; what response he has received; and if he will make a statement. | | (67935) | 240
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on relations with the newly elected Palestinian Authority. | | (67160) | 241
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what written submission the UK Government (a) has made and (b) intends to make in advance of discussions on a European Constitution at the Council of Ministers meeting on 27th May. | | (67577) | 242
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received regarding the acquisition of land by Israel for further illegal settlement building close to Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem; and what representations he is making on the subject. | | (68056) | 243
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67786) | 244
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports relating to Iraq the Government has received from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in its capacity as custodian of the Geneva Convention; whether the reports indicate breaches of the Convention by forces in Iraq; what (a) the UK's and (b) the Allied Command in Iraq's response has been; if he will place relevant correspondence between the ICRC and the Government in the Library; why the Government decided not to disclose such reports as a matter of course; if he will ensure in future that the Government exercises the option available to it to disclose such reports in full; and if he will make a statement. | | (67541) | 245
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to promote the Arms Trade Treaty (a) amongst other governments and (b) at the United Nations. | | (68074) | 246
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last visited Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (66921) | 247
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) future financing of the EU and (b) EU budget reform. | | (66922) | 248
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Nigerian government on (a) the destruction of churches in Jigawa State, Kaduma, Banchi and Kano and (b) difficulties church leaders encounter in the North of the country in getting permission and obtaining licences to re-build churches destroyed in inter-religious violence. | | (67636) | 249
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the possible effects of economic sanctions on Iran on the world economy, with particular reference to the price of oil. | | (67241) | 250
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of Israel's Security Fence is outside Israel's borders as they existed in 1967; and if he will make a statement. | | (67246) | 251
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to facilitate a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question; and if he will make a statement. | | (67175) | 252
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what basis the UK Embassy in Amman, Jordan, granted Iraqi citizen Mr Nabeel Sami Fathallah (HO Ref 10776940) a UK visa within 24 hours of his application; and if he will make a statement. | | (67351) | 253
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the scale of charges for visas to enter to the UK is at (a) Amman, Jordan and (b) other UK embassies in the Middle East. | | (67352) | 254
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what circumstances a UK visa section may issue a visa within 24 hours of application in (a) Amman, Jordan and (b) other UK embassies. | | (67354) | 255
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average time was that an applicant for a visa to the UK waited for a reply at (a) Amman, Jordan and (b) other UK embassies in the Middle East in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (67356) | 256
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visas to the UK have been issued in Amman, Jordan (a) within (i) 24 hours and (ii) seven days of application and (b) more than seven days after application in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67357) | 257
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visas to the UK have been issued in Amman, Jordan, to non-Jordanian residents in each of the last five years; and from which countries those issued with visas were from. | | (67358) | 258
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what background checks were carried out following the receipt of a visa application from Iraqi citizen Mr Nabeel Sami Fathallah (HO Ref 10776940) at the UK Amman Embassy; whether inquiries were made about (a) his links with the former regime in Iraq, (b) his financial position, (c) the reasons he was denied a visa by other countries and (d) the refusal of protection by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and if he will make a statement. | | (67395) | 259
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister regarding the International Arms Trade Treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (67837) | 260
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department will be attending the United Nations conference to review progress made in the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects taking place in New York from 26th June to 7th July 2006. | | (67838) | 261
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what interventions he has made with the Israeli government regarding the case of James Miller. | | (67867) | 262
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to participate in further discussions with the Israeli government regarding the deaths of James Miller and Tom Hurdnall and the coroner's verdict on both cases. | | (67868) | 263
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet the families of James Miller and Tom Hurdnall. | | (67869) | 264
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the EU on the continuing proscription of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in the last 12 months. | | (68058) | 265
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2006, Official Report, column 10027W, on Israel, what further representation he has made to the Israeli government with regard to their failure to respond to his original representations of November 2005 in respect of the anti-semitic harassment of the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton by an Israeli official at Tel-Aviv airport. | | (67493) | 266
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what elements the 81,000 euros contribution to a UN High Commissioner for Refugees project in Mauritania to improve Mauritanian capacity to manage migration will be spent; and how much will be spent on each element. | | (67845) | 267
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for children of employees of his Department. | | (67372) | 268
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67975) | 269
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67976) | 270
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68023) | 271
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's definition of terrorism is; what assessment he has made of the merits of agreeing a globally-accepted definition of terrorism; and if he will make a statement. | | (67162) | 272
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made concerning the situation of Christians in Indonesia. | | (67907) | 273
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) diplomatic and consular staff in Spain have had with Spanish authorities on child custody cases in Spain where British parents experience restrictions on legitimate access. | | (67901) | 274
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British parents have contacted his Department since 2003 regarding assistance with cases relating to access to children involved in custody disputes in the Spanish courts. | | (67902) | 275
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage good relations between Muslims and Christians in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. | | (67665) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 276
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to ensure more midwives are recruited in the north west region. | | (67826) | 277
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of student nurses who graduate in 2006 who will find jobs within the NHS. | | (67208) | 278
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's policy is on funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 for 2006 to 2008. | | (66894) | 279
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects (a) to publish (i) the recommendations of the expert panel on the future of patient and public involvement in health and (ii) the evidence submitted to the expert panel and (b) to announce her Department's decision on the future structures for patient and public involvement in health. | | (66895) | 280
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the change in bowel cancer screening capacity in England since 1st April. | | (66896) | 281
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether successful candidates for section 64 funding have been selected for 2006 to 2008. | | (66898) | 282
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will establish contingency plans to mitigate the impact of delays in decisions regarding Section 64 (Health Services and Public Health Act 1968) funding for the voluntary and community sector. | | (67843) | 283
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of pharmacists who are being held liable by an oxygen supplier for the loss or damage of oxygen cylinders. | | (67883) | 284
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her statement of 25th April 2006, Official Report, column 549, on the Nuffield Speech and Language Unit, how many patients waited more than six months for hospital in-patient treatment according to the February figures. | | (67279) | 285
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to recruit the (a) consultant neurologists, (b) specialist nurses and (c) other staff required to fulfil the National Service Framework for long-term neurological conditions. | | (67207) | 286
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many direct payments were taken up by disabled and sick adults for use in purchasing social care services that support them in their parenting role in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (67243) | 287
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to encourage local authorities to promote direct payments to disabled parents. | | (67244) | 288
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the direct payment system for disabled parents to purchase appropriate support for their family and parenting responsibilities. | | (67245) | 289
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2006, Official Report, column 1203W, on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, what assessment has been made of the progress of research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; and what actions have followed from the research. | | (67892) | 290
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of isolation facilities in NHS hospitals. | | (67550) | 291
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post-operative infections were contracted by patients in each NHS hospital trust in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (67551) | 292
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measurable outcomes a dignity nurse will deliver in each care setting where a nurse is so designated. | | (67552) | 293
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of how the (a) content of and (b) curriculum for nurse training fits her plans for dignity nurses. | | (67553) | 294
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process will be used to appoint dignity nurses; and what estimate she has made of the number of dignity nurses who will be in post by the end of (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (67554) | 295
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the work of designated dignity nurses will be evaluated. | | (67555) | 296
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) role and (b) remit will be of designated dignity nurses; and how she expects this to differ from the role of other nurses. | | (67556) | 297
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to create a separate agency to take forward the alcohol strategy. | | (67629) | 298
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department issues to primary care trusts on charges made for freedom of information requests. | | (67170) | 299
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67787) | 300
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the treatment refunding basis applicable to Queen Mary's Hospital Trust, Sidcup, is; and what percentage this represents of the national tariff. | | (67379) | 301
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the operational impact of the budget adjustments levied by her Department on Queen Mary's Hospital Trust, Sidcup, in respect of budgetary overspend. | | (67380) | 302
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average NHS expenditure per head was in the hospitals located in (a) Bexley Care Trust's area of responsibility and (b) London in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67381) | 303
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the NHS hospitals in London offering free diagnostic testing to GP practices; and what the estimated financial value is of this offer. | | (67382) | 304
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies she expects at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, broken down by specialty or function. | | (67383) | 305
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by her Department to Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup (a) in each of the last three financial years and (b) for 2006-07; and what that sum would be if the hospital had foundation hospital status. | | (67384) | 306
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has conducted of the impact of the closure of the Plymouth unit of the National Blood Service and the transfer of its services to a new super-centre at Bristol on (a) service provision to hospitals throughout the South West Peninsula and (b) the willingness of residents of Devon and Cornwall to give blood; and what cost/benefit analysis has been carried out of the regionalisation of blood service provision. | | (67874) | 307
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names are of the (a) Chair, (b) Chief Executive and (c) members of the new Strategic Health Authority for London. | | (67755) | 308
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust has allocated to palliative care for 2006-07. | | (67638) | 309
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist paediatric diabetes nurses there are in London, broken down by borough. | | (67879) | 310
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the funding made available in 2006-07 for mental health services covering the Sevenoaks constituency is, broken down by main cost area. | | (67508) | 311
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments are made to (a) GPs and (b) GP practices for registering with the Choose and Book system for arranging hospital appointments for their patients; and what financial incentives are offered for using the system. | | (66996) | 312
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the Chief Medical Officer to release his review of the Shipman Report. | | (67794) | 313
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in the (a) Tameside and Glossop and (b) Stockport Primary Care Trust have signed the new NHS dental contract; and what percentage this represents of (i) all dentists and (ii) those dentists providing NHS treatments under the old arrangements in each PCT area. | | (67887) | 314
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the legal costs to the Department of dental contracts which are in dispute. | | (66892) | 315
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have signed the new contract in dispute in (a) Greater London and (b) England. | | (66893) | 316
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether dentists working as vocational trainees will be paid for their work in 2005-06. | | (67220) | 317
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other staff were employed in each primary care trust covering Portsmouth in each of the last three years; what the planned figures are for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) the next three financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (67374) | 318
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total public expenditure per head of population on the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the National Health Service was in (i) London and (ii) each of the English regions in each of the last 10 years. | | (67322) | 319
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total public expenditure per head of population on the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the National Health Service was in the metropolitan areas of (i) Greater Manchester, (ii) West Yorkshire, (iii) South Yorkshire, (iv) West Midlands, (v) Merseyside and (vi) Tyne and Wear in each of the last 10 years. | | (67325) | 320
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she had received on the reconfiguration of primary care trusts in Cambridgeshire, up to 22nd March 2006; how many of these were supportive of the proposals outlined by the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (67443) | 321
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on private sector transportation of patients in the (a) Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area and (b) Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (67480) | 322
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of fibromyalgia in England has been in each of the last five years; what treatments are available on the NHS; and what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on fibromyalgia. | | (67168) | 323
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on patient care and treatment of the adequacy of the supply of branded drugs in England. | | (67169) | 324
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that patients admitted to hospital following a stroke have their higher cognitive function checked. | | (66951) | 325
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that all healthcare staff are aware of (a) the risk of vascular dementia in stroke patients and (b) the action which should be taken if dementia is suspected. | | (66952) | 326
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking (a) to develop effective systems of identifying people at high risk of having a stroke and (b) to put in place ways to reduce that risk. | | (66953) | 327
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has commissioned on the best ways of improving the management of patients who have had a (a) transient ischemic attack and (b) minor stroke. | | (66954) | 328
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of assertive outreach teams in reducing the need for admissions to mental hospitals. | | (67440) | 329
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had on improving end of life care; and who participated in those discussions. | | (67441) | 330
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial position the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust inherited at its inception. | | (67249) | 331
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in her Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of her Department. | | (67365) | 332
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has not recovered from sums owed following privately-provided health services on NHS premises in each of the last five years. | | (67871) | 333
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of using private debt collection agencies to recover debts owed to her Department. | | (67872) | 334
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will define (a) red, (b) black and (c) all other hospital alerts. | | (68042) | 335
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage uptake of the MMR vaccination was in (a) the North East, (b) the Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. | | (67184) | 336
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made estimates for the uptake of the MMR vaccination over the next five years. | | (67185) | 337
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the Department has made of the number of people in each region in England with undiagnosed (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) chlamydia, (c) gonorrhea, (d) hepatitis B and (e) syphilis. | | (67189) | 338
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of deep vein thrombosis have been recorded in (a) each region in England and (b) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. | | (67190) | 339
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department provides to British-based airlines on deep vein thrombosis. | | (67191) | 340
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of (a) adults and (b) children who are (i) obese, (ii) overweight and (iii) underweight in (A) each region in England and (B) the Tees Valley. | | (67197) | 341
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds were allocated to the (a) Greater Derbyshire and (b) Central Derby Primary Care Trust for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections in each financial year between 2000-01 and 2005-06. | | (67631) | 342
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients who presented themselves at a genito-urinary medicine clinic within the Greater Derbyshire and Derby Central Primary Care Trusts were treated or tested within (a) 24 and (b) 48 hours in the last period for which figures are available. | | (67632) | 343
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether a primary care trust is complying with its responsibilities under the Every Child Matters initiative where it is refusing to accept referrals for paediatric speech and language therapy. | | (67662) | 344
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on service users of changes planned for (a) speech and language therapy, (b) paediatric physiotherapy and (c) paediatric occupational therapy by primary care trusts in Buckinghamshire. | | (67663) | 345
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are used to decide which central or local government body has responsibility under the Every Child Matters policy for financing medical and therapeutic support for children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs; and if she will make a statement. | | (67804) | 346
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving treatment for mental health conditions in young offenders institutions; and how many are receiving psychological therapies. | | (67642) | 347
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric specialists are employed in each strategic health authority area. | | (67643) | 348
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health service staff have received specific training and support to promote the psychological well-being of children. | | (67644) | 349
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what audits have been carried out on the management of common acute illnesses in children in the last five years. | | (67645) | 350
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in primary care have received specific training in the assessment of (a) children, (b) mental health conditions and (c) child mental health conditions. | | (67646) | 351
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to provide choice to those needing to use child and adolescent mental health services. | | (67647) | 352
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list school nursing teams which provide drop-in clinics in schools. | | (67648) | 353
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged between four and five received pre-school vision screening in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67649) | 354
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged between four and five are registered with an NHS dentist. | | (67650) | 355
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding the Department has made available for 2006-07 to support health promotion for parents and young children; and whether this funding is ring-fenced. | | (67651) | 356
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken in each primary care trust to provide parents of children aged between three and five with information about (a) parenting and (b) promoting health. | | (67652) | 357
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) information and (b) support on breastfeeding is routinely made available to parents; and what assessment she has made of whether provision is consistent across the country. | | (67653) | 358
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many birth to five guides were distributed to parents during the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67654) | 359
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies received hearing screening during the first month of their life during the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67655) | 360
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood spot tests for hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria were carried out on babies less than a week old during the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67656) | 361
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) antenatal screening and (b) preliminary assessments of child and family needs were carried out during the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (67657) | 362
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were per head of population in the Carlisle Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1996. | | (67328) | 363
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the Portman Group on appropriate actions to reduce the incidence of binge drinking; and if she will make a statement. | | (67326) | 364
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's health campaign to reduce the incidence of smoking. | | (67327) | 365
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on promoting the cross-government campaign to raise public awareness of the health risks of obesity. | | (67329) | 366
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking to promote health campaigns related to (a) smoking, (b) salt, (c) mental health and (d) sexual health. | | (67332) | 367
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the work of the National Centre for Media and Health. | | (67387) | 368
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met Ofcom to discuss the rules on broadcast advertising, sponsorship and promotion of food and drink to young people; if she will publish the minutes of the meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (67409) | 369
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the annual change in obesity levels in children under eleven years of age in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (67410) | 370
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have at least one full-time, year round qualified school nurse for each cluster or group of primary schools and related secondary school; if she will list the primary care trusts which do not have such provision; and if she will make a statement. | | (67412) | 371
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many low income families have been provided with vouchers under the Healthy Start programme in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; what the cost has been of the programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (67413) | 372
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had on the European Union Directive on infant formula and follow-on formula. | | (67414) | 373
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of NHS accredited health trainers. | | (67418) | 374
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many personal health guides have been produced in each primary care trust area in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (67419) | 375
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on the availability of NHS Stop Smoking Services of the timescale for fully implementing the Choose and Book programme. | | (67420) | 376
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) community matrons, (b) health visitors and (c) school nurses have been appointed in each primary care trust area in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (67421) | 377
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress towards issuing guidance on (a) prevention, (b) identification, (c) management and (d) treatment of obesity. | | (67422) | 378
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she has made available for alcohol misuse programmes through the Pooled Treatment Budget for Substance Mis-use. | | (67423) | 379
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the work of the Health Improvement Workforce Steering Group. | | (67425) | 380
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to extend the availability of osteoporosis bone density scanning; and if she will make a statement. | | (67426) | 381
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to change screening arrangements for tuberculosis at United Kingdom (a) ports and (b) airports; and if she will make a statement. | | (67429) | 382
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many X-ray machines for tuberculosis screening are located at each United Kingdom (a) port and (b) airport; and if she will make a statement. | | (67430) | 383
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many immigrants were (a) screened for and (b) found to have tuberculosis in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (67431) | 384
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many follow-up health checks were conducted on immigrants to the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (67432) | 385
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the incidence of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (67433) | 386
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the 20 local authority areas with the highest incidence of tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement. | | (67434) | 387
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she plans to take in response to the Health Protection Agency's report on screening arrangements for tuberculosis at United Kingdom points of entry; and if she will make a statement. | | (67435) | 388
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of which at-risk groups would benefit from screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. | | (67436) | 389
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to introduce screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. | | (67437) | 390
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general hospitals provide free chiropody care for patients who require such treatment other than as part of other clinical treatment. | | [R] (67972) | 391
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to get parliamentary approval for the outsourcing of NHS logistics procurement and supply chain services. | | [R] (67973) | 392
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations are in place to ensure appropriate risk assessments are carried out on disability equipment sold on the internet. | | [R] (68026) | 393
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS organisations did not achieve their cash releasing efficency savings targets in 2005-06; and by what margin in each case. | | (67939) | 394
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) GPs and (b) private firms that win alternative provider of medical services contracts are requried to disclose (i) how much money per patient they are earning, (ii) their quality framework score and (iii) their profit levels. | | (67940) | 395
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what protection she plans to put in place for those who may lose their entitlement to NHS funded continuing care under the new National Framework. | | (67941) | 396
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish the National Framework for Continuing Care. | | (67942) | 397
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to ensure that patient records available on the National Patient Record Spine will not be used by organisations or individuals bidding for NHS contracts to inform their bid unfairly. | | (67945) | 398
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to job coding in the NHS workforce census were made between (a) 2003-04 and 2004-05 and (b) 2004-05 and 2005-06. | | (67946) | 399
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the job title of each category of non-clinical job within the NHS in each strategic health authority area. | | (67947) | 400
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to job titles have occurred within each strategic health authority area in the last two years. | | (67948) | 401
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of Agenda for Change on the NHS Pension Scheme. | | (67949) | 402
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the figures she has released on the under-estimate of the cost of the GP and Consultants contract include the cost of the contract to the NHS Pension Scheme. | | (67950) | 403
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to publish an impact assessment on the health effects of Ofcom's proposed restrictions on the volume and scheduling of the broadcast advertising code. | | (67951) | 404
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to take a decision on the criteria that will be used in determining whether sufficient change has taken place in the nature and balance of food advertising to obviate the need for legislation. | | (67952) | 405
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 452W, on the Health White Paper, when she expects the review of NHS walk-in centre funding arrangements to report; and when she expects to publish it. | | (68053) | 406
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Herceptin at treating early stage breast cancer. | | (67806) | 407
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has received from the National Cancer Director on the merits of prescribing Herceptin to treat early stage breast cancer. | | (67807) | 408
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in England have applied to be treated with Herceptin for early stage breast cancer and are awaiting funding. | | (67808) | 409
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she defines exceptional circumstances with regard to the prescription of Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer; and whether she has issued guidelines to primary care trusts on the definition. | | (67809) | 410
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the prescription of Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer. | | (67960) | 411
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts in England may refuse to prescribe Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer on the grounds of its cost. | | (67962) | 412
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts in England have been given written guidance on the circumstances under which it is acceptable to refuse to prescribe Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer. | | (67963) | 413
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to issue its guidelines on the prescription of Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer. | | (67964) | 414
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is to each primary care trust in England of a course of Herceptin for patients with early stage breast cancer. | | (67971) | 415
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what European drug prescription agencies have issued guidelines on the prescription of Herceptin to patients with early stage breast cancer. | | (68038) | 416
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will seek to amend the Anatomy Act 1984 to prevent the public exhibition for profit of plasticised cadavers; and if she will make a statement. | | (67284) | 417
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in England have category (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 accident and emergency departments. | | (67560) | 418
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding has been provided to implement Agenda for Change in the Trent Strategic Health Authority in each financial year since 2004-05; and what such funding is planned for each year to 2008-09. | | (67849) | 419
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions she has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67526) | 420
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in her Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67983) | 421
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in her Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (67984) | 422
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in her Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68018) | 423
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2726W, on the Public Appointments Annual Report, when the NHS Appointments Commission will publish a list of the appointments to the bodies for which it is responsible. | | (67445) | 424
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 15th March. | | (67128) | 425
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 10th March. | | (67129) | 426
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the new rules restricting the employment of non-European Economic Area doctors on such doctors working in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (67273) | 427
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors who are non-European Economic Area citizens who work in the NHS received their medical training in the United Kingdom; how many received their training in another part of the European Economic Area; and if she will make a statement. | | (67274) | 428
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on the business impact of the time taken by the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to process product licence and labelling applications; and if she will make a statement. | | (67264) | 429
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether applications to the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for European procedures in handling product licence applications are given priority over national procedure applications; and if she will make a statement. | | (67298) | 430
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the length of time taken by the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to acknowledge an application for a product licence (a) is measured and (b) is included in the processing time reported by the agency. | | (67299) | 431
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many changes to labelling applications were considered by the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and what the longest time taken to process an application was in each year. | | (67300) | 432
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish detailed proposals on how pharmacies may operate with remote supervision by a pharmacist. | | (67341) | 433
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to permit a pharmacist to act as the responsible pharmacist for more than one community pharmacy. | | (67342) | 434
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the progress of the Better Regulation for Over the Counter Medicines Initiative. | | (67797) | 435
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to establish a means of standardising patient packs; and if she will make a statement. | | (68040) | 436
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research her Department has examined on the management of obesity in adolescents through the use of beverages containing calorie-free sweeteners; and if she will make a statement. | | (67827) | 437
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to encourage drink manufacturers further to promote the use of calorie-free sweeteners in soft drinks marketed to children. | | (67831) | 438
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce childhood obesity; and if she will make a statement. | | (67832) | 439
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of children in England are (a) overweight and (b) obese; what the targets are in relation to childhood obesity; and what assessment she has made of the progress made to date in achieving those targets. | | (67844) | 440
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name and (b) location is of (i) each of the independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) which were established at part of the first wave of the ISTC programme and (ii) each ISTC which is planned in the second wave; and if she will make a statement on the progress of the programme. | | (67861) | 441
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals had (a) a 24 hour accident and emergency department and (b) another accident and emergency facility in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2006; and in which NHS hospitals with 24 hour provision there are confirmed plans to end such provision. | | (67862) | 442
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions babies needing admission to a neonatal intensive care unit were unable to be placed in the nearest neonatal intensive care unit because the unit was full in the last month for which figures are available; what assessment she has made of the implications of the level of provision of beds in special care baby units on the ability of trusts to move babies out of neonatal intensive care units; and if she will make a statement. | | (67864) | 443
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) neo-natal intensive care beds and (b) special care baby unit beds there were in the NHS in (i) 1995 and (ii) 2005; and in which hospitals those beds were provided in each year. | | (67865) | 444
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the UK Government will encourage the European Commission to support changes in regulations to enable pharmaceutical companies to provide information directly to patients about prescription medicines; and if she will make a statement. | | (67953) | 445
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) diabetes sufferers who are reliant on animal insulin will be guaranteed security of supply and (b) the monopoly position of Wockhardt UK is not exploited once Novo Nordisk discontinues its supplies at the end of 2007. | | (67954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 446
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether judges' recommendations on the desirability of deportation at the end of the sentence are routinely placed on prisoners' files; and if he will make a statement. | | (67469) | 447
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions were issued to prisons on the procedures to be followed in relation to foreign national criminals and their consideration for deportation or removal prior to September 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (67470) | 448
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an official in the Prison Service who is responsible for foreign national prisoners; and if he will make a statement. | | (67471) | 449
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the nationality of prisoners is routinely recorded on their files; and if he will make a statement. | | (67473) | 450
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether each prisoner held by the prison department has a file; whether the filing system is computerised; and if he will make a statement. | | (67475) | 451
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Immigration and Nationality Directorate is taking to encourage the voluntary return of failed asylum applicants in detention for criminal offences. | | (67494) | 452
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Immigration and Nationality Directorate has taken to ensure that travel documentation for failed asylum applicants in detention for criminal offences is issued in a timely fashion. | | (67495) | 453
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target the Immigration and Nationality Directorate sets for the period within which cases of failed asylum applicants in detention for criminal offences which are referred to them should be reviewed. | | (67569) | 454
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the prisons which have not referred serious offenders for consideration for deportation prior to release; and if he will make a statement. | | (67572) | 455
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all prisons routinely refer foreign national prisoners for consideration for deportation and removal; and if he will make a statement. | | (67574) | 456
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the non-referral of foreign national criminals for consideration for deportation or removal; and if he will make a statement. | | (67575) | 457
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a unit in his Department with responsibility for liaison between the Prison Service and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and if he will make a statement. | | (67576) | 458
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an individual officer in the Prison Service with responsibility for referring foreign national criminals for consideration for deportation or removal; and if he will make a statement. | | (67578) | 459
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 107 foreign nationals released from prison whose whereabouts are known to the Home Office should have been deported; and how many his Department has identified as living in Oxfordshire. | | (67209) | 460
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners have been released from Bullingdon prison without being considered for deportation in the last 12 months. | | (67210) | 461
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners who have completed their sentences and have not been voluntarily deported remain at (a) Bullingdon Prison and (b) HM prisons in England and Wales. | | (67211) | 462
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were detained at (a) Highdown and (b) Downview prisons on 1st July 2005; how many of these were foreign nationals; and how many had not had their nationalities determined. | | (68060) | 463
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign nationals detained at (a) Highdown and (b) Downview prison on 1st July 2005 had been released by 1st April 2006; and how many of those released have subsequently been deported. | | (68061) | 464
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the differences between figures given in the England and Wales Findings Paper 265 and the latest Home Office Drug Seizures and Offenders Statistical bulletin in relation to seizures of methadone in 2000 and cocaine and heroin in 2001. | | (67894) | 465
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67776) | 466
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on police refusing to obtain a court production order on the grounds (a) of cost and (b) that the victim has suffered small financial loss. | | (66636) | 467
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are Government guidelines on thresholds for the level of financial loss that a victim of crime needs to suffer before the police may pursue a court production order as part of their investigations. | | (66900) | 468
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders who have been released on Home Detention Curfew since April 2005 were not tagged on the day they were released. | | (67692) | 469
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place in prisons to ensure that when halal meat is offered to prisoners as an alternative, non-halal meat is also made available. | | (67974) | 470
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the review of segregation units in prisons. | | (66994) | 471
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek the resignation of (a) the head of MI5 and (b) members of her staff in connection with the Omagh bombing. | | (67213) | 472
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times he has offered his resignation to the Prime Minister; and on what dates. | | (67908) | 473
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates have been deported on release from prisons in the UK in each week of 2006 to date. | | (67686) | 474
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his written statement of 25th April 2006, Official Report, columns 37-8WS, on deportation and removal of foreign nationals, how many foreign national prisoners have been released without the appropriate consideration of deportation or removal who on conviction had a previous home address in a London borough, broken down by (a) borough and (b) offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (67563) | 475
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his written statement of 25th April 2006, Official Report, columns 37-8WS, on deportation and removal of foreign nationals, how many foreign national prisoners have been released from each London prison without the appropriate consideration of deportation or removal, broken down by offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (67564) | 476
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens settled in the UK in (a) 2005 and (b) 2004. | | (67694) | 477
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people became British citizens in the 2005 calendar year. | | (67766) | 478
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list his Department's (a) advisory bodies and (b) committees concerned with animal health and welfare; and if he will make a statement. | | (67179) | 479
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much in benefits has been granted to Mr Nabeel Sami Fathallah (HO Ref 10776940) since his arrival in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (67392) | 480
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitors to the UK travelling on visas issued in Amman, Jordan, have applied for asylum following arrival in the UK, in each of the last five years; what their country of origin was; and if he will make a statement. | | (67394) | 481
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from prison in each year since February 1999 have subsequently reoffended, broken down by category of those subsequent offences in (a) England and Wales and (b) Gloucestershire. | | (67474) | 482
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) instructions and (b) guidance relating to foreign national prisoners he has issued to (i) the Governor of each prison in Gloucestershire, (ii) the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Constabulary, (iii) the Chairman of Gloucestershire Police Authority and (iv) the head of the Probation Service in Gloucestershire; and if he will place copies of that guidance in the Library. | | (67476) | 483
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national criminals have been released from Gloucestershire prisons in each year since February 1999, broken down by (a) prison and (b) offence. | | (67477) | 484
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national criminals are being held in prison in Gloucestershire, broken down by (a) prison and (b) offence. | | (67478) | 485
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which retail outlets are allowed to hold passport application forms. | | (67763) | 486
| Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants whose applications have been rejected were detained pending removal from the UK but subsequently released before removal in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (67891) | 487
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners whose sentence included a recommendation for deporation have been (a) released and (b) released onto parole from Shepton Mallet prison since 1999; and how many were duly deported. | | (67756) | 488
N | Mr Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & North Hykeham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from prison since 1st August 2005 have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of criminal offences, broken down by offence. | | (67616) | 489
| Mr Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & North Hykeham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign nationals released since 1st July 2005 were the subject of a judicial recommendation that consideration should be given as to their deportation; and for what offences offenders subject to such a recommendation were convicted. | | (67666) | 490
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with EU counterparts in controlling illegal immigration into the EU; and if he will make a statement. | | (67307) | 491
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the foreign prisoners released without being considered for deportation are currently thought to be in Scotland. | | (67463) | 492
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has identified any failures by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate or Immigration Service in relation to foreign prisoners released by the Scottish Prison Service. | | (67464) | 493
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he alerted the Scottish Executive or the Scottish Prison Service to concerns over the operation of the system for deporting foreign prisoners. | | (67465) | 494
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of resources have been diverted to tracking down the 1,023 foreign prisoners released without being considered for deportation. | | (67466) | 495
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the quantities of each drug that have been confiscated in prisons in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (67758) | 496
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance is being given to Cambridgeshire Constabulary to tackle incidents of youth crime and anti-social behaviour in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (66335) | 497
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are detained at HMP Peterborough; what percentage of the total prison population at HMP Peterborough this represents; how many foreign nationals were released from HMP Peterborough in the 12 months to 31st March 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (67311) | 498
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time police officers there were as at 1st April 2006 in the (a) Northern, (b) Central and (c) Southern Division Basic Command Units of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary; and if he will make a statement. | | (67442) | 499
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made with the Government's Respect Agenda in the Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (67444) | 500
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for offences involving using a hand-held mobile telephone when driving a motor vehicle in (a) South Wales, (b) Gwent, (c) North Wales and (d) Dyfed Powys police force areas. | | (67166) | 501
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by his Department with internet service providers in preventing access to graphic images of child abuse via the internet. | | (67167) | 502
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to an individual of (a) losing their identity card and (b) it being stolen. | | (67285) | 503
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the commercial value to the Government of the information stored about individuals in the National Identity Register. | | (67286) | 504
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions the Government plans on the use of the National Identity Registration Number by private-sector bodies. | | (67287) | 505
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the data controller will be for the National Identity Register. | | (67288) | 506
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of parliamentary questions on the subject of the identity cards scheme Ministers have (a) refused to answer and (b) given an incomplete answer to on grounds of commercial confidentiality in the current Parliamentary Session. | | (67289) | 507
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will supply complete answers to parliamentary questions to which answers have previously been refused on grounds of commercial confidentiality once a contractor for the National Identity Register has been selected. | | (67290) | 508
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected cost is to public funds of vetting the staff employed by contractors operating the National Identity Register; and what the expected cost is to the operation of the National Identity Register of the time taken to carry out such vetting. | | (67291) | 509
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected average salary is of persons who will have (a) any access to the National Identity Register and (b) physical access to the equipment which stores it. | | (67292) | 510
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there exists a prohibition in law on supplying data from the National Identity Register to a foreign government for purposes connected with (a) national security and (b) the prevention and detection of crime. | | (67293) | 511
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the funding arrangements proposed for setting up the all-Wales police force meet the requirements of the local government finance acts. | | (67829) | 512
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mechanism will be for the equalisation of council tax precepts across Wales following the proposed merger of the four Welsh police forces. | | (67830) | 513
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 24th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S Akhtar. | | (67487) | 514
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 13th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Dr S Brooskol. | | (67488) | 515
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 13th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Earl Anthony Clarke. | | (67489) | 516
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to him dated 6th March from the Right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Khalid Rashid Malik. | | (67490) | 517
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate why a constituent, Mr John Rose, has not received his licence or passport following the undertaking by the Minister to raise the case with the Security Industry Authority. | | (67161) | 518
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67361) | 519
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of (a) (i) racist and (ii) homophobic crimes and (b) religiously aggravated crimes in each year since 1997 in (A) each region in England and (B) the Tees Valley. | | (67192) | 520
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of crimes against (a) Jews, (b) Muslims, (c) Hindus, (d) Sikhs and (e) Christians in (i) each region in England and (ii) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. | | (67193) | 521
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases the police do not know the current residential addresses of (a) former convicted prisoners and (b) foreign national prisoners who are subject to supervision following release. | | (67659) | 522
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) former convicted prisoners and (b) foreign national former convicted prisoners are subject to supervision in the community following their release. | | (67660) | 523
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are listed on the Register of Sex Offenders; and for how many such people a current residential address is not known to the police. | | (67661) | 524
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 61153, (b) 61154 and (c) 61155 tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury, on the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, to which his Department gave a holding reply on 27th March. | | (67768) | 525
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2006, Official Report, column 1598W, on police, whether the statistical series of deaths during or following police contact produced by his Department's Police Leadership and Powers Unit will now (a) cease, (b) be taken over by the Independent Police Complaints Commission or (c) continue to be produced by his Department and be accessible via links on the Commission's website. | | (67535) | 526
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are detained in young offenders institutions. | | (67641) | 527
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are held at HMP Long Lartin; and what proportion of the prison's population this represents. | | (67236) | 528
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from HMP Long Lartin since February 1999 have (a) been deported and (b) not been deported; and for what crimes they have been imprisoned. | | (67237) | 529
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department has taken to ensure the adequate treatment of detainees with tuberculosis in (a) Colnbrook and (b) Harmondsworth detention centres. | | (67759) | 530
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have gone on hunger strike in (a) Colnbrook and (b) Harmondsworth detention centres since January 2005; how many are on hunger strike; and what action has been taken to address the grievances of those who are on hunger strike. | | (67760) | 531
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times since January 2004 have external units been deployed in (a) Colnbrook and (b) Harmondsworth detention centres to deal with disturbances by detainees. | | (67761) | 532
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has considered allowing people to pay for their passport in instalments when biometric passports are introduced. | | (66897) | 533
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement of 26th April 2006 on the deportation and removal of foreign nationals, how many of the foreign nationals recently released who were placed on the sex offenders register have complied with the terms of their release. | | (67390) | 534
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign nationals recently released convicted of murder have been subject to supervision orders on release; and how many have complied with the terms of those orders. | | (67391) | 535
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 974, has been withdrawn from the Vote Office of the House. | | (67265) | 536
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused entry to the United Kingdom on the basis of (a) a positive test for tuberculosis and (b) other conditions with public health implications in each of the last five years. | | (67427) | 537
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of immigrants with tuberculosis who entered the United Kingdom at each point of entry in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (67428) | 538
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained in each UK immigration detention centre in each of the last five years; and for how long each was detained. | | (68079) | 539
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternatives he has considered to the detention of children in immigration detention centres. | | (68080) | 540
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals there are in prison in England and Wales with each type of immigration status; and what percentage of the total number of foreign nationals in prison this represents in each case. | | (67557) | 541
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals there were in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 1996. | | (67558) | 542
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken in the last 12 months to make his Department more fuel efficient. | | (67454) | 543
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of (a) ministerial salaries and private offices and (b) the three top tiers of officials and their offices in his Department in 2005-06. | | (67455) | 544
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whose responsibility it is to ensure that the Prison Service communicates with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate about foreign nationals leaving prison. | | (67456) | 545
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed by (a) the Prison Service and (b) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and how many were employed in each case in May 1997. | | (67457) | 546
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are (a) awaiting trial and (b) helping police with enquiries. | | (67458) | 547
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the top three grades are paid from his Department's budget. | | (67459) | 548
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants are thought to be in the UK. | | (67460) | 549
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in the UK are seeking permission to remain because they do not have up to date paperwork granting them residence. | | (67461) | 550
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many countries of the world he has judged to be sufficiently under the rule of law to offer no threat of torture or abuse to their nationals. | | (67462) | 551
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been given by the police to his Department in relation to a possible relaxation to the handgun legislation for Olympic target shooters. | | (67140) | 552
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun crimes have been committed in the past five years using .22 calibre sports pistols. | | (67143) | 553
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of audited accounts he uses in relation to stipulations for indefinite leave to remain as a business person in the United Kingdom. | | (67496) | 554
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to Question 64418, what progress the Assets Recovery Agency has made in meeting its targets; and if he will list completed cases, broken down by (a) regional recovery team and (b) value of realised receipts. | | (67625) | 555
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Director of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 7th February 2006 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Gertrude Chiduku, Home Office reference C1083301, acknowledgement reference B3690/6. | | (67767) | 556
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67523) | 557
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67991) | 558
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67992) | 559
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68016) | 560
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 337W, on prisons, how many cases of (a) foreign nationals and (b) dual nationals have been referred to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate by the Prison Service in each of the last three years. | | (67004) | 561
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 17th January on behalf of Mrs McLeish, Meadow Road, Oldbury. | | (67205) | 562
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set a limit on the amount that can be charged by wheel clamping companies for (a) the removal of a wheel clamp, (b) the recovery of a vehicle that has been removed and (c) vehicle storage costs. | | (67296) | 563
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 359W, on the security industry, when the Department expects to clear the backlog of licences. | | (67691) | 564
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures the UK Immigration Service follows relevant to the handling of cases where a Scottish judge has recommended a foreign national on sentencing to be deported on release. | | (67584) | 565
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Prison Service on foreign national prisoners recommended for deportation who are serving their sentence in Scottish prison. | | (67589) | 566
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he first raised the issue of release of foreign national criminals with (a) the Scottish Prison Service and (b) the Scottish Executive; and what discussions his Department had with each on the matter. | | (67590) | 567
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted of serious offences and serving sentences in Scottish prisons who were recommended for deportation by a court were subsequently (a) deported and (b) released since January 1999. | | (67592) | 568
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted of serious offences and serving sentences in Scottish prisons have been (a) recommended for deportation by a court, (b) considered for deportation by his Department, (c) deported by his Department and (d) released without deportation at the end of their sentence since January 1999. | | (67593) | 569
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted of serious offences (a) are serving a sentence in Scottish prisons and (b) have served sentences in Scottish prisons since January 1999. | | (67617) | 570
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the risk assessment undertaken on the proposed reorganisation of probation boards and their services. | | (67301) | 571
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is given to spouse applicants for entry into the UK on (a) their legal rights and (b) their entitlement to recourse to public funds. | | (67903) | 572
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances public funds are made available to support a spouse entrant to the UK within the probationary period who alleges domestic abuse or violence. | | (67904) | 573
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the statement by Lord Bassam of Brighton in the House of Lords on 28th June 2005, Official Report, column 231, that there has been a fair measure of agreement on the thresholds in the Charities Bill, with particular reference to the charge for charities to register with the Charity Commission. | | (66891) | 574
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Oral Statement, Official Report, on 26th April, how many foreign prisoners were released from each prison before a decision had been taken on their deportation. | | (67587) | 575
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people sentenced to more than (a) five and (b) 10 years were received into prison in each year since 1990; and what estimate has been made of the likely numbers over the next 10 years. | | (67344) | 576
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child prisoners have been delivered to each young offenders institution after 8 p.m. in each of the last 12 months. | | (67345) | 577
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what areas of the prison estate the National Offender Management Service has taken over direct responsibility. | | (67346) | 578
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the change in the cost of a place in Ashfield Young Offenders Institution between 2003-04 and 2004-05. | | (67347) | 579
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of which of the projected prison population scenarios outlined in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 10/05 is most likely to occur; and if he will make a statement. | | (67348) | 580
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the prison population was on 31st March; how many unoccupied prison places there were; and in which prisons they were located. | | (67349) | 581
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 18 year olds were remanded to custody by each youth court in each year since 2000; and what percentage of sentences for under-18s this represented in each case. | | (67350) | 582
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list inquiries into charities with annual incomes of less than £1,000,000 undertaken by the Charity Commission in each of the last 10 years; and what the annual income of the charity concerned was in each case. | | (67900) | 583
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police precepts will be harmonised throughout the local authority areas covered by the new regional police force in Yorkshire and the Humber; and if he will make a statement. | | (67509) | 584
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the proposed timetable is for the establishment of the new Yorkshire and Humber Regional Police Force; and if he will make a statement. | | (67510) | 585
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost involved in the re-organisation of existing police forces into the Yorkshire and Humber Regional force is; and from where the required resources will be provided. | | (67511) | 586
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether existing plans for police capital expenditure within North Yorkshire and York will be honoured by the new Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Police Authority. | | (67512) | 587
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether existing North Yorkshire Police Force and Police Authority (a) revenue and (b) capital balances will be ring-fenced for use exclusively within the North Yorkshire and York local authority areas. | | (67611) | 588
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who he met during his recent visit to Albania; what matters were discussed; and if he will make a statement. | | (67267) | 589
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the foreign nationals recently released from prison and recommended for deportation, broken down by (a) prison from which they were released, (b) date of release and (c) offence; how many have re-offended since release; and in how many cases current whereabouts are unknown. | | (67570) | 590
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are being held in Bronzefield Prison in Ashford, broken down by offence; when each is due for release; and how many have been recommended by a judge for deportation. | | (67571) | 591
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) instructions and (b) guidance have been issued to (i) the Director of Bronzefield Prison, (ii) the Chief Constable of Surrey and (iii) the Surrey Police Authority on procedures relating to the future release of foreign nationals from Bronzefield Prison. | | (67573) | 592
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by the Criminal Cases Review Commission to comply with the Order of the Divisional Court in the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland made on 22nd June 2005 in connection with the application by John Joseph Tourney for judicial review of a decision by the Commission. | | (67690) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 593
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) nursery and creche places and (b) other facilities are provided for the children of employees of the House of Commons. | | (67277) | 594
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent representations the Commission has received on the provision of nursery and creche places on the House of Commons estate. | | (67295) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 595
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67777) | 596
| Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the UK Government is taking to assist in the provision of clean drinking water for the people of Halabja in Iraq. | | (67378) | 597
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of severely malnourished children in Darfur over recent months. | | (67873) | 598
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution the United Kingdom has made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals; and what recent assessment his Department has made of the timescale for the goals to be achieved. | | (67888) | 599
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list his Department's (a) advisory bodies and (b) committees concerned with animal health and welfare; and if he will make a statement. | | (67181) | 600
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the funding for Shell's proposed Sakhalin II development and the requirements of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Environmental policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (67239) | 601
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people have received sanitation and clean water as a result of the implementation of the EU Water Initiative in the four years since its inception. | | (67579) | 602
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many trade delegations to the UK from each sub-saharan country have received funding from the Department's bilateral country programme since 1997. | | (67818) | 603
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful bids there were by each sub-saharan country for grants from the Trade Related Capacity Building Fund in each of the last eight years; and how much was allocated to each successful bid. | | (67819) | 604
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67520) | 605
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67995) | 606
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67996) | 607
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68014) | 608
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department made available to the Gurkha Welfare Scheme in 2005-06; what such support is planned for 2006-07; and what the reasons are for the change in the level of support. | | (66364) | 609
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided to pro-democracy groups related to Burma in the last three financial periods. | | (67609) | Questions to the Leader of the House 610
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67525) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 611
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 499W on police, how many people were in each category of applicants. | | (67133) | 612
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2006, Official Report, column 899W on CCTV coverage (Londonderry), when CCTV coverage at the Irish Street/Top of the Hill interface will be provided. | | (67134) | 613
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what Government support is available for those involved in riding for the disabled activities in Northern Ireland. | | (67135) | 614
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 489W on Intertrade Ireland, what affirmative action measures have been approved by Intertrade Ireland. | | (67136) | 615
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the change in the condition of children's teeth and general dental care over the past five years in Northern Ireland. | | (67137) | 616
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in the number of households in Northern Ireland was for the period between March 2005 and February 2006. | | (67542) | 617
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fixed speeding cameras in Northern Ireland have been found to be faulty or not working in the last 12 months. | | (67544) | 618
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of self harm among prisoners there have been at (a) Maghaberry and (b) Magilligan Prisons in each of the last five years. | | (67546) | 619
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the five most common causes of death from preventable diseases were among (a) men and (b) women in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (67547) | 620
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in the number of people (a) presenting themselves and (b) assessed by the Housing Executive as homeless in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (67548) | 621
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change there has been in the number of people employed full-time on farms in Northern Ireland over the past 10 years. | | (67549) | 622
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were found to be abusing the blue badge scheme in 2005. | | (67583) | 623
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67778) | 624
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much EU income was secured in each of the last 10 financial years for projects emanating from Northern Ireland. | | (68064) | 625
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much EU money was (a) allocated and (b) expended in respect of each source of EU funding in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 financial years. | | (68065) | 626
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many residential nursing care beds for elderly people there are in the City of Lisburn. | | (67389) | 627
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers in Northern Ireland have taken early retirement enhanced packages in each of the last five years in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector, (c) integrated sector, (d) Irish language medium sector and (e) independent sector. | | (67582) | 628
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent teachers have been employed in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years in the (a) controlled sector, (b) maintained sector, (c) integrated sector, (d) Irish language medium sector and (e) independent sector. | | (67586) | 629
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what have been been the total annual (a) commercial and (b) domestic rates collected in each of the last five years in (a) Lisburn City Council, (b) Antrim Borough Council, (c) Newtownabbey Borough Council and (d) Carrickfergus Borough Council. | | (67618) | 630
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have been caused by road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (67619) | 631
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many valid planning applications have been received by the Divisional Planning Office in (a) Downpatrick and (b) Craigavon in each of the last five years. | | (67620) | 632
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning approvals have been received by the Divisional Planning Office in (a) Downpatrick and (b) Craigavon in each of the last five years. | | (67621) | 633
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of time taken to process a planning application from application to approval is in the (a) Downpatrick and (b) Craigavon Divisional Planning Office. | | (67622) | 634
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the expected timescale is for a public inquiry into the Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area plan. | | (67623) | 635
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will publish the report on the review of pre-school education provision in Northern Ireland. | | (67624) | 636
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps will be taken in the context of the investment strategy to tackle (a) community and (b) geographic differentials in (i) economic inactivity, (ii) unemployment and (iii) housing allocation. | | (67212) | 637
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will review plans to give MI5 primacy on national security in Northern Ireland following confirmation by the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) that MI5 did not pass on to the PSNI threat information relating to Omagh prior to the 1998 Omagh bombing. | | (67297) | 638
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list his visits to Northern Ireland together with the purpose and duration of each such visit since 1st January. | | (67597) | 639
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67369) | 640
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people resident in Northern Ireland are on the Register of Sex Offenders; and in how many of those cases the police do not know the offender's current residential address. | | (67658) | 641
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many primary school pupils were referred for speech therapy in each of the past five years, broken down by postcode. | | (67183) | 642
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce legislation to make money laundering a terrorist-related offence. | | (67202) | 643
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of children in each (a) grammar school and (b) other secondary school in Northern Ireland receive free school meals. | | (67815) | 644
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average class size was in each (a) grammar school and (b) other secondary school in Northern Ireland in each of the past 10 years. | | (67816) | 645
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average funding per child was in each (a) grammar school and (b) other secondary school in Northern Ireland in each of the past 10 years. | | (67817) | 646
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will collect and collate information on the distribution of social economy companies at ward level in Northern Ireland. | | (67822) | 647
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total value was of central government funding in Northern Ireland in each of the past 30 years at today's prices. | | (67823) | 648
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many registered drug addicts there are in each (a) ward, (b) county and (c) constituency in Northern Ireland; what percentage of the total this represents in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (67932) | 649
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will collect and collate statistics on (a) the incidence of childhood dental caries, (b) childhood and adult obesity and (c) the number of childcare places in Northern Ireland at (i) ward and (ii) sub-ward level. | | (67933) | 650
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will collect and collate statistics on literacy levels in Northern Ireland at (a) ward and (b) sub-ward level. | | (68034) | 651
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of children are on Sure Start schemes in each (a) ward, (b) county and (c) constituency in Northern Ireland. | | (68035) | 652
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of children in each (a) ward, (b) county and (c) constituency in Northern Ireland (i) have special educational needs and (ii) are statemented. | | (68036) | 653
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who is conducting the recently announced review of senior Northern Ireland civil servants' travelling expenses; what the terms of reference of the review are; what stage the review has reached; what discussions the review team have had with senior civil servants as part of the review. | | (67504) | 654
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who is conducting the recently announced review of the organisation of conferences requiring input from senior Northern Ireland civil servants; what the terms of reference for the review are; what stage the review has reached; and what discussions the review team have had with senior civil servants as part of the review. | | (67505) | 655
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what average number of hours per week each Minister in his Department spent working in each of the departments for which they are responsible in the last 12 months. | | (67513) | 656
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits were made by each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years to each (a) constituency and (b) council area. | | (67514) | 657
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) the other Ministers in his Department have accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67515) | 658
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in (i) each department in Northern Ireland and (ii) the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether this includes liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68005) | 659
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days sick leave were taken (a) in total and (b) as a result of stress in (i) each department in Northern Ireland and (ii) the Northern Ireland office in each of the last three years, broken down by grade. | | (68006) | 660
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been medically retired in (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years. | | (68007) | 661
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in (a) each Northern Ireland department and (b) the Northern Ireland Office have been disciplined for using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (68008) | 662
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Office have been (i) disciplined and (ii) dismissed for inappropriate use of the internet while at work in each of the last five years. | | (68009) | 663
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in (a) each Northern Ireland department and (b) the Northern Ireland Office have been enabled to work from home for part of the week in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (68010) | 664
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Department of Education has spent in Northern Ireland to date in 2006. | | (67201) | 665
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which sewerage stations in Northern Ireland are not meeting standards set out in EU directives. | | (67407) | 666
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent over the past 10 years on maintenance of (a) the A8 road between Larne and Belfast, (b) the A2 road between Carrickfergus and Belfast, (c) the A1 road between Lisburn and Newry and (d) the A26 road between Antrim and Ballymena. | | (67639) | 667
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in the past 10 years on maintenance of the railway line between (a) Bangor and Belfast, (b) Larne and Belfast and (c) Lisburn and Newry. | | (67640) | Questions to the Prime Minister 668
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions when he has condemned (a) suicide and (b) other terrorist attacks in Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (67936) | 669
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Arab states about suicide bombings in Israel; what response he has received; and if he will make a statement. | | (67937) | 670
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has discussed the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 with (a) junior and (b) Cabinet Ministers; and if he will make a statement. | | (67938) | 671
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Prime Minister, on which dates the Cabinet Secretary advised him of the application of the Ministerial Code of Conduct in relation to the relationship between the Deputy Prime Minister and a civil servant. | | (67792) | 672
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Prime Minister, what advice has been issued to ministers on the presence of civil servants at Labour Party events during elections. | | (67798) | 673
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Prime Minister, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Office and employees of other departments working in Downing Street; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for children of such employees. | | (67373) | 674
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2006, Official Report, column 815W, what the evidential basis was for his statement that the Government will meet its Kyoto targets. | | (68078) | 675
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, what guidance he has issued to Ministers who may wish (a) to podcast and (b) to blog. | | (67559) | 676
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent on (a) furnishings, (b) repairs and (c) decorating for (i) 10 Downing Street and (ii) Chequers in each of the last five years. | | (67531) | 677
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 678
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67779) | 679
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67367) | 680
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67528) | 681
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67987) | 682
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67988) | 683
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68020) | Questions to the Solicitor General 684
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) males and (b) females in each branch of the Crown Prosecution Service have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed in the last 10 years as a result of a complaint against them of (i) bullying and (ii) sexual harassment being upheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (67943) | 685
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how much compensation the Crown Prosecution Service has paid out in each the last 10 years as a result of complaints of (a) bullying and (b) sexual harassment being upheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (67944) | 686
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67517) | 687
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute insurance fraud. | | (67203) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 688
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress the Government has made in discussions on the exemption of the organ pipe manufacturing industry from EU Directives on restrictions on hazardous substances and waste electrical and electronic equipment. | | (67159) | 689
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's policy is on the removal of share certificates under a programme of dematerialisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (67757) | 690
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67780) | 691
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment tribunal rulings on cases of constructive dismissal found in favour of the claimants where allegations of sexual harassment of a subordinate were upheld in each of the last five years. | | (67961) | 692
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of defence equipment sold by UK defence manufacturers to (a) Iran, (b) China and (c) Turkey in 2005. | | (68076) | 693
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government will announce the findings of its consultation on the proposed content of companies' Business Reviews. | | (67492) | 694
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures have been taken by his Department to increase the effectiveness of shareholders' voting rights. | | (67588) | 695
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has had discussions with the Corporate Responsibility Coalition on the Company Law Reform Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (67591) | 696
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his plans are for bringing forward proposals to Chapter 6, Part 15 of the Company Law Reform Bill. | | (67594) | 697
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on replacing Part 31 of the Company Law Reform Bill. | | (67595) | 698
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many successful prosecutions there were for offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06; and how much was collected in fines arising from such prosecutions in each year. | | (67626) | 699
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have been prosecuted in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland for offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 since 1991. | | (67627) | 700
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, columns 547-8W, on European public procurement law, what changes the two new European Commission public procurement directives made to public procurement procedures in the UK; and what estimate his Department has made of the financial effects on small and medium-sized enterprises of these changes. | | (66949) | 701
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what stage his Department's consultation on which areas will be covered by assisted area status is; and what representations he has received in favour of maintaining the status quo in Merseyside. | | (67603) | 702
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what he assessment he has made of how the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council's changes to the funding of the UK Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network will affect amateur astronomers. | | (67752) | 703
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on employees' learning centres in (a) 2005 and (b) 2004. | | (67909) | 704
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on advertising in the press and radio on the question of the national minimum wage in (a) 2005 and (b) 2004. | | (67910) | 705
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list his Department's (a) advisory bodies and (b) committees concerned with animal health and welfare; and if he will make a statement. | | (67177) | 706
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) Ministry of Defence and (c) Department for International Development regarding the Arms Trade Treaty; and if he will make a statement. | | (67834) | 707
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the proposed review of the Export Control Act 2002 is expected to commence; and which body he plans to ask to carry out the review. | | (67835) | 708
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 675W, on gas supplies, if he will provide his Department's detailed calculations based on the IMF data and the Royal Bank of Scotland data which were used as the basis for the statement on German gas prices. | | (67468) | 709
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the impact of (a) light pollution and (b) aircraft vapour trails on the location of the EU Extremely Large Telescope. | | (67315) | 710
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where the EU Extremely Large Telescope is expected to be located. | | (67316) | 711
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which organisations are involved in the European Extremely Large Telescope project; and in which country each is based. | | (67317) | 712
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices there are in Wales; and how many there were in 1997. | | (67397) | 713
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of a reappraisal of the Severn Barrage project as part of the Government's energy review. | | (67242) | 714
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken since his written ministerial statement of 27th January 2005, Official Report, columns 33-4WS, on domestic dog and cat fur (alleged imports), to investigate the alleged import of domestic cat and dog fur into the UK. | | (68077) | 715
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on foreign travel by (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department in 2005-06. | | (67451) | 716
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps have been taken to make his Department's headquarters building in Victoria Street more fuel efficient in the last two years. | | (67452) | 717
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list serious breaches of safety procedures in each nuclear power station in each of the past 30 years. | | (67820) | 718
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the recommended decommissioning dates are for each nuclear power station built in the UK; and what the (a) recommended and (b) actual decommisioning date was for nuclear power stations which have been decommissioned. | | (67821) | 719
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many interruptions to power supply from (a) nuclear, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) coal and (e) renewables generation there have been in each of the past 30 years. | | (67824) | 720
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of decommissioning (a) nuclear, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) coal and (e) renewables generating installations and platforms in each of the past 30 years; and what projections have been made for the next 10 years. | | (68027) | 721
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of UK energy was generated from (a) nuclear, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) coal and (e) renewables sources in each of the past 30 years. | | (68028) | 722
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much public subsidy was given to the (a) nuclear, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) coal and (e) renewables generating industries in each of the past 30 years. | | (68029) | 723
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average energy cost was of power generation from (a) nuclear, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) coal and (e) renewables in each of the past 30 years at today's prices (i) excluding and (ii) including public subsidy. | | (68030) | 724
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantity of (a) carbon dioxide and (b) other emissions were generated by (i) nuclear, (ii) oil, (iii) gas, (iv) coal and (v) renewables generation in each of the past 30 years. | | (68033) | 725
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67519) | 726
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67997) | 727
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67998) | 728
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68013) | 729
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of renewable energy generated in the UK in the last period for which figures are available came from landfill gas; and how many landfill gas sites there are. | | (67139) | 730
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) competitiveness and (b) business growth of the commercial exploitation by public sector information holders of data provided to them by citizens or collected in the course of carrying out their non-commercial responsibilities. | | (67803) | 731
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has commissioned a study on the competitiveness of the Post Office in handling (a) television licence purchases and (b) other payment transactions. | | (67906) | 732
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance he is giving to TVR to find a new business location in Lancashire. | | (67805) | 733
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on negotiations between the European Commission and the United States authorities regarding tariffs applied to hotelware. | | (67157) | 734
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date his Department (a) indicated its agreement to HM Treasury that the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Fund constituted hereditary revenues of the Crown and (b) discovered that the fund had been conclusively so determined by HM Treasury; by what means and by whom the Treasury's determination was communicated to his Department; and if he will place copies of all relevant communications in the Library. | | (67596) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 735
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission research to review the extent of airline self regulation and assess the impact of commercial practices in the airline industry on operational safety. | | (67472) | 736
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in road accidents in Essex, excluding Southend and Thurrock, in each year between 1995 and 2004. | | (66955) | 737
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirement there is under the New Approach to Appraisal to quantify the carbon dioxide impact of each road scheme he approves. | | (68054) | 738
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage change in real terms has been of the costs of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus and (c) train since 1997. | | (68057) | 739
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments have been made of the impact on climate change of decisions taken by his Department since it assumed joint responsibility for the Public Service Agreement target on reducing climate change emissions in April 2005; and if he will publish those assessments. | | (67833) | 740
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67781) | 741
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of traffic delays related to the Dartford Crossing, the method of toll collection at the crossing and the part which the method of toll collection plays in the creation of vehicle tailbacks. | | (67958) | 742
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change Junction 5 of the M25 further to the proposed road-widening scheme. | | (67294) | 743
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a decision on the A6 Bypass South East Manchester Multi-Modal Study road scheme in Stockport. | | (67248) | 744
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Greater Manchester have decriminalised parking offences within their boundaries. | | (67251) | 745
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential for displacement of traffic onto the M60 Motorway between junction 25 and the M60/A57 interchange as a result of the proposed A6 Bypass road scheme. | | (67252) | 746
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people travelled on buses in (a) Greater London and (b) Greater Manchester in each year since 1985; and what percentage of the total population this represented in each case. | | (67253) | 747
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger trains have used Platform 0 at Stockport Railway Station since it became operational. | | (67254) | 748
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of traffic congestion in Greater Manchester; and if he will make a statement. | | (67256) | 749
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 713W, on transport subsidies, how much subsidy for public transport was allocated by his Department to (a) Hampshire County Council, (b) Portsmouth City Council and (c) Southampton City Council in each of the last five years in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. | | (67377) | 750
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances a sub-post office is allowed to hold the V14 reclaim of car tax form. | | (67762) | 751
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) GNER trains, (b) Virgin trains, (c) Northern trains and (d) First trains have been fined for late running of trains in each year since the introduction of the fines. | | (67188) | 752
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the award of franchises on the East Coast rail line. | | (68049) | 753
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Harbour Revision Order for Humber Sea Terminals (Phase 3) to be signed; and if he will make a statement. | | (67882) | 754
N | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date and for what reasons the cap of 480,000 flights a year at Heathrow was agreed; and under what circumstances it might be removed. | | (66400) | 755
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to be able to announce how much will be available from the savings made by the reduction in the Sunderland-Newcastle rail service to help fund improvements to Sunderland railway stations. | | (67811) | 756
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars are available for (a) Ministers and (b) officials (i) through the pool and (ii) through individual assignment. | | (67449) | 757
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total expenditure on motor vehicles for ministers and senior officials was in 2005-06. | | (67450) | 758
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67529) | 759
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67989) | 760
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67990) | 761
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68021) | 762
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Civil Aviation Authority has started an investigation into the chronic neurotoxic effects of exposure to pyrolised engine oils via inhalation from aircraft engines into the cabin air supply on various types of aircraft; and if he will make a statement. | | (67802) | 763
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ivybridge has a rail service and timetable that is viable for (a) commuters and (b) students. | | (67608) | 764
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the flights other than those used by members of the Royal Family which were granted Purple airspace in each year since 1997. | | (66904) | 765
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the rail franchise contracts that have been awarded in the last two years; and what the (a) premium or subsidy payable and (b) length of the contract is in each case. | | (67268) | 766
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the train franchise contracts that have (a) protection, (b) partial protection and (c) no protection against loss of revenue from new open access operators over the course of the franchise; and if he will make a statement. | | (67269) | 767
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the rail franchise contracts that are expected to be awarded before the end of 2008. | | (67270) | 768
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had since the beginning of 2005 with (a) directors and (b) employees of Network Rail to discuss extra rail capacity for open access operators; and if he will make a statement. | | (67271) | 769
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Office of the Rail Regulator, (b) potential bidders, (c) Network Rail and (d) Passenger Focus about the network capacity and financial implications of an open access operator operating on the route as part of the franchise specification process for the (i) South West, (ii) East Midlands, (iii) West Midlands and (iv) Cross Country franchise areas. | | (67272) | 770
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on their lines of the shortfall in premium payments to the Exchequer from train operating companies subject to open access operators; and if he will make a statement. | | (67482) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 771
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (1) women and (2) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67783) | 772
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 250, on what date the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State discussed the future of Withybush Hospital with the Welsh Assembly Minister for Health and Social Services; and what views on the downgrading of the hospital the Minister expressed. | | (66901) | 773
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what occasions since May 2005 (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has met the Welsh Assembly Minister for Health and Social Services. | | (66919) | 774
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list his visits to Wales since 1st January; and what the purpose was of each such visit. | | (67598) | 775
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on the environmental impact of the construction and operation of the Scarweather Sands offfshore wind farm on breeding harbour porpoises; what discussions his Department has had with the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on this subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (67601) | 776
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67368) | 777
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on the number of pensioners in Wales potentially affected by the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman on occupational pensions. | | (68051) | 778
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67521) | 779
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate telephone numbers in each of the last five years. | | (67993) | 780
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (67994) | 781
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68015) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 782
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps she is taking to encourage employers to provide jobshares. | | (68062) | 783
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what her assessment is of the merits of equality audits. | | (68063) | 784
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with business organisations on encouraging schoolgirls to consider careers in sectors which have until recently been seen as traditionally male. | | (68059) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 785
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 719W, what year his Department published Paying for Rented Housing: Non-Dependant Deductions from Housing Benefit; and if he will commission an exercise to update this research. | | (67215) | 786
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 717W, whether current problems sorting out administration remains the reason for not taking forward the options for simplifying non-dependant deductions set out in paragraph 10.54 of The Way Forward for Housing; and if he will make a statement. | | (67216) | 787
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March 2006, Official Report, column 234W, on housing benefit sanctions, when he expects to make a decision on who he will be consulting informally on his plans to use sanctions to ensure that those who are evicted for anti-social behaviour take up the help offered to them; and if he will make a statement. | | (67217) | 788
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £360 million over two years allocated to the roll out of Pathways to Work is intended to cover (a) the cost of condition management programmes, (b) the £40 per week back to work credit, (c) staff training and (d) in-work support. | | (67259) | 789
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the main causes for delay in applications for Jobseeker's Allowance were in the last month for which information is available; how many delays fell into each main category; and if he will make a statement. | | (67628) | 790
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women and (b) men are employed in the Department; what the average pay was for (i) women and (ii) men in the Department in (1) 1997 and (2) 2006; what women's average pay is as a percentage of men's average pay; and how many (A) women and (B) men the Department employed in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (67791) | 791
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of claimants who decline to identify the father of their child for Child Support Agency purposes. | | (67810) | 792
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will re-introduce council tax rebates for pensioners. | | (66500) | 793
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of incapacity benefit customers moving into work in the pathways to work pilot areas. | | (67860) | 794
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the pilots for A Sure Start to Later Life to be underway. | | (67955) | 795
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants are expected to have access to pathways to work support by the end of 2006. | | (67956) | 796
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current application processing time is for pension credit. | | (67878) | 797
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 60, 61 and 62 years are not eligible for assistance from the Financial Assistance Scheme because their scheme had a retirement age of 65. | | (67153) | 798
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a retirement age of 65 years who are over 60 years will not fall within the Financial Assistance Scheme's three year window. | | (67154) | 799
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people fall outside (a) the Financial Assistance Scheme's three year window and (b) the three year window but are within 10 years of retirement. | | (67155) | 800
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension schemes will be eligible only for interim Financial Assistance Scheme payments due to the wind up being delayed by trustees seeking to recover additional funds through legal action. | | (67156) | 801
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 437W, on returning to work, when he expects to make an assessment of the total number of annual job entries that would result from a nationally rolled out service. | | (67890) | 802
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures the UK Government is assessing to target help to children in the UK that live below 27 per cent. of median income. | | (67281) | 803
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to review the way it measures child poverty and those who qualify as the poorest within the category of families living below 60 per cent. of median income since publication of the most recent figures on child poverty. | | (67282) | 804
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any new strategies are being implemented to reach child poverty targets. | | (67283) | 805
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nursery and creche places are provided for people working in his Department; what charges are made for the provision of such services; and what other facilities are provided for the children of employees of his Department. | | (67364) | 806
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions there were for refusals to pay back housing benefit overpayments in each year since 2000-01, broken down by local authority. | | (67260) | 807
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit compensation payments were ordered in each year since 2000-01, broken down by local authority. | | (67261) | 808
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost was of housing benefit overpayments recovered by (a) payments made under compensation orders, (b) payments made as a result of civil proceedings and (c) payments made with legal process in each year since 2000-01, broken down by local authority. | | (67262) | 809
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost was of housing benefit overpayments written off as irrecoverable in each local authority in each year since 2000-01, broken down by (a) benefit claimant and (b) landlord. | | (67263) | 810
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office Card Account holders there are in each constituency in Wales. | | (67396) | 811
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Child Support Agency (CSA) quarterly statistical summary, published on 27th April, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the reduction in the old scheme CSA caseload by 42,000 cases between March 2005 and March 2006. | | (67633) | 812
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish his response to the Parliamentary Commissioner's report on the security of final salary occupational pensions. | | (68055) | 813
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps were taken by his Department to inform the public that the Post Office Card Account was time-limited; and if he will make a statement. | | (68032) | 814
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (67516) | 815
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for (i) inappropriate use of the internet while at work and (ii) using work telephones to access premium rate numbers in each of the last five years. | | (68001) | 816
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department have been enabled to work from home in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (68002) | 817
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals have been employed in his Department in each of the last five years; what vetting procedures are in place for each category of staff; and whether these include liaison with foreign law enforcement agencies. | | (68011) | 818
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister for Pensions will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 7th March 2006. | | (67319) | 819
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 17th March 2006. | | (67320) | 820
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that job opportunities for disabled people at Remploy factories will not be reduced as a result of the current review. | | (67764) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 821
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of vehicle excise duty collected was spent on (a) the maintenance of roads and (b) public transport in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (67187) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 822
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what preparations have been made for civil contingency planning in the event of an avian influenza epidemic. | | [Transferred] (68050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 823
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to promote the Arms Trade Treaty amongst the UK defence industry. | | [Transferred] (68075) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 824
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the take-out quantities of Class A drugs for the Concerted Inter-Agency Drug Action Group were in each year since collection began. | | [Transferred] (67893) | 825
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the procedures for (a) applications for and (b) granting charitable status. | | [Transferred] (67219) | 826
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer given by the hon. Member for Salford on 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 322W, on non-emergency situations, if he will take steps to ensure that the criteria for deciding whether (a) drug taking, (b) drunken behaviour, (c) harassment and (d) intimidation should be treated as (i) emergency and (ii) non-emergency situations are established by Ministers. | | [Transferred] (67696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 827
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he intends to take to ensure informed consent is obtained from children under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive in respect of mobile telephone tracking. | | [Transferred] (67750) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 828
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in implementing the Framework for Vocational Rehabilitation. | | [Transferred] (67424) |
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