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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 23 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 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 Tuesday 23 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 23 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Tax Credit Office will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 11th November 2005 (ref 2005/11006403); for what reasons there has been a delay in replying; and if he will make a statement. | | (72574) | 2
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, columns 1718-21W, on the home computer initiative, if he will give further consideration to the questions asked by hon. Members to satisfy himself that all the questions asked received substantive responses in the answer provided. | | (72570) | 3
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in ensuring that the most recently produced standard tax credit letters and forms are available in Welsh. | | (72572) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 4
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities along the rail routes taken by trains transporting nuclear material are required to prepare emergency plans to deal with an incident involving one of these trains. | | (73316) | 5
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will provide a substantive reply to Question 64723, on infrastructure in West Chelmsford, tabled by the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on 18th April. | | (72301) | 6
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on providing accommodation in London to take account of its projected population increase. | | (73276) | 7
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to enable London housing associations access to development opportunities. | | (73318) | 8
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage the development of shared ownership housing schemes in (a) Peterborough and (b) other growth areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (73354) | 9
N | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the public inquiries on decisions by mineral planning authorities to reject applications for opencast mining since the MPG3 planning guidelines were revised in 1999; and what the outcome of each inquiry was. | | (72627) | 10
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on compulsory land purchases in (a) Guildford constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) England in 2005-06. | | (73282) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 11
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Licensing Act 2003 (Premises licences and club premises certificates) Regulations 2005; and what recent representations she has received about the operation of these regulations. | | (73290) | 12
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 23rd January about Mr D Willets (ref 34665 and 39899); for what reasons there has been a delay in replying; and if she will make a statement. | | (72575) | 13
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Heritage Memorial Fund has spent on acquiring works of art for British museums in each of the last 10 years. | | (73233) | 14
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Gambling Commission will issue its guidance on compliance and enforcement responsibilities in respect of the Gambling Act 2005. | | (73328) | 15
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish the first part of the review of its Guidance in respect of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (73329) | 16
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's proposed timetable is for the completion of the second part of the review of its Guidance in respect of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (73330) | 17
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the Arts Council was first informed that the West Bromwich arts organisation The Public was likely to exceed the projected costs of constructing its new building; and what steps (a) the Arts Council and (b) her Department subsequently took. | | (68960) | 18
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department has put in place to co-ordinate a cross-Government approach to achieving a legacy for the 2012 Olympics. | | (73313) | 19
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the effect of the Licensing Act 2003 on the costs to sporting bodies. | | (73332) | 20
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) temporary event notices and (b) premises licences have been requested to enable (i) international and (ii) other indoor sporting events to take place since November 2005. | | (73333) | 21
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to announce the new BBC licence fee settlement. | | (72571) | 22
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been allocated from the National Lottery Distribution Fund to (a) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (b) UK Sports Lottery Distributors, (c) UK Arts Lottery Distributors and (d) the Community Fund in each financial year since 1994, not including investment income. | | (73236) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 23
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme; and if he will make a statement. | | (73268) | 24
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the procedure is for dealing with reactor start-up effluent from nuclear powered submarines using X berths; and if he will make a statement. | | (73322) | 25
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with whom responsibility lies for (a) monitoring of any discharges from nuclear powered submarines using (i) Z berths and (ii) X berths and (b) clean up operations which may be required; and if he will make a statement. | | (73323) | 26
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether officials at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston are involved in designing a new warhead for the use in Trident missiles; and if he will make a statement. | | (73237) | 27
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1272W, on medals, for what reason the report of Lord Guthrie did not explicitly state that the 30-day qualifying period had to be continuous. | | (72190) | 28
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the 30-day qualifying period for Army personnel to receive the General Service Medal for service in the 1951-54 Suez Canal Zone campaign is required to be continuous. | | (72191) | 29
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th April 2006, Official Report, column 1272W, on medals, how many Naval General Service medals have been awarded to Royal Navy personnel for 30 days service in the Zone; and if he will list the Royal Navy (a) ships and (b) other units which spent 30 days serving continuously in the Suez Canal Zone between 1951 and 1954. | | (72192) | 30
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the Question (a) 65386 and (b) 65389, on the Suez Canal Zone campaign, tabled for Named Day Answer on 27th April 2006. | | (72193) | 31
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the locations are of each tactical training area in the UK in which low flying aircraft are permitted to fly to a minimum height of 100 feet. | | (73291) | 32
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights in each tactical training area in the UK, excluding the central Wales tactical training area flew at between 250 and 100 feet between 1993 and 2005. | | (73292) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 33
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he will publish an annual report to Parliament on his Ministerial duties; and if he will make a statement. | | (73320) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 34
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice and assistance is available to schools to enable them to reduce their energy bills and use. | | (73306) | 35
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in the Ribble Valley have been taught at home in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (73208) | 36
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what evaluation he has undertaken of the impact of regional variations in students' cost of living on the number of students (a) going to university and (b) completing their course. | | (72442) | 37
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) assessed on the (i) levels of rent in student accommodation and (ii) impact of rent levels on levels of participation. | | (72443) | 38
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support his Department provides for the provision of student accommodation. | | (72444) | 39
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many sports and physical education teachers have been employed in schools in England in each year since 1997. | | (73234) | 40
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on school sports facilities in each year since 1994. | | (73235) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 41
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 46WS, on the Pesticides Safety Directorate (Performance Targets 2006-07), who is responsible for progress on each of the targets; to whom each person reports; what recent discussions he has had about implementation of each target; and if he will make a statement. | | (73243) | 42
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) standing charges, (b) cost per litre and (c) other charges levied by each water company in England and Wales are to individual households (i) with and (ii) without water meters. | | (73324) | 43
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to allow householders to reverse a decision to accommodate a water meter once installed; and if he will make a statement. | | (73325) | 44
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is available to support applications to the Rural Enterprise Scheme in the South West in 2006-07; how much has been allocated; which applications are being considered; and what the deadline is for applications. | | (73273) | 45
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants have been allocated under the Rural Enterprise Scheme in the South West in each month since December 2005. | | (73274) | 46
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department has provided to farmers to facilitate applications to the Rural Enterprise Scheme. | | (73275) | 47
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors he took into account when deciding that the post of Minister of State (Sustainable Farming and Foods) should be a part-time post. | | (73210) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006 to the hon. Member for Winchester, Official Report, column 24W, on farm subsidies, whether the former Chief Executive of the Rural Payments Agency remains on paid leave of absence; when a decision on his future will be made; and if he will make a statement. | | (73215) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what job objectives were set for the former Chief Executive of the Rural Payments Agency for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and to what extent they were achieved. | | (73216) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether there was any element of maladministration on the part of the Rural Payments Agency in its failure to pay the bulk of the 2005 single farm payments by the end of March 2006. | | (73217) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether interest will be paid on any element of single farm payments unpaid after 20th June 2006. | | (73218) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that those claimants whose 2005 single farm payment claims were paid after 31st March 2006 receive their 2006 single farm payments before those whose 2005 claims were paid before 31st March 2006. | | (73219) | 53
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors have contributed to the increases in the cost of running the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) since 2003-04; and what the original budget allocation was for the RPA at the beginning of (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (73220) | 54
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the success of methods of containing bovine tuberculosis other than the culling of badgers. | | (70800) | 55
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of bovine tuberculosis outbreaks caused by the perturbation effect resulting from badger culling; and whether these costs were included in the cost-benefit analysis included with his Department's consultation document. | | (70801) | 56
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence he has assessed on the effectiveness of alternatives to badger culling in significantly reducing bovine tuberculosis. | | (71833) | 57
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government will base the co-existence and liability regime governing the growing of GM crops in England on the assumption that the growing of GM crops may become widespread. | | (73238) | 58
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what views (a) consumer organisations, (b) the Soil Association and (c) supermarkets have expressed to him regarding the European Commission's proposal to revise Council regulation 2092/91, on organic production, which will impose a requirement for all organic food produced by British farmers to be labelled with an EU logo and/or the words EU organic. | | (73242) | 59
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total coalesced land area involved would be if (a) badger culling boundaries were set at (i) one kilometre and (ii) 2.5 kilometres from the boundaries of all tuberculosis-infected farms in England and (b) if badger culling areas of 300 square kilometres were established around the boundaries of all such farms, using 2005 as the reference year. | | (72949) | 60
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total coalesced land area is in the example of coalescence over (a) one kilometre and (b) 2.5 kilometres from the boundaries of farms in high tuberculosis incidence areas in England, in Figure 3, page 37, of the consultation document, Controlling the Spread of Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle in High Incidence Areas in England: Badger Culling. | | (72950) | 61
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many separate cases of the H5 virus have been discovered in the UK since 1997. | | (73246) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 62
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the medical profession about the interpretation by them of section one of the Abortion Act 1967; and if she will make a statement. | | (73269) | 63
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the Government's progress in reducing the number of abortions in England. | | (73270) | 64
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will amend the abortion notification form to provide for the inclusion of the method of abortion known as partial birth abortion; and if she will make a statement. | | (73271) | 65
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to support the Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill Bill; and if she will make a statement. | | (73278) | 66
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received about the Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill Bill; how many (a) supported and (b) opposed the Bill; and if she will make a statement. | | (73279) | 67
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will bring forward proposals to increase the funding of children's hospices. | | (73228) | 68
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has held with the Prime Minister on the funding of children's hospices. | | (73229) | 69
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on (a) GP practices and (b) primary care trusts providing funding to patient groups lobbying for development in the green belt. | | (73241) | 70
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which midwife-led maternity units are (a) within a primary care trust, (b) within an acute trust, (c) within another setting and (d) independent. | | (72757) | 71
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary care trusts, (b) acute trusts and (c) other NHS bodies have midwife-led maternity units on their premises. | | (72758) | 72
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, columns 63-4W on the Choose and Book system, what budget had been set for the (a) choice and (b) choose and book anticipated costs (i) for administrative and other staff, (ii) incurred by consultants and acute trusts, (iii) for other computer software and hardware not directly associated with the NHS Connecting for Health Agency and (iv) for other adminstration infrastructure for each year the programme was budgeted to operate. | | (73256) | 73
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, columns 63-4W on the Choose and Book system, what budget was set before the system was set up for adding the Choose and Book system to the other sytems that send messages through the care record spine. | | (73257) | 74
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the choose and book system, for how many years she expects financial incentives to GPs and GP practices to be necessary for the operation of the scheme. | | (73277) | 75
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the choose and book system, what budget has been set to fund the necessary revisions to the general medical service contract in respect of the (a) choice and (b) choose and book component. | | (73284) | 76
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the Choose and Book system, what estimate she has made of the cost in each of the next five years of providing financial incentives to GPs to use the Choose and Book system if all GPs were to register and employ the choice and Choose and Book component. | | (73285) | 77
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the Choose and Book system, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of each referral. | | (73286) | 78
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the Choose and Book system, what budget has been allocated to administer the system in 2006-07. | | (73287) | 79
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the choose and book system, what comprises the choice component. | | (73288) | 80
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the choose and book system, what discussions she had with GP representative bodies prior to the decision to introduce the new system; and what representations she received from (a) representative bodies, (b) GP practices and (c) other organisations. | | (73289) | 81
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the Choose and Book system, how her Department will monitor whether an aspiration is being met. | | (73321) | 82
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has arranged to meet the Chairman of the Macfarlane Trust to discuss the Trust's report requesting increased funding for people with haemophilia who were infected with HIV by their NHS treatment. | | (73258) | 83
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the average payment to those registered with the Macfarlane Trust. | | (73259) | 84
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response her Department has made to the recommendation in the business case of the Macfarlane Trust that a capital sum should be paid to the surviving registrants of the Trust. | | (73260) | 85
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to enable NHS patients to choose chiropractic management of their musculoskeletal disorders. | | (73326) | 86
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the effect will be on consultations on major service changes being undertaken by existing primary care trusts if they are not completed before those primary care trusts are dissolved. | | (72752) | 87
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers primary care trusts have to direct the commissioning choices of general practitioners under practice-based commissioning. | | (72753) | 88
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS Appointments Commission will appoint all the chairmen and board members of the new primary care trusts; what criteria will be used to make those appointments; and what timetable will be followed. | | (72754) | 89
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new primary care trusts established on 1st October 2006 will be bound by decisions taken by existing primary care trusts that have not been implemented by that date. | | (72755) | 90
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 206W, on dentistry, why the Department has stopped collecting information relating to the number of dentists accepting new patients in Chesterfield since 4th April 2005. | | (73214) | 91
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, columns 937-8W, on health treatment centres, what cost has been met by her Department for commissioning procedures from independent sector treatment centres that is in excess of the NHS equivalent (a) in total and (b) broken down by primary care trust; and how much the NHS has paid in total to independent sector treatment centres. | | (73263) | 92
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities have made contributions to the NHS Bank in each year since 2002; and how much contribution each made. | | (73297) | 93
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS Trusts are repaying loans to the NHS Bank. | | (73298) | 94
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) efficiency savings and (b) savings resulting from technical adjustments were required by each NHS Trust in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; what these figures represent as a percentage of each budget; and what such savings will be required in 2006-07. | | (73299) | 95
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to monitor the impact of the new dental contract on access to dental care. | | (73300) | 96
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the operation of illegal dentistry in England. | | (73301) | 97
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental laboratories there were in England (a) on 31st March 2006 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (73302) | 98
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts (a) were (i) in surplus and (ii) in debt and (b) had balanced books by the end of financial year (A) 2004-05 and (B) 2005-06. | | (73352) | 99
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March 2006, Official Report, column 2029W, if she will collect data in respect of the frequency of transportation between hospitals of infants requiring treatment in special care baby units; and if she will make a statement. | | (73209) | 100
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many neo-natal nursing staff are employed in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area. | | (73303) | 101
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for neo-natal nursing staff in each (a) regional health authority and (b) NHS trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (73304) | 102
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to issue a detailed response to Sir David Carter's report and recommendations reviewing specialised services in the NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (73305) | 103
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria the Department used in making the decision to withdraw central funds from the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (73230) | 104
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost to local NHS bodies of implementing the care record service. | | (73231) | 105
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to give financial support to the British Liver Trust for the three years from 1st April 2006; and what indications she has given to the Trust of the funding it is likely to receive through Section 64 grants. | | (73232) | 106
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS salary budget was spent on agency workers in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (73261) | 107
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis the decision was made to withhold the full payment of section 64 awards to charities in Loughborough; and when charities with two or three year grants will receive full payment. | | (73293) | 108
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations her Department has received from grant applicants based in Leicestershire about the time taken for section 64 grant decisions to be made. | | (73331) | 109
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in their bids through the section 64 Scheme of Grants for 2006-07. | | (72823) | 110
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the review of departmental funding to the third sector has been completed. | | (72824) | 111
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many voluntary organisations have received funding through section 64 General Scheme of Grants for 2006-07; when these payments were finally agreed; and how much money was allocated in total for section 64 funding in 2006-07. | | (72825) | 112
| Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the document `Tackling hospital waiting: the 18 week patient pathway', what measures her Department will put in place to ensure that direct access referrals for audiology are not re-routed to ear, nose and throat consultants. | | (73224) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 113
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of each police force's budget in England and Wales in 2006-07 is derived from the police precept; whether he expects this proportion to change under the proposals for police force restructuring; and if he will make a statement. | | (73244) | 114
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and what amendments have been made to the Act. | | (73280) | 115
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running cost was of each police force in England and Wales in each of the last three financial years; and what the estimated running costs are of each of the new proposed police forces in the next three financial years. | | (73281) | 116
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Passports were reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (73202) | 117
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 19th April 2006, Official Report, columns 17-19WS, on the IMPACT programme, how many police forces in England and Wales are using the IMPACT Nominal Index (INI); how many police officers on average have access to the INI within each child abuse investigation unit; when he expects the INI to be available to all police officers in every force; what further development of the INI is planned; and what assessment he has made of its likely impact on police forces. | | (73239) | 118
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 17-19, on the IMPACT programme, what estimated (a) funds and (b) manpower will be required by police forces in England and Wales to implement the IMPACT Nominal Index in other business areas outside child abuse investigation units. | | (73310) | 119
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement on the IMPACT programme issued by his Department on 19th April 2006, which business areas within police forces will receive the IMPACT Nominal Index (INI) during 2006 in addition to child abuse investigation units. | | (73311) | 120
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual support orders attached to anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each local authority area. | | (72441) | 121
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle violent crime in Coventry South and the Midlands. | | (72302) | 122
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in (a) armed response units and (b) specialist firearms officers teams in the West Midlands regional police forces in each year since 1997. | | (72303) | 123
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Coventry South and (b) the Midlands since 2002. | | (72304) | 124
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May 2006, Official Report, column 1050W, on prisoners' compensation, how many people were compensated under each category; for which crime each had been convicted; how many were compensated under the Human Rights Act 1998; and if he will publish the data for the years prior to 2004 with an explanation of why it is unreliable. | | (73272) | 125
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-semitic incidents were reported in each police force area in England in each of the last 10 years. | | (73207) | 126
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to enable employers to research the immigration status of foreign nationals applying for jobs; and if he will make a statement. | | (73336) | 127
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportees have returned to the UK because their destination country refused them entry in each of the last five years. | | (73337) | 128
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May 2006 to the hon. Member for Shipley, Official Report, column 1049W, on prisoners' compensation, if he will break down the awards by the prison where the prisoner was being held. | | (73338) | 129
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer applications from (a) women and (b) black and minority ethnic candidates there were in each of the last five years in the UK. | | (73339) | 130
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the current proposals for a framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union would grant new rights to persons arrested in the United Kingdom; and what his policy is on the proposal. | | (73225) | 131
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to police forces maintaining public order at hunt meetings was (a) before and (b) since the Hunting Act 2004 was introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (73327) | 132
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May 2006, Official Report, column 1051W, on the Prolific and Priority Offender Strategy, what range of interventions are available to deal with youth offenders under the Strategy in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (73240) | 133
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 17th May 2006 to the Rt hon. Member for Witney, Official Report, column 991, what his timescale is for introducing electronic borders; and what proposals he has to introduce identity cards for foreign nationals. | | (73200) | 134
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the work of those agencies for which he has Ministerial responsibility will be efficiently co-ordinated in the case of Zylfi Meera. | | (73334) | 135
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies for which he has Ministerial responsibility have been involved in the case of Zylfi Meera, convicted at Reading Crown Court on 4th May 2006. | | (73335) | 136
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those agencies for which he has Ministerial responsibility will need to co-operate with other official services and agencies for which he does not have ministerial responsibility in the case of Zylfi Meera. | | (73353) | 137
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 18th April from the hon. Member for Walsall North about a constituent, reference M9535/6. | | (73122) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 138
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which hon. Members have booked one of the dining rooms A, B, C and D for lunch or dinner in the last 12 months; and on behalf of which organisations in each case. | | (73173) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 139
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-EU students have been enrolled at each University of Ulster Campus in each of the last three years. | | (73203) | 140
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consideration is given when changes to bus routes are being undertaken by Translink to the effects on disabled passengers who may have to cross busy thoroughfares to board buses. | | (73204) | 141
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Department for Education will make available (a) resources and (b) guidance to Limavady Learning Partnership to enable it to implement a strategic plan to deal with widening public choice and tackling social disadvantage. | | (73205) | 142
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department for Regional Development spent on improving the road network in County (a) Tyrone, (b) Derry and (c) Fermanagh in each of the past five years; and how much the Department has budgeted for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) the next two years for roads in these counties. | | (73222) | 143
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will carry out a review of provision of therapy services for victims of child sexual abuse in Northern Ireland; and if he will allocate additional resources to ensure that all victims are provided with services and support. | | (73223) | 144
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken to establish the regional taskforce to improve the provision of speech language therapy in Northern Ireland; which Department is leading the establishment of this taskforce; which Department will lead the taskforce's operation once established; and who the main stakeholders in the taskforce will be. | | (73307) | 145
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) budget and (b) timetable is for construction of the Skeoge Link Road in Derry. | | (73308) | 146
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and how many rapes and sexual assaults were reported to the police in this period. | | (73309) | 147
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children are waiting to be assessed by a speech and language therapist in each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland. | | (73312) | 148
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time was for assessment for speech and language therapy for children in (a) special needs and (b) schools in each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73340) | 149
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children are waiting post-assessment to commence speech and language therapy in each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland; and what the average waiting time was for commencement of such therapy in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73341) | 150
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are plans to introduce an Assault, Rape, Counselling, Health (ARCH) Centre in North Ireland. | | (73359) | 151
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many undergraduate students attended (a) St Mary's College and (b) Stranmillis College in each of the last five years, broken down by religious background. | | (73283) | Questions to the Prime Minister 152
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions since 1st January 2004 he has discussed the situation in Iraq with the US President; and if he will make a statement. | | (73319) | 153
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Prime Minister, when he received the first draft of the Energy Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (73126) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 154
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 31st March on behalf of Ms J Ford about palm oil. | | (72573) | 155
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on consultants by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (73170) | 156
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which firms have been engaged by his Department over the past 12 months to provide consultancy services on energy issues. | | (73171) | 157
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the evidence obtained from the public consultation run by his Department on energy policy from May 2002 to the publication of the Energy White Paper in March 2003, including the results of polling and focus group research. | | (73226) | 158
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what applications have been made in the 24th round of offshore petroleum licensing for production consents for field developments in the Cardigan Bay area. | | (72946) | 159
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May 2006, Official Report, column 540W, on offshore petroleum licensing, when he expects to complete the Appropriate Assessment of potential impacts on the Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation in the 24th Licence Round. | | (72947) | 160
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the written Ministerial Statement of 13th March 2006, Official Report, columns 91-92WS, on offshore petroleum licensing, whether any of the 50 blocks that will not be offered for licensing at the request of the Ministry of Defence are in the Cardigan Bay area. | | (72948) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 161
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to re-surface the slip roads on the M25 motorway between junctions 28 and 31; and if he will make a statement. | | (73314) | 162
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when consultation was (a) started and (b) completed on the civil enforcement of bus lane contraventions outside London under the Transport Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (73315) | 163
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) safety and (b) security of trains transporting nuclear material; and with whom responsibility lies for providing the risk assessment for such trains. | | (73317) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 164
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list occasions on which a decision has been made under section 29 of the Child Support Act 1991 to opt not to collect maintenance; why the decision was taken in each case; and whether the decision was made in respect of all maintenance collection options allowed under the Act in each case. | | (72445) | 165
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, column 1768W, on Pathways to Work, how many claimants the figures represent in each case. | | (72756) | 166
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) provider and (b) Job Centre Plus-led ethnic minority outreach activities in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (73206) | 167
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to rate a claim for (a) Jobseekers' allowance and (b) income support was in Ribble Valley in each of the last 10 years. | | (73201) | 168
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the expected fall in incapacity benefit claimants of one million in the next decade which will be brought about by the death or retirement of current claimants. | | (73172) | 169
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish his Department's evaluation of the pilot schemes relating to Post Office Card Accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (73247) | 170
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work in the Benefits Simplification Unit, broken down by Civil Service grade. | | (73248) | 171
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have worked in the Benefits Simplification Unit in each year since it was introduced. | | (73249) | 172
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets have been set for the Benefits Simplification Unit. | | (73250) | 173
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Benefits Simplification Unit will report to Ministers; and whether this information will be made public. | | (73251) | 174
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the Benefit Fraud Hotline in each year since 1997; and what proportion of such calls led to (a) investigation and (b) conviction of the individuals named. | | (73252) | 175
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget for the Benefit Fraud Hotline was for each year since 1997. | | (73253) | 176
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on public advertising for reporting benefit fraud in each year since 1997. | | (73254) | 177
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of fraud in (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) pension credit and (d) housing benefit in each of the last five years. | | (73255) | 178
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2006 to the hon. Member for Putney, Official Report, column 1350W, on incapacity benefit, when he expects his Department to conclude its review of the incapacity benefits caseload forecasts; and whether he plans to publish the forecasts. | | (73262) | 179
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) individual pensioners, (b) pensioner couples and (c) pensioner households eligible for Pension Credit in each (i) local authority and (ii) constituency in Scotland. | | (73199) | 180
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding the decision of the Pensions Regulator on the future contributions of TH Global to the Kvaerner Pension Fund. | | (73211) | 181
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the decision of the Pensions Regulator relating to the future contributions of TH Global to the Kvaerner Pension Fund. | | (73212) | 182
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure transparency in the process used by the Pensions Regulator for taking decisions; and to whom the Pensions Regulator is accountable for his decisions. | | (73213) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 183
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, columns 905-7W, on UK prisoners abroad, how many UK citizens detained in overseas gaols had a last residential address in (a) Essex and (b) Southend West. | | [Transferred] (73245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 184
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential for job creation from the environmental technology industries; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (73227) |
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