Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 29 June 2006

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 29 June 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 29 June 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 29 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 Thursday 29 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 29 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which VAT is chargeable on (a) wheelchair and mobility vehicle batteries and (b) the fitting of wheelchair and mobility vehicle batteries; and whether there have been any recent changes to VAT rules in this area.

(80821)

2
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81535)

3
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1387W, on death certificates, who possesses the authority to alter a certified copy of a registration of death.

(81213)

4
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were recorded where (a) clostridium difficile associated disease, (b) MRSA, (c) vancomycin resistant enterococci, (d) multi-resistant acinetobacter spp and (e) penicillin resistant streptococcus pneumoniae was mentioned on the death certificate in the last year for which figures are available; and in how many cases it was also the underlying cause of death.

(81691)

5
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81489)

6
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his recent discussions with Prime Minister Olmert regarding natural gas supplies to Israel.

(81345)

7
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has taken to reduce child poverty in Coventry South since 1997.

(80586)

8
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81555)

9
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates since February he has visited British soldiers injured in Iraq; and what locations were visited.

(80993)

10
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which occasions in the last 10 years public funds have been made available to the Prudential.

(81415)

11
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81404)

12
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he has taken to reduce tax credit fraud by screening all multiple tax credit claims from a single address; and if he will make a statement.

(81417)

13
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 91W, on construction industry registration cards, how many temporary construction industry services registration cards were issued in each year since 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.

(81609)

14
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the fraud and error rate in (a) percentage terms and (b) cash terms for (i) child benefit and (ii) the child trust fund; and if he will make a statement.

(81631)

15
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he received on the easement of tax credit residency rules; and on what dates the advice was given.

(81746)

16
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors were taken into account when deciding that industrial injuries disablement should not be treated as income for tax credit purposes.

(81750)

17
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial provision has been made to date by his Department to cover losses from tax credit fraud since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(81753)

18
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful organised frauds of the tax credit system since 1st December 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(81754)

19
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will investigate the administrative errors in HM Revenue and Customs which have identified overpayments and underpayments of tax by Phoenix Engineering Company Limited of Chard, Somerset; and if he will make a statement.

(81756)

20
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers have requested a leak inquiry at the tax credit office since January; and if he will make a statement.

(81757)

21
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd May 2006, Official Report, column 1724W, on tax credits, if he will break down the management information data collected by the period for which it is collected.

(81782)

22
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 3.2 of the Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration on Tax Credits in June 2005, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the tax credit system is now stable and performing well.

(81783)

23
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral Answer of 11th May 2006, Official Report, column 495, on tax credits, what the evidential basis was for the statement that the vast majority of families are receiving their tax credits at the right time and correctly.

(81796)

24
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of illegal firearms entering the port of Falmouth since 2003.

(81633)

25
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recorded drug seizures there have been around the coast of Devon and Cornwall since 2003.

(81634)

26
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his assessment is of the sensitivity with which the tax credit computer system is used when dealing with a surviving spouse; and if he will make a statement.

(81522)

27
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.

(81523)

28
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed on tax credit helplines (a) for the general public and (b) exclusively for the use of hon. Members and their staff in each year since they were created.

(81524)

29
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce errors in payments of tax credit payments.

(81525)

30
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his assessment is of the ability of the tax credits computer system to re-calculate tax credits payments to surviving spouses and families; and if he will make a statement.

(81526)

31
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff have been employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in administering the tax credit system in each year since its inception; and how many hours overtime were paid in each of those years.

(81527)

32
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 23rd May on correspondence forwarded to her from Jobcentre Plus.

(81448)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

33
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what her policy is on the Civil Service outsourcing administrative functions overseas.

(81416)

34
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in the Cabinet Office are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81403)

Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners

35
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the take-up was of grants to pay for church repairs in 2005-06.

(81837)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

36
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81546)

37
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average hourly rate was paid by her Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81501)

38
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the value for money of neighbourhood management schemes.

(80999)

39
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role she proposes for local councillors in proposed neighbourhood management schemes.

(81000)

40
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on local authorities outsourcing administrative functions overseas.

(81414)

41
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what administrative functions for which her Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment she has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81551)

42
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase the regional housing target for the South East from the 28,900 per annum target from 2006 to 2026 adopted by the South East Regional Assembly.

(81512)

43
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on housing targets in the South East, with particular reference to the report commissioned by the Government Office for the South East from Roger Tym and partners.

(81513)

44
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties formerly owned by local authorities are privately let; and what information she has collated on the (a) rents charged for such properties and (b) rent levels for similar council-owned properties in 2005-06.

(81607)

45
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce legislation to control the use of polytunnels in (a) rural areas and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

(81510)

46
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities do not offer the chairmanship of any oversight and scrutiny committees to opposition parties in the council.

(81575)

47
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are required to submit revised constitutions to the Department for evaluation.

(81726)

48
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in her Department are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81406)

49
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners in shared equity schemes will be required to obtain separate home information packs for their share of a property when it is sold.

(81727)

50
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to exempt (a) keyworker housing, (b) other shared equity housing and (c) low-cost housing from the requirement to obtain a home information pack when a property is sold.

(81728)

51
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a full home information pack will be required for a property on which a National House-building Council guarantee is still valid.

(81742)

52
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new houses have been built in each constituency since 1st May 1997.

(81039)

53
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which officials in her Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81560)

54
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the council tax collection rates were for 2005-06.

(81794)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

55
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81545)

56
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in (a) Southend West constituency and (b) each borough in Essex in each year since 1997.

(81453)

57
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make copies of Deposited Papers available in (a) the Vote Office and (b) Printed Paper Office at the same time as copies are deposited in the Library of the House; and if she will make a statement.

(81454)

58
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which Law Commission reports published since 1976 have been implemented in legislation; what the implementing legislation was in each case; which reports are awaiting implementation; which reports awaiting legislation the Government has accepted (a) in full and (b) in part; and which Law Commission reports the Government has rejected.

(81455)

59
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1255-67W, on Dr David Kelly, what discussions took place between (a) the coroner, (b) the deputy coroner, (c) the assistant deputy coroner of Oxfordshire and (d) anyone else responsible to the Oxfordshire coroner and (i) her Department and (ii) Lord Hutton before the local registrar's decision to issue a certified copy of entry in the register of deaths for Dr David Kelly.

(81212)

60
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time was in cases of murder in Northern Ireland between conviction and sentencing where the sentence was deferred pending (a) medical and (b) psychiatric reports on the person convicted in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(81223)

61
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on providing personal protection to members of the judiciary in each year since 1997.

(81001)

62
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what administrative functions for which her Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment she has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81558)

63
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what information her Department makes available on the signing of Enduring Powers of Attorney; and why the scheme is ending in April.

(81411)

64
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in her Department are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81397)

65
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many 10 to 17 year olds have appeared at the Youth Court in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(81761)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

66
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81544)

67
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking towards ensuring that the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games benefit the whole of the United Kingdom.

(81576)

68
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress is being made in meeting the two hour sport participation target for school children.

(81606)

69
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will strengthen regulations governing internet poker.

(81457)

70
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with Ofcom increased regulation of the sponsorship of television programmes by gambling companies.

(81458)

71
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with the banking industry possible measures to tackle misuse of credit and debit cards by underage people on internet gambling websites.

(81459)

72
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what average hourly rate was paid by her Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81500)

73
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what administrative functions for which her Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment she has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81549)

74
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom regarding the licensing of global positioning system re-radiators.

(81197)

75
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to visit this year's Open Golf Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

(81703)

76
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in her Department are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81405)

77
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase digital coverage in rural areas.

(81838)

78
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which officials in her Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81559)

79
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she is making in implementing the recommendations of the Independent European Sports Review.

(81004)

80
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had about rowing safety; and if she will make a statement.

(81005)

81
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she is making in her discussions with the Home Office on granting an exemption from firearms legislation for target pistol shooting training for the Olympics; and if she will make a statement.

(81006)

82
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd May 2006, Official Report, columns 1640-1W, on the London Olympics, when discussions with the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and the Summer Olympic Sports are expected to be finalised; and when a decision is expected to be made on the amount of funding allocated to each sport for use on EIS Services within the World Class Pathway Summer Olympic programme 2006-09.

(81198)

83
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funding is available to (a) local authorities and (b) other providers for the improvement of sports facilities.

(81767)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

84
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81717)

85
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2003, Official Report, columns 1524-5W, on the Hutton Report, at what time of day, and on what day, the press statement from his predecessor, the right hon. Member for Ashfield, reference 168/03 and dated 19th July 2003, available on the Government News Network website, was (a) cleared for release and (b) released under embargo to the media.

(81218)

86
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81499)

87
N Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the (a) Trident missile, (b) nuclear warheads, (c) guidance systems and (d) submarine launch platforms are each expected to be (i) no longer available and (ii) beyond refurbishment.

(81340)

88
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Lyons review; what the targets are for the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(81424)

89
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the implementation of the two packages comprising the Defence Training Review private finance initiative programme will make to departmental targets for (a) improved quality of training, (b) cost reduction and (c) contractions of the defence estate.

(81425)

90
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Military Flying Training private finance initiative programme will close.

(81434)

91
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which vehicles British service personnel have been (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of hostile action in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(81591)

92
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RG-31 vehicles, (b) mine-protected vehicles and (c) Cougar vehicles, and variants thereof, are in service; and where they are based.

(81599)

93
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of the Snatch Land Rover in protecting troops in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(81600)

94
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has (a) to upgrade and (b) to replace Snatch Land Rovers operated by the Army in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(81601)

95
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to purchase mine-protected RG-31 vehicles, or variants thereof, for the Army.

(81602)

96
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the wheelbase dimensions are of (a) the Snatch Land Rover, (b) the RG-31 and (c) variants of the RG-31; and if he will make a statement.

(81603)

97
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the implementation of the Military Flying Training public finance intiative programme on departmental targets for (a) improved quality of training, (b) cost reduction and (c) contraction of the defence estate.

(81604)

98
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the forecast date is for financial close of the two packages of the Defence Training Review public finance intiative programme.

(81605)

99
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for replacing the Mamba vehicle with the mine protected vehicle; and what the estimated cost is.

(81608)

100
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment process he will use to judge the claims for the ex-gratia payment by those former Far East civilian internees who do not qualify under the 20 year rule; and how many such claims he expects there to be.

(81194)

101
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the significance of global positioning system re-radiators for (a) the defence industry and (b) British defence capability, with particular reference to the development of (i) the Bowman system and (ii) the Typhoon aircraft.

(81195)

102
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and (b) Ofcom regarding the licensing of global positioning system re-radiators; and if he will make a statement.

(81196)

103
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by his Department towards commissioning (a) endocrine studies and (b) genetics studies of Gulf War veterans; and if he will make a statement.

(81625)

104
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on research into Gulf War Syndrome, broken down by area of expenditure.

(81626)

105
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Department has spent on Peugeot motor vehicles in each of the last 10 years.

(81413)

106
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81393)

107
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish a consultation paper on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement.

(81610)

108
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 20, on Colchester Garrison, how many houses the Department is renting from the private sector to accommodate soldiers from the Colchester Garrison.

(81780)

109
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 20, on Colchester Garrison, how many bed spaces will be provided at the new Colchester Garrison; and whether he expects there to be a shortfall of bed spaces.

(81781)

110
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle is for the deployment of UK forces in Afghanistan.

(81409)

111
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish the findings of the investigation into the fatal attack of 13th May on British troops serving in Basra.

(80869)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

112
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office (a) is committed to the achievement of environmental management to ISO14001 standard and (b) has been externally certified as in compliance with that standard; and if he will make a statement.

(81582)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

113
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81541)

114
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the per capita budget for adult community learning is of each local authority area in England, listed in descending order.

(81770)

115
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in each London borough missed at least half a day due to unauthorised absence in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) special schools and (d) pupil referral units in the last year for which figures are available, expressed as a percentage of pupils of compulsory school age.

(81714)

116
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9th June 2005, Official Report, column 698W, on school meals, when he expects to decide how best to capture information about school meals provision; and what information about school meals provision is collected by his Department.

(81798)

117
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81498)

118
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used to decide on the proportion of funding for speech and language therapy coming from (a) central government and (b) local government.

(81437)

119
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the recent increase in local authority spending on special educational needs provision is being used to pay for out-of-authority placements for pupils because of the lack of suitable provision locally.

(81438)

120
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the ratio is of full-time speech therapists to pupils at schools which provide speech and language therapy.

(81442)

121
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average expenditure per pupil on children with speech and language difficulties in the teaching of speech and language therapy was in the last period for which figures are available.

(81443)

122
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81548)

123
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many emergency protection orders were applied for by each local authority in each of the last three years; how many were applied for ex parte; how many of the ex parte orders were granted; and how many were for children (a) under and (b) over the age of one year.

(81580)

124
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Government in the year of introduction of raising tuition fees by (a) £1,000 and (b) £100 where the payment of tuition fees is deferred until graduation.

(81111)

125
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the overall cost to public funds of increasing tuition funds by (a) £1,000 and (b) £100 if they are deferred until graduation and then repaid over (i) five and (ii) 10 years.

(81112)

126
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much government funding for education services was administered centrally by Lancashire Local Education Authority (LEA) in each of the last three years; and how much was administered on average by all LEAs in each year.

(81412)

127
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the membership is of the School Funding Implementation Group.

(81435)

128
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will ensure that his review of the citizenship curriculum will include consideration of measures to improve the training available for teachers and other school staff responsible for delivering the curriculum.

(81436)

129
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his review of the citizenship curriculum will include a study of the ways in which (a) Parliament and (b) local government can contribute to the delivery of the curriculum.

(81744)

130
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81395)

131
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has estimated the likely cost to public funds of the proposed pay offer to higher education staff in each of the next three years; how much of the additional funding of this sector over the next three years the pay award will account for; and if he will make a statement.

(81758)

132
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the level of community education in 2006-07.

(81836)

133
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81561)

134
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures his Department has put in place to improve the link between community leisure needs and the opportunities for community use of sports facilities provided under the Building Schools for the Future programme.

(81589)

135
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria Ofsted uses to assess school sporting provision.

(81590)

136
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria have to be met before a rural primary school can be closed; what process has to be followed by (a) the Government and (b) the Local Education Authority; and what right of appeal parents have at each stage of the process.

(81003)

137
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in (a) England and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire have been reinstated into schools by the Independent Appeals Panel after being permanently excluded in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.

(81444)

138
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many GCSE pupils in (a) England and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire studied a foreign language in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.

(81445)

139
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many A-level pupils in (a) England and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire studied a foreign language in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.

(81446)

140
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many trained teachers were employed by the East Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority in each of the last five years, broken down by subject taught; and if he will make a statement.

(81701)

141
N Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people started studying for a degree on a part-time basis in each of the last 10 years.

(81342)

142
N Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people completed a degree via part-time study in each of the last 10 years.

(81343)

143
N Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many women aged (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 34, (c) 35 to 44 and (d) 45 years and over are enrolled in part-time study at universities in England.

(81344)

144
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to schools on tackling bullying via mobile phone; and if he will make a statement.

(81695)

145
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of how many hours a week on average (a) head and (b) deputy head teachers worked in the last year for which figures are available.

(81696)

146
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average salary was of (a) head and (b) deputy head teachers in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last 10 years.

(81697)

147
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many colleges have made representations to the Department in the last 12 months concerning (a) adult education courses being cut and (b) places on such courses being reduced due to funding pressures.

(81698)

148
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, with which (a) businesses, (b) charities, (c) individuals and (d) voluntary groups Ministers have corresponded about sponsoring city academies since 16th March 2006.

(81715)

149
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) meetings Ministers have held and (b) correspondence Ministers have exchanged with Edison Schools in the last two years.

(81716)

150
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many graduates who have entered teaching via Teach First have continued to work as teachers after the two year commitment had ended.

(81752)

151
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of further education Learning and Skills Council funding was spent on 19 to 25 year olds in 2005-06; and what proportion is planned to be spent in the next two financial years.

(81802)

152
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of Learning and Skills Council funded learners aged over 19 years are studying for a (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3, (d) level 4 and (e) other qualifications; and what proportion are not studying for a qualification.

(81803)

153
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the truancy rates were for Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(81762)

154
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many excluded pupils there have been in Lancashire County Council region in each year since 1997, broken down by age.

(81763)

155
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what education provision has been made for excluded pupils in Lancashire.

(81764)

156
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many out of school services were registered with Ofsted Early Years in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(81765)

157
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the rate of school attendance was in Lancashire for 11 to 16 year olds in each year since 1997.

(81797)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

158
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81542)

159
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81497)

160
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81547)

161
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much energy his Department estimates would be saved if all homes that needed it were insulated.

(81429)

162
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why his Department has revised the energy savings calculations for (a) light bulbs and (b) insulation.

(81430)

163
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether water companies are making excessive rates of return.

(81583)

164
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has benchmarked the loss of species in the UK in each of the last 10 years against the performance of other countries.

(81694)

165
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the rate of return to energy efficiency schemes supported by the Department including social benefits; and if he will make an assessment of the private rate of return and payback period for private individuals who benefit from such schemes.

(81786)

166
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Libyan counterpart on British fishing rights in Libyan waters.

(81461)

167
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will enable surplus funds in his Department's rural enterprise scheme and processing and marketing scheme to be re-allocated to the South-West England region to cover the funding shortfall; and if he will make a statement.

(81760)

168
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81562)

169
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 9W, on abattoirs, how many abattoirs there were in England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(81800)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

170
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81543)

171
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average hourly rate was paid by her Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81496)

172
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the decision of the UN to suspend operations in part of Darfur; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which that decision was a consequence of the government of Sudan's reluctance to agree to the handover of security from the African Union to the UN.

(81337)

173
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the UK plans to take through the UN Security Council to put pressure on the government of Sudan to agree to the introduction of UN troops as part of the Darfur Peace Agreement.

(81338)

174
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Sudan on how to disarm the Janjaweed in Darfur.

(81339)

175
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 315W, on East Timor, in what way the UK has expressed concern about impunity for those responsible for human rights abuses in Timor-Leste, with particular reference to abuses committed in 1999; at what level and in which fora concerns were raised in each year since 1999; what the outcomes were in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(81719)

176
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her officials have made of the attempt in June 2006 to loot the offices of the Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Timor-Leste; and if she will make a statement.

(81720)

177
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her officials have made of the looting in May 2006 of files held by the Serious Crimes Unit in Dili, Timor-Leste; and if she will make a statement.

(81721)

178
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support her Department plans to offer to the United Nations investigation into recent violence in Timor-Leste; and if she will make a statement.

(81722)

179
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 315W, on East Timor, by what date her Department expects to make a formal response to the recommendations of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor made in its final report.

(81723)

180
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 15th June 2006, Official Report, column 470W, on East Timor, what assessment she has made of whether precautions to ensure the security of (a) Serious Crimes Unit files on crimes committed in 1999 and (b) other files, including those on the UN investigation into the deaths of Malcolm Rennie and Brian Peters in 1975, were along lines requested by her Department of the UN and of the government of Timor-Leste; and if she will make a statement.

(81724)

181
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 15th June 2006, Official Report, column 471W, on East Timor, whether her Department has urged Indonesia's authorities to investigate crimes committed in East Timor in September 1999 by Indonesia's Battalion 745, including (a) the murder of Sander Thoenes and (b) the attack on Jon Swain and his three companions in the last 12 months; and if she will raise those matters with Indonesia's Foreign Minister at the earliest opportunity.

(81725)

182
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what administrative functions for which her Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment she has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81552)

183
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1590W, on Afghanistan, what assessment she has made of whether the Afghan government's plans to establish community police units under the control of the Ministry of Interior will include adequate vetting procedures; and if she will make a statement.

(81718)

184
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her assessment is of the effectiveness of efforts to limit the illicit flow of nuclear material to North Korea; and if she will make a statement.

(81729)

185
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received from the EU Commissioner for External Relations regarding the outcome of her recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories; and if she will make a statement.

(81730)

186
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for proliferation of (a) nuclear weapons material and technology and (b) missile technology from North Korea to state or non-state actors.

(81731)

187
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iran has provided a timetable for the resolution of outstanding issues relating to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, as indicated in the Director General's Report on the Implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran of 8th June 2006.

(81732)

188
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of UK funding for Afghanistan is administered through the (a) UN, (b) EU and (c) UK Embassy in Kabul; and if she will make a statement.

(81733)

189
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of patterns of cultivation and production of cannabis resin in Afghanistan over the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(81736)

190
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what strategy is in place to ensure equal implementation of poppy counter-narcotics programmes across different provinces in Afghanistan.

(81737)

191
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1716W, on Afghanistan, how many (a) Ministerial and (b) official-level meetings on Afghanistan have taken place between the three departments since January.

(81738)

192
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) role and (b) objectives of the UK will be in the forthcoming donors conference for UN peacekeeping in Darfur.

(81739)

193
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Sudanese government's progress in fulfilling its commitments to disarm the Janjaweed militias in Sudan; and if she will make a statement.

(81740)

194
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her NATO counterparts regarding NATO's potential involvement in peacekeeping in Darfur; and if she will make a statement.

(81741)

195
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the requirements are for ex-servicemen of the Gurkha regiment to be issued with visas to visit the UK.

(81511)

196
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in her Department are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81408)

197
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the compatiblity of the proposed Memorandum of Understanding with Algeria regarding the deportation of persons with international human rights law; and what steps she is taking to ensure that any eventual agreement will fully meet the requirements of international law.

(80995)

198
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what stage negotiations for a Memorandum of Understanding with Algeria regarding the deportation of persons has reached; and if she will make a statement.

(80996)

199
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any deportations have (a) taken place and (b) are being considered under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Lebanon to facilitate deportation of persons suspected of activities associated with terrorism; and if she will make a statement.

(80997)

200
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 16th May on Afghanistan and Iraq.

(81452)

201
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the main priorities are of the UK in its relations with Russia.

(81578)

202
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will assess the (a) likelihood and (b) likely effectiveness of placing sanctions on Iran in case of a breakdown of negotiations.

(81579)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

203
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81540)

204
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has (a) to extend regulation of chiropodists and podiatrists to cover all foot health practitioners who use the techniques of chiropody and (b) to prevent foot health practitioners advertising their services as chiropody services.

(81081)

205
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1936W, on breast cancer, in what circumstances a breast cancer patient may not benefit from Herceptin.

(81082)

206
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physiotherapists were working in the NHS in each year since 1997.

(81804)

207
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for physiotherapy in each year since 1997.

(81805)

208
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) England and (b) each region (i) met and (ii) did not meet the required standard at each stage in the registration of domiciliary care providers in the last year for which figures are available.

(81681)

209
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were placed in residential care out of area in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of state-funded placements this figure represented.

(81686)

210
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) gonorrhea, (b) syphilis, (c) chlamydia and (d) thrush were diagnosed in each primary care trust in London in the last year for which figures are available.

(81687)

211
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to NHS Direct about access to an NHS dentist there were in each month since April 2005 in England, broken down by (a) emergency, (b) urgent and (c) other calls.

(81692)

212
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 years were admitted to hospital for alcohol-related problems in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region.

(81693)

213
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of people (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital were malnourished in the last year in which figures are available, broken down by age; and if she will make a statement.

(81699)

214
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported GP vacancies there were in the last year for which figures are available; and how many applicants on average there were for each vacancy.

(81700)

215
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average hourly rate was paid by her Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81495)

216
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Department has spent in each of the last eight years on promoting equality and diversity.

(81618)

217
N Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that no organisation which has been indicted or forced to repay the US taxpayer for fraud will be permitted to have a role in the NHS.

(81341)

218
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) advertising and (b) information campaigns her Department has conducted on how to return (i) unused, (ii) unopened and (iii) leftover prescription drugs in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(81431)

219
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1567W, on sexual health, which sexually transmitted disease clinics have (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(81439)

220
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of closing down the x-ray department at St Ann's Hospital in Haringey.

(81577)

221
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what administrative functions for which her Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment she has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81554)

222
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the effectiveness of the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.

(81788)

223
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from NHS employers regarding the effectiveness of the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.

(81789)

224
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice has been given by her Department to NHS employers regarding the implementation of the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.

(81790)

225
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place for the reporting to her Department of breaches of the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.

(81791)

226
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recruitment agencies have signed the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.

(81792)

227
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1062W, on Healthcare Professionals Recruitment, how many recruitment agencies have breached the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers since November 2005.

(81801)

228
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter recently sent to strategic health authority chief executives informing them that primary care trusts and strategic health authorities should not identify savings from posts working on the implementation of Choosing Health when considering savings from implementing Commissioning a Patient-led NHS; and whether the same advice applies to revenue funding.

(81518)

229
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities have identified savings to implement Commissioning a Patient-led NHS from resources previously allocated to the implementation of Choosing Health.

(81519)

230
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what interim monitoring her Department is undertaking of the delivery by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities of the Government's 2008 targets (a) to reduce the level of new infections of gonorrhoea and (b) to ensure that all patients have access to genito-urinary medicine clinics within 48 hours.

(81520)

231
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures her Department has introduced to improve performance management and local delivery monitoring.

(81521)

232
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that (a) supermarkets and (b) manufacturers implement the recommendations of the Food Standards Agency concerning front of pack labelling.

(81419)

233
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that funding is found to enable the 29 junior doctors who have had their general practitioner vocational training scheme posts deferred to start their training in August 2006.

(81045)

234
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she next plans to review the implementation by local authorities of (a) the statutory guidance for deafblind children and adults and (b) section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 on fair access to care services; and if she will make a statement.

(81073)

235
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surveys she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into (i) the perception of pregnant women and women with young children on advertising of breast milk substitute and (ii) the ability of consumers to distinguish between infant and follow-on breast milk substitutes.

(81528)

236
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of proposals put forward by the European Commission on the marketing of breast milk substitutes; and if she will make a statement.

(81529)

237
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations to protect against the promotion of products inferior to breast milk.

(81530)

238
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information her Department collects on the cost of insurance as a proportion of the tariff for (a) a normal birth, (b) a delivery with complications and (c) a Caesarean section; what allowance is made for the cost of the insurance premium in allocating tariffs for obstetrics; and if she will make a statement.

(81531)

239
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in her Department are carbon neutral; and if she will make a statement.

(81407)

240
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information she has received on the progress of human papilloma virus vaccines; and if she will make a statement.

(81594)

241
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) she and (b) her Department's officials have had to plan for the introduction of the human papilloma virus vaccination programme.

(81595)

242
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her letter to the Director of Jo's Trust on 1st June 2006, what the evidential basis was for her statement that the two vaccines for human papilloma virus were not expected to be licensed until at least 2007.

(81619)

243
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations her Department has made for a human papilloma virus vaccination programme.

(81620)

244
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what submissions her Department received on the inclusion of osteoporosis indicators in the quality and outcomes framework of the GP contract which came into effect in April 2006.

(81596)

245
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice and assistance is made available to encourage GPs to take advantage through practice-based commissioning of programmes to identify patients at risk of osteoporosis; and if she will make a statement.

(81621)

246
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has evaluated on (a) the effectiveness of measures to identify patients at risk of osteoporosis and (b) the treatment of osteoporosis by primary care organisations; and if she will make a statement.

(81622)

247
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by her Department following the announcement in April 2005 of funding for DXA bone density scanners; and if she will make a statement.

(81623)

248
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new DXA bone density scanners were purchased by strategic health authorities in financial year 2005-06; how many patients were referred to the private sector for bone density scans in that year; what steps have been taken to ensure recurrent funding for running costs for DXA scanners; and if she will make a statement.

(81624)

249
Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why indicators for osteoporosis were not included in the quality and outcomes framework of the GP contract which came into effect in April 2006; and if she will make a statement.

(81745)

250
N Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports under (a) section 19 and (b) section 8 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 she has received in each year since the provisions were implemented.

(81002)

251
N Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1943W, on the Audit Commission Act, what the dates are of each report.

(81230)

252
N Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 1943W, on the Audit Commission Act, how many and which section 19 reports were the result of (a) the organisation breaking its resource allocation limits, (b) the organisation having little prospect of achieving balance within a three or five year period, (c) suspicious payments, (d) fraud and (e) and other reasons.

(81231)

253
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which officials in her Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81563)

254
N Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members are of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation.

(79477)

255
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district community nurses are employed by the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority.

(81460)

256
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 31st May, about the NHS Dental Contract.

(81450)

257
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of teenage pregnancy was in Lancashire in each year since 1997.

(81766)

258
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what target time has been agreed for the return of correspondence between consultants and general practitioners sent abroad for typing; and what procedures are in place in the event that the target is not met.

(81106)

259
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to ensure the maintenance of patient confidentiality in respect of patients' notes outsourced to non-EU countries for typing.

(81107)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

260
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81539)

261
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what buildings and refurbishment works are planned for (a) the gymnasium, (b) the chapel, (c) the workshop and (d) other areas of HMP Lewes; and what the (i) estimated cost and (ii) expected start date is in each case.

(81046)

262
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available for those with severe personality disorders upon their release from (a) prisons and (b) HMP Lewes; and if he will make a statement.

(81047)

263
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken by his Department to raise awareness of human trafficking amongst the clients of prostitutes.

(81612)

264
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of raising awareness of human trafficking amongst the clients of prostitutes.

(81613)

265
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received about the potential to be able to charge with rape clients who use the services of a woman who has been forced into prostitution.

(81614)

266
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which members of the (a) Cumbria and (b) Lancashire Police Authority (i) supported and (ii) opposed the merger of Lancashire and Cumbria Police.

(81704)

267
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which sites are being considered as a possible headquarters for the merged Lancashire and Cumbria Police Force; and when a decision on the site will be made.

(81705)

268
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are being held in immigration detention centres; how many of these have been held for more than three months; and how many are unaccompanied.

(79340)

269
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau disclosure applications were received in each of the last 12 months; how many were issued; and what the average length of time taken to issue a disclosure was in each month.

(81688)

270
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for off-licence alcohol sales to people (a) already under the influence of alcohol and (b) under the age of 18 years in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement

(81689)

271
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2005, Official Report, columns 536-7W on passports, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) lost, (b) stolen and (c) unavailable passports in circulation in the UK in the last year for which figures are available.

(81690)

272
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81494)

273
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 15 to 18 year olds are in each young offender institution as a result of breaching an anti-social behaviour order.

(81627)

274
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners under the age of 18 years are in each prison; what plans he has to transfer those individuals to specialist youth institutions; and if he will make a statement.

(81515)

275
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81553)

276
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences for animal experiments were (a) applied for and (b) successful in 2004; and for what reasons applications were rejected.

(81433)

277
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department's War Room was established; how many officials are allocated to it, broken down by grade; what its (a) objectives and (b) purposes are; and if he will make a statement.

(81584)

278
N Mr Piara S. Khabra (Ealing Southall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, columns 2128-9W, on visas, why records are not maintained of the number of visitors who leave the country before or at the expiry of their permitted stay; and if he will make a statement.

(81124)

279
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81400)

280
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters sent by recorded delivery to the Metropolitan Police have been lost by the police and not replied to in each quarter since January 2001.

(81440)

281
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81564)

282
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases the Criminal Records Bureau has wrongly reported that a person has a criminal record in each year since its inception; on how many occasions in each year such cases related to offences involving children, broken down by offence; and if he will make a statement.

(81418)

283
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 29th March on behalf of Halrick Thompson (Home Office reference T1077292, acknowledgement reference B8645/6).

(81441)

284
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which convicted war criminals are serving sentences in the UK; how long a sentence each is serving; and where each is held.

(80994)

285
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 2nd May, about Government consultation on new laws to promote gay rights.

(81449)

286
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives have been handed in during the current amnesty in (a) Beverley and Holderness and (b) Humberside Police Authority area; and if he will make a statement.

(81702)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

287
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members are in shared office accommodation.

(81503)

288
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what facilities are made available to members of House staff to assist with childcare costs and arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

(81504)

289
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when staffing levels in the House were last reviewed; and if he will make a statement.

(81505)

290
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what allowances are made available to senior House staff to assist with travel costs in the event of a late sitting.

(81506)

291
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what percentage of the House's senior staff is women; and if he will make a statement.

(81507)

292
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to improve the representation of ethnic minority communities in the House's senior staff; and if he will make a statement.

(81508)

293
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many officials of the House accompanied delegations of hon. Members overseas in the last 12 months.

(81509)

294
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2006, Official Report, column 1250W, on tours, why it is not the Commission's practice to make available details of the use made by individual hon. Members of the organisation of tours of the House; and if he will make a statement.

(81629)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

295
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81493)

296
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the implementation of the health sector support plan for Malawi.

(81787)

297
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations his Department has received from developing countries regarding health sector assistance.

(81795)

298
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the methods used to reduce illicit opium poppy cultivation in (a) Laos, (b) Thailand and (c) Vietnam.

(81734)

299
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures are in place for preventing waste and embezzlement of UK funds for reconstruction in Afghanistan.

(81735)

300
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81396)

301
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March 2006 to the hon. Member for Leeds West, Official Report, columns 429-30W, on Ministerial Conference (Paris), whether the UK has agreed to implement the airline ticket levy for international development; what progress has been made on negotiations on whether part of the levy will go towards health and sexual and reproductive health and rights information and services; and if he will make a statement.

(81410)

302
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his counterparts from Arab states regarding their potential contribution to the temporary international mechanism to channel assistance directly to the Palestinian people.

(80998)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

303
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81538)

304
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by his Department since October 2005.

(81635)

305
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the draft Bills produced by his Department since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81636)

306
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(81637)

307
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by his Department in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81638)

308
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many house fires the Fire Service in Northern Ireland was called out to deal with where there was (a) no and (b) a faulty smoke alarm fitted during 2005.

(81222)

309
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to launch the knife amnesty in Northern Ireland.

(81224)

310
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes were committed in Northern Ireland during 2005 where a knife was used by the perpetrator.

(81225)

311
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81492)

312
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland has been tasked with developing a generic policy for the retention of local government documentation.

(81784)

313
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria were used to ensure that funding from the Children and Young People's funding package would reduce under-achievement and improve life chances of children and young people by enhancing their educational development and fostering their health, well-being and social inclusion.

(81785)

314
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which sections of the Eastern Transport Corridor consist of single lane carriageway; and what plans there are to upgrade them.

(81806)

315
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which junctions of the Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Newry do not have a right hand turning lane; and what plans he has to upgrade these junctions.

(81807)

316
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles per day on average use the A8 Eastern Transport Corridor between Larne and Belfast.

(81808)

317
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons on the Sex Offenders Register in Northern Ireland have re-offended whilst still on the register in each of the last five years.

(81809)

318
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons on the Sex Offenders Register in Northern Ireland have re-offended whilst on licence in each of the last five years.

(81810)

319
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons on the Sex Offenders Register in Northern Ireland on licence have had their licence revoked in each of the last five years.

(81811)

320
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of the Lindsay School at the Forster Green Hospital in Belfast.

(81812)

321
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will meet a delegation of North Down constituents to discuss the relocation of facilities from the Lakewood Centre in Bangor to Childhaven in Millisle.

(81813)

322
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students with a learning disability within each of Northern Ireland's hospital trust areas will (a) transfer at age 19 years in the current academic year from Education Service responsibility to Health and Social Service responsibility and (b) will be offered full Adult Day Care provision by the Department of Health and Social Services as befits their needs; what processes exist within the Department of Health and Social Services to ensure adequate forward planning to meet the needs of those clients in transition from the education sector; and if he will make a statement on the level of provision for such clients within the health and social services sector.

(81814)

323
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the new Speech and Language Unit and Behavioural Unit at Knockavoe School and Resource Centre in Strabane was completed; what the total capital expenditure on the unit was; when this unit will be commissioned to operate; what the reason was for the delay in the commissioning of the unit; for what reason the unit did not have sufficient recurrent expenditure to open upon completion; and if he will make a statement.

(81815)

324
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many documents have been translated by the bilingual translation services in the Departments of (a) Education and (b) Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will list the languages for which translation services are provided.

(81816)

325
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the draft Sexual Orientation Strategy will be published; and what the reasons were for the delay in publication.

(81817)

326
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81399)

327
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what debt recovery powers the new Government-owned water company in Northern Ireland will have.

(81615)

328
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on water and sewage infrastructural improvements in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and how much is expected to be spent over the next five years.

(81616)

329
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are being taken to reduce waiting times for MRI scans at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

(81617)

330
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81570)

331
N Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to review the working practices of home help and domestic care workers for elderly and infirm people in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to Health and Safety restrictions.

(81226)

Questions to the Prime Minister

332
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by him and his officials are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81402)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

333
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by his Department since October 2005.

(81647)

334
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the draft Bills produced by his Department since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81648)

335
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(81649)

336
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by his Department in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81650)

337
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81491)

338
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81381)

339
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81567)

Questions to the Solicitor General

340
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by the Law Officers' Departments since October 2005.

(81643)

341
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the draft Bills produced by the Law Officers' Departments since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81644)

342
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.

(81645)

343
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by the Law Officers' Departments in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81646)

344
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Solicitor General, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on prosecutions for identity theft.

(81835)

345
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Solicitor General, how many chief Crown prosecutors in England and Wales were from Black and Asian minorities in each year since 1997.

(81586)

346
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that the number of chief Crown prosecutors in England and Wales from Black and Asian minorities better reflects the ratio in the population.

(81587)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

347
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to facilitate the development of offshore wind after 2010.

(81432)

348
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for which countries an export licence relating to military-technical co-operation has been granted since January 2006; what assessment is made of a third country's arms transfer control system prior to an export licence relating to military-technical co-operation being authorised; and if he will make a statement.

(81611)

349
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81490)

350
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses registered in each London borough in 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(81516)

351
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81557)

352
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much power was generated in the UK by nuclear energy in the last period for which figures are available.

(81423)

353
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to question number 70906, on EU committees, tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Wells on 11th May 2006.

(81514)

354
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department takes to ensure that charities comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

(81588)

355
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his definition is of a proper purpose for inspection of a company register of members under the provisions of the Company Law Reform Bill.

(81592)

356
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what circumstances a company could refuse to disclose information on its members under the provisions of the Company Law Reform Bill.

(81593)

357
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81401)

358
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects an announcement to be made on the allocation of EU structural funds; and if he will make a statement.

(81420)

359
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration is being given to the alignment of future EU structural funding with the Government's domestic spending priorities; and if he will make a statement.

(81421)

360
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration is being given to providing additional domestic resources to support the objectives of regional development through EU structural funding; and if he will make a statement.

(81422)

361
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (b) vibration white finger and (c) hearing loss claims have been registered by his Department without further particulars of claim subsequently being submitted.

(81040)

362
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions his Department has paid out a hearing loss claim including the full payment of medical examinations conducted by Melex Ltd.

(81041)

363
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to how many hearing loss claimants in Bassetlaw his Department has written since Easter to confirm payment of their claim to their solicitor; and on what date in each case.

(81042)

364
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81565)

365
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the UK regulatory framework encourages domestic and inward investment; and if he will make a statement.

(81799)

366
N Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the public transport schemes which the North West Regional Development Agency supports; and which are in Morecambe and Lunesdale.

(79478)

367
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses in (a) England and (b) Beverley and Holderness have (i) started up and (ii) ceased trading in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.

(81447)

368
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the recent discussions between UK Government officials and European Union officials on reduced ignition propensity cigarettes; and if he will make a statement.

(81043)

369
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of UK trade was with (a) the Baltic states and (b) each Baltic state in the latest period for which figures are available.

(81571)

370
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of how UK trade with (a) the Baltic states and (b) each Baltic state has developed since they joined the EU.

(81572)

371
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of UK energy requirements is dependent on Russian sources.

(81573)

372
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the UK Government's position is on including services and trade faciliation in the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations.

(81574)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

373
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81536)

374
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by his Department since October 2005.

(81639)

375
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the draft Bills produced by his Department since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81640)

376
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(81641)

377
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by his Department in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81642)

378
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals in the Maritime Coastguard Agency are working on responses to offshore wind farm applications; and what estimate he has made of the length of time which will elapse between receipt of and response to outstanding applications.

(81456)

379
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were reported to the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many involved foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles.

(81080)

380
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81487)

381
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of road fatalities in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in 2005; what the average was for London boroughs; and if he will make a statement

(81517)

382
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what formula is used for calculating how much local transport authorities receive for their annual transport budget; and what factors were included in compiling this formula.

(81768)

383
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used in deciding to reduce Stoke-on-Trent City Council's transport budget for each year until 2010.

(81769)

384
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81556)

385
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many successful applications for the release of information from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency vehicle register were made in each year since 2002; and how many such applications were made by (a) the police, (b) local authorities, (c) motor manufacturers, (d) housing associations, (e) the Environment Agency and (f) organisations enforcing parking restrictions on private land in each year.

(81426)

386
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects to publish its conclusions relating to its recent review of regulations governing the release of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency information.

(81427)

387
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests were made to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for the release of information from the vehicle register under Regulation 27 of the Road Vehicles Regulations 2002 in each year since 2002; and how many were successful in each year.

(81428)

388
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects the improvements to Liverpool Lime Street Station to be completed in time for the 2008 European Capital of Culture celebrations.

(81581)

389
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent from public funds on the manufacture of Nightstar rolling stock; and if he will make a statement.

(81628)

390
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the rate of tolling in pence per (a) mile and (b) kilometre in current prices that would be required to reduce congestion on the motorway network.

(81585)

391
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81392)

392
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81566)

393
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Government subsidy was paid to London Underground in each year between 1997 and responsibility passing to Transport for London.

(81743)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

394
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by his Department since October 2005.

(81651)

395
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the draft Bills produced by his Department since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81652)

396
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(81653)

397
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by his Department in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81654)

398
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81488)

399
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81398)

400
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what impact he expects the outcome of the energy review to have in Wales.

(81839)

401
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81568)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

402
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for which services (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the (i) start and (ii) termination date is of each contract.

(81537)

403
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list in date order the (a) Green and (b) White papers produced by his Department since October 2005.

(81655)

404
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the draft Bills produced by his Department since October 2005; how many were examined or are planned to be examined by (a) a Departmental Select Committee or a combination of Select Committees and (b) a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

(81656)

405
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(81657)

406
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the unnumbered command papers produced by his Department in each session since 1976; how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public can (i) inspect and (ii) obtain copies; and if he will make a statement.

(81658)

407
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average hourly rate was paid by his Department to each employment agency for staff employed through agencies in 2005-06.

(81502)

408
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures his Department has taken to reduce pensioner poverty in Coventry South since 1997.

(80585)

409
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing further such functions overseas.

(81550)

410
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to collect information on the cost of housing benefit paid to households renting properties formerly owned by local authorities.

(81598)

411
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to ensure that all flights undertaken by Ministers and officials in his Department are carbon neutral; and if he will make a statement.

(81394)

412
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to reduce the level of (a) fraud and (b) error in relation to Disability Living Allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(81597)

413
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the fraud and error rate in (a) percentage terms and (b) cash terms in (i) attendance allowance, (ii) carer's allowance, (iii) basic state pension, (iv) bereavement benefit, (v) industrial injuries benefit, (vi) maternity allowance, (vii) severe disablement allowance, (viii) social fund, (ix) widows benefit and (x) winter fuel payments; and if he will make a statement.

(81630)

414
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the monetary value of fraud and error in (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) disability living allowance, (d) jobseeker's allowance, (e) housing benefit, (f) pension credit, (g) council tax benefit, (h) basic state pension, (i) carer's allowance and (j) attendance allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(81632)

415
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of housing benefit was in each year from 1985-86 at 2004-05 prices; and if he will make a statement.

(81747)

416
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of housing benefit in each year from 1985-86; and if he will make a statement.

(81748)

417
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the policy of his Department has been to issue national insurance numbers to immigrants with falsified immigration documentation; and if he will make a statement.

(81749)

418
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors were taken into account when deciding that industrial injuries disablement benefit should be treated as income for means-tested benefits.

(81751)

419
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1477-9W, on sickness/unauthorised absence, what information his Department has on levels of sickness absence at the Disability and Carers Service; and if he will make a statement.

(81759)

420
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which officials in his Department (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

(81569)

421
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is for involving the long-term unemployed in service to the community.

(81451)

422
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was which the Child Support Agency took for processing a change in circumstances applications in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06.

(81228)

423
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many variations to Child Support Agency payment schedules were granted on the grounds of (a) assets, (b) lifestyle inconsistent with income, (c) diversion of income and (d) income not taken into account purposes in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06.

(81229)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

424
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many home births there were (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of all births in (i) England and (ii) Forest of Dean constituency in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (81755)

Questions to the Solicitor General

425
N Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will refer the case of Craig Sweeney to the Court of Appeal as an unduly lenient sentence.

[Question Unstarred] (80898)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

426
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the risk of the transfer to China of information which could be used for military purposes through China's involvement in the Galileo project.

[Transferred] (81044)

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