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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 5 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 5 July 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 5 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 Wednesday 5 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 5 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, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83194) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83195) | 3
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on failures by the Contributions Agency to collect and credit national insurance contributions in 2004-05; and what action is being taken (a) to avoid the issue of incorrect notices of deficient contributions and (b) to restore contribution records to individuals affected by such failures. | | (82928) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82847) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the case for (a) changes in the basis of air passenger duty from payment per passenger to payment per flight and (b) relating the level of such payments to the amount of carbon dioxide and other pollutants produced during the flight; and if he will make a statement. | | (82849) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason transit flights are exempt from air passenger duty; and what estimate he has made of how much extra revenue would be raised per annum were such flights subject to this duty. | | (82850) | 7
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nationals from the EU accession states have applied for (a) child benefit and (b) tax credits since May 2004; and how many such applications have been (i) approved, (ii) rejected and (iii) terminated in each case. | | (82905) | 8
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests from overseas tax authorities HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has received in the past three years pursuant to the operation of actual assistance provisions of UK double taxation agreements; from which countries these requests have been received; what amount of tax was claimed in each case; and what checks HMRC applied in pursuance of provisions corresponding to (a) Article 27 para 2 and (b) other articles of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Mutual Convention to satisfy itself that the tax they were asked to collect was properly due and payable. | | (83221) | 9
| Jim Dowd (Lewisham West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) reduce the minimum transaction value on low value consignment relief and (b) apply for complete derogation for the UK. | | (83069) | 10
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Treasury, the Financial Services Authority and the Department for Education and Skills will measure the effectiveness of personal finance education being introduced into the school curriculum. | | (83258) | 11
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):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 each (i) London borough and (ii) constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (82934) | 12
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls under the age of 16 years (a) became pregnant and (b) gave birth in each London borough in each of the last five years, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement. | | (82954) | 13
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer Question 50880 tabled by the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire on 7th February, on official residences. | | (83032) | 14
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the tobacco industry on introducing an anti-counterfeiting labelling scheme for tobacco products. | | (83128) | 15
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the money lost to the UK Exchequer through the illicit trade in tobacco in the last three years. | | (83129) | 16
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals for introducing an anti-counterfeiting scheme for tobacco products in the UK. | | (83130) | 17
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what extent he has examined technological solutions which other countries are using to tackle the trade in counterfeit tobacco. | | (83131) | 18
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual savings to 2012 he estimates would be made if the lifetime allowance for tax privileged pension savings was frozen at £1.5 million. | | (83071) | 19
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing financial assistance to low-income families during pregnancy; and whether there are any plans to provide any such financial support. | | (82824) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's targets for tax credit administration were (a) met and (b) not met in each reporting period from 2003-04 to 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (82831) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the results of the pro-active contact pilots designed to reduce tax credit overpayments. | | (82832) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the costs of administering tax credits in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07; what the original spending plans were for each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (82833) | 23
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to allocate funding additional to the current defence budget to meet the cost of a new generation of the nuclear deterrent. | | (82376) | 24
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he has given the Home Secretary on managing complex computer databases. | | (82812) | 25
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the total amount of money held in orphan funds in banks and financial institutions. | | (82979) | 26
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the population of (a) the UK and (b) each region of the UK is (i) under 25, (ii) between 25 and 34, (iii) between 35 and 44, (iv) between 45 and 54, (v) between 55 and 64 and (vi) over 65 years of age. | | (82922) | 27
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Barker Review of land use planning policy to report. | | (83003) | 28
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's consultation on Home Information Pack regulations. | | (83004) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of first-time buyers with a loan-to-value mortgage ratio of 80 per cent. or over. | | (83005) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Valuation Office Agency has spent on its Automated Valuation Model and associated computer databases and training. | | (83006) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent officers the Valuation Office Agency employed in 2005-06. | | (83007) | 32
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many press releases the Valuation Office Agency issued in 2005-06. | | (83008) | 33
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies and organisations have supplied the Valuation Office Agency with geographic data in the last three years. | | (83009) | 34
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate was of (a) cancers and (b) stroke in West Suffolk in each of the past five years. | | (82729) | 35
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of infant mortality was in West Suffolk in each of the past five years. | | (82730) | 36
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the principal factors affecting the competitiveness of UK businesses. | | (82823) | 37
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of personal debt in the UK was in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (82901) | 38
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of personal debt was for people aged between 16 and 24 in each year since 1997 in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (82902) | 39
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of personal debt is due to student loans for those aged between 18 and 29 years in the latest period for which figures are available; how many individuals this relates to; and if he will make a statement. | | (82911) | 40
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average amount of credit card debt per person aged between 16 and 24 years was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (82913) | 41
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average amount of unsecured debt has been for people aged between 16 and 24 years in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (82915) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 42
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Central Office of Information's Information and Press Officers Directory. | | (83001) | 43
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants work in (i) Admiralty House, (ii) Admiralty Arch, (iii) the Ripley Building, (iv) Old Admiralty Building and (v) Admiralty Citadel. | | (83002) | 44
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total cost was of the Deputy Prime Minister's (a) private office and (b) Central Policy Group within the Cabinet Office in 2001-02. | | (83030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 45
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public appointments are within her patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83192) | 46
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by her Department or public bodies for which she is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83193) | 47
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if she will make a statement. | | (82848) | 48
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, columns 139-40W, on house sales, when the Department expects the baseline research to be completed. | | (82726) | 49
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority lettings have been made to nationals from the EU accession states since May 2004; and how many have received homelessness assistance in that period. | | (82908) | 50
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice she offers parish and town councillors on how to interpret the code of conduct on declaring interests. | | (83247) | 51
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were made to the Standards Board for England in each year since its inception in relation to each different type of council it is responsible for; and how many complaints (a) were not pursued, (b) there were where there was no breach in standards, (c) were where no further action was necessary (d) were referred for local determination and (e) were referred to the Adjudication Panel; and what the recommendation was of the Panel which was refered to it in each case. | | (83248) | 52
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons parish and town councils are required to conduct all their deliberations on planning applications in public; and if she will make a statement. | | (83259) | 53
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will name the successful bidder for the Crasher Green site, Stoud. | | (83276) | 54
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has undertaken studies on the impact of planning gain supplement on the provision of affordable housing in rural areas. | | (83277) | 55
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the Affordable Rural Housing Commission will have in monitoring the implementation of its recommendations. | | (83278) | 56
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether home inspectors will be assigned to work in specific areas. | | (83279) | 57
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighter trainees were taken on by fire authorities in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [R] (83280) | 58
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters left each fire authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (83281) | 59
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average price of a home was in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (82898) | 60
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what programmes there are to assist first-time buyers in London. | | (83132) | 61
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 298W, on local government, how many written representations her Department has received from (a) district and (b) county councils which have not supported the principle of unitary status; and from which councils such representations have come. | | (82931) | 62
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 298W, on local government, of which councils the senders of the representations concerned were members or officers. | | (82932) | 63
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd November 2006, Official Report, column 2063W, on council tax revaluation, for how many residential properties in England the Valuation Office Agency had (a) dwelling house codes data and (b) value significant codes data on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (82933) | 64
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1877W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the plot sizes that Ordnance Survey data is used for include data for the plots of (a) open spaces and (b) residential gardens. | | (82938) | 65
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1877W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if she will list the property attributes which have been gathered using Ordnance Survey maps. | | (82939) | 66
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1877W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if she will place in the Library a copy of the data supplied by Rightmove. | | (82940) | 67
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2045W, on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), if she will place in the Library a copy of all the (a) dwelling house code and (b) value significant code data held by the VOA for each of those official residences. | | (82944) | 68
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1746W, on departmental staff, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's Training Framework Agreement; and what the names are of the suppliers covered by the agreement. | | (82945) | 69
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1746W, on departmental staff, if she will place in the Library print outs from her departmental intranet of all the Skills for Life pages and links. | | (82946) | 70
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1595W, on civil servants (expenses), what the expenditure was of the private office of the Deputy Prime Minister on overnight subsistence in each year of the existence of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. | | (82947) | 71
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1600W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether (a) crime and (b) deprivation influence the chartered surveyor's assessment of market forces. | | (82949) | 72
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1599W, on Ministers' offices, which Ministers who previously had offices in 26 Whitehall when part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister moved to Eland House following the creation of the Department of Communities and Local Government. | | (82950) | 73
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19th June 2006, Official Report, column 1599W, on Ministers' offices, who occupies the offices in 26 Whitehall which were previously occupied by Ministers within the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. | | (82951) | 74
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 289W, on civil servants (expenses), how much of the expenditure on temporary overnight accommodation in London by civil servants was incurred on accommodation for civil servants in the Deputy Prime Minister's private office. | | (82953) | 75
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 290W, on departmental staff, what the estimated cost is of relocating civil servants from 26 Whitehall to Eland House. | | (82955) | 76
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 290W, on departmental staff, which Government Department will take over the use of the vacated office space at 26 Whitehall once her civil servants are relocated to Eland House. | | (82956) | 77
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 290W, on departmental staff, what the function is of the Ministerial group in 26 Whitehall. | | (82957) | 78
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Eastleigh of 15th June 2006, Official Report, column 1369W, on IT, what the purpose is of each IT project sourced externally since May 2002 by her Department and its predecessor. | | (82980) | 79
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on telephone calls in the private office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2004-05. | | (83019) | 80
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) public affairs and (b) public relations consultancies the Government Office of the South East has commissioned since 2001; for what purpose in each case; and how much was spent on each contract. | | (83020) | 81
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason her Department is cancelling the Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester due to be held in February 2007; how much the event has cost, including cancellation fees. | | (83021) | 82
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department has made to Sheree Dodd out of public funds; and for what purposes. | | (83022) | 83
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average price to be charged for making and sending a paper copy of a Home Information Pack under Section 156 of the Housing Act 2004. | | (83024) | 84
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether empty ministerial residences owned by (a) the public sector and (b) a private trust may be subject to an Empty Dwelling Management Order. | | (83025) | 85
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice her Department has taken on whether Empty Dwelling Management Orders would breach Article 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights. | | (83027) | 86
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average income of a qualified, full-time home inspector. | | (83042) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) other central Government Departments, (b) the Office of National Statistics and (c) her Department will have access to data in the Register of Home Condition Reports for purposes other than those related to the management and maintenance of the register. | | (83047) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances home inspectors (a) may and (b) will take photographs as part of their inspection of a property. | | (83048) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the charge will be for lodging a Home Condition Report (HCR) in the Register of HCRs. | | (83061) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) convicted criminals who have served and completed a prison sentence more than five years ago, (b) persons on the Sex Offenders Register and (c) persons on List 99 are eligible to become home inspectors. | | (83062) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice the Information Commissioner has provided in relation to the Register of Home Condition Reports. | | (83063) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Register of Home Condition Reports will have the capacity to store electronic images. | | (83064) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what maximum length of time a home condition report (a) is permitted to be and (b) will be stored in the Register of Home Condition Reports, assuming there is no new marketing of the property. | | (83073) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the penalty will be for marketing a home without a Home Information Pack. | | (83075) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library an electronic copy of the proposed XML Schema for (a) the Register of Home Condition Reports and (b) the electronic transfer of data in relation to home information packs. | | (83077) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated minimum life span is of the properties constructed for the Design for Manufacture competition. | | (83078) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff worked in the private office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2005-06. | | (83079) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of complaints submitted to the Standards Board in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06 were against parish councillors. | | (83080) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff there are in her Department's ministerial private offices, broken down by grade; and how many there were in the predecessor department in 2005-06. | | (83081) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals the Planning Inspectorate permitted in 2005 involving residential development, in part or whole, on gardens. | | (83083) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on helicopter hire for the Deputy Prime Minister in 2004-05. | | (83084) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representatives from the Valuation Office Agency attended the IRRV Conference in Blackpool in May; and to what extent they participated. | | (83094) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the projected budget is for the Central-Local Government-Third Sector Engagement Board. | | (83095) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been (a) bought and (b) part-bought under the Social Homebuy scheme. | | (83096) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations are offering the Social Homebuy scheme. | | (83097) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the revision of outdoor advertising planning regulations. | | (83098) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what websites come under her Department's responsibility; and what the (a) cost and (b) number of visitors to those sites were in 2005-06. | | (83099) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Ordnance Survey's submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's consultation on home information packs regulations. | | (83100) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what extent her plans for city mayors will involve elected mayors representing (a) an existing local authority area and (b) an area crossing a number of existing single-tier local authorities. | | (83101) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what internet domain names her Department owns; and for what purpose they were purchased. | | (83102) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which body will audit the Register of Home Condition Reports. | | (83103) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the (a) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) the private office of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent on alcohol and hospitality in 2005-06. | | (83104) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what extent (a) the Olympic Delivery Committee, (b) the Greater London Authority, (c) Transport for London and (d) the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games are bound by the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity. | | (83105) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of further (a) guidance and (b) circulars on home information packs. | | (83234) | 115
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deliberate (a) vehicle fires and (b) fires there were in West Suffolk in each year since 1995. | | (82716) | 116
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for temporary to permanent housing initiatives in the 2006 to 2008 National Affordable Housing Programme in West Suffolk. | | (82717) | 117
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many single vulnerable households were accepted as homeless in West Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (82718) | 118
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many malicious false alarm calls were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in West Suffolk in each year since 1995. | | (82731) | 119
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to Swindon Borough Council under the category of Building Capacity in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (82836) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 120
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many public appointments are within her patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83188) | 121
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by her Department or public bodies for which she is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83189) | 122
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if she will make a statement. | | (82841) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the net change in voter registration as a result of its 2006 local elections registration campaign. | | (82998) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost was of her Department's voter registration campaign for the 2006 local elections. | | (82999) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 125
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments are within her patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83190) | 126
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by her Department or public bodies for which she is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83191) | 127
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 next Lottery licence competition. | | (82260) | 128
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on progress on the work of the Big Lottery Fund. | | (82261) | 129
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department makes available for library facilities for older people. | | (82262) | 130
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what experience the Youth Sports Trust has in running competitive (a) multi-sports events and (b) disability sports events. | | (82801) | 131
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what outside agencies have been contracted to run the Youth School Games to be staged in 2006. | | (82802) | 132
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been allocated to date for the Youth School Games to (a) the Youth Sports Trust and (b) other outside agencies. | | (82803) | 133
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration was given to involving the (a) British Paralympic Association, (b) British Olympic Association and (c) national governing bodies for (i) athletics, (ii) table tennis, (iii) swimming, (iv) gymnastics and (v) fencing in the running of the 2006 Youth School Games. | | (82804) | 134
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the contract awarded to the Youth Sports Trust for the UK School Games to be staged in Glasgow for 2006 has been subject to open tendering under the provisions of the EU Procurement Directive for Public Service Contracts. | | (82805) | 135
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the contracts awarded to the Youth Sports Trust by the Department over the last three years; what the value was of each contract; and whether there was an open tendering process in each case. | | (82806) | 136
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Department has sought legal advice as to whether its contractual arrangements with the Youth Sports Trust fall under the EU Procurement Directive for Public Service Contracts. | | (82807) | 137
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many establishments have licences for 24-hour drinking. | | (82825) | 138
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the (a) local and (b) social effects of the introduction of 24-hour drinking. | | (82826) | 139
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has received from organisations in the South West region on the impact on tourism of the proposed changes to the Cross Country rail franchise. | | (83076) | 140
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) her European Union counterparts and (b) governments outside the EU on the regulation of internet gambling. | | (82689) | 141
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with credit card providers on the use of credit cards for internet gambling. | | (82690) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 142
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83186) | 143
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83187) | 144
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82843) | 145
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans for International Security Assistance Force personnel to become involved in the interdiction of narcotics production of Afghanistan. | | (83216) | 146
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress Interntional Security Assistance Force forces have made in implementing the NATO counter-narcotics operation in Afghanistan agreed in November 2005. | | (83218) | 147
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Sabre and (b) Scimitar vehicles are deployed in Afghanistan. | | (82829) | 148
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Warrior Infantry Fighting vehicles are being deployed to Afghanistan. | | (82830) | 149
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost of (a) administering and (b) buying allocations for each military establishment included in the EU Emission Trading Scheme was in its first year of operation. | | (82736) | 150
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 5WS, on defence food supply contracts, for what reasons Purple Foodservice Solutions was selected as the provider of food services; what process was followed to select the provider; and which other companies applied to be considered. | | (82075) | 151
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department's policy on the publication of the names of members of the Armed Forces killed in action has changed since 27th June 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (82620) | 152
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of the intelligence information available to coalition and NATO forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (82622) | 153
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of Operation Mountain Thrust on the likely outcome of the NATO International Security Assistance Force mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. | | (82732) | 154
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) his and (b) each of his Ministers' official engagements were for Monday 3rd July. | | (82997) | 155
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of British troops stationed in Iraq on threats to UK security. | | (82763) | 156
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops have served in Iraq in each year since 2003. | | (82764) | 157
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK helicopters are deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; what requests have been made by commanders for further helicopter support; and if he will make a statement. | | (82834) | 158
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to negotiate with telecommunications service providers preferential rates for family members telephoning members of the UK armed forces serving abroad. | | (82977) | 159
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans his Department has developed for the Future Aircraft Carrier project if the UK is unable to negotiate access to US stealth technology and flight control software for the Joint Strike Fighter. | | (82694) | 160
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of replacing the Snatch Land Rover used by the British Army with the RG-31. | | (83107) | 161
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to replace the Snatch Land Rover with another form of transport for the British Army. | | (83108) | 162
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces are serving on Operation TELIC. | | (83110) | 163
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Trident nuclear weapons programme cost in each of the last five years. | | (83114) | 164
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the British Armed Forces is serving on operations overseas. | | (83115) | 165
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Armed Forces are serving on operations overseas. | | (83116) | 166
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide troops for United Nations peackeeping operations in Darfur; and in what capacity they would serve. | | (83136) | 167
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the timing of the Future Rapid Effect System. | | (82892) | 168
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters he has ordered for delivery between 2006 and 2016, broken down by type. | | (82893) | 169
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submarines are operationally available to Commander in Chief Fleet, broken down by type. | | (82900) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 170
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who his special advisers are; what the salary grade of each is; and what the expertise is of each. | | (83223) | 171
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who the Principal Private Secretary is for his new office. | | (83224) | 172
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to public funds of his official residence in Admiralty House was in 2004-05. | | (83225) | 173
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wealden of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2131W, on websites, what the budget is for the creation of his new website; and whether the website is being constructed using (a) Civil Service staff and (b) external contractors. | | (83226) | 174
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to hisAnswer to the hon. Member for Brentwood of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1867W, on his private office, which government department funds his private office. | | (83227) | 175
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a government department. | | (83228) | 176
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his (a) official residence, (b) official car and (c) official trips to foreign countries are carbon neutral. | | (83229) | 177
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South of 21st June 2006, Official Report, column 1875W, on departmental staff, how many of the staff enumerated in the Answer provide support or assistance to him. | | (82942) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 178
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83184) | 179
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83185) | 180
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the name and address is of each special needs school in (a) Essex and (b) each London borough; who the head teacher of each is; how many pupils are attending each; when each opened; and when each was last inspected by OFSTED. | | (83201) | 181
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82838) | 182
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children's centres there are in each local authority area in England. | | (81872) | 183
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many private law cases were completed by CAFCASS in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (83252) | 184
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many judges were involved in family proceedings in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (83253) | 185
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies for judges in family proceedings there were in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (83254) | 186
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to recruit judges in family proceedings. | | (83255) | 187
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average yearly workload was for a guardian ad litem in each of the last five years. | | (83256) | 188
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students are exempt from paying tuition fees in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (82982) | 189
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of (a) administrating and (b) buying allocations for all universities included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme was in its first year of operation. | | (82737) | 190
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many registered language colleges were in operation in England in (a) June 2004, (b) June 2005 and (c) June 2006. | | (83086) | 191
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements are in place to ensure the technology is available to launch the pilot schemes for the youth opportunity cards in Sunderland during autumn 2006. | | (82993) | 192
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants his Department has made to the Youth Sports Trust in each of the last five years. | | (82799) | 193
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students in England paid (a) none, (b) part and (c) all of their fees in 2005-06. | | (83157) | 194
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many international students participated in the Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme in 2005; and what estimate he has made of the number of international students who will participate in the scheme in 2006. | | (83158) | 195
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of households in the UK had an income of (a) £22,009 or less, (b) £22,010 to £32,744 and (c) £32,745 or more in 2005-06. | | (83159) | 196
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support his Department provides to teachers in dealing with badly behaved pupils. | | (82721) | 197
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what counselling services are provided for teachers who develop stress-related illnesses as a result of dealing with persistently badly behaved pupils. | | (82722) | 198
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what further security measures are being considered for schools. | | (82723) | 199
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Department has considered introducing metal detectors in schools. | | (82724) | 200
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many sixth form institutions in England offer two or more modern foreign language courses. | | (82754) | 201
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research the Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the merits for students studying English language to be able to compare it with foreign languages. | | (82755) | 202
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the draft changes to the Key Stage 3 curriculum about the British Empire; and whether there are plans to extend these changes to teach more on the British Empire at (a) Key Stage (i) 1 and (ii) 2 and (b) GCSE. | | (83111) | 203
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students receiving the Education Maintenance Allowance have gone on to study in higher education. | | (83133) | 204
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been paid through the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme. | | (83134) | 205
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what qualifications are required for volunteers helping to run holiday playschemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (82693) | 206
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which public sector bodies will have access to the new electronic children's database. | | (83014) | 207
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the (a) personal attributes and (b) fields which the electronic Children's Database will have the capability to hold. | | (83060) | 208
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the most recent average cost per annum was of educating a child at primary school in England. | | (82076) | 209
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the most recent average cost per annum was of educating a child at primary school in each local education authority area in England. | | (82077) | 210
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the most recent figures are for the average cost per annum of educating a child at primary school in (a) rural and village areas and (b) town and city areas in England. | | (82078) | 211
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children born abroad have gone missing from local authority care in each of the last three years. | | (82617) | 212
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many incidents of homophobic bullying were recorded by (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last five years. | | (82670) | 213
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans there are for the Higher Education Funding Council to administer (a) Sussex University and (b) the University of Brighton; and if he will make a statement. | | (83034) | 214
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are (a) in place and (b) under consideration for teaching secondary school pupils about the management of personal finances; and if he will make a statement. | | (82903) | 215
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been allocated to programmes to educate secondary school children about how to manage personal finances; and if he will make a statement. | | (82904) | 216
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of academies' educational achievement in areas of educational deprivation. | | (82742) | 217
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding Swindon received for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) further education in each year between 1996-97 and 2006-07. | | (82743) | 218
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding was allocated to SureStart in Swindon in each year between 2002-03 and 2005-06. | | (82837) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 219
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83182) | 220
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83183) | 221
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82845) | 222
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers there are, broken down by region. | | (83249) | 223
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish details of the Government's timetable for the introduction of mandatory regulations for nanotechnology products; and whether they will apply retrospectively for those products already on the market in the UK. | | (83267) | 224
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to assess the way in which genetically modified organisms are regulated; and if he will examine the current operation of the Advisory Committee on Releases into the Environment. | | (83268) | 225
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to re-run the current Energy Crops Scheme. | | (83269) | 226
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to encourage recruitment of veterinary surgeons to large animal veterinary practices; and how this is incorporated into the Government's animal health strategy. | | (83270) | 227
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outbreaks of bovine TB in cattle there were in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (83271) | 228
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much carbon dioxide was released into the air by British industries in each of the last five years. | | (82820) | 229
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average temperature in London has been in each month of the past 10 years. | | (82821) | 230
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total economic cost to the UK of taking part in the EU Emission Trading Scheme relative to taking no action to control carbon dioxide emissions. | | (82735) | 231
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the Department's budget was spent directly on environmental regulation in each year since 2000-01, broken down by region. | | (82753) | 232
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households in England are eligible for assistance under the Warm Front programme; and how the overall number of eligible households has changed as a result of revisions to qualifying benefits in each year since 2000. | | (82896) | 233
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ask the Environment Agency to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death by asphyxiation of 5,000 fish at Cuckoo Hollow, Werrington, Peterborough on 15th June 2006; whether the Agency has in place a plan to prevent similar occurrences during future periods of hot weather; and if he will make a statement. | | (82453) | 234
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received about the membership of the West Midlands Regional Flood Defence Committee; and if he will appoint a member who will represent Shropshire only. | | (82800) | 235
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment was made of the merits of using weight charts rather than an estimate by the Department or an auctioneer when the system by which farmers are compensated for a cow with bovine TB was changed. | | (83070) | 236
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to bring forward penalties for those who fail to recycle their household waste. | | (82793) | 237
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will carry out a study into the feasibility of producing an emblem to show which foods are not being produced using palm oil. | | (83093) | 238
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars were recorded in each local authority in England in each year since 1997. | | (82909) | 239
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been allocated to Suffolk in each of the past five years for retraining of farmers. | | (82728) | 240
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation is available to aquaculture industries in cases where compulsory slaughter is ordered due to an outbreak of a list 2 disease; and what recent discussions he has had with the aquaculture industry on this issue. | | (82691) | 241
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much beef was imported into the UK from Brazil in (a) May, (b) June, (c) July and (d) August of each year since 2000. | | (82899) | 242
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total amount paid under the Common Agricultural Policy to (a) limited companies and (b) individuals was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (82794) | 243
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in the UK received Common Agricultural Policy subsidies of (a) 0-5,000, (b) 5,000 - 50,000 and (c) more than 50,000 euros in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06. | | (82795) | 244
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the cost per person per week of the Common Agricultural Policy in the United Kingdom. | | (82895) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 245
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why the United Kingdom voted against the declaration on human cloning at the United Nations General Assembly; which countries (a) voted in favour, (b) voted against and (c) abstained on the resolution; if she will place in the Library copies of the United Kingdom delegate's voting instructions on this resolution; what discussions she had with the United States delegation at the United Nations about this resolution; whom she consulted before opposing this resolution; what representations she received from (i) individuals and (ii) organisations in support of the resolution; and if she will make a statement. | | (83046) | 246
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many public appointments are within her patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83180) | 247
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by her Department or public bodies for which she is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83181) | 248
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if she will make a statement. | | (82839) | 249
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the decision of Bolivia to rewrite its Constitution and (b) the likely impact on (i) human rights, (ii) the growth of democracy and (iii) Bolivia's relations with (A) its South American neighbours, (B) the United Kingdom and (C) the United States. | | (82987) | 250
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Sudanese government on a United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan. | | (82988) | 251
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response her Department has made to the United States Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba's recent call for a democracy fund for Cuba. | | (82989) | 252
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the United Kingdom plans to take action in the United Nations in relation to the recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. | | (83205) | 253
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the recent move of the Burmese capital is related to the development of a nuclear site in the vicinity. | | (83206) | 254
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on the regime in Burma sending soldiers to Russia for military and nuclear technology training. | | (83207) | 255
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received on the use of chemical weapons by the regime in Burma. | | (83208) | 256
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports the Government has received relating to uranium exported by Burma to Russia, China and North Korea being re-exported to other countries. | | (83209) | 257
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds the Government has made available for a memorial service to commemorate those killed in the 2002 terrorist attacks in Bali. | | (83210) | 258
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime regarding drug production and trafficking in (a) Pakistan and (b) Iran; and what assessment she has made of the effects of the level of production on the National Drugs Control Strategy in Afghanistan. | | (83217) | 259
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with the National Drug Strategy for Afghanistan agreed at the London conference; and if she will make a statement. | | (83244) | 260
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate (a) she and (b) the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has made of the size of the Afghan poppy crop in 2006. | | (83282) | 261
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 1448W, on Afghanistan, what progress the Afghan/UN/US forum in Kabul is making in respect of each of the five pillars of Security Sector Reform. | | (83288) | 262
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what warnings the Government made available to British citizens in Bali immediately prior to the bombings of 12th October 2002; what criteria were used to assess the risk; what level of risk was deemed appropriate on 3rd October 2002; and what information was available from the British Embassy in Jakarta. | | (83289) | 263
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Irish government about the extradition request by the Colombian government of James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McCauley. | | (82377) | 264
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Colombian government in relation to its request for the extradition from the Irish republic of James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McCauley. | | (82378) | 265
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the steps taken by the International Criminal Court to try to arrest the leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army. | | (82452) | 266
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the estimated value is of central government's stock of alcoholic beverages; and how many bottles of (a) wine, (b) beer, (c) spirits and (d) other alcoholic beverages are held by the Government. | | (82816) | 267
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the EU Commission's proposal to introduce majority voting on criminal justice and police co-operation contained in the paper Implementing The Hague Programme: the way forward, would need to be ratified in the UK Parliament. | | (82740) | 268
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on Israel's actions to secure the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit; and if she will make a statement. | | (82621) | 269
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials from her Department are based in each province in Afghanistan, broken down by job function. | | (82734) | 270
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Janjaweed militia operating in Eastern Chad; and what implications such activity has for British policy towards the Sudanese government. | | (82813) | 271
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures are being taken to ensure that all parties with claims in the Sudanese North-South and Darfur disputes are part of the relevant conflict resolution negotiations. | | (82814) | 272
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to exchange diplomatic missions with Montenegro; and who will take up the position of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the state. | | (83113) | 273
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking towards ensuring that Iran's uranium enrichment programme does not progress to a stage whereby it will have produced enough highly enriched uranium to create a nuclear device. | | (83137) | 274
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help resolve the dispute over Kashmir. | | (82692) | 275
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on reports of restrictions being placed on journalists by the Chinese government. | | (82827) | 276
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the British objectives were for the High Level Political Meeting of the Krakow Proliferation Security Initiative; and if she will make a statement. | | (82714) | 277
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have received representations regarding a UN report on human rights abuses in Afghanistan by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; and if she will make a statement. | | (82715) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 278
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public appointments are within her patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83178) | 279
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by her Department or public bodies for which she is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83179) | 280
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department paid out in compensation to women who had an abortion as a result of misdiagnosis by National Health Service hospitals in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (83196) | 281
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas in England the public water supply is fluoridated; and when fluoridation was introduced in each case. | | (83197) | 282
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS abortion rate per 100 live births was in each health authority in England in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (83199) | 283
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what types of contraceptive are available to (a) men and (b) women through family planning clinics; what the price of each item is; and what the cost of providing each contraceptive free of charge was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (83200) | 284
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost to the National Health Service during the last 12 months of attending to people not wearing seat belts who were injured in road accidents; and if she will make a statement. | | (83202) | 285
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were notified as being carried out in England in each year since 1996 on women whose normal place of residence was (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Italy, (d) Ireland, (e) Spain, (f) Israel, (g) Malta, (h) Isle of Man and (i) the United States of America. | | (83203) | 286
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are followed when it is proposed that a hospital should be closed. | | (83204) | 287
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) employees and (b) elected representatives of NHS foundation trusts can obtain information concerning staff discipline. | | (83222) | 288
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if she will make a statement. | | (82840) | 289
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the delayed opening of the new hospital in Harwich. | | (82894) | 290
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that community hospitals meeting the criteria laid down in Our Health, Our Care, Our Say are not adversely affected by financial deficits faced by primary care trusts. | | (83242) | 291
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the decision was made not to include measures to diagnose and treat osteoporosis within the Quality and Outcomes Frameworks. | | (83245) | 292
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research into early diagnosis of autism through analysis of the placenta. | | (83246) | 293
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Wyre Forest maternity unit closed; and if she will make a statement. | | (83261) | 294
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent risk analysis she has undertaken of maternity episodes that start in an independent midwife-led unit and are then moved to a consultant-led obstetric unit; and if she will make a statement. | | (83262) | 295
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the latest National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence report on maternity care, with particular reference to risk levels in independent midwife-led units. | | (83263) | 296
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timescale is for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence investigation into anti-cholinesterate drugs used to treat Alzheimer's disease. | | (83272) | 297
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers Foundation Trust Governors have to refer issues to the Trust's membership; and what status responses of those members have in relation to Board policy. | | [R] (83273) | 298
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement there is on a Board of a Foundation Trust to consult (a) members and (b) governors on major changes in service delivery. | | (83274) | 299
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has commissioned into the impact of genetically modified organisms on human health. | | (83275) | 300
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average expenditure per patient was for drug rehabilitation in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (82746) | 301
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in Lancashire offer specialist services for the rehabilitation of patients with severe head injuries. | | (82747) | 302
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) dental practices and (b) dentists have opted out of the NHS in the last 12 months, broken down by London borough. | | (82948) | 303
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many terminally ill and palliative care beds were available in each primary care trust in (a) London and (b) England for (i) adults and (ii) children in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (82970) | 304
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) children and (b) adults were (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index according to the Government's most recent health surveys in each (A) London borough and (B) constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (82971) | 305
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of (a) administrating and (b) buying allocations for each NHS hospital included in the EU Emission Trading Scheme was in its first year of operation. | | (82738) | 306
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial arrangements were which enabled the Ellesmere West and the Ellesmere Port and Neston primary care trusts to cancel their historic debts; whether the arrangements were approved by Ministers; and if she will make a statement. | | (82535) | 307
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what grants her Department has made to the Youth Sports Trust in each of the last five years. | | (82798) | 308
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps she has taken to prepare for a potential outbreak of avian influenza. | | (82760) | 309
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance the Department provides to parents whose children are diagnosed with autism. | | (82815) | 310
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):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 Lancashire receive a short break service. | | (82757) | 311
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):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 Lancashire 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. | | (82758) | 312
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on short break provision in Lancashire in the last year for which figures are available; and how many hours' break this provided in total. | | (82759) | 313
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list hospital schemes with a capital value over £20 million reaching financial close in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and what the (i) capital cost and (ii) completion date is of each scheme. | | (83044) | 314
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what way and for what reasons (a) Northumbria Healthcare, (b) Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust, (c) Dudley NHS Trust and (d) South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust have dispensed with the NHS IT system; how much it has cost them to do so; and what her estimate is of the impact on the NHS IT programme of their actions. | | (83049) | 315
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets her Department has set for tariff pricing for palliative care services; what progress she has made against those targets; and whether the tariff will reflect the cost of the care provided by (a) voluntary organisations, (b) the state and (c) the private sector. | | (83050) | 316
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Health White Paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, when the Government will bring forward proposals on the (a) kinds of services required and (b) the mechanism by which funding will be allocated for community based palliative care and hospice at home services. | | (83051) | 317
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department is committed to full cost recovery for palliative services that are commissioned by the state. | | (83052) | 318
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has allocated to palliative care in 2006-07; and what plans she has for expenditure on palliative care. | | (83053) | 319
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fires there were in the NHS Estate in each year since 1995; and what the cost was in each year. | | (83054) | 320
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government achieved its target of delivering 80 NHS treatment centres by 2005; what the (a) construction costs, (b) scheduled date for start of construction and (c) expected completion date for each scheme were; and how close each was to completion by 31st December 2005. | | (83055) | 321
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will set a target to eliminate the NHS estate repair backlog by April 2011. | | (83056) | 322
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances (a) primary care trusts and (b) social services departments pay the full cost of the care they commission; and what steps she is taking to ensure this is the case. | | (83106) | 323
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas patients were treated in East Lancashire hospitals in each year since 2000; what the total cost of treatment given was; and how much (a) has been written off and (b) remains unpaid. | | (82937) | 324
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date it was announced that the Severalls Hospital at Colchester would close; and on what date it ceased to be occupied by patients. | | (83219) | 325
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006 to Question 77864, how many of the 96 National Health Service sites acquired by English Partnerships on 6th April 2005 have been sold. | | (83220) | 326
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the saving from the Department's decision not to renew the bulk contract for the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. | | (82918) | 327
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes are in place to assist cancer patients with the financial effects of their illness; and if she will take further steps to lessen such effects. | | (82796) | 328
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to encourage hospitals to help with transportation costs for cancer patients. | | (82797) | 329
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2006, Official Report, column 1049W, on the NHS budget, which major non-NHS providers received the 5.3 per cent. of the NHS contract spending in 2004-05; and which companies provided the £78.8 million of centrally-procured elective treatment. | | (82725) | 330
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding the Government plans to provide to local authorities to implement the proposed smoking ban. | | (83026) | 331
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital patients have (a) contracted and (b) died from exposure to healthcare-acquired infections in the constituency of North West Cambridgeshire since 1997. | | (82248) | 332
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in combating the spread of MRSA in hospitals. | | (82249) | 333
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital patients have (a) contracted and (b) died from exposure to MRSA or similar infections in each year since 1997. | | (82454) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 334
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83176) | 335
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83177) | 336
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82846) | 337
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most recent performance statistics are of the (a) Security Industry Authority for the issuing of licences for door supervisors and (b) Criminal Records Bureau on the vetting procedure for door supervisors. | | (82748) | 338
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what structure has been put in place for the renewal and re-evaluation of door supervisor licences. | | (82835) | 339
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will extend the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to British victims of terrorist attacks abroad. | | (83284) | 340
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for changes to the Probation Service. | | (82684) | 341
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) his officials have met trade union representatives to discuss improvements to the Probation Service in the last 12 months. | | (82685) | 342
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people recruited by the Probation Service in the last 12 months have no formal qualifications. | | (82686) | 343
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he uses consultants to advise on the work of the Probation Service. | | (82687) | 344
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services in his Department have been outsourced since 1997. | | (82688) | 345
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for crimes committed during the protests in London last February against cartoons which were published in Denmark. | | (83124) | 346
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parking tickets were issued by Lancashire Police in each of the last five years. | | (82744) | 347
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives have been handed in during the amnesty in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. | | (82745) | 348
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders reside in each London borough. | | (82752) | 349
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders were committed in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (82897) | 350
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in prison have resulted from (a) natural causes, (b) accident and (c) self-inflicted injury in each prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82914) | 351
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British citizens have been convicted of drug smuggling in (a) England and Wales and (b) abroad, broken down by country, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82917) | 352
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former (a) MI5 and (b) MI6 agents have been imprisoned in the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82919) | 353
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for football-related violence in each police authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82920) | 354
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) intelligence officers and (c) other government officials visited Germany for the 2006 World Cup; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (82921) | 355
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in prison were deemed to have (a) been caused by and (b) involved (i) other inmates and (ii) prison officers in each prison, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82927) | 356
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for racism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82929) | 357
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence cases have been brought to trial in each of the last five years in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (82930) | 358
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the breakdown of the prison population was in terms of (a) ethnic background, (b) religion, (c) age and (d) sex in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82935) | 359
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of (a) prisoners, (b) prison officers and (c) prison governors were from non-white ethnic groups in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) prison and (ii) ethnic group; and if he will make a statement. | | (82936) | 360
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for domestic violence have been made in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency in each of the last five years, broken down by the offender's (i) age and (ii) ethnic origin; and if he will make a statement. | | (82958) | 361
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for racism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82969) | 362
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many human trafficking incidents have been (a) reported and (b) successfully prosecuted in each London borough in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82981) | 363
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82983) | 364
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths resulting from incidents of domestic violence have occurred in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82985) | 365
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about police conduct and behaviour have been (a) submitted and (b) upheld in each police force in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (82986) | 366
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost of (a) administrating and (b) buying allocations for each prison included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme was in its first year of operation. | | (82739) | 367
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he expects the EU plans to introduce a non-emotive lexicon to help combat terrorism to work in practice; and if he will make a statement. | | (82741) | 368
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set up a sponsors register for academic institutions to allow foreign students to come to the UK to study. | | (83087) | 369
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees at Colnbrook Detention Centre were on hunger strike on 28th June. | | (83089) | 370
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on conditions at Colnbrook Detention Centre. | | (83090) | 371
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ministerial approvals have been given for the detention of a child in an immigration detention centre for more than 28 days in each month of 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (83091) | 372
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners who have served custodial sentences and who have been recommended for deportation were held in immigration detention centres on 20th June. | | (83092) | 373
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th June 2006, Official Report, column 643W, on foreign criminals, in what part of the letter to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee the information requested in the questions is contained. | | (82996) | 374
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research the Department has undertaken on rehabilitation rates of offenders. | | (82761) | 375
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders serving custodial sentences who re-offend within (a) one, (b) two and (c) three years of serving their sentence. | | (82762) | 376
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to provide a substantive response to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland South of 24th March regarding Mr Leonard Monteba Kasongo (CTS 11017/6). | | (82973) | 377
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland South of 4th April regarding Mr Joseph Dede Omanga (HO 01066013). | | (82974) | 378
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals who had served in the British Army (a) applied for and (b) were granted (i) leave to remain and (ii) British citizenship in each year since 1997. | | (85651) | 379
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) serious and (b) fatal attacks were recorded by police during the recent knife amnesty. | | (83117) | 380
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the World Cup on levels of (a) alcohol-related crime and (b) domestic violence. | | (83017) | 381
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources will be provided to (a) local councils and (b) local councillors to implement the Community Call for Action. | | (83018) | 382
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process will be followed if a councillor does not respond to a Community Call for Action under the provisions outlined in the Police and Justice Act 2006. | | (83029) | 383
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have entered the UK in each of the last three years; how many of them have (a) been returned immediately to their country of origin, (b) been granted indefinite leave to remain and (c) entered the UK and subsequently been returned to their country of origin as the result of a failed asylum claim; and what proportion (c) were (i) under 18 years and (ii) over 18 years at the time of their deportation. | | (82616) | 384
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children born abroad have been placed on the National Register for Unaccompanied Children since it was established; what steps are taken to identify whether these children are the victims of trafficking; and how many children on the register are estimated to be the victims of trafficking. | | (82623) | 385
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to question (a) 67587, on foreign prisoners, tabled by the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on 26th April and (b) 67931, on prisoners released on licence, tabled on 27th April. | | (82663) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 386
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83174) | 387
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83175) | 388
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the (a) Treasury and (b) Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82750) | 389
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made in building economic infrastructure in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. | | (83240) | 390
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in what projects the UK is involved in (a) the Palestinian Territories, (b) Iraq and (c) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (82984) | 391
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials from his Department are based in each province in Afghanistan, broken down by job function. | | (82733) | 392
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timetable is for decision-making on the annual allocation of funds to the Public/Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and what public consultation will take place prior to any decision on this allocation. | | (82749) | 393
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of his Department have travelled other than in economy class on flights between Heathrow and Glasgow in each of the last 12 months. | | (82808) | 394
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the most expensive flight within the UK is which his Department has booked for departmental staff in each of the last 12 months. | | (82809) | 395
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many official journeys between London and Glasgow have been made by staff of his Department in the last 12 months. | | (82810) | 396
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve access to clean water and sanitation in the developing world. | | (82720) | 397
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the ways in which the UK is sharing skills with African countries, with particular reference to plumbers and electricians and training young people. | | (83118) | 398
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many schools have been built in the last 12 months in African countries. | | (83119) | 399
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many African countries' debts have been cancelled in the last five years. | | (83120) | 400
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of alleviation of debt in Africa on health and education provision in Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (83121) | Questions to the Leader of the House 401
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out by his Office wholly or partly at public expense in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83173) | 402
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will allocate a slot during Oral Question Time for an hon. Member appointed to take questions on the work of the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman. | | (82978) | 403
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff are assisting Sir Hayden Phillips's review of party funding. | | (83000) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 404
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83169) | 405
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83170) | 406
N | Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid per year to each political party in Northern Ireland under the financial assistance to political parties scheme; and whether this funding will end if there is no agreement for a power-sharing Executive by 24th November. | | (81486) | 407
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the next plenary session of the Assembly to take place in Northern Ireland. | | (82628) | 408
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources have been put in place by each Northern Ireland department to implement the Racial Equality Action Plan. | | (82379) | 409
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been paid out in grants by the Northern Ireland Police Fund in each year since its foundation. | | (82380) | 410
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been allocated to the Northern Ireland Police Fund in each year since its foundation. | | (82381) | 411
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place for co-ordination between authorities in Northern Ireland and (a) the UK and (b) the Republic of Ireland to ensure that people deemed unsuitable for work with children in one jurisdiction are unable to secure such employment in the other. | | (83023) | 412
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people from (a) Strabane District Council area and (b) Limavady District Council area have applied for jobs as (i) airport hands and (ii) fire fighters at City of Derry Airport in the last six years; and how many from each council area were successful. | | (83028) | 413
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been diagnosed with cancer in Northern Ireland in the last three years; what estimate he has made of how many of them have experienced a consequent loss of income; what the estimated average loss of income experienced by cancer patients was in the same period; what financial support is available to cancer patients; and what steps his Department has taken to inform cancer patients of the support available to them. | | (83043) | 414
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the average (a) number of trips made to and from hospital and (b) combined cost of travel and hospital car parking incurred by cancer patients in 2005-06; and if he will take steps to exempt cancer patients from hospital car parking charges. | | (83065) | 415
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements his Department has in place to undertake background criminal conviction checks on substitute teachers. | | (83215) | 416
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2006, Official Report, column 392W, on the Single Equality Bill, what progress has been made with the Bill. | | (83290) | 417
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking through the planning process to encourage organic farm development; and if he will make a statement. | | (83085) | 418
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the pension rights of those employed with Water Service will be protected when they transfer to the new government-owned company in April 2007; and whether any changes to the pension scheme require the agreement of the Minister with responsibility for regional development. | | (85647) | 419
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed by Water Service in (a) administrative, (b) technical and (c) professional grades; and how many people were employed in each category in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1999-2000. | | (85648) | 420
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by the Department for Regional Development from 1st April 1999 to 31st March 2006 on water infrastructure improvements; and to what projects the funding has been allocated. | | (85649) | 421
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what European Union funding was spent on the upgrade of water infrastructure in Northern Ireland between 1st April 1990 and 31st March 2006; and to what projects the funding was allocated. | | (85650) | 422
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish in full the initial internal audit of the Northern Ireland Police Fund conducted by his Department after the 2003 breach of security at the Fund. | | (82923) | 423
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the internal audit of the Northern Ireland Police Fund conducted by his Department after the 2003 breach of security at the Fund was accepted by the Board of Directors of the Fund; and whether a second audit was conducted. | | (82924) | 424
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the internal audit of the Northern Ireland Police Fund conducted by his Department after the 2003 breach of security at the Fund was classed as restricted by any (a) senior officer and (b) member of staff of the Fund. | | (82925) | 425
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the internal audit of the Northern Ireland Police Fund conducted by his Department after the 2003 breach of security at the Fund was completed. | | (82926) | 426
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 796W, on superannuation entitlements, when he expects the outstanding cases in (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) the Southern Health and Social Services Board to be concluded. | | (82972) | 427
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how redundancy packages are calculated for (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) Northern Ireland Police Fund staff. | | (82990) | 428
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what dates the Minister for Social Development has met representatives of the (a) Democratic Unionist Party, (b) Ulster Unionist Party, (c) Progressive Unionist Party, (d) Ulster Political Research Group and (e) Orange Order in the last 12 months. | | (82991) | 429
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Valuation and Lands Agency has spent on its automated valuation model and associated computer database and training. | | (82994) | 430
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency use of geocode data in its automated valuation model includes data on proximity to geographic features or facilities. | | (83010) | 431
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the average effective tax rate that will be levied from April 2007 under the new system of domestic rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (83011) | 432
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the introduction of discrete capital values in relation to domestic rates will be revenue neutral. | | (83012) | 433
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency (a) automated valuation model and (b) Spatialest software uses variography techniques. | | (83013) | Questions to the Prime Minister 434
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, which public appointments are in his gift, apart from Ministers of the Crown; what emoluments are payable; what the comparable figures were in (a) 1976, (b) 1979, (c) 1986 and (d) 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (83230) | 435
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, on which occasions the Deputy Prime Minister has been acting Prime Minister in each year since 1997; what the dates were between which he so acted on each occasion; and for what reason in each case. | | (83231) | 436
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what the procedures are for preparing honours lists; whom he consults prior to advising Her Majesty the Queen on the Honours List; what guidance is published about nominating a person to receive an honour; if he will place in the Library a copy of such guidance; and if he will make a statement. | | (83232) | 437
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last visited St Albans on official business. | | (82811) | 438
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) his officials contact Labour hon. Members who have been successful in the shuffle for Prime Minister's Question Time to ascertain the nature of their intended supplementary questions. | | (82889) | 439
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he personally uses an email account in the course of his official duties. | | (83016) | 440
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Prime Minister, who is occupying Dorneywood; and what plans he has to offer it to another Minister. | | (83233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 441
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83161) | 442
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out, wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83162) | Questions to the Solicitor General 443
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many public appointments are within the patronage of the Law Officers; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83171) | 444
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by the Law Officers' Departments or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case. | | (83172) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 445
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued on the classification of expenditure on (a) gathering signatures for a mayoral petition and (b) campaigning for or against a mayoral referendum. | | (82995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 446
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968; 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. | | (82890) | 447
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Trade Descriptions (Place of Production) (Marking) Order 1988; how many (a) individuals and (b) companies have been prosecuted under this Order and the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 in each year since 1989; and what recent representations he has received on the operation of this Order. | | (82891) | 448
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of petrol prices. | | (83066) | 449
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 1002W, on 10 Victoria Street, what progress has been made in reletting the property. | | (83067) | 450
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average damages recovered by the 10 law firms with the greatest volume of claims were in the vibration white finger and chronic bronchitis and emphysema schemes. | | (83122) | 451
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost to households in the UK of the EU not implementing its energy policy in relation to gas. | | (82975) | 452
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82842) | 453
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received following his decision to approve the Waste to Energy Incinerator in Belvedere; and if he will make a statement. | | (82719) | 454
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has conducted into the competitiveness of (a) the UK and (b) other industrial economies in terms of (i) energy costs and (ii) government subsidies. | | (83155) | 455
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what state subsidy other European countries give to help companies who are intensive users of energy. | | (83156) | 456
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times trading standards officers (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted companies running student accommodation for failing to return deposits in the last year for which figures are available. | | (82817) | 457
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms have been recorded by Ofgem as having been made to wait longer than a month by United Utilities for (a) an electricity connection, (b) a water connection and (c) a gas connection; how many of those firms have had to wait longer than (i) one to three months, (ii) four to six months, (iii) seven to 12 months and (iv) 12 months; if he will ask the regulator to encourage United Utilities to consider compensating the most severely affected firms; and what plans the regulator has to work with the company to resolve the situation. | | (82992) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 458
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83163) | 459
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out, wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83164) | 460
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on current motorway safety programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (83243) | 461
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82844) | 462
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how much carbon dioxide is produced on average by an individual aircraft per mile travelled, broken down by aircraft type; and if he will make a statement. | | (82851) | 463
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents in the last year for which figures are available involved drivers who were foreign nationals. | | (83125) | 464
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long foreign nationals may use the driving licences of their home country to drive on UK roads; and if he will make a statement. | | (83126) | 465
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether registered asylum seekers are able to apply for British driving licences. | | (83127) | 466
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last discussed fares policy with First Great Western; and if he will intervene to seek a review of this policy. | | (83265) | 467
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will seek a review of the time of early morning trains on the Gloucester to Bristol line. | | (83266) | 468
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to include the monitoring of the operation of bus services in the remit of the Traffic Commissioners. | | (82822) | 469
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department's Access for All funding delivers improved accessibility for disabled rail passengers at Clapham Junction Station. | | (82941) | 470
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of revenue support grant is paid towards rail passenger services in London. | | (82943) | 471
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage the use of public transport by bus. | | (83123) | 472
| Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been undertaken by his Department regarding the safety of children of primary school age or below travelling as passengers on motorcycles. | | (83285) | 473
| Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which regulations govern the transport of children of primary school age or below as passengers on motorcycles. | | (83286) | 474
| Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of road accidents in each of the last five years which involved children of primary school age or below travelling as passengers on motorcycles. | | (83287) | 475
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on (a) progress with and (b) plans for Multi-Modal Studies. | | (83015) | 476
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rural bus services have been lost in Suffolk in each of the past five years. | | (82727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 477
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83165) | 478
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83166) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 479
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with the Solicitor General on increasing the number of cases brought by the Crown Prosecution Service and the prosecution rate in relation to women being forced to work in the sex industry. | | (82976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 480
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public appointments are within his patronage; what (a) salary and (b) other emoluments are attached to each; and what the comparable figures were in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1996. | | (83167) | 481
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each. | | (83168) | 482
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the (a) Treasury and (b) Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and if he will make a statement. | | (82751) | 483
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals from the EU accession states have applied for (a) income support, (b) income-based jobseekers' allowance and (c) state pension credit since May 2004; and how many applications have (i) been disallowed and (ii) been allowed to proceed for further processing in each case. | | (82906) | 484
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals from the EU accession states have applied for tax-funded, income-related benefits since May 2004, broken down by nationality. | | (82907) | 485
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a pension scheme needs to be closed before payments can be made under the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (83250) | 486
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women have received a Sure Start maternity grant in Stroud constituency in each of the last two years. | | (83251) | 487
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates members of the Child Support Redesign team in his Department have had meetings with individuals and organisations from outside his Department in the last 12 months. | | (83160) | 488
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to issue guidance to encourage the public sector to employ people with mental illnesses, in line with the relevant recommendation by the Work and Pensions Committee in its report on Incapacity Benefit and Pathways to Work. | | (82828) | 489
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to 2012 of restoring the earnings link for the basic state pension. | | (83072) | 490
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Lancashire 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. | | (82756) | 491
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost would be of extending eligibility for the £200 winter fuel payment to those non-pensioner households who qualify for cold weather payments. | | (82910) | 492
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people below the state pension age who are not in work who are willing and able to work. | | (83033) | 493
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with the Czech Republic to ensure the provision of (i) state and (ii) private pensions to UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83140) | 494
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Denmark to ensure the provision of benefits to support UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83142) | 495
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Denmark to ensure the provision of (i) state and (ii) private pensions to UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83143) | 496
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with the Czech Republic to ensure the provision of benefits to support UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83146) | 497
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Austria to ensure the provision of (i) state and (ii) private pensions to UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83147) | 498
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Austria to ensure the provision of benefits to support UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83148) | 499
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Belgium to ensure the provision of benefits to support UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83149) | 500
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Belgium to ensure the provision of (i) state and (ii) private pensions to UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83150) | 501
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Cyprus to ensure the provision of benefits to support UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83152) | 502
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Cyprus to ensure the provision of (i) state and (ii) private pensions to UK pensioners resident in that country. | | (83153) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 503
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) perinatal and (b) infant mortality rates were in each health authority in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (83198) | 504
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people committed suicide in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) ethnic origin, in each (i) London borough and (ii) constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (82959) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 505
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Government has published on the classification of expenditure on (a) gathering signatures for a mayoral petition and (b) campaigning for or against a mayoral referendum. | | [Transferred] (83074) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 506
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what representatives the Government will be sending to the Tynwald Day celebrations on the Isle of Man. | | [Transferred] (83112) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 507
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on how it plans to introduce content on personal finance education into the school curriculum in 2008. | | [Transferred] (83257) | 508
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he has taken to prevent the setting up of bogus language colleges to enable false applications to be granted for entry into the UK. | | [Transferred] (83088) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 509
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he offers to local authorities in dispute with households over misuse of new waste and recycling collection schemes. | | [Transferred] (83260) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 510
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the work of the British Embassy's drugs team in Kabul in co-ordinating anti-narcotics operations with Interntional Security Assistance Force and the United States Operation Enduring Freedom. | | [Transferred] (83241) | 511
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the relationship between North Korea and Iran, with regard to (a) ballistic missile sharing technology, (b) the Taep'o-dong two missile programme and (c) the Shahab-5/Kosar and Shahab-six missile programme. | | [Transferred] (83135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 512
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with the Czech Republic on the provision of health care for UK pensioners resident in that country. | | [Transferred] (83141) | 513
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Denmark on the provision of health care for UK pensioners resident in that country. | | [Transferred] (83144) | 514
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Cyprus on the provision of health care for UK pensioners resident in that country. | | [Transferred] (83145) | 515
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Belgium on the provision of health care for UK pensioners resident in that country. | | [Transferred] (83151) | 516
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with Austria on the provision of health care for UK pensioners resident in that country. | | [Transferred] (83154) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 517
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been mounted against those accused of using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving in each year the law has been in operation, broken down by police authority; and how many of those prosecutions were successful. | | [Transferred] (83264) | 518
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police pursuits of motorbike thieves have resulted in injury to the operator of the motorbike in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (82818) | 519
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorbikes have been reported as stolen in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (82819) | 520
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate how much of the heroin trafficked into the United Kingdom in each year since 1996 came from Afghanistan. | | [Transferred] (83138) | 521
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to sell or rent the empty official residence at Belgravia House; and what the estimated (a) capital and (b) rental value is. | | [Transferred] (83031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 522
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many farmers have been offered grants to grow alternative crops to poppies in Afghanistan; and how much was paid to those farmers in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | [Transferred] (83283) | 523
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid was given to the Palestinian Authority in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (83109) | 524
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial aid he expects the UK will give to the Palestinian Authority in 2006-07. | | [Transferred] (83139) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 525
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years declared themselves to be bankrupt in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (82912) | 526
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice and support services are available for people aged between 16 and 24 years for dealing with personal debt; what steps he is taking to raise awareness of such services; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (82916) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 527
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people died as a result of road traffic accidents in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency in each of the last five years, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (82952) |
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