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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 6 June 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 6 June 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 6 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women died of thrombo-embolism in each year since 1990. | | (75623) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls aged 16 years and under (a) became pregnant, (b) had an abortion, (c) gave birth and gave the child up for adoption and (d) gave birth and kept the child in each year since 1985, broken down by (i) age and (ii) region. | | (75626) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families there were in each region in England and Wales with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children, (e) five children, (f) six to eight children, (g) eight to 10 children and (h) more than 10 children in each year since 1997. | | (75627) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest birth rate per 1,000 women was to those aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) under 14 years in the UK; and what forecast he has made for each of the next 20 years. | | (75628) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of pensioners with pension income in excess of £50,000 in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (75326) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1723W, on the online goods declaration, whether paragraph 6.15 of the Carver Report has been considered in relation to the HM Revenue and Customs free declaration service. | | (75428) | 7
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average gross disposable household income was in (a) the UK and (b) each region and county in each year since 2001. | | (75485) | 8
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the constituencies he visited between 5th May 2005 and 5th May 2006. | | (75699) | 9
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the population was of (a) Milton Keynes and (b) England and Wales in each year between 1995 and 2005. | | (75411) | 10
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the differing VAT treatment of repairs to listed buildings and alterations to listed buildings made with listed building consent. | | (75547) | 11
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid to the US Administration by the UK Government in respect of interest and capital reduction on Lease Lend and War Loans incurred as a result of the Second World War in each of the last five years; what total sum has been paid to date; and what capital balance is outstanding. | | (75620) | 12
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs officers are employed (a) at ports and airports and (b) elsewhere. | | (75677) | 13
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the number of people employed as HM Revenue and Customs officers has changed in the last five years. | | (75678) | 14
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths resulted from the use of crack cocaine in each of the last five years, broken down by age. | | (75565) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 15
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received from the tourist industry in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England about a possible tax on hotel rooms; and if she will make a statement. | | (75654) | 16
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if her Department will undertake a review drawing on international research and experience into the effect of a hotel, tourist or bed tax; and if she will make a statement. | | (75655) | 17
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what limitations are placed on the publication in (a) local newspapers and (b) other media of council minutes relating to meetings held in public. | | (75461) | 18
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the principle of `caveat emptor' will continue to apply to house purchasers in relation to home information packs; whether standard conditions of sale in house purchase contracts will be able to exclude the vendor from any future liability as a result of information contained in home information packs after contracts have been exchanged; and whether members of the public will have electronic access to full individual reports stored in the Home Condition Report Register. | | (75412) | 19
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her estimate is of the median number of houses (a) sold and (b) marketed in England and Wales per annum over the last five years; what her assessment is of the reasons why house selling transactions fell through; and how many more transactions she expects to succeed every year as a result of the introduction of home information packs. | | (75413) | 20
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will produce detailed guidance for home inspectors; to what extent inspectors will be required to investigate problems encountered during an inspection; whether it will be sufficient for a home inspection report to say that a specific problem will require further investigation; and whether inspectors will be required to investigate (a) for (i) radon gas, (ii) mining and other subsidence, (iii) asbestos and (iv) party wall and other boundary disputes and (b) common services and structures in blocks of flats. | | (75416) | 21
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how a home inspector will be required to prove that he has valid professional indemnity insurance at the time he produced the report; what discussions the Government has had with the insurance industry to ensure that it will provide such insurance to qualified inspectors; what the expected cost is of professional indemnity insurance to an individual inspector; and whether the Government plans to give grants or loans to inspectors to help pay for professional indemnity insurance. | | (75417) | 22
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the latest timetable is for producing guidance and draft regulations under the Housing Act 2004. | | (75418) | 23
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what criteria the energy performance certificate within home information packs will have to conform to meet the EU directive on the energy performance of buildings; what standard measurement scale will be used; whether different measurements will be required where there are different types of construction within the same building; and whether the energy performance certificate will be required to include information on (a) roof insulation, (b) cavity wall insulation, (c) hot water tank insulation and (d) improvements that could be made. | | (75419) | 24
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether standard conditions are expected to be issued by all home inspectors saying precisely what is and what is not included in a Home Information Pack. | | (75420) | 25
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many final Empty Dwelling Management Orders under the Housing Act 2004 the Government expects to be granted; what extra resources are planned to be allocated to residential property tribunals for hearing EDMO cases; under what circumstances a property owner will be able to ask for a final EDMO to be lifted within the seven year period; what rights a property owner has in respect of a local housing authority which is not managing a property which is subject to an EDMO to a reasonable standard; whether a local housing authority will be able to charge a reasonable management fee; and what rights neighbours will have in respect of tenants of a property subject to an EDMO in cases of anti-social behaviour. | | (75592) | 26
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will supervise the training and certification of home inspectors; what provision there is for ongoing training of home inspectors; and under what circumstances the approval of an inspector may be withdrawn. | | (75593) | 27
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) underlying factors were taken into consideration and (b) criteria the Government used to conclude that transitional protections on the Local Government Pension Scheme should expire 10 years after the announcements of policy changes were made. | | (75324) | 28
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on compulsory land purchases in each London borough in each year since 1996; and if she will make a statement. | | (75697) | 29
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds were distributed to each London borough to increase efficiency in local government in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (75698) | 30
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that sufficient mains water will be available in the Thames Gateway; and whether long distance waterpipes have been considered to ensure the availability of sufficient mains water. | | (75374) | 31
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate the cost of legal advice sought by the Standards Board for England in pursuit of its duties and responsibilities in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (73731) | 32
N | Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the Mixed Communities Initiative pilot schemes. | | (74903) | 33
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local authority has made use of its powers under section 183 of the Housing Act 2004. | | (75304) | 34
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) initial applications and (b) completed sales were made under the right to buy in each local authority in London in each quarter of 2005-06. | | (75305) | 35
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private sector providers of building regulation enforcement have been debarred from that role for poor performance in the last five years. | | (75666) | 36
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what inspection is made of enforcement of building regulation by private sector providers. | | (75667) | 37
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the performance of (a) public and (b) private providers of building regulation enforcement in enforcing energy conservation measures. | | (75673) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 38
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (75696) | 39
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many applications for legal aid have been (a) made and (b) refused in each year since 1997. | | (75341) | 40
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 43W, on electoral registration officers, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of writing to each electoral registration officer to obtain the information on prosecutions brought for failing to return an electoral registration form. | | (75351) | 41
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who the members are of the Freedom of Information Users Group; and what their political affiliations are. | | (75379) | 42
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made regarding the timescale for the coroner reform programme; and when she expects the Family Charter to be available. | | (74284) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 43
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which 10 parliamentary constituencies received least in awards from Lottery sources in 2005; and which 10 constituencies have received least in 2006. | | (75542) | 44
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists to the United Kingdom there were in each quarter since 1976, broken down by (a) country of origin, (b) age group and (c) duration of stay. | | (75651) | 45
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote tourism in South East Essex; and if she will make a statement. | | (75652) | 46
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which 10 tourist attractions in (a) Essex, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) the Metropolitan Police area of London and City of London Police area attracted the largest number of visitors in each of the last two years for which figures are available. | | (75653) | 47
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase availability of access to television audio description among blind and partially-sighted people; and if she will increase the television audio description targets to 20 per cent. | | (75426) | 48
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 859W, on school sports, how much has been awarded to (a) Sport England, (b) the Youth Sports Trust, (c) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and (d) other partners charged with delivering the National School Sports Strategy over the three years 2003-04 to 2005-06; and if she will list the projects included. | | (75352) | 49
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of the contract awarded for the UK School Games to be staged in Glasgow in 2006; whether the contract was awarded in accordance with normal open tendering procurement practice; whether the British Olympic Foundation was involved in the tendering processes; and whether the award was funded from the National Lottery. | | (75372) | 50
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens of Milton Keynes were consulted on the bid for a large or small casino for Milton Keynes. | | (75400) | 51
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provision has been made for planting during and leading up to the London Olympics to ensure the provision of sustainable green sites. | | (75676) | 52
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2006 to the hon. Member for Stairbridge, Official Report, column 1412W, on The Public (West Bromwich), on what basis the decision was made that the payments by Arts Council England to Robin and Gorringe are commercial in confidence. | | (75334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 53
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on private military companies guarding British bases abroad (a) in total, (b) in Iraq and (c) in Afghanistan in the last year for which figures are available. | | (75395) | 54
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops have been involved in UN missions in each year since 1995. | | (75399) | 55
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister of State for Veterans will reply to the letters of 3rd March and 27th April from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire on the Civil Defence Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. | | (75434) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 56
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the constituencies he visited between 5th May 2005 and 5th May 2006. | | (75695) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2006, Official Report, column 797W, on Working Together, if he will list the respondents who (a) disagreed or strongly disagreed that the Government should attempt to set out a clearer policy for professionals including the health service and youth workers on when to share information with social services and the police to protect sexually active children from harm and abuse and (b) disagreed that there was a case for information always being shared in some circumstances; and if he will make a statement. | | (75633) | 58
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of children of secondary school age who live in Wellingborough and do not go to a Wellingborough secondary school. | | (75300) | 59
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) secondary school and (b) primary school aged children taught at home in (i) Northamptonshire and (ii) Wellingborough in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (75301) | 60
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils there were in each year group in the (a) Wrenn, (b) Sir Christopher Hatton and (c) Weavers secondary schools in Wellingborough in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the maximum admission number is for each group in each school. | | (75302) | 61
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many notifications Northamptonshire County Council had received of children of secondary school age who do not have a school place in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) Wellingborough on 26th May. | | (75303) | 62
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals had been in arrears for (a) less than one month, (b) less than three months, (c) less than six months and (d) more than six months to the Student Loans Company at the end of each financial year from 1997-98 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (75319) | 63
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individual student loan accounts were passed to debt collection agencies from the Student Loans Company in each financial year from 1997-98 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (75320) | 64
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have contacted the Student Loans Company with queries relating to student loans due to a change in employer in the tax year for each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (75321) | 65
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total value of payments made by people repaying student loans via the income contingent repayment model but not allocated to student loan accounts has been for each year since 2002. | | (75322) | 66
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what total amount of payments collected via the income contingent model was not allocated to student loan accounts in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (75323) | 67
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children who attended city academies in the latest period for which figures are available had been statemented for special educational needs, broken down by academy; and if he will make a statement. | | (75371) | 68
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received following the recent National Union of Teachers Conference. | | (75442) | 69
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on class sizes in the London Borough of Havering. | | (75443) | 70
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to individual schools if the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools are implemented. | | (75444) | 71
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Ofsted on the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools. | | (75445) | 72
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university applications have been made by students in the London Borough of Havering in each year since the introduction of tuition fees; and if he will make a statement. | | (75446) | 73
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) individual independent schools, (b) the Headmasters Conference and (c) other bodies representing the independent schooling sector on the draft regulations for registration and monitoring of independent schools. | | (75447) | 74
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of collecting university tuition fees from students in the London Borough of Havering has been in each year since they were introduced. | | (75448) | 75
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was raised through tuition fees from students in the London Borough of Havering in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000, (d) 2001 and (e) 2002. | | (75449) | 76
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from the London Borough of Havering are exempt from tuition fees. | | (75450) | 77
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the organisers of free fruit schemes for schools. | | (75451) | 78
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of GCSE students in (a) the London Borough of Havering and (b) other London boroughs achieved five or more C grades or higher in 2004-05. | | (75452) | 79
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of A level students from the London Borough of Havering secured a place at university in 2004-05. | | (75453) | 80
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding was per pupil in (a) primary, (b) infant, (c) junior and (d) secondary schools in each (i) London borough and (ii) local education authority in 2005-06. | | (75454) | 81
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on teacher retention in the London Borough of Havering. | | (75570) | 82
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the development and encouragement of chess in schools. | | (75555) | 83
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of under 16s who play chess as part of school activities. | | (75556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 84
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the sites in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland which are licensed to incinerate fallen livestock. | | (75396) | 85
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average cost per ton of recycling (a) wood, (b) glass, (c) plastics, (d) paper, (e) cardboard and (f) metal in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (75540) | 86
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans are in place in (a) London and (b) England to provide (i) bottled and (ii) other sources of water to (A) schools, (B) hospitals, (C) nursing homes and (D) elderly and disabled people during a water shortage or drought; and if he will make a statement. | | (75700) | 87
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency has taken to implement the end-of-life vehicle legislation. | | (75656) | 88
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines have been issued by his Department to authorised treatment facilities licensed to store and treat end-of-life vehicles. | | (75657) | 89
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many operators have been prosecuted due to failure to apply for a site licence for storing and treating end-of-life vehicles. | | (75658) | 90
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the operators in North Devon who have been issued with a licence for storing and treating end-of-life vehicles. | | (75659) | 91
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether provision has been made for transporting excess water in the North to the South and South East. | | (75373) | 92
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the projected change in mains water usage over the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years. | | (75375) | 93
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) reliability and (b) cost-effectiveness of electronic tagging for sheep. | | (75362) | 94
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to promote (a) the wider use of and (b) research into biodiesel. | | (75455) | 95
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of indoor pollution on the population; and if he will make a statement. | | (75567) | 96
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased incineration of waste on the environment. | | (75568) | 97
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help areas which may suffer flooding in the next 12 months. | | (75569) | 98
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to deal with litter over the next five years. | | (75573) | 99
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the UK's waste was (a) recycled and (b) sent to landfill in the last period for which figures are available. | | (75574) | 100
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what controls exist to regulate the practice of disposing of waste in landfill sites. | | (75575) | 101
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of disposing of mobile phones. | | (75558) | 102
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of mobile phones disposed of in England in each of the last five years. | | (75559) | 103
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are being taken to encourage the (a) recycling and (b) safe disposal of mobile phones; and if he will make a statement. | | (75560) | 104
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of how much energy is used to produce (a) plastic and (b) glass water bottles. | | (75563) | 105
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) plastic and (b) glass bottles were recycled in each of the last five years. | | (75564) | 106
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken into the costs of (a) a national grid for water and (b) moving water through river systems. | | (75357) | 107
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of moving water between water authorities. | | (75358) | 108
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many EU countries pay a slaughter premium for calves. | | (75361) | 109
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken regarding methods of badger culling; and if he will make a statement. | | (75583) | 110
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary regarding the issuing of licences for authorising badger culling. | | (75584) | 111
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department expects to make its response to the public consultation on bovine tuberculosis and badger culling. | | (75585) | 112
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a preferred method of culling badgers. | | (75586) | 113
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies his Department has evaluated investigating the potential for a build-up of contaminated water in the Severn Estuary up-stream of a proposed barrage scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (75606) | 114
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the sources of radioactive (a) wastewater discharged into and (b) runoff into the River Severn; and if he will make a statement. | | (75608) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 115
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage Ethiopia to implement the International Boundary Commission 2002 ruling on the border with Eritrea. | | (75327) | 116
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's policy is towards Ethiopia regarding the border dispute with Eritrea; and what assessment she has made of the effect of this policy on relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia. | | (75329) | 117
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what payment has been made in each year since 1976 by the United States Administration towards the maintenance of the services listed in Article X (public services) of the Bahamas Agreement 1956. | | (75456) | 118
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much import duty has been charged on goods entering Ascension Island in each year since 1976. | | (75457) | 119
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much export duty has been charged on goods leaving Ascension Island in each year since 1976. | | (75458) | 120
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which bases leased to the United States as listed in Treaty Series No. 2 (1941) Cmd. 6259 and Treaty Series No. 65 (1950) Cmd. 8076 are still leased to the United States. | | (75459) | 121
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what services will be offered for travel directly between Ascension Island and St Helena after the airport on St Helena opens. | | (75460) | 122
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place between the Ascension Island Administrator and her Department regarding relations with the Ascension Island Council. | | (75462) | 123
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2006, Official Report, column 185W, on Ascension Island, if she will place a copy of the Workmen's Protection (Ascension) Ordinance in the Library. | | (75463) | 124
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sites on Ascension Island `no longer necessary for the purpose of the operation of the Long Range Proving Ground' as set out in Article IV (Provision of Sites), point 1, of the Bahamas Agreement 1956 the UK Government has ceased to provide for that purpose since 1976. | | (75464) | 125
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many guided missiles (a) have been launched from Ascension Island and (b) have landed on Ascension Island since 1976 as permitted in Article II (General Description of Rights), point 1a of the Bahamas Agreement 1956; and on what dates. | | (75465) | 126
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the acquisitions that have taken place on Ascension Island since 1976 of private property to allow rights of way to the United States Administration as permitted in Article III (Rights of Way) of the Bahamas Agreement 1956. | | (75466) | 127
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many motor vehicles belonging to the United States Administration not used for purposes connected directly with the establishment, maintenance or use of the Long Range Proving Ground have paid taxes or fees relating to registration or licensing for use on Ascension Island since 1976 under Article XIII (Motor Vehicle Taxes) of the Bahamas Agreement 1956. | | (75467) | 128
| Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's position is on the future role of the United Nations Development Fund for Women in the context of United Nations reform. | | (75330) | 129
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy on the extradition of suspected Rwandan war criminals. | | (75478) | 130
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Israeli authorities regarding the prosecution of the soldiers and commanding officer involved in the killing of British cameraman James Miller in May 2003 since the St Pancras coroner's verdict. | | (75415) | 131
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the temporary international mechanism envisaged by the Middle East Quartet will channel humanitarian aid to the Palestinians; and how many public employees' salaries will be paid through that mechanism. | | (75580) | 132
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Israeli government regarding (a) the killing of a Palestinian girl and the injuring of 12 of her relatives when Israeli shells hit their home in the Gaza Strip on 10th April and (b) the reduction by the Israeli army of the artillery margin of safety in which shells can be fired near civilian areas from 300 to 100 metres. | | (75582) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 133
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with spinal cord injuries live in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend on Sea. | | (75431) | 134
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to implement the National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions. | | (75432) | 135
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what powers primary care trusts can make prescription of the morning after pill to children under 16 years without parental knowledge or authority a condition of obtaining a pharmacy licence; and if she will make a statement. | | (75525) | 136
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department has issued to pharmacy companies whose policy it is not to prescribe emergency contraception over the counter without prescription to under 16 year olds; and if she will make a statement. | | (75526) | 137
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have made the prescription of the morning after pill to children under 16 years without parental authority a condition of granting a pharmacy licence; how many pharmacies have been refused a licence because of their refusal to comply with this condition; and how many (a) appealed against the decision and (b) were successful in such an appeal in the last year for which figures are available. | | (75527) | 138
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will bring forward legislation to require health professionals (a) to attempt to persuade a person under 16 years of age to involve a parent or guardian in any medical treatment and (b) to require a person under 16 years of age who declines to involve a parent or guardian in their medical treatment to sign a waiver form confirming that they have rejected involvement of a parent or guardian; and if she will make a statement. | | (75528) | 139
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on whether health professionals request the involvement of parents or guardians of persons under 16 years of age before any medical treatment is given; and if she will make a statement. | | (75529) | 140
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidential basis her Department used for the estimate of the number of young people who are sexually active before they reach 16 years in Best Practice Guidance for Doctors and Other Health Professionals on the Provision of Advice and Treatment to Young People Under 16 on Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health; whom she consulted whilst drafting this guidance; if she will list the (a) individuals and (b) organisations who submitted advice; and if she will make a statement. | | (75530) | 141
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what legislation ear piercing is regulated in England and Wales; what plans she has to review this legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (75531) | 142
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will bring forward legislation to require those who practise ear piercing on persons under 16 years of age to display in a prominent position a notice stating the requirements for parental consent; and if she will make a statement. | | (75532) | 143
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken by her Department in response to the recommendations from the Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [Lords]; and if she will make a statement. | | (75533) | 144
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information and advice is given to women following an abortion; and if she will make a statement. | | (75534) | 145
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the (a) individuals and (b) organisations she consulted whilst preparing Best Practice Guidance for Doctors and Other Health Professionals on the Provision of Advice and Treatment to Young People Under 16 on Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health; if she will place in the Library copies of any responses; and if she will make a statement. | | (75622) | 146
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest abortion rate per 1,000 women was to those aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) under 14 years in the UK; and what forecast she has made for each of the next 20 years. | | (75625) | 147
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Health Service has given to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service to undertake abortions in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (75638) | 148
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were made to (a) her Department and (b) the National Health Service about the British Pregnancy Advisory Service in each of the last five years. | | (75639) | 149
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the reasons for trends in the early medical abortion rate in England and Wales between 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (75640) | 150
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women taking the abortion drug RU 486 suffered (a) excessive bleeding, (b) haemorrhaging when the foetus was expelled from the uterus, (c) damage to the cervix and (d) an infection in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by (i) age of the woman, (ii) gestation of the pregnancy and (iii) region. | | (75641) | 151
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women taking the abortion drug RU 486 required further treatment because the womb was not completely emptied of its contents or it failed to end the pregnancy in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region. | | (75642) | 152
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the National Health Service in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region. | | (75643) | 153
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake to ascertain what counselling is given to women seeking an abortion; and if she will make a statement. | | (75644) | 154
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) letters and (b) postcards she has received from (i) members of the public, (ii) hon. Members and (iii) members of the House of Lords about abortion; how many and what percentage (A) supported and (B) opposed abortion; and if she will make a statement. | | (75645) | 155
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned publication date is of each annual statistical publication to be produced by her Department in the next nine months; and if she will make a statement. | | (75648) | 156
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to issue a Written Ministerial statement to announce the publication of the abortion statistics; and if she will make a statement. | | (75649) | 157
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the publication date was of the abortion statistics in each of the last five years. | | (75650) | 158
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which occasions in the last five years local authority scrutiny panels have referred complaints against NHS trusts to her Department; and which authorities made the referrals in each case. | | (75544) | 159
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in the last five years local authority scrutiny panels, having considered complaints against NHS trusts, have referred matters to her Department. | | (75545) | 160
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation was undertaken before the decision was taken to cancel funding for the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (75477) | 161
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the available capacity at the Kingston photodynamic therapy treatment centre has been used in each month since November 2005. | | (75331) | 162
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been referred for photodynamic therapy treatment (a) in England and (b) in the Richmond and Twickenham primary care trust area in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (75332) | 163
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the fast track referral pathways for photodynamic therapy patients (a) in the Richmond and Twickenham primary care trust and (b) in England. | | (75333) | 164
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to reply to Gloucestershire County Council regarding the referral of Fairford Hospital in March. | | (75662) | 165
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation process her Department undertook prior to awarding Care UK a contract for the running of a general practitioner practice and walk-in centre in Barking and Dagenham. | | (75315) | 166
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) job losses and (b) ward closures there have been in each mental health trust in England in each of the last five years. | | (75604) | 167
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to each (a) mental health trust and (b) primary care trust in England in each of the last five years. | | (75605) | 168
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis there have been in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (75621) | 169
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net change has been in the numbers of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) physiotherapists and (e) cleaners in each London strategic health authority area since 1996; and if she will make a statement. | | (75693) | 170
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the implications of the announcement by NHS Direct of job cuts in London; and if she will make a statement. | | (75694) | 171
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) elective hospital admissions, (b) first outpatient attendances following general practitioner referral and (c) consultant-led first outpatient attendances there were in the NHS in each year between 1990-91 and 2005-06. | | (75435) | 172
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many images have been stored on the National Programme for Information Technology's Picture Archiving and Communications System. | | (75436) | 173
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure was on mental health promotion in each year since 1997-98. | | (75437) | 174
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the World Health Organisation on the outbreak of A/H5N1 in a family cluster in Kubu Sembelang, North Sumatra. | | (75438) | 175
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health professionals are registered to access the NHS Care Records Service; and how many staff she expects to have access when the system is fully operational. | | (75439) | 176
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons she has delayed the introduction of the NHS Care Records Service (CRS); where she expects the pilot sites to test the NHS CRS will be established; and what information will be uploaded onto the national system (a) under the NHS CRS pilots and (b) when the NHS CRS is fully enabled. | | (75440) | 177
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions have been issued using the electronic prescriptions service in each month since it became operational. | | (75441) | 178
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons a transitory maternity pay arrangement was not put in place for dentists who were pregnant but not yet on maternity leave in April 2006. | | (75316) | 179
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she received prior to the introduction of the new dental contract in April 2006 requesting a transitory arrangement for dentists who became pregnant whilst the former general dental services contract was operational. | | (75317) | 180
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1558W, on dentistry, whether a dentist who was pregnant but had not started a period of maternity leave before the new dental contract was introduced on 1st April is able to claim maternity pay at the levels prescribed in the former general dental services contract. | | (75318) | 181
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effects of the withdrawal of the bulk contract for the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, with particular reference to prescribing; and who will pay for the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin following the withdrawal of funds. | | (75339) | 182
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS drug budget has been in each year since 1997. | | (75340) | 183
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the (a) robustness, (b) ease of use and (c) reliability of the Choose and Book system. | | (75308) | 184
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department has allocated for 2006-07 for incentives for general practitioners to use the Choose and Book system. | | (75309) | 185
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments on the Choose and Book system (a) require the use of the telephone and (b) have the option of using the telephone to book the appointment. | | (75310) | 186
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the latest figures for the use of the Choose and Book system are derived (a) from the system's generation of a Unique Booking Reference Number and (b) from the booking of an appointment; and if she will make a statement. | | (75311) | 187
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the latest figures for the use of the Choose and Book system are for those appointments which are made entirely electronically and have not involved the patient or general practitioner in using the telephone; and if she will make a statement. | | (75312) | 188
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the cost benefits of early and accurate diagnosis of (a) latent tuberculosis and (b) active tuberculosis disease. | | (75366) | 189
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average cost to the NHS of a case of active tuberculosis disease in each of the five years. | | (75367) | 190
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed by NHS Direct in (a) England and (b) the North West region; and if she will estimate how many nurses will be employed by NHS Direct in (i) England and (ii) the North West region in April 2007. | | (75660) | 191
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure on NHS Direct (a) is in 2006-07 and (b) was in each of the last three years. | | (75661) | 192
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unfilled vacancies for physiotherapists there have been in the NHS in each of the last three years. | | (75668) | 193
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many graduate physiotherapists were offered employment by the NHS in each of the last three years. | | (75669) | 194
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of drugs prescribed on the NHS for psychiatric and mental health purposes in the last year for which figures are available; and which five categories of psycho-active prescriptions (a) were prescribed in the greatest volume and (b) cost the most in that year. | | (75671) | 195
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for introducing payment by results funding for mental health provision; and if she will make a statement. | | (75672) | 196
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what therapeutic services her Department provides for children who have suffered sexual abuse. | | (75482) | 197
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the psychological effects of child sexual abuse and (b) effective treatments for such effects. | | (75483) | 198
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children who have experienced sexual abuse receive the therapeutic services they require. | | (75484) | 199
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 229W, on influenza, what steps she has taken to ensure that expanded production capacity for pandemic influenza vaccine is located in the UK. | | (75348) | 200
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 779W, on avian influenza, where the influenza vaccine under the contract awarded to Baxter and Chiron will be manufactured. | | (75476) | 201
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been conducted into the health effects of (a) tap water and (b) bottled mineral water. | | (75549) | 202
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department provides to private health providers in respect of after-care treatment following (a) laser eye surgery and (b) cosmetic surgery. | | (75550) | 203
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people experienced complications following (a) laser eye surgery and (b) cosmetic surgery in each of the last five years. | | (75551) | 204
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals sought NHS treatment following complications with (a) laser eye surgery and (b) cosmetic surgery carried out by private health providers in each of the last five years; and at what estimated cost to the NHS in each year. | | (75552) | 205
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of individuals having laser eye correction surgery in England on the NHS in each of the last five years. | | (75594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 206
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of section 73 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and whether he plans to amend this Act. | | (75522) | 207
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of an offence under the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 in (A) Southend, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire, (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (E) England and Wales in each year since 2002, broken down by age group. | | (75523) | 208
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who reside in (a) Southend on Sea and (b) Essex have been prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since it was enacted. | | (75524) | 209
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 10 most common offences were for which men were sent to prison in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by age group. | | (75535) | 210
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 10 most common motoring offences were for which men were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted, (c) fined and (d) sent to prison in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by age group. | | (75536) | 211
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dangerous dogs have been destroyed in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (e) England and Wales in each year since 1996. | | (75537) | 212
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted in (A) Southend, (B) Essex, (C) Hertfordshire and (D) England and Wales of offences under sections (1) 16 and (2) 17 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age group. | | (75630) | 213
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transportation Safety on (a) the enforcement of and (b) other issues connected with sections (i) 14 and (ii) 15 of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. | | (75631) | 214
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department, subject to quality and quota restrictions, will permit manufacturers of opiate products for medicinal use in acute pain relief and long-term palliative care to import the restricted raw materials they need from approved sources in the European Economic Association or from countries where a high level of institutional co-operation exists; and if he will make a statement. | | (75346) | 215
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the availability of class A drugs in category D prison establishments; what action he is taking to reduce the availability of drugs in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (75468) | 216
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many controlled drugs' raw materials are manufactured by a monopoly supplier for UK production; and if he will make a statement. | | (75469) | 217
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalty clauses exist in the contract with Capita for the operation of the Criminal Records Bureau; and if he will list occasions on which such clauses have been invoked. | | (75297) | 218
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total amount was paid to Capita as (a) service payments and (b) performance-related payments during each year of the Criminal Records Bureau's operation. | | (75298) | 219
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total compensation was paid to individuals who were incorrectly assigned a criminal record at the Criminal Records Bureau in each of the last five years. | | (75299) | 220
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to compensate individuals wrongly assigned a criminal record by the Criminal Records Bureau. | | (75307) | 221
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were committed by offenders under the supervision of the Probation Service during 2005-06. | | (75391) | 222
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were placed under supervision of the Probation Service by the courts in 2005-06. | | (75392) | 223
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house burglaries were reported in 2005; and how many reports subsequently led to a conviction. | | (75393) | 224
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of his Department attended events during the 2006 Adult Learners Week. | | (75394) | 225
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the figures recently published in the Daily Telegraph and obtained from an internal Home Office document concerning the number of offences per week committed by offenders under supervision to the Probation Service were calculated. | | (75579) | 226
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings senior officials of the Security Industry Authority have held with officials of the National Security Inspectorate to discuss the implementation of the new approved contractor scheme. | | (75663) | 227
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place to ensure that applicants for a security licence from the Security Industry Authority originating from (a) other EU countries, (b) sub-Saharan Africa and (c) South East Asia do not have a criminal record in their country of origin. | | (75664) | 228
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place to ensure that persons applying for a security licence from the Security Industry Authority are not asylum seekers. | | (75665) | 229
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England and Wales are electronically tagged; and how many are (a) on the Home Detention Curfew Scheme and (b) under a curfew order passed down by the courts. | | (75702) | 230
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate by the Department for Work and Pensions for having suspect immigration documents in (a) the last six months, (b) the last 12 months and (c) each of the last five years have been (i) investigated and (ii) prosecuted. | | (75704) | 231
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes have been committed using a knife in each of the last five years. | | (75401) | 232
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of carrying a knife in a public place in each of the last five years. | | (75402) | 233
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many misconduct sanctions have been imposed on police officers in each of the last five years, broken down by type of sanction. | | (75403) | 234
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been convicted of a criminal offence in each of the last five years, broken down by type of criminal offence. | | (75404) | 235
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines the Government has in place to regulate (a) which bodies will have access to the National Identity Register and (b) how these bodies will be able to use this information; and if he will make a statement. | | (75405) | 236
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related crimes have been committed in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex of offenders. | | (75407) | 237
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of the Parole Board have been a victim of crime; and if he will make a statement. | | (75410) | 238
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each London borough in each year since their inception, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex; and if he will make a statement. | | (75541) | 239
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 7th February 2006 regarding a constituent Mrs Mackay (née Lema) of Victoria Road, London, Home Office Reference L1115499. | | (75603) | 240
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated in connection with the merger of the Royal Parks Constabulary into the Metropolitan Police for (a) modifications to buildings and furnishings, (b) stationery, (c) vehicle re-branding, (d) replacement of uniforms and (e) other costs; from what budgets the resources will be drawn; and if he will make a statement. | | (75688) | 241
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of Police Direct; and if he will make a statement. | | (75689) | 242
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which posts in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency are vacant; and what grade each is. | | (75690) | 243
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) efficiency and (b) effectiveness of the Criminal Records Bureau. | | (75691) | 244
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met the Chief Executive of the Criminal Records Bureau. | | (75692) | 245
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 282W, on asylum/immigration, what definition his Department uses of a particularly serious crime. | | (75349) | 246
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for graffiti crime there have been in each year since 1997. | | (75363) | 247
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seekers have been given indefinite leave to remain having served a prison sentence for a non-political crime outside the UK in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. | | (75364) | 248
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seekers who have been given indefinite leave to remain in (a) the past 12 months and (b) the past five years have served a prison sentence in the UK while waiting for a decision on their application to stay in the UK. | | (75365) | 249
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) front line police officers and (b) police officers there were in (i) Milton Keynes and (ii) England and Wales in each year from 1995 to 2005. | | (75398) | 250
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will order a review of immigration casework in which Mr James Dawute was responsible for (a) decisions and (b) recommendations for decisions. | | (75200) | 251
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures his Department follows for checking that applicants for employment in (a) his Department and (b) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are entitled to reside and work in the United Kingdom. | | (75201) | 252
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been found not to have valid leave to remain in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. | | (75202) | 253
N | Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to support mosques in preventing their use by extreme fringe groups. | | (74901) | 254
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken of whether Irish nationals have been resident in the UK from birth when considering cases for deportation from the UK to Ireland. | | (75388) | 255
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to identify the number of illegal immigrants in the UK. | | (75566) | 256
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to identify the number of individuals who have been refused asylum and not deported. | | (75571) | 257
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date he (a) commissioned and (b) received the report by David Lambert into operational issues arising from the death of Joseph Scholes; what consultation was conducted with the family of the deceased; what the cost was of the report; what its principal conclusions were; what measures have been taken in response to its recommendations; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (75306) | 258
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for (a) consumption of alcohol and (b) selling alcohol to under-age people in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each year since the penalty force for the disorder scheme came into use. | | (75389) | 259
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Assets Recovery Agency recovered assets equivalent to 100 per cent. of its budget in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (75313) | 260
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm there have been in each immigration holding, reception and removal centre in each of the last five years. | | (75368) | 261
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 359W, on the security industry, if he will provide the most recent figures for (a) the number of applications received for licences in the security industry, (b) the number issued and (c) the average time taken to process applications. | | (75350) | 262
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in the West Midlands have been prosecuted for employing illegal immigrants in each of the last 10 years. | | (75378) | 263
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) fingerprints and (b) DNA samples are taken from those who are deported from the UK. | | (75380) | 264
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy direction he has issued to police forces on the issuing of names and photographs of former prisoners who should be considered for deportation. | | (75381) | 265
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will seek a report from the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester regarding the case of PC Sean Mullaney. | | (75414) | 266
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions apply to the (a) sale and (b) use of crossbows. | | (75553) | 267
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences connected with the misuse of crossbows in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (75554) | 268
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences relating to the theft of mobile phones in each of the last five years. | | (75561) | 269
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of mobile phones stolen from individuals by (a) street theft and (b) theft from premises in each of the last five years. | | (75562) | 270
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) injuries and (b) fatalities have been recorded in London in each of the past five years which were sustained as a result of a collision involving a police vehicle; and in how many of those incidents the police vehicle was travelling above the speed limit, broken down by borough. | | (75343) | 271
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days of absence have been taken by officers of the Metropolitan Police as a result of injuries sustained from collisions of police vehicles travelling above the speed limit in each of the last five years. | | (75344) | 272
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasons underlay the decision to reduce the operating margin of the useable operating capacity of the prison estate from 2,000 to 1,700 places; when the decision was taken; and how the 1,700 figure was calculated. | | (75427) | 273
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date prisoners were last held in police cells under Operation Safeguard; in which criminal justice areas they were held; and what the status of the prisoners was. | | (75433) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 274
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 25th May 2006, Official Report, column 1907W, on security (Abingdon Street barrier), if he will place in the Library a copy of the review; what representations he has received about the review; what the cost was of undertaking the review; when he expects a final decision to be made about the arrangements at the steel barrier; what complaints the Commission has received about the waterproof equipment issued to officers working at the steel barrier in Abingdon Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (75634) | 275
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of energy usage on the House of Commons estate was provided by renewable energy in the last year for which figures are available. | | (75599) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 276
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of the effectiveness of financial support given by his Department to Ethiopia. | | (75328) | 277
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department takes into account the amount spent by the Ethiopian government on arms when deciding levels of aid given to Ethiopia. | | (75347) | 278
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress was made at the most recent UN General Assembly meeting in relation to increased provision of treatment for HIV/AIDS. | | (75629) | 279
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to build and strengthen the capacity of the medical sector within African countries, with particular reference to measures to retain health workers. | | (75674) | 280
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department is committing to the G8 Summit goals relating to the provision of treatment for HIV/AIDS. | | (75675) | 281
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the promotion of preventative strategies for HIV/AIDS. | | (75680) | 282
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions are attached to the funding his Department gives to African countries for the treatment of HIV/AIDS to ensure that the funding is directed towards the appropriate agencies and treatments. | | (75681) | 283
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of new generic versions of drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. | | (75682) | 284
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect on treatment of HIV/AIDS in African countries of the departure of qualified doctors and nurses from the developing world for employment in the developed world. | | (75683) | 285
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's strategy is for ensuring that the Gleneagles G8 Summit goals in relation to rapid expansion of treatment for HIV/AIDS are achieved; and if he will make a statement. | | (75684) | 286
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help African governments abolish healthcare fees; and what recent assessment he has made of whether the targets agreed at the G8 Summit in 2005 will be met. | | (75685) | 287
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures his Department is taking to encourage the pharmaceutical industry to develop paediatric drugs for children with HIV in the developing world. | | (75686) | 288
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the Gleneagles G8 Summit target of ensuring universal access to HIV treatment being achieved by 2010. | | (75687) | 289
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of whether British aid is reaching humanitarian projects in the Palestinian Territories to ensure the (a) electricity, (b) water, (c) food, (d) health and (e) educational needs of the Palestinian people are met. | | (75581) | Questions to the Leader of the House 290
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Leader of the House, what the total cost is of the IT refreshment scheme to replace and install new computers for hon. Members; and how much of that cost is to be spent on (a) implementing, installing and administering the scheme, (b) leases of equipment and (c) licensing of software. | | (75670) | 291
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Leader of the House, what percentage of hon. Members have had their leased equipment replaced under the IT refreshment scheme; and if he will list the hon. Members concerned. | | (75679) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 292
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action each relevant department of the Northern Ireland administration has taken since his announcement with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs in December 2005 of cross-border action for the north west region. | | (75421) | 293
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the proposed EU legal instrument for cross-border institutional arrangements. | | (75422) | 294
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks on migrant workers have been reported to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many prosecutions there have been following such attacks, broken down by district command unit. | | (75423) | 295
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are defined as long-term unemployed, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area; and what measures the Department for Employment and Learning has in place to encourage long-term unemployed people to return to education. | | (75424) | 296
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what implications he expects the implementation of the Workplace 2010 Strategy to have for (a) messengers and (b) night security staff employed by each department of the Northern Ireland administration. | | (75425) | 297
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed by the Department for Regional Development's Water Service; how many will be employed by the proposed Gov-Co; what measures are planned to facilitate staff transfers within the Civil Service for water service employees; and what relocation packages are planned for water service employees wishing to relocate to Belfast to work for the proposed Gov-Co. | | (75587) | 298
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will (a) increase the number of households included in the Northern Ireland Household Condition Survey, (b) add energy and income datasets to the Northern Ireland Census and (c) include energy and income datasets in surveying for community planning under new local government arrangements. | | (75588) | 299
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent in Northern Ireland on raising public awareness of energy efficiency in each of the last five years. | | (75589) | 300
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made with the implementation of the Northern Ireland Fuel Poverty Strategy since its launch; and when the Action Plan is expected to be published. | | (75590) | 301
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households in each (a) Parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area in Northern Ireland are recognised as fuel poor. | | (75591) | 302
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will answer the letter from the hon. Member for North Down of 24th March on the impact of the restorative justice scheme. | | (75199) | 303
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to improve the survival rates of those diagnosed with lung cancer in the Province. | | (75470) | 304
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many former police officers retired on medical grounds had their (a) degree of disability and (b) disability band reduced following reassessment in the last 12 months; and how many former police officers there are in each band of disability. | | (75471) | 305
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the delivery of the Door-to-Door bus service (a) for Comber and (b) elsewhere in Strangford constituency. | | (75472) | 306
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to public funds has been of the Department of Environment's hearing in relation to the wall at Strangford View, Killyleagh; and if he will make a statement. | | (75473) | 307
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to public funds has been of Down District Council's corporate box at Down Royal Race Course in the last 12 months; how much of the cost related to (a) alcohol and (b) food; and if he will make a statement. | | (75474) | 308
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are taken by pharmacies in Northern Ireland to ensure that (a) over the counter drugs, (b) alternative medicines and (c) prescription medicines are all within their sell by dates; and if he will make a statement. | | (75475) | 309
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children were not able to obtain a place in the playgroup of their first choice in each of the five education and library boards in each of the last three years. | | (75543) | Questions to the Prime Minister 310
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when he will answer Question 70378, on the House of Lords Act 1999, tabled on 11th May by the hon. Member for Southend West; what the reason is for the delay in replying; and if he will make a statement. | | (75635) | 311
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) letters and (b) postcards he has received from (i) members of the public, (ii) hon. Members and (iii) members of the House of Lords about abortion; how many and what percentage (A) support and (B) oppose abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (75636) | 312
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, who is responsible for overseeing the Travel by Ministers Guidance; what grade he or she is; what the details are of his or her career to date; who appointed him or her; whether the post was advertised; how many persons applied for the post; how many were shortlisted for interview; and if he will make a statement. | | (75637) | 313
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, how much of the budget allocated to his Office remained unspent in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available; what use was subsequently made of each amount unspent; and if he will make a statement. | | (75646) | 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of his most recent visit to the United States; how many (a) officials, (b) advisers and (c) members of his family accompanied him; what the cost was in each case; where he and those who accompanied him stayed during this visit; what the cost was in each case; if he will list those (i) United States Senators, (ii) Members of Congress and (iii) others that he met during the visit; which British Government Departments provided briefing material for his use during this visit; whether he (A) sought and (B) received advice from (1) the United States Department of State and (2) other United States government departments during this visit; when he next plans to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement. | | (75647) | 315
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Prime Minister, what official meetings he has had with one or more of the Hinduja brothers since taking office. | | (75390) | 316
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Prime Minister, whether Simon Stevens, President of United Health Europe, is a former health advisor to the Government. | | (75314) | 317
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the constituencies he visited between 5th May 2005 and 5th May 2006. | | (75538) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 318
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households have signed up to the Telephone Preference Service (TPS); and how many householders live in premises that are protected by TPS regulations by virtue of a previous occupant having registered with the service. | | (75598) | 319
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many individuals have registered with the Telephone Preference Service on more than one occasion. | | (75600) | 320
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of houses in the UK which do not require external energy sources. | | (75601) | 321
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of a new generation of nuclear power stations on the UK's water supply. | | (75602) | 322
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints have been made against the 10 companies breaching Telephone Preference Service regulations most frequently in the last 12 months. | | (75701) | 323
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government services are available from the Post Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (75539) | 324
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has undertaken into the likely effects on coastally-located licensed nuclear sites of (a) coastal erosion and (b) inundation due to sea level rise. | | (75369) | 325
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a consignment of AK-47 type assault rifles has recently been imported from Bosnia into the UK. | | (75595) | 326
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure that arms exported from the UK to equip Iraqi security forces are not diverted to other users; and if he will make a statement. | | (75596) | 327
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had on strengthening end user controls; and whether he expects such controls to be addressed in the 2007 Review of the Export Control Act 2002. | | (75597) | 328
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive on the use of lead-free solder within the model railway hobby industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (75338) | 329
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to encourage multi-stakeholder participation in the Internet Governance Forum. | | (75408) | 330
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how his Department is preparing to communicate the multi-stakeholder view at the Internet Governance Forum; and what consultation his Department has undertaken on the subject. | | (75409) | 331
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome has been of the project for Renewable Energy Systems at Beaufort Court; how much public money was involved in the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (75377) | 332
| Kitty Ussher (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the written statement of 16th February 2006, Official Report, column 121WS, on the Small Business Research Initiative, what definition of research is used for the purposes of the initiative; how many of the contracts relate to science-based research; and if he will list the contracts awarded and their values. | | (75335) | 333
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many jobs the Department estimates will be created as a result of the decommissioning of and clean-up operations for Wylfa nuclear power station; and if he will make a statement. | | (75609) | 334
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether (a) the full cost of (i) management and eventual disposal of radioactive waste produced from, (ii) the decommissioning of and (iii) pre-construction safety analysis for and (b) the full insurance liabilities for any new nuclear power stations will be paid for entirely by private investors; and if he will make a statement. | | (75610) | 335
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the full costs of securing (a) any new nuclear facilities and (b) associated nuclear materials in transit will be paid for entirely by private investors; and if he will make a statement. | | (75611) | 336
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the full costs of research funded by the Government into Generation 4 reactor designs will be taken on by private investors if the energy review concludes that a new generation of nuclear reactors should be built in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (75612) | 337
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) nuclear power stations and (b) nuclear waste storage sites his Department assesses to be at risk from (i) sea-level rise, (ii) coastal erosion, (iii) seawater inundation and (iv) storm surges in the next (A) 10, (B) 20 and (C) 50 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (75614) | 338
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the effects of future possible (a) sea-level rise and (b) coastal erosion at (i) existing and (ii) potential nuclear sites; and if he will make a statement. | | (75615) | 339
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incidents at nuclear power installations in the United Kingdom that have been reported to Ministers by the Health and Safety Executive since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (75624) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 340
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what legislation the Register of Number Plate Suppliers was introduced and is maintained; and if he will make a statement. | | (75519) | 341
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001; what recent representations he has received about the operation of these regulations; and whether he plans to amend the Regulations. | | (75520) | 342
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will produce an annual report on the operation of section (a) 14 and (b) 15 of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. | | (75521) | 343
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers he estimates are driving in the UK without having taken a driving test. | | (75342) | 344
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions apply to the amount of time a taxi driver is allowed to drive in one shift. | | (75406) | 345
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of First Great Western Train's timetabling proposals for December 2006 for commuters travelling from Bridgend to Port Talbot, Neath and Swansea. | | (75607) | 346
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents in England and Wales were a direct result of (a) speeding and (b) driving under the influence of (i) drink and (ii) drugs in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (75382) | 347
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government funding has been allocated to (a) Suffolk County Council and (b) each local authority for road improvements in each year since 1997. | | (75383) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 348
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues about improving the services offered to women seeking refuge from domestic violence. | | (75353) | 349
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the representation of black and ethnic minority women on the boards of regional development agencies. | | (75354) | 350
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of progress in more women being (a) selected and (b) elected to Parliament. | | (75355) | 351
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Home Office on border controls to prevent the trafficking of young women into the United Kingdom. | | (75356) | 352
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the effects of occupational segregation in the gender pay gap. | | (75576) | 353
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she is planning to have with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions about ensuring that women's caring role is recognised and supported in pension schemes. | | (75577) | 354
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with the Solicitor General about the Sentencing Guidelines Council's recent recommendation that men convicted of rape should receive a lighter sentence if they had been close to their victim before the offence. | | (75578) | 355
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she plans to introduce regulations to implement the relevant provisions of the Equality Act 2006 to outlaw sexual discrimination in the provision of goods and services. | | (75546) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 356
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending entitlement to the higher rate for Disability Living Allowance for mobility to all people of a qualifying age who are registered blind. | | (75336) | 357
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals applying for a national insurance number were referred to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in (a) the last six months, (b) the last 12 months and (c) each of the last five years due to (i) suspicion about their eligibility to work in the UK, (ii) the use of false documents and (iii) other reasons. | | (75703) | 358
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Insurance numbers are held on the Department's system; how many of these are active; how many of the remainder relate to deceased persons; and what measures are being taken to identify, monitor and close inactive accounts where appropriate. | | (75337) | 359
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the two million economically inactive people who would like to work are receiving benefits, broken down by benefit. | | (75345) | 360
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the potential cost savings which would result from reducing the maximum age of the youngest child entitling lone parents to receive income support to (a) 15, (b) 14, (c) 13, (d) 12 and (e) 11 years in each financial year from 2005-06 to 2009-10. | | (75429) | 361
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the potential cost savings which would result from reducing the level of income support for women aged over 25 years pregnant with their first child to the level of income support for pregnant women with their first child aged 18 to 24 years. | | (75430) | 362
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the percentage of Housing Benefit claimants whose 2005-06 payment was higher than that for 2006-07 and (b) the savings accrued to his Department from the changes. | | (75359) | 363
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the percentage of Housing Benefit claimants renting from private landlords who had benefit shortfalls in the County Borough of Bridgend in each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06. | | (75360) | 364
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations his Department has had meetings with on the proposed reform of the Personal Capability Assessment referred to in the Green Paper `A new deal for welfare'. | | (75376) | 365
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the revised Personal Capability Assessment for Incapacity Benefit will apply to existing claimants who are subject to an ad hoc case check as referred to on page 48 of the Green Paper `A new deal for welfare'. | | (75384) | 366
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department proposes to pilot the proposed new Personal Capability Assessment referred to in the Green Paper `A new deal for welfare'; and if he will make a statement. | | (75385) | 367
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which individuals form the expert panels set up by the Department since the publication of the Green Paper `A new deal for welfare' to formulate policy on reforming the Personal Capability Assessment; and which bodies they represent. | | (75386) | 368
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help is available to disabled job seekers from disability employment advisers and other Jobcentre Plus staff relating to job application forms. | | (75479) | 369
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of materials produced by his Department is available in large print. | | (75480) | 370
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in making the Department compliant with the provisions of disability discrimination legislation. | | (75481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 371
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to improve inner city green spaces. | | [Transferred] (75572) | 372
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it a priority to increase the supply of quality affordable housing. | | [Question Unstarred] (74895) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 373
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeal cases for (a) incapacity benefit, (b) disability living allowance and (c) jobseeker's allowance were lodged in each of the last five years; and how many were successful. | | [Transferred] (75387) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 374
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stocks of tritium the UK holds; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (75613) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 375
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act. | | [Transferred] (75632) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 376
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of British citizens employed by private military companies. | | [Transferred] (75397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 377
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he next expects to meet representatives of the small business sector in Scotland to discuss the level of central government regulation on businesses. | | [Question Unstarred] (74954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 378
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library copies of the presentation made to the Prime Minister on energy policy options by his Department's energy team on 15th May; which departmental officials were present at the presentation; and what reasons underlay the choice of the graphs and bar charts on energy usage posted on the Number 10 website following the presentation. | | [Transferred] (75370) | 379
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of mobile phones in circulation in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (75557) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 380
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor cars are owned or leased by the Government for the use of Ministers and Government staff. | | [Transferred] (75616) | 381
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the vehicles owned or leased by the Government for the use of Ministers and Government staff are claimed by their manufacturers to produce average carbon dioxide emissions in quantities of less than (a) 120g, (b) 140g and (c) 225g per kilometre travelled. | | [Transferred] (75617) | 382
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which vehicle in the Government's motor car fleet produces the highest level of carbon dioxide emissions; and to what purpose this vehicle is put. | | [Transferred] (75618) | 383
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government (a) has agreed and (b) plans to introduce a procurement policy aimed at ensuring that from 2008 the average level of carbon emissions from motor cars it purchases or leases will not exceed 140g per kilometre. | | [Transferred] (75619) |
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