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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 15 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 15 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 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 Monday 15 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 15 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met BDO Stoy Hayward; and what matters were discussed. | | (70827) | 2
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to veto any proposed EU tax arising from the 2008-09 review of the EU budget. | | (71128) | 3
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has produced for (a) businesses and (b) consumers regarding missing trader intra-community (carousel) VAT fraud. | | (71348) | 4
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue lost through missing trader intra-community (carousel) VAT fraud in each year since 2001; and what (a) plans he has and (b) resources he has allocated to tackle such fraud. | | (71349) | 5
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many divorces there have been in the UK in each year since 2000, broken down by ethnic group. | | (71221) | 6
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many teenage pregnancies there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by ethnic group. | | (71225) | 7
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents of Tamworth worked outside the constituency in (a) 1981, (b) 1991, (c) 2001 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (71242) | 8
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average price was of a gallon of (a) leaded and (b) unleaded petrol in each country of the UK in March 2006. | | (71212) | 9
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the relative competitiveness of the economies of each country in the UK. | | (71213) | 10
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, column 1742W, on non-fossil fuels, if he will summarise the legal argument which led him to conclude that funds in the non-fossil fuel obligation fund were hereditary revenues. | | (71380) | 11
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been to his Department of the National Insurance Contributions exemptions on the payment of troncs in each year since 1997. | | (71331) | 12
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with whom Treasury officials have met to discuss the (a) retention, (b) reform and (c) replacement of the tronc system; and from whom his Department has had representations on this system. | | (71332) | 13
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) have received payments and (b) have received payments solely through a tronc system in each year since 1996. | | (71333) | 14
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many troncmasters there were in the UK in each year since 1996. | | (71334) | 15
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account the Office of National Statistics has taken in its analysis of the Public Sector Net Debt of the guarantees given to the International Olympic Committee to underwrite the Olympic Games. | | (71391) | 16
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of potential revenue from the sale of UHF spectrum released by the digital switchover programme. | | (71359) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 17
N | Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps she is taking to support the work of voluntary and community organisations. | | (70204) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 18
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the local authority wards in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire which are in the top 30 per cent of wards in England by multiple deprivation indicators; and if she will make a statement. | | (71244) | 19
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the number of black and minority ethnic young people who are homeless. | | (71245) | 20
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the provision of affordable housing in Tamworth constituency. | | (71246) | 21
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list responsibilities which her Department and its predecessors have lost since 1997; what the (a) date and (b) destination Department was in each case; what responsibilities the Department and its predecessors have taken on since 1997; and what the (i) date and (ii) source Department was in each case. | | (71137) | 22
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects the Government has commissioned to improve relations between black and Asian communities. | | (71179) | 23
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1630W, on sex offender vetting, if she will introduce vetting procedures for local councillors on the Sexual Offenders Register who have access to schools and vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement. | | (71382) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 24
N | Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent progress has been made in establishing community courts; and if she will make a statement. | | (70213) | 25
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many incidents of postal vote fraud were recorded in the Limehouse ward of Tower Hamlets on 4th May. | | (70530) | 26
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Tamworth constituency in each of the past five years. | | (71222) | 27
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list responsibilities which her Department and its predecessors have lost since 1997; what the (a) date and (b) destination Department was in each case; what responsibilities the Department and its predecessors have taken on since 1997; and what the (i) date and (ii) source Department was in each case. | | (71136) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 28
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Government grant-in-aid to Arts Council England since 2001-02. | | (71200) | 29
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter of 24th January from the hon. Member for Aylesbury to the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary on the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on Longwick Village Hall. | | (71169) | 30
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to ensure that all BBC licence payers in the North West continue to receive BBC broadcasts when analogue is switched of in 2009. | | (71322) | 31
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list responsibilities which her Department has lost since 1997; what the (a) date and (b) destination Department was in each case; what responsibilities the Department has taken on since 1997; and what the (i) date and (ii) source Department was in each case. | | (71135) | 32
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what she estimates the total cost of digital switchover will be to the (a) Government and (b) BBC. | | (71356) | 33
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money the (a) Government and (b) BBC plans to spend on digital switchover assistance schemes to aid the elderly and the vulnerable. | | (71358) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 34
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997. | | (71202) | 35
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006 to Question reference 68593, on the Defence Export Services Organisation, if he will make a statement on the purpose of the Saudi Armed Forces Project and the number of (a) British based and (b) Saudi based full-time equivalent staff working on the project. | | (71437) | 36
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department has made available to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Trust in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (70197) | 37
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the availability of medical staff in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force; and if he will make a statement. | | (70199) | 38
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the National Radiological Protection Board research papers of 1988 and 1993 on the incidence in cancer among men from the UK who participated in the nuclear weapon test programmes. | | (71446) | 39
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what commitment has been given by the UK Government regarding the reconstruction of the Serious Crime Department building destroyed in the Jamiyal district of Basra in September 2005. | | (71461) | 40
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British defence attachés have raised the international arms trade treaty with their relevant counterparts. | | (71131) | 41
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to make progress on international talks on an international arms trade treaty in the next six months. | | (71132) | 42
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on constructing a new Search and Rescue hangar at RAF Leconfield; what he expects the total final cost will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (71422) | 43
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place between his Department and Gosport Borough Council in relation to planning issues at (a) Haslar Hospital and (b) other departmental sites at Haslar. | | (70952) | 44
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has assessed the Aldershot Centre for Health as a model which could be followed at The Royal Hospital Haslar. | | (70953) | 45
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to Question 68095, on Deepcut, what evidence he has received that suggests that media coverage of Deepcut has been a factor affecting Deepcut recruitment; and in which studies the evidence appears. | | (71141) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 46
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list his engagements relating to his responsibilities for overseeing the efficient development of Government policy in the week beginning 15th May. | | (71404) | 47
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what resources are available to him in his role as Head of the China Task Force to facilitate discussion in (a) Mandarin and (b) Cantonese with Chinese inter-locutors; and if he will make a statement. | | (71209) | 48
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will encourage senior officials supporting the work of the China Task Force to learn (a) Mandarin and (b) Cantonese. | | (71210) | 49
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of his Ministerial role as head of the China Task Force. | | (71265) | 50
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what priorities he has set for his role as head of the China Task Force. | | (71266) | 51
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Advisory Group on celebrating the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery plans to discuss the issue of whether a formal apology for slavery should be made. | | (71188) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 52
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in maintained schools in England are being taught Mandarin. | | (70799) | 53
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a list of titles of research projects being undertaken by postgraduate students from (a) Iran, (b) Syria, (c) the Sudan, (d) China, (e) Arab Palestine and (f) North Korea into (i) nuclear physics, (ii) biochemistry, (iii) pollution dispersal, (iv) genetics, (v) ballistics, (vi) rocketry and (vii) explosive reactions; and if he will indicate the research funder in each case. | | (71400) | 54
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of children of each (a) sex and (b) ethnic group with a disability. | | (71223) | 55
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many looked after children there were in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) sex and (b) ethnic group. | | (71224) | 56
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress is being made in introducing healthier eating for children in schools. | | (71384) | 57
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the awareness of children and parents about the importance of regular physical exercise and healthy eating outside the school environment. | | (71386) | 58
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1630W, on sex offender vetting, if he will take steps to agree with the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Home Office procedures to enable local councillors and police authorities to bar councillors on the Sex Offenders Register from access to local authority schools and vulnerable adults; what discussions have taken place on the subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (71381) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 59
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of the Environment Agency's survey of Public Attitudes to Angling 2005; and what response has been made to its findings. | | (71205) | 60
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was made available by English Nature through management agreements to (a) farmers and (b) commoners to assist in the management of upland areas and commons in each year since 2001. | | (71329) | 61
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total projected cost is of the Farming Connect Cumbria scheme over the scheme's lifetime; how much has been allocated to the scheme by his Department; how much has been provided by other sources, broken down by source; how much has been spent by the scheme; how much has been (a) allocated for and (b) spent on grants to improve agricultural performance; how many grants have been allocated under the scheme; how much was allocated for each grant; what the projected costs are of administration over the lifetime of the scheme; how much has been spent on administration; and if he will make a statement. | | (71139) | 62
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the greenhouse gas emissions are in carbon equivalent per kilometre of the most commonly used aircraft in the United Kingdom; what the carbon equivalent emissions per passenger kilometre would be in each case if the aircraft were fully loaded at its normal passenger capacity. | | (71326) | 63
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the environmental impact of the current structure of Air Passenger Duty. | | (71327) | 64
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will re-assess agreements reached by his predecessor on the price of sugar beet to enable sugar beet farmers to develop a sustainable sector. | | (71399) | 65
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has undertaken to explore alternatives to animal testing. | | (71199) | 66
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK Biodiversity Action Plan species do not fall within the scope of the Environmental Liability Directive and would not be protected under UK implementing laws unless its scope were to be extended. | | (71456) | 67
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which UK sites of special scientific interest do not fall within the scope of the Environmental Liability Directive and would not be protected under UK implementing laws unless its scope were to be extended. | | (71457) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 68
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy to endorse the EU Commission's call for a declaration of commitment to future institutional reform; and if she will make a statement. | | (71140) | 69
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring her Department undertakes of the treatment of repatriated asylum seekers in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what her latest assessment has been of their treatment. | | (71419) | 70
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence her Department has received of persecution of repatriated asylum seekers by the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (71420) | 71
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of Iran's threat to withdraw from all or part of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. | | (71459) | 72
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the European Union on the lifting of the EU arms embargo on China; and if she will make a statement. | | (70797) | 73
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparations her Department has made for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai; and if she will make a statement. | | (70798) | 74
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in negotiations with the Turkish government in developing a system of documentation which would permit people in possession of UK-issued temporary travel documents to travel from Turkey to the UK. | | (71193) | 75
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the evidence from the Minister for State in her Department to the Quadripartite Committee on 3rd May, HC 873-vi, on strategic export controls, what steps are being taken by the Government to investigate reports of an illicit diversion of UK-exported Beretta weapons intended for legitimate use in Iraq. | | (71452) | 76
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether representations have been made to the Israeli authorities to cease withholding Palestinian tax revenues by (a) the UK and (b) the EU; and what assessment has been made of the feasibility of channelling those tax revenues via the EU. | | (71378) | 77
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much aid the EU plans to channel to the Palestinian territories; and what the value is of the tax revenue due to the Palestinian Authority which has been withheld by Israel. | | (71387) | 78
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the trial of Kifle Tigneh Abate has begun in Addis Ababa; what representations she made to the Ethiopian government prior to the trial; and what reports her Department has received from Michael Ellman, the international observer of the trial. | | (70037) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 79
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the findings were of the race equality impact assessment of the 2004 draft Mental Health Bill; and when she expects to publish the assessment. | | (71253) | 80
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration has been given to the insertion of a non-discrimination clause in the Bill to amend the Mental Health Act 1983. | | (71255) | 81
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to conduct a race equality impact assessment of (a) amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 to be made by the planned Mental Health Bill and (b) the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended, in its entirety. | | (71256) | 82
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from what point in an individual's treatment her Department calculates the waiting time for an NHS inpatient operation. | | (70897) | 83
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting for more than six months for an NHS inpatient operation at the end of each month from November 2005 to April 2006, broken down by hospital trust. | | (70898) | 84
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date she expects the Government to meet its target for nobody to wait more than six months for an inpatient operation in the NHS. | | (70933) | 85
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are waiting for an NHS inpatient operation and who have been informed they will have to wait more than six months. | | (70990) | 86
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral Answer from the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of 25th April 2006, Official Report, column 549, from what sources the figures for waiting times for in-patient treatment were taken. | | (71138) | 87
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on agency nurses by (a) the Epsom and St. Helier University Trust and (b) St. Helier Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (71325) | 88
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 17 years or under and (b) 18 years or over were registered with an NHS dentist in (i) England, (ii) each NHS region and (iii) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997; and what proportion each represents of the relevant age group. | | (71388) | 89
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting list time in (a) the Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust and (b) England was in each year since 2003. | | (71389) | 90
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners per 100,000 population there were in (a) the Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust area and (b) England in each year since 2003. | | (71390) | 91
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area missed their appointments in the last year for which figures are available; and what the estimated cost was to the Trust of these missed appointments. | | (69842) | 92
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area had their appointments cancelled by the Trust (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) more than three times in the last year for which figures are available. | | (69843) | 93
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of how many people have Alzheimer's disease, broken down by (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust; what forecast she has made of the number of new cases each year and incidence over the next (i) 20 and (ii) 30 years; and what estimate she has made of the incidence in other EU countries. | | (71450) | 94
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the total cost of (a) treating and (b) caring for people with Alzheimer's disease; and what forecast she has made of the future trends of this figure. | | (71451) | 95
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the possible health effects in England of radioactive fallout from Chernobyl in respect of incidences of (a) thyroid cancer, (b) other solid cancers, (c) leukaemia, (d) non-cancer diseases and (e) genetic diseases. | | (68112) | 96
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a local resolution procedure available to dentists in dispute with primary care trusts over the new dental contract. | | (69841) | 97
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to strategic health authorities and primary care trusts on consultation arrangements for the proposed water fluoridation. | | (71328) | 98
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the independence of the National Fluoride Information Centre; and how the centre is funded. | | (71336) | 99
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been carried out by the National Fluoride Information Centre on the amount of fluoride people in the North West are consuming. | | (71337) | 100
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken by the National Fluoride Information Centre on all aspects of fluoride use since it was set up. | | (71338) | 101
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was of setting up the National Fluoride Information Centre. | | (71339) | 102
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will prepare contingency plans for circumstances where primary care trusts reduce provision of services for myalgic (a) encephalomyelitis and (b) encephalopathy. | | (71460) | 103
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department is taking to ensure effective medical education in the diagnosis and treatment of myalgic (a) encephalomyelitis and (b) encephalopathy. | | (71469) | 104
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support her Department provides for those so severely affected by myalgic (a) encephalomyelitis and (b) encephalopathy they are (i) bed and (ii) house bound. | | (71470) | 105
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the market forces factor used in the allocation of funding to health trusts. | | (71129) | 106
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members are of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation. | | (71130) | 107
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the average level amongst the UK population of (a) N-Heptane and (b) polybrominated biphenyl in (i) blood samples and (ii) fat biopsies. | | (71310) | 108
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the average level amongst the UK population of (a) free cell DNA in ug DNA per litre of plasma, (b) nickel DNA adducts in ng/ml and (c) Beryllium DNA adducts in ng/ml. | | (71323) | 109
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006 to Question 65774, on hospital appointments, what other systems send messages through the care record spine; how the costs associated with the spine are accounted for; and what the (a) set-up costs and (b) annual running costs of the spine are. | | (70972) | 110
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts in Hampshire fund treatment for mesothelioma with Permetrexen; and which do not. | | (71216) | 111
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each primary care trust in Hampshire have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in each of the last five years. | | (71217) | 112
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were diagnosed with (a) asbestos-related illnesses and (b) mesothelioma in each primary care trust in Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (71218) | 113
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary trusts in Hampshire make available continuous positive airway pressure machines when requested by their specialist to those whose chest conditions make sleeping difficult; and which occasionally refuse a clinician's request. | | (71219) | 114
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, (b) National Service Frameworks and (c) NHS care protocols exist for the care and treatment of spinal cord injured people. | | (70824) | 115
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what longitudinal data is collected by her Department on the care and treatment of spinal cord injured people within (a) spinal cord injury centres and (b) general and district facilities. | | (70825) | 116
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will collect data centrally in respect of monies spent on private sector transportation by NHS trusts. | | (71392) | 117
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public responses there were to proposals for ambulance reorganisation in Staffordshire. | | (71220) | 118
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by Burntwood Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust on capital projects in the Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (71247) | 119
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children and young people who self-harm, broken down by (a) sex and (b) ethnic group. | | (71248) | 120
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of children and young people with a mental health disorder in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnic group. | | (71249) | 121
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of children with (a) asthma, (b) diabetes, (c) Down's Syndrome, (d) epilepsy, (e) visual impairment, (f) hearing impairment and (g) autism, broken down by ethnic group. | | (71250) | 122
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease there were in (a) England and (b) Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (71251) | 123
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in (a) England and (b) Tamworth constituency diagnosed with Parkinson's disease have access to a specialist nurse; and if she will make a statement. | | (71252) | 124
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the performance of Alliance Medical Ltd in providing diagnostic scans in the NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (70809) | 125
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnostic scans were carried out by Alliance Medical Ltd in the NHS in County Durham (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the previous five years. | | (70810) | 126
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of recruiting staff for the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust has been; and what total pension liabilities resulted from setting up the Trust. | | (71257) | 127
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many job reductions were made in the setting up of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust in the local health economy; and what the cost of redundancy payments has been. | | (71258) | 128
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of setting up the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust; what proportion of this total was accounted for by cost overruns; and if she will list the cost overruns involved. | | (71259) | 129
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated total cost saving to the NHS is of setting up the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust, broken down by main budget heading. | | (71260) | 130
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent providing new (a) signs and (b) stationery for Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust. | | (71261) | 131
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total costs were of re-branding in setting up the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust. | | (71262) | 132
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations were undertaken with (a) hon. Members, (b) the public and (c) local councillors about the naming of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust. | | (71263) | 133
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to require primary care trusts to find out which dentists in their area are taking on NHS patients, report the information to her Department on a regular basis, and make the information readily available to the public, including a local search facility under the dentists' link of the www.nhs.uk website. | | (71410) | 134
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the NHS trusts that have funded visits abroad for staff in the last 12 months; and in each case what was the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each trip. | | (71402) | 135
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the former chief executives of NHS trusts who have subsequently undertaken work for the NHS as freelance consultants; and in each case where they were employed. | | (71403) | 136
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of diagnosis of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies in NHS patients; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of undiagnosed cases. | | (71182) | 137
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to increase awareness of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies in the medical profession. | | (71183) | 138
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to change the number of (a) consultants and (b) nurses qualified to diagnose and treat hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. | | (71184) | 139
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Government support is available to those who are diagnosed with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and their families; and if she will make a statement. | | (71185) | 140
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to encourage care homes and nursing homes to include emergency bed provision for respite care users. | | (71186) | 141
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will revise the minimum requirement for care homes and nursing homes to have one announced and one unannounced visit by the Commission for Social Care Inspection per year, so as to require all visits to be unannounced; and if she will make a statement. | | (71187) | 142
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physiotherapists were employed within the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority area in the last year for which figures are available; and how many physiotherapy training places were available in that year. | | (71192) | 143
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the establishment of a Faculty of Medical Management and Leadership. | | (71421) | 144
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she intends to commission an independent audit of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. | | (71438) | 145
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the health effects of trans fatty acids. | | (71439) | 146
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress she has made in reducing the (a) salt, (b) fat and (c) sugar content of packaged foods. | | (71440) | 147
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many strategic health authority (a) chief executives, (b) chairmen and (c) senior managers have (i) medical, (ii) dental, (iii) nursing and (iv) other qualifications and previous experience of working in the (A) private sector and (B) NHS. | | (71465) | 148
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of (a) GP practices and (b) primary care trusts to fund (i) the purchase of new buildings and (ii) the rental of premises under the new GP contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (69683) | 149
N | Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to increase the number of residential rehabilitation places available for those addicted to Class A drugs. | | (70208) | 150
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the responsibilities which her Department has lost since 1997; what the (a) date and (b) destination Department was in each case; what responsibilities the Department has taken on since 1997; and what the (i) date and (ii) source Department was in each case. | | (71133) | 151
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the levels of obesity in (a) children and (b) adults were in each year since 1997. | | (71383) | 152
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children have Type 2 diabetes; and what the figures were in each year since 1997. | | (71385) | 153
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives were recruited to NHS trusts in 2005. | | (71411) | 154
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the chief executives recruited to NHS trusts in 2005 were (a) head hunted and (b) applied for advertised vacancies. | | (71412) | 155
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the chief executives recruited to NHS trusts in 2005 came from a background predominantly in the private sector. | | (71413) | 156
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of palliative care services at the Frenchay site of North Bristol NHS Trust. | | (70985) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 157
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the policy of his Department to share asylum application files of failed asylum seekers with the authorities in their country of origin. | | (71415) | 158
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department assesses whether a country is safe enough to repatriate failed asylum seekers; and how often such assessments take place. | | (71416) | 159
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of allegations of persecution of repatriated asylum seekers by the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (71417) | 160
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department continues to regard the Democratic Republic of Congo as a country to which it is suitable to repatriate failed asylum seekers. | | (71418) | 161
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his written Ministerial statement of 21st March 2006, Official Report, column 15WS, on police force restructuring, when he expects to make a report to the House on plans to restructure police forces in the South West. | | (71379) | 162
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost has been of the operation to (a) trace, (b) track, (c) detain and (d) conduct surveillance on foreign prisoners released without due deportation review process. | | (71208) | 163
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what government (a) grants and (b) other initiatives are available for inner city London boroughs to encourage relocation of residents (i) outside London and (ii) in Essex. | | (71211) | 164
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average weekly cost of a young person on remand (a) in a young offender institution and (b) on a foster remand placement. | | (70903) | 165
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources he is making available in the 2006-07 financial year to increase the number of remand foster placements as an alternative to young offender institutions for young people on remand. | | (70904) | 166
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many remand foster placements are available as an alternative to young offender institutions for young people on remand. | | (70905) | 167
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to increase the number of remand foster placements. | | (70908) | 168
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of remand foster placements as an alternative to young offender institutions for young people on remand. | | (70950) | 169
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has regarding the incidence of chip and pin fraud; what steps he is taking to tackle such fraud; and if he will make a statement. | | (71351) | 170
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation has been paid to prisoners in each of the last eight years; and what the reason was in each case. | | (71203) | 171
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the releasing of information on a suspect's ethnic origin as part of a description where the public's help is sought in tracing the suspect. | | (71204) | 172
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to retailers on the protection from fraud of customers using Chip and Pin technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (70469) | 173
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in Bexley Borough. | | (71316) | 174
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in Bexley Borough who do not have a passport. | | (71317) | 175
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account the Government takes in formulating its policy on illicit drugs of the effects of supply-side prohibition; and if he will make a statement. | | (71311) | 176
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many of the prisoners free on licence following life sentences his Department does not have addresses. | | (71254) | 177
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners were released without due deportation review process, broken down by prison; and if any prisoners were granted provisions to facilitate onward passage from the main gate. | | (71401) | 178
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been (a) arrested and (b) cautioned by the police since 1997; how many of these were found subsequently to be illegal immigrants; and how many were deported. | | (71442) | 179
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been given non-custodial sentences since 1997; how many have been found to be illegal immigrants; and how many were deported. | | (71443) | 180
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals illegally in the country; and on what statistical evidence such estimates are based. | | (71444) | 181
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are illegal immigrants. | | (71445) | 182
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the foreign prisoners released into the community without proper application of the deportation review process were illegal immigrants. | | (71447) | 183
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the crimes committed by those foreign prisoners released into the community without proper application of the deportation review process. | | (71448) | 184
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the sickness absence rate was in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (71393) | 185
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 10 to 17 year olds have been issued with anti-social behaviour orders, broken down by ethnic group. | | (71236) | 186
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children are being looked after by local authorities, broken down by (a) ethnic group and (b) local authority. | | (71237) | 187
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have sought asylum in the UK since 2001, broken down by ethnic group; and how many such applicants are (a) successful and (b) refused. | | (71238) | 188
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of (a) drunken and disorderly behaviour and (b) drunken and aggravated disorderly behaviour in (i) England and (ii) Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (71239) | 189
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adults in Tamworth constituency do not have a passport. | | (71240) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applying for positions within residential care and nursing homes in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) the Staffordshire police area and (c) England are awaiting clearance from the Criminal Records Bureau. | | (71241) | 191
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long he expects it will take to clear the backlog at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate for those awaiting marriage visas. | | (71269) | 192
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants received immediate custodial sentences from (a) Wrexham Magistrates' Court and (b) Crown Courts to which defendants were committed from Wrexham Magistrates' Court in the last five years for which records are available. | | (71314) | 193
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many separate investigations have been carried out in Cumbria under Operation Pentameter; and how many individuals of Eastern European origin have been found during the operation. | | (71268) | 194
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where in the Anglesey and North Gwynedd area the secure webcam for passport application interviews will be located; and if he will make a statement. | | (70432) | 195
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of dog theft were recorded in England and Wales in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (70219) | 196
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that were in force in Scotland at the end of 2004 were in (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity bandings. | | (71360) | 197
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 carried out in Scotland in 2004 were conducted without any form of anaesthesia. | | (71361) | 198
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Scotland at the end of 2004; and how many prosecutions resulted. | | (71362) | 199
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) genetically modified animals and (b) animals with a harmful genetic defect were used in regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2004. | | (71363) | 200
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2004 were carried out for (a) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and (b) toxicity tests or other safety and efficacy evaluation. | | (71364) | 201
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, of 4th April 2006, on behalf of Sakineh Soltan Malek-Mohammadi, wife of Rahmatollah Farahmand (Home Office Reference G1091885, acknowledgement reference B9197/6). | | (71365) | 202
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers have been employed in (a) Gwent, (b) South Wales, (c) Dyfed Powys and (d) North Wales police forces since 1997. | | (71369) | 203
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional powers have been made available for (a) police officers and (b) local authorities to confiscate (i) illegal off-road vehicles and (ii) untaxed motor vehicles since 1997. | | (71370) | 204
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) police forces and (b) campaign organisations on sentencing of those convicted of careless driving following incidents in which a person died. | | (71371) | 205
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the retention rate of community support officers in (a) Gwent, (b) South Wales, (c) Dyfed Powys and (d) North Wales police force areas in each year since they were first employed. | | (71372) | 206
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the responsibilities which his Department has lost since 1997; what the (a) date and (b) destination Department was in each case; what responsibilities the Department has taken on since 1997; and what the (i) date and (ii) source Department was in each case. | | (71134) | 207
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially motivated attacks took place in (a) England and Wales, (b) Leicester and (c) London in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available. | | (71180) | 208
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially motivated murders took place in (a) England and Wales and (b) London in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available. | | (71181) | 209
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners have been released from prison but not deported, broken down by police authority. | | (71354) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 210
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) daily and (b) annual volume of hon. Members' post despatched from the House; and if he will make a statement. | | (71335) | 211
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 10th May 2006, Official Report, columns 291-2W, on House mail services, what percentage reduction on the normal price of first and second class postage is given by the Royal Mail for Parliament's mail service; and if he will make a statement. | | (71343) | 212
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May 2006, Official Report, columns 291-2W, on House mail services, if the Commission will consider negotiating with Royal Mail a bulk purchase or business mail discount for hon. Members' post dispatched from the House, and for use by hon. Members who are prepared to bring their constituency post to the House for posting; and if he will make a statement. | | (71344) | 213
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 10th May 2006, Official Report, columns 291-2W, on stationery supplies, if the Commission will make arrangements for hon. Members to obtain stationery of a less high quality and at a lower price than that presently provided; if the Commission will consider negotiating a stationery contract which does not rely on next-day delivery and encourages hon. Members to order stationery well in advance but which maintains emergency supply arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (71368) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 214
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department has carried out to assess what systems are best for protecting traditional knowledge. | | (71453) | 215
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to ensure that the holders of traditional knowledge from developing countries are protected when patent applications are made. | | (71454) | 216
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what studies his Department has carried out to assess the effectiveness of the Food and Agriculture Organisation Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, in countries where it has been ratified, in (a) protecting traditional knowledge, (b) ensuring the equitable sharing of benefits from utilisation of genetic resources, (c) securing the right to be consulted about the sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources and (d) protecting other rights of farmers. | | (71458) | 217
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what fora (a) he and (b) his officials participate in to consider the protection of traditional knowledge. | | (71464) | 218
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that development funding for basic services in Ethiopia is channelled through non-governmental organisations. | | (70036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 219
N | 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 in (a) the controlled sector and (b) the maintained sector in Northern Ireland was in each year between 1995 and 2005. | | (71123) | 220
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 699W, on recruitment advertising, when he expects the Government advertising review to be published. | | (71125) | 221
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles were tested at each of the MOT test centres in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (71126) | 222
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles which were tested at Northern Ireland MOT test centres failed their initial test in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (71127) | 223
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public money has been spent on (a) consultants and (b) advertising by Victim Support Northern Ireland in each year since its formation; what the (i) administrative and (ii) salary costs were of the organisation in the last year for whcih figures are available; how many people are employed by the organisation, broken down by grade; and how much money has been allocated by his Department to the organisation in each year since its formation. | | (71405) | 224
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what seizure powers are available to (a) the police and (b) local authorities in Northern Ireland in relation to mini-motorbikes. | | (71406) | 225
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to prevent the (a) sale to and (b) use by children aged under 16 years of mini-motorbikes in Northern Ireland. | | (71407) | 226
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to implement in Northern Ireland those provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relating to non-jury trials; and if he will make a statement. | | (70963) | 227
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sectarian attacks there were in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the first four months of 2006. | | (71214) | 228
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) pigs, (b) beef cattle, (c) hens, (d) sheep, (e) dairy cattle and (f) calves there were on Northern Ireland farms in March in each of the last four years. | | (71215) | 229
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) the cost of electricity and (b) industrial de-rating on the competitiveness of the Northern Ireland economy. | | (71309) | 230
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to announce commencement of work on Global Point Newtownabbey. | | (71312) | 231
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many dentists are accepting new NHS patients in each constituency in Northern Ireland. | | (71313) | 232
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the birth rate was in each district council in Northern Ireland in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (71315) | 233
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what types of weapons were decommissioned by the Provisional IRA in the recent act of decommissioning. | | (71318) | 234
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who he has identified as the members of the Army Council of the Provisional IRA. | | (71319) | 235
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the threat posed by the (a) Real IRA and (b) Continuity IRA to the security of the people of Northern Ireland. | | (71320) | 236
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning applications were received by the divisional planning office of each borough and district council in Northern Ireland in (a) the month preceding 16th March and (b) each of the preceding three months. | | (71324) | 237
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons 42 Circular Road, Jordanstown, Newtonabbey was not included as an area of townscape character. | | (71330) | 238
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many secondary school pupils there were in each of the education and library boards for each of the past five years. | | (71340) | 239
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many primary school pupils there were in each of the education and library boards in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. | | (71341) | 240
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding was provided to the education and library boards in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available; and whether this funding is ring-fenced. | | (71342) | 241
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the evaluation of classroom assistants' jobs in Northern Ireland commenced; and if he will make a statement on the evaluation. | | (71366) | 242
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what money has been allocated for the evaluation of classroom assistants in Northern Ireland. | | (71367) | Questions to the Prime Minister 243
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met BDO Stoy Hayward; and what matters were discussed. | | (70826) | 244
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on Ministers having offshore trusts administered (a) directly and (b) by means of a blind trust. | | (70828) | 245
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is his policy that Ministers are required to make declarations to HM Revenue and Customs relating to (a) property, (b) income and (c) any other form of assets held in (i) accounts, (ii) trusts and (iii) other forms of holding outside the UK. | | (70829) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 246
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce a consumer advice handbook. | | (71347) | 247
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department has received from the lobby group Deregulate on further liberalisation of current Sunday trading laws. | | (71352) | 248
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms in the UK have ceased trading in each year since 1997, broken down by region. | | (71353) | 249
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints the Office of Fair Trading has received on breaches of the code of conduct by supermarkets. | | (71435) | 250
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2005, Official Report, column 1105, on employment status review, when he will publish the conclusions of the Employment Act 1999 section 23 Consultations (Employment Status Review). | | (71436) | 251
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) vibration white finger claims have been submitted from Tamworth constituency, broken down by district electoral ward. | | (71226) | 252
| Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average price of a gallon of heating fuel was in each country in the UK in March 2006. | | (71321) | 253
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure that parties seeking patents have gained access to genetic resources or associated knowledge in a legal way in the country of origin. | | (71455) | 254
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding was transferred from the Guarantee's Fund into the miner's pension schemes and British Coal Special Superannuation Scheme in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. | | (71409) | 255
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial value is used by the Atomic Energy Authority for a human life lost or saved as a result in cost-benefit analysis of a proposed subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (71122) | 256
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he plans to review the arrangements for paying cash in lieu to former miners under the National Concessionary Fuel Arrangements to take account of recent increases in fuel costs. | | (70940) | 257
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will consider linking cash in lieu arrangements under the National Concessionary Fuel Arrangements directly to the price of electricity and gas. | | (70941) | 258
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the tripartate discussions on energy consents between the Wales Office, the National Assembly for Wales and his Department to be concluded. | | (71355) | 259
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of a Severn barrage energy generation scheme. | | (71357) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 260
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether military air bases handling civilian flights on an occasional basis are deemed to meet the requirements of the National Aviation Security Programme by virtue of their military status. | | (70528) | 261
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether military air bases handling incoming civilian flights on an occasional basis are required fully to meet the requirements of the National Aviation Security Programme. | | (70529) | 262
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air freight flights were recorded (a) to and (b) from (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Stansted airports in each of the last five years; and what freight tonnage this represented in each case. | | (71350) | 263
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compliance with (a) health and (b) safety standards of the nickel super alloy content of the Rolls Royce (i) RB211-535C and (ii) E4 engines. | | (71201) | 264
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the revised guidance on speed limits for local authorities. | | (71194) | 265
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many funding Staffordshire County Council received from his Department (a) in total, (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population in each year since 1997-98. | | (71227) | 266
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been (a) withdrawn and (b) added to service in Tamworth constituency in each financial year since 1st April 1998. | | (71228) | 267
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce cancellations by train operating companies (TOCs); and if he will consider rescinding franchises from those TOCs with a poor record of punctuality. | | (71408) | 268
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions he has in place to assess the level of adherence to the Highway Code by cyclists; and if he will make a statement. | | (70198) | 269
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the threat by GNER trains to take the Rail Regulator to court over the decision to allow Grand Central Railways to run a Sunderland to Teesside to London rail service. | | (71377) | 270
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce a statutory requirement for bus companies to publish reliability statistics. | | (71466) | 271
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of tougher penalties for drivers who cause (a) serious injuries and (b) fatalities whilst driving under the influence of alcohol. | | (71468) | 272
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated completion date is for the A23 Warninglid to Handcross road improvements. | | (71449) | 273
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the number of accidents on the A23 of a delay to the Handcross to Warninglid improvement scheme. | | (71467) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 274
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, for what reasons the Government has adopted a voluntary approach to pay reviews. | | (69853) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 275
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive to improve (a) the accuracy of accident books kept by employers and (b) their compliance with the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences directions. | | (71267) | 276
| Chris Bryant (Rhondda):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) pensioners and (b) other benefits recipients in the Rhondda draw their benefits through a post office card account. | | (71414) | 277
| Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the closure of much of the JobCentre Plus office in Cotlands Road, Bournemouth; what assessment he has made of (a) the capacity of the revised arrangements to deal with inquiries from claimants unable to get help or advice on the telephone and (b) the number of officers in management roles at the Chippenham office; what the average time taken to process an application for benefits has been in each of the last three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (71264) | 278
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents in Coventry South were in receipt of income support in each year between 2001 and 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (69844) | 279
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Pension Regulator's decision to give clearance to the Kvaerner Pension Fund ceasing to be a sponsoring employer. | | (71170) | 280
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Kvaerner Pension Fund is eligible to enter the Pension Protection Fund at a future date. | | (71171) | 281
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has been informed of an application by the Kvaerner Pension Fund to seek entry into the Pension Protection Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (71172) | 282
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies were on the register on average at job centres in Tamworth constituency in each year between 2001 and 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (71229) | 283
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents in Tamworth constituency were in receipt of income support in each year between 2001 and 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (71230) | 284
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many black and minority ethnic children are living in poverty in the UK. | | (71232) | 285
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in each electoral ward in Tamworth constituency receive pension credit. | | (71233) | 286
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set for the number of days taken to rate claims for (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) incapacity benefit in Tamworth constituency. | | (71234) | 287
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days it took to rate a claim for (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) incapacity benefit in Tamworth constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (71235) | 288
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of pension credit claimed the extra amount for carers in the last financial year for which figures are available; and how many pensioner households received double the extra amount because both partners were eligible to claim. | | (71189) | 289
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of carers who would be entitled to claim carers' allowance but are discouraged from doing so because they are caring for someone in receipt of the extra amount for severe disability paid with the pension credit. | | (71190) | 290
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of pension credit were also in receipt of (a) the lower rate and (b) the higher rate of extra amounts for severe disability in the last financial year for which figures are available. | | (71191) | 291
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of his Department's building programme in the 2005-06 financial year included (a) energy self-generation and (b) water recycling measures. | | (71463) | 292
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Support Agency deposited funds owed to Mrs Joanna Stephenson, ref. PCU/154933, into an escrow account pending completion of the inquiry to determine why she has not received the monies paid by her former husband. | | (70038) | 293
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Child Support Agency (CSA) payments to Mrs Joanna Stephenson, ref. PCU/154933, will resume; when she will receive funds collected by the CSA since November 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (70039) | 294
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the Child Support Agency (CSA) case of Mrs Joanna Stephenson, ref. PCU/154933, ceased in November 2002; and if the CSA will pay compensation for errors in dealing with the case. | | (70040) | 295
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls to the Jobcentre Plus 0845 603 6347 telephone number were received each month from April 2005 to April 2006. | | (71195) | 296
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there has been an unusually heavy demand placed upon the Jobcentre Plus 0845 603 6347 telephone number in recent months; and if he will make a statement. | | (71196) | 297
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternative contact points can provide assistance regarding benefits claimed by an individual who cannot get through to the Jobcentre Plus 0845 603 6347 telephone number. | | (71197) | 298
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of callers to Jobcentre Plus on 0845 603 6347 who encounter the engaged dial tone. | | (71198) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 299
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the unemployment rate is, broken down by (a) sex and (b) ethnic group. | | [Transferred] (71231) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 300
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many war widows' pensions have been awarded to widows of British nuclear test veterans since 2000. | | [Transferred] (71441) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 301
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Canadian Embassy regarding the treatment by the Canadian authorities of a Parkinson's disease sufferer from Omagh accused of being a drug addict and returned home following his arrival in Canada from Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (71124) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 302
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to encourage employers to provide job shares. | | [Transferred] (69854) | 303
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what studies he has commissioned to investigate the link between over-indebtedness and (a) income level, (b) unemployment and (c) educational achievement levels; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71243) | 304
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations the Government has made to the European Court of Justice in the Azores state aid case brought by the Commission against Portugal. | | [Transferred] (71462) |
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