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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 26 June 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 26 June 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 26 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 Monday 26 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 26 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January 2006, Official Report, column 1485W, on carers, if he will estimate what the annual cost would be if tax credits were paid to carers allowance recipients on the basis that the 35 hours per week spent caring that qualifies them for caring allowance as an income replacement benefit was considered equivalent to earned income for 35 hours per week of employment. | | (80400) | 2
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of tax credit fraud on the basis of non residency have been uncovered in each of the last five years; what the cost has been in each year of this fraud; what estimate his Department has made of the extent of undiscovered fraud of this kind; and if he will make a statement. | | (80559) | 3
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether randomised sample tax credit cases are tested to ensure residency criteria are complied with. | | (80560) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review against his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) reason for the review and (ii) outcome was of each. | | (80167) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records are kept in his Department of Private Members' Bills introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (80168) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost was to his Department of replying to a letter written by (a) an hon. Member, (b) a Member of the House of Lords, (c) a member of the public writing to a Minister at the Department and (d) an internal letter written by another Minister, in the last period for which figures are available; and how much of the cost was accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80169) | 7
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the population who paid income tax in 1996-97 are not paying income tax in 2005-06. | | (80181) | 8
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21st March 2006, Official Report, columns 353-4W, on sterling stamp duty, what proportion of the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) budget is projected to come annually from the International Finance Facility from the time of its projected introduction until 2013; and what contingency budget plans he has to reach the target of 0.7 per cent. of gross national income as ODA for each year until 2013 if the International Finance Facility is not introduced. | | (80247) | 9
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the data on deaths that would be released under clause 11 of the Police and Justice Bill cannot directly or indirectly be misused by commercial organisations; how the activities of commercial organisations will be monitored in relation to the use of such data; and what penalties would be available if the data were misused. | | (80536) | 10
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) legal and (b) illegal imports of products manufactured from oxycodone hydrochloride from the Republic of Ireland. | | (80575) | 11
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) zero per cent. on property sales of £125,000 or less, (b) one per cent. on sales between £125,000 and £249,999, (c) five per cent. on sales between £250,000 and £499,999 and (d) five per cent. on sales of £500,000 and above; and if he will make a statement. | | (80297) | 12
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) zero per cent. on property sales of £125,000 or less, (b) one per cent. on sales between £125,000 and £249,999, (c) five per cent. on sales between £250,000 and £499,999 and (d) six per cent. on sales of £500,000 and above. | | (80298) | 13
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of introducing a marginal rate of inheritance tax of 20 per cent. on estates valued above the zero-rate threshold and at less than £500,000 for the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (80299) | 14
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) 0 per cent. on property sales of £150,000 or less, (b) two per cent. on sales between £150,000 and £249,999, (c) five per cent. on sales between £250,000 and £499,999 and (d) (i) five and (ii) six per cent. on sales of £500,000 and above. | | (80317) | 15
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) 0 per cent. on property sales of £125,000 or less, (b) two per cent. on sales between £125,000 and £249,999, (c) five per cent. on sales between £250,000 and £499,999 and (d) five per cent. on sales of £500,000 and above. | | (80318) | 16
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales to charge marginal rates of (a) 0 per cent. on property sales of £150,000 or less, (b) one per cent. on sales between £150,000 and £249,999, (c) five per cent. on sales between £250,000 and £499,999 and (d) (i) five and (ii) six per cent. on sales of £500,000 and above. | | (80323) | 17
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of each company tax credit in each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (80594) | 18
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many income taxpayers had incomes of less than £7,185 per year in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (80638) | 19
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many upper rate income tax payers had a gross income of less than £50,000 in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (80639) | 20
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) median and (b) mean household income was in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (80640) | 21
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the lower limit of the top decile for household earnings was in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (80641) | 22
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of bills presented by private organisations to (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs were paid within (i) 10 days, (ii) 20 days, (iii) 30 days, (iv) 60 days and (v) 90 days in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (80642) | 23
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many searches were carried out by customs officials at border checkpoints in each year since 1997. | | (80408) | 24
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officials are stationed at each (a) port and (b) airport in the UK during each 24 hour period. | | (80837) | 25
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of customs officials employed in the UK were deployed (a) at fixed ports and airports and (b) in mobile patrols in each of the last five years. | | (80840) | 26
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to make additional funding available to the Department of Health to assist in financial recovery of the NHS in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (79810) | 27
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls under the age of 16 years (a) became pregnant and (b) gave birth in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. | | (80126) | 28
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) single parent households with children under the age of 16 years and (b) single-person households there were in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 15 years; and what estimate he has made of the number of cohabiting couples living in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 15 years. | | (80127) | 29
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the average income per person in Tamworth constituency. | | (80128) | 30
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit decisions on overpayment have been appealed to (a) the Regional Director, (b) the Independent Adjudicator and (c) the Ombudsman in (i) Tamworth, (ii) England and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (80129) | 31
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many tax credit decisions an overpayment in (a) Tamworth, (b) England and (c) the UK the overpayment has been waived in each year since the scheme began. | | (80130) | 32
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of possible inflation of building costs in (a) London, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England as a result of the construction work associated with the 2012 Olympics. | | (80132) | 33
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of (a) the proportion of tobacco products consumed in the UK on which duty has not been paid due to smuggling and fraud in each year since 1997 and (b) the resultant cost to the Exchequer. | | (80793) | 34
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of each HM Customs and Revenue newsboard item relating to tax credits; and on what date each was posted. | | (79502) | 35
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit verification rules have been (a) suspended and (b) eased since August 2002; and for what (i) reasons and (ii) period in each case. | | (79503) | 36
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the easement of tax credit verification rule 12 (residency criteria not met) meant that the provisions in the Tax Credit (Immigration) Regulations 2003 were not implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (79504) | 37
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors were taken into account when deciding not to investigate cases where tax credit verification rule 12 (residency criteria not met) was failed. | | (79505) | 38
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an assessment of the (a) cost and (b) staffing levels required to meet the volumes of claims failing verification rule 12 (residency criteria not met) was made prior to the decision to ease the rule from April 2003 to December 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (79506) | 39
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2006, Official Report, column 1354W, on construction industry (registration cards), how many temporary construction industry services registration cards (a) have been issued and (b) are in use; and if he will make a statement. | | (79816) | 40
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many internal leak inquiries have been conducted in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (80153) | 41
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of tax credits to people failing residency rules between April 2003 and December 2004 have been (a) recovered and (b) written off. | | (80154) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases investigations into tax credit fraud have been initiated after a letter had been sent to a tax credit claimant explaining that the money had been paid in error and was being written off. | | (80155) | 43
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has taken to reduce poverty in Carlisle. | | (80696) | 44
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce VAT on social housing labour costs. | | (80366) | 45
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents in each ward in Luton South received (a) child tax credit and (b) tax credit in 2005-06; and what the average value of such credits was. | | (80508) | 46
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he chose not to apply to the European Commission for the reduced rate of VAT on repair and renovation work for domestic buildings by 31st March. | | (79814) | 47
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people living in Mid Sussex received overpayments of (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit since April 2003. | | (79815) | 48
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent (a) teenage pregnancy rate and (b) life expectancy rate was in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England. | | (80602) | 49
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the long-term trend for life expectancy in Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will make a statement. | | (80603) | 50
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent death rate from heart disease was in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England. | | (80604) | 51
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent rate of (a) cancers and (b) stroke was in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England. | | (80605) | 52
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent infant mortality rate was in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England. | | (80606) | 53
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 23rd May, regarding a constituent. | | (80143) | 54
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Hartlepool constituency, (b) the Tees Valley sub-region and (c) the North East Region were long-term unemployed in each year since 1989. | | (80539) | 55
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce poverty in the Hartlepool constituency since 1997. | | (80540) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 56
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average cost to the Cabinet Office was of replying to a letter written by (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public, in the last period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80510) | 57
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government plans to include transformational government in the Senior Civil Service competency framework. | | (80371) | 58
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2005, Official Report, column 545W, on departmental staff, why information on the number of staff whose performance has been assessed as unsatisfactory is not available for periods before 1st June 2005. | | (80759) | 59
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to her Answer of 15th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1378-9W, on Sir Alistair Graham, how much was claimed by Sir Alistair from each of the bodies for which he was entitled to as (a) per diem and (b) per appeal remuneration. | | (80515) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 60
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Minister with responsibility for the fire service will meet (a) Southend and (b) Essex fire service trade unions to discuss the regionalisation of fire service control rooms; and if she will make a statement. | | (80173) | 61
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many malicious false fire alarm calls were attended by the fire and rescue service in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1995. | | (80174) | 62
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the fire brigade's trade unions about the regionalisation of the fire service control rooms; and if she will make a statement. | | (80175) | 63
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many large outbreaks of fire there were in (a) Southend West constituency, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) Greater London in each of the last eight years; and if she will make a statement. | | (80176) | 64
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the planned regionalisation of fire service control rooms. | | (80248) | 65
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of staff employed at fire service control rooms who will be made redundant as a result of the planned regionalisation; and if she will make a statement. | | (80249) | 66
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; and what recent representations she has received on the operation of this Act. | | (80250) | 67
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deliberate (a) vehicle fires and (b) fires there were in (i) Southend-on-Sea, (ii) Essex, (iii) Hertfordshire and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1990. | | (80251) | 68
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of her Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80470) | 69
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost to her Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80471) | 70
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the letter of 8th May from the hon. Member for Billericay requesting that she meet local residents from Crays Hill, Hovefields and Pitsea to discuss traveller issues. | | (80319) | 71
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses in Morley and Rothwell have had improvements under the Decent Homes Standard scheme; and what the cost of such improvements has been. | | (80584) | 72
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to Questions (a) 76033, (b) 76052, (c) 75419, (d) 75412, (e) 76068 and (f) 76086, on home information packs. | | (80839) | 73
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities use renewable energy for some or all of their (a) power and (b) energy requirements. | | (80268) | 74
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to include representatives of carers on the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights. | | (80704) | 75
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she last met Water Voice to discuss the long-term provision of water to meet the future development needs of London and the South East; what conclusions were reached; and if she will make a statement. | | (80387) | 76
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for temporary to permanent housing initiatives in the 2006 to 2008 National Affordable Housing Programme in Tamworth; and if she will make a statement. | | (80124) | 77
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to improve the provision of council housing for those with serious disabilities in (a) Tamworth and (b) the West Midlands region. | | (80125) | 78
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided by the Government for Neighbourhood Renewal projects in the constituency of Bristol East since the scheme's inception. | | (80587) | 79
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many single vulnerable households were accepted as homeless in Luton in each of the last five years. | | (80365) | 80
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) black and ethnic minority and (b) all households are classified as overcrowded in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England. | | (80370) | 81
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have used the housing safety checklist to tackle overcrowding; and if she will make a statement. | | (80516) | 82
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) failed and (b) successful bids have been made by Luton Council for Housing Corporation funding; and what assessment she has made of the reasons for the decision in each case. | | (80517) | 83
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the bids for Housing Corporation funding submitted by Luton Council in each of the last five years for (a) general family housing and (b) elderly housing. | | (80518) | 84
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a decent homes programme in the private rented sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (80519) | 85
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the impact on equalities of recent budget decisions by Luton Council. | | (80520) | 86
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether equalities impact assessments (a) are required and (b) may be directed in relation to local authorities budget decisions. | | (80580) | 87
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to publish guidance on light pollution as part of Planning Policy Statement 23. | | (80150) | 88
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition she uses of green infrastructure. | | (80504) | 89
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of her Department's premises. | | (80801) | 90
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80810) | 91
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the city regions project on (a) Herefordshire and (b) other low wage economies. | | (80188) | 92
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any funding for the city regions programme will be redirected from rural projects. | | (80189) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 93
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will list records in the National Archives which have been withheld from public inspection; and for what reason each has been withheld. | | (80183) | 94
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of her Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80474) | 95
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average cost to her Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80475) | 96
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, at what time on 21st July 2003 the press notice concerning the appointment of Lord Hutton was issued by her Department; and at what time and on what day this statement was cleared for release. | | (80144) | 97
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in what circumstances inquests can be closed without a verdict; and on how many occasions this has happened since 1st May 1997. | | (80145) | 98
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2006, Official Report, column 1268W, on the Hutton Inquiry, on what basis the Lord Chancellor decided that the formal powers of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1921 were not necessary; and how and when it was made clear to Lord Hutton that he could ask for more powers. | | (80203) | 99
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to local authority electoral registration departments on prisoners on the electoral register and their status in relation to elections. | | (80583) | 100
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary questions asked of her Department. | | (80645) | 101
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what her assessment is of the reasons for the scale of the increase in successful appeals against incapacity benefit decisions since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (80303) | 102
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many parents with care have been imprisoned in the last five years for ignoring court orders and obstructing access to children by their non-resident parent. | | (80343) | 103
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner on releasing the 1911 Census records on a county-by-county basis. | | (80148) | 104
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with genealogy and family history organisations on releasing information from the 1911 Census on a section-by-section basis. | | (80149) | 105
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of her Department's premises. | | (80803) | 106
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80812) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 107
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislation to allow her Department (a) to intervene in and (b) to review the decisions taken by Ofcom in connection with the granting of radio licences; and if she will make a statement. | | (80170) | 108
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what appeals mechanism is available to radio stations who have their request for a radio licence rejected by Ofcom; and if she will make a statement. | | (80171) | 109
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what radio licences have been granted in each county in England and Wales since the enactment of the Communications Act 2003; what applications for such licences have been rejected; what the reason for rejection was in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (80172) | 110
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of her Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80468) | 111
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average cost to her Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80469) | 112
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether work has recommenced on The Public arts organisation in West Bromwich. | | (80623) | 113
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the role of the Arts Council is in the tendering process for the future use of The Public in West Bromwich. | | (80624) | 114
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from gambling addiction support and campaign groups on problem gambling on the internet. | | (80852) | 115
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which constituencies are home to survivors of the 7th July London bombings. | | (80464) | 116
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary questions asked of her Department. | | (80646) | 117
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have visited Stonehenge in each year since 1997. | | (79979) | 118
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will visit Shrewsbury (a) to see the plans for a new theatre and (b) to discuss Shropshire's role in the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (80337) | 119
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to enable the Government to meet its manifesto commitment to end its financial involvement in horseracing. | | (80844) | 120
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation (a) has taken place and (b) is planned on the extension of the horseracing levy beyond 2009; and with whom. | | (80845) | 121
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her statement of 18th March 2005, Official Report, column 29WS, on funding of horseracing, what progress has been made in working with football leagues to develop solutions to the funding difficulties arising from a judgement by the European Court of Justice. | | (80846) | 122
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2005, Official Report, column 1223W, on consultations, what mechanisms are in place to ensure value for money in public consultations. | | (80758) | 123
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure an increase to 100 per cent. of the coverage of digital services following digital switchover; and if she will make a statement. | | (79114) | 124
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what total local government financial support for tourism was in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each year since 2000. | | (80193) | 125
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourist information centres were (a) in operation, (b) opened and (c) closed in England in each year since 2000. | | (80273) | 126
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists used information centres in England in each year since 2000. | | (80274) | 127
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Tourism England committed to supporting tourist information centres in each year since 2000. | | (80275) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 128
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80472) | 129
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80473) | 130
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on RAF Cosford being the preferred site for aeronautical training in the Defence Training Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (80794) | 131
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government spent in relation to its nuclear weapons in each of the last five years. | | (80833) | 132
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary questions asked of his Department. | | (80648) | 133
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 996W, on bearskins, which companies have been involved in producing alternatives to real bearskins; for what reasons each alternative was not successful; and if he will establish a timescale for phasing out the use of real bearskins. | | (80358) | 134
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide the government of Colombia with military support, in each of the next three years. | | (80359) | 135
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the Government has had with US authorities on siting land based ballistic missile interceptors in (a) the UK and (b) UK territorial waters. | | (80385) | 136
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question (a) 64792 and (b) 64827, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South on 18th April 2006. | | (80760) | 137
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1708W, on the Army Continuous Attitude Survey, what the contents were of question 39c in the Army Continuous Attitude Survey September to December 2005; and why this question was not printed in the copy which was placed in the Library on 19th April 2006. | | (80698) | 138
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists have not received bounty payments for training year 2005-06; what the reasons are for the delay; what steps are being taken to compensate reservists for late payments; and what steps his Department is taking to address any impact on the morale of those reservists affected. | | (80448) | 139
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British casualties have been caused by improvised explosive devices during the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (79991) | 140
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average time has elapsed before inquiries into the deaths of British service personnel in Iraq have commenced. | | (80141) | 141
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the conclusions of Project Hyperion will be announced. | | (80796) | 142
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2006, Official Report, column 1583, on service allowances, for what reason regular service personnel of less than 12 months' service are not entitled to longer separation service allowance. | | (80497) | 143
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long he expects British troops to be based in Afghanistan. | | (80636) | 144
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stock of tetanus immunoglobulin is held (a) centrally, (b) in Iraq and (c) in Afghanistan. | | [R] (80340) | 145
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which naval and military units do not have their required stock of tetanus immunoglobulin. | | [R] (80341) | 146
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commemorate the role of British servicemen during the Second World War in saving victims of the Holocaust. | | (80256) | 147
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 709W, on departmental staff, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in the number of staff failing to achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report since 2002-03; and what measures have been put in place to address the issue. | | (80789) | 148
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of the European Security and Defence Policy. | | (80191) | 149
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of his Department's premises. | | (80800) | 150
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80815) | 151
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals were used in scientific tests at Porton Down in each of the last three years, broken down by species. | | (80152) | 152
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mobilised reservists are deployed in Iraq, broken down by service. | | (80721) | 153
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mobilised reservists from each of the three services are deployed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. | | (80722) | 154
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision was made to purchase replacements for the OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine protected vehicle; what the original performance specifications for the replacement vehicle were; and on what grounds these were decided. | | (80541) | 155
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the development of the replacements for the OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine protected vehicles became Project TEMPEST; and when and to whom the main development and construction contracts were awarded for the Truck, Mine Protected Vehicle. | | (80542) | 156
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost of Project TEMPEST was, excluding the acquisition costs of the Truck, Mine Protected Vehicle. | | (80543) | 157
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Truck, Mine Protected Vehicles were purchased by his Department; and what the total cost of the vehicles supplied was when they were taken on charge. | | (80544) | 158
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in whom the intellectual property of Project TEMPEST was vested; and what agreements were made by his Department to recover (a) fees and (b) other income from subsequent use of the design and technology employed in the project. | | (80545) | 159
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any aspects of the technology and design of the Project TEMPEST Truck, Mine Protected Vehicles were classified. | | (80546) | 160
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where Truck, Mine Protected Vehicles have been deployed since they have been taken on charge; for what periods and with what formations; where they are now deployed; and how many are currently still on charge and in active service. | | (80547) | 161
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine protected vehicles were purchased for Army use; on what date they were purchased; what the total purchase price was; (a) by which formations, (b) for what purposes and (c) when the vehicles were used; and if he will make a statement. | | (80568) | 162
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications were made to the OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine-protected vehicles in order to enhance mine protection and the TMRP-6 threat; how many vehicles were modified; what the total cost was of those modifications while on the Army inventory; and if he will make a statement. | | (80569) | 163
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) maintenance and (b) other difficulties were experienced by Army formations in their use of the OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine-protected vehicles while on their charge; what steps were taken to resolve those difficulties; what outcomes resulted from those steps; and if he will make a statement. | | (80570) | 164
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when and to whom the inventory of OMC/Alvis Mamba/RG-31 mine-protected vehicles was disposed of; how much was received; what the end destination of the vehicles was; and if he will make a statement. | | (80571) | 165
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the dimensions of the (a) Snatch armoured Land Rover, (b) RG-31M and (c) Tempest Truck, Mine-Protected Vehicle are; what is the time for each vehicle to accelerate from stationary to normal cruising speed; what their maximum speeds are; and what their turning circles are. | | (80572) | 166
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess (a) ease of maintenance and (b) reliability of the (i) OMC/Alvis Mamba and (ii) current version of the RG-31M. | | (80573) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 167
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the operation of section (a) 444 and (b) 509 of the Education Act 1996; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (80417) | 168
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80476) | 169
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80477) | 170
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether newly-appointed teachers will be allowed to commence work pending a response from the Criminal Records Bureau. | | (79805) | 171
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he expects all required Criminal Records Bureau checks on teachers to be completed for the commencement of the Autumn term. | | (79807) | 172
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding his Department has provided for English as an additional language support in schools in (a) England and (b) the London Borough of Newham in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (80627) | 173
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department plans to increase funding for English as an additional language support in schools. | | (80628) | 174
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women began construction related NVQs at (a) Level 1, (b) Level 2, (c) Level 3 and (d) Technical Level in (i) England and (ii) Merseyside in each year since 2001-02, broken down by age; and how many completed those courses. | | (80608) | 175
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total schools budget was of each local authority for 2004-05; and what proportion was delegated to schools in each authority. | | (80622) | 176
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1373W, on school finance, when he expects the information to be available. | | (80625) | 177
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many candidates applied for the post of Schools Commissioner; how many were invited to the final selection panel interview; and who the members of the selection panel are. | | (80719) | 178
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will appoint the Schools Commissioner. | | (80720) | 179
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the hourly Nursery Education Grant covers the cost for (a) private and (b) voluntary providers of providing childcare. | | (80310) | 180
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Childcare Affordability Programme in London. | | (80311) | 181
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research into the childcare market his Department has commissioned in the past 12 months; what research reports have been published; and if he will make a statement. | | (80313) | 182
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which UK non-governmental organisations have been funded by the project lines set to be combined in the Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning. | | (80738) | 183
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK (a) institutions and (b) academics have been funded by the project lines which are to be combined in the Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning. | | (80739) | 184
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the teaching on non-EU languages as part of the EU Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning. | | (80740) | 185
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the development of the (a) Jean Monnet Programme and (b) Erasmus Mundus Programme as part of the EU Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning. | | (80741) | 186
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the involvement of non-EU countries as part of the EU Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning. | | (80742) | 187
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the compatability of the Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning with sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996, with particular reference to the teaching of viewpoints on European integration; and if he will make a statement. | | (80743) | 188
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what legal obligations arise for his Department from Article 1 (3)(C) of the Integrated Action Plan in the Field of Lifelong Learning; and if he will make a statement. | | (80744) | 189
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many emergency protection orders have been applied for by each social services local authority in each of the last three years; and how many of those were applied for exparte. | | (80567) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in which foreign languages pupils were entered in GCSEs for schools in Tamworth in 2005. | | (80137) | 191
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 19 to 25 year olds in Tamworth are studying for a first level 3 qualification. | | (80138) | 192
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average change is in funding for further education colleges in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each county for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (80139) | 193
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what formula was used when setting the funding allocations for further education colleges for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what criteria were used in deciding on the formula. | | (80140) | 194
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in (a) each local authority which retains grammar schools, (b) each grammar school within each such authority and (c) other secondary schools within each authority received free school meals on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (79798) | 195
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average pupil-teacher ratio is in (a) secondary schools, (b) specialist schools, (c) academies and (d) grammar schools in England. | | (79799) | 196
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information his Department collects on pupil attainment and social class. | | (79800) | 197
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils at each specialist school which selects a proportion of its pupils by aptitude for its specialist subjects is so selected at each school. | | (79801) | 198
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average annual change in point scores at GCSE was in (a) specialist schools, (b) grammar schools, (c) academies and (d) all secondary schools betwen 2001 and 2005. | | (79802) | 199
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will obtain a reply to the letters of (a) 18th April and (b) 18th May 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton to Mr J. Korzeniewski, Regional Director of the Learning and Skills Council, Greater Manchester with regard to the Greater Manchester Bangladesh and Community Centre; and what the reasons are for the delay in replying hitherto. | | (80694) | 200
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the remarks of the Minister for Children and Families in Standing Committee B on the Children and Adoption Bill, on 14th March 2006, Official Report, column 33, when he plans to publish guidelines for fee-charging on overseas adoptions. | | (80459) | 201
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average expenditure was per pupil in Bristol in the (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2005-06 financial year. | | (80589) | 202
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to special needs education provision in the Bristol local education authority area in each year since 2000. | | (80590) | 203
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources are being deployed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection to assess whether Cumbria County Council is complying with national standards in the delivery of services for the care of children. | | (80689) | 204
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will consider creating a system by which to rank universities. | | (80577) | 205
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations his Department has received on establishing its own criteria for ranking universities. | | (80578) | 206
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to Question 69587, tabled on 4th May, on resources for the training of educational psychologists. | | (80579) | 207
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) grants and (b) training schemes are available through his Department (i) for people over 55 years and (ii) for people in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (80745) | 208
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what paid apprenticeship programmes are available through his Department (a) for people aged over 55 years and (b) for people in retirement. | | (80746) | 209
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to collect and publish information on the support services available to children who run away or go missing from care or home in each children's services area. | | (80003) | 210
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in giving teachers more support online on how they can help prevent running away; and if he will ensure that the schools pack produced following the Social Exclusion Unit report on running away is available online. | | (80004) | 211
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) green papers, (b) white papers and (c) Bills on education have been produced since May 1997. | | (80455) | 212
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many documents were sent from his Department to headteachers of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) hard copy and (ii) via e-mail in the past 12 months. | | (80457) | 213
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many circulars were sent by his Department to schools via email in the past 12 months. | | (80465) | 214
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many incidents of racist bullying were recorded by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years. | | (80513) | 215
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough are using temporary mobile classrooms. | | (80514) | 216
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1704W, on headteachers, what percentage of all teachers in the leadership group retired early in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05. | | (80534) | 217
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minorities became (i) head teachers and (ii) deputy head teachers in each of the last 10 years. | | (80537) | 218
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he is taking to guarantee funding of the Sure Start scheme in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (80494) | 219
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote the retention of health visitors by Sure Start initiatives in Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (80495) | 220
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in solving disagreements between students and universities; and if he will make a statement. | | (80595) | 221
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is available for swimming pools through the Building Schools for the Future programme; and whether there are plans to extend this provision. | | (80596) | 222
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what cross-departmental discussions have taken place with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that the Building Schools for the Future programme delivers effective community sport facilities in new build and refurbished schools. | | (80597) | 223
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage long-term unemployed people in Hartlepool constituency to return to education and training. | | (80538) | 224
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress is being made in establishing the pilot areas for parent school advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (80551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 225
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce a compensation scheme in response to any need for the compulsory slaughter of freshwater fish stocks; and if he will make a statement. | | (79855) | 226
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80478) | 227
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80479) | 228
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timescale is for the introduction of the draft Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (80146) | 229
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the EU fund for the modernisation of fishing fleets he expects to be allocated to British-owned vessels. | | (80160) | 230
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the failure of Thames Water to meet its leakage targets for the regulatory year 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (80613) | 231
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) levels of pre-tax profits and (b) increases in water charges imposed by water companies. | | (80614) | 232
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what sanctions Ofwat can impose on water companies which fail to meet leakage targets; and whether he has discussed possible sanctions against Thames Water with Ofwat. | | (80615) | 233
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made representations to Thames Water about its water leakage rates. | | (80616) | 234
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 1st March concerning Mr Dan Stephenson; what the reasons are for the delay in replying; and if he will make a statement. | | (79468) | 235
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary questions asked of his Department. | | (80647) | 236
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition of research he uses in relation to (a) the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (No. 2) Regulations 2006, Part 2(4) and (b) EC Regulation 999/2001. | | (79811) | 237
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken into live tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy; and whether this included studies of prion proteins. | | (79812) | 238
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued on whether cattle suspected of being infected with a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy must be culled within a specified period under EC Regulation 999/2001. | | (79813) | 239
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 165W, on Sovereign Strategy, on how many occasions (a) he, (b) his predecessor and (c) other Ministers in his Department met (i) Alan Donelly, (ii) representatives of Alan Donelly and (iii) others about whom he was informed that they were representatives of Sovereign Strategy, regardless of whether they were acting in that capacity at the meeting, in the last 12 months. | | (80252) | 240
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much disposable nappy waste has been diverted by the Waste and Resources Action Programme's Real Nappy Initiative; and what its targets are for such diversion. | | (80253) | 241
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many young ambassadors for climate change have been identified under the Climate Change Communication Initiative. | | (80709) | 242
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent under the Climate Change Communications Initiative, broken down by project. | | (80710) | 243
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will attend the Shrewsbury Flower Show as a guest of the hon. Member for Shrewsbury. | | (80330) | 244
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department gives to competent authorities intending to carry out appropriate assessment of plans or projects likely to affect European wildlife sites with regard to consulting (a) statutory bodies, (b) other interested parties and (c) the general public; and whether this advice differs according to whether this assessment is carried out under regulation 3 or regulation 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994 (as amended). | | (80295) | 245
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how competent authorities are required to report the results of appropriate assessment of plans or projects under the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994 (as amended) to (a) the UK Government, (b) the European Commission and (c) the Scottish Executive; and whether the appropriate assessments are public documents. | | (80296) | 246
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1098W, on the EU Habitats Directive, whether competent authorities proposing to agree a plan or project of a type not specified by Regulations 54 to 85 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) notwithstanding a negative assessment of the implications for a European site are required (a) to notify the Secretary of State and (b) not to agree to the plan or project for a period of 21 days unless the Secretary of State notifies them that they may do so. | | (80426) | 247
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2006, Official Report, column 499W, on the Environmental Liability Directive, why the first of the two consultations on the Environmental Liability Directive on policy options has been delayed. | | (80390) | 248
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had within the EU on the provision of financial support to the poultry industry (a) in the UK and (b) other member states. | | (79587) | 249
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the Group 1 Environmental Constraints. | | (80393) | 250
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of his Department's premises. | | (80797) | 251
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80814) | 252
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total land area of England was under an (a) annual, (b) two yearly, (c) three yearly and (d) four yearly bovine tuberculosis testing regime in 2005. | | (80151) | 253
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grants his Department makes available to enable people to have access to (a) solar heating and (b) other forms of renewable micro-generation in residential properties. | | (80561) | 254
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a draft marine bill will be published in the current parliamentary session. | | (80562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 255
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of her Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80480) | 256
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average cost to her Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down into (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80481) | 257
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what international research she has examined on the conversion of Afghan poppy production into bio-fuels; and if she will make a statement. | | (80161) | 258
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to increase transparency of decision making in the Council of the European Union. | | (80456) | 259
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the status is of EU air and sea patrols deployed in the territorial waters of Mauritania, Senegal and Cape Verde; what the cost of such operations are to the EU; and from what budget they are being funded. | | (80159) | 260
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support her Department is giving to the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission. | | (80618) | 261
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will assess the implications for the Sri Lankan peace process in light of the recent increase in violence in the country. | | (80619) | 262
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the Ethiopian government regarding (a) the detention of prisoners of conscience, (b) freedom of expression and opinion and (c) human rights. | | (80620) | 263
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2006, Official Report, column 1119W, on Madagascar, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of diplomatic links with Madagascar. | | (80131) | 264
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports that South Sudan's Vice President (a) recently met the Lord's Resistance Army Chief Joseph Kony, (b) gave Mr Kony $20,000 and (c) delivered a message from Mr Kony to Mr Museveni; and if she will make a statement. | | (80285) | 265
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reports that the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has accepted an invitation from the Lord's Resistance leader Joseph Kony to start peace talks; and if she will make a statement. | | (80287) | 266
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance her Department is offering to (a) Uganda, (b) the Southern Sudanese and (c) the Democratic Republic to arrest the Lord's Resistance leader Joseph Kony and his commanders for whom the International Criminal Court has issued an international arrest warrant; and if she will make a statement. | | (80288) | 267
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will reiterate its policy on self-determination for the Falkland Islands following the Argentine government's pressing of their claim to the Islands at the recent Organisation of American States annual assembly. | | (80324) | 268
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 311W, on China, whether the Government or its representatives and officials had direct contact with Mr Ching Cheong prior to his arrest on 22nd April 2005. | | (80262) | 269
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Ethiopia regarding incursions into Somalia. | | (80270) | 270
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent peace treaty in the East of Sudan. | | (80271) | 271
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Iranian authorities on recent suppression of demonstrations (a) in Azerbaijan Province and (b) by women in Tehran. | | (80272) | 272
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary Questions asked of her Department. | | (80649) | 273
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prospects for securing UN Security Council (a) debate and (b) a resolution on Burma. | | (80120) | 274
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, columns 892-3W, on Burma, if she will make a formal written request to the Burmese government to meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. | | (80345) | 275
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposal the Government has made regarding a concept for a Multilateral Mechanism for Reliable Access to Nuclear Fuel, as put forward to the International Atomic Energy Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (80347) | 276
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the progress of the International Criminal Court investigations on Darfur. | | (80348) | 277
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports that Prestwick, Shannon and Bangor airports were used for the refuelling of flights involved in either the inbound or outbound stages of extraordinary rendition operations. | | (80349) | 278
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds are spent by the EU on non-proliferation programmes; and if she will make a statement. | | (80353) | 279
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the agreements between the regime in Burma and the governments of (a) France, (b) Italy and (c) Germany relating to timber imports from Burma are consistent with the EU Common Position on Burma. | | (80388) | 280
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of the judiciary in Moldova to act independently of Government. | | (80762) | 281
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the United States of America on their ratification of the Extradition Treaty of March 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (80121) | 282
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she had with the Libyan government on bringing those responsible for the death of PC Yvonne Fletcher to justice. | | (80331) | 283
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she had with her Libyan counterpart on the situation in Darfur. | | (80332) | 284
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Libya, (b) Tunisia and (c) Algeria on their plans to tackle illegal immigration from North Africa to Europe. | | (80333) | 285
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will visit Bulgeria to ascertain whether it is ready to join the EU on 1st January 2007. | | (80339) | 286
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will adopt a total trade ban on Belarus in response to malpractice in the Presidential elections. | | (80607) | 287
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Algeria on the use of torture. | | (79986) | 288
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent bilateral meeting between the Government and the government of Algeria; and what agreements on extradition and penal issues were made at the meeting. | | (79987) | 289
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the political situation in Afghanistan. | | (80637) | 290
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers, Official Report, of 6th February 2006, column 769W, and 24th May 2006, column 1858W, on Charles Munyaneza, what steps the Government has taken in response to the international arrest warrant issued by the Rwandan Government (ref: RPGR 206/GEN/MJD/RE) in respect of Mr Charles Munyaneza and submitted to the UK Government in February 2006 for action by the appropriate authorities. | | (80766) | 291
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last time was that British Embassy officials in Rangoon, Burma, were permitted to see Aung San Sui Kyi; and what report on the state of her health was received. | | (80784) | 292
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the security situation in Somalia. | | (80320) | 293
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of her Department's premises. | | (80799) | 294
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80816) | 295
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the European Union has agreed to take to encourage the United States Administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. | | (80357) | 296
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of human rights in Western Sahara. | | (80261) | 297
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Chinese government on its policy towards Burma. | | (80157) | 298
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she had with the South Korean Foreign Minister concerning South Korea's support for the St Kitts and Nevis Declaration at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (80711) | 299
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) area and (b) yield of this year's opium crop in the Helmand province. | | (80429) | 300
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account will be taken of the views of the Iraqi government when considering troop withdrawal from Iraq; and what assessment she has made of the recent comments by Iraq's (a) Prime Minister and (b) National Security Adviser on this issue. | | (80430) | 301
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to prevent ammunition obtained from coalition forces' supplies reaching the black market in Iraq. | | (80431) | 302
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) primary schools, (b) middle schools and (c) high schools there were in the Helmand region in each year since 2003; and how many of these schools have been closed due to (i) security risks and (ii) activities of insurgent groups. | | (80432) | 303
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken as part of alternative livelihood programmes in Afghanistan to address the extent to which opium is used to access services. | | (80433) | 304
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that the Afghan National Police Force is paid (a) adequately and (b) on time. | | (80434) | 305
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether agricultural reconstruction programmes in the Helmand province may have contributed to opium production. | | (80435) | 306
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of opium eradication programmes in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. | | (80436) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 307
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last discussed the issue of abortion with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church; what reply she gave; whether a note of the meeting was kept; whether she has further plans for such a meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (80163) | 308
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) producing the Obesity Care Pathway and Weight Loss Guide booklet and (b) sending them to the recipients. | | (80185) | 309
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the effectiveness of the Obesity Care Pathway and Weight Loss Guide booklets will be measured. | | (80186) | 310
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for healthcare professionals for assisting patients to manage their weight. | | (80187) | 311
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which types of medical procedure may be be provided to children under 16 years of age by a medical practitioner (a) without the consent of their parent or guardian and (b) where such consent can be waived by the medical practitioner; and if she will make a statement. | | (80195) | 312
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of women aged under 30 years who are smokers; what the figure was (a) five years and (b) 10 years ago; and if she will make a statement. | | (80196) | 313
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Hearing Aid Council (Amendment) Act 1989; what recent representations she has received about the operation of this Act; and whether she has plans to amend this Act. | | (80197) | 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Food Safety Act 1990; what recent representations she has received about the operation of this Act; and whether she has plans to amend this Act. | | (80198) | 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of her Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80484) | 316
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to her Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down into (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80485) | 317
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of specialist cancer nurses working in the NHS in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to increase this number. | | (80060) | 318
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information cancer networks have been asked to submit to her Department as part of the follow-up to the report by the National Cancer Director on variations in the usage of cancer drugs approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and when she expects to publish the results of the follow-up. | | (80061) | 319
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group has met; when the next meeting will be; what the Group's terms of reference are; when the Group will report; and if she will make a statement. | | (80062) | 320
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to monitor performance against the target set in the 2003 Genetics White Paper that anyone taking a genetic test would receive their result within two to eight weeks by 2006. | | (80063) | 321
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for results of (a) breast cancer and (b) genetic tests in each of the last three years. | | (80071) | 322
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement about the pilot prostate cancer awareness campaign; and when the campaign will be rolled-out nationally. | | (80394) | 323
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress her Department is making towards finding a diagnostic test for prostate cancer which would be suitable for use in a national screening programme. | | (80396) | 324
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process her Department used to determine the proposed 15 per cent. price decrease for chemical reagents in the Drug Tariff Part IX consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure transparency in the consultation. | | (80428) | 325
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Reigate of 11th May on her decision to overrule the recommendations of the Better Health Care Closer to Home report; and whether her reply will take into account the decision to allow a judicial review of her decision. | | (80289) | 326
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist care centres for the rehabilitation of patients with severe head trauma there were in (a) the South West and (b) England in each year since 1997. | | (80378) | 327
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on the provision of specialist rehabilitation services for patients with severe head trauma in each year since 1997. | | (80379) | 328
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in the South West region offer specialist services for the rehabilitation of patients with severe head injuries. | | (80380) | 329
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have received treatment for severe head trauma in a specialist centre in (a) Taunton constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 2001. | | (80381) | 330
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times are from GP referral to final fitting of digitial hearing aids for (a) new patients and (b) existing patients with an analogue hearing aid in the Solihull Primary Care Trust area. | | (80853) | 331
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the use of alternative medicine in the NHS. | | (79469) | 332
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there were in Coventry South constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (79470) | 333
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the risk posed by women who give blood and engage in anal intercourse without then notifying the National Blood Service; and whether heterosexual women who engage in anal intercourse are considered high risk blood donors. | | (80807) | 334
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cataract and (b) non-cataract ophthalmic operations were carried out in NHS hospitals and clinics in each year since 1997. | | (79589) | 335
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the guidance issued by her Department's Medicines, Pharmacy and Industry Group on procedures for the private prescribing of schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs, in what areas of the country general practitioners will be permitted to use the new FP10PCD Prescription Forms once registered with their local primary care trust. | | (80012) | 336
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average ambulance travel times between (a) the centre of Littlehampton, (b) Rustington and (c) Wick and (i) St Richards Hospital in Chichester and (ii) the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. | | (80626) | 337
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis redundancies and site closures relating to NHS Direct were made; and what effects on costs these had. | | (80552) | 338
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) redundancies and (b) site closures have been made in relation to NHS Direct. | | (80553) | 339
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to NHS Direct in each year since it was launched; and how many calls NHS Direct is forecast to receive in each of the next two years. | | (80554) | 340
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many telephone advisers were employed by NHS Direct in each year since it was set up; and how many telephone advisers will be employed in each of the next two years. | | (80556) | 341
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will review the decision of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to withdraw access to anticholinesterase drugs from patients at the early stages of Alzheimer's disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (80383) | 342
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce proposals to change the practice of osteopaths determining the profession's own standards (a) of training, (b) of practice and (c) for access to the statutory register. | | (80389) | 343
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Herceptin will be available on the NHS in Gloucestershire in 2006. | | (80774) | 344
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what priority is given to answering letters from hon. Members by the Chief Executive of NHS Direct. | | (80000) | 345
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken by the Chief Executive of NHS Direct to respond to correspondence was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (80001) | 346
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters the Chief Executive of NHS Direct has received from hon. Members on the issue of the proposed closure of NHS Direct centres. | | (80002) | 347
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have held with hon. Members in each of the last three years, broken down by political party. | | (80026) | 348
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she issues to Ministers in her Department from (a) this House and (b) the House of Lords on responding to requests from hon. Members for meetings; and if she will take steps to increase the accountability of Ministers to hon. Members. | | (80027) | 349
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th May 2006, Official Report, columns 1782-3W, on primary care trusts, what the figures for revenue allocation for primary care trusts in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 represent per head of population across each (i) strategic health authority and (ii) Government region. | | (80254) | 350
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) suitability of (i) the Patient Transport Service, (ii) ambulance cars and (iii) public transport for cancer patients attending hospital regularly for chemotherapy and radiotherapy. | | (80500) | 351
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer patients received (a) full and (b) partial help with travel and parking costs through the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme during the last year for which figures are available. | | (80502) | 352
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which (a) notices about the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme are displayed in all patient areas and (b) information about the scheme is included in all appointment or admission letters, in accordance with departmental guidance. | | (80503) | 353
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to the Policy Research Programme within the Department in 2006-07. | | (80705) | 354
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mental health research priorities are within the Policy Research Programme. | | (80706) | 355
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the priorities are of the Policy Research Programme within the Department. | | (80707) | 356
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation took place with (a) charities, (b) patient groups and (c) NHS trusts prior to the decision to exclude audiology services from the Government's 18-week waiting time target for treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (80461) | 357
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for the fitting of digital hearing aids in the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership area; and if she will make a statement. | | (80462) | 358
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to palliative care in (a) England and (b) the West Midlands in each of the past 10 years. | | (80123) | 359
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in Shrewsbury in (a) 1980, (b) 1997 and (c) 2005. | | (80338) | 360
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to monitor NHS expenditure on complementary and alternative medicines. | | (80164) | 361
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value is to date of fines paid by NHS organisations for a failure to comply with the terms of contracts related to the National Programme for Information Technology; which NHS organisations paid the fines in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (80300) | 362
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with tetanus in each month since March 1997. | | (80301) | 363
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the supply of human tetanus immunoglobulin for prophylactic use. | | (80302) | 364
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors account for the difference between the forecast national expenditure on the National Programme for Information Technology, as stated in paragraph (a) on page 25 of the National Audit Office Report the National Programme for IT in the NHS, HC1173, published on 16th June 2006, and the figure given by her Department's Director of Health and Social Services Delivery in oral evidence to the Health Committee in answer to Question 163 on 1st December 2005. | | (80304) | 365
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1539W, on dentistry, what proportion of all payments due to dentists since 1st April (a) have not been paid correctly, (b) have not been paid on the due date and (c) have been paid neither correctly nor on the due date. | | (80305) | 366
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1560-1W, on the NHS Care Records Service, whether the systems being delivered through the National Programme for IT are compatible with the equivalent systems in Scotland and Wales. | | (80306) | 367
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1558W, on the National Programme for Information Technology, what the total level of savings are which have been achieved by NHS organisations where national programme systems and services have been delivered ahead of time; and in which NHS organisations these savings were achieved. | | (80307) | 368
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking in relation to the use of the Mantoux skin test for tuberculosis within the NHS in advance of the manufacturers of the purified protein derivative utilised in the test applying for a licence for the product. | | (80314) | 369
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration she has given to the merits of establishing a national clinical director for spinal cord injury. | | (80342) | 370
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS beds within specialist facilities are available for spinal cord injured patients; and how many were available in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000 and (d) 2005. | | (80346) | 371
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients admitted to outpatient waiting lists by their general practitioner were seen within 13 weeks in each year since 1990. | | (80786) | 372
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure sufficient supply of seasonal influenza vaccine for the 2006-07 winter. | | (80787) | 373
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients on inpatient waiting lists were seen within six months in each year since 1990. | | (80788) | 374
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the letter of 10th May 2006 from the Acting Chief Executive of the NHS, on the Operating Framework for 2006-07, Gateway reference 6509, whether all contracts between primary care trusts and providers setting out agreed service requirements and shared activity plans have been signed. | | (80790) | 375
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the reorganisation of primary care trusts will necessitate a change in the way resources are allocated in the NHS. | | (80791) | 376
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many procedures each independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) was contracted to provide in wave one of the ISTC programme; and how many procedures were delivered, (a) broken down by ISTC and (b) in total. | | (80792) | 377
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 258, on NHS performance, on what basis her assertion was made that the right Hon. Member for Witney's letter of 18th May called for the wiping out of deficits in NHS organisations in Oxfordshire. | | (80795) | 378
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited for treatment on an (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient waiting list in each year since 1979. | | (80806) | 379
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new groups have been deemed at risk of influenza for the 2006-07 winter. | | (80808) | 380
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1818W, on waiting times, in what detail data were collected in 1979; whether her Department has previously attempted to calculate the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time in 1979; and what the (i) mean and (ii) median waiting time was in each year for which figures are available since they were first collected. | | (80825) | 381
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which accident and emergency departments have (a) closed and (b) been downgraded in each of the last three years. | | (80728) | 382
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which public consultation exercises have resulted in the closure of (a) beds, (b) services and (c) other NHS facilities in each of the last three years. | | (80729) | 383
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public consultations the NHS carried out in each of the last three years; and what the outcome was in each case. | | (80730) | 384
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been carried out by (a) the Department and (b) the NHS into the minimum population required to sustain a full district general hospital, including accident and emergency facilities. | | (80731) | 385
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to seek (a) to repeal and (b) to amend section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the forthcoming Mental Health Bill. | | (80842) | 386
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what parts of the Mental Health Act 1983 she expects to be repealed by the forthcoming Mental Health Bill. | | (80843) | 387
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Derbyshire of 6th June 2005, Official Report, columns 439-41W, on streptococcus testing, what the findings were of the studies undertaken by the health technology assessment programme on prenatal screening for Group B streptococcus. | | (80395) | 388
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the financial impact on acute trusts of doubling funding for palliative care, as set out in the Labour Party's 2005 election manifesto. | | (80609) | 389
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for provision on the NHS of the drug Macugen for age-related macular degeneration in advance of a decision on licensing and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal; and if she will make a statement. | | (80635) | 390
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources have been allocated by the Commission for Social Care Inspection to the assessment of whether Cumbria County Council is complying with national standards in the delivery of services for the care of the elderly. | | (80688) | 391
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the health effects of PM 2.5 particulates, with particular reference to (a) respiratory and (b) cardiovascular health. | | (80420) | 392
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many British taxpayers were charged for NHS treatment due to residency outside the UK for more than six months of the year in each year since 2000; how much revenue was raised from such charges; what criteria were used in deciding to apply such charges; and if she will make a statement. | | (80421) | 393
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of health effects on people living close to opencast sites; and whether differences have been observed in health effects during different seasons of the year. | | (80422) | 394
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have been incurred through the replacement of the North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire strategic health authorities with the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority; and how much of this sum was accounted for by costs of (a) administration, (b) building relocation, (c) re-branding (d) training events and (e) human resources, including hiring new staff. | | (80267) | 395
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need is used in the allocation of resources. | | (80683) | 396
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the (a) demand for and (b) supply of orthodontic specialists in the United Kingdom for each of the next 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (80684) | 397
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from orthodontists regarding the impact of running costs on practices under the new dental contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (80685) | 398
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the new dental contract arrangements on access to orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (80686) | 399
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Service Framework for Older People Standard Three on Intermediate Care has been met in respect of intermediate care beds and supported intermediate care places. | | (80809) | 400
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local health care providers in England have not complied with National Senior Framework for Older People Standard Six in establishing an integrated falls service and risk management procedures. | | (80841) | 401
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surveys her Department has carried out on patient attitudes to choice in the NHS since 1997; and if she will publish the results. | | (80682) | 402
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the work of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme, Skills for Care, Commission for Social Care Inspection and the General Social Care Council overlaps in relation to the regulation of care homes; whether she expects there to be overlapping responsibilities following implementation of her Department's proposals for registration of care workers; and what plans she has to establish (a) a single body and (b) a single access point for the inspection and regulation of care homes and their staff. | | (80687) | 403
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will be accountable for the breaking even of budgets in (a) University College of London Hospital and (b) the Foundation Trust sector. | | (80785) | 404
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a requirement for the costs incurred by the private sector partner in preparing the abandoned Private Finance Initiative expansion at Colchester General Hospital to be repaid to the partner; what estimate she has made of the costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (79853) | 405
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the costs incurred by (a) Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust and (b) the National Health Service centrally in preparing the abandoned Private Finance Initiative expansion at Colchester General Hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (79854) | 406
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1940W, on influenza, whether the invitation to tender indicated a preference for UK rather than overseas manufacture. | | (80824) | 407
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by (a) Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust and (b) other PCTs in turnaround to (i) Ernst and Young and (ii) other companies assisting with turnaround. | | (80714) | 408
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners at HMP Full Sutton her Department counted as resident in the prison for the purposes of calculating allocations to Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust for 2006-07. | | (80716) | 409
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts in turnaround have had their (a) management team, (b) budgetary controls and (c) reporting systems rated good or better by her Department and external auditors. | | (80717) | 410
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account her Department takes of increased summer populations in coastal areas and other holiday destinations when allocating funds to primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement. | | (80718) | 411
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average expenditure per patient was for drug rehabilitation in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Stoke-on-Trent in the last period for which figures are available; and what plans there are to provide additional funding. | | (80257) | 412
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the cost-effectiveness of drug rehabilitation funding. | | (80258) | 413
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effect of NHS Trust deficits on the provision of drug rehabilitation programmes. | | (80259) | 414
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent rate of registered diabetes was in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England. | | (80598) | 415
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation has been made of dental health for under five year olds in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England. | | (80599) | 416
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had on health deprivation in Stoke-on-Trent; and if she will make a statement. | | (80600) | 417
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent (a) obesity rate and (b) smoking rate was in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England. | | (80601) | 418
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guideline daily amounts of (a) salt, (b) energy, (c) fat and (d) saturates are recommended by the (i) Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and (ii) Food Standards Agency. | | (80190) | 419
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost is of the research being conducted by York Health Economics Consortium and the School of Health and Related Research at Sheffield University into the costs and benefits of current services for bowel cancer. | | (80007) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 420
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of crimes notified to the police but not cleared up in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004. | | (80177) | 421
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs were deployed by (a) Essex Police, (b) the Metropolitan Police, (c) City of London Police and (d) Hertfordshire Constabulary in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by type; for what purpose they were employed by each force; what the cost of keeping the dogs was in each year in each case; and how many dog handlers were employed by each force in each year. | | (80178) | 422
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the circumstances in which it is appropriate for a police officer to use a caution for the first offence of a person exceeding the speed limit, rather than pressing charges; and if he will make a statement. | | (80179) | 423
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by his Department for officials adjudicating asylum cases involving alleged coercive or enforced abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (80180) | 424
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Security Service Act 1989; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (80276) | 425
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80482) | 426
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80483) | 427
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Parliamentary Business Unit of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's fax of 5th May regarding Ali Baker Zerar. | | (80374) | 428
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 815W, on opiate products, what assessment he has made of whether the Republic of Ireland's interpretation of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotics of 1961 would permit the importation of oxycodone hydrochloride raw material from (a) the United States and (b) the European Union. | | (80574) | 429
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 815W, on opiate products, what assessment he has made of the restrictiveness of the interpretation of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotics of 1961 within (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) the UK. | | (80576) | 430
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the detention of minors in adult immigration detention facilities. | | (80629) | 431
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the deportation of British-born children to foreign countries; and what the legal basis is for this policy. | | (80630) | 432
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the legal basis is for detaining a British-born child in an immigration detention centre. | | (80631) | 433
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has conducted research into the prevalence of the use of khat in (a) England and (b) the London Borough of Newham. | | (80632) | 434
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question 71379, tabled by the hon. Member for Taunton on 11th May, on police restructuring in the South West. | | (80122) | 435
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government expects to have a named offender manager for all offenders. | | (80375) | 436
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to increase the use of restorative justice. | | (80376) | 437
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a date has been set for introducing Going Straight contracts between offenders and offender managers as set out in the five year strategy for protecting the public and reducing re-offending. | | (80377) | 438
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question 76868, on Sakchai Makao, tabled by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on 7th June. | | (80399) | 439
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied for a passport in each of the last eight years; and how many of those who have applied were rejected due to the applicant's (a) criminal record and (b) anti-social behaviour in each year. | | (80308) | 440
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria he used for establishing which bail hostels are near schools and should not be used for sex offenders. | | (80405) | 441
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders are (a) required to register with the police and (b) registered with the police; and if he will make a statement. | | (80406) | 442
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders have breached their registration requirements in each of the last five years; and what penalties were imposed in each case. | | (80407) | 443
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 were from (i) Coventry and (ii) the West Midlands region. | | (79471) | 444
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1667W, on asylum and immigration, how much compensation was paid by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to members of the public in each of the past five years. | | (80566) | 445
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1661W, on violent crime, how many violent crimes were recorded in 2004. | | (80425) | 446
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Cabinet Office Briefing Room mechanism (COBRA) considered the merits of the anti-terrorist police operation in Forest Gate on 2nd June 2006 in advance of the operation taking place. | | (79584) | 447
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reconsider the merger of Essex Police Force in the event that the Essex-wide consultation being run by Essex County Council and Essex Police Authority demonstrates public opposition to the merger. | | (79983) | 448
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) representatives from his Department have had with (i) Essex County Council, (ii) Essex Police Authority and (iii) the Chief Constable of Essex Police regarding the proposed merger of Essex Police Force. | | (79984) | 449
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will postpone the merger of Cumbria and Lancashire police authorities to allow time for further consultation. | | (79803) | 450
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited (a) to and (b) from the UK in each of the last five years. | | (80834) | 451
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had in the last month about a public inquiry into the 7th July bombings; and if he will make a statement. | | (80835) | 452
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have (i) committed and (ii) attempted self-inflicted death in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (80836) | 453
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of illegal money lending in each of the last five years. | | (80838) | 454
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with representatives of the News of the World in the last four weeks. | | (79809) | 455
N | Mike Gapes (Ilford South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a policy has been introduced that all foreign national prisoners are placed in category C prisons. | | (79501) | 456
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons he has visited since his appointment. | | (80610) | 457
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons the Minister for Prisons has visited in each of the last eight years. | | (80611) | 458
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions he has met (a) the Head of the (i) Parole Board, (ii) Probation Service and (iii) Prison Service, (b) the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, (c) each other chief constable in England and Wales, (d) the Chief Inspector of (A) prisons and (B) the Probation Service, (e) the Crown Prosecution Service, (f) the Lord Chief Justice and (g) the Lord Chancellor to discuss their respective roles within the criminal justice system since 1st January 2006. | | (80612) | 459
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) he and (b) his Ministers have (i) met and (ii) had telephone conversations with the editors of the national press to discuss Home Office policy since January 2006; and where the meetings took place. | | (80643) | 460
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) he and (b) his predecessors have met (i) the Chairman and (ii) the members of the Sentencing Guidelines Council to discuss their roles within the criminal justice system. | | (80644) | 461
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what dividends were paid by the Forensic Science Service to Government in each of the past five years. | | (80326) | 462
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force in Wales has spent on fees to the Forensic Science Service in each of the past five years. | | (80418) | 463
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the income received by the Forensic Science Service came from police forces in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (80419) | 464
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates who absconded from (a) all open prisons and (b) Spring Hill Open Prison since 1999 have not been recaptured; and how many of those who absconded committed further crimes before being apprehended. | | (80312) | 465
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will expand specialised training to include screening and referral of potential trafficking victims for all front-line responders within the law enforcement, immigration, medical, educational and social services; and if he will make a statement. | | (80350) | 466
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set-up a nationwide adoption of standardised protocols aimed at increasing human trafficking victims identification and protection in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (80351) | 467
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set up a (a) specialised immigration status for trafficking victims and (b) shelter capacity for trafficking victims; and if he will make a statement. | | (80352) | 468
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of holding (a) non-British EU nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals in prisons in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (80202) | 469
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the investigation of organised wildlife crime of the decision not to include the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit within the new Serious Orgainsed Crime Agency. | | (80768) | 470
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the funding for the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit for 2006-07 is being provided by his Department; and what arrangements are in place for the future funding of this Unit. | | (80769) | 471
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research (a) he has evaluated and (b) he plans to commission on the incidence of adult attention deficit hyperactivity in penal institutions. | | (80708) | 472
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for sharing criminal records data of individuals from European Union countries admitted to the UK under the Workers Registration Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (79472) | 473
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives have been handed in during the amnesty in Tamworth constituency. | | (80133) | 474
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Tamworth and (2) the West Midlands in the last period for which figures are available. | | (80134) | 475
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parking tickets were issued by the Trent Valley division of the Staffordshire Police Force in each of the last five years. | | (80142) | 476
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to Question 78652, what the differences are between the non-custodial sentences referred to. | | (80501) | 477
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will obtain a reply to the letter of 24th April 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton to Mr K Sheehan of the UK Passport Service with regard to Mrs C Lim; and what the reason is for the delay in replying hitherto. | | (80695) | 478
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personnel the Prison Service Fraud Investigation Unit employs; how many investigations the Unit has undertaken in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (80021) | 479
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of property stolen from the Prison Service in the year ending (a) 31st March 2005 and (b) 31st March 2006; and how many prosecutions arose therefrom. | | (80022) | 480
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conflicts of interest were registered in the local registers of conflicts of interest within the Prison Service at (a) each London prison establishment, (b) the London area office and (c) each Prison Service directorate for the year ending March 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (80023) | 481
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment was made by the Prison Service of the risk of fraud in its latest assessment of business risk; what the date was of the last assessment; and if he will make a statement. | | (80024) | 482
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often within the last five years the Prison Service Fraud Investigation Unit interrogated Prison Service corporate data to identify indicators of fraud; and if he will make a statement. | | (80025) | 483
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Hunting Act 2004, broken down by offence. | | (80156) | 484
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications from the EH postcode area have been made for worker registration by workers from the EU accession states since 1st May 2004. | | (80593) | 485
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the practical implications of the European Convention on Trafficking Human Beings in making his decision on whether to ratify the convention. | | (80403) | 486
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) age and (b) sex was of each of those made subject to an anti-social behaviour order in the Bristol local authority area in each year since their introduction. | | (80591) | 487
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have escaped from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire in the last year for which figures are available; what the (a) offence and (b) sentence of each absconder was; what the remaining length of sentence was of each absconder; how many have been caught; and if he will make a statement. | | (79992) | 488
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking (a) to reduce the number of absconders and (b) to capture absconded prisoners from HMP Sudbury. | | (79993) | 489
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-offending rate is for prisoners who have absconded from HMP Sudbury in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (79994) | 490
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the (a) prison service and (b) police have regarding the capture of absconded prisoners; and what measures are in place to ensure there is liaison between them. | | (79995) | 491
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Sudbury while on the resettlement programme. | | (79996) | 492
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average sentence was imposed for child rape in (i) Luton, (ii) Bedfordshire and (iii) England and Wales in 2005-06. | | (80367) | 493
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were placed on the Sex Offenders Register were found to be missing in each month since the register was introduced. | | (80194) | 494
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ratio is of staff to individuals held in custody at (a) local authority secure units, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offenders' institutions. | | (79861) | 495
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the cost per year per inmate at (a) local authority secure units, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offenders' institutions. | | (79862) | 496
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-offending rate was for inmates detained at (a) local authority secure units, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offenders' institutions in the last period for which figures are available. | | (79863) | 497
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date Lee Wagstaff died in HM Young Offenders' Institution Hindley; what his age was at the time of death; and what the (a) date and (b) result was of the coroner's inquest. | | (79864) | 498
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with an assessment of vulnerability were sent to young offenders' institutions in 2004-05. | | (79865) | 499
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for persons using hand-held mobile telephones whilst driving in each year since the regulation came into force, broken down by constabulary. | | (80424) | 500
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 8th March 2006 from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Jaswinder Singh, Marion Road, Smethwick. | | (80496) | 501
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter of 29th March 2006 from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mohammed Uddin, Dorlton Drive, Smethwick. | | (80498) | 502
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of reported crime in the Humberside Police Authority area resulted in a conviction in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (80453) | 503
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty of (a) drunk and disorderly behaviour and (b) drunken and aggravated behaviour in (i) England, (ii) Beverley and Holderness and (iii) East Riding of Yorkshire Council area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (80454) | 504
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average monthly number of prisoners were accommodated at HMP Full Sutton in 2005-06; how many of those prisoners had been given a sentence of more than six months; and how many prisoners had been resident at HMP Full Sutton for more than six months. | | (80715) | 505
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures (a) have been introduced since 1997 and (b) are planned to combat violent crime against cash delivery personnel in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. | | (80398) | 506
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of his Department's premises. | | (80798) | 507
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Constitutional Affairs, (b) the Lord Chancellor and (c) the Lord Chief Justice on the appointment of members to the (i) Sentencing Guidelines Council and (ii) Sentencing Advisory Panel. | | (80354) | 508
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is used to appoint members to the (a) Sentencing Guidelines Council and (b) Sentencing Advisory Panel; how vacancies are advertised in each case; and what criteria are used to assess candidates. | | (80355) | 509
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department received from the United States Administration on Mohammad Sidique Khan; and on what dates. | | (79817) | 510
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance his Department intends to give to Lancashire and Cumbria police authorities to assist in their voluntary merger. | | (79818) | 511
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department was informed by US authorities that Mohammad Sidique Khan was barred from entering the United States. | | (80011) | 512
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) foreign nationals and (b) British nationals have been prosecuted for industrial espionage in each year since 1997. | | (80246) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 513
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent estimates have been made of the level of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the House estate in the form of (a) carbon dioxide, (b) methane, (c) nitrous oxide, (d) tetrafluoromethane, (e) hexafluoroethane and (f) sulphur hexafluoride. | | (80773) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 514
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the level of British contributions to (a) each multilateral aid and development agency and (b) agencies concerned with abortion and reproductive health issues (i) is in 2006-07, (ii) was in 2005-06 and (iii) is planned for 2007-08. | | (80206) | 515
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80486) | 516
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80487) | 517
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the withdrawal of British direct budgetary support to the Ethiopian government on the human rights situation in Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement. | | (80617) | 518
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given to the Afghan government to provide basic services to the population throughout the country; and if he will make a statement. | | (80344) | 519
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid was provided (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally to Iraq in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005. | | (79804) | 520
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response the UK has made to the recent UN appeal for £205 million for humanitarian aid in Gaza. | | (80404) | 521
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to Loughborough University's Water Engineering Development Centre in its work on developing Somaliland's water programme. | | (80592) | 522
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned research into (i) the extent of the role of the private sector within the global seed industry and (ii) the impact of the private sector's role on (A) developing new plant varieties for poor farmers and (B) the diversity of genetic resources available to public plant breeders. | | (80391) | 523
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the temporary international finance mechanism to deliver aid to the Occupied Territories is expected to become operational. | | (80411) | 524
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds (a) the UK, (b) other European member states and (c) other members of the Quartet will provide to the temporary international finance mechanism to deliver aid to the Occupied Territories. | | (80412) | 525
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the criteria will be for the three-month review of the temporary international finance mechanism to deliver aid to the Occupied Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (80413) | 526
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what proportion the temporary international finance mechanism to deliver aid to the Occupied Territories will support (a) essential supplies, (b) social services, (c) health, (d) education and (e) utilities. | | (80414) | 527
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which states and organisations will contribute to the temporary international finance mechanism to deliver aid to the Occupied Territories. | | (80415) | 528
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the humanitarian situation, (b) access to essential services and (c) rates of poverty and extreme poverty in (i) the West Bank and (ii) Gaza. | | (80416) | 529
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the role of private companies in delivering water in developing nations. | | (80321) | 530
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the recent UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. | | (80322) | 531
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of his Department's premises. | | (80804) | 532
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80813) | Questions to the Leader of the House 533
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, what the average cost to his Office was of replying to a letter written by (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public in the last period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80507) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 534
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80488) | 535
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80489) | 536
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1514W, on terrorist prisoners, how many prisoners are located in the separated accommodation in Roe House at Maghaberry Prison; and how many of them are perceived to be members of paramilitary organisations. | | (80235) | 537
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 16th March 2006, Official Report, column 106-7WS, on sustainable development, whether the Planning Service in Northern Ireland plans to change the basis on which planning applications submitted before the date of that statement are assessed. | | (80236) | 538
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many medical students from outside the UK and Europe Economic Area in Northern Ireland will be affected by the introduction on 3rd April 2006 of the ban on universities recruiting such students where UK/EEA students are available. | | (80237) | 539
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland bases its recommendations to employers on whether to include in recruitment advertising the reference that specific groups of people would be particularly welcome to apply on (a) the overall composition of the workforce and (b) recent recruitment to the firm concerned. | | (80238) | 540
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of Tuesday 13th June 2006, Official Report, column 1096W, on roads, when the report of the preliminary studies of environmental, land form and traffic modelling in relation to the Londonderry to Dungiven dualling is expected to be published. | | (80239) | 541
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what land holdings are held by Invest Northern Ireland in each district council in Northern Ireland. | | (80293) | 542
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are in place to ensure that UK citizens living in Northern Ireland who represent their sport at an all-Ireland level have the right to carry their British passports whilst travelling abroad with their teams. | | (80294) | 543
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary Questions asked of his Department. | | (80651) | 544
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated additional cost is of establishing the proposed five new health trusts in Northern Ireland. | | (79997) | 545
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated cost is of abolishing academic selection in Northern Ireland. | | (79998) | 546
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount paid to victims of crime in Northern Ireland by way of criminal injuries compensation was in each of the last five years. | | (79999) | 547
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many criminals have been returned to prison in Northern Ireland for breach of their licence in each of the last five years. | | (80443) | 548
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners have absconded from custody in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (80444) | 549
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he proposes to freeze rates on industrial property at 25 per cent. for the period 2007-08. | | (80450) | 550
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the terrorist capability of the Real IRA. | | (79990) | 551
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were found to have abnormal cervical smears in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (79856) | 552
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the merits of introducing a human papilloma virus vaccination programme. | | (79857) | 553
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital admissions there have been in the Province for cervical cancer in each of the last five years. | | (79858) | 554
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many bed days in the Province were accounted for by admissions for cervical cancer in each of the last five years. | | (79859) | 555
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many operations to remove cervical lesions took place in the Province in each of the last five years. | | (79860) | 556
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of sentence in Northern Ireland for (a) rape and (b) serious sexual assault was in each of the last five years, broken down by whether the defendant pleaded guilty. | | (80028) | 557
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals convicted of rape in the Province received a caution in each of the last 10 years. | | (80029) | 558
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the consultation on a regional sexual violence strategy is expected to be published. | | (80030) | 559
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the final regional sexual violence strategy to be completed. | | (80031) | 560
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve the conviction rates for sexual assault and rape in the Province. | | (80032) | Questions to the Prime Minister 561
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 827W, on parliamentary questions, what the reasons were for the time taken to reply to the original question. | | (80265) | 562
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he has (a) taken and (b) plans to take to reduce the length of time taken to answer written parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement. | | (80266) | 563
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions on abortion he has had with Cardinal Keith O'Brien; and if he will make a statement. | | (80277) | 564
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 883W, on Chequers, if he will list those persons who gave oral evidence to the Hutton Inquiry, other than hon. Members and government officials, whom he met at Chequers in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004. | | (79819) | 565
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 120W, on Sovereign Strategy, on how many occasions his official diary shows that he met a representative of Sovereign Strategy during the last 12 months. | | (80255) | 566
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will visit the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Maternity Unit to meet nurses and hear their views. | | (80335) | 567
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will meet public sector workers in Shrewsbury to discuss Government plans for pension reforms. | | (80336) | 568
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had on defence and security issues when he recently met President Chirac. | | (80192) | 569
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer from the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs of 14th June 2006 to Question 74527, on the Hutton Report, how many final copies of the Hutton Report were obtained by 10 Downing Street; at what price per copy; and to whom they were issued. | | (79808) | 570
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with other heads of government at the recent European Council on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. | | (80356) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 571
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written by (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public in the last period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum was accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80511) | Questions to the Solicitor General 572
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80466) | 573
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80467) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 574
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many reports he has received from the Competition Commission in each year since its inception; how many gave rise to Government action; what the subject matter was of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (80409) | 575
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who is responsible for appointments to the Competition Commission; whether posts are advertised; how many persons applied for each post currently held; how many were shortlisted for interview; and if he will make a statement. | | (80410) | 576
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he plans to take to ensure that oil companies are required to offer supply contracts to independent petrol retailers; and what assessment he has made of the compliance of oil companies with Government fair trading and competition policies in respect of their dealings with independent petrol retailers. | | (79820) | 577
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has investigated the scientific potential for opium plants to be developed as a bio-fuel energy source. | | (80162) | 578
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what penalties will be imposed on organisations selling goods which do not comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. | | (80532) | 579
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) powers, (b) funds and (c) responsibilities have been given to the relevant agencies to ensure that all goods entering the UK after 1st July comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. | | (80533) | 580
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department carried out prior to the implementation of the Restrictions of Hazardous Substances Directive of the impact of using non-lead solders on the reliability of electronic equipment manufactured. | | (80535) | 581
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that all goods entering the UK after 1st July are compliant with standards imposed by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. | | (80563) | 582
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to reduce environmental impact of the compulsory use of non-lead solders following the enactment of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. | | (80564) | 583
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what testing procedures exist to measure whether metals used in electrical apparatus will comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive. | | (80565) | 584
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps have been taken to ensure that the materials being used to replace those banned by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive are less damaging to the environment. | | (80582) | 585
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grant funding is available for (a) micro domestic combined heat and power units which are run on biomass, (b) on-farm power generation which uses biomass and (c) town-size power plants using locally-produced biomass. | | (80269) | 586
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government spent on nuclear power in each of the last five years. | | (80832) | 587
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wellingborough of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 874W, on the Energy Review, how many of the responses to the Energy Review were from (a) individuals, (b) businesses, (c) schools, (d) academia, (e) non-government organisations and (f) other organisations; and what proportions of each were (i) in favour of and (ii) opposed to the extension of nuclear energy generation. | | (80382) | 588
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) standard individual trade control licences and (b) Open individual trade control licences have been issued to (i) York Guns, (ii) Jago Ltd and (iii) Procurement Management Services Ltd since June 2003 for the transfer of small arms from Bosnia to Iraq or any other destination countries. | | (80458) | 589
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Minister has responsibility for small firms. | | (80506) | 590
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any funds provisionally set aside for (a) the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and (b) the disposal of nuclear waste has been used for any other purposes since 1997. | | (80005) | 591
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been set aside by (a) the Government and (b) the nuclear industry towards the cost of decommissioning nuclear power plants since 1997. | | (80006) | 592
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1422W, on Zimbabwe, which UK companies (a) import goods or services from Zimbabwe, (b) export goods or services to Zimbabwe and (c) otherwise operate in Zimbabwe; and if he will break down the figures by industrial sector. | | (80263) | 593
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on UK-Zimbabwe trade relations | | (80264) | 594
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1576W, on the Business Review, how he plans to ensure that the information on companies' relationships with suppliers will be comparable (a) between companies and (b) over time. | | (80697) | 595
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licences were granted for military equipment to Zimbabwe in each quarter of the last three years. | | (80822) | 596
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate has been made of the number of companies in the UK who offer sunbeds for (a) hire and (b) sale to members of the public. | | (80699) | 597
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent (a) representations he has received and (b) meetings he has had with members of the sunbed industry about trading issues. | | (80700) | 598
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures will be put in place to ensure that the business reviews proposed in the Company Law Reform Bill [Lords] will be comparable (a) over successive years and (b) between companies. | | (80373) | 599
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms in the Carlisle District Council area have (a) started and (b) ceased trading in each year since 1995. | | (80328) | 600
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the purchase price is of a kilowatt hour of electricity generated by (a) wind power and (b) incinerators accepting municipal waste; and how this purchase price is reduced by renewables obligations certificates in each case. | | (80309) | 601
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses that began trading since 1997 have subsequently ceased trading in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness; and if he will make a statement. | | (80452) | 602
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are in place to ensure that no illegal immigrants are employed in the manned guarding of his Department's premises. | | (80802) | 603
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed illegal immigrants as security guards. | | (80811) | 604
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's areas of responsibility are with regards to (a) the defence industry and (b) the export of weapons. | | (80260) | 605
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance has been issued to the mobile telecommunications industry on the provision of information on handset specific absorption rates (a) at all points of sale, (b) with each telephone and (c) via other means including the internet. | | (79585) | 606
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulations are in place to ensure that staff at points of mobile telephone sales are (a) trained and (b) encouraged to communicate information about handset specific absorption rates. | | (79586) | 607
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will require companies to check the use to which DNA sequences ordered from them are to be put prior to their dispatch to customers. | | (79988) | 608
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps (a) to license suppliers of DNA sequences and (b) to screen customers for the legitamacy of their proposed use of DNA sequences. | | (79989) | 609
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to increase enterprise in Hartlepool constituency since 1997. | | (80548) | 610
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what budget his Department has set for helping businesses combat (a) copyright infringement and (b) industrial espionage in each year since 1997. | | (80240) | 611
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received on copyright infringement. | | (80241) | 612
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions for copyright infringements there have been in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (80242) | 613
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate he has made of the value of counterfeit goods sold in the UK. | | (80243) | 614
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of copyright infringement is to (a) the UK economy and (b) the EU economy. | | (80244) | 615
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of industrial espionage into (a) the UK economy and (b) the EU economy. | | (80245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 616
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many replacement (a) full and (b) provisional driving licences were issued in each year since 1996. | | (80184) | 617
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost to public funds was of a road fatality in the last period for which figures are available. | | (80199) | 618
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bodies have (a) made representations to the Government and (b) are known by his Department to be (i) in favour of and (ii) opposed to the compulsory wearing of seat belts; and if he will make a statement. | | (80200) | 619
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Parking Act 1989; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and whether he has plans to amend this Act. | | (80201) | 620
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor cyclists' lives he estimates were saved in each of the last 10 years by their crash helmets. | | (80204) | 621
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989; what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act; and whether he plans to amend this Act. | | (80205) | 622
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80490) | 623
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum was accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80491) | 624
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has made to encourage the use of Sunday rail services in areas where it would be beneficial for the promotion of local tourism and leisure activities; and what special grants are available for additional Sunday rail services in such areas. | | (80805) | 625
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact of the SLC2 base level specification set out in the Cross Country Rail Franchise Consultation document of June on levels of rail usage in the North West. | | (79806) | 626
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role is played by special advisers in answering Parliamentary Questions asked of his Department. | | (80650) | 627
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss alternative taxation to discourage carbon generation by the aviation industry; and what his policy is on such taxation. | | (80386) | 628
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the practice of some bus companies which require local authorities to reimburse them under the National Travel Scheme on the basis of two single fares rather than a return fare where this would be applicable; what estimate he has made of the resulting cost to local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (80761) | 629
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average daily (a) volume and (b) speed of traffic travelling on the A303 was in each year since 1997. | | (79980) | 630
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what projections have been made by his Department of traffic volumes on the A303. | | (79981) | 631
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities have occurred on the A303 in each year since 1997. | | (79982) | 632
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) earliest and (b) last trains (i) to Cheltenham Spa from London Paddington and (ii) from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa were on (A) 6th June 1986, (B) 6th June 1996 and (C) 6th June 2006; how many direct and indirect train services were provided on a weekday between Cheltenham Spa and London Paddington on each of those dates; and how many of those services were direct in each case. | | (80826) | 633
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Arriva Trains Wales services were cancelled from Llansamlet railway station in 2005. | | (80621) | 634
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Arriva Trains Wales is making in refurbishing (a) 142, (b) 143, (c) 150 and (d) 158 class units; and if he will make a statement. | | (80633) | 635
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress First Great Western trains is making in refurbishing class 43 mark III coaches; and if he will make a statement. | | (80634) | 636
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 21W, on railways, what class of rolling stock will be transferred to Arriva Trains Wales on the Swansea to Cardiff route in December 2006; who the manufacturer is; who the previous operating company was; and what the age of the stock is. | | (80725) | 637
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, column 21W, on railways, what issues were discussed at the meeting with Arriva Trains Wales; and what the outcome was. | | (80726) | 638
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties can be enforced against the Highways Agency for failing to maintain trunk road islands. | | (80329) | 639
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th January 2006, Official Report, column 1629W, on railways, what progress has been made in his examination of the case for establishing a direct rail service from Shrewsbury to London. | | (80334) | 640
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March 2006, Official Report, column 377W, on cargo transfers, whether any aspect of ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other chemicals within harbour authority areas requires an Order under the Harbours Act 1964. | | (80427) | 641
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Health and Safety Executive investigated the safety implications of the incident on the Victoria Line on the evenings of 29th and 30th May 2006 between Highbury and Finsbury Park; and if he will make a statement. | | (79821) | 642
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on contaminated air in airliners. | | (80119) | 643
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on safety of contaminated air in airliners. | | (80147) | 644
| Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the North West Regional Assembly will play in determining the priority given to the building of the Carlisle northern development road. | | (80690) | 645
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many car number plate cloning incidents were recorded in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) Luton in the last five years. | | (80372) | 646
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has approved the construction of the A380 Kingsterswell bypass; and what funding has been allocated for the construction of the road. | | (80165) | 647
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been made available to West Sussex County Council in local transport plan funding for each year since 1997. | | (80505) | 648
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what overseas visits have been made by Ministers in his Department in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (80499) | 649
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains per hour will use the Channel Tunnel Rail Link at Stratford during peak hours; how many of these will be (a) domestic and (b) international; and what the full passenger capacity of each train will be. | | (80823) | 650
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of fines and charges unpaid by the owners of foreign registered vehicles in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (80827) | 651
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway lines (a) in and (b) outside London are used for the transportation of nuclear waste. | | (80463) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 652
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written by (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public, broken down into (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80512) | 653
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met Treasury Ministers to discuss (a) the customs coverage at ports and along the coast of Wales and (b) the impact of the disbandment of the Maritime and Aviation Intelligence Team on Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (80360) | 654
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) Objective 1 and (b) Convergence Funds funding was included in each of the annual block grant totals set out in Annex 1 of the Wales Office Annual Report 2005. | | (80397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 655
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of removing the 21-hour study rule for carers' allowance. | | (80550) | 656
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are registered as unemployed in the Southend West constituency; what encouragement his Department is giving to find them jobs; and if he will make a statement. | | (80182) | 657
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year since 1997; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (80492) | 658
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of replying to a letter written (a) by an hon. Member and (b) by a member of the public in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much of that sum is accounted for by (i) officials' time, (ii) cost of stationery and (iii) postage costs. | | (80493) | 659
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will announce the provisional allocation of his Department's early release money for 2007-08 to Jobcentre Plus and other departmental businesses. | | (80286) | 660
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what use is made of mystery shoppers to evaluate departmental performance; and if he will make a statement. | | (80290) | 661
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data is (a) collated and (b) published on the performance of each Jobcentre Plus district. | | (80291) | 662
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will report progress on the design of a single standard operating model across all major benefits. | | (80292) | 663
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place for monitoring the (a) quality and (b) outcomes of staff training in his Department and its agencies. | | (80327) | 664
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer Question 77480, on the review of Remploy, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole on 9th June. | | (80325) | 665
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the industrial action on the Newcastle Civil Service Estate between the Public and Commercial Services Union and MacLellan. | | (80555) | 666
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the industrial action between Public and Commercial Services Union and MacLellan on the work of his Department carried out on the Newcastle Civil Service Estate. | | (80557) | 667
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Security Industry Association on the licensing of security guards on the Civil Service Estate. | | (80558) | 668
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are receiving pension credit in each ward in (a) Westminster and (b) Kensington and Chelsea; and what the average payment is in each ward. | | (78815) | 669
| Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when approval was given for the Chief Operating Officer of Remploy to take on additional or external commitments as (a) a member of the Competition Commission's Reporting Panel, (b) a member of the Foster Review of further education and (c) a company secretary of Hill Executive Action Ltd; and who has responsibility for approving such commitments. | | (80392) | 670
| Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when approval was given for the Chief Executive of Remploy to take on an external commitment in the form of a directorship of Hill Executive Action Ltd; and who gave such approval. | | (80445) | 671
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of carer's allowance for which there was eligibility but no claims in each of the last five years. | | (80446) | 672
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have lost their carers' allowance as a result of reaching pensionable age in each of the last five years. | | (80447) | 673
| Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours a week the Chief Operating Officer of Remploy is contracted to work for the organisation. | | (80449) | 674
| Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many directorships in respect of external organisations the Chief Operating Officer of Remploy has sought leave (a) to retain and (b) to take up. | | (80451) | 675
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland have been transferred over to the new Child Support Agency system. | | (80166) | 676
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total departmental expenditure on benefits has been for those who are disabled and unable to work since 1997; and how much of the welfare reform budget has been spent on measures connected with this group. | | (79985) | 677
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of issuing pension forecasts. | | (80401) | 678
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the software to handle the migration of old system cases onto the new system was delivered to the Child Support Agency. | | (80402) | 679
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce proposals to enable carers to receive carers' allowance after the age of 60. | | (80384) | 680
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's planned spending is on the work-based learning for adults programme for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (80158) | 681
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit for tenants in (a) council property, (b) housing association property, (c) registered social landlord property and (d) private sector housing in Tamworth constituency in each of the last three years. | | (80135) | 682
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many more people would be eligible for carers' allowance if the gainfully employed rate was (a) raised to £168 per week and (b) abolished; and if he will make a statement. | | (80136) | 683
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether under his proposals for pensions women with no childcare responsibilities will qualify for a full basic state pension with 30 years' contributions. | | (80315) | 684
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether under his proposals for pensions a man with childcare responsibilities requiring a career break will receive National Insurance Contribution credits. | | (80316) | 685
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants there have been in Bristol East in each year since 2000. | | (80588) | 686
| Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Freedom of Information requests were received by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; how many of these were rejected; and how many of those rejected were subsequently upheld by the Commissioner. | | (80460) | 687
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what facilities are available to the Child Support Agency to verify a non-residential parent's (a) address and (b) working arrangements. | | (80423) | 688
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vulnerable households in the private sector in pathfinder areas have (a) accrued arrears, (b) been served a notice of possession and (c) been evicted. | | (80361) | 689
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of local housing allowance on vulnerable tenants in private rented schemes in pathfinder areas. | | (80362) | 690
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to give vulnerable (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance claimants in the private sector the choice of direct payments to landlords. | | (80363) | 691
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received in respect of the local housing allowance vulnerability procedures; and if he will make a statement. | | (80364) | 692
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which the (a) best performing and (b) worst performing council, in respect of the level of housing benefit (i) overpayment and (ii) fraud was in 2005-06; and what assessment he has made of the performance of Luton Council in each case. | | (80368) | 693
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of housing benefit (a) overpayments and (b) fraud was to Luton Council in each of the last five years. | | (80369) | 694
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Luton South receive pension credit, broken down by ward. | | (80509) | 695
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2005, Official Report, column 1292W, on departmental expenditure, what mechanisms are in place to ensure value for money in public consultations. | | (80752) | 696
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) grants and (b) training schemes are available through his Department (i) for people over 55 years and (ii) for people in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (80753) | 697
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what paid apprenticeship programmes are available through his Department (a) for people over 55 years and (b) for people in retirement. | | (80754) | 698
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help is available through his Department to people seeking to return to work to assist them in writing a curriculum vitae. | | (80755) | 699
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance is available through his Department to people over 55 years who have (a) been made redundant and (b) been redundant for more than one year to assist them to find alternative employment. | | (80756) | 700
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK over 50 years are economically inactive; and what measures he has put in place to tackle this. | | (80757) | 701
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to make (a) grants and (b) training schemes available for people (i) over 55 years and (ii) in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (80779) | 702
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make apprenticeship programmes available through his Department for people (a) aged over 55 years and (b) in retirement to receive on the job training. | | (80780) | 703
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help is available to people seeking to return to work to assist them to put together a CV. | | (80781) | 704
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he has introduced to assist people over 55 years who have been (a) made redundant and (b) redundant for more than one year to find alternative employment. | | (80782) | 705
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of people in the UK over 50 years of age who are economically inactive; and what measures he has put in place to tackle economic inactivity in that age group. | | (80783) | 706
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 517, on national insurance numbers (illegal immigrants), how many national insurance numbers were issued to those without the right to live or work in the UK in the last three years. | | (80828) | 707
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual outturn for council tax benefit was in each year since 1997; and what the forecasts are for each of the next five years. | | (79588) | 708
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to Action for Employment Ltd in each month since they entered into a contract with his Department to encourage benefit recipients to switch from receiving benefit payment from cheque to direct payment. | | (80829) | 709
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have switched their method of payment of benefits from cheque to direct payment after contact by Action for Employment Limited, broken down by constituency. | | (80830) | 710
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis Action for Employment Ltd is paid by his Department for work in connection with encouraging benefit claimants to switch from benefit payment by cheque to direct payment. | | (80831) | 711
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase employment in Hartlepool constituency since 1997. | | (80549) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 712
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much and what percentage the (a) number of people employed in and (b) productivity of Government departments has changed since 1997. | | [Transferred] (80775) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 713
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many notices of environmental prosecution have been issued to the Government since 1997. | | [Transferred] (80767) | 714
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of greenhouse gas emissions from (a) car, (b) aviation, (c) train and (d) ship transportation by Government departments in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (80776) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 715
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research received in 2005-06 (a) in total, (b) from the Medical Research Council, (c) the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, (d) from pharmaceutical companies and (e) from other sources; and what the percentage change in funding is for 2006-07. | | [Transferred] (80770) |
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