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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 4 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 July 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 4 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 Tuesday 4 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 4 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 410W, on correspondence, what estimate he has made of the cost of answering the question; and if he will make a statement. | | (82678) | 2
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the administration costs of the Child Trust Fund in each year since it was introduced. | | (82708) | 3
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many advance pricing agreements (a) have been made and (b) were in force with multinational companies in each year since 2001; and in how many cases in each year (i) enforcement action was taken and (ii) penalties made in transfer pricing disputes. | | (82680) | 4
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has visited Malawi since 1997; and what the outcome was of each visit. | | (82306) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 315W, on correspondence, what estimate she has made of the cost of answering the question; and if she will make a statement. | | (82637) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 416W, on correspondence, what estimate she has made of the cost of answering the question; and if she will make a statement. | | (82633) | 7
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she next plans to discuss the operation of section 21 (4a) of the Housing Act 1988 with local authority representatives. | | (82709) | 8
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans there are to offer greater protection from homelessness to people living in properties left in trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (82710) | 9
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the expenditure of the South East England Development Agency has been in each year since its inception in (a) each county and (b) each district in the South East, (i) in total, (ii) per capita and (iii) as a percentage of its budget. | | (82603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 10
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 404W, on correspondence, what estimate she has made of the cost of answering the question; and if she will make a statement. | | (82634) | 11
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 407W, on radio licences, what factors she took into account when deciding that there was not a case for a review at this time; and if she will make a statement. | | (82635) | 12
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government provided to support the production of television programmes in the Welsh language in each year since 1997. | | (82296) | 13
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the role of culture in urban regeneration. | | (81483) | 14
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to publish the White Paper on heritage protection. | | (81484) | 15
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 music and music education. | | (81485) | 16
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the progress on preparation of the new licensing legislation consultation document. | | (82673) | 17
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to include key stakeholders and residents in her Department's licensing legislation consultation and review process. | | (82674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 18
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with the newly formed British Armed Forces Federation. | | (82695) | 19
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the armed forces are expected to take delivery of the 70 extra helicopters planned to be procured by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (82696) | 20
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation are to merge; and if he will make a statement. | | (82702) | 21
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether requests from the heads of each of the armed forces for (a) personnel and (b) equipment for deployment in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan have been refused since the start of the present deployment. | | (81965) | 22
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions (a) he and (b) his Ministers have visited (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since January 2005. | | (81966) | 23
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 2511W, on Afghanistan, what the time interval was between notification of the incident to the local HQ and the arrival of the CU47 Chinook helicopter on the scene. | | (82244) | 24
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was informed of the proposed content relating to retention of the nuclear deterrent in the long-term of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Mansion House speech prior to its delivery. | | (81533) | 25
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to retain a strategic nuclear deterrent in the long-term. | | (81534) | 26
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why (a) Questions (i) 65386 and (ii) 65389, on the Suez Canal Zone campaign, tabled for named day answer on 27th April and (b) Question 72193, on those Questions, tabled for named day answer on 23rd May, has not been substantively answered. | | (82485) | 27
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of Gurkha pension payments in each year since 1997; and what the additional cost would be of providing pensions to Gurkha soldiers on the same terms as British servicemen and women. | | (82370) | 28
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost would be of compensating all living Gurkhas, who have completed their service, for pension payments received below levels provided to British servicemen and women serving at the same time. | | (82371) | 29
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the extent is of UK military co-operation with France. | | (82305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 30
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 312W, on Private Members' Bills, what estimate he has made of the cost of answering the question; and if he will make a statement. | | (82629) | 31
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 103W, on the Education and Skills Committee, what estimate he has made of the cost of answering the question; and if he will make a statement. | | (82630) | 32
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which undergraduate university courses charge a tuition fee of less than £3,000; and how many students are attending such courses in academic year 2005-06. | | (82450) | 33
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary school pupils were eligible for free school meals in each local authority listed in ascending order in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) 1997; and what percentage of secondary school pupils took up free school meals in each year. | | (82664) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 34
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average price per litre paid to (a) farmers, (b) purchasers and (c) supermarkets for milk was in each month in each year since 1997. | | (82451) | 35
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle slaughtered under the TB eradication scheme in each of the last three years were subsequently found on post mortem not to be infected and their carcasses sold into the food chain; and what the financial proceeds were of those sales in each year. | | (82486) | 36
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to pay interest on outstanding payments due on (a) Hill Farm Allowance, (b) protein supplements and (c) energy crop supplements. | | (82487) | 37
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) liquid milk and (b) milk powder was (i) imported and (ii) exported in each of the last three years. | | (82488) | 38
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the liquid whole milk equivalent volume of (a) imports and (b) exports of milk-based products in each of the last three years. | | (82489) | 39
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):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 (a) production and (b) use of plastic bags; and if he will make a statement. | | (82363) | 40
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with supermarkets about the production and use of plastic bags; and if he will make a statement. | | (82364) | 41
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking (a) to reduce the production and use of and (b) to encourage the recycling of plastic bags; and if he will make a statement. | | (82365) | 42
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what special EU support is offered to poultry farmers; and what assessment he has made of the impact of such support on the poultry industry in the UK. | | (82712) | 43
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) market conditions for the poultry industry in the UK and (b) the level of consumer confidence in poultry. | | (82713) | 44
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to be able to respond to the letter of 30th January to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office on proposals to close research centres under the Science and Innovation Strategy 2005 to 2008 which was subsequently transferred to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department in April. | | (82677) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 45
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 352W, on the Foreign Affairs Committee, what estimate she has made of the cost of answering the question; and if she will make a statement. | | (82636) | 46
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials in her Department first became aware of EU Commission proposals to extend Qualified Majority Voting over police and judicial affairs. | | (82307) | 47
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Maoist rebels' commitment to a ceasefire in Nepal. | | (82656) | 48
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is willing to take to support the ceasefire between Maoist rebels and the government in Nepal. | | (82657) | 49
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reports by the (a) United States Ambassador to Nepal and (b) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that the Maoist rebels are breaking the ceasefire with the government. | | (82658) | 50
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on maintaining a peaceful transition in Nepal to a functioning democracy; and if she will make a statement. | | (82659) | 51
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is willing to take to ensure Maoist rebels in Nepal give up violence before they enter a transitional government. | | (82660) | 52
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is (a) taking and (b) willing to take to ensure that weapons are confiscated from Maoist rebels in Nepal, in accordance with the United Nations agreement. | | (82661) | 53
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans towards ensuring that Parliamentary elections in Nepal are (a) free and fair and (b) subject to international observation. | | (82662) | 54
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance the UK Government is giving to establish a free Belarus radio. | | (81847) | 55
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli authorities about the closure of the Kerem Shalom Crossing in Gaza; and what alternative arrangements are being made to allow access to Gaza for food and medical humanitarian assistance. | | (82607) | 56
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made by the (a) Government, (b) EU and (c) UN of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Gaza of (i) the closure of all land crossing in and out of Gaza, (ii) the prevention of fishermen accessing the sea and (iii) the destruction of the electricity supply station. | | (82610) | 57
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli authorities about the detention of elected Palestinian representatives. | | (82611) | 58
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information she has received on the (a) names of the members of the Palestinian Parliament and cabinet who have been recently arrested by the Israeli authorities and (b) (i) where, (ii) on what charges and (iii) under what legal authority they are being detained. | | (82618) | 59
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the British Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in response to North Korea's development and proposed testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile. | | (82245) | 60
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts from other countries to discuss North Korea's development and proposed testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile. | | (82246) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 61
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints against the NHS brought to the attention of the Healthcare Commission and closed by April took longer than (a) eight weeks, (b) six months and (c) one year from receipt of the complaint to closure. | | (82586) | 62
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of complaints against the NHS brought to the attention of the Healthcare Commission have been referred back to the trust of origin for resolution without further investigation. | | (82587) | 63
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints against the NHS brought to the attention of the Healthcare Commission and not referred back to the trust of origin without further investigation are waiting to be investigated by a case manager of the Healthcare Commission; how long on average these cases have been waiting; and how many of these cases have been waiting more than (a) eight weeks, (b) six months and (c) one year from receipt of the complaint. | | (82588) | 64
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with carers' organisations on their proposal for a carers' champion within Government; and if she will make a statement. | | (82642) | 65
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 in Wales; and if she will make a statement. | | (82643) | 66
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on its decision to appoint a carers' champion within government and the implications of that decision in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (82644) | 67
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has made an assessment of the policy towards carers in other EU countries; and if she will make a statement. | | (82645) | 68
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value is of the contract awarded to Atos Origin to run the NHS walk-in centre at Canary Wharf; and what the cost is in each of the five years of the contract. | | (82638) | 69
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust will have to fund the contract for the walk-in centre at Canary Wharf. | | (82639) | 70
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the value of the contract for the walk-in centre at Canary Wharf changes according to throughput; whether it is (a) a fixed price block contract, (b) a cost and volume contract and (c) a payment by results contract with a fixed sum per case seen. | | (82640) | 71
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been seen in each week since the walk-in centre at Canary Wharf was opened; and how many of those seen were (a) Tower Hamlets residents and (b) those who commute into the area to work. | | (82641) | 72
N | 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 where responsibility lies for the deficit of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust. | | (82533) | 73
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the use of the drug Alimta. | | (82652) | 74
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities in England prescribe the drug Alimta. | | (82653) | 75
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving treatment for mesothelioma in each local health authority in England. | | (82655) | 76
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on short break provision in Surrey in the last year for which figures are available; and how many hours' break this provided. | | (82446) | 77
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours, short break service, on average, were provided in respect of people with a learning disability in Surrey 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. | | (82447) | 78
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):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 Surrey receive a short break service. | | (82448) | 79
| Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to the West Cheshire Primary Care Trust for the provision of sexual health servicess in each of the next three financial years. | | (82672) | 80
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what capital spending has been made on (a) the maternity unit, (b) the neonatal unit, (c) the paediatric unit, (d) the breast unit and (e) gynaecology services at the University Hospital of North Tees since 1997. | | (82646) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 81
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total (a) cost to callers and (b) revenue to his Department was from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate number 0870 606 7766 in each year that the number has been in operation. | | (81680) | 82
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many perpetrators of child abuse are known to his Department, broken down by age group; and how many in each age group have received treatment for their offending. | | (82375) | 83
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken was to process applications for Security Industry Authority licences in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (82490) | 84
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Security Industry Authority licences are being processed. | | (82491) | 85
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to allow applicants for Security Industry Authority licences to work if the processing of their licences is delayed. | | (82492) | 86
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the cross-government working group examining the transitional and ongoing financial arrangements for restructured police forces has met since January. | | (82366) | 87
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of the costs and benefits of (a) no change, (b) a federated structure, (c) a single strategic force and (d) other strategic co-working arrangements for police force restructuring in Wales. | | (82367) | 88
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the net change in the number of police force posts following the creation of a single strategic force for Wales. | | (82368) | 89
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in determining the changes required to the police precept following the creation of a single strategic force for Wales. | | (82369) | 90
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who represents the Welsh Assembly on the cross-government working group which is examining the transitional and ongoing financial arrangements for restructured police forces. | | (82574) | 91
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value was of assets seized under Operation Pentameter. | | (82666) | 92
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding will be allocated to the UK Human Trafficking Centre in each of the next five years. | | (82667) | 93
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police and (b) government officials have been seconded to the source countries of victims of human trafficking to discuss and implement prevention strategies in the last five years; and how many reciprocated secondments of staff there have been from those countries. | | (82668) | 94
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken through (a) education programmes and (b) public campaigns to raise awarness of human trafficking. | | (82669) | 95
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a specific department within the Serious Organised Crime Agency that deals with combating human trafficking. | | (82697) | 96
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th May 2006, Official Report, column 1212W, on Leyhill Open Prison, how many of the prisoners who escaped and were subsequently captured have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of escape from lawful custody; and what sentence was given in each such case where proceedings are complete. | | (81964) | 97
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence he has received from Mr John Peach, a constituent of the hon. Member for Peterborough and Leader of Peterborough City Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (81685) | 98
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 271W, on bail hostels, how many sex offenders were resident at the bail hostel in Wesleyan Road, Peterborough on 31st May 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (82006) | 99
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of the Animal Procedures Committee have (a) a background and (b) expertise in animal welfare; and what the selection criteria are to become a member of the Committee. | | (82675) | 100
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving since the offence was introduced. | | (82711) | 101
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules govern applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship by foreign nationals who have served in the British Army. | | (82372) | 102
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Gurkha soldiers who have completed their service (a) applied for and (b) were granted (i) leave to remain and (ii) British citizenship in each year since 1997. | | (82373) | 103
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules govern applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship by Gurkha soldiers who have completed their service and entered the Armed Forces (i) after 1st July 1997 and (ii) before 1st July 1997. | | (82374) | 104
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what religious teaching is available to prisoners; and if he will make a statement. | | (82362) | 105
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1666-8W, on asylum/immigration, how many individuals were held in each immigration holding, reception and removal centre in each year since 2004-05. | | (82699) | 106
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the relevance for practice in the UK of the review of the use of tasers being carried out by the US Department of Justice. | | (82247) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 107
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which posts held by officials of the House of Commons receive an annual salary of more than the basic salary payable to hon. Members. | | (82243) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 108
N | Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the law applied in Northern Ireland with regard to testing for illegal fuel in vehicles is the same as that applied elsewhere in the United Kingdom. | | (82238) | 109
N | Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of each operation testing for illegal fuel in cars, vans and lorries which is taking place in Northern Ireland. | | (82239) | 110
N | Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many random checks for illegal fuel have taken place on roads in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months, broken down by district council area. | | (82240) | 111
N | Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) police and (b) customs personnel are required to be present in each road operation to test for illegal fuel in Northern Ireland. | | (82241) | 112
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidences there have been of pupils making serious allegations against teachers in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and in how many of these cases the allegations were proved to be false or unfounded. | | (82701) | Questions to the Prime Minister 113
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) approval for and (b) instructions relating to additional expenditure on replacing the UK's existing nuclear deterrent he has given to (i) the Ministry of Defence and (ii) HM Treasury since April 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (81682) | 114
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he gave prior approval for the reference to replacing the UK's nuclear deterrent in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Mansion House speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (81683) | 115
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions (a) he and (b) staff at 10 Downing Street have had with (i) President Bush and (ii) White House staff since April 2005 about sustaining the UK's nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement. | | (81684) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 116
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Gaelic speakers there are in Scotland; and what proportion this represents of the Scottish population. | | (82242) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 117
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure compliance with the law on publication of party accounts; and how many constituency parties or associations of (a) the Conservative Party, (b) the Labour Party and (c) the Liberal Democrats complied in the last year for which information is available. | | (82534) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 118
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices closed in (a) Edinburgh West constituency and (b) other Edinburgh parliamentary constituencies in the last five years. | | (82706) | 119
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether it is his intention that lobbying of members of a company regarding the policies of the company by non-members should be a proper purpose for requesting a copy of the company's register of members under Clause 115 of the Company Law Reform Bill. | | (82698) | 120
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to be able to respond to the letter to his predecessor of 7th November 2005 from the hon. Member for Esher and Walton on the campaign by the RSPCA to reduce the noise levels of fireworks. | | (82676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 121
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 37W, on seat belts, what representations his Department received between 1976 and 1983; and if he will make a statement. | | (82632) | 122
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the companies bidding for the former Thameslink franchise incorporated (a) passenger reductions and (b) fare increases in their base line bid; and if he will make a statement. | | (82679) | 123
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date airlines using UK airports will be required to comply with EU legislation on the rights of passengers with disabilities travelling by air. | | (78988) | 124
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the Access to Air Travel for Disabled People Code of Practice following the treatment by Iberia Airlines of a group of deaf passengers on their flight from London Heathrow in July 2004. | | (79006) | 125
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department first learned of First train operator's plans to stop recognising cheap day returns between 4.30pm and 7.00pm on Mondays to Fridays; and if he will make a statement. | | (82304) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 126
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 67W, on correspondence, what estimate he has made of the cost of answering the question; and if he will make a statement. | | (82631) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 127
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the review team looking at the future of Remploy Ltd. to present its final report; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library once it has been presented to him. | | (81677) | 128
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the recommendations on the future of Remploy Ltd. made in the final report of the current review of Remploy's future business options, if he will consult interested parties prior to decisions being made on the future of Remploy Ltd. and any of its factories. | | (81678) | 129
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the remit was of the review team looking at the future of Remploy Ltd. including information on the more detailed work that was requested of the team as announced in his written statement of 6th June. | | (81679) | 130
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in each electoral ward in Edinburgh West constituency receive pension credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (82703) | 131
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in (a) Edinburgh West constituency and (b) other Edinburgh parliamentary constituencies receive pension credit. | | (82704) | 132
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in (a) Edinburgh West constituency and (b) other Edinburgh parliamentary constituencies in each year since 1996-97; and how many pensioners (i) were entitled to and (ii) received council tax benefit in each year. | | (82705) | 133
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):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 (a) the Edinburgh local authority area and (b) Edinburgh West parliamentary constituency. | | (82707) | 134
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Surrey 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. | | (82449) | 135
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the requirement for those with lifelong disabilities to make periodic reapplications for disability living allowance. | | (82665) | 136
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Best Ltd has the capacity to deliver the New Deal Programme in Leeds and West Yorkshire from 1st July. | | (82541) | 137
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why Leeds City Council was not informed of the decision to award the New Deal contract to another contractor in sufficient time to allow it to put in place the statutory staff consultation process. | | (82542) | 138
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used in the process to award the contract from 1st July for the New Deal Scheme in the Leeds area; and what criteria Leeds City Council did not meet. | | (82543) | 139
| Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in each electoral ward in Chester City were receiving pension credit in the last period for which figures are available. | | (82671) | 140
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Child Support Agency to reconsider its decision not to provide child maintenance for Mrs Lynda Gould of Buckfast on the basis that her son's father is in the Territorial Army; and if he will make a statement. | | (82614) | 141
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has conducted into the impact that reasonable travel and lunch reimbursements have on supporting individuals re-entry into the labour market in a paid or voluntary capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (82612) | 142
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether reasonable lunch and travel reimbursements will continue to be excluded from counting as earnings or income for people performing voluntary work; and if he will make a statement. | | (82613) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 143
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will establish an appeal mechanism for when the Environment Agency decides not carry out an environmental assessment of a planning application for a hydro-electric generating plant; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (82624) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 144
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases involving misuse of credit cards for gambling over the internet have been reported in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (82700) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 145
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died from mesothelioma in each health authority in England in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (82654) |
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