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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 3 July 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.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 3 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 3 July 2006


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 3 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 3 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 3 July see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82234)
2
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of uncollected income tax in each of the last four financial years.
(81477)
3
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long it took on average for a P810 form to be processed in the last period for which figures are available.
(81478)
4
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days work have been lost through sickness amongst staff working on tax credits in each of the last three years.
(81479)
5
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of replacing capital gains tax taper relief with indexation linked to the consumer prices index; and if he will make a statement.
(80663)
6
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of (a) a 20 per cent. marginal rate band under £500,000 and (b) a £500,000 allowance for inheritance tax for each year to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(80664)
7
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue implications of introducing a personal allowance of £7,185, absorbing the starting rate band on earnings and savings in the basic rate band, cutting the basic rate of income tax to 20 per cent., with tax rates on dividends unchanged, increasing the basic rate limit to £42,815, and keeping all age-related allowances at their current level; and if he will make a statement.
(80665)
8
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to tackle fraud in the claiming of (a) research and development tax credits and (b) vaccines research relief; and if he will make a statement.
(82153)
9
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the administration costs of (a) research and development tax credits and (b) vaccines research relief; and if he will make a statement.
(82154)
10
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been investigated for fraud in the claiming of (a) research and development tax credits and (b) vaccines research relief since their inception; how many were found to be claiming fraudulently in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(82155)
11
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have taken out the maximum £7,000 Individual Savings Account for the year 2005-06.
(81861)
12
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been liable for the £100 fine imposed by the Treasury for late declaration of their annual income in each of the last three years; and how much was raised in total as a result.
(81862)
13
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28th March 2006, Official Report, columns 864-5W, on pension rights (bankruptcy), what estimate he has made of the revenue foregone as a result of his Department relinquishing its preferred creditor status in insolvency cases.
(82499)
14
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) age-standardised mortality rates, (b) still-birth rate and (c) pregnancy (i) termination and (ii) miscarriage rate was for each electoral ward in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005.
(82402)
15
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disabled people were registered as unemployed in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years.
(81468)
16
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 94W, on inheritance tax, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance that informs departments that it is normal procedure not to publish preliminary regulatory impact assessments.
(82040)
17
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 94W, on inheritance tax, when and how his Department determined that it is normal procedure that preliminary regulatory impact assessments are not published.
(82041)
18
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will provide the information requested by the Treasury Select Committee in paragraph 109 of volume one of its fourth report of session 2005-06 (HC994-1), The 2006 Budget; and if he will make a statement.
(82093)
19
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of EU labour market liberalisation on the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
(82097)
20
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of remittances sent abroad by UK-based foreign nationals over the last five years, broken down by country.
(82565)
21
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether motorists participating in the proposed road pricing pilot will be entitled to lower rates of fuel duty when driving outside the area covered by the pricing scheme.
(82204)
22
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether motorists participating in the proposed road pricing pilot will be entitled to a fuel duty rebate.
(82257)
23
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK economy of the local government workers strike on 28th March.
(82497)
24
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81920)
25
N
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(81820)
26
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked in his Department's Financial Services Division sub-departments on (a) financial crime, (b) financial services strategy, (c) financial stability and risk, (d) payments and inclusion and (e) savings and investment in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.
(81706)
27
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) banks on the standard of proof of identity required for people to open a basic bank account.
(81707)
28
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of seasonal workers in (a) rural areas and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82031)
29
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken through the taxation system to encourage the production and availability to the motorist of bio-diesel.
(82322)
30
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the VAT on children's sun care products to an essential rating of five per cent.
(82276)
31
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will answer the letter to of 18th May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Christine Hayes.
(81895)
32
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) single parent households with children under the age of 16 years and (b) single parent households there were in Yeovil constituency in each of the last 15 years; and what estimate he has made of the number of cohabiting couples living in Yeovil constituency in each year.
(82137)
33
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the average income per person in Yeovil constituency.
(82138)
34
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged (a) 22 years and over, (b) 18 to 21 years and (c) under 18 years are receiving the minimum wage in (i) Yeovil constituency and (ii) Somerset.
(82146)
35
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce poverty in Yeovil constituency since 1997.
(82147)
36
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in (a) male and (b) female unemployment in Yeovil constituency has been in each of the last five years.
(82252)
37
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates since May 2005 he has held formal discussions about the nuclear deterrent with Ministry of Defence (a) Ministers and (b) officials.
(81842)
38
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayments of tax credits in the last 12 months have been due to administrative errors; and what steps are being taken to reduce such errors.
(82435)
39
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of (a) council tax in England and (b) the regional rate in Northern Ireland was returned to central Government in each of the last three years.
(82597)
40
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which local authorities have had a reduction in population according to the (a) 2001 Census and (b) 2004 mid-term population estimates.
(81984)
41
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the methods of collecting local authority population statistics; and if he will make a statement.
(81985)
42
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve the collection of statistics on (a) internal and (b) international migration.
(81986)
43
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which local authorities had an increase in the number of people claiming tax credits between 2001 and 2005.
(81988)
44
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the mid-term population estimates; and if he will make a statement.
(81990)
45
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used to decide which local authorities would be involved in the Improving Migration and Population Statistics project.
(81991)
46
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will decide which further local authorities will join the Improving Migration and Population Statistics project.
(81992)
47
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the mid-year population estimates more closely reflect the effects of internal and external migration; and if he will make a statement.
(81993)
48
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayment appeals in relation to tax credits were successful in each year since their creation; and if he will make a statement.
(82012)
49
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 15th May 2006, on the tax credit system (PO Ref: 4/25865/2006).
(81932)
50
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many instances of tax credit fraud have been recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82105)
51
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many drug-related deaths were recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82110)
52
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many seizures of (a) illegal firearms, (b) drugs and (c) cigarettes have been made in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82113)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
53
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82220)
54
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what written guidance for Departments has been produced regarding the publication of preliminary regulatory impact assessments.
(82034)
55
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what advertising campaigns her Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81926)
56
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much her Department has spent on the repair of water leaks within its estate in each of the last three financial years; if she will estimate likely expenditure for 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.
(81929)
57
N
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment she has made of personnel levels within the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.
(81481)
58
N
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when she expects the project for a new Contingency Telecommunications Provision to be put in place; whether it is expected fully to meet contingency voice and data communications requirements; and how much has been allocated to the programme.
(81482)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
59
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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; and if she will make a statement.
(82354)
60
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82221)
61
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants are employed by (a) the Government Office of the South West and (b) the South West Regional Assembly.
(82122)
62
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the Governmental organisations with responsibility (a) to spend and (b) to allocate funds in the South West.
(82125)
63
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advertising campaigns her Department and its predecessors have run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81921)
64
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what analysis will be undertaken prior to the allocation of funding to local authorities in 2007-08 of the impact on services provision of the immigration to the UK of people from accession countries in the EU since May 2004; and if she will make a statement.
(81851)
65
Mr Piara S. Khabra (Ealing Southall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the role of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion.
(82524)
66
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Council for the Protection of Rural England on the building of new houses in each region; with whom in the organisation; and if she will make a statement.
(81708)
67
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes in each region have been designated as affordable housing in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(81709)
68
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely change in the number of households in each region in the next (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 years; and if she will make a statement.
(81710)
69
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of house-building targets in relation to growth in the number of households over the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
(81711)
70
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households on average were in temporary housing in each region in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(81712)
71
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated per head of population by the Housing Corporation to (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West in the last period for which figures are available.
(82134)
72
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which organisations were consulted in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/Treasury Review of Government Offices; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) Race Impact Assessment and (b) Departmental response.
(82589)
73
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each Government Office spent on consultants from (a) administrative and (b) programme expenditure between April 2005 and March 2006.
(82590)
74
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact on local authorities of the mid-year population estimates; and if she will make a statement.
(81982)
75
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority areas have made representations to her about the accuracy of (a) the internal migration statistics and (b) the mid-year population estimates.
(81983)
76
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to promote equality and diversity within local authorities; and what targets it has set in relation to this.
(82407)
77
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to assist local authorities to meet their targets to (a) reduce sickness and absence levels and (b) for processing housing benefit claims.
(82408)
78
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance the Government is providing to local councils to redevelop town centres.
(82410)
79
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of supported housing schemes for people with learning disabilities.
(82412)
80
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to encourage local councils to make council services available via the internet.
(82413)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
81
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82222)
82
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the final outcome of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission will (a) be published and (b) become effective for the purpose of the election on which these boundaries would be used.
(81854)
83
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made on the Development, Innovation and Support Contracts project; and if she will make a statement.
(82554)
84
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates' courts are using the Libra computer system.
(82555)
85
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in (a) Stroud constituency and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since 1997.
(82037)
86
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many properties were repossessed in each quarter since 2001, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(82131)
87
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) the Somerset County Council area and (c) the South West since 1997.
(82143)
88
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, columns 2082-6W, on DNA Bioscience, whether DNA Bioscience made an application to be added to the accredited list.
(82475)
89
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when her Department expects to finalise plans to increase Crown Court capacity in Buckinghamshire; and what assessment has been made of providing Crown Court facilities at (a) Aylesbury, (b) Milton Keynes and (c) both.
(82285)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
90
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82223)
91
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what controls the licensing regime imposes on the sale of alcohol to minors via (a) fast food delivery outlets and (b) shopping purchases online.
(82121)
92
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has consulted (a) representatives of the travel insurance industry and (b) other insurers on the Terrorism Relief Fund.
(82258)
93
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost of making payments to the victims of terrorism abroad at the level of the Criminal Injuries Compensation scheme.
(82286)
94
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis payments from the Terrorism Relief Fund will be made; and whether they will be made retrospectively.
(82287)
95
N
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a further statement on the Terrorism Relief Fund before the House rises for the summer adjournment.
(82288)
96
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the lost revenue to UK companies and recording artists from the lack of payments for broadcast rights in the USA; and what estimate has been supplied to her Department by the music industry.
(82619)
97
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on reform of the Arts Council.
(81232)
98
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on Government support for the UK film industry.
(81233)
99
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the Government's strategy for Channel 4.
(81234)
100
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advertising campaigns her Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81925)
101
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received regarding the withdrawal of television licence savings stamps.
(81927)
102
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information TV Licensing provides about local Paypoint facilities in Swansea to pay for television licences.
(81970)
103
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the withdrawal of television licence savings stamps.
(81971)
104
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice is being given to people by TV Licensing about (a) the withdrawal of television licence stamps and (b) arrangements for their replacement.
(82005)
105
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether guidance will be issued to local authorities to ensure that new casino licensing regulations are applied consistently.
(82537)
106
Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people over 75 years in Brentford and Isleworth constituency receive free television licences.
(82433)
107
Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is making available for library facilities for older people.
(82434)
108
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the time and date was of the appointments from his Ministerial diary cancelled by the hon. Member for St. Helens South since his appointment to her Department.
(81846)
109
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the plan for the London 2012 Olympics spectrum allocation has changed since the announcement of the success of the UK's bid.
(82014)
110
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which body is responsible for overseeing the spectrum allocation for the 2012 Olympics; when it is expected to produce a plan for spectrum allocation; and what the cut-off date is for testing the new technologies.
(82015)
111
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much spectrum has been reserved for new technologies likely to be in place by the 2012 Olympics; and on what basis that calculation was made.
(82025)
112
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what central funding is available for dance facilities in local communities.
(82414)
113
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what correspondence she has written to (a) Ministers, (b) governors of the Institute and (c) other non-departmental public bodies on the subject of the Commonwealth Institute building in the last 12 months.
(82038)
114
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions since 1985 Ministers have taken decisions to delist buildings previously listed by English Heritage.
(82039)
115
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations are being supported with public funding to encourage aspiring tennis players to stay in the sport.
(82265)
116
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data are used to assess deprivation for the purposes of the policy directions given by the Government to the Big Lottery Fund on the proportion of the funds that are to be disbursed to Wales.
(81659)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
117
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82224)
118
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is making contributions of (a) funding, (b) expertise and (c) personnel towards the (i) UN and (ii) EU peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(82059)
119
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that events sponsored by the Government to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War include Argentinian representatives and the families of those killed in the conflict; and if he will make a statement.
(81871)
120
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women of minority ethnic origin are employed by his Department.
(81235)
121
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the life expectancy is of the 30mm rarden cannon.
(82430)
122
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of rounds which can be fired by the 30mm rarden cannon before the barrel needs to be replaced.
(82431)
123
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 30mm rarden cannons are used by the (a) Warrior, (b) Scimitar and (c) Saber vehicles.
(82432)
124
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 30mm Rarden cannons in use by the British military will need to be replaced in the next two financial years; and at what estimated cost.
(82477)
125
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British Armed Forces personnel, including special forces, are operating in Iran.
(82199)
126
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 2052W, on search and rescue services, whether the assessment of the future of the Maritime Counter Terrorism role will include consideration of RNAS Culdrose as a possible base for the fulfilment of this role.
(81955)
127
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 2052W, on search and rescue services, whether relevant factors will include the consideration of (a) support for local air ambulance out of hours, (b) medical evacuations, (c) casualty evacuations, (d) availability of back-up aircraft and (e) capacity to call upon competent trained non-search and rescue aircraft and crews from the same base for large scale emergencies which are functions of the 771 Squadron.
(81958)
128
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) employment relations impact of the Babcock contract for service and repair of Hawk Fighter Jets at RAF Valley in North Wales.
(81961)
129
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 2052w, on search and rescue services, which (a) existing and (b) potential helicopter bases the Maritime Coastguard Agency and his Department have assessed as capable of providing an equivalent search and rescue coverage of the maritime western approaches to that provided by the 771 Squadron at RMAS Culdrose.
(81973)
130
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 2052W, on search and rescue services, what timetable he has set for (a) the assessment to be completed, (b) further announcements to be made, (c) invitations to tender to run the services and (d) other matters relevant to the future operation of search and rescue services in the UK.
(81981)
131
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the announcement on 27th June on the creation of six new state school cadet units, what discussions he had with the Department of Education and Skills on this matter.
(81777)
132
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the announcement on 27th June on the creation of six new state school cadet units, how much of the funding will come from the private sector.
(81778)
133
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are willing to support and take part in state school cadet schemes.
(81779)
134
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are being treated for injuries sustained in Iraq in (a) Al Udeid, (b) Baghdad, (c) Basra air station, (d) Seeb Tallil, (e) Al Muthanna, (f) Al Amarah, (g) the Princess Mary Hospital, RAF Akrotiri, (h) the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hopsital, Birmingham, (i) the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court and (j) each of the regional rehabilitation units in the UK.
(82051)
135
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops were aeromedically evacuated from Iraq by US forces for treatment at US facilities in Ramstein, Germany in each of the last 12 months.
(82052)
136
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has allocated for US contract N00178-04-D-4042 to EG & G, a Trident software support contract for K Development at the Naval Surface Warfare Centre Dahlgren, for the development and testing of (a) UK targeting, (b) reference and simulation models and (c) verifying the removal of US-eyes only items from Trident targeting and fire control software.
(82405)
137
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has carried out to verify the integrity of Trident targeting and fire control software created and tested in the US and from which US-eyes only items have been removed.
(82406)
138
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for (a) a national debate, (b) a White Paper and (c) a decision to be made for the replacement of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
(82421)
139
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what structures exist within the Government to provide a framework for formulation of policy on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
(82422)
140
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration Ministers have given to detailed policy on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
(82423)
141
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Ministers in other departments about the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
(82424)
142
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment UK officials have made of the feasibility of making concurrent progress on security and counter-narcotics objectives in Afghanistan.
(82425)
143
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 35W, on Trident, whether he makes a distinction between designing and developing in the context of work on a new warhead for use in Trident missiles.
(82426)
144
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which journalists who were not employed directly as media personnel by the Ministry of Defence have (a) applied for, (b) received, (c) not yet received and (d) declined the Iraq medal.
(81902)
145
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81911)
146
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (Humvees) are (a) owned and (b) leased by the Department; and whether any such vehicles have been acquired under the Stormer Programme.
(82608)
147
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian movements are authorised at RAF Northolt; how many such movements have taken place in each of the last five years; and whether he plans to change the maximum number.
(82609)
148
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy were medically discharged from the armed services in Iraq due to (i) an accident, (ii) limb amputation and (iii) psychological problems in each year since March 2003; and if he will make a statement.
(82461)
149
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy who were medically discharged from the armed services for injuries sustained in Iraq in each year since 2003 are being treated at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
(82462)
150
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy have been medically discharged from the armed services in Afghanistan due to (i) an accident, (ii) limb amputation and (iii) psychological problems in each year since October 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(82463)
151
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy who have been medically discharged from the armed services for injuries sustained in Afghanistan in each year since 2002 are being treated at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
(82464)
152
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirement there was on the US Administration to inform the UK Government that mines were stored on ships in UK territorial waters surrounding Diego Garcia; and if he will make a statement.
(82347)
153
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Government has requested a catalogue of military equipment, arms or munitions held on US ships in the UK territorial waters surrounding Diego Garcia, pursuant to its obligations under the Ottawa Treaty in the last five years.
(82348)
154
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the distribution is of UK forces between Operation Enduring Freedom and security assistance to the Afghan government; and whether personnel may be moved between each role.
(81840)
155
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the unpredictability of future threats to the United Kingdom between 2020 and 2050 as a factor in deciding whether to build a new generation of the nuclear deterrent.
(81841)
156
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) planned and (b) existing projects in his Department involve the use of biometric technology.
(82578)
157
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the design of the Force Protection MUV-R Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototype for suitability as a tactical patrol vehicle for the British Army.
(82494)
158
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per track mile excluding crew costs is of operating (a) a Warrior MICV and (b) a RG-31M in Iraqi conditions.
(82495)
159
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the official designation is of the Snatch Land Rover; when it was first produced for the British Army; how many versions have been produced; how many of each version have been produced; what levels of ballistic protection each version offers; and what the approximate cost per vehicle is of the current version.
(82508)
160
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will purchase a quantity of light observation helicopters similar to the Kiowa type used by the US Armed Forces, for use as routine convoy and ground vehicle patrol escorts in Iraq.
(82509)
161
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what publicly advertised (a) financial and (b) other inducements are funded by the Government to residents of Iraq to encourage the supply of information on the operation of insurgents to (i) the Armed Forces and (ii) British officials in Iraq.
(82510)
162
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the improvised explosive device attack at Haditha, Iraq in 2006, on the amphibious assault vehicle operated by the US Marine Corps has implications for (a) the design of British armoured personnel carriers and (b) other British Army force protection measures.
(82513)
163
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has carried out strategic analyses of the experiences from the use of improvised explosive devices by the counter-insurgency in Iraq; whether he has made an assessment of whether the tactics used by the insurgents in that theatre are likely to be met elsewhere in future British Army deployments; and what the implications are for (a) force structures, (b) equipment, (c) tactics and (d) training for (i) medium-weight armoured formations and (ii) other formations intended for deployment as a rapid reaction force.
(82514)
164
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reconsider the purchase of the Armoured Pinzgauer vehicles on order for troops in Afghanistan.
(82515)
165
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will purchase a quantity of BAE Land Systems RG-31s for deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan to provide enhanced protection for Army patrols pending a longer-term review of more suitable vehicles.
(82516)
166
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost is of (a) recruitment of an infantryman and (b) training an infantryman from recruitment to being ready for overseas deployment in an active formation in the latest period for which figures are available.
(82518)
167
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what vehicles are provided for Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel on active service in Iraq.
(82519)
168
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evaluation his Department has carried out of the (a) ADI Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle and (b) BAE systems Iraqi Light Armoured Vehicle in respect of the protection afforded from improvised explosive devices and other explosive devices; and how these vehicles compare with the Armoured Pinzgauer on order for British troops in Afghanistan.
(82520)
169
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has evaluated the potential role of the Force Protection Inc. Buffalo Mine Clearance Vehicle in operations in Southern Iraq; and what assessment he has made of the possible role these vehicles have in developing pro-active measures to reduce the improvised explosive devices threat to British Army patrols in the region.
(82521)
170
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of protection is afforded from mines and other explosive devices by the BAE Systems/OMC RG-31 when exploded (a) under any wheel and (b) under the cabin; and how this compares with the protection afforded by the Iveco Panther FCLV.
(82522)
171
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evaluations have been carried out by his Department of the BAE Systems Scarab Armoured Patrol Vehicle; and what level of protection is afforded by this vehicle from mines and other explosive devices when exploded (a) under any wheel and (b) under the cabin.
(82523)
172
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the relative protection afforded from improvised explosive devices by the Tempest Truck, Mine Protected Vehicle and the Force Protection Inc. Cougar joint explosive ordnance disposal rapid response vehicles employed by the US Marine Corps in Iraq.
(82530)
173
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a facility in the Army for soldiers to (a) record and (b) anonymously record their concerns about the capability and adequacy of their equipment.
(82566)
174
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has carried out an evaluation of the protection offered by the US Navy Ultra concept vehicle project from the threat of (a) improvised explosive devices and (b) rocket propelled grenade 7s.
(82568)
175
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the morale of troops stationed in Iraq.
(82569)
176
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training programmes in Iraqi native languages are available to troops prior to deployment in Iraq; what type of courses are taught; what levels of proficiency are taught; and how many personnel have taken each of the courses available in each of the last three years.
(82570)
177
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) armoured personnel carriers and (b) other armoured platforms being considered for the Future Rapid Effects System offer significant mine and improvised explosive device protection.
(82571)
178
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an evaluation of the experience of dealing with the TMRP-6 mine in Bosnia has been carried out in the context of the emergence of explosively formed projectile mines in Iraq.
(82572)
179
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the performance specifications are of the new patrol vehicle Vector; what type of vehicle it is; and how its armour protection compares with the (a) Snatch Land Rover and (b) TG-31.
(82573)
180
N
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the merits of an in-house bid as part of the Defence Training Review.
(81845)
181
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of compensating all living Gurkhas who have completed their service for pay received below levels provided to British servicemen and women serving at the same time.
(81939)
182
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries provide servicemen and women for the British armed forces; and what agreements govern their terms and conditions of service.
(82011)
183
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department has undertaken into the living conditions of Gurkhas who have completed their service and are living (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
(82277)
184
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Gurkhas who have completed their service who are living (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.
(82278)
185
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the deployment of 16 Air Assault Brigade to Afghanistan is due to cease.
(81994)
186
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the minimum time is for notification to units designated for tours of Afghanistan that they are earmarked to serve in (a) 16 Air Assault Brigade and (b) other posts in theatre.
(81995)
187
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Reserve Forces data TSP07 for 1st April will be available on the Defence Analytical Services Agency website.
(82577)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
188
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which countries he plans to visit (a) before the end of 2006 and (b) in the first half of 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(82562)
189
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many (a) domestic and (b) foreign trips on official business he has undertaken since May; how much each trip has cost; and how many officials accompanied him on each trip.
(81933)
190
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the planned annual staffing (a) budget and (b) level is of his Office over the next three years; and how many posts are vacant.
(81935)
191
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the planned budget is of his Office in each of the next three years.
(81936)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
192
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82225)
193
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what national records he keeps of child abuse incidents.
(82085)
194
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent on the promotion of positive parenting in the last period for which figures are available; and what this figure represents per child in England.
(82016)
195
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what expenditure is planned for sexual health education in schools in each of the next three years.
(82546)
196
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the retention levels of (a) newly-qualified and (b) existing teachers; what the average number of years served by existing teachers is; and if he will make a statement .
(81852)
197
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many foreign teachers, excluding language assistants, are working in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools, broken down by nationality.
(81853)
198
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultants are employed by his Department to work on (a) policy development and (b) cost control; and if he will make a statement.
(81858)
199
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his policy on (a) the teaching of religious studies and (b) teaching about (i) Islam and (ii) atheism within the National Curriculum.
(81898)
200
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the teaching of (a) modern (i) East European, (ii) West European, (iii) Asian and (iv) African and (b) ancient languages within the National Curriculum.
(81899)
201
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been dismissed since 1997.
(81904)
202
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many educational premises have been declared unfit for use since 1997.
(81905)
203
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many accidents have taken place in establishments for which his Department is responsible in the last 12 months; how many court cases have arisen as a result; how much has been awarded in (a) damages and (b) settlements; and if he will make a statement.
(81906)
204
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have (a) retired and (b) been recruited in each year since 1997.
(81907)
205
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many department-owned vehicles have been issued to his staff in the last 12 months; to whom they were issued; for what reason; and at what cost.
(81908)
206
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was to his Department of transport allowances in the last year for which figures are available.
(81909)
207
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total carbon emission of his Department in each year since 1997.
(81910)
208
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81915)
209
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many department-owned fax machines have been issued to his staff in the last 12 months; to whom they were issued; and at what cost.
(81945)
210
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May 2006, Official Report, column 256W, on skills for life, which particular skill sets staff members regarded as requiring Skills for Life courses needed; how the requirements were identified; what grade each staff member who attended a course received at annual review (a) before and (b) after attending; and what course was taken.
(82160)
211
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his policy on the teaching of sciences in the national curriculum.
(82292)
212
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to remove from all EU legislation which he is responsible for transposing into UK law any references supporting EU integration.
(82293)
213
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the inclusion of teaching about (a) the European Communities and (b) EU policies in educational establishments; and if he will make a statement.
(82294)
214
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of primary school pupils (a) were eligible for free school meals and (b) took them up in each local education authority in the last year for which figures are available, listed in ascending order of percentage; and what the equivalent figures were in 1997.
(82127)
215
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many admission appeals there have been in each city technology college in each year since they opened.
(81462)
216
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to improve vocational training for young people in Houghton and Washington East.
(82283)
217
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from (a) Houghton and Washington East constituency and (b) Sunderland City Council area are exempt from tuition fees.
(82284)
218
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many available places there are on Sure Start schemes in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West; and what percentage of children are on the Sure Start scheme in each area.
(82148)
219
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West are exempt from tuition fees.
(82149)
220
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in Year 10 and above in Yeovil constituency are on the apprenticeships scheme.
(82178)
221
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people below the age of 19 years have received support from Connexions in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset in the past 12 months.
(82179)
222
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage long-term unemployed people in Yeovil constituency to return to education and training.
(82180)
223
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of women studying engineering at university level in each of the last 10 years; what employment opportunities in engineering were available on completion of their course; and if he will make a statement.
(82351)
224
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students (a) aged 14 years and over and (b) at university level studied modern languages in each of the last 10 years.
(82352)
225
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local authorities had an increase in the number of schoolchildren in (a) Key Stage 1 and (b) Key Stage 2 between 2001 and 2005.
(81989)
226
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of child care places in Swindon.
(82409)
227
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is responsible for checking that schools have sufficient smoke alarms and fire extinguishers and that they are in working order.
(81666)
228
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many courses were offered at further education colleges in (a) tarot card reading, (b) stand-up comedy and (c) Australian cake decorating in the past three years.
(81713)
229
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Treasury regarding the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(81771)
230
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the planned harder questions at A level for advanced students will be (a) sat as separate exams and (b) included as additional questions on examination papers sat by all students.
(81772)
231
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by schools on (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A-level examination entries in each year since 1997.
(81999)
232
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many examination boards have been approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to set (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A level examinations for the academic year 2005-06.
(82000)
233
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in maintained schools in England took the International Baccalaureate in each of the last 10 years.
(82001)
234
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A level examinations sat in 2006 will be written by Edexcel.
(82002)
235
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils will sit at least one (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A level examination paper written by Edexcel in the summer of 2006; and what proportion that figure represents of all pupils taking each level of examination.
(82003)
236
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the collection by schools of pupils' personal data, with particular reference to fingerprints.
(82201)
237
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department has taken against examination boards which have delivered (a) GCSE, (b) AS and (c) A level examination papers containing errors or omissions to schools in each of the last nine years.
(82269)
238
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) errors in and (b) omissions from (i) GCSE, (ii) AS and (iii) A level examination papers there were in each of the last three years.
(82274)
239
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) education is provided in schools and colleges, (b) information his Department issues and (c) grants are available for the purpose of advising sixth form and college students on personal safety issues.
(81470)
240
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is provided for activities to reduce the use of drugs amongst young people; and if he will make a statement.
(82263)
241
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken by his Department to provide security measures to ensure that (a) knives and (b) guns are not taken into schools.
(82264)
242
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local authorities have carried out fire risk assessments in all their schools.
(82044)
243
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schools have trained their staff to deal with fire safety risks.
(82045)
244
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been made available to local authorities for the training of school staff in fire safety issues.
(82046)
245
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time equivalent lecturers and (b) students there were at the University of Sussex in each of the last 10 years.
(82604)
246
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will set an upper limit on charges local education authorities are permitted to make for school bus journeys under the school transport section of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.
(82417)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
247
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82226)
248
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to present a draft Marine Bill to Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
(82157)
249
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the plans under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species for a one-time sale of ivory stocks.
(82158)
250
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has evaluated on the effects of condensation trails on climate change.
(80666)
251
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the environment of the regular recharging of mobile telephones.
(81863)
252
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what percentage carbon emissions from road transport have changed in each of the past nine years.
(82344)
253
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets have been set for Government departments' consumption of (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) all power from renewable sources.
(82420)
254
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what obligations are placed on members of the public wishing to sell vehicle parts on (a) the internet and (b) elsewhere under the End of Life Vehicles legislation.
(82427)
255
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency in enforcing the End of Life Vehicles legislation.
(82428)
256
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81914)
257
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of UK food produce sold in supermarkets in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82030)
258
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abattoirs there are in Yeovil constituency; and how many there were in 1997.
(82181)
259
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the largest single farmer subsidy, including EU subsidy, paid in Yeovil constituency was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.
(82183)
260
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed in (a) dairy farming, (b) beef farming, (c) sheep farming, (d) arable farming, (e) mixed farming and (f) other forms of farming in Yeovil constituency in (i) 1990, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2005.
(82184)
261
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has assessed published research into the use of the gamma interferon tuberculosis test in other countries.
(81472)
262
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the gamma interferon tuberculosis test; and what sources of information he has used to inform that assessment.
(81473)
263
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet representatives of the Independent Scientific Group to discuss their findings.
(81474)
264
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget is in 2006-07 for agricultural support in England; and what the administrative cost is of distributing it.
(82445)
265
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hereford of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 902W, on the single farm payment, on what date he will publish details of payments made in England up to 30th June 2006.
(82361)
266
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations were undertaken with employers of seasonal agricultural workers scheme students on changes to the employment contracts of those students; what discussions he had with the Home Office; and if he will make a statement.
(82026)
267
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the Environmental Liability Directive on (a) pollution control, (b) water resources, (c) biodiversity, (d) wildlife, (e) contaminated land and (f) environmental protection in the UK.
(81942)
268
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment was made of the psychological effects on each badger captured in the recent field trials of badger body snares.
(82468)
269
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether badger body snares had been used by the Central Science Laboratory for (a) ecological and (b) other research work before 2006.
(82469)
270
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensuring that abandoned cars are removed from public highways and council land within a reasonable time period.
(82411)
271
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place for the protection of woodland in (a) South Swindon constituency and (b) the Great Western Community Forest.
(82415)
272
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the (a) control of ivory stock piles and (b) reopening of the trade in ivory.
(81928)
273
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of bovine tuberculosis have been recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82112)
274
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of possible energy savings from (a) the construction and (b) use of buildings known as earthships; and what estimate he has made of the number of such constructions in each of the last five years.
(81774)
275
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter from Mrs Pauline Penton, a constituent of the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, sent on 19th January.
(82128)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
276
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 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; and if she will make a statement.
(82466)
277
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82227)
278
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with (i) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (ii) Treasury officials regarding the proposals to reduce the proportion of the UK abatement in the agreement on the next EU financial perspective.
(81822)
279
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make representations to (i) the EU Commission, (ii) the EU Presidency and (iii) other member state governments to seek agreement to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposals to reduce the proportion of the UK abatement in the agreement on the next EU financial perspective.
(81823)
280
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to ensure that the protection of minorities is properly provided for in the final status arrangements for Kosovo.
(82299)
281
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to ensure that the protection of religious and cultural sites is properly provided for in the final status arrangements for Kosovo.
(82300)
282
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the final status of Kosovo; and if she will make a statement.
(82301)
283
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Serbian government regarding the final status of Kosovo.
(82302)
284
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the government of Ethiopia on the human rights situation in that country; and if she will make a statement.
(82056)
285
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(82058)
286
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006 to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, Official Report, column 1127W, on Afghanistan, what factors the UK Government took into account in deciding that legal cultivation of opium for legitimate medicinal export was not viable.
(82507)
287
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of extended Israeli military action in the West Bank following the military incursions into Gaza which commenced on 27th June 2006; and what representations she is making on the issue.
(82163)
288
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring is being undertaken by the UK Government to ascertain whether military equipment and components supplied to Israel from the UK are being used in the military incursions by Israel into Gaza which commenced on 27th June 2006.
(82166)
289
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications under the Geneva Conventions of the targeting by Israel of civilian facilities and infrastructure in Gaza during the military incursions commenced by Israel on 27th June 2006; and what representations she has made to the government of Israel on the subject.
(82167)
290
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) she and (b) her officials have made to the government of Israel in the last 12 months regarding its detention of Palestinian children taken by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and on what occasion such representations were last made at ministerial level.
(82168)
291
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) she and (b) her officials have made to the government of Israel in the last 12 months regarding its detention without trial of Palestinians taken by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and on what occasion such representations were last made at ministerial level.
(82169)
292
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of Palestinians taken by Israeli forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories who are held in detention without trial and (b) the number of children taken and held in this way.
(82170)
293
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) she and (b) her officials have made to the Palestinian Authority regarding the abduction and detention without trial of Corporal Gilad Shalit by Palestinian militants.
(82171)
294
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response she has made to the agreement between Hamas and Fatah regarding acceptance of a two state settlement in Israel and Palestine; and what representations she has made to (a) the Palestinian Authority, (b) Israel and (c) the USA on the subject.
(82172)
295
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received from the UN about the numbers of (a) Palestinians and (b) Israelis (i) killed and (ii) injured during May and June 2006; how many (A) Palestinians were (1) killed and (2) injured by (x) Israeli fire and (y) internal violence, (B) Israelis were (aa) killed and (bb) injured by Palestinian fire and (C) (xx) Palestinians and (yy) Israelis were (AA) killed and (BB) injured from a disputed source; and if she will describe the disputes involved.
(82173)
296
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) reports she has received from the UN and (b) estimate she has made of the numbers of Israeli Air Force strikes into the Gaza Strip during May and June.
(82174)
297
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) reports she has received from the UN and (b) estimate she has made of the numbers of Israeli Defence Force artillery shells fired into the Gaza Strip during May and June 2006.
(82175)
298
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) reports she has received from the UN and (b) estimate she has made of the numbers of Palestinian home-made rockets fired from the Gaza Strip during May and June 2006.
(82176)
299
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Israel regarding the round of military incursions into Gaza which commenced on 27th June.
(82177)
300
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she is making to the Palestinian Authority to persuade them to secure the disarmament of unofficial Palestinian militia groups; and on what occasions the last representations were made.
(82397)
301
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she is making to the government of Israel to persuade them to secure the disarmament of unofficial Israeli militia groups of settlers; and on what occasion the last representations were made.
(82438)
302
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Zimbabwean authorities on freedom of expression by opposition spokespersons in Zimbabwe.
(81865)
303
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Indonesian government on compensation for the families of victims killed in the bombings in Bali in 2002.
(82104)
304
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the percentage of the world's uranium supplies which are in Burma.
(82538)
305
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the uranium produced and exported by Burma is the kind that can be used in the development of (a) nuclear weapons and (b) dirty bombs.
(82539)
306
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government has received on whether North Korea (a) is training Burmese nationals in nuclear technology and (b) has transferred missile technology to Burma.
(82540)
307
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the composition is of the British Provisional Reconstruction Team in Helmand Province.
(82476)
308
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use to date of passerelle clauses to incorporate EU legislation into UK law.
(81900)
309
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which areas the UK's veto in EU matters has been relinquished by means other than a treaty since 1997.
(81901)
310
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advertising campaigns her Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81923)
311
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 301, on EU fraud, what information is held on allegations by diplomats; to which cases the allegations refer; and if she will make a statement.
(81943)
312
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of Zimbabwean beef licensed for export to the EU which comes from confiscated (a) land and (b) stock.
(81944)
313
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 298W, on departmental resource accounts, what the cost was of writing off the stockpile of out-of-date visa vignettes; and from which budget line the funds were found.
(82054)
314
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 298W, on departmental resource accounts, what the items listed were; and what the reason was for the need for their disposal.
(82055)
315
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will consider the forthcoming referendum in Gibraltar to approve the new constitution to be an act of self-determination by the people of Gibraltar.
(82615)
316
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Japanese government in the last six months concerning the imprisoned UK citizen, Nick Baker.
(82349)
317
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the statement of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on 27th June on extraordinary renditions; and if she will make a statement.
(81951)
318
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she will provide the information on extraordinary rendition requested by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its nineteenth report, published in May 2006.
(81952)
319
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) information her Department provides and (b) grants it makes available for the purpose of advising gap year students on personal safety issues when travelling overseas.
(81471)
320
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the suitability of the Republic of Montenegro for membership of the European Union; and if she will make a statement.
(82115)
321
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether (a) the Republic of Montenegro and (b) the Republic of Serbia will be first to join the European Union; and if she will make a statement.
(82116)
322
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) European Commission officials and (b) other EU governments on the suitability of Montenegro for membership of the European Union.
(82117)
323
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Stabilisation and Assocation negotiations will be re-launched in the aftermath of the separation of Serbia and Montenegro.
(82118)
324
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions Ministers from her Department have visited (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania in the last 12 months.
(82119)
325
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the European Union is providing to (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania to strengthen the border security of those countries.
(82120)
326
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Government's preferred policy is (a) talks between the Polisario Front and Morocco on autonomy for the Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty and (b) a referendum on self determination for the people of Western Sahara; and if she will make a statement.
(82043)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
327
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on proposed redundancies at NHS Direct at Caterham.
(82353)
328
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) meetings were held and (b) correspondence was exchanged between (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) regarding the NICE appraisal of Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Galantamine and Memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
(81667)
329
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what answers her Department has received from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to each of the six questions asked by her Department on 13th February 2006, Gateway reference: 6185, in relation to the NICE appraisal of Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Glanatmine and Memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
(81674)
330
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82228)
331
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2109W, on waiting times, how many (a) English and (b) Welsh patients had been waiting more than six months for an NHS in-patient operation at English hospitals at the end of April 2006.
(82219)
332
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to review the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 1995; and if she will make a statement.
(82289)
333
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent per baby born on the promotion of breastfeeding in each of the last three financial years.
(82290)
334
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the financial position of primary care trusts that are significantly under their weighted capitation target; and if she will make a statement.
(82063)
335
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of Newham Primary Care Trust's financial position; and if she will make a statement.
(82064)
336
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much notice was given to primary care trusts of their financial obligation to the London risk pool.
(82065)
337
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the financial effects on primary care trusts of the obligation to contribute portions of their budget for 2006-07 to a risk pool.
(82066)
338
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much Newham Primary Care Trust was under its weighted capitation target in each financial year between 1997-98 and 2005-06; and by how much she expects it to be under its weighted capitation target in financial year 2006-07.
(82067)
339
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the effectiveness of the weighted capitation targets in addressing health inequalities in the NHS.
(82068)
340
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of there being a need for additional contributions by London primary care trusts to the London Strategic Health Authority risk pool in 2007-08.
(82069)
341
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when London primary care trusts are expected to be informed of any need to contribute funds to a London strategic health authority risk pool for 2007-08.
(82070)
342
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects Newham Primary Care Trust to reach its weighted capitation target; and if she will make a statement.
(82071)
343
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Newham Primary Care Trust is expected to receive a refund of its contribution to the risk pool for the London Strategic Health Authority.
(82072)
344
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards the six national NHS priorities in Newham Primary Care Trust area; and if she will make a statement.
(82073)
345
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether spearhead primary care trusts will be given priority when primary care trust contributions to strategic health authority risk pools are repaid.
(82074)
346
N
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults were provided with cochlear implant treatment in (i) England and (ii) Scotland over the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(82295)
347
Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to initiate a formal consultation on the merits of changes to the regulation of non-medical healthcare professionals proposed in the Foster Review.
(82298)
348
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase access to specialist alcohol treatment services in Gloucestershire; what has been allocated to such services in 2006-07; and how that budget is allocated.
(82482)
349
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients classified as obese there were in each GP practice area in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005.
(82398)
350
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients suffered a stroke in each GP practice area in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005.
(82399)
351
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with (a) asthma, (b) clinical depression, (c) diabetes and (d) autism were registered with each GP practice area in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005.
(82400)
352
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) Down's Syndrome birth rate and (b) birth defect rate was for each electoral ward in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005.
(82401)
353
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the pay reform agenda at NHS Direct; how many sites are waiting for payment of back pay; and when she expects this process to be completed.
(82008)
354
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many district community nurses are employed by the South East London Strategic Health Authority.
(81947)
355
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department provides to hospital trusts on the use of mobile telephones by patients in hospitals.
(82270)
356
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department provides to hospital trusts on charges for (a) outgoing and (b) incoming telephone calls from hospital bedside units.
(82271)
357
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per minute for (a) outgoing and (b) incoming telephone calls from hospital bedside units in each hospital trust was in each year since 1997.
(82272)
358
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the financial impact of telephone charges from bedside units on patients.
(82273)
359
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the government of the Philippines regarding (a) the effects of health worker migration from the Philippines to the United Kingdom and (b) the full inclusion of the Philippines in the Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Workers.
(81831)
360
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which primary care trusts have paid independent providers of elective procedures for services which (a) were not provided in 2005-06 and (b) have not yet been provided in the first quarter of 2006-07.
(81953)
361
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of whether the independent healthcare provider Capio has been paid by the NHS for operations and procedures which have not taken place.
(81954)
362
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms are of the contract her Department has with Crystal Blue Consulting in respect of a review of the impact of the market forces factor in the funding and operation of local health trusts; and what timetable has been set for (a) completion of the work and (b) publishing its findings.
(81957)
363
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which the budget available to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust reflects the health needs of the local population; what assessment she has made of the reasons for its deficit; and who is responsible for tackling the deficit.
(81959)
364
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what the financial impact was of the (a) social and economic deprivation, (b) proportion of elderly people living in the community and (c) demands of a rural ecomony element of the funding formula on each primary care trust in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07.
(81960)
365
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what other elements in addition to those mentioned are contained in the funding formula for local health trusts; and how these are weighted within the formula in respect of their potential proportionate impact on local health trust budgets.
(81962)
366
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial impact and (b) proportionate overall funding impact on the average primary care trust (PCT) of (i) the demand of a rural economy, (ii) the proportion of elderly people living within the community, (iii) social and economic deprivation, (iv) the market forces factor and (v) all other elements which create variability of funding for PCTs and health trusts.
(81963)
367
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures her Department plans to take in respect of those primary care trusts which (a) failed to achieve in 2005-06 and (b) fail to achieve in 2006-07 the proposed target of the purchase of 15 per cent. of the budget for all planned elective procedures from the private and independent sector.
(81980)
368
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what financial impact (a) the demands of a rural economy, (b) the proportion of elderly people living within the community, (c) social and economic deprivation and (d) the market forces factor have on the available budget for each of the three Cornish primary care trusts.
(81997)
369
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 73256, on Choose and Book, what assessment her Department has made of the likely financial impact of the Choose and Book system programme on local trusts and authorities.
(82132)
370
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Oral Statement of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 264, on NHS performance, what assessment she has made of the impact on primary care trusts (PCTs) of (a) social and economic deprivation, (b) the proportion of elderly people living in the community, (c) the demands of a rural economy and (d) the market forces factor where each factor has the greatest (i) positive and (ii) negative impact; and what assessment she has made of the average impact of each element on PCTs.
(82500)
371
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to be in a position to decide on the future of the Arun Community Hospital in Littlehampton.
(82483)
372
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected annual change in costs is of providing domiciliary oxygen services before and after the introduction of the new contract.
(82544)
373
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of supplying domiciliary oxygen services in each of the last 12 months.
(82545)
374
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the human pappilloma virus vaccines will be considered at the meeting of the Joint Council on Vaccination and Immunisation in February 2007.
(82547)
375
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on its plans to introduce the human pappilloma virus vaccine; and if she will make a statement.
(82548)
376
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to ensure that dental appliances originating from foreign suppliers are subject to the same standards as those manufactured in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
(82552)
377
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the new dental contract on the (a) type and (b) quality of dental appliances supplied.
(82553)
378
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, columns 231-2W, on NHS Direct, what proportion of total NHS Direct sites the proposed closure of 12 sites represents; and what proportion of the total NHS Direct workforce 573 posts represents.
(81937)
379
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of NHS Direct on front line services; and if she will make a statement.
(81974)
380
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions to hospital there were in each year since 1998-99.
(82013)
381
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of proposed (a) site closures and (b) staff redundancies on NHS Direct front-line services.
(82035)
382
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has accepted the Food Standards Agency's recommendation that its nutrient profiling model should be the basis of any further regulation of television advertising to children for health purposes.
(82567)
383
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department gives to (a) primary care and (b) hospital trusts on the level of provision of maternity wards; and if she will make a statement.
(81776)
384
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advertising campaigns her Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81924)
385
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on short break provision in Somerset in the last period for which figures are available; and how many hours' break that expenditure provided in total.
(82279)
386
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours' short break service, on average were provided on behalf of people with a learning disability in Somerset who received the care component of disability living allowance at the (a) highest, (b) middle and (c) lowest rate in the last period for which figures are available.
(82280)
387
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) carers of people with a learning disability, (b) children with a learning disability and (c) adults with a learning disability in Somerset receive a short break service.
(82281)
388
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to audit death certificates.
(81894)
389
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to allow pastoral outreach workers assisting alcoholics without families engaged in detoxification programmes to be treated as next-of-kin for health information purposes.
(81869)
390
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ask the Chief Executive of NHS Direct to explain to the hon. Member for Chorley the reasons for the delay in replying to his letter dated 16th May.
(81463)
391
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cognitive behavioural therapy in each primary care trust in the north-west in the latest period for which figures are available.
(81867)
392
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with diabetes were offered retinal screening in Warrington Primary Care Trust in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of people with diabetes in the area this represented.
(81868)
393
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to add people with severe mental illness to the list of people automatically offered seasonal influenza vaccines.
(81977)
394
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many service users from black and minority ethnic backgrounds attended each of the consultation events relating to the Race Equality Impact Assessment on the Mental Health Bill.
(81978)
395
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect on Shropshire Primary Care Trust of the level of payments made by Powys Local Health Board for Welsh patients treated at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
(82404)
396
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on how the market forces factor formula is used in determining payments to hospital trusts; what assessment she has made of its appropriateness; and whether she plans to review its operation.
(82346)
397
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset and (iii) the South West are (A) obese and (B) overweight when measured by body mass index according to the Government's most recent health survey figures.
(82144)
398
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) planned and (b) existing projects in her Department involve the use of biometric technology.
(82581)
399
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether central funding is available for new hormonal treatments for early breast cancer as set out in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's Appraisal Consultation Document.
(82528)
400
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of annual NHS expenditure on (a) breast cancer drugs and (b) all cancer drugs which will be required to fund the provision of Herceptin as set out in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's Final Appraisal Determination; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of providing Herceptin in each of the next three financial years.
(82529)
401
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to implement the recommendations in the National Consumer Council document on the potential for effective social marketing within the Health Service; and if she will make a statement.
(82478)
402
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the use of first names by nursing staff when addressing elderly patients; and whether any instructions have been issued on this matter.
(81972)
403
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Healthcare Commission on including thrombosis as a measurable indicator in annual hospital checks; and if she will make a statement.
(81888)
404
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Chief Medical Officer regarding the forthcoming publication of the recommendations of the expert working group on serious thromboembolism.
(81889)
405
John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she expects the recommendation of the expert working group on serious thromboembolism to the published in July.
(81890)
406
N
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of district community nursing.
(81480)
407
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many custom-made dental appliances were prescribed in 2005-06; and how many custom-made dental appliances have been prescribed since April 2006.
(82099)
408
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £400 million per year extra that has been spent on dentistry has been spent on dental technology and dental laboratories.
(82100)
409
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for the future training of dental technicians.
(82101)
410
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the UK Government has objected to the European Medical Devices Expert Group's recommendation that a statement of conformity be given to the patient from his or her dentist on supply of a custom-made dental appliance.
(82152)
411
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to appraise the use of non-invasive ventilation in motor neurone disease treatment.
(82419)
412
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on short break provision in Oxfordshire in the last year for which figures are available; and how many hours break that expenditure provided.
(82197)
413
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours short break service, on average, were provided on behalf of people with a learning disability in Oxfordshire who receive the care component of disabillity living allowance at the (a) highest rate, (b) middle rate and (c) lowest rate in the last period for which figures are available.
(82198)
414
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) carers of people with a learning disability, (b) children with a learning disability and (c) adults with a learning disabililty in Oxfordshire received a short break service in the last period for which figures are availble.
(82200)
415
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of NHS trust deficits on the provision of wheelchairs for disabled children.
(82042)
416
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available for the introduction of digital hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the progress of their introduction.
(82193)
417
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to introduce a minimum waiting time of 18 weeks for patients in need of a hearing aid.
(82194)
418
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vaccine damage payments were made in respect of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in each of the last five years; and what proportion this represents of (a) all vaccine damage payments and (b) all doses of measles, mumps and rubella.
(82325)
419
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physical assaults against staff were carried out by patients being treated in (a) mental health services and (b) learning disability services in 2004-05.
(82326)
420
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the physical assaults against staff in mental health services in 2004-05 were carried out by patients receiving compulsory treatment under the powers of the Mental Health Act 1983.
(82327)
421
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many physical assaults against NHS staff were carried out by (a) patients and (b) relatives of patients in 2004-05.
(82328)
422
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the protection of the rights of data subjects under the Data Protection Act 1998, in relation to the National Care Records System; to which categories of electronic information patients (a) will and (b) will not be able to restrict access; and what steps are being taken to ensure security and confidentiality of subject-identifiable data.
(82329)
423
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition of a child was used in dental contracts before April 2006; what definition is used in contracts from April 2006; and if she will make a statement.
(82330)
424
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors were taken into account when setting the length of the consultation period for her Department's consultation on Arrangements for the Provision of Dressings and Chemical Reagents to Primary Care; and if she will make a statement.
(82331)
425
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have taken place between the diabetes policy team and the commercial directorate in her Department on her Department's consultations on (a) arrangements for the provision of dressings, incontinence appliances, stoma appliances, chemical reagents and other appliances to primary and secondary care, and (b) arrangements for the provision of dressings and chemical reagents to primary care; and if she will make a statement.
(82332)
426
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Government consultation Arrangements for the Provision of Dressings and Chemical Reagents to Primary Care, what criteria were used to determine the figure of 15 per cent. for the proposed price reduction for chemical reagents; and if she will make a statement.
(82333)
427
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department will publish in full the responses received to the Government consultation on the arrangements for the provision of dressings, incontinence appliances, stoma appliances, chemical reagents and other appliances to primary and secondary care.
(82335)
428
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with the in vitro diagnostics industry on the impact of proposed price changes to chemical reagents on their ability to continue to provide patient services and hardware free of charge.
(82336)
429
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to encourage self-monitoring for diabetes patients.
(82337)
430
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with Diabetes UK about the impact on patients of proposed price reductions set out in the consultation Arrangements for the Provision of Dressings and Chemical Reagents to Primary Care.
(82338)
431
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that the availability of blood-glucose testing products and support services to diabetes patients will not be affected by proposed changes in the Government consultation Arrangements for the Provision of Dressings and Chemical Reagents to Primary Care.
(82339)
432
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Parallel Import Licence (a) applications and (b) variations were received by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency in each of the last 12 months; how many outstanding licence applications and variations were waiting to be processed by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency in each month; and if she will make a statement.
(82350)
433
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the financial cost saving to her Department of voluntary carers in the last year for which figures are available.
(82159)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
434
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average weekly cost of detaining an (a) male and (b) a female person in prison (i) on remand waiting trial and (ii) after sentence was (A) in the last period for which figures are available and (B) in each of the last 10 years.
(82355)
435
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many terrorist cells have been discovered in the United Kingdom since 11th September 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(82356)
436
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were imprisoned in each year since 1997; how many of them served their sentences in open prisons; how many women in prison are serving sentences in excess of three years; and if he will make a statement.
(82357)
437
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his 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; and if he will make a statement.
(82358)
438
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shooting incidents there have been in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (e) City of London Police area and (f) England and Wales in each year since 1986 in which (i) legally held and (ii) illegally held weapons were used against the police.
(82556)
439
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) shotguns, (b) rifles and (c) handguns were stolen in (i) Southend-on-Sea, (ii) Essex, (iii) Hertfordshire, (iv) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (v) City of London Police area and (vi) England and Wales in each year since 1986; and how many were subsequently recovered and returned to the owner.
(82557)
440
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; if he will list the statutory instruments that have been made under this Act; and what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Act.
(82558)
441
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last 25 years convicted murderers released from (a) psychiatric institutions and (b) prisons have committed murders after release; and if he will make a statement.
(82559)
442
N
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has power to insist that the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis answer the letter dated 15th August 2005 and reminder letters dated 10th October 2005, 13th December 2005 and 28th April 2006 from the hon. Member for North East Hampshire concerning his constituent, Mr Jasdeep Bajwa.
(82092)
443
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will return the passport of Daniel Dyakov, Ref. No. D1054256.
(82275)
444
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82229)
445
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes were recorded in each year since 1996 (a) in total, (b) in Northamptonshire and (c) in Wellingborough.
(82053)
446
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records are held on the police DNA database.
(82549)
447
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their DNA records removed from the police DNA database in each year since 2000.
(82550)
448
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for removing the records of retiring police officers from the National DNA Database.
(82551)
449
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people whose DNA records are held on the national police database have (a) a criminal record, (b) been the subject of wrongful arrest and (c) have been given a custodial sentence.
(82563)
450
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to end the practice of transporting asylum seekers arriving in Northern Ireland to Dungavel Dentention Centre in Lanarkshire.
(82021)
451
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there are in each ward in London; and if he will make a statement.
(81532)
452
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued by (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Birmingham and (c) Nottingham City Council in each of the last three years.
(82303)
453
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Questions (a) (i) 77442, 77444, 77446 and 77443, on prisoners and (ii) 77445, on legislation, tabled on 8th June, (b) 67686, on deportations, tabled on 25th April and (c) 63082, on prisoners, tabled on 28th March from the hon. Member for Harborough.
(82236)
454
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have claimed to be from (a) Russia, (b) Romania, (c) Georgia, (d) Armenia, (e) Azerbaijan, (f) Ukraine, (g) China, (h) Belarus, (i) Iceland, (j) the United States, (k) Canada, (l) Antarctica, (m) Argentina, (n) Chile, (o) Peru, (p) Ecuador, (q) Bolivia, (r) Brazil, (s) Uruguay, (t), Paraguay, (u) Angola, (v) Namibia, (w) Botswana, (x) Zambia, (y) Burundi, (z) Tanzania and (aa) Malawi (i) on being sentenced to a custodial sentence and (ii) on arrival in custody in each of the last nine years for which figures are available.
(82237)
455
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest figures are for prosecutions of drivers using mobile phones while driving, broken down by police authority area.
(82203)
456
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have received penalties for exceeding the speed limit in areas covered by average speed cameras in the past 12 months.
(82311)
457
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been prosecuted for offences committed while driving on motorways, excluding speeding offences registered by speed cameras, in each of the past 10 years.
(82312)
458
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total amount in motoring fines was levied in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority area.
(82443)
459
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 58657, tabled on 9th March, on prisons, (b) 64734, tabled on 18th April, on police force mergers, (c) 65519, tabled on 19th April, on Gloucestershire Constabulary and (d) (i) 67474, on foreign national prisoners, (ii) 67476, on Gloucestershire police, (iii) 67477, on foreign national prisoners and (iv) 67478, on foreign national prisoners, tabled on 26th April by the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean.
(81775)
460
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81918)
461
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have escaped from open prisons in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82256)
462
N
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer question 67756, on prisoners released from Shepton Mallet prison, tabled by the Rt. hon. Member for Wells on 27th April 2006.
(81662)
463
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK ports have 24-hour security; and what plans the Government has to introduce 24-hour security at further ports.
(82029)
464
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his statement of 19th January 2006, Official Report, columns 982-3, on cannabis regulation, when the education campaign on cannabis will take place.
(81979)
465
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the letter of 15th May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Gordon Okome.
(81896)
466
N
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status is of Abdoulie Njie, recently convicted of rape in Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
(81843)
467
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many injuries due to air weapons have been recorded in (a) the constituency of Houghton and Washington East, (b) the Northumbria Police area and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(82291)
468
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded level of violent crime was in Yeovil constituency in (a) 1996 to 1997 and (b) 2004-05.
(82135)
469
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers (a) were recruited and (b) left the service in Yeovil constituency in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06.
(82136)
470
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) exclusion orders, (b) curfews and (c) parenting orders have been issued by Yeovil police in the last 12 months.
(82150)
471
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the likely costs of implementing new IT systems arising from the options under consideration from the merger of police forces in the South West.
(82151)
472
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) planned and (b) existing projects in his Department involve the use of biometric technology.
(82580)
473
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to deal with information from the public about those suspected of terrorist acts or conspiracy to commit terrorist acts.
(81891)
474
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proper procedures were followed by the police and intelligence services when Mr Martin Gilbertson approached West Yorkshire Police in 2003 about Mohammed Siddique Khan and other individuals responsible for the terrorist attacks in London on 7th July 2005; why the police told Mr Gilbertson to post the information rather than arranging to speak to a police officer; whether the information received was logged and properly dealt with; and if he will make a statement.
(81892)
475
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an electronic tracking device was fitted to Mohammed Siddique Khan's car at any time prior to 7th July 2005.
(81893)
476
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his written statement of 19th April 2006, Official Report, columns 14-17, on miscarriages of justice (compensation), how much will be saved by the reforms to (a) the statutory and (b) the discretionary compensation scheme for victims of miscarriages of justice.
(82061)
477
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many awards of compensation have been made to victims of miscarriages of justice under the (a) statutory and (b) discretionary scheme in each of the last five years; and how many of these awards were for more than £500,000.
(82062)
478
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2113W, on asylum/immigration, how many enforced removals to Iran have taken place since 2004.
(82129)
479
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many compensation claims for miscarriage of justice have been accepted under the discretionary scheme as a result of (a) serious default on the part of the police or another public authority, (b) complete exoneration, (c) judicial error and (d) other exceptional circumstances.
(82334)
480
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why his Department is proposing to change the contracts of employment for seasonal agricultural workers scheme students; when these changes were announced; and when they will take effect.
(82027)
481
N
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 74091 and (b) 74299, on fingerprint evidence, tabled by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan for answer on 25th May.
(81464)
482
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many living persons have been convicted of child sex offences under (a) the Sexual Offences Act 1956 in the last 30 years and (b) part one of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
(82218)
483
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 26th April (Your Ref: M10324/6), on the Sexual Orientation Regulations.
(81930)
484
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in Suffolk since 1997.
(82106)
485
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries have been recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82107)
486
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of carrying a knife in a public place in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(82108)
487
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who reside in Suffolk were prosecuted under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each year since it was enacted.
(82109)
488
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) resignations and (b) retirements of police officers from the Suffolk Constabulary there have been in each year since 1997.
(82111)
489
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes were recorded in the Humberside Police Authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82465)
490
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of carrying a knife in a public place in the Humberside Police Authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82531)
491
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in Humberside Police Authority area in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(82532)
492
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the use of English police constabularies to enforce the fox hunting ban in Scotland.
(81976)
493
N
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sherwood dated 28th April about the immigration status of Josephine Mundirwa.
(81048)
494
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1840-1W, on people trafficking, what proposals for combating human trafficking were discussed at the G8 meeting on 15th and 16th June.
(81827)
495
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1840-1W, on people trafficking, what discussions are being held with countries other than G8 and EU member states on combating human trafficking.
(81828)
496
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department is making available for activities to reduce the use of drugs amongst young people; and if he will make a statement.
(82266)
497
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to ensure that (a) knives and (b) guns are not taken into schools.
(82267)
498
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases of actual bodily harm were police cautions imposed in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such cases were first offences.
(82525)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
499
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of the sittings of Parliament in September (a) 2003 and (b) 2004; how many contracts were changed due to the decision to sit in September in each year; and what resulting additional cost was imposed on the House in (i) wages and (ii) salaries.
(82028)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
500
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82230)
501
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact on the work of humanitarian agencies of Israel's targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in the military incursions commenced by Israel on 27th June.
(82161)
502
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) Palestinian health facilities, (b) the Palestinian economy and (c) Palestinian water supply and sewage disposal of Israel's targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in the military incursions commenced by Israel on 27th June.
(82164)
503
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact on Palestinian schools of Israel's targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in the military incursions commenced by Israel on 27th June 2006.
(82165)
504
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has committed for long-term health sector projects in developing countries for (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09.
(81829)
505
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect on health services in developing countries of health worker migration from those countries to the UK.
(81830)
506
N
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on health services development in developing countries in each year since 1997, broken down by country.
(81832)
507
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81916)
508
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Government has made of the likely impact on poverty alleviation in donee countries of the private infrastructure advisory facility; and if he will make a statement.
(82582)
509
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment the Government has made of the value for money of the UK's involvement with the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and if he will make a statement.
(82583)
510
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Government seeks to influence the activities of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; what recent representations the Government has made; and if he will make a statement.
(82584)
511
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the objectives are of UK involvement in the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; what UK funding has been provided in each year to the Facility for (a) energy production, (b) the water industry and (c) other functions; and what UK funding has been allocated in each of the next three years.
(82585)
512
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the aims and objectives are of UK involvement in the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; how much funding the UK has allocated to the Facility for (a) the energy sector, (b) the water sector and (c) other sectors in each year since its inception; what commitments the UK has made to funding for future years; and if he will make a statement.
(82470)
513
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what UK Government representation there is at the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; what UK involvement there is in its decision-making; and if he will make a statement.
(82471)
514
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) the value for money supplied from UK public funds of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility and (b) whether the facility provides quality development assistance which has positive impacts on citizens in developing countries by helping to relieve poverty; and on what evidence those assessments are based.
(82472)
515
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Government last reviewed its involvement in the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and what the results were of the review.
(82473)
516
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) role and (b) value of the consensus-building activities of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and if he will make a statement.
(82474)
517
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the EU Water Initiative and the EU Water Fund.
(81996)
518
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many pensions his Department has recently overpaid; what total amount such overpayments represent; what proportion of these overpayments his Department expects to recover; and if he will make a statement.
(82009)
519
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the shortfall in funding for the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on the ability of the fund to achieve its objectives.
(82023)
Questions to the Leader of the House
520
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, on what dates the House has met on a Saturday since February 1986; what the main item of business under discussion was on each occasion; and at what time the House subsequently adjourned.
(82323)
521
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, on what dates the House sat later than 1.30 a.m. since February 1986; and at what time the House subsequently adjourned on each date.
(82324)
522
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) Ministers, (b) hon. Members, (c) staff of hon. Members, (d) Members of the House of Lords, (e) officials in Government departments and (f) members of the public receive his office's weekly business statement by e-mail; how much it costs per week to (i) prepare and (ii) distribute, broken down into (A) officials' time and (B) other costs; if he will place a copy of each edition from this session in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(82467)
523
N
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to establish a Select Committee with responsibility for overseeing the role of the Deputy Prime Minister.
(81934)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
524
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82231)
525
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in Northern Ireland who were convicted of fraud or theft were (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed in each of the last three years.
(81668)
526
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many communal and commemorative bonfires are estimated to have been organised in Northern Ireland during July and August in (a) 1995 and (b) 2005.
(81669)
527
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted as a result of the introduction of legislation on Statutory Off Road Notices for vehicles.
(81670)
528
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are used by the Road Service when deciding on requests from those living in rural areas to have street lighting installed on main roads where there are several homes in the vicinity.
(81671)
529
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed at each pay and display car park in Northern Ireland to ensure vehicles display the correct payment sticker on the windscreen.
(81672)
530
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether education and library boards in Northern Ireland are using omega 3 and fish oil supplements in school meals; and whether boards have plans to use such supplements.
(81855)
531
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the recent price increase on solid fuel in Northern Ireland on fuel poverty among elderly people.
(81856)
532
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on the advertising campaign for part-time police officers in (a) Moyle, (b) Ballymoney, (c) Foyle, (d) Newry and Mourn and (e) South Belfast.
(81857)
533
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when preparatory work began in Northern Ireland for the 2011 Census; and what it will involve.
(81859)
534
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7th June 2006, Official Report, column 701-2W, on teenage births, how many under 16 year olds from Northern Ireland had a pregnancy terminated in each of the last five years.
(81864)
535
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what strategy the Department for Education has in place to support and facilitate childcare through the women's community sector.
(82004)
536
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department for Education spent on the promotion of positive parenting in the last period for which figures are available; and what this figure represents per child in Northern Ireland.
(82017)
537
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will review the eligibility criteria for the Environment and Renewable Energy Funding package to take account of recent representations he has received on their appropriateness.
(82018)
538
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the environmental effects of the incineration of (a) municipal and (b) industrial waste.
(82019)
539
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has plans to introduce compulsory recycling schemes.
(82020)
540
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies (A) have adopted and (B) plan to adopt the same standards and procedures in procurement as the Central Procurement Directorate of the Department of Finance and Personnel.
(82022)
541
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81917)
542
N
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 been prosecuted for failing to comply with notification of change in address requirements; and if he will make a statement.
(81818)
543
N
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been (a) arrested for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of people trafficking offences in Northern Ireland.
(81819)
544
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what formula is used to calculate the average rate for households in Northern Ireland.
(82598)
545
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the budget for discretionary housing payments was in each year since 2001.
(81673)
546
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of regional rate revenue was in each of the last five years; and how much was allocated from regional rate revenue to water services in each of the last five years.
(81675)
547
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many road traffic accidents were reported in Northern Ireland in the last six months; and what assessment he has made of the contribution the attendance of a road safety officer at district council road safety committees can make to the reduction of road traffic accidents.
(81676)
548
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young children and young adults in the Province are on Ritalin; and what alternative treatments are being offered.
(82102)
549
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were receiving treatment for AIDS in the Province in each of the last three years, broken down by health board area.
(82103)
Questions to the Prime Minister
550
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was consulted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer before representations were made to the EU Commission in the week commencing 19th June to re-open discussions about the UK abatement.
(81821)
551
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he raised the cases of Tom Hurndall and James Miller with Prime Minister Olmert during his recent visit to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(82162)
552
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Prime Minister, whether any Cabinet Ministers plan to be in Germany on official business on (a) 8th and (b) 9th July.
(81866)
553
N
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has visited the United Arab Emirates on official business since May 1997.
(81897)
554
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, whether his Government has lent a double decker bus to (a) organisations, (b) political parties, (c) campaigns and (d) other governments; and if he will make a statement.
(81903)
555
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, what advertising campaigns his Office has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81922)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
556
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for which services contracts with the Post Office are held on a Government-wide basis; and what the (a) start and (b) termination date is of each contract.
(82156)
557
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82232)
558
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received about the impact of recent changes in electricity prices on manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement.
(81475)
559
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received from the Cast Metals Federation; and if he will make a statement.
(81476)
560
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of reports that British companies are engaged in illegal mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(82057)
561
N
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reasons are for the delay in publication of the Broadband Stakeholders Group's independent rates review; and if he will make a statement.
(81833)
562
N
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the Broadband Stakeholders Group to publish the final report on the independent rates review; and if he will make a statement.
(81834)
563
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of Government funding for Enterprise Insight is for 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(82195)
564
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he last met representatives of Enterprise Insight; what the outcome was of the meeting; and what plans he has to hold further meetings with this organisation.
(82196)
565
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of independent retail shops that have (a) opened and (b) closed in the Stroud constituency in each year since 1997; and what percentage each figure represents of the total number of independent shops in the constituency in each year.
(82036)
566
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the major banks which contributed to the cost of the launch of the Post Office Card Account regarding its termination.
(82060)
567
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) budget and (b) estimated costs of running the South West Regional Development Agency are for 2006-07; and how many civil servants are employed by the agency.
(82123)
568
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate he has made of the number of birds which have been killed or injured by flying into wind turbines in England.
(81465)
569
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the number of birds that have been killed or injured by flying into wind turbines in England.
(81466)
570
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses that began trading in 1997 have subsequently ceased trading in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
(81467)
571
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account is taken of the risk of death or injury of birds from wind turbines in the formulation of Government policy on wind farms.
(81469)
572
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses in Bexley Borough (a) started up and (b) ceased trading in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.
(81946)
573
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many individuals entered into bankruptcy in each quarter since 2001, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(82130)
574
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the energy models his Department uses (a) to calculate the geographic and sectoral distribution of UK energy usage and (b) to project future energy usage are made available to independent energy analysts on request.
(82094)
575
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the fuel supply mix options for the power generation sector that would be available should a policy decision be taken not to enable new nuclear plants to be built.
(82095)
576
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contribution the UK has made to the discussion of nuclear policy options in the Energy Position Paper being drafted for the G8 meeting in St. Petersburg in July.
(82096)
577
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests for flexible working have been made in each region since the relevant provisions of the Employment Act 2002 came into force; and how many were granted.
(82605)
578
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2006, Official Report, column 1068W, on AK-47s, if he will take steps to locate the information requested.
(82418)
579
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment was made of compliance with the UK Government's obligations under the Wassenaar Agreement before the approval of the re-export of 20,000 Italian Beretta pistols to Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
(82429)
580
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81919)
581
N
David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the feed-in tariff system for encouraging the use of electricity generated from renewable sources or from nuclear energy.
(82133)
582
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will review the value for money and efficacy of the grants given to trades unions under the Union Modernisation Fund in March 2006, in respect of (a) Amicus, (b) Communications Workers Union, (c) Prospect, (d) GMB, (e) Wales TUC, (f) Community, (g) Transport and General Workers Union, (h) Connect and (i) National Union of Teachers; and if he will make a statement.
(82345)
583
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to publish draft regulations on the definition of carer in the Work and Families Bill.
(82259)
584
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms have ceased trading in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West in each year since 1997.
(82139)
585
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of independent retail shops which (a) opened and (b) closed in Yeovil constituency in each year since 1997.
(82140)
586
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices closed in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset in each of the last 10 years.
(82145)
587
N
Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive regarding the Energy Review with particular reference to the planning system for future nuclear power stations.
(81661)
588
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the interpretation and implementation of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive in the UK with that in (a) Germany, (b) Spain and (c) other European Member States; and what assessment he has made of the extent of a risk of an illegal barrier to trade being created.
[R] (81663)
589
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the published guidance by ORGALIME, The European Engineering Industries Association representing the interests of the Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic and Metalworking Industries, on the scope of products included in the Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directives; and whether the European Commission has informed him that it has accepted this guidance.
[R] (81664)
590
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the National Weights and Measures Laboratory's proposed guidance on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive will bring into its ambit a significant proportion of fixed industrial manufacturing machinery; what assessment he has made of the extent to which the proposed guidance will conform with the EC's original intention for the Directive not to include large-scale stationary industrial tools; and whether the proposed guidance will expand on the requirements of the Directive.
[R] (81665)
591
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will undertake consultations with professional marketing bodies on the creation of an education and training framework for learning and development in social marketing skills and techniques for Government departments and for non-governmental organisations; and if he will make a statement.
(82479)
592
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the work which has been carried out under the aegis of the DTI Sector Sustainability Challenge to embed the principles of sustainable consumption and development across the commercial sector; and if he will make a statement.
(82480)
593
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding he plans to allocate to professional bodies for the promotion of the principles of sustainable consumption and development to their members in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(82481)
594
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to make a decision on the implementation date of new rights for additional paternity leave.
(82403)
595
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is for the (a) manufacture and (b) storage of coffins made from natural, sustainable materials; and what grants are available for (i) manufacture and (ii) storage of such coffins in (A) rural areas, (B) urban areas and (C) areas of outstanding natural beauty.
(81773)
596
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of independent retail shops that have (a) opened and (b) closed in Beverley and Holderness in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(82498)
597
Kitty Ussher (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 223W, on energy policy, if he will add to the information available the results of the polling and focus group research conducted in preparation for the publication of the Energy White Paper in March 2003.
(81975)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
598
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is giving to (a) Oxfordshire and (b) other local authorities to help encourage children to cycle to school.
(82268)
599
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82233)
600
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the relative impact on climate change of night flights and day flights when other factors are the same.
(80662)
601
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Vehicle and Operator Services Agency teams are based at UK ports; how many foreign vehicles were found to be committing infringements in 2005-06; what actions were taken against non-UK vehicles and their drivers; and how many prosecutions have followed stops in 2005-06.
(82007)
602
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many checks at ports on commercial vehicles were carried out by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in each region of the UK in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; how many infringements were found; how many vehicles were prohibited for overloading; and what other infringements were recorded.
(82024)
603
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus compliance officers there are in each region of England; how many orders restricting operators from running services in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 were issued by traffic commissioners; and how many non-compliant bus operators were called to inquiry by traffic commissioners in the last 12 months.
(82126)
604
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money was made available for transport-related projects in the South West in 2005-06.
(82124)
605
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department produces a the monthly media analysis report.
(82205)
606
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the first road pricing pilot to be operational.
(82206)
607
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Department's press release of 22nd December 2004, which of the shortlisted towns won the competition to be sustainable transport towns.
(82207)
608
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have had transport funding withheld by his Department since his Department's press release of 28th July 2004 announcing the withholding of funds to Thurrock, East Sussex, Plymouth and Southend-on-Sea; what the reason was in each case; and when the withheld money was paid in each case.
(82208)
609
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects all trains to be accessible to disabled people by 2020.
(82209)
610
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much it cost to construct www.transportdirect.info; and how much it has cost to operate per month on average.
(82210)
611
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have used www.transportdirect.info in each of the last 12 months.
(82211)
612
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much it cost to (a) research, (b) write and (c) publish the National Motorcycling Strategy.
(82212)
613
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce which local transport authorities will become centres of excellence; and how much each will receive as a consequence.
(82213)
614
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the success of the local transport authorities centres of excellence programme was measured.
(82214)
615
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much it has cost to run the Commission for Integrated Transport in each of the last four years.
(82215)
616
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much it cost to conduct the review of the management of ports in local authority ownership in England and Wales.
(82216)
617
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been budgetted for the cost of the Ports Policy Review.
(82217)
618
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations will have fewer stopping services (a) under new franchise agreements completed by his Department since it took over responsibility for franchising from the Strategic Rail Authority and (b) under the specifications for new franchise agreements which are currently subject to a tendering process.
(82308)
619
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the problems with the bridge on the slip road between the M56 and the A556 near Altrincham in Cheshire were first identified; how long the exploratory work has taken; and what estimate he has made of the likely date for the full reopening of the slip road.
(82309)
620
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras have been vandalised in the past twelve months.
(82310)
621
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many near misses there have been in UK airspace in each of the past 10 years.
(82313)
622
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of freight containers in use in England and Wales that will become illegal as a result of the new European regulations on container dimensions.
(82314)
623
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total estimated cost is of the schemes outlined by his Department as potentially eligible for the first round of Transport Innovation Fund funding; and what total funding is available for projects which receive this funding.
(82315)
624
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has established a working group in his Department to carry out a feasibility study into the potential of additional high speed rail lines.
(82316)
625
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total length of roads has been detrunked in each (a) county council and (b) unitary authority area since 2001.
(82317)
626
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether additional premium payments made to the Government by rail franchises under agreements reached since 2005 will be (a) returned to the Consolidated Fund and (b) made available to his Department for spending on transport.
(82318)
627
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to examine the merits of introducing a toll on the M11.
(82319)
628
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what infrastructure spending he is planning to support the development of the Thames Gateway.
(82320)
629
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial incentives the Government provides for the purchase of low emission vehicles; and which vehicles on sale in the UK are eligible for those incentives.
(82321)
630
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to safeguard transport corridors through land controlled by the British Railways Board.
(82340)
631
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the residual value of the property held by the British Railways Board.
(82341)
632
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the unused regional Eurostar trains are stored; and what the cost to public funds has been of the unused trains.
(82342)
633
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with his foreign counterparts about measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from aviation.
(82343)
634
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who received the revenue from the sale to Canada of Nightstar rolling stock; and if he will make a statement.
(82437)
635
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value is of outstanding unpaid claims to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in respect of problems MOT garages have experienced with the new MOT computer system.
(82439)
636
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of the grant paid to Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was in each of the last five years.
(82440)
637
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many assaults there have been on railway station staff in each of the past five years, broken down by police authority area.
(82441)
638
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the role of the Office of Rail Regulation is in the determination of fare levels.
(82501)
639
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from passenger train operating companies regarding fare increases on recently awarded franchises.
(82502)
640
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger train operating companies permit the use of a cheap day return ticket all day.
(82503)
641
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy that cheap day return rail fares should apply all day.
(82504)
642
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what solutions he has identified to overcrowding on the railways.
(82505)
643
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount by which fares would need to rise to reduce overcrowding by 10 per cent. on the 10 most overcrowded rail routes.
(82506)
644
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Department's announcement of 23rd September 2003, how many demonstration low carbon buses have been produced using the funding announced.
(82560)
645
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services (a) were scheduled to run and (b) ran in each of the last 12 months, broken down by region.
(82561)
646
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81912)
647
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding allocations are planned under the Railways for All Small Schemes Fund.
(81938)
648
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place for funding projects other than those at stations from the Railways for All Small Schemes Fund.
(82047)
649
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the match funding requirement has been introduced for the Railways for All Small Scheme Fund; how the requirement will be operated; and whether the requirement applies to all projects.
(82048)
650
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations have bid for Railways for All Small Scheme Funding.
(82049)
651
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps will be taken to promote bids for Railways for All Small Scheme Funding from as broad a range of organisations as possible.
(82050)
652
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many car number plate cloning incidents were recorded in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West region in each of the last five years.
(82185)
653
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been made available to (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West region in local transport plan funding for each year since 1997.
(82186)
654
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road accident fatalities and (b) personal injury road accidents there were in (i) Yeovil constituency and (ii) Somerset in each year since 1997.
(82187)
655
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new railway stations have been built in London and the South East since 1995.
(82086)
656
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail freight passing through London crosses Battersea railway bridge.
(82087)
657
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average subsidy per passenger kilometre is for lines in the London region.
(82088)
658
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail journeys he estimates were made by people living in the London area in 2005-06.
(82089)
659
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail and underground journeys are made within London.
(82090)
660
Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail journeys are started or ended in London.
(82091)
661
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) planned and (b) existing projects in his Department involve the use of biometric technology.
(82579)
662
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce high-speed rail links between Edinburgh and London.
(82010)
663
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers on average used the Cambridge to London rail service during peak hours in each of the last five years; and how many used the service in each year.
(82591)
664
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the expected number of passengers using the rail service between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street during the course of the contract operated by One (a) during peak hours and (b) in total.
(82599)
665
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements to train services are proposed as part of (a) the West Midlands franchise from 2007 and (b) the 2008 timetable following increased capacity at Milton Keynes in terms of re-instatement of direct Milton Keynes to Birmingham services in addition to InterCity services.
(81950)
666
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the recent increase in car parking charges at Peterborough railway station.
(81824)
667
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the increase in car parking charges at Peterborough railway station on the Government's (a) transport plan and (b) policy to encourage more people to use public transport.
(81825)
668
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has commissioned on the impact of the level of car parking charges at railway stations on rail usage; and if he will make a statement.
(81826)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality
669
Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what progress has been made with the work of the Ethnic Minority Employment Task Force.
(82484)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
670
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance is available to disabled persons for obtaining a disabled person's scooter; and if he will make a statement.
(82359)
671
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his 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; and if he will make a statement.
(82360)
672
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled staff in his Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07.
(82235)
673
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) work on contract for overseas governments and public bodies, (b) work on contract for overseas commercial interests and (c) collaborative work with other agencies abroad is carried out by (i) the Health and Safety Executive and (ii) the Health and Safety Laboratory; and if he will make a statement.
(81940)
674
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes to the Access to Work Scheme have applied to employees of (a) central Government departments and agencies, (b) large private sector employers and (c) other employers; and if he will make a statement.
(81941)
675
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are estimated to have contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme.
(81860)
676
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28th March 2006, Official Report, column 865W, on pension rights (bankruptcy), what the difference is between recent unpaid contributions to occupational pension schemes or state scheme premiums which are preferential and amounts due to pension schemes that is not preferential which is unsecured; and if he will make a statement.
(81949)
677
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the staff made redundant by his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible since 6th April 2004 had been recruited by the Department or its predecessor department and their respective agencies since 1st May 1997.
(82496)
678
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average redundancy payment has been made to staff declared redundant within his Department and the agencies for which it is responsible since 6th April 2004.
(82517)
679
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the treatment of depreciation of computer software; and whether any extraordinary charges in respect of computer software assets have been made in the last three years.
(82526)
680
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which he has responsibility spent on redundancy payments in each of the last four years.
(82564)
681
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made since 5th May 2005 to the requirements for applicants for National Insurance numbers to produce original documents.
(82606)
682
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much time per applicant is allocated for interviews with applicants for national insurance numbers; and what changes to this time allocation (a) have occurred within the last 12 months and (b) are planned within the next 12 months.
(82626)
683
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of applicants for national insurance numbers were called for face to face interviews in the last 12 months for which data is available.
(82627)
684
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
(81913)
685
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Somerset include a person with a learning disability who receives the care component of disability living allowance at the (a) highest, (b) middle and (c) lowest rate.
(82282)
686
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides for (a) seasonal workers when they are out of work and (b) the rural unemployed; and if he will make a statement.
(82032)
687
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the uptake of the New Deal in rural communities; and if he will make a statement.
(82033)
688
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether before implementation the revised Personal Capability Assessment will be subject to an independent pilot and evaluation which will examine the impact on people with (a) mental illness, (b) learning disability and (c) autistic spectrum disorder.
(81948)
689
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West are claiming (i) short-term and (ii) long-term incapacity benefit.
(82141)
690
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies were listed at JobCentre Plus in Yeovil constituency in each year since 1997.
(82142)
691
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset received (i) housing benefit and (ii) jobseeker's allowance in 2005-06.
(82188)
692
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset in each year since 1996-97; and how many pensioners (i) were entitled to and (ii) received council tax benefit in each year.
(82189)
693
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people in work aged 50 years and over in Yeovil constituency.
(82190)
694
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of housing benefit claimants renting from private landlords who had benefit shortfalls in Yeovil constituency in each year since 1997-98.
(82191)
695
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit for tenants in (a) council properties, (b) housing association property, (c) registered social landlords property and (d) private sector housing in Yeovil constituency in each of the last five years.
(82192)
696
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West receive pension credit.
(82253)
697
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in each electoral ward in Yeovil constituency receive pension credit; and if he will make a statement.
(82255)
698
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written statement of 6th June 2006, Official Report, column 26WS, on Remploy, when the Minister expects to be in a position to make a further statement to the House on the future of Remploy.
(82625)
699
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal advisers there are to assist new deal for over 50s claimants; and how many jobcentres provide facilities for such advisers.
(82297)
700
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities had an increase in the number of (a) pensioners and (b) people claiming (i) jobseeker's allowance and (ii) income support between 2001 and 2005.
(81987)
701
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases have been dealt with as clerical cases due to administrative errors on the part of his Department since January 2005.
(81998)
702
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost was to his Department of employing an employee in (a) Remploy and (b) Interwork in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
(81844)
703
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding Interwork receives from (a) his Department, (b) other Government Departments, (c) government agencies and (d) other sources; and if he will make a statement.
(81870)
704
N
Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many crisis loans have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each local authority area in Scotland in each of the last five years.
(80851)
705
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the assessment of student grants.
(81931)
706
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on non-biological parents being assessed for the student grant loan of a biological child of their partner.
(81956)
707
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Oxfordshire include a person with a learning disability who receives the care component of disability living allowance at the (a) highest rate, (b) middle rate and (c) lowest rate.
(82202)
708
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those in employment would be affected by the state pension age rising to (a) 66 by 2026, (b) 67 by 2036 and (c) 68 by 2046, assuming they continue in employment until state pension age.
(82601)
709
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women who are currently in employment will be affected by the increase in the state pension age from 60 to 65.
(82602)
710
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their 60th birthday after the qualifying week for winter fuel payments and therefore did not receive a winter fuel payment for that year in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 1997.
(81660)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
711
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1695-6W, on retirement age, if he will break down the estimated percentage probability by (a) female and (b) male workers; what assumptions have been used by the Government Actuary's Department in relation to the impact of the announced changes in early retirement rights on staff turnover levels; and if he will place in the Library the supporting data for the answer produced by the Government Actuary's Department.
[Transferred] (82511)
712
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13th February 2006, Official Report, column 1695-6W, on retirement age, whether the conclusion set out in the answer depends upon the assumption of changes in current practice with regard to continued eligibility following career breaks.
[Transferred] (82512)
713
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) Customs and Excise officers are required to be present when conducting a fuel testing and dipping exercise in Northern Ireland.
[Transferred] (82592)
714
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles were found to be using illegal fuel in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years; and how many prosecutions were brought in each case in each year.
[Transferred] (82593)
715
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost is of carrying out a fuel dipping exercise on a vehicle in Northern Ireland.
[Transferred] (82594)
716
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what legislation fuel testing and dipping in Northern Ireland takes place; and whether this legislation applies only in Northern Ireland.
[Transferred] (82595)
717
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles were randomly tested for illegal fuel use in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years.
[Transferred] (82596)
718
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to pages 58 and 59 of the White Paper Security in Retirement; Towards a New Pensions System, what the evidential basis is for the statement that (a) 75 is the appropriate upper age limit for annuities and (b) annuities offer good value for money.
[Transferred] (82527)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
719
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation (a) the Government and (b) other governments paid to the families of the British victims of the terrorist attacks on (i) 11th September 2001 in New York, (ii) 7th July 2005 in London and (iii) 12th October 2002 in Bali.
[Transferred] (82098)
720
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what compensation payments the Government has made to the families of victims of the Bali bombings in 2002.
[Transferred] (82114)
721
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have (a) three, (b) six and (c) nine penalty points on their licences.
[Transferred] (82442)
722
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic police, excluding those trained also to act as firearms response team members, were operating on the roads in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police authority area.
[Transferred] (82444)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
723
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government grants were awarded to BAe Systems for the purchase of shares in Airbus in 1979.
[Transferred] (82416)
724
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the numbers of farmers who went bankrupt in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West region in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (82182)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
725
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes have been reported at each train station in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (82600)
726
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures will be put in place under the proposed road pricing pilot to differentiate between those participating and not participating in the pilot for the purpose of measures taken to compensate those subject to road pricing.
[Transferred] (82436)

 
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