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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 24 May 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 24 May 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 24 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the breakdown by (a) local authority area and (b) nationality of migrants was allocated by the Office for National Statistics to mid-year estimates in each year from 1991 to 2004. | | (72951) | 2
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Office for National Statistics has met the four participating local authorities in the Improving Migration Population Statistics programme; and what the outcome was of those meetings. | | (72952) | 3
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Treasury expects to receive the findings of the Office for National Statistics Improving Migration Population Statistics programme. | | (72953) | 4
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the potential economic impact on (a) London and (b) England of the supply to London of oil at discounted prices by Venezuela. | | (73600) | 5
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projections of staffing levels in HM Revenue and Customs are for the next three years. | | (73634) | 6
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of staff reductions in HM Revenue and Customs on tax enforcement. | | (73635) | 7
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with business on the economic impact of a stand-pipe regime introduced under a drought order in London and the South East. | | (73639) | 8
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the implementation of the EU Directive on Insurance Mediation in the UK. | | (73753) | 9
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the impact of the EU Directive on Insurance Mediation on small and medium-sized enterprises traders and freight forwarders in the UK. | | (73754) | 10
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the prospects for future economic growth in the United Kingdom economy. | | (73721) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 11
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average length of time in office has been for (a) Cabinet Ministers, (b) Ministers of State and (c) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State since 1997. | | (73603) | 12
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on (a) wages and salaries and (b) total administration of the (i) Cabinet Office, (ii) Prime Minister's offices and (iii) Central Office of Information in each year since 1996-97, including the estimated outturn for 2005-06; and what the planned expenditure is for (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2007-08. | | (73539) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 13
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what total amount of Local Government grant is affected by the use of mid-year population data. | | (72954) | 14
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure local authorities do not experience funding shortfalls from under-estimates of the level of migration in their mid-year population estimates. | | (72955) | 15
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there are plans to give further powers to regional assemblies. | | (73437) | 16
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance she has given to (a) bus operators and (b) local authorities in Hampshire for the administration of the National Travel Scheme for the elderly and disabled, with particular regard to clarifying the conditions on which free travel is given. | | (73587) | 17
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers the Mayor of London has to make unilateral agreements with representatives of foreign countries on the supply of oil; and if she will make a statement. | | (73646) | 18
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central Government funding Shropshire received in 2005-06. | | (73397) | 19
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the powers of the Mayor of London. | | (73607) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, columns 93-6W, on deprivation (Somerset), what the population is of each of the lower layer super output areas listed in the table; what the 10 most deprived lower layer super output areas are in (a) England and (b) the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (73419) | 21
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1214W, on housing, if she will list the funding streams contributing to the figure of £4.1 billion spent on housing capital investment in 2004-05. | | (73458) | 22
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2006, Official Report, column 2583W, on council house sales, what measures her Department takes to ensure local authorities use the 25 per cent. of retained capital receipts from the sale of council housing under the right-to-buy scheme on capital rather than revenue programmes. | | (73459) | 23
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Department and its predecessors have spent on external consultants on fire service related projects in each year since 2000, broken down by project. | | (73400) | 24
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments have been made by her Department to the Chief Fire Officers' Association in each year since 2002. | | (73401) | 25
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) staffing and (b) administrative costs of its Fire Service Group have been since 2002. | | (73402) | 26
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will answer question 65110, tabled on 19th April to the Deputy Prime Minister. | | (73584) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 27
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 48W, on football, how the 92 Premier and Football League Club Chairmen responded to the previous letters from the Minister for Sport. | | (73418) | 28
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers the Gambling Commission has to attach conditions to codes of practice about how gambling operators advertise or describe their products. | | (73438) | 29
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission has powers to make the prohibition of lottery-style betting games by gambling operators a licence condition. | | (73439) | 30
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have to attend matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. | | (73631) | 31
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what asessment she has made of the potential role for the arts in the London 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (73564) | 32
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to increase the number of (a) Braille, (b) audio and (c) large print books, newspapers and magazines available in the UK. | | (73656) | 33
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has provided for (a) Braille, (b) audio and (c) large print books, newspapers and magazines in each of the last five years. | | (73657) | 34
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the provision of Braille books, newspapers and magazines in libraries in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (73658) | 35
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has (a) allocated and (b) spent from Lottery receipts in supporting charitable organisations in preparation for the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (73777) | 36
| Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been allocated to the Whole Sport Plan; how much has been spent; and whether any money from within that budget is allocated to (a) the 2012 Olympics and (b) related purposes. | | (73619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 37
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of why the two Britons rescued from Basra Prison by British forces were (a) dressed as Arabs and (b) in possession of explosives at the time of their detention; and if he will make a statement. | | (73589) | 38
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for delivery of future tranches of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, with particular reference to those (a) with and (b) without full air-to-ground strike capability. | | (73554) | 39
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a local authority safety plan for visiting nuclear submarines has been declared fit for purpose within 24 hours of a submarine docking at a UK port in each of the last five years. | | (73795) | 40
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis Z Berth nuclear accident exercises do not rehearse arrangements for a worst case scenario (category B6) within a 40 kilometre diameter affected area; and if he will make a statement. | | (73796) | 41
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 41W, on Porton Down, how many of the experiments were (a) wholly and (b) partly commissioned by (i) UK companies, (ii) foreign companies and (iii) foreign governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (73798) | 42
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 41W, on Porton Down, how much income was generated for the Department from undertaking animal experiments at Porton Down on contract for other (a) governments and (b) private sector organisations. | | (73799) | 43
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 41W, on Porton Down, if he will list the (a) UK companies, (b) foreign companies and (c) foreign governments with whom the results of animal experiments at Porton Down were shared; and if he will make a statement. | | (73800) | 44
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the letter of 30th March 2006 from the Minister of State, when he will provide the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean with the tables setting out the breakdown of Main and Supplementary Outturn data by Top Level Budget Holder, Request for Resources, Departmental Expenditure Limit near cash and non-cash, Annual Managed Expenditure and Non-budget for financial years 2001-02 to 2004-05. | | (73123) | 45
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, columns 181-4W, on Iraq, if he will place a copy of the eligibility criteria for the Operation TELIC medal in the Library. | | (73426) | 46
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on ordnance in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005. | | (73125) | 47
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army has reduced its recruiting targets. | | (73792) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 48
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his findings in relation to his trip to China in February; what the itinerary was; and what the cost was. | | (73558) | 49
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he attended in (a) Shanghai relating to the 2010 International Expo and (b) Beijing relating to the 2008 Olympics; and what the outcome of the meetings was. | | (73559) | 50
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will provide a substantive reply to Question (a) 69909 on Dorneywood and (b) (i) 69910, (ii) 69986 and (iii) 69987 on the exercise of his official duties tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest East for named day answer on 11th May. | | (72717) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 51
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of using weapon detection scanners in schools in areas where children are known to bring weapons into school. | | (73388) | 52
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been (i) built and (ii) opened in (A) Southend-on-Sea and (B) England in each year since 1997. | | (73422) | 53
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints his Department has received about the operation of private finance initiative contracts in schools over the last 12 months. | | (73487) | 54
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken a study to evaluate the amount of (a) time and (b) money spent by schools and local education authorities on the administration of private finance initiative contracts. | | (73488) | 55
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken a study to assess the compliance of private finance initiative contractors with the terms of their contracts. | | (73489) | 56
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the quality of the buildings being constructed under a private finance initiative contract at Cumberland School in the London Borough of Newham. | | (73490) | 57
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations his Department has received regarding the effects of educational field courses on the academic performance of pupils. | | (73455) | 58
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto is expected to be published; and what resources will be made available for schools to implement the aims of the Manifesto. | | (73456) | 59
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage teachers to take up fieldwork courses offered by science learning centres. | | (73457) | 60
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many science courses have been available in (a) higher and (b) further education establishments in each year since 1997 in (i) England, (ii) each English region and (iii) the Tees Valley. | | (73654) | 61
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school children in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the Tees Valley are blind or partially sighted. | | (73655) | 62
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of using Omega 3 and 6 fish oil supplements in school meals. | | (73659) | 63
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support he provides to councils who wish to introduce initiatives to improve the health benefits of school meals. | | (73660) | 64
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the level of administration required to implement the provisions of the Education and Inspections Bill. | | (73781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 65
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department last met representatives from the Composting Association. | | (73403) | 66
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the single farm payment for 2006 is paid on time. | | [R] (73540) | 67
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential environmental impact of the supply of discounted oil to London by Venezuela; and if he will make a statement. | | (73599) | 68
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what new water-saving measures have been introduced in departmental offices in London and the South East since 1st January. | | (73627) | 69
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the impact of water saving regimes under drought orders in London and the South East on incoming tourism. | | (73637) | 70
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was made available in 2005 to the West Midlands division of the Environment Agency for flood defences. | | (73398) | 71
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the total eradication of bovine tuberculosis is achievable. | | (70830) | 72
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition his Department uses of (a) satisfactory, (b) control, (c) reduction, and (d) contain in its summary of the advice from veterinary surgeons in the report Controlling the Spread of Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle in High Incidence Areas in England: Badger Culling. | | (70831) | 73
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most accurate methods of estimating the badger population are; and what the margins of error are. | | (73569) | 74
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what scientific evidence he based his estimate of culling efficiency in the Krebs Trial. | | (73570) | 75
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methods of estimating the badger population were used to monitor the effectiveness of badger culling in the Randomised Badger Cull Trial. | | (73571) | 76
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding (a ) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has (i) allocated and (ii) spent on supporting charitable organisations in preparation for the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (73776) | 77
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will reach a decision on the Fungaflor formulation application; and if he will make a statement. | | (73577) | 78
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the storage options for nuclear waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (72628) | 79
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time taken to enter fisheries data on to the fisheries database was (a) in the last period for which figures are available and (b) in each year since 1997. | | (73391) | 80
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Written Statement of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 48WS, on the Marine Fisheries Agency performance targets 2006-07, what measures the Agency has in place to monitor the quota stocks target; and what the risk weightings referred to are. | | (73392) | 81
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) under and (b) over 10 metre licences were issued by the Marine Fisheries Agency in each year since 1997. | | (73393) | 82
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many 10 metre licences have been issued by the Marine Fisheries Agency. | | (73394) | 83
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what issues he plans to raise at the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement meeting in New York on 22nd to 26th May. | | (73395) | 84
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd March 2006 to the hon. Member for Dover, Official Report, column 485W, on live calves (export), what steps he has taken to assist farmers to rear and market veal calves in the UK. | | (73507) | 85
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grant applications for the fishing industry made under the scheme set out in Securing the Benefits have taken longer than eight weeks to process in 2006; what the average processing time has been; and how many applications were processed within the eight week target in 2005. | | (73797) | 86
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the delay in single farm payments upon feed merchants; and if he will make a statement. | | (73410) | 87
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single farm payments have been made of (a) less than £1, (b) between £1 and £1.99, (c) between £2 and £4.99, (d) between £5 and £9.99, (e) between £10 and £19.99, (f) between £20 and £49.99, (g) between £50 and £99.99, (h) between £100 and £199, (i) between £200 and £499, (j) between £500 and £999, (k) between £1,000 and £1,999, (l) between £2,000 and £4,999, (m) between £5,000 and £9,999, (n) between £10,000 and £19,999, (o) between £20,000 and £49,000, (p) between £50,000 and £99,999, (q) between £100,000 and £199,999, (r) between £200,000 and £499,999, (s) between £500,000 and £999,999, (t) between £1 million and £1,999,999 and (u) between £2 and £5 million; what percentage of total payments each category represents; and if he will make a statement. | | (73411) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 88
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the freedom of the media in Sri Lanka. | | (73492) | 89
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports of extra-judicial killings by government security forces in Sri Lanka. | | (73493) | 90
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the current situation of the peace process in Sri Lanka. | | (73494) | 91
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department has made representations to the government of Sri Lanka about alleged human rights abuses by government forces in Sri Lanka. | | (73495) | 92
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Colombia. | | (73496) | 93
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the government of Colombia about the human rights situation in Colombia. | | (73497) | 94
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the position of the UK Government will be at the EU review of the Common Position on Cuba in June 2006. | | (73515) | 95
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of the waters off Sri Lanka; and what pressure she is exerting (a) bilaterally and (b) through multilateral organisations towards ensuring that the waters are made safe. | | (73405) | 96
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action she is taking to encourage resumption of peace negotiations in Sri Lanka, between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | | (73406) | 97
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the ceasefire agreement signed in 2002 between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is still in force; what action she is taking towards ensuring this agreement is upheld; and what her policy is on seeking a new agreement. | | (73407) | 98
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people (a) killed and (b) displaced in Sri Lanka in the last three weeks in attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; and if she will make a statement. | | (73408) | 99
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on UK-Sri Lankan relations. | | (73409) | 100
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on UK-Costa Rican relations. | | (73562) | 101
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action she is taking towards ensuring that the Peruvian presidential elections are (a) free and fair and (b) subject to scrutiny from international observers. | | (73563) | 102
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why the UK has not signed up for the World Expo in Shanghai in 2010. | | (73616) | 103
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources her Department has allocated to British participation in the World Expo in 2010. | | (73617) | 104
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the political situation in Sri Lanka; what resources her Department has allocated to peace monitoring there; and if she will make a statement. | | (73647) | 105
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that Arthur Mutambara of the Movement for Democratic Change is released from custody in Zimbabwe or given a fair trial. | | (73668) | 106
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of China on the limitation of information available on Google or Skype services in China; and if she will make a statement. | | (73683) | 107
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Chinese authorities in the case of Mr Ching Cheong, a British national arrested under spying charges in China on 22nd April 2005. | | (73396) | 108
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the arrest of the Reverend Kuthino Fernando; and what discussions she has had with the government on the use of secret police. | | (73508) | 109
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Chile about the destruction of glaciers in the Andean Cordillera region as part of the Pascua Lama Project. | | (73509) | 110
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the church authorities in Nigeria about the recent demolition of a church in Kazaure, Kano State. | | (73684) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has had made of (a) levels of religious tension, (b) the incidence of attacks upon churches and (c) the use of Shari'ah Law in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. | | (73685) | 112
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had recent discussions with representatives of UK banks regarding their business with Iran; and if she will make a statement. | | (73715) | 113
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes to the access of IAEA inspectors to nuclear sites in Iran have taken place since January; and if she will make a statement. | | (73718) | 114
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her assessment is of the implications of the recent decision by the European Parliament to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; and if she will make a statement. | | (73719) | 115
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the peace process in Sri Lanka. | | (73720) | 116
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the government of Burma about actions by the Burmese army against the Karen, Karenni and Shan peoples. | | (73801) | 117
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings have been arranged by her Department between representatives of the Venezuelan Government and the Mayor of London on the President of Venezuela's offer to supply subsidised oil to London, mediated by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | (73601) | 118
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have to attend matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. | | (73630) | 119
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will discuss with the government of Saudi Arabia the shipment of small arms and light weapons from that country to government and other combatants in Sudan; and if she will make a statement. | | (73434) | 120
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of the vetoes held by individual member states over measures proposed in the European Council. | | (73780) | 121
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints have been received relating to UK Embassy visa sections in each of the last five years; and how many of them were investigated. | | (73626) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 122
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will bring forward amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 aimed at strengthening protection against possible racial bias in the way the Act operates. | | (73389) | 123
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of raising the upper age limit for bone marrow donation; and what plans she has to encourage UK registries to reach a consensus on this matter. | | (73355) | 124
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she takes to monitor the number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds donating bone marrow. | | (73356) | 125
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to promote bone marrow donation (a) within schools and (b) to people from ethnic minority backgrounds; and if she will make a statement. | | (73357) | 126
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to make an announcement regarding the funding of children's hospices. | | (73690) | 127
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the meeting on 17th May between the Prime Minister and representatives of the hospice movement regarding funding for children's hospices. | | (73714) | 128
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been offered ex-gratia payments where they were infected with hepatitis C by the National Health Service blood or blood products; and how many people have been refused payments under this scheme. | | (73545) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis was for the decision to withdraw tuberculosis inoculation for schoolchildren; and what guidance is available for parents who wish their child to be innoculated. | | (73791) | 130
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of the London Borough of Bexley received kidney dialysis treatment at hospitals outside the Borough in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73552) | 131
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in (a) London and (b) England provide kidney dialysis treatment. | | (73553) | 132
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria she will take into account before changes are considered to the future of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service. | | (73450) | 133
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Staffordshire Ambulance Service will be merged into a West Midlands Ambulance Service within 24 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (73451) | 134
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals have contracted out their laundry services; and what plans there are for further such contracting-out. | | (73510) | 135
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of people hospitalised each year due to adverse reactions to (i) prescribed and (ii) unprescribed drugs; and if she will make a statement. | | (73588) | 136
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th November 2005, Official Report, column 1299W, on Gloucestershire Primary Care Trusts, from what date the NHS Appointments Commission gained responsibility for the appointment of chairs and board members of primary care trusts; and what criteria she used to assess the suitability of the candidates before she appointed the (a) Chairman and (b) non-executive directors of the West Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust prior to that date. | | (73221) | 137
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the Local Improvement Finance Trust schemes undertaken in (a) Forest of Dean constituency and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since the initiative was introduced. | | (73794) | 138
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the cost to the NHS of private patient transportation in each NHS trust in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement. | | (73785) | 139
| Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) dentists and (b) dental practices in the East Hull and West Hull Primary Care Trust areas have (i) signed and (ii) not signed the new NHS dental contract. | | (73404) | 140
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in improving hospital cleanliness. | | (73565) | 141
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of how many children aged (a) 0 to 11, (b) 12 to 16 and (c) 17 to 18 years are dependent on (i) cannabis, (ii) nicotine, (iii) heroin and (iv) crack cocaine in (A) England, (B) each English region and (C) the Tees Valley. | | (73652) | 142
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many hospitals in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) the Tees Valley NHS staff need to pay for parking. | | (73653) | 143
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of NHS equipment she estimates were not returned to NHS trusts after a patient had used them in aiding their recovery in each of the last five years. | | (73661) | 144
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she plans to take to make patients responsible for returning NHS equipment after use. | | (73662) | 145
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the amount spent by the NHS in replacing equipment that has not been returned by patients in each of the last five years. | | (73663) | 146
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the treatment of plagiocephaly. | | (73756) | 147
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been treated for plagiocephaly on the NHS with the STARband helmet in the last 12 months. | | (73757) | 148
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in raising awareness of the condition of plagiocephaly amongst (a) health practitioners and (b) parents. | | (73758) | 149
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of plagiocephaly is in England. | | (73759) | 150
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the location and suspected causes of reported outbreaks of E-coli 0157 in the UK over the last 12 months. | | (73760) | 151
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the labelling of cheeses made from unpasteurised milk at retail level. | | (73761) | 152
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer question numbers (a) 57781 and (b) 57782 tabled on 7th March and question numbers (c) 58559 and (d) 58560 tabled on 9th March. | | (73585) | 153
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the employment prospects for student nurses graduating in 2006. | | (73343) | 154
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what she expects the impact on primary care trust finances to be of the move to payment by results in areas where acute trusts are most efficient; and if she will make a statement. | | (73344) | 155
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department plans to take to safeguard patient care at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust following the prospective job losses. | | (73345) | 156
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations her Department has received from (a) Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust, (b) East Yorkshire Primary Care Trust and (c) North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority regarding community hospitals in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (73579) | 157
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust area had their appointments cancelled by the Trust (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three and (d) more than three times in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (73580) | 158
N | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consequences of the Association of University Teachers action short of a strike on the final qualification of medical students in June 2006; and what arrangements she is making to ensure that NHS junior doctors' posts can be filled on 1st August 2006. | | (72340) | 159
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis Mr Edward Atkinson has been told that non-emergency treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, will not be available to him in the future; what categories of offender are not eligible for non-emergency treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust; what measures are in place to ensure Mr Atkinson receives appropriate treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (73264) | 160
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people serving sentences for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) grievous bodily harm have been told they may not attend National Health Service hospitals for non-emergency treatment. | | (73265) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 161
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Commission on Integration and Cohesion to report. | | (73390) | 162
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the quality of resettlement work undertaken at HM Prison Albany; and if he will make a statement. | | (73746) | 163
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the (a) deployment, (b) availability and (c) use of prisoner information points; which prison establishments have such facilities; what plans he has to extend availability in each prison; how much has been spent in each prison establishment on prisoner information points; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure public protection through these facilities. | | (73747) | 164
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the business organisations twinned with each HM Prison establishment as part of the Business in the Community programme; what contributions are registered as having been made; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (73748) | 165
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to ensure that governing governor staff at HM Prison establishments comply with the requirements of the Prevention of Corruption Acts of 1906 and 1916; what assessment he has made of the compliance with the provisions of that legislation in London establishments; and if he will make a statement. | | (73749) | 166
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he (a) last visited and (b) intends next to visit HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham. | | (73750) | 167
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) management and (b) systems operation at HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham; and if he will make a statement. | | (73751) | 168
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on security arrangements at HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham; what action he has taken to improve security arrangements in the last month; and what investigations he has ordered into issues arising from an attempted escape. | | (73752) | 169
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the confidence of prison service staff in governing governors at each prison establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (73762) | 170
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the role of Mr Rod Eddington at HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham. | | (73763) | 171
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to ensure that information provided to HM Prison Service headquarters by individual prison establishments is accurate; and if he will make a statement. | | (73764) | 172
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of inmates at HM Prison Belmarsh who report feeling unsafe; what action he is taking to reduce the incidence of such reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (73767) | 173
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to improve (a) reception and (b) first-night procedures at HM Prison Belmarsh; and if he will make a statement. | | (73768) | 174
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the operation of the use of intermittent custody facilities at HM Prison Morton Hall; and if he will make a statement. | | (73769) | 175
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to improve support for vulnerable women at HM Prison Morton Hall. | | (73770) | 176
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of night sanitation arrangements at (a) HP Prison Long Lartin and (b) HM Prison Albany; what action he plans to take to improve such facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (73771) | 177
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the incidence of bullying at HM Prison Long Lartin; what action he is taking to reduce such bullying; and if he will make a statement. | | (73772) | 178
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the use of the Segregation Unit at HM Prison Long Lartin; and if he will make a statement. | | (73773) | 179
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 71W, on asylum/immigration, what criteria are used when considering a fresh application from a foreign national whose previous appeal rights have been exhausted; and if he will make a statement. | | (73412) | 180
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average cost to public funds of supporting a failed asylum seeker in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73413) | 181
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 71W, on asylum/immigration, what the cost to public funds was of consideration of fresh applications for asylum from those who had exhausted their appeal rights in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (73414) | 182
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 71W, on asylum/immigration, how many of the applicants had their last known address in Northamptonshire. | | (73415) | 183
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 71W, on asylum/immigration, what percentage of the applicants who submitted a fresh asylum application came from each country. | | (73416) | 184
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May, Official Report, column 71W, on asylum/immigration, how many foreign nationals whose appeal rights have been exhausted have taken up the suggestion of returning home to their country voluntarily. | | (73417) | 185
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been granted leave to remain under the Government's Family Indefinite Leave to Remain Exercise have had (a) a claim for asylum refused and (b) a claim for asylum refused and exhausted their rights of appeal. | | (73778) | 186
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants whose applications have been refused and whose appeal rights have been exhausted have had their claims reconsidered on the basis of further representations in each year since 1997; what criteria are used in deciding whether to allow claims to be reconsidered; what estimate has been made of the number of such applicants eligible to have their claims reconsidered; what the average time taken to conduct such reconsideration has been in each year; when such reconsiderations commenced; what the effect is on the status of applicants of having their claims reconsidered; and how many such reconsiderations in each year have resulted in the grant of asylum status or other permission which results in the applicant being able legally to remain in the UK. | | (73787) | 187
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been (a) deported and (b) excluded from the UK on the basis of the guidelines set out by his predecessor in August 2005. | | (73793) | 188
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed in the five (a) most and (b) least deprived wards in England in each of the last 10 years. | | (73342) | 189
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long Mr Dawute has been employed by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; how long Mr Dawute has been employed at Lunar House in Croydon; and whether Mr Dawute continues to carry out his duties. | | (73686) | 190
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will lead the inquiry into the allegations made in The Observer on 21st May regarding malpractice in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; when the inquiry will report; if the report will be published; what the terms of reference are; from whom the inquiry will take evidence; and if he will make a statement. | | (73687) | 191
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate compiled an action plan to take forward the recommendations made by Mr Gbedemah; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (73688) | 192
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what disciplinary action he has taken against officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate following Mr Gbedemah's report. | | (73689) | 193
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is taken in respect of immigration and asylum applicants who are assessed by Immigration and Nationality Directorate officials as posing a security risk. | | (73691) | 194
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration and Nationality Directorate officials failed security checks subsequent to their first day of employment in the Directorate in each year since 1997. | | (73692) | 195
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what language qualifications are required of employees of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and if he will make a statement. | | (73693) | 196
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the decisions made by staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate Public Enquiry Office in Croydon were subject to quality assurance checks in each year since 1997. | | (73694) | 197
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were interviewed in the course of the Gbedemah Inquiry. | | (73695) | 198
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken since the publication of the report on investigations into allegations about the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon to find out the views of asylum applicants on the allegations made by Mr Pamnani. | | (73696) | 199
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice he received from (a) officials and (b) Government Ministers on the terms of reference for the Report on Investigation into Allegations about the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon. | | (73697) | 200
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he issued to Mr Tim Gbedemah concerning the persons from whom he should take evidence during the investigation into allegations about the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon. | | (73698) | 201
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the investigation by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Security and Anti-Corruption Unit into allegations made by Mr Anthony Pamnani will report; and whether the report will be published. | | (73699) | 202
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the supporting documents produced by asylum applicants are recorded. | | (73700) | 203
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the complaints made against Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in Lunar House, Croydon since 14th March; and how many of those complaints resulted in (a) an investigation and (b) disciplinary action. | | (73701) | 204
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made by (a) applicants and (b) colleagues against Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in (i) Lunar House, Croydon, and (ii) other IND offices in each year since 1997; and how many of those complaints concerned behaviour of a sexual nature in each year. | | (73702) | 205
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to improve the detection of officials who breach official guidelines or the code of conduct; and what instructions he has issued concerning disciplinary procedures for those officials. | | (73703) | 206
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent instructions he has issued to ensure that (a) passports and (b) other key documents are never left unsupervised and are always held in secure storage. | | (73704) | 207
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate last considered his policy on the quality of decisions made by staff. | | (73705) | 208
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent instructions he has issued for CCTV coverage of the Public Enquiry Office counter to be improved. | | (73706) | 209
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extra resources have been recently allocated to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate Security and Anti-Corruption Unit's data mining capability; and when those resources were allocated. | | (73707) | 210
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent instructions he has issued to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate concerning the extension of analysis of PEO decisions to cover more cases and to include analysis of patterns and trends. | | (73708) | 211
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance he has issued to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Security and Anti-Corruption Unit on developing a more pro-active strategy for combating fraud and corruption. | | (73709) | 212
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Security and Anti-Corruption Unit is responsible for investigating allegations of corruption across the whole of the IND; and when it was given this role. | | (73710) | 213
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a new code of conduct for PEO staff; when he will publish it; what (a) training and (b) guidance has been given to PEO staff on the new code; to what extent the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Security and Anti-Corruption Unit is delivering the training; and what guidance the code will contain on non-work related contact with applicants. | | (73711) | 214
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent the Appointments Booking System software has been modified to prevent counter officers by-passing the normal process; whether override audit trails are maintained and checked; and if he will make a statement. | | (73712) | 215
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome of the investigations into allegations about the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon was; and by which Department the subject of the investigations were employed. | | (73713) | 216
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the Criminal Records Bureau has dealt with since its inception; how many errors have been made in identification in that period; and if he will make a statement. | | (73502) | 217
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency are awaiting a final decision on their application for indefinite leave to remain; how many people were awaiting a final decision in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (73452) | 218
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency were issued a final decision with no further right of appeal on their application for indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (73453) | 219
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a prison sentence affects an individual's outstanding claim for asylum; and if he will make a statement. | | (73346) | 220
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information on the national DNA database his Department has received from other countries in each year since its inception. | | (73347) | 221
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidents there have been involving weapons at schools in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by council area. | | (73586) | 222
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals given financial or practical assistance under the volunteers return scheme who have not yet left the UK. | | (73522) | 223
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the Assisted Volunteers Return of Irregular Migrants Programme was in each year since its introduction; how many people have been helped under the programme; and how many of these subsequently returned to the UK without authorisation. | | (73523) | 224
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who were not removed when all their appeal processes had been exhausted in each of the last five years. | | (73524) | 225
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to take steps to enable an estimate to be made of the number of asylum seekers who do not comply with reporting requirements to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. | | (73525) | 226
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of activities associated with the tracking and detention of the 1,023 foreign criminals released without consideration for deportation. | | (73526) | 227
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to take steps to enable an estimate to be made of the illegal migrant population resident in the UK. | | (73527) | 228
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate relating to the Government's Tipping Point target. | | (73528) | 229
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to identify the nationality of those prisoners whose nationality is not currently recorded. | | (73529) | 230
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the standard procedure is for identifying the nationality of offenders when they are (a) arrested, (b) sentenced and (c) admitted to prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (73530) | 231
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners (a) claimed asylum and (b) were deported at the end of their prison sentence in each of the last five years. | | (73531) | 232
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people held in open prisons while awaiting deportation absconded in each year between 2001 and 2005. | | (73532) | 233
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting deportation were held in open prisons on 31st December (a) 2005, (b) 2004, (c) 2003, (d) 2002 and (e) 2001. | | (73533) | 234
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued on the holding in open prisons of those awaiting deportation; and if he will make a statement. | | (73534) | 235
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have absconded from Hollesley Bay Prison in each of the last five years. | | (73429) | 236
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to attend matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. | | (73633) | 237
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the ways in which the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006 (a) impact on the deportation of (i) European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and (ii) members of EEA nationals' extended families and (b) change the relevant processes in place previously. | | (73427) | 238
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 903W, on police, if he will collect data centrally on the numbers of (a) police officers and (b) other employees who have taken early retirement in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (73786) | 239
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May 2006, Official Report, column 1027W, on Bruche Police Training Centre, on what dates discussions have taken place between officials from his Department and (a) the Centrex Estates and Facilities Management Team and (b) Warrington Borough Council. | | (73454) | 240
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors were taken into account when the decision was made that Kent Police should remain a single entity. | | (73568) | 241
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in connection with alleged stolen cultural property originating in Iraq in each police force area since January 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (73431) | 242
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of Operation Artbeat. | | (73432) | 243
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist police there are with responsibility for theft and other crimes relating to cultural items in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (73433) | 244
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children aged under 18 years were arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. | | (73650) | 245
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of vandalism were recorded in cemeteries in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. | | (73664) | 246
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) 0 to 17 and (b) 18 plus years were charged with criminal damage to cemeteries and subsequently convicted in each year since 1997. | | (73665) | 247
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) other non-UK citizens have been asked by his Department and its agencies to leave the UK in each year since 1997; how many have left in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (73420) | 248
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of crime in England which is committed by non-UK citizens; and if he will make a statement. | | (73421) | 249
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made by the Avon and Somerset constabulary of the volume of crime committed in the Avon and Somerset area since 1999 by prisoners who have absconded from Leyhill Open Prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (73423) | 250
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) management of and (b) operational effectiveness of Leyhill Open Prison in relation to the number of prisoner absconds; and if he will make a statement. | | (73428) | 251
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the level of absconds by prisoners from open prisons in England. | | (73501) | 252
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 63206, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 29th March 2006. | | (73790) | 253
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former foreign prisoners are claiming aslyum, broken down by country of origin. | | (73602) | 254
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are at the Immigration and Nationality Department. | | (73621) | 255
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions he gave to the Minister of Immigration on dealing with foreign prisoners recommended for deportation since December 2003. | | (73622) | 256
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality has visited (a) the Immigration and Nationality Department, (b) the Channel ports and (c) an immigration detention centre since 2001. | | (73623) | 257
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to other Government departments and agencies on the need to verify the right-to-work permits of non-UK citizens undertaking (a) contracted and (b) sub-contracted work. | | (73624) | 258
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals work for his Department in the UK. | | (73625) | 259
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have (a) received disciplinary warnings and (b) been dismissed since 1999, broken down by offence. | | (73667) | 260
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies have contracts for providing security at his Department's premises. | | (73669) | 261
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies have contracts for cleaning his Department's premises, broken down by building. | | (73670) | 262
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence he has received from prison governors on the release of foreign prisoners since 1999. | | (73671) | 263
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff changes there have been in the private offices of Departmental Ministers of State in each year since 1999. | | (73672) | 264
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of absenteeism due to illness was in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73673) | 265
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what corporate hospitality Ministers in his Department have received in each month since January 2004. | | (73674) | 266
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported from the UK in each year since 1997, broken down by nationality. | | (73675) | 267
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of dismantling the embarkation system was. | | (73676) | 268
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visits (a) in the UK and (b) overseas Ministers in his Department have made in the last 12 months. | | (73677) | 269
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from immigration Ministers on the pace of deportation of foreign prisoners since 1999. | | (73678) | 270
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who in his Department is responsible for checking whether a foreign prisoner has been recommended for deportation by a court. | | (73679) | 271
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters of complaint have been received by his office relating to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each year since 2001. | | (73680) | 272
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a Minister has overruled a decision by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to reject an application for leave to remain since 1999. | | (73681) | 273
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his office has received from employees of Immigration and Nationality Directorate on deportations of foreign prisoners since 1997. | | (73682) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 274
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department provides for civil society and non-governmental organisations in Colombia; and if he will make a statement. | | (73491) | 275
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Department's officials in Pakistan made of the contribution of the Cuban medical delegation after the October 2005 earthquake in deciding on the UK's contribution; and if he will make a statement. | | (73516) | 276
| Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Cuban government on sharing information drawn from the experience of the Cuban medical delegation in disaster relief. | | (73517) | 277
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on the running of the Department's office in (a) Accra, (b) Luanda, (c) Makurdi, (d) Kinshasa, (e) Banjul, (f) Nairobi, (g) Maseru, (h) Lilongwe, (i) Maputo, (j) Kigali, (k) Khartoum, (l) Dar es Salaam, (m) Kampala, (n) Lusaka, (o) Harare, (p) Addis Ababa, (q) Bujumbura, (r) Abuga, (s) Ekiti, (t) Jigawa and (u) Enugu in 2004-05. | | (73560) | 278
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to support further the International Labour Organisation declaration to end child labour; and if he will prepare a specific millennium development goal to achieve this objective. | | (73783) | 279
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the TUC on ways to help eradicate child labour. | | (73784) | 280
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the extension to Africa and the poorest people of North America of the Cuban/Venezuelan `Operation Miracle' eyesight care programme. | | (73518) | 281
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has allocated to aid for the Ugandan government for the purposes of conducting public prosecutions, with particular reference to the trial of Dr Kizza Besigye; and if he will make a statement. | | (73124) | 282
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with African (a) leaders and (b) parliamentarians regarding corruption in Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (73581) | 283
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the implications of the World Bank Africa Plan for efforts to address climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (73582) | 284
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations his Department has made to the World Bank regarding its Africa Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (73583) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 285
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2006, Official Report, columns 700-1W, on the Northern Ireland Civil Service, which Northern Ireland departments have vacancies at (a) AO, (b) EOII, (c) EOI, (d) SO and (e) DP grades, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (73500) | 286
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce health checks for carers within 12 months of their taking on that role. | | (73504) | 287
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) financial and (b) other support has been provided to the Moy Park Group for each of its Northern Ireland plants by (i) the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, (ii) the Department for Employment and Learning and (iii) Invest Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (73511) | 288
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) financial and (b) other support has been provided to Ferne Foods by (i) the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, (ii) the Department for Employment and Learning and (iii) Invest Northern Ireland since it was taken over by the Moy Park Group. | | (73512) | 289
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment was informed of the Moy Park Group's decision to close the Ferne Foods Factory in Fermanagh. | | (73513) | 290
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Rural Development Council will be designated as a Non-Departmental Public Body under the review of public administration. | | (73424) | 291
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Rural Development Council staff will be able to transfer to (a) local government and (b) central government agencies with a rural development function. | | (73425) | Questions to the Prime Minister 292
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has visited China since becoming Prime Minister. | | (73551) | 293
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last held bilateral discussions with the Prime Minister of (a) Norway and (b) Belgium. | | (73628) | 294
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Prime Minister, when he next plans to visit (a) Nigeria and (b) South Africa. | | (73629) | Questions to the Solicitor General 295
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 16th March 2006, Official Report, column 1602, on identity theft, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the prosecution of cases of identity theft. | | (73782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 296
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his statement of 11th May, Official Report, column 560, on Citizens Advice, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that citizen's advice bureaux operate in each major town in England. | | (73503) | 297
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Statement of 11th May 2006, Official Report, column 560, on Citizens Advice, how much funding was received by Citizens Advice directly from the Government in each of the last five years. | | (73556) | 298
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the statement of 11th May 2006, Official Report, column 560, on Citizens Advice, how much funding he expects the Government to allocate to Citizens Advice for 2006-07; and whether the Government plans to fund individual citizens' advice bureaux. | | (73557) | 299
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government has any plans to give regional development agencies any greater control over UK Trade and Investment's remit in respect of inward investment. | | (73498) | 300
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the percentage of EU exports to China which came from (a) the UK, (b) Germany, (c) France and (d) Italy in 2005. | | (73499) | 301
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what resources his Department has allocated to British participation in the World Expo in 2010. | | (73618) | 302
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to attend matches at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. | | (73632) | 303
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the President of Venezuala's offer of subsidised oil for London. | | (73645) | 304
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he has taken of the offer from the President of Venezuela to supply London with oil at a discount in the Government's review of energy policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (73648) | 305
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the options for the long-term ownership structure of Parcelforce. | | (73590) | 306
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of part-employee share ownership in respect of Royal Mail. | | (73591) | 307
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to change the rules which prevent the Royal Mail taking out a fully commercial loan from the private sector. | | (73592) | 308
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's long-term policy is on the Post Office branch network, with particular refence to rural areas. | | (73594) | 309
| Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of options for the long-term ownership structure for the Royal Mail. | | (73595) | 310
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of public funding the company Npower Renewables will receive in connection with the development and operation of the Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm. | | (73774) | 311
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the company Npower Renewables have applied for public funding in respect of the development of the proposed Gwent y Mor offshore wind farm. | | (73775) | 312
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research has been conducted by his Department into the threat posed to the stability of coastally-located licensed nuclear sites from (a) coastal erosion and (b) inundation due to sea level rise. | | (73605) | 313
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when section 107A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 will be implemented; when trading standards authorities will be provided with related funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (73430) | 314
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners who (a) have and (b) do not have access to internet services in (i) England and (ii) Beverley and Holderness; and if he will make a statement. | | (73576) | 315
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in (a) Beverley and Holderness and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber have switched to digital television; what percentage of the population this represents; and if he will make a statement. | | (73578) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 316
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has seen a draft of the EU Commission White Paper entitled préparer la mobilité de demain; and what his policy is towards an expansion of powers to the European Maritime Safety Agency proposed therein. | | (72576) | 317
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who pays the cost of dredging (a) for a new port development and (b) for existing ports. | | (72577) | 318
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in upgrading the Southampton Tunnel to take larger containers; what the cost of the project has been to date; and what the estimated final cost will be. | | (72578) | 319
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects to review the effectiveness of safety inspections carried out by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (73435) | 320
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safety deficiencies were identified when the Calypso was inspected at Tilbury in May; and why the ship was not detained at the docks on grounds of safety. | | (73436) | 321
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions exist for Special Administration in the event that the British Airports Authority (BAA) or its holding company should go into administration or receivership; and what arrangements are in place to ensure that BAA's airports continue to operate in such an eventuality. | | (73294) | 322
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on trunk roads in Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency in 2005-06. | | (73641) | 323
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on trunk roads in Hammersmith and Fulham constituency in 2005-06. | | (73642) | 324
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accident fatalities there were in Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency in 2005-06. | | (73643) | 325
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accident fatalities there were in Hammersmith and Fulham constituency in 2005-06. | | (73644) | 326
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the transport infrastructure of the proposed supply of discounted oil to London from Venezuela. | | (73649) | 327
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the East Riding of Yorkshire Council will receive confirmation of funding for the Beverly Integrated Transport Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (73514) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 328
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department has allocated to publicity initiatives by local government to increase take-up of the (a) Minimum Income Guarantee and (b) Pension Credit for each year since each was introduced. | | (73788) | 329
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost has been to his Department of (a) publicity initiatives and (b) administration for the (i) Minimum Income Guarantee and (ii) Pension Credit in each year since they were introduced. | | (73789) | 330
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants whom Pathways to Work has placed in work were helped by private and voluntary sector organisations working in conjunction with JobCentre Plus. | | (73266) | 331
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department provides funding for senior citizens' forums. | | (73399) | 332
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of housing benefit claimants who are (a) private tenants, (b) housing association tenants and (c) local authority tenants receive housing benefit payments which equate to less than 100 per cent. of their rent. | | (73460) | 333
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hits the Targeting Fraud website has received, broken down by month; how many cases of suspected fraud have been reported to the website; how many of these suspected cases have been investigated; how many (a) cases of fraud have been established, (b) changes to benefits have been made and (c) successful prosecutions there have been as a result; and what sentences have been imposed by the courts where prosecutions have been successful. | | (73440) | 334
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many submissions have been made to the Targeting Fraud website in each month since January 2000; how many referrals for investigation were made as a result of submissions to the Targeting Fraud website; how many investigations were completed as a result of submissions to the website; and how many prosecutions have resulted from website submissions. | | (73441) | 335
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) convicted and (b) acquitted of benefit fraud offences in each of the last three years, broken down by type of offence; how many of those convicted of each type of offence in each year were sentenced to (i) immediate custody and (ii) other disposals, broken down by type of disposal; what the (A) mean average and (B) longest individual custodial sentence imposed in each year was for each type of offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (73442) | 336
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authority benefit fraud investigators have (a) commenced and (b) completed the Professionalism in Security, Accredited Counter Fraud Officer Scheme. | | (73443) | 337
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspected cases of benefit fraud were (a) referred to and (b) investigated by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (73444) | 338
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to verify an individual's identity (a) before he or she is allocated a national insurance number and (b) before he or she has access to the benefit system. | | (73445) | 339
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have worked in the Error Task Force in each year since it was introduced, broken down by Civil Service grade; what targets have been set for the Task Force; when it is expected to report to Ministers; and whether its report will be published. | | (73446) | 340
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the basis was for the Government's calculation in the Green Paper `A new deal for welfare' that reaching an 80 per cent. employment rate would require getting one million people off incapacity benefit and one million more people over 50 years and 300,000 lone parents into work. | | (73447) | 341
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount claimed by an individual in (a) incapacity benefit, (b) housing benefit and (c) income support (i) weekly and (ii) annually was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (73448) | 342
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce identity fraud in the benefits system; and what discussions he has had with (a) the Home Office and (b) related Government agencies on the subject. | | (73449) | 343
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls were made to the pension credit helpline in (a) March and (b) April; how many of these calls (i) were handled, (ii) received an engaged tone and (iii) were abandoned; and if he will make a statement. | | (73561) | 344
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March 2006, Official Report, column 235W, on pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice he has received attributing £60 million of this increase in the Pension Protection Fund levy to changes in the level of schemes' assets, together with the effect of changes to the relevant market interest rates on the liabilities and £220 million to changes in the mortality assumptions which reflected similar changes to the assumptions used by insurance companies when setting buy-out terms, together with the detail of the assumptions, including mortality tables and interest rates, used in making that attribution. | | (73779) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 345
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the EU Directive on Insurance Mediation on small and medium-sized enterprises traders and freight forwarders in the UK. | | [Transferred] (73755) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 346
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of lessons to be learned from the economic impact of the 1976 drought for the UK economy. | | [Transferred] (73636) | 347
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the economy of a stand-pipe regime under a drought order in London and the South East; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (73640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 348
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the implementation of the Fairer Charging Policy for care payments. | | [Transferred] (73765) | 349
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist to ensure that social care charges to individuals do not exceed the income they receive. | | [Transferred] (73766) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 350
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received from aid agencies in the Palestinian Territories on (a) the humanitarian situation and (b) their ability to operate in the current security environment; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (73716) | 351
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received from (a) the World Bank and (b) the IMF regarding mechanisms for the delivery of funding for health and education in the Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (73717) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 352
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued on the cleaning of Ministers' cars in circumstances of (a) a hosepipe ban and (b) a drought order in the Thames Water region. | | [Transferred] (73638) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 353
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15th February 2006, Official Report, column 2187W, on Post Office card accounts, what conclusions his Department has drawn from its recent pilot studies testing approaches to moving people from Post Office card accounts to bank accounts as to (a) the number of current Post Office card account users who will continue to use the post office and (b) the impact that the termination of the Post Office card account will have on rural post offices; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (73575) | 354
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children were living in poverty in (i) England, (ii) each English region and (iii) the Tees Valley in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (73651) |
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