Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 May 2006

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 May 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 May see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision has been made for pension fund deficits in privatised utilities where the pension scheme is guaranteed by the Government.

(69892)

2
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which his Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force.

(70063)

3
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in revenue to his Department would be if the price of unleaded petrol were (a) increased and (b) decreased by (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five pence; and if he will make a statement.

(70064)

4
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in levels of taxation required to meet the cost of implementing the recommendations set out in the Ombudsman's report Trusting in the Pensions Promise.

(69891)

5
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's balance of trade was with (a) the USA, (b) China, (c) India, (d) Japan, (e) the remainder of South East Asia and (f) South America in each of the last eight years; and what assessment he has made of the trends over this period.

(69937)

6
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's balance of trade was in (a) services and (b) non-service industries in each of the last eight years; and what assessment he has made of the trends over this period.

(69939)

7
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has evaluated on the impact on employment levels in the UK of immigration from EU accession countries since May 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(70018)

8
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70046)

9
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, columns 1718-21W, on the Home Computer Initiative, what criteria were used in deciding to group questions from hon. Members on the Home Computer Initiative; and what account was taken of the relevant provisions of the ministerial code in reaching this decision.

(69902)

10
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of pensioners paying income tax since 1997.

(69901)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

11
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average length of time in office has been for (a) Cabinet Ministers, (b) Ministers of State and (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State since 1976.

(70123)

12
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps her Department is taking to improve its response rate to Freedom of Information requests.

(70004)

13
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has received since 1st January 2006.

(70005)

14
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has not answered within the 20-day deadline since 1st January 2006.

(70006)

15
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many representations she has received about her Department's handling of Freedom of Information requests.

(70007)

16
Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with her Department and agencies for which she has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70041)

17
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much land is owned in Shropshire by the Duchy of Lancaster.

(68806)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

18
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the forthcoming White Paper on Local Government will clarify whether an executive mayor could replace the indirectly appointed Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority.

(69220)

19
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with her Department and agencies for which she has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70042)

20
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance her Department and its predecessor have given to local authorities on modernising local government structures; and if she will make a statement.

(69954)

21
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of councillors' allowances on the efficient operation of local government in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement.

(69955)

22
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has assumed the ministerial powers in the Local Government Act 2000 in relation to new arrangements for local governance.

(69957)

23
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received since 4th May on the proposed demolition of urban terraced housing in Northern cities.

(69959)

24
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire brigade strikes there have been in each of the past five years; how many brigades were affected in each case; and on how many of those occasions a back-up service was not provided by the Army.

(69479)

25
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Code for Sustainable Homes will apply to new buildings other than dwellings.

(69729)

26
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely additional cost of requiring new houses to be serviced by underground electricity cables.

(69978)

27
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to the letter of 27th April from the hon. Member for Vale of York on information requested under the Freedom of Information Act regarding which (a) companies, (b) contracting bodies and (c) local authorities have received monies in each of the last five years from the European Regional Development Fund.

(69923)

28
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the letter of 20th May 2005 from the hon. Member for Sunderland South and the response from her predecessor of 7th June 2005, what conclusions have been reached by the Local Community Centre Task Force on the future viability of projects whose single regeneration budget funding is coming to an end; and if she will make a statement.

(70024)

29
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures the Government is taking to encourage the development of community land trusts; and if she will make a statement.

(69749)

30
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use the Fire Service (a) has made and (b) makes of perfluorooctane sulphonate; and what advice and guidance the Department has issued on its use.

(70019)

31
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the expected cost is of changing the name of her Department; and if she will make a statement.

(69869)

32
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of towns in England which pedestrianised their town centres and subsequently opened them up to (a) all vehicles and (b) buses and taxis only; and if she will make a statement.

(69872)

33
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of voter turnout was in local elections in (a) each London borough and (b) the UK in each of the last five local elections.

(70061)

34
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase the powers delegated to community area committees.

(70070)

35
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change in funds will result from the Annual Efficiency Statements 2005-06 Mid-Year Update for the London Borough of Havering.

(70071)

36
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities are (a) efficient, (b) transparent and (c) accountable.

(70075)

37
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government took to tackle electoral fraud in the local elections.

(70080)

38
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of (a) monitoring, (b) reporting on and (c) collecting from local authorities mid-year updates in respect of the 2005-06 Annual Efficiency Statements efficiency reports.

(70082)

39
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds were distributed to each London borough to increase efficiency in local government in each of the last three years.

(70089)

40
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Beacon Scheme.

(70090)

41
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the role and responsibilities of community area committees.

(70091)

42
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the provision of affordable housing in Torbay.

(69874)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

43
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which her Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force.

(70086)

44
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many High Court judges are serving on the bench; how many are aged (a) 40 to 45, (b) 46 to 50, (c) 51 to 55, (d) 56 to 60, (e) 61 to 65, (f) 66 to 70, (g) 71 to 75 and (h) over 75 years; and how many there were in each group in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2002 and (v) 2004.

(70087)

45
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the hon. Members who are serving (a) Crown court recorders and (b) circuit judges.

(70088)

46
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the total cost of legal aid for supporting prisoners appealing parole board decisions was in each of the last five years.

(69743)

47
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether any decisions of the National Security Appeals Panel under section 28 of the Data Protection Act 1998 have been the subject of judicial review; and if she will make a statement.

(69797)

48
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many representations she has received about her Department's handling of Freedom of Information requests.

(69994)

49
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the role of Coroners' Officers.

(69995)

50
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist the coroners' Service with its workload following the increase in the number of reported deaths in 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(69996)

51
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to reform the work of Coroners' Officers.

(69997)

52
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with her Department and agencies for which she has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70044)

53
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the timetable is for the consultation on alternative options for dealing with the small claims limit.

(69903)

54
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have been declared bankrupt in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(69814)

55
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in West Suffolk in each of the past five years.

(69815)

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

56
N Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Chief Executive of the Arts Council of England, West Midlands, was invited to attend the Board of the arts organisation, the Public, in each of the last three years; and how many times she attended.

(68482)

57
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2006, Official Report, columns 1358-9W, on millennium projects, if she will collect information on the performance of each project; and what monitoring of the performance of each project is undertaken.

(69888)

58
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether those who do not have a television set are required to inform Television Licensing that they do not require a TV licence.

(69812)

59
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on amending section 147 of the Licensing Act 2003.

(69949)

60
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with her Department and agencies for which she has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70050)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

61
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the head of British forces in Iraq wears US Army rank insignia; and if he will make a statement.

(70099)

62
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the present functions are of Operation Rockingham; how many staff are employed on it; and if he will make a statement.

(69799)

63
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what conditions the Army provides back-up in the event of a fire brigade strike.

(69480)

64
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the eradication of poppy production on the security situation in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

(69482)

65
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2006, Official Report, column 1183W, on Afghanistan, under what circumstances the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will provide support to the Government of Afghanistan's counter-narcotics operations; what support will be provided; and whether any particular types of support from ISAF have been ruled out.

(69575)

66
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70135)

67
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of drones in combat zones.

(69886)

68
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of hazardous materials and chemicals were held within the grounds of Royal Ordnance Bishopton prior to its sale in 1987; how they were disposed of; and if he will make a statement.

(69971)

69
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what decontamination operations were conducted by (a) his Department prior to 1987 and (b) BAE Systems after 1987 within the grounds of Royal Ordnance Bishopton; what the cost of each operation was; what materials were (i) recovered and (ii) processed; and if he will make a statement.

(69972)

70
Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made prior to the 1987 sale of Royal Ordnance Bishopton of (a) the presence of hazardous materials and chemicals on the site and (b) the likely cost of decontamination; and if he will make a statement.

(69973)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

71
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his Ministerial responsibilities.

(69941)

72
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff will be employed to support his Cabinet work following the announcement of 5th May of changes to his responsibilities.

(69858)

73
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his areas of responsibility are for the purposes of answering Parliamentary questions following the announcement of 5th May of changes to his responsibilities.

(69859)

74
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what new areas of ministerial responsibility he has taken on since 4th May.

(69958)

75
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibility he has for implementing the Government's equality agenda in his new role.

(70116)

76
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Cabinet committees he will be chairing.

(70117)

77
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has (a) had and (b) plans to have with the Minister for Women and Equality on implementing the Government's equality agenda in connection with the development of Government policy.

(70121)

78
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has received diversity training since becoming a Government Minister.

(70122)

79
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what official duties he carried out in 2006 in furtherance of his role to promote the interest of the North across Government; and whether he has retained this responsibility within Government since 4th May.

(70026)

80
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Cabinet committees he will chair; and what the remit is of each committee.

(70027)

81
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants will be assigned to work for him in his new role.

(69873)

82
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what domestic official engagements he will carry out in his new role.

(69876)

83
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Cabinet committees he will be chairing in his new role; and how frequently he expects them to meet.

[R] (69880)

84
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he will have relating to international development in respect of his role to oversee the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement.

(69938)

85
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Cabinet committees he has been asked to chair.

(69924)

86
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he will have relating to the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government in his role in overseeing the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement.

(69943)

87
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff will be employed in the his Private Office in his new role.

(69847)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

88
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of strike action by university staff on (a) academic teaching and (b) marking and assessment of university students.

(70111)

89
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of students who will not be able to (a) sit examinations and (b) graduate this year as a result of strike action by university staff.

(70128)

90
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in England are (i) community, (ii) voluntary controlled, (iii) voluntary aided, (iv) foundation, (v) city technology college, (vi) academy and (vii) other; and what percentage of children in each category of school (A) are in receipt of free school meals, (B) have special educational needs and (C) are from ethnic minority families.

(68538)

91
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils live outside the local authority in which the school is located in each secondary school that selects (a) wholly and (b) partly by ability.

(68782)

92
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children (a) are in receipt of free school meals, (b) have special educational needs and (c) are from ethnic minority families in each local authority.

(68783)

93
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils (a) are in receipt of free school meals, (b) have special educational needs and (c) are from ethnic minority families in each secondary school in England that selects (i) wholly and (ii) partly by ability; and what the equivalent percentages are for the local authority in which each school is located.

(68784)

94
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children are educated in private schools in each local authority area.

(68793)

95
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70051)

96
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether interest has always accrued on a student loan from the moment the loan is paid out.

(70092)

97
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that further and higher education establishments support young carers.

(69984)

98
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 20 lowest performing (a) primary and (b) secondary schools over the last five years.

(69790)

99
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary schools are located in villages producing deep mined coal.

(69794)

100
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many governing boards of failing schools have (a) resigned and (b) been asked to resign in the last five years.

(69801)

101
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people over the age of 65 years are deemed to be illiterate in (a) former mining areas and (b) England.

(69813)

102
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria his Department uses to assess the suitability of drinks for sale in schools; and what drinks have been assessed as unsuitable in the last three years.

(69810)

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

103
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for making interim single farm payments; and what the latest estimated timescale is for completing all payments.

[R] (70093)

104
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers qualified for the Entry Level Scheme; how many of those have (a) applied and (b) qualified for the Higher Level Scheme; how much has been paid out for that scheme; how much is allocated in total; what the timetable is for making such payments; and whether he expects payments to be made on time.

[R] (70102)

105
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long it took from the confirmation of the recent outbreak of avian influenza among poultry to dispose of the carcasses; how the carcasses were disposed of; and what measures were taken to ensure that the carcasses did not enter the food chain.

(69754)

106
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place for the mass disposal of carcasses in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza; and what estimate the Government has made of (a) the number of birds which would need to be disposed of and (b) the maximum disposal capacity available.

(69755)

107
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70052)

108
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the schemes used by local authorities which have achieved the highest recycling rates for household waste.

(69940)

109
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of farmers whose profitability is dependent on migrant labour.

(69778)

110
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many migrant workers worked on British farms in 2005; and how many he estimates there will be in 2006.

(69780)

111
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings his Department has had in the last three years in which he or his predecessors discussed with the National Farmers' Union (a) extending and (b) speeding up the process for migrant work permits.

(69781)

112
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the contribution of migrant workers to the rural economy in 2005.

(69805)

113
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what agreements the Government has entered into with (a) EU and (b) other international organisations on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate.

(70021)

114
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice and guidance (a) the Department, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) the Government's Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and (d) the Drinking Water Inspectorate has issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate.

(70022)

115
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on the local environment of perfluorooctane sulphonate use during the Buncefield Depot fire.

(70023)

116
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of farmers who have left the agricultural sector in Suffolk in each of the past five years.

(69809)

117
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in the east of England have qualified for subsidies from the EU Common Agricultural Policy fund, broken down by county.

(69811)

118
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of farmers waiting to receive payments under the single farm payment scheme in Suffolk.

(69820)

119
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what start-up funding is available for new warm home zones; how much such funding is available in North Staffordshire; and if he will make a statement.

(69887)

120
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average level of infection has been of (a) the H7 strain of avian influenza, (b) the H5N1 strain of avian influenza and (c) all other strains of avian influenza found in flocks during outbreaks.

(69848)

121
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the detected infection rates for the H7 strain of avian influenza in (a) the UK and (b) other countries.

(69849)

122
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with scientists in Scandinavia on the UK's regime for testing for (a) the H7 strain, (b) the H5N1 strain and (c) all other strains of avian influenza.

(69882)

123
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of other countries' experiences of outbreaks of avian influenza in preparing the UK's (a) testing regime and (b) bio-security measures; and if he will make a statement.

(69889)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

124
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Russian government on racism and racial violence.

(69960)

125
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by her Department to tackle the indicators of state fragility and failure in Africa identified in the Failed States Index 2006.

(69962)

126
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work her Department is undertaking with civil society groups in Russia to tackle racism and racial violence.

(69993)

127
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Russia on the use of torture in Chechnya.

(69998)

128
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Ethiopia on (a) the use of the death penalty, (b) conducting trials in accordance with international and regional standards and (c) observing international standards on freedom of expression.

(69999)

129
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by her Department with the government of Ethiopia to improve prison conditions and to monitor the treatment of prisoners.

(70000)

130
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has received about the trial of prisoners of conscience for treason in Ethiopia.

(70001)

131
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Kenya on (a) sexual equality and (b) tackling homophobia.

(70002)

132
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the authorities in Jamaica on (a) tackling homophobia and (b) police attitudes to and treatment of gay people.

(70003)

133
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the flow of arms to Democratic Republic of Congo.

(70009)

134
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response she has made to the UN report Trafficking in persons: global patterns; and what steps are being taken by her Department to tackle people trafficking.

(70105)

135
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the authorities in Trinidad and Tobago on investigating and prosecuting unlawful police killings.

(70106)

136
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports of the use of detention and torture in Algeria.

(70125)

137
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the United Nations accepting a mediation role in Nepal; and what representations she has made on this matter.

(70069)

138
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of Brazil's decision to enrich uranium on other countries' attempts to acquire such technology; and whether the Government was informed of this development.

(70072)

139
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it remains Government policy (a) not to pay ransoms for kidnapped UK citizens and (b) not to co-operate with organisations paying such ransoms.

(70025)

140
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on UK-Venezuelan affairs.

(69911)

141
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the visit of the President of Venezuela to the United Kingdom will be a State Visit.

(69912)

142
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers and officials will be meeting President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela during his visit to the United Kingdom on 15th to 16th May.

(69918)

143
N Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reports of mistreatment of native Papuans and Christians in West Papua; and if she will make a statement.

(69298)

144
N Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of armed Uganda Lords Resistance Army rebels operating in (a) northern Uganda and (b) the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement.

(69299)

145
N Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her assessment is of the reports that the (a) Uganda People's Defence Forces and (b) Sudanese People's Liberation Army have entered the Democratic Republic of Congo on search-and-destroy missions against the Lords Resistance Army; and if she will make a statement.

(69300)

146
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with her Department and agencies for which she has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70053)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

147
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been (a) funded and (b) carried out by her Department on the use of embryonic stem cells to develop human teeth; and if she will make a statement.

(70095)

148
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the use of stem cells to grow human teeth; and if she will make a statement.

(70096)

149
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the (a) cost-effectiveness and (b) quality of patient care in independent sector treatment centres.

(70108)

150
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she has received on services provided by independent sector treatment centres in the last 12 months.

(70109)

151
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times ambulances attended emergency mental health cases in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(69785)

152
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average time ambulances took to convey patients from point of pick-up to hospital in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(69786)

153
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the procedure is for getting emergency medical help when a person with a serious mental health problem has a relapse; and if she will make a statement.

(69789)

154
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for hearing aids; and if she will make a statement.

(69793)

155
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of the Connecting for Health IT project.

(69866)

156
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether officials in her Department have held discussions with the Better Regulation Task Force on a regulatory impact assessment in relation to setting maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals under the Food Supplements Directive; and if she will make a statement.

(70011)

157
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met the EU Commissioner responsible for implementation of the Food Supplements Directive to discuss its potential impact on the choice of products available to British consumers; and what progress was made at the meeting.

(70012)

158
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in meeting counterparts from competent authorities in each other member state of the EU to discuss the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals under the Food Supplements Directive; and what further action the FSA is planning to promote her objectives.

(70013)

159
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects member states to receive from the European Commission the consultation document on setting the maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals under the Food Supplements Directive.

(70014)

160
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which other EU member states she has held recent meetings to discuss setting the maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals under the Food Supplements Directive; and with which other member states she plans to hold discussions.

(70015)

161
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress made with proposals in the NHS plan to strengthen primary care mental health services.

(69732)

162
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many homes registered for elderly mental infirm patients there are in England.

(69935)

163
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the research undertaken by Government agencies on the effects of certain drugs on suicidality.

(69942)

164
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many morning after pills were prescribed to girls under 16 years by pharmacies without medical supervision in 2005-06.

(69946)

165
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many official visits to hospitals (a) she has and (b) her ministerial team have made during the night since 1st May 2005.

(69948)

166
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of children who are exposed to potentially unsafe levels of overhead electricity cables.

(69950)

167
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish the findings of the Stakeholder Advisory Group on the links between electromagnetic fields and child health.

(69951)

168
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of urban dwellers who live more than one mile from their nearest GP practice or outreach surgery.

(69750)

169
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public responses there were to proposals for primary care trust reorganisation in (a) Trent, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England.

(69751)

170
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have left the NHS in Trent Strategic Health Authority in the last 12 months, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

(69779)

171
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of the general public attended each primary care trust reorganisation meeting in (a) Trent and (b) South Yorkshire.

(69806)

172
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) midwives who may lose their jobs as a consequence of NHS deficits.

(69974)

173
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had on the delivery of acute services in Surrey.

(69975)

174
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the year-end gross NHS deficit for 2005-06.

(70008)

175
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the ability of the NHS IT programme to respond to developments in information technology.

(70119)

176
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the causes are of delays experienced by the NHS Pension Scheme Penserver development.

(70120)

177
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the extent to which continuity of care for older people encompasses the choice to live (a) at home and (b) in a care home.

(70124)

178
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with the independent care home sector over the past 12 months on financial measures to reward high quality care.

(70126)

179
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of its Directed Enhanced Services budget allocation each primary care trust (a) received and (b) spent in 2005-06.

(70129)

180
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking to promote positive public attitudes towards care homes.

(70130)

181
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the degree of independence older people have living (a) in a care home and (b) in their own home.

(70131)

182
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what considerations she took into account when approving the appointment of the chair of the new North West Lancashire Strategic Health Authority; and if she will make a statement.

(69846)

183
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of mobile telephony; and if she will make a statement.

(69870)

184
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on her discussions with the British Medical Association regarding the impact of the work permit regulations affecting non-EU doctors which comes into force in July.

(69756)

185
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in Suffolk have (a) been offered, (b) not yet accepted and (c) declined the new NHS contract.

(69816)

186
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in England who have Parkinson's disease were referred to a specialist nurse within six months of diagnosis; and if she will make a statement.

(69895)

187
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in England with Parkinson's disease are required to pay for prescriptions; and if she will make a statement.

(69896)

188
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Parkinson's disease specialist nurses there were in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(69897)

189
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness diagnosed with Parkinson's disease have access to a specialist nurse; and if she will make a statement.

(69898)

190
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease there were in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(69899)

191
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on Government policy on the outsourcing of non-emergency ambulance services.

(70098)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

192
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence defendants are entitled to receive in relation to penalties or prosecutions for allegedly driving in a bus lane; if he will list the occasions when a penalty notice has been wrongly sent in each of the last five years for which information is available; what advice he issues to individuals who have been wrongly accussed of driving in a bus lane; and if he will make a statement.

(70066)

193
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 10 most common offences are for which women are sent to prison in England and Wales, broken down by age group.

(70083)

194
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amendments have been made to the Criminal Justice Act 2003; for what purposes; and when.

(70084)

195
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign prisoners who were released without being considered for deportation are believed to be in Essex; and if he will make a statement.

(70085)

196
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend UK law to enable the prosecution of individuals suspected of carrying out human rights abuses abroad; and what representations he has received on this issue.

(70016)

197
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that victims of torture who seek refuge in the UK, including those whose asylum applications have failed, have access to medical treatment and counselling.

(70017)

198
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the UN report Trafficking in persons: global patterns; and what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle people trafficking.

(70020)

199
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the safe return of failed asylum seekers.

(70113)

200
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the safety of people deported to Algeria.

(70127)

201
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been returned to (a) Eritrea, (b) Ethiopia, (c) Sudan, (d) Democratic Republic of Congo, (e) Cote d'Ivoire, (f) Chad, (g) Somalia, (h) Liberia, (i) Central African Republic, (j) Burundi, (k) Sierra Leone, (l) Uganda, (m) Nigeria and (n) Angola in the last 12 months; how many of these returns were (A) voluntary and (B) enforced; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor the welfare of returned asylum seekers.

(70132)

202
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle organised criminal gangs engaged in trafficking.

(70133)

203
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrest warrants for (a) non-payment of fines and (b) breaching of the conditions of a community service order have been cancelled in each of the last five years.

(69730)

204
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrest warrants are outstanding for (a) non-payment of fines and (b) breaching the conditions of a community service order.

(69731)

205
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have appealed against parole board decisions in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many were granted legal aid to do so.

(69735)

206
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders on probation under a community service order have been the subject of a recommendation by the Probation Service that they should be returned to prison in the last five years; and how many were subsequently returned to prison as a result of the recommendation.

(69736)

207
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mandatory three year prison sentences for burglary were handed down in each of the last five years.

(69737)

208
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of intimidating witnesses in each of the last five years.

(69744)

209
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mandatory life sentences for offenders convicted of violent offences for the second time have been handed down in each of the last five years.

(69746)

210
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours a week must be worked by offenders sentenced to undertake a community service order.

(69845)

211
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the security forces foiled a planned terrorist attack on Canary Wharf in November 2004.

(70028)

212
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what inquiries his Department has carried out into the leak in the press about the security services foiling a terrorist attack on Canary Wharf in November 2004.

(70029)

213
Angela Eagle (Wallasey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70136)

214
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are followed when an underage minor is stopped and searched by the police; and if he will make a statement.

(69783)

215
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used in deciding to use low copy number DNA analysis in police investigations; and if he will make a statement.

(69787)

216
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards the Government has put in place to ensure that DNA mismatches of people on the National DNA Database who were not present at the crime scene do not occur; and if he will make a statement.

(69788)

217
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times crime scene DNA has been matched with the DNA of an innocent passer-by since the introduction of the National DNA Database; and if he will make a statement.

(69792)

218
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what (a) computer systems and (b) databases of the Metropolitan Police stop and search records are maintained; and if he will make a statement.

(69795)

219
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long the record is kept for a minor who is stopped and searched where no further action is taken; and if he will make a statement.

(69796)

220
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which prison each foreign prisoner released but not deported was last held.

(69915)

221
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what fields of data are stored in the Inmate Information System (IIS); for what reason information on deportation order recommendations were not stored in the IIS; and if he will ensure that such information is stored in the IIS in the future.

(69867)

222
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) a Minister and (b) an official has responded to an hon. Member that a file has been lost in an immigration case in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what steps are being taken to prevent such files being lost.

(69885)

223
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has allocated to the special constables scheme in (a) the Kingston upon Hull division, (b) Humberside and (c) England and Wales in each year it has been running.

(69765)

224
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to publicise action taken to tackle anti-social behaviour to members of the public in Kingston upon Hull North.

(69766)

225
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average number of hours per week was worked by a special constable in (a) the Kingston upon Hull division, (b) Humberside and (c) England and Wales in each year since the beginning of the scheme.

(69767)

226
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables have been recruited in (a) the Kingston upon Hull division, (b) Humberside and (c) England and Wales since the beginning of the scheme.

(69768)

227
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been introduced in (a) Kingston upon Hull North constituency, (b) the Kingston upon Hull division and (c) Humberside since the scheme began; and what assessment he has made of the impact of community support officers on crime and anti-social behaviour.

(69769)

228
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) Kingston upon Hull North constituency, (b) Kingston upon Hull division and (c) Humberside in each year since 1997.

(69770)

229
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in Kingston upon Hull North constituency; and how many of them are children.

(69771)

230
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applying for positions within residential care and nursing homes in (a) Kingston upon Hull North, (b) the Humberside police area and (c) England are awaiting clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau.

(69772)

231
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners underwent treatment for drugs dependence in (a) Kingston upon Hull North constituency, (b) the Humberside police area and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

(69773)

232
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of (a) drunken and disorderly behaviour and (b) drunken and aggravated disorderly behaviour in (i) England and (ii) Kingston upon Hull North in each year since 1997.

(69774)

233
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought for (a) sales of alcohol to under age children under the Licensing Act 2003 and (b) crime and disorder associated with pubs and clubs in Kingston upon Hull North since November 2005.

(69775)

234
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices have been issued in relation to the illegal use of fireworks in (a) Kingston upon Hull North and (b) the Humberside police force area since the relevant legislation was introduced.

(69776)

235
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to improve the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence in Kingston upon Hull North.

(69777)

236
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to his predecessor dated 27th March from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs Asma Asad.

(69961)

237
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are followed to safeguard the welfare of dependent children when single parents with custody are given a custodial sentence immediately following conviction for an offence.

(69945)

238
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many people the Criminal Records Bureau has not given clearance since it was established.

(69952)

239
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant worker work permits were granted to farms in Bassetlaw in the last three years, broken down by country of origin.

(69738)

240
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received about work permits from (a) farmers and (b) the National Farmers Union.

(69739)

241
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adults in Bassetlaw constituency do not have a passport.

(69803)

242
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of electoral fraud in each of the last 10 years.

(70062)

243
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have escaped from prison in England and Wales in each of the last 20 years.

(70065)

244
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners are being held in each prison in Greater London.

(70068)

245
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost was of deportation evaluations of foreign prisoners carried out by his Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(70100)

246
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation reviews of foreign prisoners his Department conducted in each of the last 10 years.

(70101)

247
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign criminals have been deported in each of the last 10 years.

(70103)

248
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners have been released from prison in Suffolk in the last five years.

(69818)

249
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of arson there have been in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(69821)

250
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1619W, on international arrest warrants, if he will place in the Library copies of the written representations from the Israeli government.

(69808)

251
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will provide a substantive response to question 63667, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 30th March, on the Security Industry Authority.

(70112)

252
Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how data is collected on the hours spent by prisoners undertaking purposeful activity; and what estimate he has made of the time prison officers spent collecting this information in the last period for which figures are available.

(69900)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

253
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of malnutrition on the ability to meet the other Millennium Development Goals.

(69963)

254
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects the Millennium Development Goal for reducing rates of child malnutrition to be met.

(69964)

255
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the recent UNICEF report on malnutrition in children; and what steps are being taken by his Department to improve malnutrition rates in developing countries.

(69965)

256
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the extent of state failure in (a) Sudan, (b) Democratic Republic of Congo, (c) Cote d'Ivoire, (d) Zimbabwe, (e) Chad, (f) Somalia, (g) Haiti, (h) Pakistan, (i) Guinea and (j) Liberia; and what steps are being taken by his Department to reduce the incidence of state failure.

(69966)

257
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle the indicators of state fragility and failure in Africa identified in the Failed States Index 2006.

(69967)

258
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the use of DDT to tackle malaria; and what recent discussions he has had with international bodies on this matter.

(69988)

259
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the use of DDT on rates of malaria in South Africa.

(69989)

260
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the recent report in the Lancet on the World Bank and malaria treatment.

(69990)

261
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the World Bank on the use of chloroquine to treat malaria.

(69991)

262
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the expenditure of the Overseas Development Agency was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by (i) staffing, (ii) accommodation and Departmental offices, (iii) travel expenses, (iv) development project funding and (v) other expenditure.

(69992)

263
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the security situation in Afghanistan on the alternative livelihoods programme.

(69481)

264
N Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assurances he is seeking from the Palestinian Authority which would allow the full aid programme to be restored.

(69513)

265
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made in providing alternative sources of income through humanitarian aid for poppy growers in Afghanistan.

(69734)

266
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70134)

Questions to the Leader of the House

267
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Leader of the House, what meetings officials in his Office have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Office; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70137)

268
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make provision for the Deputy Prime Minister to answer oral questions.

(69904)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

269
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which his Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force.

(70097)

270
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70054)

271
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what honorariums have been paid to employees of each education and library board in each of the last five years; and at what total cost in each year.

(69742)

Questions to the Prime Minister

272
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the official duties of the Deputy Prime Minister; what his annual salary will be; what official accommodation he has been allocated; how many staff he has been allocated; at what grade; what the official office address will be; and if he will make a statement.

(70076)

273
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when an updated edition of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities will be published; if he will send a copy to each (a) hon. Member and (b) Member of the House of Lords; and if he will make a statement.

(70077)

274
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when it became his policy to refer hon. Members to his website in replying to Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement.

(70078)

275
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he uses an Oyster Card in fulfilling his official responsibilities.

(69913)

276
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Oyster Card he was filmed with for television on Thursday 27th April is one he uses in fulfilling his official duties.

(69914)

277
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he will be meeting President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela during his visit to the United Kingdom on 15th to 16th May.

(69917)

278
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister is responsible for Government decisions as a result of planning inquiries.

(69956)

279
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the responsibilities are of the Minister without Portfolio; and what salary is paid to her in respect of these responsibilities.

(70010)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

280
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70049)

Questions to the Solicitor General

281
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many copies of the Treasury Solicitor Annual Report 2003-04 were distributed by his Department; if he will list those who were sent copies; how many copies were printed; what the cost was of (a) distribution and (b) printing; who was awarded the contract to undertake the printing; how (i) hon. Members, (ii) Members of the House of Lords and (iii) members of the public may obtain a copy; at what cost; when he expects to publish the 2004-05 edition; and if he will make a statement.

(70079)

282
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 for which his Department has policy responsibility and which remain in force.

(70081)

283
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases put forward by the police to the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years (a) resulted in a prosecution and (b) did not result in a prosecution.

(69745)

284
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Solicitor General, how many full-time equivalent qualified prosecutors there were in Humberside (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(69764)

285
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Solicitor General, what meetings officials in the Law Officers' Departments have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70045)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

286
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff were employed by the Export Credits Guarantee Department in each of the last eight years.

(69864)

287
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for how many companies the Export Credits Guarantee Department has provided guarantees in the last eight years; and what the total value was of those guarantees.

(69865)

288
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of UK trade was with (a) European Monetary Union countries and (b) the rest of the world in each year since 1991.

(69925)

289
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the effect on the costs to British industry of the replacement of the existing anti-market abuse legislation with the EU Market Abuse Directive.

(69927)

290
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to the EU Competition Commissioner about individual EU members introducing unilateral legislation to prevent corporate takeovers.

(69928)

291
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to the European Commissioner for Trade about his recent comments on agricultural trade liberalisation; and what assessment he has made of the possible effect those comments will have on the World Trade Organisation trade talks.

(69929)

292
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the level of inter-member trade within the (a) EU, (b) Association of South East Asian Nations and (c) North American Free Trade Agreement.

(69936)

293
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to encourage a positive outcome from the current World Trade Organisation talks.

(70073)

294
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on which additional sectors will be covered by future EU anti-dumping legislation.

(70094)

295
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the pay gap between able-bodied and disabled workers in (a) Kingston upon Hull North and (b) the UK in each year between 1997 and 2005; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce that gap.

(69763)

296
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what schemes his Department is promoting to encourage crematoria to increase their energy efficiency by recycling energy and heat generated.

(69980)

297
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) vibration white finger claims have been submitted from Bassetlaw constituency, broken down by district electoral ward.

(69752)

298
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease claims he expects to be settled in (i) 2006 and (ii) each of the following three years.

(69782)

299
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many bereavement awards have been paid out as part of a miner's industrial disease claim in each year since 1999.

(69784)

300
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many services claims under the vibration white finger scheme have been (a) submitted and (b) refused since 1999.

(69791)

301
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) legal and (b) other costs incurred since 1999 in defending claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for surface workers.

(69798)

302
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) minimum and (b) maximum costs (i) have been claimed from and (ii) paid by his Department for common law (A) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (B) vibration white finger claims since 1999.

(69800)

303
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which private contractors have signed up to his Department's claims handling agreement for mining diseases.

(69804)

304
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70047)

305
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the land area of the UK is covered by third generation mobile telephony.

(69868)

306
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is on the European Energy Charter.

(69930)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

307
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amendments have been made to the Road Traffic Act 1988; for what purpose; and when.

(70067)

308
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average traffic levels were at each interchange of the A1 Western By Pass from North Gosforth to the New Tyne Crossing, Newcastle in each of the last five years.

(69573)

309
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency has issued Article 14 Directions on the proposed redevelopment and expansion of the Kingston Park shopping centre in Newcastle.

(69574)

310
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on the promotion of spray-on formulas which obscure vehicle number plates.

(70104)

311
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Kingston upon Hull Council received from his Department (a) in total, (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population in each year since 1997-98.

(69759)

312
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been (a) withdrawn and (b) added to service in (i) England and (ii) Kingston upon Hull in each financial year since 1st April 1998.

(69760)

313
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the funding required to fund free off-peak travel for (a) older and (b) disabled persons on buses in Kingston upon Hull North.

(69761)

314
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government is providing to Kingston upon Hull Council to provide free bus travel for (a) older and (b) disabled persons.

(69762)

315
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of how many litres of fuel are bought in a year for use in turbine-powered aircraft.

(69747)

316
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of how many litres of petrol are purchased in a year for use in (a) road haulage, (b) private cars and (c) city buses.

(69748)

317
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents resulting in fatality occurred in Suffolk in each year since 1997; and how many deaths these caused in total.

(69807)

318
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many serious motorcycle accidents occurred in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(69817)

319
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians have been seriously injured as a result of road traffic accidents in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

(69819)

320
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70043)

321
Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what age the Government ceases to exempt motorists with disabilities from road tax.

(69753)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

322
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department; and what the nature of the contract is in each case

(70056)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

323
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on improving the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence in Kingston upon Hull North.

(69757)

324
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of services available to children who have been involved in domestic violence in Kingston upon Hull North.

(69758)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

325
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on advertising the fact that people have to apply for their state pension on reaching retirement age in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(69894)

326
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days it took to rate a claim for (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) incapacity benefit in Alloa in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(68805)

327
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received benefits on the basis of mental illness in each of the last five years; and what the cost was.

(69979)

328
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Jobcentre Plus supports young carers.

(69985)

329
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to the letter of 27th April from the hon. Member for Vale of York on information requested under the Freedom of Information Act regarding how much (a) companies, (b) contracting bodies and (c) local authorities received in each of the last five years from the European Social Fund.

(69922)

330
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 13 to 19 years were refused help from the motability scheme in 2005.

(69740)

331
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in each electoral ward in Bassetlaw receive pension credit.

(69802)

332
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings officials in his Department have had with representatives of the public relations company Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with his Department and agencies for which he has responsibility; and what the nature of the contract is in each case.

(70048)

333
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies his Department is adopting in response to the likely future decrease in the ratio of workers to pensioners.

(70055)

334
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that more women receive a full basic state pension in the future.

(70058)

335
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many 16 and 17 year olds are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in each London borough.

(70059)

336
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in each London borough received jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.

(70060)

337
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each London borough receive the full basic state pension.

(70107)

338
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the costs of Age Positive Week were, broken down by main budget heading.

(70110)

339
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of workers receiving the minimum wage are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.

(70114)

340
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) non-UK and (b) UK citizens received unemployment benefits in each London borough in each of the last five years.

(70115)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

341
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average age was at which individuals began to pay national insurance contributions in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (70057)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

342
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the contribution of diversity training across Government to the efficient development of Government policy; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (70118)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

343
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to reduce anti-semitism; and what dedicated funds are available for this.

[Transferred] (69741)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

344
N Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution the UK has made to meeting the millennium development goal on education; and if he will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (69510)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

345
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much interest has accrued from balances kept on Post Office card accounts since its inception; to which organisation these balances accrue; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (69893)

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