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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 16 June 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 16 June 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 16 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 Friday 16 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 16 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 electors there were in each ward in Southend West in each of the last 10 years. | | (78595) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under the age of 18 years in (a) Southend on Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales were diagnosed with leukaemia in each year between 2002 and 2005. | | (78596) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Southend on Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales were diagnosed with (i) leukaemia, (ii) breast cancer, (iii) prostate cancer and (iv) lung cancer in each year between 2002 and 2005. | | (78597) | 4
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 13th April concerning his constituent Mr Paolo Standerwick. | | (78553) | 5
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of reducing the level of energy taxation for those who live close to energy-providing facilities including nuclear and renewables. | | (78900) | 6
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants of working tax credit continued to be paid in cases where the Stop Notice had not been received between 1st April 2003 and 31st March 2006. | | (78027) | 7
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims there have been for tax credits in Birkenhead constituency at the latest available date; and how many were (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid. | | (78022) | 8
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 114W, on national insurance, how many of the 35,000 numbers issued to claimants of tax credits have been checked for fraud. | | (78120) | 9
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had on reducing tax credit fraud and error since April 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (78160) | 10
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the HM Revenue and Customs officials who allowed the Kurdish Baybasin gang to come to the UK to pursue their drug trafficking and other illegal operations have been dismissed. | | (78136) | 11
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take to improve the financial position of widows in their late 50s and 60s who rely on half of their deceased husbands' pension as their main income. | | (78513) | 12
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayments were (a) disputed and (b) successfully disputed in Northern Ireland in each month of the last two financial years. | | (78763) | 13
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment tax returns were issued in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78778) | 14
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax investigations were carried out in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78779) | 15
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was recovered in Northern Ireland by HM Revenue and Customs as a result of tax investigations in each year since 1998. | | (78780) | 16
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised in taxation in Northern Ireland from each tax band in 2005-06. | | (78788) | 17
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Northern Ireland have been fined for filing their income tax return late in each year since 1998. | | (78789) | 18
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in total was received in fines by HM Revenue and Customs for late income tax returns in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78790) | 19
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland died as a result of (a) heroin and (b) cocaine misuse in the last 12 months. | | (78866) | 20
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he applied to the European Commission by 31st March for a reduced rate of VAT on repair and renovation work for domestic buildings. | | (78429) | 21
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 12th April from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on Interest in Possession Trusts. | | (78041) | 22
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of (a) income tax and (b) National Insurance contributions that would be paid by the 125,000 people who lost occupational pension rights from schemes that started to wind up before 6th April 2005 if the Government restored 100 per cent. of their lost pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (78413) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 23
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many copies of the Cabinet Office Departmental Report 2006 were produced; at what cost; to whom copies were sent; at what cost; who was consulted prior to publication; how members of the public can obtain copies; at what cost; and if she will make a statement. | | (78598) | 24
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is responsible for progress on each of the targets set out on pages 37 to 45 of Cm 6833; to whom each person reports; what recent discussions she has had about implementation of each target; and if she will make a statement. | | (78599) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 25
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by how many days her Department exceeded its target for answering letters when replying to the hon. Member for Windsor's letter about Mr D. Ashworth. | | (78488) | 26
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has appointed consultants to undertake research into councillor involvement in planning decisions. | | (78922) | 27
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation will be held with councillors on proposed changes to the way planning decisions are made. | | (78923) | 28
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government is reviewing the role of local councillors in planning decisions; and if she will make a statement. | | (78924) | 29
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure councillors retain involvement in the planning process. | | (78925) | 30
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to establish a national land database of public land available for alternative uses including housing. | | (78902) | 31
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the recommended average length of consultation times for proposals for (a) sex shops, (b) casinos and (c) the sale of council owned land; and if she will make a statement. | | (78642) | 32
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's definition of a growth area is. | | (78236) | 33
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has allocated to the (a) Ashford and (b) Milton Keynes growth areas for infrastructure development for each of the next 10 years. | | (78237) | 34
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish the report Trees in Towns II; and why its publication has been delayed from Autumn 2005. | | (78544) | 35
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to announce the timetable for (a) the funding and (b) the building of the Rushenden Link Road. | | (78077) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 36
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what Private Member's Bills were drafted by her Department in each Session since 1997; and which of those received Royal Assent. | | (77509) | 37
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what Government Bills sponsored by her Department are still to be introduced during the current Session; and when, and into which House, each will be introduced. | | (77510) | 38
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has for legislation in the next Session of Parliament; and if she will make a statement. | | (77511) | 39
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what Constitutional Affairs Select Committee recommendations her Department has (a) accepted and (b) implemented since 2001-02; and if she will make a statement. | | (77512) | 40
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Courts Act 2003; and what recent representations she has received about the operation of this Act. | | (78831) | 41
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was collected in fines in each magistrates' court area in England and Wales in each year since 1997; how much and what percentage was not collected; and if she will make a statement. | | (78833) | 42
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many vehicles were clamped as a result of the owner not paying a fine in each year since 1997; and how many fines were subsequently paid as a result of the clamp being applied in each year. | | (78834) | 43
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female offenders paid their fine on the day of the hearing in each year since 1999, broken down by age group. | | (78835) | 44
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what options are available to investigate and deal with errors, maladministration and corrupt practice by an electoral returning officer. | | (78607) | 45
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints have been made against an electoral returning officer in respect of the conduct of elections in each of the last five years. | | (78608) | 46
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether it is a duty of an electoral returning officer to report to the police (a) the fake witnessing of a candidate's nomination papers and (b) other incidents of possible fraud during the course of an election when such incidents became known to the returning officer; and if she will make a statement. | | (78890) | 47
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make it her policy to enable the police to investigate possible incidents of electoral fraud or other irregularities during or after an election other than exclusively on the instructions of a returning officer; and if she will make a statement. | | (78891) | 48
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what duties are placed upon returning officers in respect of following advice from the Electoral Commission. | | (78932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 49
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 935W, on the 2012 Olympics, when she expects to announce the constituencies to be visited as part of the 2012 Olympics Roadshow. | | (78116) | 50
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 946W, on the Whole Sport Plan, how much of the £158.5 million has been spent; how much is allocated to each of the 34 priority and development sports; and how much is allocated to each of the other 12 sports. | | (78233) | 51
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2006, Official Report, column 483-4W, on activity levels, when the new national Taking Part survey first expects to report; and what criteria it will use to make an assessment of participation levels. | | (78234) | 52
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what preparations are being made to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. | | (78586) | 53
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government will be represented at this year's Trooping the Colour. | | (78861) | 54
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the (a) flag of the Commonwealth and (b) personal Commonwealth flag of Her Majesty the Queen will be displayed at this year's Trooping the Colour. | | (78862) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 55
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78852) | 56
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 Session. | | (78853) | 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for legislation in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78854) | 58
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what actions have been taken by his Department to implement Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78855) | 59
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) contracts and (b) variations of contract his Department has entered into with (i) BAE and (ii) its subsidiaries in respect of work carried out in Kuwait between 1st January 2003 and 30th June 2003. | | (78235) | 60
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the delay in answering parliamentary Question (a) 69450 tabled on 3rd May 2006, (b) 68478 tabled on 2nd May 2006, (c) 67171 tabled on 26th April 2006, (d) 65234 tabled on 19th April 2006 and (e) 65233 tabled on 19th April 2006 by the hon. Member for Lewes; and when he expects to answer each Question. | | (78238) | 61
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply substantively to Question 74482, by the hon. Member for New Forest East on the classification of Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces as insurgents or as terrorists, tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest East for named day answer on 8th June. | | (77793) | 62
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the European Union's INSPIRE directive on the security of Royal Navy vessels (a) in port and (b) on deployment. | | (77794) | 63
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which chemicals may be used (a) to impregnate, (b) to restore, (c) to protect and (d) to disinfect tentage used in field hospitals. | | (78545) | 64
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many field hospital tent units are stored in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Germany; and what plans he has to change the numbers. | | (78546) | 65
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medals have been awarded to soldiers for serving in Iraq. | | (78769) | 66
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications from Northern Ireland to join the Army were rejected on national security grounds in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (78770) | 67
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the Army were made in each year since 1998; and how many applicants were successful in each year. | | (78771) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 68
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1385W, on his Ministerial Office and staff, when he expects the administrative support arrangements to be finalised; if he will place in the Library the details of these arrangements when finalised, together with cost of the changes; and if he will make a statement. | | (78935) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 69
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department plans to spend on the promotion of positive parenting over the next three years. | | (78888) | 70
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department has introduced for the promotion of positive parenting in each of the last three years; and at what cost in each year. | | (78889) | 71
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers (a) academies and (b) other schools have to limit admittance of children with statements. | | (78075) | 72
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total schools budget is of each local authority for 2005-06; and what proportion is delegated to schools in each authority. | | (78617) | 73
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, to which institutions his Department has given funds for adult education in (a) Lambeth and (b) Vauxhall in the last three years; and what the amount was in each case. | | (78591) | 74
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people took adult education courses (a) funded and (b) partly funded by his Department in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Vauxhall in the last three years. | | (78592) | 75
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many adult education courses his Department (a) funded and (b) partly funded in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Vauxhall in the last three years. | | (78593) | 76
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many small schools in England were amalgamated in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (78880) | 77
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students normally resident in Scotland are attending university in England. | | (78864) | 78
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultation his Department has conducted with school governors regarding the replacement of Performance and Assessment reports with RAISEonline; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect on governors of the change. | | (78643) | 79
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which off-school site centres deal with children with (a) emotional, behavioural and other difficulties and (b) excluded children; and which schools and areas each serves. | | (78606) | 80
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary schools there are with fewer than 100 pupils in each local education authority area. | | (76845) | 81
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on supply teaching staff in schools in each of the past three years, broken down by (a) region and (b) local education authority. | | (78563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 82
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations the Environment Agency has received about Jubilee River in Berkshire; and what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the design adopted by the Jubilee River designers. | | (78490) | 83
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78836) | 84
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 session. | | (78837) | 85
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for legislation in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78838) | 86
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions have been taken by his Department to implement Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78839) | 87
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal export of waste televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes. | | (78439) | 88
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the national operational capacity for the recycling of televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes. | | (78440) | 89
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what standards the Government plans to introduce for operators recycling televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes. | | (78441) | 90
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from local authorities on the recycling of televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray tubes. | | (78442) | 91
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to set national micro-renewable targets before November 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (78895) | 92
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to tackle illegal logging in Papua New Guinea; and if he will make a statement. | | (78898) | 93
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received regarding illegal logging in Papua New Guinea; and if he will make a statement. | | (78899) | 94
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on illegal logging in the Amazon rain forest. | | (78933) | 95
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the case for the planned badger cull since the publication of his Department's most recent figures for new cases of notified bovine tuberculosis. | | (78618) | 96
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land was given over to organic production in each region in each year since 1990; what the total land area under agricultural use was in each year; and what percentage of all agricultural land the former represented in each year. | | (78894) | 97
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the specificity was of the gamma interferon test using the (a) standard purified protein derivative, (b) ESAT6 and CFP10 peptides and (c) ESAT6 and CFP10 peptides in combination with the standard purified protein derivative in research undertaken by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency; and what the confidence limits were in each case. | | (78918) | 98
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on developing a joint approach to overcoming water poverty. | | (78930) | 99
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the biodegradable waste required to meet the first EU Landfill Directive has been diverted from landfill in the UK. | | (78529) | 100
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what mechanism the Waste and Resources Action Programme Real Nappy Scheme is audited. | | (78530) | 101
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Waste and Resources Action Programme Real Nappy Initiative aimed to divert 35,000 tonnes of waste (a) in each year from 2003 to 2006 and (b) in total. | | (78531) | 102
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Waste Resources Action Programme's total annual expenditure was for (a) projects, (b) salaries and (c) office premises in each of the last five years. | | (78532) | 103
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars were recorded in each local authority in England in 2004-05; and what estimate has been made for 2005-06. | | (78533) | 104
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will report on local authority pilot projects funded by his Department on waste minimisation incentives. | | (78534) | 105
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities will be financially liable for the UK's compliance in meeting the EU Landfill Directive's targets. | | (78535) | 106
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he has put in place to ensure the safety of commercial cloth laundering services supplying NHS maternity wards with communally laundered cloth nappies for newborn babies; at what temperature these nappies are required to be washed; and whether NHS standards for laundry and infection control were met by the laundering services in 2005-06. | | (78536) | 107
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will report on the progress of his Department's 10 demonstration plants to encourage new technologies to treat biodegradable municipal waste. | | (78537) | 108
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the introduction of variable charging for household waste. | | (78538) | 109
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed in (a) dairy farming, (b) beef farming, (c) sheep farming, (d) arable farming, (e) mixed farming and (f) other forms of farming in Cumbria in (i) 1990, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2005. | | (78941) | 110
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to bring forward a draft Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (78416) | 111
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action he is taking to enable butchers who remove specified risk material from carcasses to return such material to the abattoir. | | (78161) | 112
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of food served in his Department's catering establishments was of British origin in 2005; and what instructions he has issued to the provider of food services regarding the sourcing of food. | | (78162) | 113
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with other ministers on the sourcing of publicly-procured food; and what proportion of such food was of British origin in 2005. | | (78163) | 114
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a draft Marine Bill; what steps are being taken to ensure that the Marine Bill is introduced and passed at the earliest opportunity; and how the Marine Bill will protect the marine environment of the UK. | | (78619) | 115
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance is issued to regulators of the rendering industry in England and Wales on determining whether a rendering plant is working towards compliance with the European Union Waste Incineration Directive. | | (78044) | 116
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Warden Bay scheme will include replacing the woodland at the top of the cliff. | | (78078) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 117
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has for the funding by the UK Government of the Amazon Deforestation Soya Certification Project. | | (78896) | 118
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the comments by US officials that three prisoners detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay committed suicide as a public relations gesture. | | (78926) | 119
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the shelling of the Beit Lahia beach in the Gaza Strip by Israeli artillery; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the incident on the Middle East peace process. | | (78927) | 120
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the relevant Trinidad and Tobago authorities on avoiding unnecessary delays to the appearance of witnesses travelling from the UK to appear in court cases in Trinidad and Tobago; and if she will make a statement. | | (78436) | 121
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Laos authorities on the case of the 10 North Korean refugees held in Luang Prabang detention centre in Laos, who may be handed over to the Chinese authorities. | | (78904) | 122
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent discussions between representatives of the South Sudanese government and representatives of the Lord's Resistance Army including Joseph Koug. | | (78931) | 123
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports of Janjaweed militias committing atrocities against civilians and refugees in Eastern Chad. | | (78817) | 124
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Coalition in Iraq is taking (a) to ensure Iraqi investigation of abuse allegations and (b) to promote public reporting of the investigations; and what the UK's role is in this process. | | (78818) | 125
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) reports of detainee abuse and (b) extrajudicial police actions in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. | | (78819) | 126
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources the UK has committed to the promotion of civil society in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. | | (78820) | 127
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the role of the UK representative is on the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility in Iraq. | | (78821) | 128
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria were developed to guide the transfer of security responsibility in Iraq as agreed by the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility. | | (78822) | 129
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last discussed the status of Guantanamo Bay prison with her US counterpart. | | (78823) | 130
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last discussed extraordinary rendition with her US counterpart. | | (78824) | 131
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has received from (a) the Council of Europe and (b) others recommending the establishment of a commission of inquiry to investigate possible human rights violations that transcend national borders. | | (78825) | 132
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her counterparts in (a) Khartoum and (b) N'Djamena regarding the recent violence on the Chad-Sudan border; and if she will make a statement. | | (78826) | 133
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the security situation in eastern Chad; and if she will make a statement. | | (78827) | 134
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the Quartet aid mechanism to the Palestinians to take effect; and if she will make a statement. | | (78828) | 135
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to her US counterparts regarding the form and implementation of the Quartet aid mechanism to the Palestinians; and if she will make a statement. | | (78829) | 136
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her assessment is of links between the Taliban and drug smugglers in Helmand province in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement. | | (78830) | 137
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese government; and if she will make a statement. | | (78587) | 138
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure a binding resolution at the UN Security Council calling for (a) the restoration of democracy and (b) the release of all political prisoners by the Burmese government; and if she will make a statement. | | (78588) | 139
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Chinese government regarding the treatment of animals in China's animal markets. | | (78434) | 140
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Union Flag will be flown from 8 am until sunset above Government buildings in all Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on Her Majesty The Queen's official birthday on 17th June. | | (78939) | 141
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's role is in restoring the Iraqi oil infrastructure; and if she will make a statement. | | (78905) | 142
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's role is in increasing Iraqi capacity to house the detainee and prisoner population. | | (78906) | 143
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical assistance the UK is giving to the development of the judicial system and the training of judges in Iraq. | | (78907) | 144
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is providing to the new Iraqi government in the Constitution Review process. | | (78908) | 145
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total UK expenditure towards support in training, equipping and deploying of military and protective services and border personnel in Iraq was in each year since 2003. | | (78909) | 146
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) reports of detainee abuse and (b) extra-judicial police actions in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement. | | (78910) | 147
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total UK expenditure on (a) poppy eradication and interdiction, (b) law enforcement and (c) support of alternative livelihoods has been in Afghanistan in each year since 2003. | | (78911) | 148
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total UK expenditure on Afghan (a) police equipment and (b) salary payments has been since January 2006. | | (78912) | 149
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times (a) she and (b) her predecessor met representatives from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss whaling over the last 12 months. | | (78034) | 150
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which countries (a) she and (b) her predecessor has discussed whaling over the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (78035) | 151
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her predecessor has had with ministers from countries which are members of the Commonwealth on whaling; and if she will make a statement. | | (78036) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 152
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of performance against the Government's commitment that no-one should wait more than six months for an NHS in-patient operation. | | (78517) | 153
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what HIV/AIDS prevention work is being undertaken in (a) England, (b) Redbridge and (c) Waltham Forest; what change is planned over the next 12 months; what high profile publicity work is being undertaken for prevention; what strategies local public health authorities are adopting; whether these are the same in each area; and if she will make a statement. | | (78934) | 154
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care and NHS trusts in Gloucestershire are required to consult (a) the public and (b) voluntary organisations on possible changes in passenger transport services arising from reconfiguration of hospital and other services. | | (78901) | 155
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers overview and scrutiny committees have (a) to delay the introduction of health service changes, (b) to oppose such changes and (c) to present her with a clear proposal for further investigations. | | (78937) | 156
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in South East London provide (a) Parkinson's disease nurse specialists and (b) paediatric diabetes specialist nurses. | | (78417) | 157
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to Question (a) 73450 and (b) 73451 on the Staffordshire Ambulance Service tabled by the hon. Member for Lichfield on 22nd May. | | (78437) | 158
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely change in the number of colonoscopies carried out each year under the NHS following the adoption of the new national guidelines on colonoscopy use. | | (78422) | 159
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on plans to place on a statutory footing the No Secrets guidelines for developing a multi-agency framework for prevention and investigation of abuse of vulnerable adults. | | (78423) | 160
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what choices of provider are available for those referred for assessment, counselling and treatment, including surgery, for gender dysphoria and related gender role anxieties and conditions; whether the achievement of national waiting list targets apply to such referrals; and if she will make a statement. | | (78616) | 161
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) a panel has been appointed to hear appeals to the Skipton Fund and (b) a timetable has been set for the commencement of appeals to the Skipton Fund; and if she will make a statement. | | (78589) | 162
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to reassess its Hepatitis C Action Plan following the report of the All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group; and if she will make a statement. | | (78590) | 163
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to reform the Public Private Partnership for the provision of digital hearing aids; and if she will make a statement. | | (78640) | 164
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the assessment, fitting and follow-up of digital hearing aids is included in (a) Payment-by-Results and (b) Practice Based Commissioning; and if she will make a statement. | | (78641) | 165
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria she uses when deciding to increase the number of NHS managers. | | (78444) | 166
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women seeking an abortion in England gave a Northern Ireland address in each of the last five years, broken down by postcode. | | (78938) | 167
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to meet the Association of Children's Hospices to commence formal discussions on a sustainable long-term funding arrangement for delivery of palliative care to children and respite to their families; and if she will make a statement. | | (78603) | 168
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the ruling of the European Court of Justice of 16th May 2006 on the reimbursement by the NHS of a patient who receives treatment in another member state under the E112 scheme, whether patients seeking infertility treatment would be eligible for treatment under this scheme. | | (78585) | 169
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the two new primary care trusts to be introduced to cover Hertfordshire will (a) be run by separate management teams and (b) be headed by separately appointed chairmen and chief executives; and if she will make a statement. | | (78021) | 170
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer centres have (a) permanent Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) offices located on the same site and (b) access to outreach PALS offices. | | (78418) | 171
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Patient Advice and Liaison Service workers there are in each NHS trust in England; and what the average number of patients treated per year in each NHS trust in England was over the last five years. | | (78419) | 172
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is available to Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) workers to enable them to offer or refer clients to information and advice on welfare benefits; and what proportion of PALS workers have (a) requested and (b) received such training. | | (78426) | 173
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer patients were assisted by the Patient Advice and Liaison Service in the last year for which figures are available. | | (78427) | 174
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways the Patient Advice and Liaison Service informs cancer patients of its ability to act as a gateway to information and advice about welfare benefits. | | (78428) | 175
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter of 4th May 2006 from the hon. Member for Walsall North concerning constituents. | | (78029) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 176
| 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 women were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted, (c) fined and (d) sent to prison in (i) Essex, (ii) Hertfordshire, (iii) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (iv) England and Wales in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by age group. | | (78832) | 177
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the role and activity of the UK Police Task Force in Trinidad and Tobago. | | (78491) | 178
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether arrangements are in place (a) in Redbridge, (b) in Waltham Forest and (c) in England and Wales for the public to report a crime to the police on-line; and if he will make a statement. | | (78554) | 179
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether arrangements are in place for the public (a) in Redbridge, (b) in Waltham Forest and (c) in England and Wales to report a crime to a third party for onward communication to the police; and if he will make a statement. | | (78555) | 180
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas in Merseyside are considered high crime areas; and if he will make a statement on measures taken to reduce crime in these places. | | (78524) | 181
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of (a) the potential of nationwide implementation of safer neighbourhood programmes such as that introduced by Birmingham Council and (b) the effectiveness of the National Community Safety Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (78525) | 182
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase funding to youth worker programmes dealing with the causes of crime committed by young people. | | (78526) | 183
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures will be included in the planned reorganisation of police forces to improve responses to local neighbourhood concerns in (a) England and Wales, (b) Crosby and Formby and (c) Merseyside. | | (78527) | 184
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place in his Department to ensure that local agency reports of anti-social behaviour are standardised; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those measures. | | (78528) | 185
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 1035W, on life sentences, for which crimes each of the 53 life-sentence prisoners were convicted. | | (78499) | 186
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reply to the letter of 2nd May from the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East to the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State regarding his constituent Mrs P Day of Southend-on Sea. | | (78043) | 187
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees at Colnbrook Detention Centre have attempted suicide since 1st January; and if he will make a statement. | | (78420) | 188
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was after the 18th birthday of a person who arrived as an unaccompanied asylum seeking child for them to receive an interview for discretionary leave to remain in the last period for which figures are available. | | (78421) | 189
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question 67311 on foreign nationals detained at HMP Peterborough, tabled by the hon. Member for Peterborough on 26th April. | | (78076) | 190
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times officials of his Department have met officials at HMP Peterborough since 1st January to discuss prisoner releases from HMP Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (78919) | 191
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of residents at the bail hostel in Wesleyan Road, Peterborough are sex offenders. | | (78920) | 192
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former prisoners were resident at the bail hostel in Wesleyan Road, Peterborough on (a) 31st December 2004, (b) 31st December 2005 and (c) 31st May 2006. | | (78921) | 193
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the biometric technology to be used in the proposed identity cards will prevent fraudulent copies being made. | | (78626) | 194
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of strengthening Government guidelines on the treatment of animals in scientific experimentation; and if he will make a statement. | | (78438) | 195
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) resignations and (b) retirements of police officers from Cumbria Police Force there have been in each year since 1995. | | (78940) | 196
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken against immigration officials who allowed the Baybasin brothers and their criminal associates to move to the UK in exchange for the gang leader becoming an informer; if he will identify the officials concerned; and whether they will be prosecuted. | | (78135) | 197
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) exclusion orders, (b) curfews and (c) parenting orders have been issued by Luton police in the last 12 months. | | (78443) | 198
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of identity fraud using the details of a deceased person were recorded in each of the last five years. | | (78604) | 199
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of impersonation cases involved the use of identities belonging to deceased people in the last year that figures are available. | | (78605) | 200
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of knife crime were reported in 2005; and how many resulted in conviction. | | (78863) | 201
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the amount of heroin trafficked into the United Kingdom in 2005 which came through Scotland. | | (78865) | 202
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of knife crime in Wales resulted in a conviction in each year since 1996. | | (78868) | 203
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding for the proposed single Welsh Police force will be equivalent to the combined total of the funding for the four Welsh Police constabularies in 2006-07. | | (78871) | 204
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 26th April from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, Ref: M10324/6. | | (78042) | 205
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 4th April 2006 from the hon. Member for Walsall North, reference M9042/6. | | (78028) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 206
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Palace of Westminster paid in business rates in each year since 1997-98. | | (78414) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 207
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much bilateral aid the United Kingdom is providing to the Republic of Senegal in 2006-07; and how much he expects to be channelled via the European Union. | | (78069) | 208
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in the Republic of Senegal. | | (78397) | 209
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make an urgent assessment of the impact of disease outbreaks in internally displaced persons camps in Darfur. | | (78929) | 210
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support public-private partnerships as a means of improving access to clean water and sanitation in the developing world. | | (78892) | 211
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to assist poorer countries in improving their water supplies. | | (78893) | 212
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what reforms the regime in Burma has agreed to facilitate the new three diseases fund for Burma. | | (78487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 213
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78848) | 214
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 session. | | (78849) | 215
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the Government Bills sponsored by his Department that he has bid for in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78850) | 216
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action has been taken by his Department to implement Northern Ireland Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78851) | 217
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated percentage is of (a) under 16 year olds, (b) 16 to 25 year olds and (c) over 25 year olds in Northern Ireland who are smokers, broken down by sex. | | (78173) | 218
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are in place for visits by Environment and Heritage Service officials to ensure that areas of special scientific interest in private ownership are not being compromised. | | (78174) | 219
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints were lodged in 2005 relating to the ways in which Environment and Heritage Service officials carried out their maintenance of areas of special scientific interest. | | (78175) | 220
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received on the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland. | | (78913) | 221
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders in Northern Ireland. | | (78914) | 222
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been made in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland since their introduction. | | (78915) | 223
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce (a) parenting orders and (b) individual support orders in Northern Ireland. | | (78916) | 224
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to increase the powers of county courts to make an anti-social behaviour order where there are other related proceedings. | | (78917) | 225
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what administrative costs have been incurred by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in connection with the Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity. | | (78048) | 226
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what legal costs have been incurred by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the judicial reviews by Hillsborough Golf Club in respect of their application for funding under the Programme for Building Sustainable Prosperity. | | (78049) | 227
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact on those defined in Northern Ireland as water poor as measured by the percentage of income spent on water of changes in charges for water over the period 2009-10; and what his estimate is of the change in the percentage of the population paying more than three per cent. of their income on water charges in each year of that period. | | (78928) | 228
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent per head of population on the Age Positive campaign in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how much has been spent in 2006-07. | | (78881) | 229
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) the Department for Social Development and (b) the Department for Employment and Learning spent on the women's community sector in each of the last five years, broken down by spending area. | | (78882) | 230
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for the Modernisation Fund (a) have been received by the Department for Social Development and (b) have been successful. | | (78883) | 231
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Northern Ireland department has lead responsibility for taking forward the Parenting and Family Support Strategy and Positive Parenting programmes and activities; and which programmes and activities promoting positive parenting are ongoing. | | (78884) | 232
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Parenting and Family Support Strategy referred to in the Consultation on a Draft Strategy for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland is expected to be published. | | (78885) | 233
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department for Education plans to spend on the promotion of positive parenting over the next three years. | | (78886) | 234
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures his Department has introduced for the promotion of positive parenting in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and at what cost in each year. | | (78887) | 235
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the Historical Inquiry Team's (HIT) budget has been set aside to investigate the murder of Robert and Thomas Dobson in Moy on 16th May 1976; and if he will make a statement on the HIT's investigation into this case. | | (78270) | 236
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the effect on jobs in the local government sector of the planned reorganisation of local authorities in Northern Ireland. | | (78541) | 237
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many elderly mentally ill (EMI) (a) nursing and (b) residential beds there were in each health trust area in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997; what plans he has to increase the number; and what research has been carried out by his Department into the demand for future EMI provision. | | (78542) | 238
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the levels of under-capacity and over-capacity are in the accommodation of (a) each of the Northern Ireland departmental headquarters and (b) each of their out-offices; and what the annual recurring costs are associated with each of (i) the Northern Ireland departmental headquarters buildings and (ii) each of their out-offices. | | (78559) | 239
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees work in each of the Northern Ireland departments; and how many are employed (a) in each of the Northern Ireland departmental headquarters, broken down by location and (b) each of the other offices of each Department. | | (78560) | 240
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which areas of Northern Ireland will receive local community funding during 2006-07; and how much each area has been awarded. | | (78561) | 241
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer to Question 73861, whether a valid vehicle inspector's certificate issued by the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency of Northern Ireland in respect of a car registered in the UK covers the use of that car on roads in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England, Wales and Scotland. | | (78115) | 242
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on security expenditure if the Northern Ireland Assembly is successfully re-established and the paramilitary ceasefire remains permanent; and if he will make a statement. | | (78515) | 243
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning applications for building in rural communities in Northern Ireland are affected by Planning Policy Statement 14 introduced by the Department of Environment Planning Services; and if he will make a statement. | | (78492) | 244
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what land remains available for housing development in Strangford constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (78493) | 245
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arrests have been made (a) in Republican areas and (b) in Loyalist areas for (i) racketeering, (ii) protection scams and (iii) other criminal activity over the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (78494) | 246
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many registered paedophiles are at large in Northern Ireland; what measures are taken by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other agencies to ensure the safety of the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (78495) | 247
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arrests have been made of (a) drug pushers, (b) drug users, (c) prostitutes and (d) child abusers in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (78496) | 248
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new caravan parks have been opened in Northern Ireland in the last three year period, broken down by local authority area; and what estimate he has made of the contribution to local economies from caravaners. | | (78497) | 249
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pensioners are living in poverty in each constituency in Northern Ireland; what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who do not claim the benefits to which they are entitled; and what steps the Government is taking to increase take-up of benefit by pensioners. | | (78498) | 250
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many court cases have been pursued by teachers on the grounds of assaults by pupils in each of the last three years, broken down by education and library board area; and how much compensation was paid in total in each year. | | (78500) | 251
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children at (a) primary school, (b) high school and (c) other academic institutions in Northern Ireland are deemed to be (i) overweight and (ii) obese; and if he will make a statement. | | (78502) | 252
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was to the Department of Education of vandalism at educational establishments in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (78503) | 253
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much vandalism has cost the Department of Regional Development over the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (78504) | 254
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arson attacks have been recorded on (a) homes, (b) commercial premises and (c) industrial premises in each of the last three years. | | (78505) | 255
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many farmers in Northern Ireland are registered as (a) dairy farmers, (b) beef farmers and (c) mixed farmers; and how many were registered in (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05. | | (78512) | 256
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many false alarm call outs have been registered by the (a) Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, (b) Police Service of Northern Ireland and (c) Northern Ireland Fire Service in each of the last three years, broken down by constituency; how many prosecutions were pursued in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (78514) | 257
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers in Northern Ireland are seeking early retirement due to work stress, broken down by education and library board area; and how many sought early retirement for this reason in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (78516) | 258
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many school children in Northern Ireland have been suspended for (a) attacks on teachers and (b) bullying other school children in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (78518) | 259
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers employed in (a) state controlled, (b) maintained and (c) other schools are awaiting a decision on early retirement requests in each Education and Library Board area, broken down by sex. | | (78539) | 260
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teachers in (a) state controlled, (b) maintained and (c) other schools are due for retirement in the (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07 academic years in each Education and Library Board area. | | (78540) | 261
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in Northern Ireland with special needs are awaiting a statement. | | (78543) | 262
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, where funding for the Sure Start initiative in Northern Ireland is being targeted; which groups have received funding; and how much each has received. | | (78549) | 263
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) party affiliation, (b) sex and (c) religion is of each member of each associated public body in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (78550) | 264
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many same-sex couples in Northern Ireland have applied to legalise their relationship, broken down by council area. | | (78551) | 265
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in local authorities in Northern Ireland have (a) refused and (b) resigned a post based on personal Christian principles following the introduction of the Civil Partnership legislation. | | (78552) | 266
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times in each of the last five years he has met (a) each victims group, (b) individual families of victims and (c) victims of major shooting and bombing incidents which led to large numbers of deaths; and if he will make a statement. | | (78557) | 267
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in Northern Ireland require places for September in special needs schools; and how many places are available. | | (78558) | 268
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the ratio is of care attendants to special needs children in each Education and Library Board area. | | (78562) | 269
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are for major road improvements on the coastal route of the Lower Ards Peninsula at Ballywalter and Portavogie in 2006-07. | | (78564) | 270
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what housing stock is held by the Housing Executive in (a) each Belfast district and (b) Castlereagh district; and how many houses have been sold in each area in the last 10 years. | | (78717) | 271
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many punishment beatings have been recorded in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years, broken down by paramilitary organisation responsible. | | (78718) | 272
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) nurse and (b) doctor training places were available in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; how many people entered training in each year; and how many people qualified in each year. | | (78719) | 273
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times in each of the last five years emergency contraception was given to under-age females in each health board in Northern Ireland. | | (78720) | 274
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in Northern Ireland suffering from depression were recorded as attempting suicide in each of the last five years, broken down by health board. | | (78721) | 275
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the waiting time for an MOT in Northern Ireland was on the most recent available date. | | (78722) | 276
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars were waiting for an MOT in Northern Ireland on the most recent available date. | | (78723) | 277
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) thefts from a vehicle and (b) thefts of a vehicle there were in each District Command Unit in Northern Ireland in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06, broken down by (A) urban and (B) rural area. | | (78724) | 278
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) incidents of criminal damage, (b) domestic burglaries, (c) offences against a person, (d) sexual offences, (e) fraud and forgery crimes, (f) offences against the state and (g) violent crimes were recorded in each District Command Unit in Northern Ireland in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06, broken down by (A) urban and (B) rural area. | | (78725) | 279
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks have been recorded on each emergency service in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (78726) | 280
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been refused (a) driving and (b) taxi licences as insulin-dependent diabetics in each of the last 10 years. | | (78727) | 281
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many licensed taxi drivers are operating in Northern Ireland. | | (78728) | 282
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals are under anti-social behaviour orders in each local government authority in Northern Ireland. | | (78729) | 283
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006, Official Report, column 786W, on toxic sludge, to which local government authority areas the four prosecution cases by the Environment and Heritage Service relate. | | (78730) | 284
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much grant has been allocated to each local government authority in Northern Ireland for waste management for 2006-07. | | (78731) | 285
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many charities' bank accounts are under investigation in Northern Ireland for possible money laundering linked to paramilitary organisations. | | (78732) | 286
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged over 65 years in Northern Ireland have a Senior Smart Pass; and what percentage this is of the total number eligible. | | (78733) | 287
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many manufacturing jobs there were in Northern Ireland in (a) each of the last four years and (b) the last period for which figures are available. | | (78734) | 288
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many suspensions for physical attacks on staff there were in each of the last three years for which figures are available in each education board in Northern Ireland. | | (78735) | 289
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications have been received to join the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each year since its inception. | | (78736) | 290
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many escapes from (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutions in Northern Ireland there have been in each year since 1990. | | (78737) | 291
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of providing assistance to prisoners in Northern Ireland to cease smoking in each of the last three years. | | (78738) | 292
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prosecutions there have been for supplying illegal drugs in prisons in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78739) | 293
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for illegally obtaining benefits in 2005-06. | | (78740) | 294
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police-monitored CCTV cameras are in operation in Castlereagh District Command Unit. | | (78741) | 295
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were breathalysed in (a) West Belfast, (b) East Belfast, (c) South Belfast, (d) North Belfast and (e) Castlereagh District Command Units in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (78742) | 296
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones have been bought by each department under his authority in each of the last eight years; and what the cost was of each category of equipment in each year. | | (78743) | 297
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many intake places were available in each school in the South Eastern Education and Library Board area in each of the last five years. | | (78744) | 298
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils truanted for at least one day from secondary school in in each education board in Northern Ireland in each academic year since 2001. | | (78745) | 299
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was received through payment of prescription charges in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78746) | 300
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in 2005. | | (78747) | 301
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by each department under his authority in Northern Ireland; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each requires; what the fuel efficiency is of each model; and for what purpose each car is used. | | (78748) | 302
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been non-compliant with a Child Support Agency assessment in each year since 2000. | | (78749) | 303
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many cases in Northern Ireland the Child Support Agency ordered a deduction from earnings to be made in each of the last five years. | | (78750) | 304
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost was of running the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (78751) | 305
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much maintenance was paid through the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (78752) | 306
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff worked for the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78753) | 307
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pensioners received winter fuel payments in (a) East, (b) South, (c) West and (d) North Belfast in each of the last two years for which figures are available. | | (78754) | 308
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were questioned in connection with possession of indecent photographs of children in each year since 1998; how many received a police caution; and how many were convicted. | | (78755) | 309
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the attendance record was for (a) elected and (b) non-elected members of the Police Board of Northern Ireland at (i) full Police Board meetings and (ii) Police Board committee meetings in each of the last three years. | | (78756) | 310
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the bed capacity of the (a) Ulster Hospital and (b) Royal Victoria Hospital was (i) at the latest date in 2006 for which figures are available and (ii) at the same date in 2005. | | (78757) | 311
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland died from epilepsy-related causes in each of the last five years. | | (78758) | 312
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes there have been in the number of beds for elderly people in residential homes in Northern Ireland between May 1998 and the latest available date. | | (78759) | 313
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many heart bypass operations were carried out in NHS hospitals in Northern Ireland in each year since 1995. | | (78760) | 314
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made about the quality of care and treatment in each hospital in Northern Ireland in the last five years. | | (78761) | 315
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are waiting for a heart bypass operation. | | (78762) | 316
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many teacher training places were available in each of the last 10 years; how many people entered training in each year; and how many qualified. | | (78764) | 317
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many calls to the out-of-hours emergency doctor service were recorded in each health board in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (78765) | 318
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how cosmetic surgery is regulated in Northern Ireland. | | (78766) | 319
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland suffered adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals in each of the last five years; and how many died as a result in each year. | | (78767) | 320
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of prescription charge exemption in each health board in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78768) | 321
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) fined and (b) imprisoned for illegally selling knives to under 16-year olds in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78772) | 322
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints were registered with the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78773) | 323
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) general practitioners, (b) consultants and (c) nurses have retired early in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by health board area. | | (78774) | 324
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what websites come under his Department's responsibility; and what the (a) cost and (b) number of visitors to those sites was in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (78775) | 325
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people (a) were diagnosed with and (b) died from (i) prostate cancer, (ii) breast cancer, (iii) bowel cancer, (iv) lung cancer, (v) ovarian cancer and (vi) all other cancers in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78776) | 326
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the mortality rate was for cancer in people under 75 years in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. | | (78777) | 327
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recruits (a) passed and (b) failed initial Police Service of Northern Ireland training in each year since its inception, broken down by (i) sex and (ii) religion; and what element of training was failed in each case of failure. | | (78781) | 328
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) printing, (b) advertising, (c) consultants, (d) legal, (e) public relation and promotional, (f) concerts and events and (g) graphic design costs were incurred relating to the Good Friday Agreement Referendum in 1998. | | (78782) | 329
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applicants to the Police Service of Northern Ireland have failed on more than one occasion, broken down by (a) number of attempts, (b) sex and (c) religion. | | (78783) | 330
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what security checks are carried out on workers subcontracted to carry out work on school premises, including cleaners and maintenance workers. | | (78784) | 331
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged 16 years and over in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with diabetes in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (78785) | 332
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many deaths from drug related poisoning involving illegal substances were recorded in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (78786) | 333
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of gas prices on Northern Ireland industry. | | (78787) | 334
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action his Department is taking to reduce the cost of auditing local councils in Northern Ireland. | | (78791) | 335
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of audit fees was for each local council in Northern Ireland in each year since 1990. | | (78792) | 336
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) letters from members of the public, (b) letters from hon. Members and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) hon. Members and (ii) Members of the House of Lords the departments under his authority dealt with in each of the last five years. | | (78877) | 337
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to inform motorists in Northern Ireland of the dangers of driving whilst using a mobile phone. | | (78878) | 338
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) motorcycles and (b) cars were newly registered in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (78879) | Questions to the Prime Minister 339
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 1942 Dorneywood Trust Deed. | | (78415) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 340
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78840) | 341
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 session. | | (78841) | 342
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the Government Bills sponsored by his Department that he has bid for in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78842) | 343
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what action has been taken by his Department to implement Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78843) | Questions to the Solicitor General 344
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, who in the Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for progress on each of the targets set out on pages 16 to 22 of Cm 6821, the Law Officers' Departmental Report 2006; to whom each person reports; what discussions he has had with stakeholders about implementation of each target; and if he will make a statement. | | (78600) | 345
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many copies of the Law Officers' Departmental Report 2006, were produced; at what cost; to whom copies were sent; at what cost; who was consulted prior to publication; how members of the public can obtain copies; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (78601) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 346
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) solar hot water systems, (b) solar photovoltaics and (c) wind power systems were installed in the United Kingdom in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (78943) | 347
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many heavy vehicle fitter apprenticeships have been completed in (a) England and (b) Merseyside in each of the last five years, broken down by sex. | | (78433) | 348
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of ensuring there is sufficient peak gas capability in the UK. | | (78519) | 349
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has assessed the possibility of measuring supply demand balance in millions of cubic metres per day. | | (78520) | 350
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information his Department holds on the average age of registered professional (a) gas engineers and (b) nuclear engineers. | | (78521) | 351
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department takes to ensure that nuclear decommissioning costs are (a) kept to budget and (b) cost effective. | | (78522) | 352
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken in the past 10 years to encourage research and development of gas appliances. | | (78523) | 353
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to encourage greater liquidity in the wholesale gas market. | | (78023) | 354
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of gas and electricity prices on public sector expenditure; and if he will make a statement. | | (78024) | 355
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of gas and electricity prices on UK competitiveness; and if he will make a statement. | | (78025) | 356
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to assist vulnerable domestic energy customers. | | (78026) | 357
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Competition Commission inquiry into supermarkets will include the implications of the international business practices of the largest chains. | | (78903) | 358
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what ways the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises govern the operations of multinational companies in states where the national government is considered by the UK government to be perpetrating humans rights abuses. | | (78628) | 359
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints the National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has received under the specific instance mechanism relating to activities of UK companies in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) Nigeria in each of the last five years; and how many have been resolved. | | (78629) | 360
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is on investment by UK companies in Zimbabwe; and what steps he is taking to improve standards of corporate behaviour in Zimbabwe. | | (78630) | 361
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average time taken to conclude the specific instance procedure for complaints under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by the Nation Contact Point located within his Department has been in each year since they were introduced. | | (78631) | 362
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how he will ensure that complainants based in non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are able to use the specific instance procedure under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in relation to UK companies. | | (78632) | 363
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings have been convened between complainants and companies by the UK National Contact Point under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises since the Guidelines were implemented by the Government. | | (78633) | 364
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the criteria are by which the UK National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises decides to include specific instance cases in the official OECD table of specific instances. | | (78634) | 365
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the criteria are by which the UK National Contact Point for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises decides to share relevant information with the complainant during the course of the specific instance procedure. | | (78635) | 366
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to what extent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines on Multinational Enterprise cover the behaviour of UK companies in dealing with their suppliers; and if he will make a statement. | | (78636) | 367
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1457. | | (78637) | 368
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the extent to which his Department has implemented the recommendations made in the report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and if he will make a statement. | | (78638) | 369
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the sale of military equipment to the Zimbabwe Defence Force by Avient Limited. | | (78639) | 370
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 22rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1635W, on nuclear power, if he will place in the Library a copy of the studies referred to, including a translation into English where the study is in a foreign language. | | (78936) | 371
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to (a) maintain and (b) maximise the UK's capability within the aerospace sector. | | (78625) | 372
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of his Department's additional allocation from the Treasury for support for micro-renewables he plans to allocate to individual household installations. | | (78485) | 373
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value is of household grants applied for since the start of the Low Carbon Buildings programme. | | (78486) | 374
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Minister for Industry and the Regions will reply to the letter of 3rd April from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the Government's Enlightened Shareholder Value. | | (78038) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 375
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to restructure Passenger Focus. | | (78431) | 376
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the South West Regional Assembly will play in determining the priority given to building the Weymouth Relief Road. | | (78432) | 377
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average delay was experienced by commuters in each of the last 12 months on overland trains into London. | | (78627) | 378
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations his Department has received from First Capital Connect regarding fares on its services. | | (78624) | 379
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the budget of £154 million allocated to Crossrail in 2001 was spent. | | (78610) | 380
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of whether the proposed seven year construction time for the Crossrail project will be achieved. | | (78611) | 381
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to limit the environmental impact of the Crossrail project. | | (78612) | 382
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the cost of the Crossrail project of re-using (a) the Farringdon to Moorgate section of Thameslink and (b) the disused Moorgate to Liverpool Street mainline station link. | | (78613) | 383
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps will be taken to ensure that listed buildings located at the sites of proposed Crossrail stations are not (a) damaged and (b) demolished. | | (78614) | 384
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on the Crossrail project since its inception. | | (78615) | 385
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost of the Crossrail project is in each year to completion. | | (78620) | 386
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government made of the Superlink proposals; and what criteria were used in deciding on the Crossrail option. | | (78622) | 387
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work is scheduled to improve the condition of the (a) A12 and (B) A127. | | (78623) | 388
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of charging for use of the M25. | | (78860) | 389
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps will be taken to alleviate congestion and inconvenience to road users between junctions 27 and 30 of the M25 when the planned expansion and widening begins. | | (78869) | 390
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what salaries are paid to the board of directors of the Highways Agency. | | (78872) | 391
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the expansion and widening of Junction 25 of the M25 to be complete. | | (78873) | 392
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects completion of the M25 Holmesdale Tunnel refurbishment; and how much the project will cost. | | (78874) | 393
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned dates are for the expansion and widening of the M25 between junctions (a) 5 and 7, (b) 1b and 3, (c) 23 and 27 and (d) 27 and 30. | | (78875) | 394
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit Castle Point to discuss the overcrowding on the c2c Fenchurch St Line and the process for obtaining a new terminus rail station on Canvey Island to relieve that overcrowding. | | (78602) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 395
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78844) | 396
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 session. | | (78845) | 397
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the Government Bills sponsored by his Department that he has bid for in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78846) | 398
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action has been taken by his Department to implement Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78847) | 399
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to increase the supply of renewable energy in Wales. | | (78867) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 400
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Private Members' Bills were drafted by his Department in each session since 1997; and which subsequently received Royal Assent. | | (78856) | 401
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that are still to be introduced during the 2005-06 Session. | | (78857) | 402
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those Government Bills sponsored by his Department that he has bid for in the next session of Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (78858) | 403
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what actions have been taken by his Department to implement Work and Pensions Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (78859) | 404
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to make decisions on changes in staffing levels taking effect between March 2004 and March 2008 for agencies of the Department, with particular reference to their application to the Pension Service; what assessment he has made of the changes in service levels necessitated by staffing changes, including partnership agreements with local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (78435) | 405
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the (a) operation and (b) staffing of the Appeals Service from March 2007. | | (78489) | 406
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent per head of population in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales on the Age Positive campaign in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and how much has been spent in 2006-07. | | (78876) | 407
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices have reduced their opening hours in each parliamentary constituency in the last 12 months. | | (78547) | 408
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letter of 5th May from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on overpayment of benefits. | | (78039) | 409
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Department has made of the amount that will be spent on pension credit for the 125,000 people who lost occupational pension rights from schemes that started to wind up before 6th April 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (78412) | 410
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why he applied for a temporal limitation procedure in relation to the Amicus-Community trade union European Court of Justice occupational pensions case. | | (78019) | 411
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department sought the support of the Irish government with respect to an application for a temporal limitation procedure in relation to the Amicus-Community trade union occupational pensions case. | | (78020) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 412
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Operation Payback; whether it has operated in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (78556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 413
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which organisations New Opportunities funding has been distributed in each Westminster constituency; and which projects were funded. | | [Transferred] (78548) | 414
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of gross domestic product was accounted for by tourism in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (78870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 415
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects headteachers to receive the direct payments to their schools announced in the 2006 Budget. | | [Transferred] (78501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 416
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much soya bean crop for export has been certified under the Amazon Deforestation Soya Certification Project in Santarem, within the Amazon state of Para. | | [Transferred] (78897) | 417
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the British Government's policy is on Israel's withdrawal from the West Bank to the 1967 borders and from its settlements within the West Bank; what the Government's policy is on Israel's policy of unilateral withdrawal; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (78621) | Questions to the Leader of the House 418
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment the Commission has made of the reliability of the new Dell printers issued to hon. Members. | | [Transferred] (78609) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 419
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK companies have licences to export military equipment to Zimbabwe. | | [Transferred] (78594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 420
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact on road traffic in England of the long-term closure of the A5 in North Wales; and what information he has received about when it is likely to open again. | | [Transferred] (78430) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 421
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister of State will reply to the letter of 26th April from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on pension wind-ups. | | [Transferred] (78040) |
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