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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 17 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 17 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 17 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there were of people aged (a) under one, (b) one to five, (c) six to 10, (d) 11 to 17, (e) 17 to 24, (f) 25 to 35, (g) 36 to 40, (h) 41 to 50, (i) 51 to 59, (j) 60 to 64, (k) 65 to 69, (l) 70 to 74, (m) 75 to 79, (n) 80 to 84, (o) 85 to 89 and (p) 90 years and over from (i) 1st April to 30th September 1997, (ii) 1st October to 30th April 1998, (iii) 1st April to 30th September 2001, (iv) 1st October to 30th April 2002, (v) 1st April to 30th September 2004 and (vi) 1st October to 30th April 2005; and what the death rate per 1,000 was in each case. | | (72160) | 2
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of subsistence claims made by staff of HM Revenue and Customs working away from home was in 2005-06; and what proportion of claims did not include receipts. | | (71722) | 3
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what daily subsistence allowance is payable to staff of HM Revenue and Customs working away from home where receipts (a) are provided and (b) are not provided. | | (71727) | 4
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under the age of 18 years in (a) England and (b) Shropshire were diagnosed with leukaemia in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | | (72138) | 5
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) England and (b) Shropshire were diagnosed with (i) leukaemia, (ii) breast cancer and (iii) prostate cancer in (A) 2004 and (B) 2005. | | (72140) | 6
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many live births per 1,000 of the population there have been in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made for each of the next five years. | | (71558) | 7
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) banks and (b) building societies which do not apply an administration charge to individual child trust funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (71921) | 8
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has held with (a) banks and (b) building societies on administration charges on individual child trust funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (71922) | 9
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will appoint a representative from each of the three main political parties as a full member of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board. | | (71597) | 10
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to appoint a new Parliamentary Observer to the Financial Reporting Advisory Board. | | (71598) | 11
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many accounting units are responsible for reporting to the Treasury across the public sector; if he will name the official concerned in each case; and what the professional accountancy qualifications are of each. | | (71731) | 12
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71813) | 13
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by his Depertment with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71814) | 14
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71815) | 15
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls under the age of 16 years (a) became pregnant and (b) gave birth in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. | | (71653) | 16
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the letters of 14th March and 25th April 2006 from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire, concerning constituents Mr and Mrs Shirley of Belper, Derbyshire, and their claim for tax credits. | | (71905) | 17
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72016) | 18
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to Question 42761, tabled by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds on 11th January 2006, on tax credit fraud. | | (71724) | 19
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the HM Revenue and Customs website was (a) overloaded, (b) off-line, (c) slowed up through demand and (d) unable to offer complete access in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (72017) | 20
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time for callers to the HM Revenue and Customs tax return phone helpline was in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available; on how many occasions in each month no lines were available to callers; and how many call staff were available in each month. | | (72018) | 21
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of families on low incomes have taken up children's trust funds. | | (71546) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 22
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Cabinet Office in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in the Cabinet Office; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71783) | 23
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by the Cabinet Office with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71784) | 24
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from her Department in each of the last five years. | | (71785) | 25
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps her Department has taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (71952) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 26
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which her Department or its predecessors adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (72124) | 27
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) land and (b) property her Department and its predecessors (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72125) | 28
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by her Department and its predecessors that has been accepted by her Department during the 2005-06 session; and if she will make a statement. | | (72126) | 29
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are being taken by her Department to avoid a shortfall in funding for individual passenger transport authorities to cover the cost in future years of the concessionary bus travel scheme announced in the 2005 Budget. | | (72162) | 30
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in the county of Tyne and Wear made representations concerning the formula used to distribute the sum of money allocated to cover the cost of the concessionary bus travel scheme announced in the 2005 Budget. | | (72182) | 31
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1517W, on outdoor advertising, what the terms of reference will be of the consultation on new draft regulations on control of outdoor advertisements; and if she will make a statement. | | (71721) | 32
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds were distributed to Coventry to increase efficiency in local government in each of the last three years. | | (70955) | 33
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she make a statement on the provision of affordable housing in Coventry South. | | (70956) | 34
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department and its predecessor in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71786) | 35
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by her Department with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71787) | 36
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from her Department and its predecessor in each of the last five years. | | (71788) | 37
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the minutes of the meetings between her officials and Anglian Water on 19th September 2005 concerning projected water supplies to new housing; and if she will make a statement. | | (72096) | 38
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will publish the results of the Government's consultation on draft Planning Policy Statement 3. | | (71876) | 39
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72006) | 40
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her estimate is of the number of second homes claiming a council tax discount in (a) Torbay and (b) Devon. | | (72019) | 41
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on progress towards the decent homes standard for social housing in each region of England. | | (71431) | 42
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Planning Inspectorate have been upheld for developments in (a) England and (b) Surrey in each year since 2000. | | (72071) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 43
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Act 2004; and what recent representations she has received about the operation of this Act. | | (71957) | 44
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation in England and Wales of (a) Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and (b) Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966. | | (72034) | 45
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which her Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (72109) | 46
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) land and (b) property her Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72110) | 47
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by her Department that has been accepted by her Department during the current session; and if she will make a statement. | | (72111) | 48
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been referred to the Access to Information Central Clearing House since 1st January 2005, broken down by Department; and what percentage of requests received by each Department this represents. | | (71949) | 49
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representations she has received regarding (a) postal voting and (b) proxy voting in London following the local elections. | | (71844) | 50
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71804) | 51
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71805) | 52
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from her Department in each of the last five years. | | (71806) | 53
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent performance of the Court Service in Cambridgeshire. | | (72093) | 54
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Secretary of State will answer the letter dated 10th April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms Nusrat Bibi. | | (72168) | 55
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department has taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72008) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 56
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she had with the BBC about the role of the Post Office in supplying TV licences prior to the decision to end the contract. | | (71173) | 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which her Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (72121) | 58
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) land and (b) property her Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72122) | 59
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by her Department that has been accepted by her Department during the current session; and if she will make a statement. | | (72123) | 60
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Arts Council was informed of the legal advice given to the West Bromwich arts organisation the Public. | | (71729) | 61
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arts activity is planned for the Public building in West Bromwich; and if she will list the works under commission. | | (71730) | 62
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the cost of visas and work permits for visiting orchestras from Russia; and if she will make a statement. | | (72173) | 63
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is giving to Shostakovich Centenary events. | | (72175) | 64
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what publicly-funded resources are available for people with physical disabilities to train in water sports; and where these facilities are located. | | (72062) | 65
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funding has been made available to people with physical and learning difficulties to train and equip themselves for the Olympics in (a) 2012 and (b) 2008; and how many individuals have received such funding, broken down by sport. | | (72063) | 66
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average funding allocated to (a) a person with a physical or learning disability and (b) a person with no disability in preparation for the Olympic Games in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2012. | | (72067) | 67
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many outlets in Greater London have been prosecuted under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (71845) | 68
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role her Department's Better Regulation Unit has played in (a) the review of the Licensing Act 2003 and (b) the guidance issued under section 182 of that Act; and if she will make a statement. | | (71692) | 69
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 9th May 2006 to the hon. Member for Tamworth, Official Report, column 183W, on problem gamblers (Tamworth), whether this figure is intended as the baseline figure against which the impact of problem gambling will be assessed. | | (71696) | 70
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects Ofcom to commence its financial review of Channel 4; and if she will make a statement. | | (71879) | 71
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to compensate for slippage on its Public Service Agreement 2 target; and if she will make a statement. | | (71880) | 72
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the slippage on its Public Service Agreement 2 target on Exchequer funding for the arts made available by the next Comprehensive Spending Review; and if she will make a statement. | | (71881) | 73
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71801) | 74
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71802) | 75
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from the Department in each of the last five years. | | (71803) | 76
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72010) | 77
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been distributed to sport from the National Lottery in each year since 1997; and through which bodies it has been distributed. | | (72051) | 78
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding within the World Class Pathway Summer Olympic Investment 2006-09 is earmarked for (a) the English Institute of Sport, (b) the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme and (c) TASS 2012 scholarships, broken down by sport in each case. | | (72055) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 79
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy that UK nuclear weapons should not be used against a non-nuclear state. | | (71942) | 80
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the explosive yield is of the Trident warhead. | | (71943) | 81
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK nuclear scientists are involved in the research and development of new US nuclear weapons, with particular reference to the Reliable replacement warhead. | | (71944) | 82
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the (a) present and (b) future role of Trident, with particular reference to the potential development of a low yield warhead. | | (71945) | 83
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is Government policy that first strike use of UK nuclear weapons is ruled out. | | (71989) | 84
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, against which countries the UK nuclear deterrent has been targeted since the demise of the Soviet Union. | | (71990) | 85
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long he estimates the UK Trident nuclear capability could remain operational were US technical support withdrawn. | | (71991) | 86
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of widows of Gurkha servicemen who would receive pension payments if Gurkha servicemen were eligible for the British soldier's preserved pension at the age of 60 after more than two years of service. | | (72134) | 87
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkha ex-servicemen there are who retired prior to 1st July 1997. | | (72137) | 88
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of uprating the pensions of Gurkha ex-servicemen who retired prior to 1st July 1997 to the amount received by their British soldier equivalents. | | (72139) | 89
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working armoured Land rovers were in the Army's possession in each year since 2001. | | (72080) | 90
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the technical capability of the weapons being used by insurgents against coalition forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (71908) | 91
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment was of the security situation in Helmand province in January 2006; what his current assessment is; and if he will make a statement. | | (71909) | 92
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) Canberra, (b) Nimrod and (c) Tornado GR4A aircraft were cannibalised in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. | | (71910) | 93
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times an Army Air Corp (a) Lynx and (b) Gazelle needed a component (i) repaired and (ii) replaced in each of the past three years. | | (71911) | 94
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times an RAF (a) VC-10, (b) Tristar, (c) Hercules C-130J, (d) Hercules C-130L and (e) C-17A Globemaster aircraft needed a component (i) repaired and (ii) replaced in each of the past three years. | | (71912) | 95
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Truck Utility Medium, (b) Pinzgauer 716M Truck Utility Heavy Duty, (c) Truck Utility Light, (d) Heavy Equipment Transporter and (e) BV206 vehicles are (i) in service and (ii) operationally deployable. | | (71913) | 96
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Combat Engineer Tractors, (b) Tank Bridge Transporters, (c) Medium Wheeled Tractors, (d) Foden recovery vehicles and (e) M3 amphibious bridging vehicles are (i) in service and (ii) operationally deployable. | | (71914) | 97
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to enlarge the Tristar fleet by (a) purchasing and (b) leasing second-hand aircraft to meet air-to-air refuelling capacity shortfall. | | (71918) | 98
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to maintain existing air-to-air refuelling capability following delays to the future strategic tanker aircraft programme. | | (71919) | 99
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Canberra, (b) Nimrod and (c) Tornado GR4A aircraft are (i) in service and (ii) fit for purpose. | | (71920) | 100
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress with the Defence Information Initiative. | | (71907) | 101
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71798) | 102
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71799) | 103
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71800) | 104
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006 to Question reference 67921, on Type 45 destroyers, what factors will determine when the appropriate time will be for the giving of formal approval for ships seven and eight. | | (70759) | 105
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th May 2006 to Question 67918, on Type 45 Destroyers, what assessment the Naval Staff has made of whether (a) an amphibious task group and (b) a carrier task group can be defended by fewer than two such destroyers. | | (71178) | 106
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to make helicopters in Iraq safer for flight personnel. | | (71728) | 107
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major units of the British Army are based in Iraq; and where in Iraq they are based. | | (71705) | 108
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daily operational ability is of (a) the Warrior fleet, (b) Snatch Land Rovers and (c) soft skin Land Rovers based in Iraq. | | (71706) | 109
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicles, (b) Snatch Land Rovers and (c) Soft Skin Land Rovers are based in Iraq. | | (71712) | 110
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72002) | 111
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many casualties were sustained by Gurkhas serving with British forces in each campaign in which Gurkhas served since 1976. | | (72089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 112
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in (a) Southend on Sea, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the Metropolitan Police area of London were built before 1970; and when. | | (71961) | 113
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what are the names and addresses of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Southend on Sea; what the (i) name of the head teacher and (ii) number of pupils attending is in each case; and on what date each was last inspected by OFSTED. | | (71962) | 114
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average length of the school day in England was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (71963) | 115
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources are allocated in (a) Southend on Sea and (b) England to the training of teachers in detecting and teaching dyslexic children; and if he will make a statement. | | (71983) | 116
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of dyslexic (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last 10 years. | | (71984) | 117
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on dyslexia; and if he will make a statement. | | (71985) | 118
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to reduce drug abuse in schools since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (71986) | 119
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the Private Members' Bills in respect of which his Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72118) | 120
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72119) | 121
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72120) | 122
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has given to schools since 1997 regarding the potential liability of school governors in the event of (a) a fatality, (b) stroke and (c) other adverse reaction to a pupil aged under 16 years as a direct consequence of taking the emergency hormonal contraceptive pill (i) where the drug has been supplied on school premises with the sanction of the governors, (ii) where the drug has been supplied on school premises without the sanction of the governors and (iii) where the drug has been supplied off school premises but as a result of a referral by a school nurse on school premises without the sanction of the governors. | | (72133) | 123
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many state-maintained schools offer Mandarin as a language option from Key Stage 3; and how many state-funded colleges offer A and AS level Mandarin. | | (71877) | 124
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children (a) are in receipt of free school meals, (b) have special educational needs and (c) are from ethnic minority families in Coventry South. | | (70957) | 125
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Connexions Card Project has cost; how much (a) has been paid and (b) remains to be paid to Capita for the IT component of the project; and how many cards have been issued in each year since the scheme has been in operation, broken down by local authority. | | (71716) | 126
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learning centres are distributing the Connexions Card; and how many of them are returning attendance data. | | (71717) | 127
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why the introduction of the Connexions Card was not combined with the introduction of education maintenance allowance. | | (71718) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the expected length is of the contract with Capita for (a) the Connexions Card Project and (b) the education maintenance allowance. | | (71719) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Connexions Card, with particular reference to take-up. | | (71720) | 130
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list which maintained schools teach Mandarin. | | (71557) | 131
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71795) | 132
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by his Department with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71796) | 133
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71797) | 134
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will answer the letter to his predecessor dated 8th March from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Dr D. Ziegeler. | | (72165) | 135
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will answer the letter to his predecessor dated 4th April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs J. Watson. | | (72167) | 136
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils have taken (a) GCSE and (b) A-level examinations in asiatic languages in each year since 1994. | | (69861) | 137
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) schools and (b) colleges offer (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level qualifications in asiatic languages. | | (69862) | 138
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students studied asiatic languages at (a) university and (b) colleges of higher education in each year since 1994. | | (69863) | 139
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72007) | 140
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) Torbay and (b) England have been reported as having run away since 2001. | | (72021) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 141
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why his Department banned the use of tallow as a fuel; whether a similar ban is being introduced in all countries of the EU; what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the cost of this measure to (a) the rendering industry and (b) the farming industry in removing fallen stock. | | (71878) | 142
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into the costs for a holding facing a bovine tuberculosis breakout. | | (71898) | 143
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the likelihood of a recurrence of foot and mouth disease; which countries have outbreaks; and what procedures are in place to prevent food imports from those countries. | | (71899) | 144
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of his Department's customer performance targets are being missed, on the basis of the latest available information; and if he will make a statement. | | (71693) | 145
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71792) | 146
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71793) | 147
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71794) | 148
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's application to the European Commission to delay the payment of single farm monies to English farmers. | | (71834) | 149
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will reply to the letters of 8th March and 18th April 2006 from the hon. Member for West Derbyshire concerning a constituent Mr John Wood of Winster, Derbyshire, and legislation in respect of the protection of bats. | | (71904) | 150
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when guidance was last issued to local authorities on the use of traffic regulation orders to counter unauthorised motorised vehicles on bridleways. | | (71889) | 151
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid in subsidies to farmers in Bassetlaw directly by (a) the Government and (b) the EU or its predecessors in each of the last 30 years. | | (71890) | 152
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) owner and (b) tenant farmers there were in Bassetlaw in 2005. | | (71891) | 153
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK citizens work in the agriculture sector in Bassetlaw. | | (71892) | 154
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the largest single farmer subsidy, including EU subsidy, paid to a farmer in Bassetlaw constituency was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (71924) | 155
| Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses were received to the Government's consultation on hunting with dogs. | | (71836) | 156
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72005) | 157
| Albert Owen (Ynys Môn):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the UK poultry industry of imports of surplus meat from other EU countries following outbreaks of avian influenza. | | (72069) | 158
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much champagne was bought for official use by his predecessor and Ministers in his Department in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and at what cost. | | (72054) | 159
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made with changes to the effects of the European Landfill Directive in its application to pet cemeteries since May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (71951) | 160
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the welfare conditions of (a) factory farmed poultry, (b) egg-laying hens in battery cages and (c) factory farmed fish. | | (71820) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 161
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she plans to visit the state of Israel; and if she will make a statement. | | (72039) | 162
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens (a) visited and (b) emigrated to Israel in each year since 1997. | | (72040) | 163
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials from other Government departments about British relations with the state of Israel; and if she will make a statement. | | (72041) | 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which her Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (72115) | 165
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) land and (b) property her Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72116) | 166
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by her Department that has been accepted by her Department during the 2005-06 session; and if she will make a statement. | | (72117) | 167
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure the release of taxes owed to the Palestinian Authority which are held by Israel. | | (71947) | 168
| 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 support the introduction of a European Entitlement Card. | | (71875) | 169
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will publish the preamble to the new draft constitution for Gibraltar prior to a referendum being held in the territory. | | (72053) | 170
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost of visas and work permits for visiting orchestras from Russia; and if she will make a statement. | | (72172) | 171
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress with Turkey's application for accession to the EU. | | (71700) | 172
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hours a week was broadcast by the BBC World Service to (a) Bhutan and (b) Nepal in (i) television and (ii) radio format in the last year for which figures are available. | | (71725) | 173
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prospects for a new initiative to resolve the Cyprus problem; and if she will make a statement. | | (72084) | 174
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the situation in Sri Lanka. | | (72086) | 175
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures her Department is taking (a) to assist and (b) to encourage President Gayoom of the Maldives to complete his promised democratic reforms; and if she will make a statement. | | (71882) | 176
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71789) | 177
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71790) | 178
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from her Department in each of the last five years. | | (71791) | 179
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on entry restrictions for UK citizens with HIV/AIDS. | | (71734) | 180
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72014) | 181
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent increased violence in Sri Lanka; and if she will make a statement. | | (71863) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 182
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the annual increase in revenue if prescription charges had been increased in line with the rise in the retail price index since the present level of charges was established. | | (71973) | 183
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on migraine; and if she will make a statement. | | (71974) | 184
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of high levels of folic acid on the incidence of twins following in vitro fertilisation; and if she will make a statement. | | (71975) | 185
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the reasons for the slippage of Target (i) 3 and (ii) 4 set out on page 13 of the Departmental Report 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (71976) | 186
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for progress on each of the targets set out on pages 13 and 14 of the Departmental Report 2006; to whom each person reports; what recent discussions she has had about implementation of each target; and if she will make a statement. | | (71977) | 187
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the Departmental Report 2006 were printed; at what cost; how many were purchased for (a) internal departmental use, (b) NHS primary care trusts and (c) interested bodies and organisations; and if she will make a statement. | | (71979) | 188
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the consultations undertaken by her Department covering the period of the Departmental Report 2006; what steps she is (a) taking and (b) plans to take to meet the 12 week minimum period; and if she will make a statement. | | (71980) | 189
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the operation of section 35 of the National Health Service Act 1977; and what recent representations she has received about the operation of this (a) section and (b) Act. | | (72028) | 190
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mortality rates are attributed to the use of combined oestrogen-progesterone contraceptive pill among women (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in other member European Union countries and (c) in other World Health Organisation nations; and if she will make a statement. | | (72035) | 191
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the (a) individuals, (b) Ministers and (c) organisations she has consulted whilst developing her current policy towards the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; if she will place in the Library responses received by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (72036) | 192
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; what percentage the latter represents of the former; and if she will make a statement. | | (72046) | 193
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has given to Allergy UK in each of the last three years; for what purposes; what plans she has to give further assistance; what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with Allergy UK; when (i) Ministers and (ii) officials have attended a meeting of Allergy UK in each of the last three years; when her Department has (A) distributed copies of the Allergy UK Annual Report and (B) made reference to Allergy UK in Department of Health materials; and if she will make a statement. | | (72047) | 194
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) representations she has received from and (b) discussions her Department has had with the organisation Care Not Killing; and if she will make a statement. | | (72048) | 195
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the Private Members' Bills in respect of which her Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (72112) | 196
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) land and (b) property her Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72113) | 197
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by her Department that has been accepted by her Department during the current session; and if she will make a statement. | | (72114) | 198
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant midwife posts there are in (a) the Sussex Downs and Weald and (b) the Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust area; and what plans her Department has to recruit midwives in these areas. | | (71992) | 199
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many food businesses in England have (a) been accredited with ISO22000 in line with EU regulation 852/2004 and (b) failed to meet ISO22000 standard. | | (72068) | 200
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her assessment is of the British food industry's ability to comply with EU regulation 852/2004. | | (72158) | 201
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to the Patient and Public Involvement Resource Centre; when she expects the Resource Centre to begin its work; and if she will make a statement. | | (71474) | 202
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health in 2006-07; and what she estimates the cost of abolishing the Commission by the summer of 2007 to be. | | (71475) | 203
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of patients forums have resigned since 1st December 2003; and what percentage turnover in membership this represents. | | (71544) | 204
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March 2006, Official Report, column 919W, on insulin, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths attributable to insulin overdoses. | | (71545) | 205
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March 2006, Official Report, column 919W, on insulin, whether data pertaining to accidental insulin overdoses includes the type of insulin being used. | | (71654) | 206
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to monitor the extent to which National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the use of photodynamic therapy for skin cancer patients is being followed. | | (72169) | 207
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with (a) physicians, (b) patients and (c) care groups about advances in diabetes care. | | (72049) | 208
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the merits of the use of insulin inhalers. | | (72050) | 209
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the preliminary guidance of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence not to recommend the use of insulin inhalers. | | (72066) | 210
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on NHS costs of ensuring appropriate (a) rehabilitation and (b) care of spinal cord injured people in specialised settings. | | (71915) | 211
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department's taskforce will publish its review of NHS commissioning of specialised services. | | (71916) | 212
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on NHS funding in Wirral. | | (71701) | 213
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) maximum and (b) average amount of time was that a person with a disability had to wait to be assessed for assistance from social services in Sefton in the last two years. | | (72185) | 214
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people employed in Bedford Hospital NHS Trust have been on (a) short-term and (b) temporary contracts in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (71707) | 215
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve the provision and quality of care in children's wards in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (71708) | 216
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve patient care at the Riverbank children's ward at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (71709) | 217
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed in children's wards at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (71710) | 218
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the impact on patient care of the staff reductions proposed by Bedford Hospital NHS Trust; what representations she has received about this; and if she will make a statement. | | (71713) | 219
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health patients have been admitted to (a) Whitcliffe mental health ward in Hospital in Shrewsbury and (c) the mental health ward at Whitchurch in Shropshire in each month since January 2004. | | (72141) | 220
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who live (a) within and (b) outside South Shropshire District Council area have been admitted to Whitcliffe mental health ward in Ludlow in each month since January 2004. | | (72142) | 221
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) England and (b) Shropshire were diagnosed with lupus in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | | (72159) | 222
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what publicly funded therapeutic services are available for victims of sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement. | | (71695) | 223
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her comments in The Guardian newspaper of 11th May 2006 on support for overspending trusts, if she will agree to write off the £11.27 million deficit of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust. | | (71560) | 224
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of midwives have a nursing qualification as well as a midwifery qualification. | | (71547) | 225
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her latest estimate is of the extent of perinatal mental health provision in (a) England and (b) Northamptonshire. | | (71548) | 226
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside her Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in her Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71759) | 227
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71760) | 228
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from the Department in each of the last five years. | | (71761) | 229
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the sets of priorities in operation in the NHS in England; how many of these sets of priorities include mental health; and what assessment she has made of the inter-relationship between the various sets of priorities. | | (71733) | 230
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to Question 65812 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington, on the Choose and Book system, tabled on 20th April. | | (72070) | 231
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust meets the Government's commitment that (a) 80 per cent. of people with diabetes receive comprehensive retinopathy screening and (b) 70 per cent. of people with diabetes have received comprehensive retinopathy screening by June 2006. | | (71864) | 232
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72012) | 233
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescription items of (a) benzodiazepines and (b) each other anti-depressant were dispensed in England in 2005. | | (71954) | 234
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on the Drug Strategy in each year since it was introduced; and how much of that sum was spent on (a) purchasing programmes of treatment and (b) staff systems and other costs relating to overseeing its expenditure in each year. | | (71993) | 235
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have undergone treatment for drug addiction in programmes designed to get them off drugs entirely and immediately, as opposed to harm reduction and other similar programmes, in each year since the Government's Drug Strategy was introduced; and how many came off drugs, including substitute prescribed drugs, completely in each year. | | (71997) | 236
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have undergone treatment for drug addiction in each year since the Government's Drug Strategy was introduced; and how many came off drugs, including substitute prescribed drugs, completely in each year. | | (71998) | 237
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will appoint the Chief Executives of the new primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement. | | (71825) | 238
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults are (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index, according to the Government's most recent health survey figures. | | (72052) | 239
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in (a) Torbay and (b) England are diagnosed with autism. | | (72020) | 240
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost was of the Connecting for Health computer system in each primary care trust. | | (72024) | 241
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her most recent estimate is of how many children in Torbay constituency are obese. | | (72183) | 242
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has undertaken on the effectiveness of the dosage of the MMR vaccine in preventing mumps. | | (71903) | 243
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will set out the timetable for the review of NHS Direct. | | (71549) | 244
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the operation and regulation of general practitioner out-of-hours services. | | (71550) | 245
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the savings to the NHS consequent on changes to the procurement arrangements for the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (71822) | 246
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is per copy of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (71823) | 247
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS employees on average she estimates read each edition of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (71826) | 248
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods for disseminating information will replace the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (71827) | 249
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will restructure the new NHS dentist contracts to increase the number of dentists accepting NHS patients. | | (71686) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 250
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what purposes police helicopters are used; when police in Essex have purchased a helicopter in the last five years; at what cost in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (71964) | 251
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are below strength; by how many persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (71965) | 252
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions firearms were issued to policemen in each of the police authorities in England and Wales in each of the last seven years for which information is available; and on how many occasions they were used. | | (71966) | 253
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shoplifting cases were brought before the courts in each of the last 10 years; how many cases in each year led to (a) an acquittal and (b) a conviction; and how many of those defendants were facing their first criminal charge. | | (71967) | 254
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of cases were heard in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available in (i) England and Wales and (ii) the Southend area concerning (A) shoplifting, (B) theft and (C) burglary; and what percentage of defendants in each category of crime, were found (1) guilty and (2) not gullty. | | (71968) | 255
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps he is (a) taking and (b) plans to take to promote the effectiveness of closed circuit television footage in combating crime and terrorism; and if he will make a statement. | | (72033) | 256
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72097) | 257
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which his Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72098) | 258
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72099) | 259
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 69926, on Tawanda Machingura, tabled by the hon. Member for Billericay on 8th May for named day answer on 11th May. | | (72163) | 260
| Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the number of people employed and working in the security industry who have not yet received a Security Industry Authority licence. | | (71953) | 261
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants from Zimbabwe for indefinite leave to remain in the UK under the ancestral visa route have (a) been refused because their application was proved to be fraudulent and (b) had their application delayed because of an inquiry into fraud in the last 12 months. | | (72085) | 262
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the cost of visas and work permits for visiting orchestras from Russia; and if he will make a statement. | | (72174) | 263
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken to ensure that adults with learning difficulties report crimes to the police; and how this action has been communicated to people with learning difficulties. | | (71987) | 264
N | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used in deciding to deploy (a) armed response units and (b) specialist firearms officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (71599) | 265
N | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) armed response units and (b) specialist firearms officers have been deployed in Bedfordshire in each year since 1997, broken down by police division; and if he will make a statement. | | (71600) | 266
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to offer to pensioners a special rate for the purchase of (a) a new biometric passport and (b) an identity card; and what plans he has for arrangements for those already entitled to free passports. | | (71691) | 267
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis the UK has refused to grant indefinite leave to enter the UK to Gurkha personnel who had completed over four years of Crown service prior to 1st July 1997. | | (72136) | 268
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which crimes are recorded under the general heading of violent crime in his Department's statistics. | | (71702) | 269
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why (a) levels and (b) the impact of tourism was taken out of the police funding formula; and if he will make a statement. | | (71703) | 270
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding Bournemouth Police was allocated from the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign. | | (71714) | 271
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made in the six months (a) prior to and (b) since November 2005 in (i) Bournemouth and (ii) Dorset. | | (71715) | 272
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average application processing time in the (a) Immigration and Nationality Directorate, (b) National Asylum Support Service, (c) Identity and Passport Service and (d) UK Visas was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (71694) | 273
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent at each prison by the Prison Service on drug treatments in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (71838) | 274
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria determine the exclusion of an individual from international protection under the UN Refugee Convention 1951 resulting in that individual receiving temporary admission instead of leave to remain; and if he will make a statement. | | (71839) | 275
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of drug-related crime there were in each police authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (71840) | 276
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to reduce services to re-offending in each police authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (71841) | 277
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost is of employing (a) a police officer and (b) a probation officer in each police authority area; and what the equivalent figure was in each of the last five years. | | (71842) | 278
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by people who had previously been (a) convicted of a crime and (b) cautioned in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (71843) | 279
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused leave to remain in the UK because they did not fulfill the criteria for international protection since the policy came into effect, broken down by ethnic origin; and if he will make a statement. | | (72161) | 280
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 758W, on identity cards, whether the second identity card issued to the same standard but not for the purposes of travel will be issued automatically; and whether a charge will be imposed. | | (71711) | 281
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets he plans to set the Serious and Organised Crime Agency for tackling fraud. | | (72087) | 282
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) properties and (b) bed spaces are available for use under National Asylum Support Service contracts, broken down by local authority; how many of these were (i) occupied and (ii) unoccupied at the end of March 2006; and what the mean cost was of each (A) bed space and (B) property as at the end of March 2006, broken down by local authority. | | (71917) | 283
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedure is for registered sex offenders who have been fully rehabilitated to apply to have their name removed from the register. | | (71837) | 284
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71762) | 285
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71763) | 286
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71764) | 287
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by juvenile offenders in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) the Cambridgeshire area in each quarter in 2005; how many cautions were issued in relation to such cases; and how many children in the Peterborough City Council area (i) were convicted, (ii) were in local authority care, (iii) received a reprimand, (iv) received a final warning and (v) were found guilty in each quarter. | | (72090) | 288
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been processed at and removed via the UK Immigration Service Centre at St Ives in Cambridgeshire in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (72091) | 289
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in Cambridgeshire have breached their anti-social behaviour orders in the period since 1st January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (72092) | 290
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to issue guidance to police forces in England and Wales on the powers available under section 52 of the Police Reform Act 2002 for the seizure of mini-motorbikes; and if he will make a statement. | | (72095) | 291
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to his predecessor dated 27th February from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms E. Lennon. | | (72164) | 292
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter to his predecessor dated 21st March from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mrs Asma Asad. | | (72166) | 293
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued on the level of facial recognition required for wearers of burkas and other facial coverings applying for (a) an identity card and (b) a travel freedom pass. | | (72088) | 294
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total costs of the National Policing Improvement Agency in each year between 2005-06 and 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (71865) | 295
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) purpose and (b) objective is of the National Policing Improvement Agency; what its manpower requirement will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (71866) | 296
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72013) | 297
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) opposition to and (b) potential impact of the extension of the voucher system for asylum seekers. | | (71888) | 298
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are in prisons in England and Wales, broken down by sex. | | (71824) | 299
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the instructions issued to judges and magistrates regarding recommendations on deportation for convicted criminals. | | (72073) | 300
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's report into the performance of Nottinghamshire Police to be published. | | (70901) | 301
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of posts in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency are unfilled. | | (71551) | 302
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained for 21 days or more in (a) immigration detention centres and (b) Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in the last five years. | | (70279) | 303
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Fatmir Kurti, the subject of crime reference 435W09297/02, of 17th and 18th September 2002, remains in the UK. | | (71689) | 304
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to continue with his predecessor's plans to abolish the West Mercia police force. | | (71956) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 305
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list the Parliamentary publications produced by the Vote Office Print Unit in each of the last six months for which information is available; what his estimate is of the savings to the House by the use of the Vote Office Print Unit during this period to produce publications previously printed by other sources; and if he will make a statement. | | (71969) | 306
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff are employed by the Vote Office Print Unit, broken down by grade; if the Commission will increase the number of staff in the Unit; and if he will make a statement. | | (71970) | 307
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the average printing costs of the Vote Bundle per printed page were during the 2005-06 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (71971) | 308
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the retail price per issue was of (a) the daily, (b) the weekly and (c) the bound edition of the Official Report in each year since 1988; and how many copies were sold. | | (71972) | 309
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside the House in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in the House service; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71765) | 310
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was of each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by the House with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71766) | 311
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from the House in each of the last five years. | | (71767) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 312
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the Private Members' Bills on which his Department has adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72103) | 313
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72104) | 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72105) | 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Buckingham of 9th May 2006, Official Report, column 129W, on family planning, why his Department is opposed to the United States Administration's Mexico City Policy; whom he consulted whilst developing his policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (72176) | 316
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funds available to the Palestinian Ministry of Health; and what action he is taking in this regard. | | (71946) | 317
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of Palestinians on the West Bank he estimates were (a) unemployed and (b) living below the poverty line in each year since 1997. | | (71948) | 318
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the UK's contribution to plans for food aid in North Korea to be carried out by the World Food Programme; and what assessment he has made of levels of malnutrition in that country. | | (71902) | 319
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71768) | 320
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71769) | 321
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71770) | 322
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72004) | Questions to the Leader of the House 323
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make it his policy not to table a motion for a Joint Committee on a draft Bill until the draft Bill has been published; and if he will make a statement. | | (71978) | 324
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will revise the Government's guidelines for answering parliamentary questions, so that when a Minister replies to an hon. Member's Question that the answer could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost, (a) he will allow hon. Members the option to pay the cost of supplying the information required and (b) he will set out what it would cost to answer the Question (i) fully and (ii) partially; and if he will make a statement. | | (72032) | 325
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will list those Private Members' Bills on which he or his predecessor has adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72100) | 326
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72101) | 327
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72102) | 328
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Leader of the House, what steps his Department has taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (71999) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 329
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland has any outstanding warrants for the arrest of Dessie O'Hare. | | (71690) | 330
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71771) | 331
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71772) | 332
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71773) | 333
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Department of Environment will set out the new measures to be taken to reduce fatalities on the roads. | | (71886) | 334
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will establish a Road Safety Authority in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (71887) | 335
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72011) | Questions to the Minister without Portfolio 336
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what advice she receives from consultants and public relations companies when providing strategic thinking on the general direction of Government policy and the values underpinning it; what contract Portland PR has to assist with these responsibilities; what contractual relationship she has with a public relations company which wholly or in part assists with the discharging of her Ministerial responsibilities; and what the terms are of the contract. | | (72171) | Questions to the Prime Minister 337
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions his Office had with the BBC about the role of the Post Office in supplying TV licences (a) prior to and (b) since the decision to end the Post Office's contract for this work. | | (71175) | 338
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, how many representations he has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; what percentage the latter represents of the former; and if he will make a statement. | | (72042) | 339
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when he visited the State of Israel in an official capacity in each year since 1997; what matters were discussed; and if he will make a statement. | | (72044) | 340
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria are used by him in selecting Government bills that he will not co-sponsor; and if he will make a statement. | | (72045) | 341
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which his Department adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72127) | 342
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72128) | 343
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72129) | 344
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings officials in his private office have had with Portland PR; what contracts Portland PR has with persons who report directly to him; what contractual relationship exists between the Government and Portland PR which is not covered by the responsibilities of any other Minister in the Government; and what the terms of the contract are in each case. | | (72170) | 345
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of the recent Cabinet reshuffle, broken down by main budget heading. | | (71950) | 346
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Prime Minister, which Government Department or Agency employs security staff who protect Ministers; how many are employed; what the cost was in 2005-06; and what criteria are used to decide (a) which hon. Members are given protection and (b) for how long protection is provided after the individual leaves office. | | (71835) | 347
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Office in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Office; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71774) | 348
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71775) | 349
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Office in each of the last five years. | | (71776) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 350
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71780) | 351
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71781) | 352
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71782) | 353
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72000) | Questions to the Solicitor General 354
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which his Department has adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72130) | 355
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72131) | 356
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72132) | 357
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71777) | 358
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71778) | 359
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71779) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 360
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he had with the BBC prior to its decision to discontinue the Post Office contract to supply TV licences. | | (70922) | 361
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on post offices of the decision to end the contract for posts offices to supply TV licences. | | (71174) | 362
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether additional Government funding to support a continued role for the Post Office in supplying television licences was discussed with the BBC prior to the decision to end the Post Office's contract to do so. | | (71697) | 363
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who is responsible for progress on each of the objectives set out on pages nine to 21 of the Office of Fair Trading Annual Plan 2006-07; to whom each person reports; what recent discussions he has had about implementation of each objective; and if he will make a statement. | | (71960) | 364
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has (a) taken and (b) plans to take to increase trade between Israel and the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (72177) | 365
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many officials in his Department are employed to increase trade between Israel and the United Kingdom; at what grade; and if he will make a statement. | | (72178) | 366
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he last visited the State of Israel; what was discussed; when he next plans to visit the State of Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (72179) | 367
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list his targets relevant to UK trade with (a) India, (b) China, (c) the EU and (d) the USA. | | (72081) | 368
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has undertaken on the impact of Sunday working on individuals working in the (a) food and (b) retail industry. | | (72058) | 369
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with (a) employers and (b) retailers on union recognition. | | (72059) | 370
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of relevant employees who are members of unions which are formally recognised by retailers. | | (72060) | 371
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to ensure that employees understand their rights in relation to opting out of Sunday working. | | (72061) | 372
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of Sunday trading hours on employees who also have caring responsibilities. | | (72064) | 373
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has carried out to determine the impact of extending Sunday opening hours on children and families. | | (72065) | 374
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research has been undertaken to examine the implications of extending Sunday opening hours; and what the terms of reference were for this research. | | (72135) | 375
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the European Union on the granting of Market Economy Status to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (71559) | 376
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has takent to promote the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. | | (72075) | 377
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many UK registered companies have adopted the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. | | (72076) | 378
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to co-operate with non-governmental organisations in the promotion and implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. | | (72077) | 379
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints have been investigated by the UK National Contact Point in each year since 2000; and when each case was (a) filed and (b) concluded. | | (72078) | 380
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) nature and (b) outcome was of each complaint made to the UK National Contact Point in each year since 2000. | | (72079) | 381
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71807) | 382
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71808) | 383
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71809) | 384
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ask the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the car insurance market, with particular reference to personal injury cover; and if he will make a statement. | | (71688) | 385
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with (i) the Computer Sciences Corporation and (ii) trade unions on a support package for those affected by redundancies. | | (72143) | 386
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on the implications of the announcement to cut 1,200 jobs for the agreement reached between CSC and Amicus in August 2005. | | (72144) | 387
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that customers using pre-payment meters are able to take advantage of price-capping offered by supply companies to other customers; and if he will make a statement. | | (72146) | 388
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the Computer Sciences Corporation on the implications of the announcement to cut 1,200 UK jobs for (i) the UK economy and (ii) trends in the outsourcing of UK jobs in the computing industry. | | (72147) | 389
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72015) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 390
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the percentage of households owning (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more cars in each region of the United Kingdom in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004, (iii) 2005 and (iv) to date in 2006. | | (72029) | 391
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the opening dates of each junction of (a) the M25 and (b) the M1. | | (72030) | 392
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he has taken since 1997 to improve safety at sea within United Kingdom territorial waters; and if he will make a statement. | | (72031) | 393
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) incidents of objects thrown at or dropped on moving railway vehicles, (b) derailments, (c) incidents of livestock wandering onto the track, (d) collisions between moving railway vehicles and (e) suicides of (i) males and (ii) females, broken down by age group, were recorded on the C2C Rail Ltd line between London Fenchurch Street and Southend Central in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (72180) | 394
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 161 of the Highways Act 1980; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this (a) section and (b) Act; what amendments have been made to the Act; and what plans he has to amend this Act. | | (72181) | 395
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will examine the merits of options for introducing a rail discount scheme for people without cars. | | (71894) | 396
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he and (b) his officials discussed with Central Trains the cancellation of train services in the West Midlands on 18th December 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (71895) | 397
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Sunday rail services have been cancelled in each of the last five years, broken down by train operator; and if he will make a statement. | | (71896) | 398
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he requires new contracts with train operators to include Sundays in drivers' working weeks. | | (71897) | 399
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions search and rescue helicopters based at Sumburgh and Stornoway have been used for air ambulance evacuations in each of the last five years; and what charges have been made to the Scottish Ambulance Service for the service. | | (71906) | 400
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on airline safety of the inhalation by a pilot of the organophosphate tricresyl phosphate; and if he will make a statement. | | (71819) | 401
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy that the maximum MOT fee will remain constant during the lifetime of this Parliament. | | (71821) | 402
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents have been attributed to vehicles skidding in each year since 1997. | | (71829) | 403
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many head-on collisions have led to (a) fatalities and (b) serious injury in each year since 1997. | | (71830) | 404
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bridges on the strategic road network do not meet safety standards for the level of traffic they carry; and how many would not meet the standards at projected traffic levels for (a) 2016 and (b) 2026 levels. | | (71831) | 405
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his road pricing pilot will be revenue neutral. | | (71860) | 406
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will announce which region will host the pilot project for his road pricing policy. | | (71861) | 407
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest cost estimates are for road schemes (a) in the Targeted Programme of Improvements, (b) approved under the local transport plans and (c) approved under the Community Infrastructure Fund. | | (71862) | 408
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will meet the (a) management, (b) administration and (c) technology costs of his proposed road pricing pilot. | | (71867) | 409
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy will be for charging drivers based outside the geographic area of his proposed road pricing pilots who enter those areas during the course of the pilot. | | (71868) | 410
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether participation in his proposed road pricing pilot will be voluntary. | | (71869) | 411
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorists participating in the proposed road pricing pilot will be entitled to a fuel duty rebate; and how differential petrol prices will apply to those (a) in and (b) not participating in the pilot. | | (71870) | 412
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorists participating in the proposed road pricing pilot will be entitled to lower rates of fuel duty when driving outside the area covered by the pricing scheme. | | (71871) | 413
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy will be on road pricing on major trunk roads passing through the areas covered by his proposed pilot. | | (71872) | 414
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average cost per mile that would need to be charged following the introduction of his proposed national road pricing scheme in order to ensure that the scheme is revenue neutral and all administration and technology costs are covered. | | (71873) | 415
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage increase in motoring costs required to provide an effective disincentive to motorists to drive on congested roads. | | (71874) | 416
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers have used Saltash Railway Station in each of the last five years. | | (71883) | 417
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how blue light driver training will be (a) delivered and (b) certified for members of the medical profession who provide volunteer assistance to the emergency services; and if he will make a statement. | | (71884) | 418
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average daily flow of passengers was from Plymouth to Saltash in each of the last five years, broken down by mode of transport. | | (71885) | 419
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lamp posts on motorways and trunk roads in each region of England have reached the end of their recommended lifespan. | | (71994) | 420
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was of constructing a mile of (a) railway line and (b) light rail line in each year since 1997. | | (71995) | 421
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new arrangements for driving licence fees will come into force. | | (71996) | 422
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the total revenue from (a) motoring taxes, (b) road tolls and (c) fees paid to the Government by motorists in each of the past 10 years. | | (72082) | 423
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total combined mileage of (a) vehicles and (b) cars travelling on roads in the UK in each of the past 10 years. | | (72083) | 424
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71810) | 425
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71811) | 426
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from the Department in each of the last five years. | | (71812) | 427
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are in place to ensure disabled access to trains at rural railway stations. | | (71732) | 428
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to reduce the number of unfilled rail posts in his Department; how many such posts are vacant; and whether he is considering outsourcing to the private sector. | | (71426) | 429
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the M6 Toll Road beyond Birmingham; what representations he has received in support of such a proposition; what the timescale involved is; and if he will make a statement. | | (71427) | 430
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the relationship between his Department's expenditure on external consultants and efficiency gains; and if he will make a statement. | | (71428) | 431
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to improve the financial management arrangements of the executive agencies that report to his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (71429) | 432
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the (a) efficiency, (b) effectiveness and (c) future scope of and proposals for the procurement arrangements of the Transport Direct project. | | (71430) | 433
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the trial of detector equipment at Canary Wharf underground station will last; and what further trials of detector equipment on the transport infrastructure are planned. | | (71704) | 434
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72001) | 435
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all children have the opportunity to undertake the cycle proficiency training scheme and test. | | (71828) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 436
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71756) | 437
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71757) | 438
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71758) | 439
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on crowd crushes due to the collapse of safety rails outside the Cardiff Millennium Stadium on 13th May 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (71955) | 440
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department has taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72009) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 441
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proposals he has to deal with unemployment in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (72037) | 442
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to bring forward incapacity benefit legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (72038) | 443
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those Private Members' Bills in respect of which his Department has adopted a policy of neutrality in each session since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (72106) | 444
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) 1979, (B) 1983, (C) 1987, (D) 1992 and (E) 1997 in (1) the Southend West constituency, (2) Essex, (3) Hertfordshire and (4) the Metropolitan Police area of London. | | (72107) | 445
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour backbencher, (b) an Opposition backbencher and (c) an Opposition front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department that has been accepted by his Department during the current session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72108) | 446
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women who are eligible to claim state retirement pension at 60 have not done so. | | (71846) | 447
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what initiatives the Government has introduced to ensure that people with a range of disabilities are treated equally. | | (72184) | 448
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Trades Union Congress on the impact of Central and Eastern European migrants on (a) wage levels, (b) terms and conditions at work and (c) access to benefits. | | (71900) | 449
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on information technology (IT) sourced from outside his Department in each of the last five years; who is responsible for such projects in his Department; and what IT (a) expertise and (b) qualifications they possess. | | (71816) | 450
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed with outside suppliers over the last five years. | | (71817) | 451
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the 10 non-public sector entities that have received the largest total sum of payments from his Department in each of the last five years. | | (71818) | 452
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire are participating in the Pathways to Work programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (72094) | 453
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the monitoring of cold weather temperatures for cold weather payments is carried out in each English region. | | (72145) | 454
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department and its agencies have taken following the launch of the Government's Small Change Big Difference Campaign. | | (72003) | 455
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to Question 61500 tabled by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds on 22nd March 2006, on the pension credit helpline. | | (71698) | 456
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to Question 42540 tabled by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds on 11th January 2006, on telephone helplines. | | (71699) | 457
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Pension Credit caseload handled by the Pensions Service was during (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April 2006. | | (71723) | 458
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to Question (a) (i) 64505, (ii) 64521, (iii) 64507, (iv) 64504, (v) 64520, (vi) 64519 and (vii) 64508 on pension credit, (b) (i) 64500 and (ii) 64495 on sickness absence, (c) (i) 64498 and (ii) 64499 on rehabilitation services and (d) 64501 on benefit helplines tabled by the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds on 12th January. | | (71726) | 459
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for addressing seasonal unemployment fluctuations in seaside towns; and if he will make a statement. | | (72022) | 460
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that all Jobcentre Plus staff, including those based in Plymouth, are aware of the provisions of SI 2002 No 2905 which affect hon. Members' ability to make representations on behalf of their constituents. | | (72023) | 461
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the Child Support Agency will bring the case of Ms L Leech of Great Northern Road, Dunstable, to court. | | (71923) | 462
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise the level of pensions received by British pensioners resident overseas to the level received by those who remain resident in the UK. | | (71685) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 463
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list recommendations from the Royal Commission on the Press which were (a) accepted, (b) implemented in legislation and (c) rejected; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71981) | 464
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on crowd crushes due to the collapse of safety rails outside the Cardiff Millennium Stadium on 13th May 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71988) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 465
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Government to refuse to recognise Hamas so long as it retains its intent to destroy the State of Israel; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (72043) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 466
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list recommendations from the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure which were (a) accepted, (b) implemented in legislation and (c) rejected; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71982) | 467
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from EU accession countries have registered on the Workers Registration Scheme in each year since its inception. | | [Transferred] (71687) | 468
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to revise the Workers Registration Scheme to (a) increase the level of registration and (b) reduce illegal working. | | [Transferred] (71901) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 469
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cross-council meetings have been organised by the East Midlands Development Agency in 2005; and how many such meetings have been attended by (a) Bassetlaw and (b) Mansfield Council. | | [Transferred] (71893) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 470
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has (a) taken and (b) plans to take (i) to make ethanol cheaper than petrol and (ii) to encourage motorists to convert their car to use ethanol; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71958) | 471
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce an interest free loan scheme to allow motorists to convert their car to use ethanol; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (71959) |
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