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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 11 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 11 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 11 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 Thursday 11 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 11 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rates of economic inactivity were for people of working age in each (a) region, (b) country in the UK and (c) Parliamentary constituency in Tyne and Wear in each year from 1995 to 2005. | | (69578) | 2
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections he has made for the revenue from stamp duty on (a) property and (b) share transactions in each of the next three financial years. | | (69837) | 3
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps were taken following the changes announced in the Budget to ensure that correct renewal information was included on vehicle excise duty renewal forms despatched in April for renewal in May. | | (69827) | 4
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on public expenditure in (a) the Eastern Region and (b) the East Midlands Region of immigration from EU accession countries since May 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (70177) | 5
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost per minute is of calling the tax credit helpline number. | | (70255) | 6
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken to answer a call to the tax credit helpline was in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (70256) | 7
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls there were to the Tax Credit helpline in each month between January and May 2006; how many of these calls (a) were answered, (b) were abandoned, (c) received an engaged tone and (d) were missed; and if he will make a statement. | | (70257) | 8
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claims have been terminated due to the ending of a joint claim by a married couple or partners in each month sinch April 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (70258) | 9
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update Table 8.17 of the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2005 to show (a) current and (b) capital expenditure for each year from 1999-2000 to 2005-06. | | (69916) | 10
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings were of full-time employees in (a) Carlisle, (b) Eden, (c) Allerdale, (d) Copeland, (e) Barrow and (f) South Lakes district council areas based on the annual survey of hours and earnings in each year since 1997. | | (70154) | 11
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to have recorded national insurance contributions for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. | | (70228) | 12
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to speed up the recording by HM Revenue and Customs of national insurance contributions. | | (70229) | 13
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will retire in the next 12 months without being told what pension they will receive due to HM Revenue and Customs not recording national insurance contributions. | | (70230) | 14
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets he has set HM Revenue and Customs to record national insurance contributions in each of the last three years; and whether these targets have been met. | | (70232) | 15
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 530W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what assessment the (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs has now made of other uses of the Automated Valuation Model. | | (70560) | 16
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT is levied on local authority search fees. | | (70612) | 17
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average stamp duty paid by first-time home buyers was in 1997. | | (70652) | 18
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the VAT revenue from (a) surveyor and valuation fees and (b) local authority search fees in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (70663) | 19
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give details of Option Two mentioned in item 10 of the Summary Minutes of the meeting of the HM Revenue and Customs Executive Committee held on 11th October 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (70673) | 20
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's council tax Automated Valuation Model uses (a) a location factor or factors in its multiple regression analysis and (b) geo-spatial statistical analysis in computer assisted mass appraisal. | | (70674) | 21
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the conferences held abroad attended by staff from HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months. | | (70675) | 22
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what valuation software the Valuation Office Agency purchased from Capgemini in 2005 for the council tax revaluation in England. | | (70676) | 23
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's electronic data sharing agreement with the Land Registry. | | (70677) | 24
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation by Diane Leggo to the Management Board of the Valuation Office Agency at its meeting of 26th May 2005 on council tax revaluation in England. | | (70678) | 25
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the conferences to be held in other countries which Valuation Office Agency staff will attend in the next 12 months. | | (70679) | 26
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recommendations the Citizen Information Project made on two-way data sharing with (a) the National Identity Register and (b) other public sector databases. | | (70680) | 27
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's training material on aspects of council tax, including dwellinghouse coding. | | (70681) | 28
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for National Statistics has access to (a) the Valuation Office Agency's Council Tax Valuation Lists and (b) dwellinghouse coding details. | | (70682) | 29
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purpose HM Revenue and Customs purchased Mosaic UK data from Experian; whether the data was at (a) individual and (b) household level; and how much was spent. | | (70683) | 30
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Valuation Office Agency's 2005-06 Annual Report will be published. | | (70687) | 31
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research the Valuation Office Agency has commissioned in the last five years on the use of geographic information systems for mass appraisal of residential property. | | (70688) | 32
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of the level of voter registration for local elections in England in each year since 1997. | | (70689) | 33
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what geographical information system data the Valuation Office Agency's council tax automated valuation model uses. | | (70698) | 34
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what domestic dwelling data the Valuation Office Agency has (a) purchased and (b) intends to purchase from Rightmove; and what the value of the contract is. | | (70699) | 35
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's council tax automated valuation model (a) uses and (b) holds data (i) from the Index of Multiple Deprivation and (ii) on the number of criminal offences committed in an area. | | (70700) | 36
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's council tax automated valuation model (a) uses and (b) holds local authority ward boundaries data. | | (70701) | 37
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance the Office for Government Commerce issues to local authorities on contract compliance. | | (70716) | 38
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the treatment of (a) accumulation and maintenance trusts and (b) interest in possession trusts for the purposes of inheritance tax. | | (70202) | 39
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected yield in income tax was from a 1p change in the UK (a) starting, (b) basic and (c) higher rate of income tax in each year since 1995; and what estimates have been made of the yields for future years. | | (70310) | 40
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the UK income tax yield was raised in Scotland in each year since 1997. | | (70311) | 41
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70550) | 42
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70551) | 43
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70552) | 44
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70553) | 45
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70554) | 46
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70555) | 47
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70556) | 48
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many free air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70557) | 49
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will provide a substantive response to Question 63954, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 30th March on tax credits. | | (70138) | 50
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the parishes or, where smaller, the electoral divisions of the Isle of Wight; what proportion of the population of each lies within the core catchment area of the Newport, Isle of Wight tax office; where he expects other island residents to conduct their face-to-face tax transactions; what criteria inform the definition of the core catchment area and its population; what definition of Newport town centre he used for the purpose of the impact assessment for relocating the Newport tax office; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the diversity and equality screen recommended in connection with the relocation of the Newport tax office. | | (70144) | 51
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the funding he announced in the Budget for local authorities and energy companies to work together for energy efficiency will be allocated to Scotland. | | (69905) | 52
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the additional funds announced in his budget to help local authorities and others to work in partnership with energy companies to promote and incentivise energy efficiency measures for households apply to Scotland. | | (69906) | 53
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the allocation of funds from the additional £20 million announced in his budget for energy efficiency measures. | | (69907) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 54
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps she is taking to ensure effective and timely consultation with local communities on current planning application (CR/20723/010) for the development of Tatenhill airfield. | | (70665) | 55
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many planning applications have been submitted by the Duchy in each of the last five years; how many planning applications are under consideration; and when each current application was submitted. | | (70666) | 56
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what contracts the Cabinet Office has awarded to (a) Geronimo Communications and (b) Tribal Communications since 1997; for what purpose each contract was issued; and what the cost was of each contract. | | (70711) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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. | | (70393) | 58
| Ms Celia Barlow (Hove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Minister with responsibility for the Fire Service will meet the fire service, representatives of the business community and the insurance industry to discuss fire safety and prevention. | | (70280) | 59
N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of transferring the responsibilities of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to her Department. | | (69856) | 60
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 85W, on deprivation (Somerset), if she will list the areas referenced by Super Output Area code which are amongst the 30 per cent. most deprived areas of England. | | (70237) | 61
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many super output areas there are in England in the Index of Multiple Deprivation; and if she will make a statement. | | (70238) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the present composition of the Index of Multiple Deprivation. | | (70305) | 63
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on the fitting of front-line fire service vehicles with satellite navigation systems; and what percentage of such vehicles in each fire service region is fitted with such devices. | | (68912) | 64
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to My Society in each of the last five years; and what other support has been provided to the organisation. | | (70153) | 65
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the population density is of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area. | | (70178) | 66
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 26th April, 2006, Official Report, column 1198W, on local government finance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the accompanying manual and documentation for the toolkit in (a) hard copy and (b) CD-rom. | | (70559) | 67
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 26th April 2006, Official Report, columns 1200-1W, on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), why publication of the VOA document Dwellinghouse Coding - An Illustrated Guide would breach privacy; what advice she has requested from the Information Commissioner on whether publication would breach privacy; and what categories of personal information the document contains. | | (70561) | 68
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 27th April 2006, Official Report, columns 1283-4W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the Tenet IT Mapping software includes (a) photographic data and (b) vector data; and what data sources are used to provide the mapping information. | | (70562) | 69
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26th April 2006, Official Report, columns 1203-4W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if she will place in the Library a list of the 10,000 localities in England. | | (70564) | 70
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1814W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory obligations local planning authorities have to provide planning information to the Valuation Office Agency. | | (70565) | 71
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 25th January 2006, Official Report, column 2190W, on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), whether the VOA has supplied information to Ordnance Survey relating to domestic properties. | | (70566) | 72
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden, of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 1694W, on Ordnance Survey, which external suppliers have provided aerial photographs. | | (70567) | 73
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's forecast is for the take-up rate of small business rate relief in each of the next three years. | | (70568) | 74
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by Listing Officers to Local Authority Chief Executives to which reference was made in ODPM Council Tax Letter 1/2005. | | (70569) | 75
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many written representations her Department has received from (a) district and (b) county councils calling for unitary status. | | (70570) | 76
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average fees charged by local authorities for mandatory licensing of houses in multiple occupation. | | (70571) | 77
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the regionalisation of the fire service; and what the timetable is for the process. | | (70572) | 78
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research the Government has commissioned on the use of geographic information systems for mass appraisal of residential property in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (70574) | 79
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what overseas conferences staff from her Department will attend in the next 12 months; and what conferences staff from the predecessor department attended in the last 12 months. | | (70578) | 80
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use the Valuation Office Agency makes of people's panels for (a) business rates and (b) council tax purposes. | | (70579) | 81
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which communities and civic renewal functions have been transferred to her Department from the Home Office. | | (70580) | 82
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the responsibilities of her Department are. | | (70581) | 83
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Parliamentary Secretary for Women and Equality will be paid per year. | | (70582) | 84
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which building her private office will be located. | | (70583) | 85
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff her Department will employ; and how many the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister employed in each year that it existed. | | (70584) | 86
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many special advisers her Department will employ. | | (70585) | 87
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance (a) the Government and (b) the Standards Board for England has issued to local authorities on the predetermination of decisions. | | (70586) | 88
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will abolish the Standards Board for England. | | (70587) | 89
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department is expecting to spend on departmental re-branding. | | (70588) | 90
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use the fire services (a) have made and (b) make of perfluorooctane sulphonate; and what guidance her Department has issued on its use. | | (70589) | 91
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the local authorities' euro preparation group of 21st February 2006. | | (70590) | 92
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the local authorities' euro preparation group will next meet. | | (70591) | 93
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the impact of revised health guidance on overhead power lines on (a) the planning process, (b) house prices, (c) compulsory purchase orders and (d) power line burial in new housing developments; and if she will make a statement. | | (70599) | 94
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Ordnance Survey has used satellite photography in the last five years. | | (70600) | 95
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's latest estimate is of the cost of setting up the nine regional fire control centres. | | (70601) | 96
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the number of individuals likely to be fined each year for attempting to sell a home without a home information pack once the proposal is implemented. | | (70602) | 97
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) the police and (b) local authority trading standards will be responsible for enforcing the requirement to produce a home information pack before selling a home. | | (70603) | 98
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hotels registered for business rates are on the Ratings List in England; and what the average rateable value is for such a business in the Ratings List category for hotels. | | (70604) | 99
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what amendments the Government has made to (a) regulations and (b) legislation relating to local authority search fees since 1997. | | (70609) | 100
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discretion local authorities have (a) to levy and (b) to set fees for search services; and whether such fees are capped. | | (70610) | 101
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the local authority revenue from search fees in each year since 1997. | | (70611) | 102
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what local authority searches will be required to produce material for home information packs. | | (70613) | 103
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish proposals on reforming the legislation on the political restrictions on local government employees. | | (70633) | 104
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) presentation and (b) handout produced by Mr Denis Purshouse for the seminar on home information packs on 29th March 2006. | | (70634) | 105
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) total budget and (b) administrative costs were of each of the Government Offices for the Regions in each year since their creation; what the projected costs are for the next financial year; what Government grant has been allocated to each of the regional chambers in each year since their creation; and what estimate she has made of the (i) total budget and (ii) administration cost of regional chambers in 2005-06. | | (70635) | 106
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) home condition reports and (b) home information packs will be required for (i) Right to Buy property transactions and (ii) sale or extension of a leasehold. | | (70636) | 107
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the average level of charges by (a) the Land Registry and (b) local authorities for providing information for home information packs. | | (70637) | 108
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home inspectors are (a) certified and (b) in training. | | (70638) | 109
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets the Government have set in relation to the training of home inspectors. | | (70639) | 110
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether home inspectors can qualify via distance learning; and what the average length of the training course is. | | (70640) | 111
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the written communication sent by the Citizen Information Project to her Department on 10th January 2005. | | (70641) | 112
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what electronic data the Valuation Office Agency will receive from local authorities as a consequence of the rollout of the Valuebill project. | | (70642) | 113
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been allocated to the (a) North East Regional Smartcard Consortium and (b) North East Trusted Service Infrastructure. | | (70643) | 114
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the regional e-Government partnerships in England; and what the budget was for each in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (70646) | 115
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) police and (b) security services will have access to the Register of Home Condition Reports. | | (70647) | 116
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the Valuation Office Agency will have access to the Register of Home Condition Reports; and what representations her Department has received from each body on access to the Register. | | (70649) | 117
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the (a) data and (b) software the Valuation Office Agency uses that is provided by Ordnance Survey. | | (70650) | 118
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a regulatory impact assessment for the implementation of EU directive 2002/91/EC. | | (70651) | 119
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has allocated to the English regional chambers in relation to the transfer of responsibilities from the regional housing boards. | | (70653) | 120
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Government has given to local authorities on (a) contract compliance and (b) imposing conditions in the procurement process unrelated to cost, quality or quantity of services. | | (70654) | 121
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what obligations the Best Value regime imposes on local authorities' procurement processes. | | (70655) | 122
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information local authority planning departments provide to Ordnance Survey in relation to (a) individual planning and building permissions, (b) change of use, (c) starts and (d) completions. | | (70656) | 123
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many departmental security passes were issued by her Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (70691) | 124
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken as a result of the Gershon initiative. | | (70692) | 125
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance that the Valuation Office Agency uses to assess and value composite/mixed hereditaments. | | (70693) | 126
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the implementation of special protection areas on the planning process. | | (70694) | 127
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has (a) to increase density targets for new residential development and (b) to reclassify the brownfield designation of gardens in residential properties. | | (70695) | 128
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average density is in dwellings per hectare of the average (a) detached property, (b) semi-detached property, (c) terraced property and (d) flat. | | (70696) | 129
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings would be constructed in an acre of residential development with a density of (a) 30, (b) 50 and (c) 70 dwellings per hectare. | | (70697) | 130
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has (a) to remove and (b) to abolish Areas of Great Landscape Value designation. | | (70702) | 131
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what process exists for dealing with a conflict between a regional development agency regional economic strategy and a regional chamber's regional spatial strategy on (a) housing numbers and (b) airport expansion. | | (70703) | 132
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the (a) ratification and (b) drafting of the regional spatial strategies in each region. | | (70704) | 133
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the annual revenue to be raised from planning gain supplement. | | (70705) | 134
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the annual revenue to be raised in England from reformed section 106 agreements once planning gain supplement is introduced. | | (70706) | 135
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the annual revenue in cash or in kind from section 106 agreements in England. | | (70707) | 136
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when figures will be published on the average sale price of the homes built under her Department's £60,000 Homes Scheme. | | (70708) | 137
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the regional sustainable development roundtables will be funded. | | (70709) | 138
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes the Government has made to planning fees since 2001. | | (70717) | 139
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Lyons Inquiry is next expected to publish (a) its research and (b) thematic reports. | | (70718) | 140
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library copies of the budgets for 2005-06 that the Government Offices for the Regions have received from English regional chambers. | | (70719) | 141
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the total revenue raised from congestion charge fines in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (70720) | 142
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rules govern whether the Army may use Fire Service appliances in the event of industrial action. | | (70722) | 143
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire appliances the Army has for providing fire cover; and how old the appliance is in each case. | | (70723) | 144
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the likely effects of the introduction of home information packs on small estate agents. | | (70724) | 145
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how fire cover will be provided if firefighters take strike action; and what contingency planning the Government has taken in the event of strike action. | | (70725) | 146
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the funding agreement between her Department and each Pathfinder scheme. | | (70726) | 147
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Valuation Office Agency has paid in each of the last five years for (a) products and (b) information from Ordnance Survey. | | (70727) | 148
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost has been of the regional centres of excellence. | | (70728) | 149
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who is eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme whether or not directly employed thereby; and how contributions for these people are funded. | | (70729) | 150
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the appeals which she has received against local authority refusals of planning applications by (a) J Sainsbury Plc, (b) Tesco Plc, (c) ASDA Stores Ltd, (d) WM Morrisons Supermarket Plc and (e) Safeway Plc since June 1997, stating in each case (i) whether the application was allowed on appeal, (ii) whether the decision followed the recommendation of the inquiry inspector, (iii) whether the proposed development was in a residential area, (iv) whether the application included planning permission for new homes and (v) whether lorry deliveries were expressly permitted between 10pm and 7am. | | (70260) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 151
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance is issued to magistrates on the publication of the name and photographs in local media of juveniles upon whom anti-social behaviour orders have been served. | | (69828) | 152
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many General Election marked registers were not available (a) six months and (b) nine months after the 2005 General Election. | | (69822) | 153
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of the number of electors who registered for postal votes in each election in each year since the Representation of the People Act 2000 came into force, excluding elections with all-postal voting. | | (70598) | 154
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much the Government spent in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 on campaigns to increase voter registration, including grants to local authorities. | | (70605) | 155
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what criteria the Government used to identify and classify public authorities when drawing up Schedule One of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (70606) | 156
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the timetable is for the Secretary of State's review of the bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (70607) | 157
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the level of voter registration for local elections in England in each year since it was created. | | (70657) | 158
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what advice the Information Commissioner has provided to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in each of the last three years. | | (70742) | 159
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of postal votes that did not arrive at the home of the elector in each set of local elections in England since 2000. | | (70686) | 160
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many postal votes in each set of local elections in England since 2000 were cast fraudulently. | | (70690) | 161
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much of the budget for her Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70510) | 162
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many public consultations her Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70511) | 163
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many promotion boards have been held in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70512) | 164
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on advertising by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70513) | 165
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70514) | 166
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff surveys have been conducted in her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70515) | 167
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what facility is available for senior civil servants in her Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70516) | 168
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many free air miles have ben accrued by senior civil servants in her Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70517) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 169
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote tourism in South East London. | | (70183) | 170
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council paid the consultant Gary Jones to examine the management structure of the arts organisation the Public in West Bromwich; and if he will list other projects he has assessed for the Arts Council. | | (70244) | 171
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Government funding has been allocated to promote tourism to the south west in 2006-07; and how much has been allocated to regional development agencies to promote tourism in the south west in each of the last five years. | | (70246) | 172
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total expenditure by Visit Britain was in each of the last five years. | | (70247) | 173
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Department of Trade and Industry and (b) Department for Work and Pensions on the decision to stop selling television licences through the Post Office. | | (70335) | 174
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the BBC's decision to stop selling television licences through the Post Office. | | (70411) | 175
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the BBC on the decision to stop selling television licences through the Post Office. | | (70412) | 176
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the different ways that viewers are able to purchase television licences. | | (70415) | 177
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of television licences were bought through the Post Office in the last period for which figures are available. | | (70416) | 178
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how activity levels amongst the general population have changed in the last 10 years. | | (69921) | 179
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the budget for her Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70480) | 180
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public consultations her Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70481) | 181
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what promotion boards have been held in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70482) | 182
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on advertising by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70483) | 183
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70484) | 184
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff surveys have been conducted in her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70485) | 185
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what facility is available for senior civil servants in her Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70486) | 186
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in her Department from official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70487) | 187
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1233W, on Heritage Lottery Fund, how much was awarded to organisations and projects in each (a) constituency and (b) council district in Northern Ireland in each year since 2002. | | (70488) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 188
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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. | | (70394) | 189
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the locations in the UK for which the Meteorological Office can readily supply information regarding average daily temperatures allowing for a wind chill factor; and if he will make a statement. | | (70395) | 190
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 29W, on departmental publications, if he will place in the Library copies of The Mole issued since 1st January 2005. | | (70336) | 191
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the same body armour is issued to Armed Forces personnel and visiting journalists in Iraq. | | (69833) | 192
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what options have been explored to adapt future Astute submarines to fire (a) Trident D5 and (b) D5(A) missiles. | | (70775) | 193
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of each fully-equipped Astute submarine. | | (70776) | 194
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department plans (a) to procure fuel cell technology and (b) to encourage further research into fuel cell technology for submarines. | | (70777) | 195
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans to adapt the UK armed forces underwater detection capabilities better to detect fuel cell vessels. | | (70778) | 196
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regimental bands there are in the Army; where they are located; and what the strength is of each regiment which has retained a regimental band. | | (70340) | 197
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what air to ground missile system the Eurofighter employs; and if he will make a statement. | | (70270) | 198
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the (a) Tornado GR and (b) Tornado F3 will remain in service. | | (70271) | 199
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the Government has had with BAe Systems regarding the conversion of Eurofighter to land on the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers. | | (70272) | 200
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the variants of the F35 which the UK is involved with; and how many of each the Government is planning to order. | | (70273) | 201
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost is of the lease of one C17 from the US; and if he will make a statement on the ownership of the four C17s which are being used by the Royal Air Force. | | (70274) | 202
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to make additional contributions to the Royal Ordnance pension scheme to ensure that the scheme assets are sufficient to provide member benefits accrued prior to the incorporation of Royal Ordnance plc. | | (70033) | 203
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the value of liabilities his Department has under section 8 of the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Act 1984. | | (70034) | 204
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been dismissed from each of the armed forces for drug offences in each of the past five years, broken down by rank. | | (70035) | 205
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1274W, on pension schemes, whether the Crown guarantee to the Royal Ordnance pension scheme referred to by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his report Ministry of Defence: Sale of Royal Ordnance plc (HC 162, 1987/88) still applies. | | (70145) | 206
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1574W, on drug testing, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in drug use among junior non-commissioned officers and privates between 2002 and 2005; and what steps he plans to take to reduce this. | | (70146) | 207
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his plans for RNAS Yeovilton. | | (70299) | 208
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make representations to his United States counterparts to maintain the US Army Field Support Battalion at RAF Hythe (a) until existing work at the shipyard has been completed and (b) permanently. | | (68539) | 209
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the United States Army's presence in the United Kingdom is stationed at RAF Hythe. | | (68540) | 210
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria will determine whether forces in Afghanistan will be subject to the provisions of (a) the law of armed conflict and (b) human rights legislation when fighting insurgents in the course of their current deployment. | | (69301) | 211
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defensive measures military helicopters carry in operational areas. | | (70239) | 212
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters UK forces have in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (70240) | 213
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether every serviceman in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan has his or her own body armour. | | (70241) | 214
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to publish its formal response to Nicholas Blake's Deepcut Review. | | (69829) | 215
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2006, to Question 50244, on regimental mascots, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Pendle on the matter. | | (70337) | 216
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70614) | 217
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70615) | 218
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70616) | 219
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70617) | 220
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70618) | 221
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70619) | 222
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70620) | 223
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many free air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70621) | 224
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information was (a) requested and (b) received from the European Union Satellite Centre prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. | | (70350) | 225
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services available from the European Union Satellite Centre are being used by his Department. | | (70382) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 226
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has relating to matters which fall within the competence of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs within his overall responsibility to oversee the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (69981) | 227
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much time per week he expects to be available for him to carry out his responsibilities as Deputy Prime Minister. | | (69969) | 228
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his responsibilities as Deputy Prime Minister give rise to a budget for (a) entertainment and (b) travel; and if he will make a statement. | | (69970) | 229
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for each day since 4th May. | | (70236) | 230
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Cabinet committees he is scheduled to chair in the week commencing (a) 15th May, (b) 22nd May and (c) 29th May. | | (69857) | 231
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Cabinet committees he chairs; and how frequently each such committee has met in the past month. | | (69860) | 232
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he will have relating to the Wales Office within his overall responsibility to oversee the efficient delivery of Government policy. | | (70032) | 233
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many times he has visited Wales on official duties in the past 12 months; and for what purposes. | | (70149) | 234
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his duties and responsibilities. | | (70252) | 235
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibility he has for foreign and commonwealth affairs within his overall responsibility to oversee the efficient development of Government policy. | | (69983) | 236
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he will have relating to the work of the Department for Constitutional Affairs in his role in overseeing the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (69944) | 237
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what duties he has in relation to Cabinet Office matters; and if he will make a statement. | | (69947) | 238
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many ministerial special advisers he plans to retain in his new role; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (69890) | 239
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the funds allocated for his official government duties are used solely for that purpose. | | (70175) | 240
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of his working time he expects to spend on official government duties. | | (70176) | 241
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria he will apply for the issuing of invitations to Dorneywood. | | (69909) | 242
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what opportunities he expects there to be for hon. Members to hold him to account on the floor of the House. | | (69910) | 243
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he will retain his private office staff on ceasing responsibility for his former functions. | | (69986) | 244
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the proportion of his time which will be available for his role as Deputy Prime Minister. | | (69987) | 245
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has in respect of Northern Ireland in relation to his role to oversee the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (69953) | 246
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants report to him; and what grade each is. | | (70148) | 247
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what Ministerial responsibilities he has in respect of Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (70163) | 248
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his new responsibilities. | | (70141) | 249
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what arrangements are being made for him to answer oral questions on the floor of the House in relation to his new responsibilities. | | (70142) | 250
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which of his new responsibilities will qualify as official in relation to the use of Dorneywood for such purposes. | | (70143) | 251
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has offered hospitality at Dorneywood to members of (a) foreign and (b) Commonwealth governments in each year since he took up residence. | | (70684) | 252
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his official duties. | | (70685) | 253
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has relating to matters which fall within the remit of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport within his overall responsibility to oversee the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (69982) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 254
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisation conducted the racial equality impact assessment of the Education and Inspections Bill; and if he will make the assessment available on his Department's website. | | (70360) | 255
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets he plans to set for the educational achievement of children attending the special schools proposed in the Education and Inspections Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (70443) | 256
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people gained a doctorate in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by subject; and what each figure is as a percentage change from the equivalent figures in 1995. | | (69576) | 257
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what child protection checks a teacher is expected to undergo; and what procedure is used for such checks in the case of an individual who is working (a) in a number of different schools, (b) in different local authorities, (c) in the private as well as public sector and (d) in another occupation or vocation with children or vulnerable adults. | | (70263) | 258
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance the Department issued to schools on the use of the teachers' sex education packs (a) Beyond a Phase and (b) Taking Sex Seriously; and how many (i) secondary and (ii) primary schools are using such packs, broken down by local education authority area. | | (70418) | 259
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the basis was for the calculation of the estimated £40 million savings from the re-organisation of the Learning and Skills Council; whether the calculation was made (a) before and (b) after a decision had been reached on staff numbers and structures; and how much of the estimated saving was savings on (i) staff costs and (ii) administrative costs. | | (69884) | 260
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of jobs in the UK which will require a university degree in (a) 2015, (b) 2020 and (b) 2025. | | (65391) | 261
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the £750 million pledged for school sport at the 2000 Labour Party Conference has been spent. | | (69919) | 262
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70472) | 263
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70473) | 264
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70474) | 265
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70475) | 266
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70476) | 267
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70477) | 268
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70478) | 269
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70479) | 270
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to ensure that university examination papers are marked and degrees awarded accordingly in the event of industrial action by university teachers in summer 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (68430) | 271
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average amount of funding per academy has been released by his Department during the feasibility phase of planning the establishment of a new academy. | | (69826) | 272
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 4th May 2005, Official Report, column 1764W, on specialist schools, if he will list the 45 specialist schools who select by aptitude; and what the specialism is of each. | | (69835) | 273
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members there are of learning and skills councils; and what political affiliation each has declared. | | (70498) | 274
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the costs were of (a) closing training and enterprise councils, (b) the creation of learning and skills councils and (c) the merging of learning and skills councils. | | (70499) | 275
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on redundancy costs in his Department and its agencies in each year since 1997. | | (70500) | 276
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether a decision has been made to transfer the powers of the learning and skills councils in London to the Mayor of London. | | (70501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 277
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards a fully worked up contingency plan to pay partial single farm payments before 30th June 2006. | | (69850) | 278
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an application to the European Union to further delay the payment of single farm payments until October 2006. | | (69851) | 279
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) percentage and (b) actual change in carbon dioxide emissions was between 1990 and the most recent year for which figures are available based on (i) Kyoto Treaty criteria and (ii) Kyoto Treaty criteria together with emissions from international aviation and international shipping. | | (70314) | 280
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to persuade those states within the International Whaling Commission sympathetic to Japan to vote in favour of whale conservation. | | (70338) | 281
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage all those members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in favour of conservation measures to attend the IWC meeting in June. | | (70422) | 282
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has made to (a) Japan, (b) Norway and (c) Iceland on their policy on whaling. | | (70423) | 283
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to farmers per month in interest payments caused by delays in single farm payments; and for what reason guidelines on set aside have (a) been changed and (b) been changed at this stage of the scheme. | | [R] (70343) | 284
| Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether milk quotas may be traded between Member States of the European Union. | | (70315) | 285
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce an Order to vary the exemptions within the Hunting Act 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (70730) | 286
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Hunting Act 2004 in preventing wild animals being (a) hunted and (b) killed by dogs. | | (70738) | 287
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to Wessex Flood Defence Committee in each of the last five years. | | (70165) | 288
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government holds for distribution to farmers in single farm payments. | | (70233) | 289
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much EU funding the Government has received but not distributed to farmers in the last two full financial years. | | (70234) | 290
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the chairman of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee received in travel costs in the last two years; and from what residential location his travel costs were calculated. | | (70242) | 291
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many official journeys the chairman of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee undertook in the last two years. | | (70243) | 292
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Department has allocated to the dairy industry to promote dairy products in each of the last five years. | | (70248) | 293
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department has allocated to supporting organic farming in the last five years; and how much of this was to assist transition of farms to organic farming. | | (70249) | 294
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial support the Soil Association received from the Department in each of the last five years. | | (70251) | 295
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Department allocated to regional development agencies in each year since 2000-01. | | (70253) | 296
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to address the effects on the UK of global warming; and what further steps he plans to take in the next five years. | | (65392) | 297
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice and guidance (a) the Government's Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and (b) the Environment Agency has issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate. | | (70608) | 298
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):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 the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate during the Buncefield Depot fire. | | (70630) | 299
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Drinking Water Inspectorate have issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate. | | (70631) | 300
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate. | | (70662) | 301
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of methane emissions from trees and other plants. | | (70332) | 302
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the last financial year. | | (70541) | 303
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last year; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70542) | 304
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70543) | 305
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70544) | 306
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70545) | 307
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70547) | 308
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70548) | 309
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70549) | 310
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of gamebirds shot on commercial shooting estates were for human consumption in 2005-06. | | (70779) | 311
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) pheasants, (b) partridges and (c) ducks are being kept for (i) meat production, (ii) showing, (iii) breeding for shooting, (iv) rearing for shooting, (v) releasing for shooting and (vi) other purposes at premises listed in the Great Britain Poultry Register; and how many such premises there are, broken down by species kept. | | (70780) | 312
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many commercial hatcheries are listed in the Great Britain Poultry Register in respect of each species. | | (70781) | 313
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many premises listed in the Great Britain Poultry Register in respect of the keeping of (a) pheasants and (b) partridges receive (i) live birds and (ii) eggs from outside Great Britain. | | (70782) | 314
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many premises listed in the Great Britain Poultry Register in respect of the keeping of (a) pheasants and (b) partridges have a pond, lake or open reservoir within the boundary of the premises or next to the premises. | | (70783) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 and for which her Department has policy responsibility which remain in force. | | (70392) | 316
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had on the possible resumption of EU aid payments to the Palestinian Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (69830) | 317
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to (a) the EU Commission and (b) the government of Finland in its capacity as the next EU Presidency on the future of the UK's veto on police and judicial affairs. | | (69832) | 318
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received concerning the level of UK diplomatic representation in Latin America; and if she will make a statement on future plans for such representation. | | (69222) | 319
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will assess the level of violence in Colombia, with particular reference to that directed against trade unionists. | | (70301) | 320
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what tracking she undertakes of asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo after failing to be accepted into the UK. | | (70302) | 321
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British civilians have been killed in Iraq since March 2003. | | (70266) | 322
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, column 1811W, on visas, if she will define the circumstances under which a visa application would not be straightforward non-settlement; and if she will make a statement. | | (70471) | 323
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, column 1809W, on visas, what procedures are followed when an applicant for a visa to enter the UK declares they have been refused protection by the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees. | | (70732) | 324
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, column 1809W, on visas, (67395), what procedures are followed when an applicant for a visa to enter the UK declares they have been refused entry by other countries; and if she will make a statement. | | (70736) | 325
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her policy is on the issuing of visas to enter the UK to individuals who were closely associated with the previous regime in Iraq. | | (70739) | 326
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information she has received about the role of Belarus in exporting Russian military technology to Iran, with particular reference to S-300SP surface-to-air missiles. | | (69302) | 327
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Indonesia about the (a) trials and (b) planned execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marianus Riwu; and if she will make a statement. | | (70344) | 328
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions UK waters have been illegally entered in each of the last 10 years. | | (70532) | 329
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the budget for her Department remained unspent in the last financial year. | | (70533) | 330
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many public consultations her Department undertook in the last year; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70534) | 331
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many promotion boards have been held in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70535) | 332
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on advertising by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70536) | 333
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in her Department in each of the last five years. | | (70537) | 334
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff surveys have been conducted in her Department in each of the last three years. | | (70538) | 335
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what facility is available for senior civil servants in her Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70539) | 336
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many free air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in her Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70540) | 337
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of Israel's compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. | | (69931) | 338
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. | | (69932) | 339
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the aims and objectives are of UK relations with Morocco. | | (69933) | 340
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the Government's requests for surveillance information from the European Union Satellite Centre in each of the last five years. | | (70348) | 341
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of the surveillance information requested from the European Union Satellite Centre in respect of the G8 Summit at Gleneagles was. | | (70349) | 342
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what satellite imaging services from the European Union Satellite Centre are being used by the Government. | | (70351) | 343
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much is allocated to (a) the running costs of and (b) buying information from the European Union Satellite Centre. | | (70353) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 344
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received about the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; and if she will make a statement. | | (70368) | 345
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to remain neutral on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; and if she will make a statement. | | (70369) | 346
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to allow nurses to prescribe medicines to patients without the consent of a doctor; if she will list the medicines nurses will be allowed to prescribe; what consultation she has undertaken; what representations she has received; and if she will make a statement. | | (70370) | 347
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will update the table of statistics printed in the special report and report of the Select Committee on the Infant Life (Preservation) Bill, H.L. Paper 153 of 1986-87 and H.L. Paper 50 of 1987-88, on (a) the number of notifications of abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967, gestation by completed weeks by statutory grounds and category of premises, residents and non-residents, England and Wales, in the special report on pages 22 to 26 and the report on pages 72 to 73, and (b) the number of notifications of abortions carried out under the Abortion Act 1967, gestation by completed weeks by statutory grounds and mother's age, England and Wales as in the special report on pages 28 to 37 and in the report on pages 74 to 77, to cover each year since 1990. | | (70371) | 348
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department last undertook a review into the scientific evidence of when human life begins that drew on (a) UK and (b) international research; and if she will make a statement. | | (70406) | 349
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the number of women who died following complications from a legal abortion; when her Department last undertook an evidence review of the number of women who died following complications from a legal abortion that drew on (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if she will make a statement. | | (70407) | 350
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has plans to review the Abortion Act 1967; and if she will make a statement. | | (70408) | 351
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) assessed on (i) the earliest point in its development an unborn child will experience pain, (ii) the earliest gestational age at which an unborn child may be capable of being born alive, (iii) the number of occasions when an unborn baby is wrongly diagnosed as being handicapped and is subsequently born without disability or handicap and (iv) the suicide rate among women who have had an abortion; and if she will make a statement. | | (70409) | 352
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes involving a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders there were between 1990-91 and 1996-97. | | (70748) | 353
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2006, Official Report, column 720W, on diabetes, what assessment she has made of the impact of mandatory National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on diabetes issued to primary care trusts since January 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (70668) | 354
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the revenue allocation made by her Department to Bournemouth Primary Care Trust was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (70267) | 355
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of growth funding received by Bournemouth Primary Care Trust was in 2006-07, expressed (a) in financial terms and (b) as a percentage of its total funding allocation. | | (70268) | 356
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Bournemouth Primary Care Trust's allocation for 2006-07 is being held (a) in its reserve and (b) by the Strategic Health Authority. | | (70269) | 357
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of funding excluding the market forces factor was made available by Bournemouth Primary Care Trust to the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as part of its legally binding contract for 2005-06. | | (70277) | 358
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to Bournemouth Primary Care Trust in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and how much and what percentage of such funding was growth funding in 2006-07. | | (70785) | 359
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Bournemouth Primary Care Trust's allocation for 2006-07 is being held in its reserve by the relevant strategic health authority. | | (70786) | 360
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was allocated by Bournemouth Primary Care Trust to the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as part of its contract for 2005-6; and what amount will be allocated for 2006-07. | | (70788) | 361
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the criteria they should apply to food and drink sold at leisure centres and other sports facilities. | | (70184) | 362
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support her Department gives to those most severely affected by myalgic encephalomyelitis. | | (70192) | 363
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to determine which primary care trusts received funding to set up specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis services; and under what terms the funding was granted. | | (70193) | 364
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what commitment primary care trusts (PCT) have made to continuing to provide funding for specialist mayalgic encephalomyelitis services; and what steps her Department plans to take if PCTs do not fulfil that commitment. | | (70194) | 365
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the role of the National Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Observatory. | | (70195) | 366
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been provided by (a) central government and (b) statutory bodies for the development and support of the National Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Observatory. | | (70196) | 367
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, to Question 67374, on NHS staff, what the estimated out-turn figures are for 2006. | | (70667) | 368
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will publish the conclusions of the review of her Department's top management structure. | | (69836) | 369
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1301W, on elderly care costs, whether she has requested the figures for the estimated savings on Department for Work and Pensions disability benefits that would result from making free personal care available. | | (70750) | 370
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on the fitting of emergency vehicles with satellite navigation systems; and what percentage of each NHS ambulance fleet is fitted with such devices. | | (68485) | 371
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures of performance she collects for the Trafford Surgical Centre in Greater Manchester. | | (70435) | 372
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were completed at the Trafford Surgical Centre in Greater Manchester in 2005, broken down by type of operation. | | (70436) | 373
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed by each strategic health authority; and at what cost in 2005-06. | | (69823) | 374
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated by Barlborough Independent Treatment Centre since its inception; and how many of these patients lived in Bassetlaw. | | (69825) | 375
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what language assessments are undertaken by non-UK trained (a) medical and (b) nursing staff before they are permitted to work in the NHS. | | (70155) | 376
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the turnover rate for NHS trust (a) chief executives, (b) chairmen and (c) senior managers was in each year for which records are available. | | (70156) | 377
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether study leave budgets for doctors in training cover management and leadership development programmes. | | (70157) | 378
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trust (a) chief executives, (b) chairmen and (c) senior managers are qualified (i) doctors, (ii) nurses and (iii) other healthcare professionals; and what plans she has to increase these figures. | | (70158) | 379
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) complication and (b) failure rates are for orthopaedic operations at (i) each independent treatment centre (ITC) and (ii) the NHS hospital closest to each ITC. | | (70159) | 380
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) contract value and (b) location is of each of the independent treatment centre programmes in the second wave. | | (70160) | 381
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the remaining stages are of each private finance initiative hospital project yet to reach final close; and whether additional stages are required to complete these projects which were not required for projects already completed. | | (70161) | 382
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) was spent on supporting breastfeeding during the 2005-06 financial year and (b) has been allocated to support breastfeeding in the 2006-07 financial year; what measures she has taken to promote breastfeeding; and if she will make a statement. | | (70259) | 383
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to access to sexual health services with particular reference to young people. | | (70744) | 384
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the teaching of how to (a) diagnose and (b) treat myalgic enchephalomyelitis in medical schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure that such teaching is improved. | | (70745) | 385
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library copies of the (a) minutes and (b) reports on overhead power lines produced by the Stakeholder Advisory Group on Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. | | (70660) | 386
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of changes in care home fees in the last five years. | | (70661) | 387
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) the Health Protection Agency has issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate to tackle fires. | | (70731) | 388
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons underlying increases above inflation in care home fees in the last five years. | | (70733) | 389
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the NHS hospitals in Lancashire with accident and emergency departments; and whether in each case they are type (a) one, (b) two and (c) three. | | (70317) | 390
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) Sport England about programmes to reduce the levels of childhood obesity; and what the outcome was. | | (69920) | 391
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking (a) to ensure adequate orthodontic services and (b) to increase the number of orthodontists. | | (70306) | 392
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many orthodontists were practising in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Huddersfield in each of the last 10 years. | | (70307) | 393
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will provide a substantive response to Question 64809, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 18th April, on NHS reorganisation. | | (70140) | 394
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to dental access centres in England since 2000-01; and what the projected funding is to 2009-10. | | (70341) | 395
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much will be allocated to the North West Strategic Health Authority for dentistry in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (70342) | 396
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the recent Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project report, what steps she is taking (a) to address the gap identified between the provision of alcohol treatment and demand and (b) to increase access to and capacity of specialist alcohol treatment services. | | (70164) | 397
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) name, (b) address and (c) post code is of each NHS hospital in England; and which of these are run by Foundation Trusts. | | (70030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 398
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of Regulation (a) 364, (b) 365, (c) 366, (d) 367 and (e) 368 of the Immigration Rules; what recent representations he has received about the operation of Rules; and whether he plans to amend these Rules. | | (70361) | 399
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances a person may be deported from the UK; what legislation governs the deportation of an individual; what plans he has to review this legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (70362) | 400
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of section (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; what amendments have been made to the Act; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (70375) | 401
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received about the operation of sections 4, 4A, 4B and 4C of the Theft Act 1968; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (70376) | 402
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 36 of the Data Protection Act 1998; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; what amendments have been made to the Act; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (70377) | 403
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Tawanda Machingura, a Zimbabwean foreign national imprisoned for sexual assault of a vulnerable patient, has been deported. | | (69926) | 404
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instigate an immediate inquiry into the manner of the recent deportation of the Dar family from Bootle, Merseyside to Pakistan; and what guidance he has issued on (a) the provision of medical treatment, (b) the conduct of officials, (c) the quality of transport, (d) access to legal advice and (e) access to the relevant hon. Member with respect to deportees from the UK. | | (70743) | 405
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) reports he has received and (b) assessment he has made of the treatment of Mr Arif Dar after deportation to Pakistan; and what the evidential basis was for the assurances given to the hon. Member for Bootle as to Mr Dar's safety. | | (70763) | 406
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted of offences in the UK and sentenced to imprisonment have been convicted of further offences in this country having been released from prison in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (70752) | 407
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his Department's policy that the UK should retain a veto in EU police and judicial matters. | | (69831) | 408
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name and (b) nationality is of the foreign male prisoner detained by Grampian police on 3rd May; what the nature of his conviction was; what the (i) date and (ii) term of sentence was; what the date of release was; and whether he was recommended for deportation on release. | | (69733) | 409
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to deport illegal immigrants. | | (70746) | 410
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to the British Retail Consortium to enable it to run the Action Against Business Crime Group beyond August 2006. | | (70772) | 411
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an individual (a) with multiple employment with children or vulnerable adults and (b) who engages with children or vulnerable adults in a number of different vocational fields is required to undergo more than one Criminal Records Bureau check. | | (70262) | 412
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to include access to victim support compensation payments for victims of offences that result in a caution to the perpetrator. | | (70303) | 413
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals (a) are serving and (b) have completed prison sentences in Lancashire for (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) grievous bodily harm, (iv) rape and (v) sexual offences against children; and how many of those released in each category (A) were deported after release in each of the last five years and (B) served half their sentence or less. | | (70265) | 414
N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners (a) held in UK prisons and (b) released within the past 12 months who were recommended for deportation are citizens (i) of the EU accession countries and (ii) of other EU countries. | | (69855) | 415
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 67922, on release of foreign prisoners, tabled by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome for named day answer on 3rd May. | | (70179) | 416
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the names of people arrested in England and Wales are reported to US immigration authorities by (a) the police and (b) other government bodies. | | (70417) | 417
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people in Peterborough constituency have been subject to the Prolific and Priority Offender Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (70169) | 418
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to publish details of the recent review by the Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Department of the operation of the National Asylum Support Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (70563) | 419
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1613W, on anti-semitic incidents, how many of the 132 reported incidents in Greater Manchester in 2005 occurred in each of the 10 Greater Manchester authorities. | | (70334) | 420
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals (a) are serving and (b) have completed in each of the past five years, prison sentences in Hampshire for (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) grevious bodily harm, (iv) rape and (v) sexual offences against children; and how many of those released in each category were deported after release. | | (68483) | 421
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals (a) are serving and (b) have completed in each of the past five years, prison sentences in Hampshire for (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) grevious bodily harm, (iv) rape and (v) sexual offences against children; and how many of those released in each category served half of their sentence or less. | | (68484) | 422
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued on the fitting of front-line police vehicles with satellite navigation systems; and what percentage of such vehicles in each police force have been fitted with such devices. | | (68910) | 423
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign criminals deported after serving their sentences can be prevented from re-entering the United Kingdom when their countries subsequently join the European Union. | | (68911) | 424
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers there are in the Avon and Somerset Police Force. | | (70235) | 425
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 6th February from the hon. Member for Aylesbury to the Minister of State (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality) about the case of Mr P.C. (reference C1142200; CTS reference M24806/5) and the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. | | (70147) | 426
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the research commissioned by his Department on section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act will be published. | | (68558) | 427
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant worker work permits were applied for by farmers in Bassetlaw in each of the last six years; and how many were granted. | | (69824) | 428
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring procedures are in place for prisoners released before their sentence expiry date. | | (70162) | 429
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the public sector bodies that will have access to data held on the National Identity Register without specific citizen consent; and for what purposes. | | (70712) | 430
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Identity Register will include information and data supplied by (a) the Valuation Office Agency, (b) Ordnance Survey, (c) HM Revenue and Customs, (d) electoral registers held by local authorities and (e) the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors. | | (70713) | 431
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Respect Unit will be transferred from his Department to the new Department for Communities and Local Government. | | (70714) | 432
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff are being transferred from his Department to the new Department for Communities and Local Government. | | (70715) | 433
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to police forces on their duty to contact the owners of rented properties whose tenants are wanted for moving road traffic offences. | | (70180) | 434
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the police take to contact insurers to trace the owners of vehicles wanted for moving road traffic offences. | | (70181) | 435
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure teenagers are made aware of the possible dangers associated with illegal drug use. | | (70173) | 436
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made in reducing under-age drinking. | | (70174) | 437
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress with proposals to merge West Mercia police force with other forces. | | (69968) | 438
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received in favour of keeping West Mercia as a separate police force. | | (69976) | 439
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of creating a West Midlands regional police force. | | (69977) | 440
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services available from the European Union Satellite Centre are being used by his Department. | | (70352) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 441
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many copies of the House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin were (a) published and (b) sold in each of the last three sessions for which information is available. | | (70363) | 442
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the House of Commons Information Office has to produce new factsheets; how many factsheets were sent to members of the public in each of the last three years; how members of the public may obtain copies; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (70364) | 443
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list the material produced by (a) the House of Commons Information Office and (b) the Education Unit for (i) schools and (ii) individual pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (70365) | 444
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many security passes have been issued which give access to the Palace of Westminster and its associated buildings, broken down by category; and if he will make a statement. | | (70381) | 445
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the telephone bill for the House of Commons was in each year since 1989. | | (70402) | 446
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many visitors have been given conducted tours of the line of route, broken down by tours (a) organised by the Central Tours Office, (b) conducted by an honourable Member, (c) conducted by a member of the House of Lords, (d) conducted by staff of an honourable Member and (e) conducted by staff of either House in the most recent two years for which figures are available. | | (70403) | 447
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many seats are reserved for (a) staff and (b) advisers of (i) the Government and (ii) Opposition parties on (A) the floor of the House and (B) the floor of Standing Committees; and how many there were in (1) 1979, (2) 1997 and (3) 2001. | | (70404) | 448
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the postage costs were for each Department of the House in each of the last three years; what percentage of (a) postal costs and (b) quantity of post was (i) first class and (ii) second class for each Department; what the Commission's policy is on when first or second class post should be used; and if he will make a statement. | | (70281) | 449
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how often information technology equipment is renewed for (a) hon. Members and (b) each Department of the House; and if he will make a statement. | | (70282) | 450
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when information technology equipment was last renewed in each Department of the House. | | (70283) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 451
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list those (a) Acts and (b) parts of Acts which received Royal Assent between 1976 and 2006 and for which his Department has policy responsibility which remain in force. | | (70373) | 452
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amendments have been made to the International Development Act 2002. | | (70374) | 453
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) direct and (b) bilateral aid his Department has allocated to Angola in 2006-07; how much he expects to be allocated in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (69221) | 454
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the last financial year. | | (70502) | 455
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last year; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70503) | 456
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70504) | 457
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70505) | 458
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many complaints of racial abuse have (a) been investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70506) | 459
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70507) | 460
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70508) | 461
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70509) | Questions to the Leader of the House 462
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Leader of the House, what incentives exist for hon. Members to take less than the full first-class fare for rail tickets to and from their constituencies. | | (70276) | 463
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will establish a joint House of Commons and House of Lords inquiry into abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (70379) | 464
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, what considerations underlie a decision on into which House of Parliament a Government Bill is introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (70380) | 465
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, how many petitions were presented in Session (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; how many have been presented in 2005-06; and on how many occasions the responsible Department declined to make any observations. | | (70405) | 466
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost was per hon. Member in (a) 2004-05 and (b) each of the previous four years; and if he will make a statement. | | (70410) | 467
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Leader of the House, whether the Deputy Prime Ministrer will answer oral Parliamentary Questions. | | (70734) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 468
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vacancies there are for (a) full and (b) part-time nursing staff in Causeway Hospital, Coleraine. | | (70419) | 469
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which hospitals in Northern Ireland operated mixed sex wards in March (a) 2000 and (b) 2005. | | (70424) | 470
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many copies of the Consumer Advice Handbook have been produced by the Consumer Council in Northern Ireland in 2006. | | (70425) | 471
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in the number of households claiming housing benefit has been in each of the last 10 years. | | (70426) | 472
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many kidney transplants were carried out under NHS procedures in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (70427) | 473
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in the number of diagnoses of skin cancer has been in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (70428) | 474
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers in Northern Ireland have been suspended from duty as a result of investigations by the Policing Ombudsman in each of the last three years. | | (70429) | 475
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many traffic wardens were employed in Northern Ireland in January (a) 2001 and (b) 2006. | | (70430) | 476
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in the numbers of fully qualified primary school teachers has been in (a) the controlled sector and (b) the maintained sector in Northern Ireland in each year between 1995 and 2005. | | (70431) | 477
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in Northern Ireland were assessed as having special needs in (a) 1995 and (b) 2005. | | (70437) | 478
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average attendance was at public meetings held under the auspices of District Police Partnerships in Northern Ireland during 2005. | | (70438) | 479
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the East Londonderry constituency are using temporary classroom accommodation. | | (70439) | 480
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the amount of waste from the Irish Republic being transferred to Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (70440) | 481
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to prevent waste from the Irish Republic being transferred to Northern Ireland. | | (70444) | 482
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2006, Official Report, column 1879W, on Wind Farm Proposals (Tunes Plateau), whether an application (a) has been submitted and (b) is in the process of being submitted. | | (70445) | 483
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) men and (b) women in Northern Ireland who are overweight. | | (70446) | 484
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what programmes his Department has in place to enable young people and students from Northern Ireland to study in the United States. | | (70447) | 485
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fines were imposed for the non-return of borrowed books by each library in Northern Ireland in 2005. | | (70448) | 486
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a Minister from his Department will attend the Somme commemorations in France in the summer of 2006. | | (70449) | 487
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average percentage of brownfield planning development for new housing has been in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (70450) | 488
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reasons are for the delay in the proposed building work at St Joseph's High School Crossmaglen; and when he expects work (a) to commence and (b) to be completed. | | (70531) | 489
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which schools are affected by the backlog in the school building programme; how many of these are involved in Providing Partnership Initiative funding initiatives; and what steps he is taking to eliminate the backlog. | | (70558) | 490
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what definition his Department uses of a `site positive' feature in the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal system used for rates revaluation. | | (70575) | 491
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what basis water rates will be calculated from April 2007. | | (70576) | 492
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of an average (a) domestic rates and (b) water rates bill in Northern Ireland from April 2007. | | (70577) | 493
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised Health and Safety in the Field policy document produced by the Valuation and Lands Agency. | | (70592) | 494
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency's domestic rates Automated Valuation Model uses (a) a location factor or factors in its multiple regression analysis and (b) geo-spatial statistical analysis in Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal. | | (70593) | 495
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency's domestic rates Automated Valuation Model (a) uses and (b) holds data on (i) local authority ward boundaries and (ii) numbers of criminal offences committed in each area. | | (70594) | 496
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what Geographical Information System data is used by the Valuation and Lands Agency's domestic rates Automated Valuation Model. | | (70595) | 497
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the conferences to be held overseas which Valuation and Lands Agency staff will attend in the next 12 months. | | (70596) | 498
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what form of (a) planning gain and (b) Section 106 Agreements operates in Northern Ireland. | | (70741) | 499
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the summer scheme at Tor Bank Special School in Dundonald will take place in 2006. | | (70433) | 500
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions vetting checks on foreign nationals working in each department in Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Office, have revealed a criminal record in each of the last five years. | | (70451) | 501
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions security forces from the Republic of Ireland have crossed into Northern Ireland while on operation (a) with and (b) without the consent of UK authorities in each of the last 10 years. | | (70452) | 502
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what promotion boards have been held in (a) each Northern Ireland department and (b) the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years. | | (70454) | 503
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of police overtime was in Northern Ireland in each district command unit in each of the last three years, broken down by rank; and what the cost was in each year. | | (70455) | 504
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers from (a) other UK and (b) foreign police services are on secondment to the Police Service Northern Ireland. | | (70456) | 505
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many temporary advances of pay are outstanding in the Police Service Northern Ireland; and what the total cost is of those advances. | | (70457) | 506
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the budget for (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Office remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70458) | 507
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public consultations (a) each Northern Ireland department and (b) the Northern Ireland Office undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (i) in total and (ii) of each consultation. | | (70459) | 508
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on advertising by (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last three years. | | (70460) | 509
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 724W, on dissident republican paramilitaries, whether the publication of the eighth report of the Independent Monitoring Commission provided him with information on dissident republican paramilitary recruitment of which he had not previously been in possession. | | (70461) | 510
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 724W, on dissident republican paramilitaries, whether the Independent Monitoring Commmission had access to security sources in preparing its eighth report that he does not have. | | (70489) | 511
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in (i) each department in Northern Ireland and (ii) his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70490) | 512
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff surveys have been conducted in (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70491) | 513
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what credit cards are provided for senior civil servants by (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) his Department. | | (70492) | 514
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants on official business in (a) each department in Northern Ireland and (b) his Department in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70493) | 515
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial arrangements have been put in place to enable the Northern Ireland Fire Authority to implement outstanding elements of the Fire Rescue Order (2006). | | (70494) | 516
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2006, Official Report, column 887W, on pupil injuries (compensation), to how many incidents in each of the last five years the figures for compensation relate; which Northern Ireland schools recorded injuries that resulted in compensation payments; and how much was paid out in compensation in each school. | | (70497) | Questions to the Prime Minister 517
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the operation of Section (a) 2 and (b) 3 of the House of Lords Act 1999; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act. | | (70378) | 518
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received during each of the last six months from members of the public about the Connexions programme; how many (a) supported and (b) opposed the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (70389) | 519
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with Ministers at (a) the Department of Health and (b) the Department for Education and Skills about the Government's Connexions programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (70390) | 520
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, whether written notes are kept of conversations between himself and foreign heads of Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (70391) | 521
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Southend West of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1385W, on visits, if he will list the mode of transport used for each visit. | | (70421) | 522
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) responsibilities, (b) salary and (c) nature and value of official benefits-in-kind of each Minister in (i) the Offiice of the Deputy Prime Minister before the week beginning 1st May and (ii) the Department for Communities and Local Government in the week beginning 8th May. | | (70031) | 523
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Prime Minister, what duties he has allocated to the Deputy Prime Minister that relate to the responsibilities of the Department for Trade and Industry. | | (69875) | 524
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff the Deputy Prime Minister will have working for him in his new role. | | (70664) | 525
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, where the Deputy Prime Minister's new office will be based; and whether he will retain his offices at 26 Whitehall. | | (70669) | 526
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Deputy Prime Minister will retain his official residences. | | (70670) | 527
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Deputy Prime Minister will have a (a) private parliamentary secretary and (b) junior ministers assisting his brief. | | (70671) | 528
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Deputy Prime Minister will appoint a special adviser. | | (70735) | 529
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, which Cabinet Committees the Deputy Prime Minister will (a) chair and (b) be a member of. | | (70740) | 530
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he used in allocating official residences to members of the Government. | | (69871) | 531
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, whether Cameron Mackintosh was offered a peerage; and if he will make a statement. | | (69883) | 532
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, where the Deputy Prime Minister's office will be located; and how many civil servants will be attached to it, broken down by grade. | | (70313) | 533
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 968, what advice he relied on for his statement that the Human Rights Act 1998 does not prevent the automatic deportation of foreign criminals on completion of their sentence. | | (70150) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 534
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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. | | (70396) | 535
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much of the budget for his Department remained unspent in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (70622) | 536
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was (a) in total and (b) of each consultation. | | (70623) | 537
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what promotion boards have been held in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70624) | 538
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on advertising by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70625) | 539
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many complaints of racial abuse have been (a) investigated and (b) upheld in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (70626) | 540
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff surveys have been conducted in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (70627) | 541
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what facility is available for senior civil servants in his Department to use credit cards supplied by the Department. | | (70628) | 542
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many free air miles have been accrued by senior civil servants in his Department on official business in each of the last three years; and how they were used. | | (70629) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 543
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 on campaigns to increase voter registration, including grants to local authorities. | | (70644) | 544
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the Electoral Commission's timetable is for publishing its reports on the local elections held on 4th May 2006. | | (70645) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 545
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reasons were for the delays in the publication of the sixth report of the Energy Security of Supply Working Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (69881) | 546
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will compensate those post offices which will be affected by the proposed withdrawal of the Post Office Card Account. | | (70250) | 547
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the value of the business brought to the Post Office by its sale of television licences. | | (70413) | 548
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) total budget and (b) administrative costs of the regional development agencies were in each region in each year since their creation; and what the projected costs are for 2006-07. | | (70573) | 549
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance the Government has issued to local authority trading standards services on the use of imperial weights and measures. | | (70632) | 550
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide created from (a) the mining of uranium, (b) ore milling, (c) uranium hexaflouride conversion, (d) fuel enrichment, (e) the making of fuel rods and (f) the treatment, transportation and deposition of nuclear waste. | | (70254) | 551
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grants are available to domestic households to install micro-generation renewable energy equipment. | | (70333) | 552
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will provide a substantive response to Question 64806, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 18th April, on telephone numbers. | | (70139) | 553
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 54W, on the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Fund, if he will summarise the legal argument which led him to agree with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in October 2004, that funds in the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Fund were hereditary revenues of the Crown. | | (70309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 554
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the commitment in the White Paper The Future of Aviation to bear down on aircraft noise, what target decibel level his Department has set for aircraft noise. | | (69852) | 555
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to encourage pregnant women to wear seat belts; and if he will make a statement. | | (70366) | 556
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the risks to unborn babies in a car crash; and if he will make a statement. | | (70367) | 557
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the reasons for trends in the seat belt wearing rate for car drivers between (i) October 1996 and October 1997, (ii) October 2002 and April 2003 and (iii) April and October 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (70398) | 558
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Great Britain car and van seat belt wearing percentage rates for April to be published; if he will place a copy in the Library when published; and if he will make a statement. | | (70399) | 559
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) males and (b) females received an exemption from the requirements of section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) reason for exemption; and if he will make a statement. | | (70400) | 560
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on his policy on Directive 2003/20/EC; when the Directive will be implemented in England and Wales; and what consultation he has undertaken on the provisions of the Directive. | | (70401) | 561
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) the Independent Pilots Association and (b) the British Airline Pilots Association on potential under-reporting of contaminated air events on UK registered aircraft. | | (70760) | 562
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on human health of exposure to pyrolised synthetic jet engine oils; and in what year the Department first received a representation on this matter. | | (70761) | 563
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information is held by the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to contaminated air incidents on British Aerospace BAE 146 aircraft between 28th January and December 2005. | | (70762) | 564
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what epidemiological surveys have been carried out on the long-term impact of repeated exposure of pilots to chemicals, with particular reference to potential neuropsychological impacts. | | (70764) | 565
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on health of exposure on commercial aircraft to pyrolised synthetic jet engine oils (i) dermally and (ii) via inhalation. | | (70765) | 566
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents occurred on (a) A roads and (b) motorways in Lancashire in each year since 1990; and how many (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injuries there were as a result in each year. | | (70264) | 567
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the head of the Pilot Confidential Reporting System is required to declare relevant interests. | | (70773) | 568
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Building Research Establishment receives funding from (a) Boeing, (b) British Aerospace and (c) Airbus. | | (70774) | 569
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) he has and (b) his Ministers have had with (i) airport operators, (ii) aircraft operators and associated companies and (iii) the travel industry to discuss (A) night flights and (B) the expansion of Heathrow in the past two years; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of those meetings. | | (69834) | 570
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assumptions of traffic growth up to 2021 for housing expansion in north Northamptonshire are being used by his Department in discussions with the growth areas directorate in the Department for Communities and Local Government. | | (70190) | 571
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the effect of the British Transport Police trial deployment of metal scanners at London stations. | | (70200) | 572
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central government funding has been allocated to Somerset County Council for road improvement in each of the last five years. | | (70166) | 573
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central funding has been allocated to road signage in Somerset in each of the last five years. | | (70167) | 574
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) current and (b) proposed aircraft corridors are across (i) West Somerset and (ii) Sedgmoor district council areas. | | (70245) | 575
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the five locations on the A12 in Essex with the highest incidence of traffic accidents in each of the last five years. | | (70769) | 576
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many persons have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured on the A12 in Essex in each of the past five years; and what the corresponding figure is in 2006 to date. | | (70770) | 577
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the approach or departure routes for aircraft using Stansted Airport have changed since January 2002. | | (70771) | 578
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with governments in (a) Italy, (b) Spain, (c) Portugal and (d) Austria on the effects on road safety of compulsory reflective vests for car drivers leaving their vehicles following a breakdown or accident; and if he will make a statement. | | (70345) | 579
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on road safety of requring drivers to wear reflective vests when leaving their vehicles at the roadside following a breakdown or accident; and if he will make a statement. | | (70354) | 580
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact on road safety of requiring drivers to wear reflective vests when leaving their vehicles at the roadside following a breakdown or accident; and if he will make a statement. | | (70355) | 581
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have (a) been killed and (b) seriously injured after leaving their vehicles at the roadside following an accident or breakdown on (a) motorways and (b) other trunk roads in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (70356) | 582
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths and serious injuries that have been prevented by the requirement in law in (a) Italy, (b) Spain, (c) Portugal and (d) Austria for drivers to wear reflective vests when leaving their vehicles at the roadside following a breakdown or accident; and if he will make a statement. | | (70357) | 583
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government submitted an opinion on the notification by Italy in the Official Journal of the European Union of its intention to require car drivers to wear reflective vests when leaving their vehicle at the roadside following accidents or breakdowns (Notice number 2003/357/I). | | (70358) | 584
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission research to evaluate the effectiveness of the requirement in (a) Italy, (b) Spain, (c) Portugal and (d) Austria for drivers to wear reflective vests when leaving their vehicle at the roadside in the event of a breakdown or accident; and if he will make a statement. | | (70359) | 585
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a cost benefit analysis of a requirement to wear reflective vests for car drivers who leave their car at the roadside following an accident or breakdown; and if he will make a statement. | | (70383) | 586
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has issued on action to be taken by motorists and their passengers when leaving a vehicle at the roadside in the event of an accident or breakdown on roads which do not have a hard shoulder. | | (70385) | 587
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last reviewed the advice to motorists provided in the Highway Code on the action to be taken following an accident or breakdown at the roadside; when he expects the consultation process on revising the Highway Code to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (70386) | 588
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which motorists follow existing guidance in the Highway Code on the action to be taken following an accident or breakdown at the roadside; and if he will make a statement. | | (70387) | 589
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) public and (b) private sector organisations to which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has (i) sold and (ii) provided drivers' names and addresses in the last two years; and what the reason for the data sharing or data transfer was in each case. | | (70597) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 590
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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. | | (70397) | 591
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities in England and Wales allow a discretionary award for (a) veterans disabled during the Second World War and (b) their widows in the assessment of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (70766) | 592
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the time taken to rate a claim for (a) jobseekers' allowance and (b) income support was in Alloa in (i) May 2004 and (ii) May 2005. | | (69303) | 593
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many whole time equivalent staff there were in each (a) (i) customer facing and (ii) benefit processing district and (b) call centre (A) before customer management service (CMS) was implemented and (B) after full or partial CMS implementation. | | (69577) | 594
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received back payments of pension credit of (a) £1,000 to £1,999 and (b) £2,000 or more in each year since 2001. | | (70767) | 595
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change the funding available to the Social Fund funeral scheme. | | (70261) | 596
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners he estimates were entitled to pension credit in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; how many were receiving the pension credit in each year; how many (i) are entitled to and (ii) are receiving the credit in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (70284) | 597
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the Government's White Paper on pensions reform. | | (70285) | 598
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners who will be entitled to receive pension credit in (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2030, (iv) 2040 and (v) 2050, assuming pension credit remains linked to earnings growth; and if he will make a statement. | | (70286) | 599
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of females of pension age in the UK who will be in receipt of a full basic state pension in 2006-07; how many were so entitled in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (70287) | 600
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to reduce the number of pensioners subject to means-testing; and if he will make a statement. | | (70288) | 601
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were living in relative poverty in (a) 1996-97, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (70289) | 602
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the take-up rate of (a) savings credit only, (b) guarantee credit and savings credit and (c) all pension credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (70290) | 603
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost savings from raising the state pension age to (a) 66 years by 2030 and (b) 67 years by 2040; and if he will make a statement. | | (70292) | 604
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual savings from raising the women's pension age from 60 to 65 years are in each year from 2010 to 2030; and if he will make a statement. | | (70293) | 605
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners receiving pension credit in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2040 and (iv) 2050 on the basis of the proposals made by the Pensions Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (70294) | 606
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners received means-tested benefits in each year from 1979-80 to 2005-06; what his estimate is for each in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (70295) | 607
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the proportion of pensioner benefit units entitled to pension credit in each year between 2002-03 and 2020-21; and if he will make a statement. | | (70296) | 608
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost of uprating the basic state pension at (a) earnings growth and (b) five per cent. per annum in each year from 2006 to 2030, assuming price indexation as the benchmark. | | (70297) | 609
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of savings credit was in 2005; what his estimate is of the cost in each year from 2006 to 2030; and if he will make a statement. | | (70298) | 610
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been employed in all forms of the administration of pension credit, savings credit and guarantee credit in each year since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (70308) | 611
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of state retirement pensioners aged over (a) 80 and (b) 90 years in (i) 1980, (ii) 1990, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2010, (v) 2020, (vi) 2030, (vii) 2040 and (viii) 2050; and if he will make a statement. | | (70312) | 612
| Mr John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days were taken to process a benefit claim in West Dumbartonshire constituency in May (a) 2006, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005. | | (70420) | 613
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of raising the addition to the basic state pension for those aged 80 years or over from 25p to (a) £2.50 per week, (b) £5 per week and (c) £10 per week, assuming no change in the thresholds for means-tested benefits. | | (70768) | 614
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that the pension forecasting team states in correspondence with inquirers whether national insurance data has been taken into account when making a pension forecast. | | (70231) | 615
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Health and Safety Executive has made of the number of headstones removed for safety reasons in the last 12 months. | | (70658) | 616
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on the use of perfluorooctane sulphonate. | | (70659) | 617
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Nah-Eileanan an Iar of 1st March 2006, Official Report, column 796W, on benefits, for what reasons the budgeted expenditure for council tax benefit varies from the outturn figures for expenditure on council tax benefit set out in table 8 of the pre-Budget report 2005. | | (70388) | 618
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional resources needed to extend the provision of the financial assistance scheme to those who otherwise fulfil the eligibility criteria but who are aged (a) below 55 and (b) between 55 and 59; and if he will make a statement. | | (70747) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 619
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost of public sector pensions as a share of gross domestic product in each year from 2005 to 2050; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (70291) | 620
N | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to bring forward proposals on the planning gain supplement. | | [Question Unstarred] (69716) | 621
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the level of unemployment in the West Midlands in 2004-05. | | [Question Unstarred] (69727) | 622
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many electors there were in each ward of (a) the Vale of Clwyd and (b) Denbighshire in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (70191) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 623
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average annual cost to the Government of selling television licences through the Post Office has been over the last three years. | | [Transferred] (70414) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 624
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Paveway IV missile will enter service; and which aircraft will be able to use it. | | [Transferred] (70275) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 625
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) companies and (b) others with large energy bills on plans to restrict carbon dioxide emissions. | | [Transferred] (70304) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 626
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1676W, on trade deals, how many bilateral trade negotiations the European Commission has (a) conducted and (b) signed on behalf of the UK in each of the last eight years. | | [Transferred] (70201) | 627
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions UK waters around Northern Ireland have been illegally entered in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (70453) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 628
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total revenue raised from speed camera fines in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (70710) | 629
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the total revenue raised from parking fines in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (70721) | Questions to the Leader of the House 630
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members re-elected in 2005 have (a) had their information technology equipment (i) entirely and (ii) partially renewed and (b) not had their information technology renewed; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (70316) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 631
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on UK (a) policy on and (b) contributions to the International Energy Agency. | | [Transferred] (69934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 632
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Deputy Prime Minister's Government car in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (70672) | 633
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1462W, on airports, how many of the near misses that were recorded over Northern Ireland airspace in each of the last five years related to flights into or out of (a) Belfast International, (b) Belfast City and (c) Londonderry airports. | | [Transferred] (70495) | 634
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1462W, on airports, how many near misses were recorded in mainland Great Britain airports relating to flights departing from Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (70496) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 635
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in each year since 1996-97; and how many pensioners (a) were entitled to and (b) received council tax benefit in each such year. | | [Transferred] (70300) |
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