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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 11 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 11 July 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 11 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 11 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 11 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suspected cases of illegal people trafficking in Wales were reported to HM Customs and Revenue in each year since 2003. | | (84592) | 2
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of contraband seized by HM Customs and Revenue in Wales in each year since 2003. | | (84593) | 3
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times members of the Customs National Strike Force have visited Wales in each year since 2003. | | (84594) | 4
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officers (a) are based in Wales and (b) have responsibility for Wales but are based outside Wales. | | (84595) | 5
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proceeds were from the sale of assets of his Department in each of the last five financial years. | | (84707) | 6
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of tax credit fraud by migrant workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (83419) | 7
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are receiving tax credits in the UK while living abroad; and if he will make a statement. | | (83420) | 8
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to reduce tax credit fraud by migrant workers. | | (83421) | 9
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce tax avoidance opportunities for company directors drawing salary in dividend form; and if he will make a statement. | | (83422) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 10
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many officials of the Charity Commission were formerly employed (a) in the Civil Service, (b) in the Home Office, (c) elsewhere in the public sector, (d) in the private sector and (e) in the voluntary sector. | | (84599) | 11
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many former Home Office employees work at each grade in the Charity Commission. | | (84600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 12
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1744, on brownfield development, if she will break down the London figure for 2004 by local authority area. | | (84587) | 13
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to promote opportunities for (a) women and (b) men of ethnic minority origin to gain employment in (i) Coventry South and (ii) the West Midlands. | | (83418) | 14
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, column 764W, on housing, what account she took of the potential for conflicts of interest in commissioning Roger Tym and Partners to look at housing targets in the South East; and what arrangements were put in place to take account of that company's role in advising companies seeking approval for large scale housing developments in the South East. | | (83611) | 15
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) another Minister within the former Department decided whether or not to call in the Meridian Delta/AEG planning application for the Millennium Dome to Greenwich Borough Council. | | (84502) | 16
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Exchequer would receive a profit share from the operation of a casino on the Millennium Dome site. | | (84602) | 17
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what purposes funding was allocated to Swindon Borough Council under the category of building capacity in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (84730) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 18
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what fees were paid in the last year to Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA); what services were provided by AvMA in respect of such fees; and whether the engagement of AvMA to provide services was the subject of a tendering process. | | (84586) | 19
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates' courts have closed in each year since 1980, broken down into (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (84745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 20
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why the Defence Analytical Services Agency has suspended its statistics on Global Deployment of Service Personnel (TSP 06). | | (83968) | 21
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 1107W, on the nuclear deterrent, whether in the course of his regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer he was informed of the proposed content relating to the retention of the nuclear deterrent in the long-term of the Chancellor's Mansion House speech prior to its delivery. | | (84503) | 22
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational low flying activity took place in the (a) Highlands of Scotland tactical training area and (b) south west of Scotland and the Anglo Scottish border tactical training area in each year between 1998-99 and 2004-05. | | (84729) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 23
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role he has in relation to Government policy on (a) gambling and (b) planning. | | (84719) | 24
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with casino developers in each of the last five years. | | (84601) | 25
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of Kerzner International in the last five years. | | (84603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 26
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been given to employers regarding the repayment of income-contingent student loans; and if he will make a statement. | | (84693) | 27
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many graduates have been contacted by the Student Loans Company in circumstances where the Student Loans Company believes the individual should be making repayments on an income-contingent student loan but they are not; and if he will make a statement. | | (84694) | 28
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many graduates contacted the Student Loans Company because they believe they were paying too much of their income-contingent student loan back in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (84695) | 29
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many graduates are repaying student loans on a self-assessment basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (84696) | 30
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of graduates were paying back income-contingent student loans in each year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (84697) | 31
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to publish guidance for schools on safety and education outside the classroom. | | (84748) | 32
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with teaching unions about outdoor learning and pupil safety. | | (84749) | 33
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from (a) mainland China, (b) Hong Kong, (c) Macao, (d) Taiwan and (e) Singapore are estimated to be studying in the United Kingdom. | | (84701) | 34
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of trained specialist school teachers in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) science, (d) modern languages and (e) information and communication technology in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (84746) | 35
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) vacancies and (b) temporary replacements there are for head teachers in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (84747) | 36
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to allow children with dyslexia to be given extra time in public examinations; and if he will make a statement. | | (83919) | 37
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he has set a maximum limit for the amount of trans fats to be present in school meals. | | (84718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 38
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what allowance Ofwat made for each water company for capital works in each of the last five years for which figures were available; and what the value was of the capital works completed by each water company in each year. | | (83535) | 39
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote slow food. | | (84734) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 40
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she made to the government of Israel in May and June on the use of UK-supplied military equipment and components in accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. | | (84597) | 41
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's plans are regarding the freedom of movement of Bulgarian and Romanian citizens into the UK upon their accession to the European Union, with particular reference to the Roma population. | | (84725) | 42
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the merits of establishing representative missions in the People's Republic of China. | | (84702) | 43
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular provision there is for British nationals in Taiwan province of the People's Republic of China. | | (84703) | 44
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam of 15th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1373-5W, on British passport holders, how many British passport holders are estimated to be registered at their local British representative mission. | | (84735) | 45
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the UK Government has had in the last 12 months with the (a) Hungarian and (b) Romanian governments regarding the state of Szekterland. | | (84726) | 46
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the status of Szekterland has been a part of discussions regarding the accession of Romania to the EU. | | (84727) | 47
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the human rights situation in Romania. | | (84728) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 48
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to improve the delivery of speech and language therapy for young people. | | (84691) | 49
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the delivery of speech and language therapy services in County Durham. | | (84692) | 50
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the supply of raw materials required to produce animal-based insulin; and if she will make a statement. | | (84720) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 51
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total training budget for his Department's Pay and Pensions Service was for the financial years (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (84731) | 52
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his Department's Pay and Pensions Service staff (a) are attending and (b) are due to attend the Dale Carnegie training courses, broken down by grade. | | (84732) | 53
| Mr Joe Benton (Bootle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was in each financial year of the Dale Carnegie training course which took place between Autumn 2005 and Autumn 2006 which was delivered to staff at the Pay and Pensions Service based at Litherland House, Bootle; how much of that sum is accounted for by (a) monies paid to the company providing the training, (b) monies spent on the accommodation used for the course and (c) the cost of releasing staff from their departmental duties; and what the total cost was of all other training delivered to staff at his Department's Pay and Pensions Service over that period. | | (84733) | 54
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the National Asylum Support Services's stakeholder briefing pack target contracts-transition document has been removed from the Department's website. | | (84598) | 55
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 1093-4W, on life sentences, when the Probation Service lost contact with the offender who has been out of contact for more than 10 years. | | (84721) | 56
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people arriving illegally in the UK through ports and airports in Wales in each year since 2000. | | (84596) | 57
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the number of tourists to an area is considered in the annual grant calculation for police constabularies. | | (84737) | 58
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much central funding has been given to the Dorset constabulary since 1997. | | (84739) | 59
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th May 2006, Official Report, column 1212W, on Leyhill Open Prison, how many of those prisoners originally convicted of murder who escaped and were subsequently captured have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of escape from lawful custody; and what sentence was delivered in each case. | | (84104) | 60
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission of its investigations into the death of Mr de Menezes in London on 22nd July 2005 and the conduct of the Metropolitan Police to be published. | | (84724) | 61
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a mother can require a DNA test to be undertaken to prove the paternity of her child in relation to citizenship. | | (84295) | 62
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a British father is required to supply his details to enable his child to be registered as a British citizen where the mother wishes this to happen. | | (84296) | 63
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 31st May from the hon. Member for Walsall North regarding a constituent, reference M13279/6. | | (84302) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 64
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will assess the merits of including the inspection of the cavity wall insulation required under the Building Regulations as part of the statutory inspections carried out on properties by a building control officer. | | (84604) | 65
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many drivers in Northern Ireland were found guilty of dangerous driving in 2005; and how many of that total were restricted drivers. | | (84605) | 66
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 1179W, on the Northern Ireland Police Fund, on what date (a) Ms A. Paisley, (b) Mrs F. Reid, (c) Lord Rogan, (d) Mr R. Wilson and (e) Sir John Semple ceased to be directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund. | | (84750) | 67
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 1179W, on the Northern Ireland Police Fund, what percentage of staff at the Fund are employed by his Department; and what that percentage was on 31st December 2003. | | (84751) | Questions to the Solicitor General 68
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's plans are for the use of juries in fraud trials. | | (83876) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 69
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to reduce the number of spam e-mails originating from abroad received by people in the UK. | | (84738) | 70
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) mean and (b) median household (i) gas and (ii) electricity bill was in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will estimate the bill paid at each decile of income distribution in each case. | | (84736) | 71
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of UK trade was with (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (84722) | 72
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of how UK trade with (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria will develop once those nations have joined the European Union. | | (84723) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 73
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for airport expansion in Southern England. | | (84412) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 74
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has evaluated on carbon islands as a preventative measure for climate change. | | [Transferred] (84744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 75
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many wind farms there are in England; and how many are planned to be built in the next five years. | | [Transferred] (84740) | 76
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to maximise power station efficiency. | | [Transferred] (84741) | 77
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans there are to build more gas-fired power stations in the next five years. | | [Transferred] (84742) | 78
| Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has evaluated on the efficiency of power stations. | | [Transferred] (84743) |
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