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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 18 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 18 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 18 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 18 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, 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. | | (72481) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) land and (b) property his Department (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) the Southend West constituency, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire and (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London in (1) 1979, (2) 1983, (3) 1987, (4) 1992 and (5) 1997. | | (72482) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 2005-06 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72483) | 4
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the UK's (a) rebate from and (b) gross contribution to the European Union is calculated; and how the formula was used to arrive at the latest available year's figure in each case. | | (72380) | 5
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the statement made by the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs that all the current EU member states will adopt the euro within 10 years; and whether he has responded to the Commissioner's statement. | | (72256) | 6
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of raising the inheritance tax threshold in line with house price inflation for each year to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (71656) | 7
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications for each year to 2010-11 of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £500,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (71657) | 8
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the revenue implications would be of (a) a 1p cut and (b) a 1p rise in the lower rate on (i) savings income and (ii) (A) the basic rate and (B) the higher rate of income tax for each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (71658) | 9
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate (a) the revenue implications and (b) the additional number of people who would pay tax if the capital gains tax threshold were reduced to (i) £1,000, (ii) £2,500 and (iii) £5,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (71659) | 10
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the effect on public expenditure in the West Midlands region of immigration from EU accession countries since May 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (71275) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he next plans to visit Coventry. | | (71276) | 12
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial assistance was provided by HM Revenue and Customs to voluntary organisations in the West Midlands region to assist the public on tax credit issues in each year such assistance has been provided. | | (71277) | 13
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Livingston received overpayments of (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit in 2005. | | (72279) | 14
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Livingston received (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit in 2005. | | (72363) | 15
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates over the last 12 months (a) he and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72344) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the scale of identity fraud in relation to tax credits; how many tax credits staff have been involved in identity fraud since 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (72367) | 17
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of those on the electoral register are (a) Irish citizens, (b) Commonwealth citizens and (c) non-UK EU nationals. | | (72349) | 18
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the UK coins that cost more to mint than their face value; and if he will make a statement. | | (72357) | 19
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will resolve the tax credit case of Mrs Charlotte Rosetti of Brixham following communication with his Department between 15th March 2004 and 30th March 2006; what the reasons are for the continued delay in resolving the case; and if he will make a statement. | | (71655) | 20
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single parent households with children under the age of 16 years there were in the Hartlepool constituency in each of the last 15 years. | | (72598) | 21
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single-person households there were in the Hartlepool constituency in each of the last 15 years. | | (72599) | 22
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many marriages took place in the Hartlepool constituency in each year since 1990. | | (72600) | 23
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many divorces took place in the Hartlepool constituency in each year since 1990. | | (72601) | 24
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls under the age of 16 years in Hartlepool constituency gave birth in each year since 1990. | | (72602) | 25
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of cohabiting couples living in in Hartlepool constituency in each of the past 15 years. | | (72603) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 26
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on the Knowledge Network in each year since 1997. | | (72026) | 27
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Departments have not implemented the e-Government Interoperability Framework standards; and when each such department is expected to have done so. | | (72506) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 28
N | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in establishing the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (71937) | 29
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11th May 2006, Official Report, column 492W, on Brighton and Hove Albion, if she will list all other contacts with (a) Brighton and Hove Council and (b) Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club since 25th October 2005 which she classifies as not relevant to the planning decision to which she refers. | | (72148) | 30
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of applications to build on brownfield sites were applications to build on gardens in the last period for which figures are available. | | (72549) | 31
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect green spaces in urban areas. | | (72553) | 32
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements are in place for monitoring proper use of grant money allocated by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (72618) | 33
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2006, Official Report, column 805W, on housing, what the average subsidy was to a key worker in (a) Barnet and (b) London in each employment sector under (i) the Starter Home Initiative and (ii) Key Worker Living between 2004 and 2006; what the total cost was of each scheme in (A) Barnet and (B) London in that period, broken down by employment sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (72311) | 34
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to revise the definition of statutory overcrowding. | | (72419) | 35
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were registered homeless in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (72420) | 36
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the candidates registered for home inspector training have no (a) previous qualification and (b) practical work experience related to property (i) surveying and (ii) construction. | | (72421) | 37
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount which will be raised by the proposed planning gain supplement to fund local infrastructure. | | (72422) | 38
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase the supply of affordable housing in Bolton. | | (72423) | 39
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure high aesthetic standards in new housing developments; and what discussions she had with the Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment on this issue. | | (72424) | 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the likely impact of home information packs on the housing market; and if she will make a statement. | | (72425) | 41
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many second homes for council tax purposes were recorded in England in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2005-06 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (72314) | 42
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates over the last 12 months (a) she and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72342) | 43
| Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources are being deployed by the Audit Commission to ensure that Liverpool City Council social services department complies with national standards of service delivery in care of (a) the elderly and (b) vulnerable adults. | | (72461) | 44
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with church authorities on releasing land and buildings for social housing. | | (72499) | 45
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what allocations have been made to registered social landlords who provide housing specifically for black and minority ethnic people in Luton in each of the last five years. | | (72500) | 46
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1218W, on planning, if she will (a) include drug addiction treatment centres in the proposed new planning Class C2A and (b) create a new class separate from existing C2 consent. | | (72551) | 47
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for a public consultation on the future of local government; and if she will make a statement. | | (72589) | 48
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average time that a property to which a home information pack applies will stay on the market; and whether this period varies according to house value. | | (72276) | 49
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information was included in the Home Information Pack's Home Condition Report in the trial run in Bristol. | | (72277) | 50
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the forthcoming Audit Commission inspections of arm's length management organisations. | | (72278) | 51
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely number of people living in social rented accommodation by 2020. | | (72508) | 52
| Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely demand for social rented housing in each year between 2006 and 2016. | | (72509) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 53
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people have died while their cases were being dealt with by the Court of Protection in each year since 1997. | | (71742) | 54
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2006, Official Report, column 147W, if she will list (a) the locations of the new private finance initiative courthouses and (b) the companies who provided them. | | (72409) | 55
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many inquests into the deaths of members of the armed forces as a result of military duties in Iraq have been carried out by (a) the Oxfordshire coroner, (b) the Fairford coroner, (c) the Lyneham coroner and (d) other coroners since 2003. | | (72151) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 56
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy that only timber products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council will be used for the 2012 Olympics. | | (72427) | 57
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the addictiveness of internet poker. | | (72399) | 58
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what regulations govern the operation of internet poker. | | (72403) | 59
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent of misuse of credit and debit cards by underage people in relation to internet gambling services. | | (72404) | 60
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1234W, if she will commission research to establish the prevalence of problem gambling on the internet by (a) under and (b) over 18 year olds. | | (72405) | 61
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding is available to (a) the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) and (b) TASS 2012 Scholarship in each year to 2012; and how much of that funding will be allocated to (i) summer Olympic sports, (ii) winter Olympic sports, (iii) non-Olympic sports, broken down by sport and (iv) paralympic sport. | | (72057) | 62
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) an official instructed that hunting be omitted from her Department's sponsored cultural icons survey. | | (72519) | 63
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated budget is for security at the London 2012 Olympics. | | (72526) | 64
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she offers to (a) her Department's agencies and (b) those who receive funding from her Department on undertaking regulatory impact assessments before implementing changes of regulations; what such assessment was undertaken by VisitBritain before undertaking changes to the classification system for hotels and guest houses in England; if she will estimate the cost of such changes to the industry; and if she will make a statement. | | (72155) | 65
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote water sports. | | (72597) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 66
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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. | | (72478) | 67
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) land and (b) property his Department and its predecessors (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) Southend West constituency, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire and (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London in (1) 1979, (2) 1983, (3) 1987, (4) 1992 and (5) 1997. | | (72479) | 68
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour back bencher, (b) Opposition back bencher and (c) Oppostion front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department which has been accepted by his Department during the 2005-06 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72480) | 69
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 30W, on departmental publications, if he will place in the Library the (a) latest edition of The Mole and (b) final edition of Compass. | | (72149) | 70
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 9th May 2006, Official Report, columns 12-14WS, on helicopter search and rescue, what assessment he has made of the cost implications of the new arrangements for the Helicopter Search and Rescue Service. | | (72379) | 71
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of Gulf War Syndrome have been accepted by his Department as being well-founded. | | (72396) | 72
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel, (b) former service personnel and (c) civilian personnel have lodged a claim with his Department for Gulf War Syndrome. | | (72397) | 73
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest valuation is of each of the army bases in Northern Ireland for which closure was announced on 10th May. | | (72542) | 74
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of joint maritime exercises. | | (72362) | 75
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel returned from Iraq in 2005 diagnosed with (a) mental health and (b) physical conditions which required (i) hospital and (ii) rehabilitation treatment in the UK. | | (72498) | 76
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to amend the criteria to enable the Falklands War Medal to be awarded to those who served on RMS St Helena in support of the UK Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (72547) | 77
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision is made for citizens of overseas countries serving in HM armed forces to renew in the UK their visas or leave to remain rather than being required to return to their country of origin to do so; and if he will make a statement. | | (72548) | 78
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of members of each of the armed forces are not British citizens, broken down by nationality. | | (72550) | 79
| David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the staff establishment of (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department in the West Midlands region was in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2005-06; and what the planned figures are for (A) 2007-08 and (B) 2008-09. | | (72255) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 80
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken through the China Task Force to promote human rights and non-violent responses to demonstrators in China. | | (72270) | 81
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what work the China Task Force has undertaken to combat climate change. | | (72271) | 82
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he last met Tang Jiaxuan to discuss the work of the China Task Force. | | (72272) | 83
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had through the China Task Force on combating avian influenza in (a) China and (b) the UK. | | (72273) | 84
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has made to his Chinese counterparts in the China Task Force on promoting women's rights in the People's Republic of China. | | (72274) | 85
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the work of the China Task Force. | | (72275) | 86
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates over the last 12 months he met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 87
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what figures his Department collects on the number of children under 16 years of age with dyslexia; and if he will make a statement. | | (72451) | 88
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the statutory provisions relating to the teaching of blind and partially blind children; and if he will make a statement. | | (72453) | 89
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is in each (i) region of England and (ii) local education authority in the north-east region; and if he will make a statement. | | (72554) | 90
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places were allocated in each English university for studying medicine in 2005; and how many of those places were taken by (a) students from overseas and (b) those educated in the private sector. | | (72267) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will raise the threshold of parental income for the payments of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA); and what assessment he has made of the impact of replacing the entry to employment scheme with EMA. | | (72246) | 92
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total schools budget is of each local education authority for 2006-07; and what proportion is delegated to schools in each authority. | | (72359) | 93
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what process was undertaken to assess the suitability of Ataullah Siddiqui for the role of adviser to Government on Islam in Higher Education. | | (72455) | 94
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department took to investigate whether there were links between Ataullah Siddiqui and the Jamaat-e-Islami Party prior to his appointment as adviser to the Government on Islam in Higher Education. | | (72456) | 95
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department took to investigate whether there were links between the Islamic Foundation of Leicester, the Markfield Institute of Higher Education and the Jamaat-e-Islami Party prior to the appointment of Ataullah Siddiqui as adviser to the Government on Islam in Higher Education. | | (72457) | 96
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the pay dispute involving university academic staff does not have an adverse impact on students. | | (72377) | 97
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many mathematics teacher vacancies there are in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (71376) | 98
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many meetings of the Online Child Protection Task Force have been attended by representatives from his Department since its inception. | | (72504) | 99
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information and support is available for teachers and schools on preventing children and young people from running away from home or care; and how that support may be accessed. | | (72153) | 100
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what development projects have been established to test services for children and young people who run away or go missing from home or care. | | (72154) | 101
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the starting salary of a (a) teacher and (b) classroom assistant in Hartlepool constituency was in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2005. | | (72615) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 102
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this (a) section and (b) Act; and what amendments have been made to the Act. | | (72463) | 103
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department produces for members of the public on dealing with nuisance bonfires; and if he will make a statement. | | (72464) | 104
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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. | | (72475) | 105
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) land and (b) property his Department and its predecessors (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) Southend West constituency, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire and (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London in (1) 1979, (2) 1983, (3) 1987, (4) 1992 and (5) 1997. | | (72476) | 106
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour back bencher, (b) Opposition back bencher and (c) Oppostion front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department, which has been accepted by his Department during the 2005-06 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72477) | 107
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards the Waste and Resources Action Programme Real Nappy Campaign's target of diverting 35,000 tonnes of waste from landfill by April 2006. | | (72308) | 108
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to establish further targets for the Waste and Resources Action Programme Real Nappy Campaign. | | (72309) | 109
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department has sought to influence consumption patterns since the publication of Securing the Future, the UK Government's Sustainable Development Strategy. | | (72310) | 110
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account his Department took in deciding its policy on the programme for the endorsement of forest certification schemes of representations made by the Prime Minister of Australia to (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other Government Ministers. | | (72426) | 111
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers were present for each day of the North Sea Ministerial Meeting on the Environmental Impacts of Shipping and Fisheries in Gothenburg, Sweden on 4th and 5th May; what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Executive on the meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (71925) | 112
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what terms renderers are permitted to burn tallow. | | (72400) | 113
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) environmental and (b) economic consequences of the incentive scheme for the burning of tallow. | | (72401) | 114
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average time was taken by Ministers in his Department to respond to correspondence from hon. and right hon. Members in the last period for which figures are available; and what targets he has set for this process. | | (72402) | 115
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Prionics AG since its acquisition of the Bovigam gamma interferon bovine tuberculosis test; and what alternatives to this test are available to the Department. | | (72247) | 116
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on farmers in border areas of having different provisions for animal welfare in the Rural Development Programmes in England, Wales and Scotland between 2007 and 2013. | | (72346) | 117
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations about the rural development programmes for England, Wales and Scotland between 2007 and 2013. | | (72347) | 118
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish the outcome of the consultation on the England Rural Development Programme 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement. | | (72348) | 119
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates over the last 12 months (a) he and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72341) | 120
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Lord Rooker's time is expected to be spent on the affairs of his Department. | | (72371) | 121
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether John Pointon and Sons Ltd have been appointed as renderers to deal with the carcasses of birds affected by avian influenza; and whether the company has a valid licence. | | (72398) | 122
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the yield to the Exchequer from a UK auction of 10 per cent. of allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme at a price of (a) 10, (b) 15, (c) 20 and (d) 30 euros per tonne of carbon from 2008. | | (72522) | 123
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking towards fulfilling his Department's commitment to (a) 70 per cent. uptake of the Entry Level Scheme and (b) providing continued expenditure for the Higher Tier Scheme. | | (72523) | 124
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for funding the voluntary modulation measure to reward farmers for making a contribution to his Department's environmental targets. | | (72524) | 125
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Chief Veterinary Officer's report on the H5 avian influenza exposure in October 2005, on what date the antibodies were found; where they were found; how many birds revealed antibodies; and whether the geese were (a) (i) imported and (ii) homebred and (b) kept for (A) consumption and (B) eggs. | | (72619) | 126
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Chief Veterinary Officer's report on the avian influenza exposure in October 2005, what tests were undertaken on wild birds in the area; what the results were of these tests; whether antibodies showed the birds were exposed to the H5 virus; whether there was evidence the birds had recovered from infection; and what assessment he has made of the length of time H5 viruses have been spread between wild birds. | | (72620) | 127
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department promotes reusable products as part of its policies on waste prevention and sustainability; and if he will make a statement. | | (72555) | 128
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the comparative impact of reusable and single-use products on the waste stream. | | (72556) | 129
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what programmes (a) run by and (b) supported by his Department promote reusable products. | | (72557) | 130
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to enable the classification of reprocessed fuel oil as a product rather than waste. | | (72307) | 131
| Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the competent authority for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulations in the UK will be suitably equipped in terms of staff and expertise to take account of the occupational health issues arising from the regulations. | | (72366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 132
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the individuals who are not UK citizens who were awarded honours in the period 1st January 2003 to 31st December 2003; and what (a) the date of announcement, (b) the honour concerned and (c) the reason for the award was in each case. | | (72027) | 133
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 15th May. | | (72056) | 134
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th May 2006, Official Report, columns 522-3W, on the Palestinian Authority, if she will make a statement on the discussions regarding the development of a mechanism for the payment of aid to the Palestinian Authority, which took place at the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 15th May. | | (72150) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Bangladesh on its treatment of religious minorities; and whether she is monitoring the performance of Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) and Isalmi Dikyo Jote (IDJ) within the government of Bangladesh. | | (72517) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Bangladesh on meeting its obligations under the Chittagong Hill Trusts Peace Accord. | | (72518) | 137
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date Mr Mockbul Ali (a) left the Department in 2005 and (b) was re-appointed to her Department; and in what capacity he was re-employed. | | (72418) | 138
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage China to improve its human rights record following its election to the United Nations Human Rights Council. | | (72378) | 139
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote worldwide arms control. | | (72410) | 140
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the Government is making in ensuring that the UN General Assembly mandates a start to negotiations for the international arms treaty in 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (72388) | 141
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes to (a) her Department's structures and (b) the Minister of Europe's role have been made since 5th May; and if she will make a statement. | | (71852) | 142
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role she will play in discussions in international fora on the future of the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent; and if she will make a statement. | | (71853) | 143
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her policy is on possible military action against Iran; and if she will make a statement. | | (71855) | 144
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at which meetings of the Council of the European Union the United Kingdom will be represented by the Minister for Europe. | | (71856) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 145
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia there are in (a) England and (b) London. | | (72319) | 146
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) received information on which aims to develop a cure for sickle cell anaemia; and if she will make a statement. | | (72320) | 147
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to her Department of training student midwives was in each year since 1997-98. | | (71735) | 148
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives there were in each academic year since 1997-98; how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in each year; and what the total cost to public funds was of bursaries to student midwives in each year. | | (71736) | 149
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with stakeholders on increasing expenditure on lung cancer research. | | (71737) | 150
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for the National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) review of lung cancer research; and when she expects the NCRI to publish its report. | | (71738) | 151
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the institutions which offer training to student midwives. | | (71739) | 152
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 70933, on waiting times, how many in-patient breaches of target would be necessary for the Government to conclude that its operating standard of six months for inpatient admissions was not being achieved. | | (72497) | 153
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 70990, on waiting times, which NHS organisations risks of breaches of the six month waiting time for inpatient admissions are an issue; how many are being closely supported by her Department in consequence; and what support each is receiving. | | (72525) | 154
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 70933, on waiting times, what definition of `very few' she uses; and whether `very few' means (a) less than 10, (b) less than 50, (c) less than 100 or (d) another amount. | | (72559) | 155
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 70897, on waiting times, what the maximum period between initial GP diagnosis and operation could be without breaches of the six month target. | | (72560) | 156
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place in her Department for responding to petitions presented in the House and forwarded to her. | | (72395) | 157
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice the Chief Medical Officer has provided on preventing bowel cancer; and if she will make a statement. | | (72617) | 158
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS trusts and (b) foundation hospitals in England recorded unsafe staffing levels in 2005. | | (72257) | 159
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in each Birmingham constituency (a) have and (b) have not taken up the new NHS dental contract. | | (72360) | 160
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the debt of those hospitals which are in deficit and those hospitals which have been in deficit over the last two complete years for which figures are available is accounted for by the annual private finance initiative charge. | | (72361) | 161
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date the (a) West Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust, (b) Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust, (c) Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Primary Care Trust, (d) Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust, (e) Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (f) Great Western Ambulance Trust are required to (i) achieve month by month financial balance and (ii) clear the accumulated deficit from prior years. | | (72152) | 162
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood donors have been added to the British bone marrow register in each of the last three years. | | (71847) | 163
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual expenditure of her Department has been on the British bone marrow register in each of the last three years. | | (71848) | 164
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to raise awareness of bone marrow donation amongst ethnic groups. | | (71849) | 165
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what value for money assessment has been made of her Department's funding of the British bone marrow register. | | (71850) | 166
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of different methods of encouraging bone marrow donation. | | (71851) | 167
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2006, Official Report, column 217W, on enzyme replacement therapy, when she expects a decision to be made on whether the funding of enzyme replacement therapies for lysosomal storage diseases will continue under the present National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group arrangements after 31st May 2007. | | (72351) | 168
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists per 1,000 of population there are in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England. | | (72609) | 169
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the oral health of the population in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England. | | (72610) | 170
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much central Government funding was made available to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (72390) | 171
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with breast cancer in Shrewsbury and Atcham in 2005. | | (72521) | 172
| Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources are being deployed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection to ensure that Liverpool City Council Social Services Department complies with national standards of service delivery in (a) care of the elderly and (b) vulnerable adults. | | (72462) | 173
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the scheme to establish alcohol health workers in accident and emergency departments, general practitioner surgeries and some criminal justice settings announced in November 2005 will begin. | | (72356) | 174
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2006, Official Report, columns 736-7W on adverse drug reactions, when she expects the redesign of the drug safety monitoring database to be completed. | | (72449) | 175
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have (a) entered and (b) remained for over three months in drug rehabilitation treatment in (i) Birklands and (ii) Meden ward of Mansfield in each of the last five years. | | (71931) | 176
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many methadone patients have been registered with the drugs and alcohol action team in (a) Meden and (b) Birklands ward in Mansfield in each of the last five years. | | (71932) | 177
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many needle exchange transactions have there been in (a) Meden and (b) Birklands ward of Mansfield in each of the last five years. | | (71934) | 178
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on (a) methadone, (b) bupranorphine and (c) naltraxone in England in order to treat drug addiction. | | (71935) | 179
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student places there are for (a) nursing and (b) community nursing at universities in the Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority area. | | (72260) | 180
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community nursing posts there are in the NHS in England; how many are vacant; and how many have been vacant for (a) three months or less, (b) three to six months and (c) six months to a year. | | (72261) | 181
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified community nurses were employed in management roles in January (a) 2000, (b) 2003 and (c) 2006. | | (72262) | 182
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts are employing healthcare assistants in community nursing roles. | | (72263) | 183
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age profile is of the current workforce of community nurses; and how many community nurses who are in post will reach retirement age in the next 10 years. | | (72264) | 184
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of Agenda for Change on (a) community nurses and (b) community nursing posts. | | (72265) | 185
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts are operating a freeze on community nursing vacancies. | | (72266) | 186
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with (a) dentists and (b) dental laboratories on the impact of the new dental contract on the number of custom-made dental appliances being ordered for NHS patients; and if she will make a statement. | | (72411) | 187
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people normally resident in Scotland received NHS treatment in England in 2005. | | (72608) | 188
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average occupancy rates were in each London neonatal unit in each of the last three years. | | (72372) | 189
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) neonatal intensive care cots and (b) special care cots in London were not being used due to a lack of staff in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (72373) | 190
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to change the number of neonatal nurses in London. | | (72374) | 191
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals from Suffolk have entered drug rehabilitation treatment in each of the last five years. | | (72539) | 192
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students applied for a bursary from the NHS Student Grants Unit for the academic year beginning in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005, broken down by type of course. | | (72315) | 193
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of students had received their bursary from the NHS Student Grants Unit for (a) the academic year 2005-06 by (i) September 2005, (ii) October 2005, (iii) November 2005 and (iv) December 2005 and (b) the academic year 2004-05 by (A) September 2004, (B) October 2004, (C) November 2004 and (D) December 2004, broken down by (1) type of course and (2) type of bursary. | | (72316) | 194
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints the NHS Student Grants Unit received in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (72317) | 195
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for Dependants' Allowance the NHS Student Grants Unit received in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many were approved in each year. | | (72318) | 196
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) chairs and (b) chief executives of strategic health authorities (i) are from an ethnic minority background and (ii) have prior experience of work in the health sector. | | (72416) | 197
| Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected cost is of the private finance initiative re-development of Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham. | | (72540) | 198
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th May 2006, to Question 70030, on NHS hospitals, if she will list the NHS facilities in England which have inpatient beds. | | (72186) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 199
N | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the recommendations of the "Preventing Extremism Together" working groups set up in response to the London bombings in July 2005 have been implemented; and what proportion this represents of the number of recommendations. | | (71936) | 200
N | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made with proposals to set up a national advisory council of imams and mosques. | | (71938) | 201
N | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British Muslim citizenship `toolkits' have been dispatched by his Department. | | (71939) | 202
N | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in setting up a national forum against (a) extremism and (b) Islamaphobia as proposed in response to the 7th July bombings. | | (71940) | 203
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners are being held in open prisons; and how many have absconded from such prisons in the last 12 months. | | (71432) | 204
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what ways his Department plans to contribute to the review of European Directive 86/609, on animal experimentation; and if he will make a statement. | | (72391) | 205
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development and validation of alternative methods of scientific experimentation to replace and reduce the use of animal experiments. | | (72392) | 206
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign students from (a) Nigeria, (b) Pakistan, (c) Ghana and (d) Bangladesh remain in the UK having outstayed their student visa. | | (72381) | 207
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British passports have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (72382) | 208
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of British passports were issued to foreign-born British citizens in each of the last five years. | | (72383) | 209
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British passports have been issued to (a) asylum seekers and (b) those granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last eight years. | | (72384) | 210
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued to 10 to 17 year olds since 1999 broken down by (a) age and (b) local authority area; how many have been breached in each case; and in what percentage of cases where a breach occurred a parenting order (i) had been and (ii) had not been applied. | | (71743) | 211
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many anti-social behaviour orders issued to 10 to 17 year olds since 1999 (a) a parenting order has also been applied and (b) no parenting order has been applied. | | (71744) | 212
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custodial sentences have been imposed on 10 to 17 year olds for breaching conditions of an anti-social behaviour order since 1999. | | (71745) | 213
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders have been breached since December 2004. | | (71832) | 214
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum length of time is for which the terms of an anti-social behaviour order can apply to a child under 18 years. | | (72280) | 215
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to (a) local authorities and (b) the police about how and in what circumstances anti-social behaviour orders are issued to children under 18 years. | | (72281) | 216
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 18 year olds have a criminal record as a result of breaches of the terms of an anti-social behaviour order. | | (72282) | 217
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued to 10 to 17 year olds since 1999, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) offence. | | (72417) | 218
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the representations he has received (a) in support of and (b) against the proposed merger of Northumbria, Durham and Cleveland police forces. | | (72458) | 219
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each local authority area in the County of Durham since 2001, broken down by age. | | (72460) | 220
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK companies undertake animal testing. | | (71680) | 221
N | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what types of firearms are permitted for use by those who work in the agricultural industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (71740) | 222
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for compensation were received by the Criminal Records Bureau in each year since the office was set up; and how many were successful. | | (72369) | 223
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of compensation paid by the Criminal Records Bureau due to maladministration in each year since it was set up. | | (72370) | 224
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were refused on the grounds of the inability of the applicant to produce his or her father's marriage certificate in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (72268) | 225
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to review the documentation requirements for the issue of new 10-year passports. | | (72269) | 226
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the consultation period on the Draft Code of Practice for the detention, treatment and questioning of persons under section 41 and Schedule 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lasts from 2nd May to 25th May; and what account was taken of the Cabinet Office Code on consultation criteria when setting the consultation period. | | (72394) | 227
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was made available to the Shropshire Division of West Mercia Police for the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign. | | (72389) | 228
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made in Shrewsbury and Atcham in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (72520) | 229
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions oxygen was used on (a) staff and (b) trainees following incidents involving the use of restraint in (i) Hassockfield, (ii) Medway, (iii) Oakhill and (iv) Rainsbrook secure training centres between (A) January and June 2005, (B) July and December 2005 and (C) January and May 2006. | | (72305) | 230
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times restraint was used in (a) Hassockfield, (b) Medway, (c) Oakhill and (d) Rainsbrook secure training centres between (i) January and June 2005, (ii) July and December 2005 and (iii) January and May 2006. | | (72306) | 231
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) staff and (b) trainees lost consciousness during incidents involving the use of restraint in (i) Hassockfield, (ii) Medway, (iii) Oakhill and (iv) Rainsbrook secure training centres between (A) January and June 2005, (B) July and December 2005 and (C) January and May 2006. | | (72321) | 232
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) staff and (b) trainees were injured during incidents involving the use of restraint in (i) Hassockfield, (ii) Medway, (iii) Oakhill and (iv) Rainsbrook secure training centres between (A) January and June 2005, (B) July and December 2005 and (C) January and May 2006. | | (72322) | 233
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide high-energy glucose tablets to police officers to enable them to assist diabetic drivers; when he will make such provision; what estimate he has made of the cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (71553) | 234
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the use of public panels to determine career promotion prospects for police officers in Dorset; whether he has plans to extend the scheme to other forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (71554) | 235
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for drug offences in (a) Meden and (b) Birklands ward of Mansfield in each of the last five years. | | (71933) | 236
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects a permanent Chief Constable to the Thames Valley Police Force to be appointed. | | (72259) | 237
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce measures to prevent credit card-based access to websites hosting images of child abuse. | | (72503) | 238
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he has made to the Sentencing Guidelines Council recommendations on domestic violence. | | (72505) | 239
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to replace the contact service formerly provided via the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit website. | | (72507) | 240
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost was of keeping a category A prisoner in gaol in the last year for which figures are available. | | (72350) | 241
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were on attachment to overseas police forces in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (72358) | 242
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Suffolk have (a) had their application refused and (b) been removed from the UK in each of the past five years. | | (72532) | 243
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have breached their anti-social behaviour orders in Suffolk since 1st January 2004. | | (72533) | 244
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there were in West Suffolk constituency in each year since 1997. | | (72534) | 245
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department received from Suffolk (a) for and (b) aganist the proposed merger of police forces in the East of England. | | (72535) | 246
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in (a) West Suffolk and (b) the East of England region. | | (72536) | 247
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the starting salary was of a police officer in the Cleveland Police area in (a) 1997 and (b) 2005. | | (72594) | 248
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of criminals re-offended within (a) 12 months, (b) 24 months and (c) 36 months of their original conviction in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Hartlepool constituency in 2005-06. | | (72595) | 249
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers there are in each ward in Hartlepool constituency. | | (72596) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 250
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the House was of processing Written Questions in each of the last three years. | | (72544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 251
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Sixth Round of grants by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will receive adequate funding from the international community. | | (72514) | 252
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) other countries and (b) private sector donors to contribute funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. | | (72515) | 253
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will increase his Department's contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. | | (72516) | 254
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to ensure that the holders of traditional knowledge (a) are made aware of patent applications and (b) are able to be fully involved in assessing intellectual applications based on traditional knowledge. | | (72240) | 255
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's policy is on the proposals in the Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council to introduce a requirement for the declaration of origin of the use of genetic resources and associated knowledge into the TRIPS Agreement. | | (72241) | 256
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what sanctions are in place to penalise intellectual property applicants who have illegally obtained genetic material or knowledge which forms all or part of their application. | | (72242) | 257
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to inform countries named as the source of traditional knowledge or genetic resources in patent applications that such an application has been made. | | (72243) | 258
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has instigated a system for informing the World Intellectual Property Organisation about the origins of traditional knowledge or genetic resources named in patent applications. | | (72244) | 259
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to assess the impact on developing countries of geographical indications of traditional knowledge and genetic resources under Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. | | (72245) | 260
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Millennium Development Goal for universal primary education is met by 2015. | | (72376) | 261
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures he is taking to assist Bangladesh in tackling arsenic poisoning in its water supply. | | (72501) | Questions to the Leader of the House 262
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, on which occasions the House has been recalled in each session since 1976; and for what reason the House was recalled in each case. | | (72452) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 263
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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. | | (72486) | 264
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 which has been accepted by his Department during the 2005-06 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72487) | 265
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public funding has been allocated to (a) the Riverside Theatre, Coleraine and (b) theatres in (i) Belfast and (ii) Londonderry in each of the last three years. | | (72545) | 266
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of (a) driving a taxi and (b) operating a taxi service illegally in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (72546) | 267
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advice was given to the governor of HMP Magherberry about the advisability of granting compassionate parole to James Joseph McEvoy. | | (71601) | 268
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was made available by the Department for Education to the South Eastern Music Centre in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and what plans he has to increase funding. | | (72511) | 269
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that general practitioners receive more appropriate training and support to enable them better to recognise and more accurately to diagnose coeliac disease. | | (72512) | 270
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed with coeliac disease. | | (72513) | 271
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been (a) claimed and (b) paid out under the agricultural weather aid scheme. | | (71928) | 272
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications have been (a) received and (b) accepted in relation to the agricultural weather aid scheme. | | (71929) | 273
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what input the Northern Ireland Office will have into the National Development Plan in preparation in the Republic of Ireland, with particular reference to border regions; and if he will make a statement. | | (71930) | Questions to the Prime Minister 274
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list all journeys he undertook on official business in 2005 about which he concluded on the basis of (a) Chapter 10 of the Ministerial Code and (b) the accompanying guidance document, Travel by Ministers, that travel by train was the most efficient and cost-effective arrangement. | | (72428) | 275
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, what Russell Chambers's current role is; how much he is paid; how many meetings he has held with Mr Chambers since his appointment; and whether Mr Chambers has declared potential conflicts of interest. | | (72323) | 276
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates over the last 12 months (a) he and (b) his officials have met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72345) | 277
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been received from (a) the ITV group, (b) Sky, (c) the BBC and (d) non-UK based television companies in payment for airfares for journalists accompanying him on overseas trips in each of the last five years. | | (71746) | 278
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Prime Minister, in what circumstances the Minister for Europe will attend Cabinet; and if he will make a statement. | | (71854) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 279
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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. | | (72484) | 280
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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 which has been accepted by his Department during the 2005-06 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72485) | 281
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Government plans to transfer additional functions to Scottish Ministers under section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998. | | (72543) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 282
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of the Regulations. | | (72465) | 283
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this (a) section and (b) Act; and what amendments have been made to the Act. | | (72466) | 284
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the (a) outgoings and (b) revenue of the Official Receiver in the Insolvency Service for each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement. | | (72407) | 285
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have been employed in the Office of the Official Receiver in the Insolvency Service in each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement. | | (72408) | 286
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates over the last 12 months (a) he and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in his Department met a representative of Sovereign Strategy. | | (72331) | 287
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action his Department is taking to encourage banks to reduce late payment fees and other charges following the recent ruling from the Office of Fair Trading; and if he will make a statement. | | (72375) | 288
| Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress in extending choice and competition in telephone and internet services to the residents and businesses of Kingston upon Hull. | | (72538) | 289
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will conduct an assessment of the lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions of nuclear power. | | (72558) | 290
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham of 26th April 2006, Official Report, column 1120W, on bank holidays, when the planned consultation will begin. | | (72387) | 291
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he received on the Sunday Trading Act 1994 from (a) retailers and (b) others prior to 13th January. | | (72552) | 292
| David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) plans to conduct on the likely impact of proposed changes to the Sunday Trading Act 1994 on shops of under 3,000 square feet. | | (72593) | 293
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates communication between his Department and Treasury Counsel took place on the subject of Appeal No. EA/2005/0023 to the Information Tribunal, broken down by type of communication. | | (72393) | 294
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the available infrastructure capacity in the UK to handle waste in accordance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (72510) | 295
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Ofcom spent on preparation for the auction of the award of Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 licences in 2005-06; how much it plans to spend on preparations for the award of such licences in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (72413) | 296
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Ofcom spent in consultancy fees in preparation for the award of the recent Wireless Telegraphy Act licences for the frequencies 1781.7-1785MHz paired with 1876.7-1800MHz; and if he will make a statement. | | (72415) | 297
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there are plans to introduce EU legislation which would prevent the use of certain imperial measures in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (72590) | 298
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (72605) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 299
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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. | | (72472) | 300
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) land and (b) property his Department and its predecessors (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) Southend West constituency, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire and (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London in (1) 1979, (2) 1983, (3) 1987, (4) 1992 and (5) 1997. | | (72473) | 301
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the occasions when an amendment has been moved by (a) a Labour back bencher, (b) Opposition back bencher and (c) Oppostion front bench spokesman to a Bill sponsored by his Department which has been accepted by his Department during the 2005-06 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72474) | 302
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve litter collection on trunk roads in Northumberland under the control of the Highways Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (72530) | 303
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on the use of fixed wing aircraft BAe146 by members of the Royal Family for private purposes. | | (72025) | 304
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 641W, on railways, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on (a) the funding of and (b) the likely timetable for the installation of enhanced CCTV at Network Rail railway stations. | | (71741) | 305
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Greater London were fined for non-payment of vehicle excise duty in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2004-05. | | (72254) | 306
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to consult on the ending of mixed mode landings and runway alternation at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement. | | (72187) | 307
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Mandatory High Return Alternative Tender for the Greater Western Franchise. | | (72450) | 308
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 26th Janaury 2006, Official Report, columns 2278-9W, on Thameslink 2000, whether the inspector has presented his report to him; and whether the Travelwatch report has been completed. | | (72454) | 309
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents on level crossings there were in each of the last three years; and how many incidents in each year resulted in a fatality. | | (72467) | 310
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the relationship is between Network Rail Infrastructure Finance and Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. | | (72468) | 311
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the debt issuance programme of Network Rail Infrastructure Finance has been (a) authorised and (b) issued or drawn down. | | (72469) | 312
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the relationship is between Network Rail and Network Rail Infrastructure Finance (NRIF); whether NRIF is a subsidiary of Network Rail; and how much of NRIF is owned by Network Rail. | | (72470) | 313
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total value is of property assets owned by Network Rail. | | (72471) | 314
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the British Transport Police Authority on its financial management; whether he plans changes thereto; and if he will make a statement. | | (71555) | 315
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government has altered its growth target for heavy rail; what implications the alteration has for future rail expansion and improvement plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (71556) | 316
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the resilience exercises carried out on (a) the transport infrastructure and (b) Eurotunnel since 11th September 2001. | | (72352) | 317
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the French police, (b) Kent Police and (c) Eurotunnel regarding security in the Channel Tunnel. | | (72353) | 318
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment he has made of and (b) lessons have been learned from (i) Exercise Atlantic Blue in January 2006 and (ii) Exercise Northern Synergy. | | (72354) | 319
| Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what security equipment is in place to scan (a) freight traffic and (b) passengers on Eurotunnel. | | (72355) | 320
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents in 2005 resulted in the death of children of school age. | | (72611) | 321
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's estimate is of the number of uninsured motorists driving on public roads in each of the last five years; and what percentage of all drivers this represented in each year. | | (72312) | 322
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding for which his Department is responsible has been allocated to the Halifax constituency in the past 12 months. | | (72313) | 323
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total mileage travelled on roads in Suffolk by (a) all vehicles and (b) cars in each of the past 10 years. | | (72531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 324
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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. | | (72488) | 325
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 2005-06 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (72489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 326
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned end-date is for the Benefit Processing Replacement Programme (Watch 2); and what the planned (a) level and (b) timetable of relevant capital expenditure is. | | (72234) | 327
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the international work of his Department, with particular reference to (a) co-ordination of information and labour market policies and (b) mutual recognition and administrative simplification in relation to benefits. | | (72235) | 328
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public service agreement targets (a) exclusive to his Department and (b) held jointly between his and other Departments (i) have been met, (ii) are on course, (iii) are subject to slippage and (iv) have not yet been assessed. | | (72236) | 329
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action is being taken through Departmental programmes to encourage into work (a) those aged over 50 years and (b) those above state pension age. | | (72237) | 330
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the National Guidance Campaign on non-ageist practice by employers. | | (72238) | 331
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he took of undertakings made in response to the Gershon review's conclusions on target headcount when making the staffing projections set out on page 154 of his Department's Annual Report for 2006. | | (72239) | 332
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in reducing levels of official error in the benefit system, with particular reference to the work of the Error Task Force. | | (72248) | 333
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will report progress made on the development of Work Place Health Connect. | | (72249) | 334
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the role of area-based activities by his Department in increasing local employment rates. | | (72250) | 335
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what studies he has (a) commissioned, (b) evaluated and (c) collated on the impact of labour market trends on achieving his Department's employment targets. | | (72251) | 336
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the work of the Benefit Simplification Unit, with particular reference to (a) cost, (b) staffing and (c) performance to date. | | (72252) | 337
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reporting of the effectiveness of his Department's spending on staff learning and development. | | (72253) | 338
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households were (a) estimated to be eligible for and (b) recipients of pension credit in (i) Aberdeen city and (ii) Aberdeenshire council areas in each financial year since 2001. | | (71926) | 339
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households have been (a) estimated to be eligible for and (b) recipients of pension credit in Gordon constituency for each financial year since 2001. | | (71927) | 340
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what results were achieved by the Action Team for Jobs based in Leytonstone; what the cost was of the Action Team's work; and if he will make a statement. | | (72616) | 341
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there were on average on the register at job centres in Easington constituency in each year from 2000. | | (72459) | 342
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Livingston have had their cases migrated from the old Child Support Agency system to the new system. | | (72258) | 343
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Livingston received pension credit in 2005. | | (72364) | 344
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls have been (a) answered and (b) missed by the new telephone hotline service for social fund loans in the South West since its inception; how urgent enquiries are dealt with; and why the service is not free to the user. | | (72365) | 345
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of how Jobcentre Plus in Yorkshire and the Humber measured against their performance indicators in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2004-05. | | (71552) | 346
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed directly by his Department to process (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Carers' Allowance and (d) Incapacity Benefit claim forms, broken down by location; what the average salary is at each grade; and if he will make a statement. | | (72527) | 347
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent, excluding staff costs, on administering (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Carers' Allowance and (d) Incapacity Benefit claim forms in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (72528) | 348
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Disability Living Allowance, (b) Attendance Allowance, (c) Carers' Allowance and (d) Incapacity Benefit claim forms his Department processes on average each day; and if he will make a statement. | | (72529) | 349
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the scale of identity fraud in relation to social security benefits; how many of his Department's staff have been involved in identity fraud since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (72368) | 350
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases of constituents in East Lothian have migrated from the old system to the new system. | | (72607) | 351
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) West Suffolk constituency and (b) the East of England are participating in the Pathways to Work programme. | | (72537) | 352
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households were receiving pension credit in West Suffolk constituency in each financial year since 2001-02. | | (72541) | 353
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the Roxby Pension Scheme receive their full pension entitlement. | | (72612) | 354
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action his Department is taking to increase the numbers of people in work aged 50 years and over in Hartlepool constituency. | | (72614) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 355
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to seek to introduce measures to ensure that where chat room moderators are employed outside the jurisdiction of UK courts this is displayed on the relevant site. | | [Transferred] (72502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 356
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the environmental impact of supermarkets and the food industry; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (71664) | 357
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the market towns initiative. | | [Question Unstarred] (71676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 358
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British passport holders she estimates live overseas; and if she will list the 10 countries where most British overseas passport holders live. | | [Transferred] (72385) | 359
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people living permanently in (a) Nigeria and (b) Pakistan hold a UK passport. | | [Transferred] (72386) | 360
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has allocated for a British pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010; and from what budgets such funding will come. | | [Transferred] (72406) | Questions to the Leader of the House 361
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Leader of the House, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) reliability of information technology (i) equipment and (ii) infrastructure provided for hon. Members' constituency offices. | | [Transferred] (72613) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 362
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) internet service providers, (b) telecommunication companies and (c) electronic hardware companies on discouraging the illegal use of (i) music and (ii) other creative content online. | | [Transferred] (72412) | 363
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures the Government is taking to encourage (a) internet service providers, (b) telecommunications companies and (c) electronic hardware companies to promote responsible copyright awareness programmes to consumers. | | [Transferred] (72414) | 364
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the level of personal debt amongst pensioners; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (72584) | 365
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ease the burden of debt experienced by pensioners; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (72585) | 366
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce a scheme to relieve pensioners of personal debt; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (72586) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 367
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether businesses which are open to the public have a responsibility to provide first aid facilities to customers who are hurt on their premises; what discussions he has had with businesses on this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (72588) |
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