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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 July 2006
Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 17 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 July 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 17 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
N 		Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) estimate the total cost of introducing a taxable homecare allowance of £150 per week to all families with one child under the age of three and £50 for each additional child under three net of the abolition of the working tax credit and child tax credit schemes and (b) assess the likely impact on child poverty of introducing such a scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(85797)
2
N 		Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total cost of allowing the personal allowance to be transferred between spouses for families with children under three years old; and if he will make a statement.
(85798)
3
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which information technology projects are being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is of each; and if he will make a statement.
(86128)
4
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many aquaculture projects pay rent to the Crown Estate in Orkney and Shetland; and what total annual income has been generated from such rents in each of the last three years.
(86047)
5
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Crown Estate has taken to support sustainable salmon farming in Scotland.
(86048)
6
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Crown Estate has made of the value of the seabed in each of the last five years.
(86063)
7
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the income from the marine estate is paid to his Department; how many (a) disposals and (b) acquisitions have been made in the marine estate in each of the last five years; and what the total value is of these transactions.
(86107)
8
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people living in Scotland had a bank account in each of the last five years; what steps he is taking to increase the number of people with bank accounts; and if he will make a statement.
(86408)
9
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many carers there are in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough, (b) Barnsley and (c) Doncaster.
(86382)
10
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officers have left HM Revenue and Customs on the grounds of ill-health in each year since 1997.
(86053)
11
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change the methods of collecting local authority population statistics to take account of immigration from EU accession countries in the period since May 2004; and if he will make a statement.
(85001)
12
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Taskforce on Migration Statistics to report to Ministers; and if he will make a statement.
(85002)
13
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to (a) Question 80066 and (b) Question 80067 on tax credits tabled on 20th June 2006 by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak.
(86341)
14
N 		Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of abolishing the family element of the child tax credit and giving equivalent support through child benefit; and if he will make a statement.
(84908)
15
N 		Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer Question (a) 38754, (b) 46531, (c) 62788, (d) 63040, (e) 63323, (f) 72367, (g) 75746, (h) 75752, (i) 75754, (j) 75747, (k) 75748, (l) 75756, (m) 75751, (n) 75757, (o) 75755, (p) 75768, (q) 75769, (r) 75775, (s) 75776, (t) 75780, (u) 75783, (v) 75784, (w) 75789, (x) 75817, (y) 75818, (z) 75842, (aa) 76207, (bb) 76418, (cc) 76419, (dd) 76421, (ee) 76422, (ff) 76423, (gg) 76425, (hh) 76426, (ii) 76429, (jj) 76430, (kk) 76431, (ll) 76432, (mm) 76470, (nn) 76471, (oo) 76474, (pp) 76475, (qq) 76476, (rr) 76478, (ss) 76480, (tt) 76481, (uu) 76482, (vv) 76483, (ww) 76484, (xx) 76485, (yy) 76487, (zz) 76488, (aaa) 76853, (bbb) 76854, (ccc) 76870, (ddd) 76946, (eee) 76994, (fff) 76995 and (ggg) 76996, on tax credits, tabled by the hon. Member for Yeovil; what the reasons are for the time taken to reply in each case; and what guidance his Department applies on the length of time that should be taken to answer.
(85763)
16
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why the Paymaster General has not replied to the letters addressed to her of 13th October 2005, 21st December 2005, 17th February 2006, 4th April 2006 and 19th May 2006 from the hon. Member for Blackpool South with regard to his constituent Tina Bannister; and when he expects her to do so.
(86102)
17
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the death rate from (a) leukaemia and (b) multiple myeloma were in each decade from 1976 to date.
(86209)
18
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of adults in (a) Beverley and Holderness and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire who do not have access to a bank account are over the age of 65; and if he will make a statement.
(86333)
19
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Home Office has reported to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) as the impact on its ability to deliver the £1,060 million Gershon efficiency savings by the police of the change in the position relating to police force amalgamations; what alternative efficiency savings have been proposed to the OGC by the Home Office to replace the savings expected to be made; and if he will make a statement on the Home Office's latest reports of progress towards achieving the total efficiency savings by the police.
(86089)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
20
N 		James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons were for rejecting the Rainham interchange project submitted by the London Borough of Havering for funding under the Community Infrastructure Fund.
(85073)
21
N 		James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the status is of the appraisal of the Barking-Dagenham-Rainham-Grays-Pitsea 12 car platform lengthening project for funding under the Community Infrastructure Fund.
(85074)
22
N 		James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many projects have been selected for detailed appraisal under the Community Infrastructure Scheme; and how many of these (a) have been rejected, (b) have been approved and (c) are under review.
(85075)
23
N 		James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Community Infrastructure Fund announced in July 2004 has been (a) spent and (b) otherwise committed to be spent on identified projects; and what these projects are.
(85076)
24
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to consult on reforms to Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 better to protect land threatened with division into small plots; and if she will make a statement.
(86275)
25
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions officials in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had with Thames Gateway regarding the possibility of prioritising a single bid for a regional casino being entered from the Thames Gateway region.
(86041)
26
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the minutes of the meeting on 28th February 2006 between officials in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and organisations from the Thames Gateway Partnership; what the (a) name and (b) job title was of each person attending; and what organisation each represented.
(86042)
27
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions officials from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister had in February 2006 with Thames Gateway regarding Ministers' views on a single bid for a regional casino for the Thames Gateway region.
(86059)
28
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding she has made available for regeneration in Liverpool, Riverside since 1997.
(86294)
29
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of building on brownfield sites took place on residential land in (a) Bournemouth and (b) Dorset in each of the last five years.
(86325)
30
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings there were in Bournemouth in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
(86326)
31
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant homes there are in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster.
(86383)
32
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Supporting People initiative for older people living in sheltered housing; and if she will make a statement.
(86091)
33
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to publish the Supporting People National Strategy; and if she will make a statement.
(86092)
34
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of administering Supporting People payments for older people living in sheltered housing; and if she will make a statement.
(86117)
35
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on peer mentors for local authority members in (a) the second quarter of 2005-06, (b) the third quarter of 2005-06 and (c) the first quarter of 2006-07, broken down by local authority.
(86140)
36
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what are the principal purposes of the Contaminated Land: Application in Real Environments scheme; how much public funding the scheme will receive in 2006-07; when its current grant expires; and by what process future public funding levels will be determined.
(86426)
37
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what is the commercial remit of the Contaminated Land: Application in Real Environments programme; and what its principal commercial activities are.
(86427)
38
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the opening of regional fire control centres in (a) the East Midlands and (b) each of the other areas due to have such centres.
(86043)
39
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements are in place to (a) monitor the progress of the roll out of regional fire control centres and (b) ensure all functions and duties currently undertaken by fire control centres are covered in the new structure.
(86044)
40
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what response she has made to the Fire Brigade Union document Regional Control: national resilience.
(86045)
41
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the judicial decision in Beasley v. National Council of YMCA's QBD [2000] RA 429; and whether she plans to bring forward measures in response to the situation on the treatment of self-contained living quarters within hostels for council tax purposes.
(86130)
42
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the population pays council tax; and what percentage of those qualify for discounts.
(86005)
43
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much council tax was collected by local authorities in the last year for which figures are available.
(86025)
44
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of newspaper advertising as a means of communicating information about proposals under the Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996.
(86292)
45
N 		Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from the South East England Development Agency with respect to infrastructure funding in (a) the South East and (b) Mid Sussex.
(85835)
46
N 		Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what green infrastructure her Department proposes to allocate funding in Mid Sussex.
(85836)
47
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reduce the number of targets set for councils by central government.
(86029)
48
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of properties in (a) Northumberland County Council, (b) Cornwall County Council, (c) Shropshire County Council and (d) Cumbria County Council are in each council tax band.
(86349)
49
N 		Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the meetings held by officials from her Department with Swindon Borough Council in 2004 and 2005 to improve the performance of the councillors running Swindon Borough Council.
(86001)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
50
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals against deportation orders to asylum and immigration tribunals have been made in each year since their creation; in how many appeals the asylum and immigration tribunal allowed the appeal; and in how many cases where the appeal was allowed the Home Office appealed that decision.
(86060)
51
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in how many cases before asylum and immigration tribunals applications for bail pending termination of the appeal were made in each of the last five years; and in how many cases where a bail application had been made pending a deportation order the Home Office opposed the application for bail.
(86061)
52
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the cost has been of the purchase and installation of the Registration ON-line computer system at registry offices in England and Wales.
(86385)
53
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Government plans to extend the implementation of the Registration ON-line computer system at registry offices across England and Wales.
(86386)
54
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what income has been received from the release of sections of the Online 1901 Census in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
(86284)
55
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what opportunities there will be for public consultation and involvement following the publication of her Department's Review of Electoral Systems.
(86056)
56
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what form her response to Power to the People: An Independent Inquiry into Britain's Democracy will take.
(86057)
57
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when her Department's review of electoral systems is expected to report.
(86067)
58
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the next stage of the Government's electoral reform policy will be following the publication of the review of electoral systems.
(86071)
59
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made with her Department's Review of Electoral Systems.
(86073)
60
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department's review of electoral systems will be placed in the public domain.
(86074)
61
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what form her review of electoral systems took; and what evidence was submitted by interested organisations.
(86365)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
62
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had on establishing a national slavery memorial day.
(86345)
63
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made since the wider efficiency review into libraries carried out by the accountants and consultants PFK in June 2005.
(86216)
64
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the funding of public libraries was spent on books in the last period for which figures are available; and what the planned figure is for 2006-07.
(86217)
65
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last visited the Commonwealth Institute building.
(86218)
66
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the role of the Advisory Council for Libraries will differ from that of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
(86219)
67
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the planned annual budget of the Advisory Council for Libraries.
(86220)
68
N 		Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the likely impact of the shortlisted options for the A303 at Stonehenge in the first year after their construction on (a) visitor numbers and (b) income generated from visitors to Stonehenge.
(85739)
69
N 		Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much income has been generated from visitors to Stonehenge in each year since 1997.
(85740)
70
N 		Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of visitors to heritage sites in the vicinity of Stonehenge in each year since 1997.
(85741)
71
N 		Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the likely effect on the number of visitors to heritage sites in the vicinity of Stonehenge of each of the shortlisted options for the A303 at Stonehenge in the first year after construction.
(85742)
72
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of turnover in the gambling industry in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(86104)
73
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to take steps to (a) regulate and (b) place advertising restrictions on betting operators not licensed in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(86105)
74
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent to which recent increases in turnover in the gambling industry have been a result of (a) increasing losses by those taking part in gambling activities and (b) new participants.
(86106)
75
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the level of capital funding local authorities intend to spend on sports facilities in the period leading up to the 2012 Olympics; and if she will make a statement.
(86347)
76
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of local authority (a) capital and (b) revenue funding that will be spent on sport in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.
(86356)
77
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of local authority (a) capital and (b) revenue funding that was spent on sport in each of the last five financial years; and if she will make a statement.
(86357)
78
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many funding applications have been made to Sport England from organisations in Leicester South constituency; and if she will provide details of each application.
(86131)
79
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Sport England grants have been awarded to organisations in Leicester South constituency; and if she will provide details of each award.
(86132)
80
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Department's policy is on whether a liquor licence renewed using grandfather rights before the date on which local authorities became responsible for such licensing should run for 12 months from (a) the date of application, (b) the date when renewal took place, (c) the date on which the licence was issued, (d) November 2003 and (e) another date.
(85837)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
81
N 		Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) medium and (b) heavy lift helicopters are in service with the (i) Royal Air Force and (ii) Army, broken down by make.
(85793)
82
N 		Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) medium and (b) heavy lift helicopters are able to deploy to Afghanistan with immediate effect.
(85794)
83
N 		Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the helicopters based in Southern Afghanistan are (a) based in (i) Kandahar Province and (ii) Helmand Province and (b) under the direct command of Brigadier Ed Butler.
(85799)
84
N 		Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the reports into (a) incident signal 21/4/94 from No 1 ECU (Engine) sent to Fleetlands for investigation, (b) incident signal 17/5/94 from No 1 ECU (Engine) sent to 3rd/4th line for investigation and (c) incident signal 26/5/04 of the engine change units in the engines of Chinook ZD 576 in the weeks prior to the crash on the Mull of Kintyre on 2nd June 1994; and whether these reports are consistent with the problems recorded in the aircraft log.
(86019)
85
N 		Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Statement of 11th July 2006, Official Report, columns 60-61WS, on Armed Forces Invaliding Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the payment of interest on underpaid (a) pay and (b) pensions.
(85743)
86
N 		Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Statement of 11th July, Official Report, columns 60-61WS, on Armed Forces Invaliding Pensions, what research his Department has undertaken into the proposed merger of the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency and the Veterans Agency; what his assessment is of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of such a merger; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect of such a merger on Joint Personnel Administration.
(85744)
87
N 		Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Statement of 11th July 2006, Official Report, columns 60-1WS, on Armed Forces Invaliding Pensions, when the error was found; what assessment he has made of the likelihood of further errors being uncovered; and what his estimate is of the financial liability arising from the errors.
(85745)
88
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) out-of-service date is for each Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel due for decommissioning by 2025 and (b) scheduled in-service date is for each planned new vessel in the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme.
(85378)
89
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fleet tankers will be available to support each future aircraft carrier, if the in-service dates for the two new carriers are (a) confirmed as 2012 and 2015, (b) moved to 2015 and 2018 and (c) postponed to 2018 and 2021.
(85379)
90
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why HMS Argyll is not to be modified to operate the Merlin helicopter; and what the intended out-of-service date is for this vessel.
(85380)
91
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what future roles are planned for the 12 Royal Navy Merlin helicopters not included in the scheduled Lockheed Martin upgrade programme; and what the scheduled out-of-service dates are for these helicopters.
(85381)
92
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what future roles are planned for the five Type 23 frigates which are not to be fitted with Sonar 2087; and what the scheduled out-of-service date is for each of these ships.
(85382)
93
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the name, rank and service number were of each serviceman excluded from the study by the National Radiological Protection Board published in the 1993 British Medical Journal 307 1530-5.
(86068)
94
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of awarding war pensions to all nuclear test veterans suffering from radiation linked disease.
(86069)
95
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from (a) the USA, (b) Canada, (c) Australia and (d) New Zealand on nuclear test veterans and sharing of best practice.
(86144)
96
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the houses sold to Annington Homes have subsequently been (a) demolished and (b) sold to private buyers (i) in total and (ii) in Colchester.
(86335)
97
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Annington Homes has paid to the Government for the houses it acquired from the Ministry of Defence (a) in total and (b) for the housing stock at Colchester.
(86336)
98
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes have been sold by the Ministry of Defence to Annington Homes (a) in England and (b) at Colchester in the last five years.
(86337)
99
N 		Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the availability of spare engines for each type of helicopter in service with the armed forces.
(85904)
100
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions Ministers in his Department have (a) met the bereaved families of British soldiers killed in Iraq and (b) visited in hospital British soldiers wounded in Iraq.
(86416)
101
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the availability of training sites for close air support operations and forward air control exercises.
(86276)
102
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he receives a daily casualty report.
(86327)
103
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen have returned from Iraq wounded in each month of the last three years; and how many were wounded by (a) friendly fire, (b) accident and (c) enemy action.
(86328)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
104
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether there is a written protocol governing the transfer of responsibilities to him when the Prime Minister is absent due to illness or holiday.
(86355)
105
N 		Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he has responsibilities for co-ordination of Government policy on council tax.
(86002)
106
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the gifts he has received whilst abroad on Government business.
(86030)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
107
N 		Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of the Child Care Affordability Programme (CCAP) has been in each year of its existence; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the introduction of the CCAP to all other local authorities.
(85795)
108
N 		Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the total cost of allowing close relatives to become registered under the childcare approval scheme so that working parents would then be entitled to (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) employer assisted childcare; and if he will make a statement.
(85796)
109
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates he has made of the average time graduates in each year since 1990 will take to pay off (a) mortgage style student loans and (b) income contingent student loans; and if he will make a statement.
(86072)
110
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on including teaching on the slave trade as part of the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
(86344)
111
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice his Department provides to local education authorities on the role of special schools in the teaching of students with (a) special educational needs and (b) behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
(86011)
112
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools for children with (a) special educational needs and (b) behavioural, emotional and social difficulties there were in each local education authority area in each year since 1997.
(86012)
113
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1462W, on teachers, what changes the National Assessment Agency has made to the data collection process since the publication of SFR 32/2005.
(86026)
114
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1462W, on teachers, how many statistical first releases published by his Department (a) were found to contain errors following their publication and (b) had corrections published on his Department's website subsequent to their initial publication in each year since 2000.
(86027)
115
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1462W, on teachers, what the cause was of the errors in SFR 32/2005.
(86028)
116
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Department's list of organisations consulted on religious issues affecting matters concerning his Department, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Network of Buddhist Organisations is representative of that faith's adherents; and if he will make a statement.
(86280)
117
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the work of special schools; and what role he plans for such schools in the provision of education for children with special needs.
(86417)
118
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he is taking (a) to increase participation in sporting activities at schoools and (b) to widen the number of sporting activities that are available to pupils while at school.
(86418)
119
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the incidence of bullying in schools was in each of the last three years.
(86419)
120
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department offers schools on (a) the allocation of extra time for certain pupils in the SATS testing regime and (b) the criteria which should be applied in such cases; how the allocation of extra time across the country is monitored and assessed; and if he will make a statement.
(86273)
121
N 		Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether there is an oversupply of qualified primary school teachers.
(86009)
122
N 		Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many newly qualified teachers had not taken up full-time teaching posts one year after qualification in each of the last five years.
(86010)
123
N 		Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on Government media advertisements and promotional activities seeking to attract people to the teaching profession in each of the last five years.
(86013)
124
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people under the age of 25 years were not in education, employment or training in (a) Hyndburn and (b) England in (i) the last year for which figures are available and (ii) 1997.
(86234)
125
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what public inquiries into the deaths of children in educational establishments have taken place in the past 30 years.
(86231)
126
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children whose parents have learning difficulties were adopted in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(86340)
127
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision is made within the school curriculum for awareness of physical, medical and mental disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
(86346)
128
N 		Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many incidents of bullying of teachers by (a) their peers and (b) management have been reported in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(85433)
129
N 		Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in (a) West Sussex and (b) Mid Sussex are classified as having emotional, social or behavioural difficulties.
(85834)
130
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have participated in Sure Start in Leicester South constituency since its introduction.
(86143)
131
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many assaults on school staff were recorded in East Riding of Yorkshire Local Education Authority in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.
(86334)
132
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to schools on the charges they can make to pupils for attending extended school hours.
(86430)
133
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children eligible for free school meals live in areas designated as deprived.
(86431)
134
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are employed as (a) GCSE and (b) A level examiners in England.
(86432)
135
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total area of land was taken up by school premises in England in each year since 1996.
(86434)
136
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many schools 50 per cent. or more of the pupils do not have English as their first language, broken down by region.
(86435)
137
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) expulsions and (b) temporary exclusions from schools there have been for the possession of (i) knives and (ii) firearms in each year since 1996.
(86436)
138
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils achieved grade C or above in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) history in each year since 1997, broken down by region.
(86437)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
139
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recycling targets his Department has set for schools; and if he will make a statement.
(86133)
140
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated for school recycling projects in England; and if he will make a statement.
(86260)
141
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with schools on (a) increasing the provision of recycling facilities and (b) promoting recycling awareness in schools.
(86261)
142
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to remove barriers to the market development of biomass energy crops; and what further measures are planned.
(86116)
143
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July 2006, Official Report, column 1858W, on water companies, what the evidential basis is in each region for the improvement in (a) efficiency, (b) drinking water quality and (c) water environment, broken down by region; and what the leakage rates have been in each region in each year since 1980.
(86241)
144
N 		Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in the UK towards the Montreal Protocol aim of phasing out the use of methyl bromide.
(84511)
145
N 		Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) provides assistance for and (b) promotes the development of alternatives to (i) sulphuric acid in the cultivation of potatoes and (ii) methyl bromide as a pesticide in agriculture.
(84512)
146
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the full updating of the National Flood and Coastal Defence database will be completed.
(86366)
147
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional costs have been incurred due to the delays in making the single farm payment; whether the additional funds will be met from the Department's budget; and if he will make a statement.
(86367)
148
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on viral haemorrhagic scepticaemia in trout farms in North Yorkshire.
(86079)
149
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of static gear fisheries, sea angling and diving on the local economy of communities around Lyme Bay; and if he will make a statement.
(86058)
150
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought by each local authority in England under section 3 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 since the Act came into force.
(86149)
151
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure has been on flood defences in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(86075)
152
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the Environment Agency proposes to increase its charges to recreational boaters.
(86295)
153
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which recreational users receive services provided by the Environment Agency on its inland and coastal waterways.
(86361)
154
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's outstanding borrowing is under sections 48 to 50 of the Environment Act 1995; and how much of that borrowing is in relation to meeting obligations related to its navigation responsibilities.
(86362)
155
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department to carry out on-road inspections of transporters carrying vertebrate animals in each of the last five years.
(86354)
156
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the BBC's development of Freesat on affordable television reception in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
(86046)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
157
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, columns 1519-20W, on human cloning, if she will place in the Library copies of the instructions sent to the UK delegation; if she will list the (a) departments, (b) organisations and (c) individuals (i) she consulted and who (ii) made representations to her Department; if she will place in the Library copies of any representations received; and if she will make a statement.
(86126)
158
Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the recent decision of the Argentine parliament to establish a commission which will investigate how to win control of the Falkland Islands.
(86425)
159
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held with the Somali transitional government on recognition and diplomatic support; and if she will make a statement.
(85005)
160
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who is reponsible for the policy of the unit Engaging with the Islamic World in relation to radical Islam.
(86291)
161
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Russian Federation is complying with the provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty.
(86250)
162
N 		Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when her Department will reply to the letter of 17th May from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on behalf of Mr P-K.E.E. of Aylesbury (reference 30131) which her Ministerial correspondence unit sent to UK Visas on 28th June.
(86004)
163
Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy of her Department is on the payment of school fees for the children of staff employed in the Diplomatic Service abroad when those children attend (a) international schools abroad or (b) fee-paying schools in the UK.
(86064)
164
N 		Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the reply the Prime Minister sent to the letter dated 10th March sent by the International Press Institute on the killings of journalists in East Timor.
(86000)
165
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Burma on (a) the Karen people in Eastern Burma and (b) other issues relating to Burma; and if she will make a statement.
(86015)
166
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Somalia.
(86412)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
167
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of (a) cataracts, (b) cancer of the conjunctiva, (c) pterygium and (d) solar keratopathy resulting from exposure to sunlight; and what the estimated cost to the NHS was for the treatment of these conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(86070)
168
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which outpatient clinics are delivered from the Ormskirk hospital site; and with what frequency each occurs.
(85326)
169
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new Independent Sector Treatment Centre scheduled for the Ormskirk Hospital site will be available to provide care to the residents of (a) West Lancashire and (b) the North West.
(85485)
170
N 		Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the medical interventions planned at the Independent Sector Treatment Centre scheduled for the Ormskirk Hospital site require support from (a) an intensive care unit and (b) a high dependency unit.
(85486)
171
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase the number of clinical academic staff in (a) medical and (b) dental schools.
(86364)
172
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) dental students enroled in in each admitting institution in each year since 1997; how many staff were employed expressed (i) as a number of posts and (ii) as full-time equivalents; and what the staff to student ratio was in each year.
(86401)
173
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetics in (a) England and (b) Shropshire use (i) insulin inhalers and (ii) insulin pumps.
(86127)
174
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwife posts are vacant in (a) Barnsley Primary Care Trust and (b) Doncaster West Primary Care Trust.
(86380)
175
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of nursing graduates found nursing jobs within (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) 12 months in each year since 1997.
(86017)
176
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to public funds was of training a nurse in each year since 1997.
(86018)
177
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Department's list of organisations consulted on religious issues affecting matters concerning her Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Network of Buddhist Organisations is representative of that faith's adherents; and if she will make a statement.
(85934)
178
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her future plans are for hospitals in each council area in the new regional health authority area for the South East; and if she will make a statement.
(86279)
179
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which groups representing those working in dental laboratories she has met in the last 12 months.
(86281)
180
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to make representations to the European Commission on revising the Medical Devices Directive.
(86282)
181
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the reasons for the change in the level of dentists providing NHS dental repairs since the implementation of the new dental contracts; and if she will make a statement.
(86283)
182
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information health trusts routinely provide to the police on people in the community who are mentally ill and have a history of violent behaviour.
(86080)
183
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations her Department consulted on the contract notice 2006/5 114-121806.
(86110)
184
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the contract notice 2006/5 114-121806 published in the Official Journal of the European Union was withdrawn; and whether she intends to submit a revised contract notice.
(86111)
185
N 		Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account she took of the 50 per cent fatality rate from H5N1 in determining the 2.5 per cent. fatality rate assumption for the relevant UK contingency plan.
(85996)
186
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria were by which the Food Standards Agency decided which Cadbury Schweppes products should be recalled; and if she will make a statement.
(86428)
187
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the policy of Payment by Results in respect of the treatment and care of premature babies in the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
(85724)
188
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when an assessment was last made of the sufficiency of capacity in intensive therapy units in England; and if she will make a statement.
(85320)
189
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies have been born in each region in England through assisted reproductive technology in each year since 1997.
(85321)
190
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of community hospital beds in the Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.
(85322)
191
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of community hospital beds likely to be needed in East Yorkshire over the next five years.
(85323)
192
N 		Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS establishments Ministers in her Department have visited in East Yorkshire constituency in the last 12 months.
(85324)
193
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 323W, on diagnostic treatment (independent sector), what the reasons are for the delay in the start date beyond that set out in Health reform in England: Update and next steps, published 13th December 2005.
(86210)
194
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 11th June 2006, Official Report, column 64WS, on the NHS Litigation Authority, for what reasons the NHS Litigation Authority achieved an underspend of £205 million in 2005-06; and whether she expects the change in the discount rate in 2005-06 to lead to additional costs for the Authority in future years.
(86211)
195
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there have been (a) in total and (b) per 10,000 population in each primary care trust in each year since 1997.
(86212)
196
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to expand the choice available to patients over the provider of diagnostic tests which need to be completed as part of the patient's care pathway.
(86213)
197
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the total number of each type of diagnostic test carried out in a year.
(86214)
198
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) commissioners and (b) providers have responsibility for the reduction of diagnostic waiting times in order to achieve the 18 week waiting time target.
(86215)
199
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce financial management training for chief executives of NHS trusts which are in financial deficit.
(86377)
200
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will instruct primary care trusts (a) to withdraw from contracts with Air Products for the supply of domiciliary oxygen and (b) to take steps to ensure a reliable supply of domiciliary oxygen to patients.
(86078)
201
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) estimated adult intake of trans fatty acids and (b) recommended maximum threshold for health was in each year that records are available.
(86103)
202
N 		Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to her oral Statement of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 826, on community hospitals, how many community hospitals have (a) opened and (b) closed in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area since 1997; and how many are being considered for closure.
(85999)
203
N 		Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that sick babies receive the special care they require.
(86014)
204
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to make regulations concerning the prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places; and if she will make a statement.
(86006)
205
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to ensure that people who have (i) multiple sclerosis and (ii) other long-term and fluctuating conditions receive access to social care at an early stage in the progression of their condition.
(86235)
206
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to increase the number of social care workers available to individuals requiring assistance during the evenings and at night time.
(86237)
207
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the uniformity of access to social care in different parts of the country.
(86238)
208
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will increase the amount spent on equipment used by social care workers to care for individuals with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other conditions resulting in mobility problems.
(86239)
209
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public inquiries have taken place into the deaths of children in (a) health and (b) social services establishments in the past 30 years.
(86230)
210
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug addicts received treatment from GPs in (a) Eastern Leicester Primary Care Trust, (b) Leicester City West Primary Care Trust and (c) England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(86368)
211
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have left the NHS in the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority in the last three years, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(86369)
212
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of patients treated at minor injuries units in (a) England and (b) the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority area were admitted after suffering an accident on a road-side pavement in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(86332)
213
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent changes have been made to copyright permissions for students on clinical education programmes.
(86136)
214
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated for the new contractual commitment to providing learning and development opportunities for all NHS staff.
(86145)
215
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what continued funding is planned for the Government's commitment to lifelong learning for the NHS workforce.
(86146)
216
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS organisations have transferred their finance, accounting and payroll services to shared business services; what estimate she has made of the reduction in the number of NHS posts as a result of the transfer of these services; and to what extent predicted cost savings have been achieved.
(86147)
217
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS organisations have outsourced medical transcription services to (a) UK and (b) overseas organisations; what estimate she has made of the reduction in the number of medical secretary posts as a result of outsourcing; and what arrangements are in place for the evaluation of the impact of outsourcing these services in terms of (i) value for money and (ii) impact on patient care.
(86148)
218
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients with relevant conditions use implantable cardioverter defibrillation; and what financial savings have been identified from their use.
(86359)
219
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients with diabetes use insulin pumps; and what savings have been identified from their use.
(86360)
220
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to allow health trusts to consider long-term cost effectiveness when making purchasing decisions following the introduction of the supply chain excellence programme.
(86402)
221
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the NHS supply chain excellence programme on the uptake and use of medical technology in the NHS.
(86403)
222
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the guidance resulting from National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisals is implemented across the whole NHS within three months; and if she will make a statement.
(86404)
223
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients with relevant conditions use silver alloy catheters; and what savings have been identified as a result of their use.
(86405)
224
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has reviewed the findings of the survey undertaken by Patient and Public Involvement Forums into the costs associated with personal bedside telephone services in NHS hospitals; and if she will make a statement.
(86373)
225
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cardiac episodes required admission to Eastbourne District General Hospital (a) by ambulance and (b) through accident and emergency in each of the last five years.
(86406)
226
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for an NHS wheelchair in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) England in 2005-06.
(86407)
227
N 		Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding for specialist myalgic encephalomyelitis/encephaliopathy and chronic fatigue syndrome services is contained within the baseline budget of primary care trusts.
(85325)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
228
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with identity fraud in each of the last 10 years; and how many were convicted.
(86262)
229
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to tackle identity fraud (a) in 2006 and (b) over the next five years.
(86352)
230
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to reimburse police authorities and police forces for the resources spent on those police mergers which will not take place.
(86374)
231
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation his Department held with hon. Members from (a) Lancashire and (b) Cumbria before a decision was made not to assist with the harmonisation of council tax levels should the merger of Lancashire and Cumbria Police take place.
(86378)
232
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in (a) Lancashire Police and (b) Cumbria Police were involved in preparation work for the voluntary merger of the forces; and how many hours were devoted to this work.
(86379)
233
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations with links to the Muslim Brotherhood received money from his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how much each organisation received.
(86269)
234
N 		Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006 to Questions 68218, 68529, 68530 and 68531, on deportation of foreign prisoners, how many of the nine named individuals have been deported since serving their sentences.
(86008)
235
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1330W, on oxycodone, what estimate he has made of the effects on (a) the number of jobs and (b) the balance of payments if producers of oxycodone formulations moved the manufacture of these formulations to the Republic of Ireland from the UK.
(86134)
236
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which information technology projects are being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; what the (a) start date, (b) the original planned completion date, (c) the current expected completion date, (d) the planned cost and (e) the current estimated cost is of each; and if he will make a statement.
(86109)
237
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases when a deportation notice has been served the Home Secretary has exercised his powers to grant bail pending termination of the appeal in each of the last three years.
(86049)
238
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases before asylum and immigration tribunals applications were made for bail pending termination of the appeal in each of the last five years.
(86062)
239
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received from Somalia in each of the last five years; how many have been in 2006-07; how many of these have been (i) approved, (ii) rejected and (iii) not determined; and how many Somali people have been returned under immigration law.
(85003)
240
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to combat passport fraud; and if he will make a statement.
(84849)
241
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the recidivism rate of individuals who have received an anti-social behaviour order; and what steps he is taking to reduce the recidivism rate.
(86421)
242
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Greater London and (b) Bexley Borough have been waiting more than six months for a decision on their immigration status; and if he will make a statement.
(86222)
243
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for the non-consensual sexual penetration of a male in each of the last five years.
(86330)
244
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average sentence was served for (a) sexual assault, (b) rape of a minor and (c) rape in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(86331)
245
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter dated 22nd January 2006 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Chairman of Sub-committee E of the House of Lords European Union Committee, what the title was of each case in 2005 where European arrest warrants were discharged by the UK courts for passage of time considerations; which court discharged each case; and what the length of time which had passed was in each case.
(86414)
246
N 		Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) England.
(85267)
247
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers who have been sentenced are waiting for their tariff to be set by a High Court judge.
(86050)
248
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers have had their tariff set after sentencing since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
(86051)
249
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers have been sentenced since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
(86052)
250
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average period elapsed between sentencing and tariff setting in each year since 1997.
(86054)
251
N 		Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle Islamist terrorism; and if he will make a statement.
(85477)
252
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, columns 880-2W, on non-custodial sentences, for what reasons reparation is not included in orders other than the Action Plan Order and the Reparation Order.
(86415)
253
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the right of establishment in business under EU association agreements in ECAA switching cases were submitted using standard-form business plans identical or materially similar to those submitted by other such applicants.
(86270)
254
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) he and (b) his Department are aware of any applications for the right of establishment in business under EU association agreements in ECAA switching cases having been granted in error between 1st June 2003 and 30th April 2004.
(86271)
255
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the right of establishment in business under EU association agreements in ECAA switching cases were refused between 1st June 2003 and 30th April 2004, broken down by (a) reason for refusal and (b) nationality of the applicant.
(86272)
256
N 		Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 1st March from the hon. Member for Aylesbury about the case of Mr N.T.H. of Aylesbury (Home Office reference P417261, LR1875033114 and B6093/6).
(86003)
257
N 		Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Point of Order on 12th July 2006, Official Report, column 1393, on police force mergers, if he will clarify the implications for the proposed abolition of West Mercia Constabulary and the creation of a regional West Midlands force.
(85899)
258
N 		Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions there were of and (b) fixed penalty notices were issued to drivers of commercial vehicles in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(85791)
259
N 		Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 29th June 2006, Official Report, columns 641-2w, on foreign criminals, where in the written statement of 29th June 2006, Official Report, columns 18-19WS, on deportation and removal of foreign nationals, or in the letter from the Director-General of the Immigration and Nationality Department to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee the information sought in Question numbers 67390 and 67391 is to be found.
(85900)
260
N 		Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will draw to the attention of all those in his Department concerned with Parliamentary Questions the passage in Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, 23rd edition, page 342, relating to the timing of answers to Questions.
(85901)
261
Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce procedures for checking whether candidates for public office as councillors and hon. Members are on the Sex Offenders Register.
(86077)
262
N 		Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of the proposed merger between the Lancashire and Cumbria constabularies; and if he will make a statement.
(85903)
263
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of police community support officers in assisting regular police officers; and if he will make a statement.
(86311)
264
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there are; and if he will make a statement.
(86312)
265
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers are in training; what the cost is per person for such training; and if he will make a statement.
(86313)
266
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of education was for children and young adults in custody in each of the last 30 years; what proportion of the total cost of their detention was represented by spending on their education in each such year; and what was the per capita spending on education in each such year.
(86204)
267
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of children and young adults (a) on remand and (b) after conviction have been placed in custody more than 100 miles from their home.
(86205)
268
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name, (b) age, (c) date, and (d) place of death was of each child and young adult that died in custody in each of the last 30 years.
(86207)
269
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers have been subjected to disciplinary action as a result of allegations of racism in each of the last three years; how many prison officers have been convicted as a result of a criminal prosecution; and how many officers have been (a) fined and (b) dismissed as a result of disciplinary proceedings.
(86208)
270
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are taken to liaise with the families of children and young adults in custody in order to better assess their vulnerability and risk of self-harm or suicide.
(86221)
271
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of children and young adults with a mental illness while in custody in (a) 1985, (b) 1995 and (c) 2005.
(86224)
272
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider the merits of establishing a public inquiry into (a) the deaths of children in custody and (b) the role of sentencing policy in such cases; and if he will make a statement.
(86229)
273
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are taken by the Prison Service to liaise with mental health authorities to ensure continuity of care and post-release treatment for former prisoners with mental illnesses.
(86232)
274
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public inquiries have taken place in the last 30 years into the deaths of children in police establishments.
(86233)
275
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many safe beds are available for child prisoners.
(86240)
276
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many placements are provided for vulnerable and at risk children and young adults by the (a) private and (b) public sector.
(86242)
277
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of self-harm and abuse of children and young adults in custody have been recorded (a) in the past 12 months and (b) since 2000, broken down by sex of victim.
(86243)
278
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nurses, doctors and other specialists in psychiatric and mental health care for vulnerable and at risk children and young adults have been employed by the Prison Service in each of the past 20 years.
(86244)
279
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults in penal institutions there were for (a) adults, (b) children and young people in each of the last 20 years, broken down into (i) prisoner on prisoner, (ii) staff on prisoner, (iii) prisoner on staff; and what the ratio was of total assaults to the relevant prisoner population in each year.
(86245)
280
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the inquiry into the death of Zahid Mubarek.
(86246)
281
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he will take to implement the recommendations of the inquiry into the death of Zahid Mubarek.
(86247)
282
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the occupancy rate was for each (a) prison, (b) young offenders institution, (c) secure training centre and (d) local authority secure unit in each of the past 20 years.
(86248)
283
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children and young adults are in custody, broken down by (a) ethnic origin and (b) religious belief.
(86249)
284
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the approved methods of restraint are for children and young adults in custody; what safety instructions are issued to prison officers; how many incidents of harm resulting from unauthorised restraint have been recorded in the past five years; how many officers have been subject to disciplinary action arising from restraint incidents; and if he will review current practice.
(86251)
285
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of vulnerable and at-risk children and young adults in (a) young offender institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) local authority secure units.
(86277)
286
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where each local authority secure unit is located; and how many places are available in each.
(86278)
287
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff were employed in the (a) private and (b) public sector in the care of vulnerable and at risk children and young adults in custody in each of the last 20 years.
(86384)
288
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support his Department provided for the National Organisation for Rape Crisis and Sex Abuse Victims in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(86338)
289
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met representatives of the National Organisation for Rape Crisis and Sex Abuse Victims.
(86339)
290
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were involved in road accidents while (a) on duty and (b) off-duty in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by force; and how many accidents involved (i) fatalities and (ii) serious injury.
(86358)
291
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for drug offences in Leicester South constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority ward.
(86370)
292
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related crimes have (a) been reported and (b) resulted in convictions in Leicester, broken down by local government ward area in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(86371)
293
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racist incidents were (a) reported in the Leicestershire Constabulary Central Area and (b) resulted in convictions in in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(86372)
294
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) mechanisms are in place and (b) methodology is employed to assess the impact of international migration on (i) cultural and community cohesion, (ii) housing demand and (iii) the economy, wage-levels and unemployment when determining (A) his policy on immigration and (B) the accepted number of migrants to this country.
(85905)
295
N 		Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May 2006, Official Report, column 445W, on general election leaflets, when the Minister for Policing will write to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight.
(85957)
296
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £1,060 million Gershon efficiency savings to be achieved in the police were to be achieved through force amalgamations; what alternative efficiencies he plans to replace the previously expected savings; and if he will make a statement on progress towards achieving efficiency savings by the police.
(86090)
297
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to be in a position to introduce legislation to reform the Probation Service.
(86353)
298
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account he has taken of rurality in the consultation process on proposed reform of the Probation Service.
(86396)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
299
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will review the rules governing the use by hon. Members of House (a) accommodation, (b) telephones and (c) stationery with a view to tightening the restrictions on their use for party political purposes.
(86108)
300
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what office accommodation in the parliamentary estate in terms of (a) square metres and (b) number of rooms is allocated to the Leader of the Opposition; what was allocated in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement.
(86150)
301
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary passes are allocated to the Leader of the Opposition's staff; how many were allocated in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement.
(86151)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
302
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid programmes are supported by his Department in Somalia; and by which local administrations aid is delivered.
(85004)
303
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the government of Paraguay on (a) debt bondage affecting indigenous peoples in the Chaco and (b) the trafficking of human beings and the system known as criadazgo affecting child domestic workers; and whether the Department is supporting projects in Paraguay to tackle these problems.
(86342)
304
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Department funds projects in Argentina to tackle (a) trafficking in people and (b) the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
(86343)
305
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1408W, on departmental travel costs, whether each flight was a return flight; how many of the trips involved overnight stays; what the cost of overnight stays was; what the purpose was of the trips; and what assessment was made of using alternative travel to Glasgow to achieve the objectives.
(86376)
306
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to provide emergency medical supplies for children in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
(86007)
307
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid his Department is providing to people displaced from Eastern Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(86016)
308
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
(86429)
309
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the classification of returned medicines under the Hazardous Waste Regulations on the provision of pharmaceutical treatments to developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
(86324)
Questions to the Leader of the House
310
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, how many days the House sat in each year since 1990; and how many days were allocated to Private Members' business.
(85009)
311
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, how many Prime Minister's questions sessions there were in each year since 1990.
(85010)
312
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, how many days there were in the summer recess in each year since 1990.
(85011)
313
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate he has made of the number of Prime Minister's question sessions likely to be held in 2006.
(85071)
314
N 		Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate he has made of the number of days the House is likely to sit in 2006; and how many days are expected to be allocated for Members' Bills.
(85072)
315
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Leader of the House, how many members of staff are paid for out of Short money on behalf of the Leader of the Opposition; how many staff were paid for from this allowance in each of the previous four years; and if he will make a statement.
(86152)
316
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Leader of the House, for what purposes Short money may be used; and if he will make a statement.
(86153)
317
N 		Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will ensure that all Ministers comply with the Resolution of the House of 18th December 1972 as it applies to the timeliness of answers to parliamentary questions.
(85902)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
318
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what improvements are planned for the A26 road between Ballymena and Coleraine over the next two years.
(85725)
319
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the major planned roadworks on the A2 between Limavady and Coleraine will (a) begin and (b) be concluded.
(85726)
320
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 216W, on wind turbines (acute hospitals), whether other acute hospitals have expressed an interest in having a wind turbine constructed at their sites in the next 12 months.
(85727)
321
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated change is in the numbers of vacant premises in Northern Ireland between the date when such premises became liable for rates payments and the most recent date for which such figures are available.
(85728)
322
N 		Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the most recent takeup rate is of MMR vaccine, broken down by council district in Northern Ireland.
(85729)
323
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been charged with the intention to supply (a) cannabis, (b) cocaine, (c) crack cocaine and (d) other drugs in the Province in the last three years, broken down by Westminster constituency.
(86296)
324
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many driving test appointments were not kept at each test centre in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
(86297)
325
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he took in 2006 to minimse the pollution from rubber tyres on bonfires during the Twelfth Celebrations.
(86298)
326
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in deterring illegal dumping in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to border areas; and if he will make a statement.
(86299)
327
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many resignations of senior police officers in each district command unit have occured in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
(86300)
328
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of time a person waited to sit a driving test at each test centre in Northern Ireland was in the last period for which figures are available.
(86301)
329
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have sat and (a) failed their first driving test and (b) passed first time at each centre in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
(86302)
330
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Department of Regional Development has plans to remove restrictions on the number of street lights in rural areas.
(86303)
331
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fatalities have occurred on railway lines in Northern Ireland in the last three years; what action has been taken (a) to secure access to train lines and (b) to improve safety at level crossings; and if he will make a statement.
(86304)
332
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Department of Social Development has taken to assist those receiving incapacity benefits to get into work in rural areas in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(86305)
333
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are waiting for digital hearing aids in each board area of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(86306)
334
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what legislation applying in Northern Ireland prohibits motorists from parking their cars on pavements.
(86307)
335
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many nursing graduates in Northern Ireland found posts within (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) 12 months in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(86308)
336
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many recently qualified teachers in Northern Ireland have failed to gain a post one year after qualifying; and if he will make a statement.
(86309)
337
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the level of security provided by security personnel at (a) airports and (b) ports; and if he will make a statement.
(86310)
338
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of reported crimes in each Westminster constituency in Northern Ireland resulted in (a) an arrest and (b) a conviction in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006.
(86314)
339
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what pressure is being brought to bear at meetings with Sinn Fein/IRA to disclose the whereabouts of the disappeared.
(86315)
340
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in Northern Ireland are estimated to be living in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement.
(86316)
341
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in Northern Ireland are estimated to be living (i) on the poverty line and (ii) below the poverty line; and if he will make a statement.
(86317)
342
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many job centres are operating in (a) non-rural and (b) rural areas of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(86318)
343
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure the continued operation of the Rape Crisis Centre in Belfast; and if he will make a statement.
(86319)
344
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many deaths occured on Northern Ireland's roads involving (a) cyclists and (b) motorbike riders and pillion passengers over the last three years, broken down by Westminster constituency.
(86320)
345
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Republicans and (b) Loyalists have been arrested and charged with street disturbances in connection with the recent Twelfth Celebrations; how many such arrests and charges there were in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004 and (iii) 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(86321)
346
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many tourists he expects to come to Northern Ireland in 2006; and how many came in each of the last three years.
(86322)
347
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the revenue accruing to the economy in Northern Ireland through the annual Twelfth Celebrations; and if he will make a statement.
(86323)
348
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many motorists have submitted claim forms for damage done to their vehicles due to pot holes on roads in the last three years; and how many received compensation for damages.
(86388)
349
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people charged with drink driving incidents have not been brought before court in Northern Ireland within (a) three months and (b) six months over the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(86424)
Questions to the Prime Minister
350
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he had (a) to visit America in July 2005 and (b) to visit Mr Anschutz's ranch in Colorado.
(86285)
Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
351
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what progress the Commission has made in considering the proposal by the National Audit Office for the refurbishment of its headquarters building in London.
(86119)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
352
N 		Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 5.57 of the Energy Review, what the scope is of the work being conducted on developing an offshore transmission regime; and if he will make a statement.
(85723)
353
John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he takes of different levels of forecast emissions of carbon dioxide in determining planning applications for new power stations.
(86129)
354
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward legislation to control the overseas brokering of small arms by UK citizens and UK registered companies.
(86375)
355
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) Ofgem and (c) the National Grid company regarding an undersea connector cables linking Orkney and Shetland to the National Grid; and when he anticipates these connections being in place.
(86410)
356
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of independent retail shops which (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) Orkney, (ii) Shetland and (iii) the Highlands and Islands in each year since 1997.
(86411)
357
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of stand-by power generation capacity is available when each existing nuclear power generation plant is shut down for annual routine maintenance.
(86112)
358
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives to local authorities to develop anaerobic digestion of wastes as part of local distributed generation of electricity were examined as part of the Energy Review.
(86113)
359
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 3.46 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, what mechanisms he intends to establish to facilitate the contribution of suggested solutions to the practical problem of establishing a renewable heat obligation.
(86115)
360
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what opportunities will be available via the coal forum proposed in the Energy Review to discuss development and export opportunities for clean coal and carbon capture from coal-fired generation.
(86420)
361
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 3.35 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, what plans he has to share with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government the practical lessons learned in the refurbishment of schools in England, including energy savings and carbon reductions.
(86422)
362
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which aspects of energy policy in Wales are (a) devolved to the Welsh Assembly Government and (b) reserved matters for the United Kingdom Government.
(86423)
363
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Nuclear Waste Management Organisation plan to replace NIREX will be independent of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and if he will make a statement.
(86363)
364
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the agency given responsibility to deliver the proposals put forward by the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management for the long-term management of radioactive waste will be able to recover costs, pro rata, from any company that puts forward proposals to build and operate a new nuclear power plant for the preparatory work done to establish a safe strategy to handle nuclear waste.
(86081)
365
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 5.134 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, whether the Environment Agency will be able to recover (a) in full and (b) in part from any company putting forward proposals to build new nuclear plants the costs of the pre-licensing work.
(86082)
366
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 5.132 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, how much the report prepared by the Health and Safety Executive and Nuclear Installations Inspectorate on the pre-licensing assessment of candidate reactor designs cost; and whether any of those costs will be recovered from any company that puts forward proposals to build a new nuclear power plant.
(86083)
367
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 5.126 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, whether the costs of the assessment of the suitability of sites to develop nuclear plants will be passed on to the companies which put forward proposals to develop new nuclear power plants at these sites.
(86084)
368
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what sources of evidence apart from the advice of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security were considered in preparing paragraph 5.124 on nuclear security of the Energy Review, Cm 6887.
(86085)
369
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the basis is for the assumption set out at paragraph 5.101 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, that nuclear power generation will cost £38/MWh as a central case.
(86086)
370
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to page 159 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, whether he plans to recover costs from the nuclear industry for the development of the new planning proposals for nuclear installations development being produced by the Health and Safety Executive/Nuclear Installations Inspectorate mentioned.
(86087)
371
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to discuss with directors of (a) the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and (b) the Office for Civil Nuclear Security the adequacy of safety and security inspectors in the event that private operators come forward with proposals to build new nuclear power plants.
(86088)
372
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what conditions were applied to the grant offer made to Peugeot in November for the manufacture of the 207 at Ryton; and what reasons were given to his Department for the refusal of the grant.
(86206)
373
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have taken place between Royal Mail and officials from his Department about the percentage of shares to be retained by the Government after the proposed employee share scheme.
(86225)
374
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions have taken place between his Department and Royal Mail on possible job losses in the Royal Mail group.
(86226)
375
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future of the Post Office network.
(86227)
376
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Government funding has been provided to the Royal Mail in each of the last five years; and how it has been allocated.
(86228)
377
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual expenditure of the South East England Development Agency in each (a) county and (b) unitary authority in the south east of England was in each year since its inception.
(86258)
378
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many public payphones have been removed in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997; what steps the Government has taken to improve access to public payphones in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
(86076)
379
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government's definition of broadband was last changed; what criteria were applied to the decision; and if he will make a statement.
(86135)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
380
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on Sheffield Airport.
(86268)
381
N 		Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of safety measures on the London Underground network in relation to protection against the threat of terrorism.
(85257)
382
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what potential carbon dioxide impacts have been included in the Appraisal Summary Tables of local authority road schemes approved through the Local Transport Plans since 2000.
(86137)
383
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of (a) one mile of new motorway, (b) adding an extra lane to one mile of motorway, (c) one mile of new dual carriageway and (d) one mile of new single carriageway.
(86138)
384
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) original estimated cost of and (b) most recent cost estimates are for (i) Highways Agency schemes in the Targeted Programme of Improvements and (ii) all local authority schemes approved through the local transport plans.
(86139)
385
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ministerial journeys he has made on public transport in each of the last five years.
(86409)
386
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in road traffic accidents in (i) the London Borough of Bexley and (ii) Greater London in each of the last five years.
(86223)
387
N 		Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on holiday and business traffic of the proposed roadworks to be carried out on the A2 at Boughton Green between Monday 17th July and Friday 8th September; and why it is necessary for the roadworks to be carried out at this time.
(85319)
388
N 		Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legislation proscribes vehicle parking on pavements; and what penalties the legislation provides.
(85790)
389
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of heavy goods vehicles from overseas using roads in England and Wales.
(86120)
390
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the widening of the M6 motorway between Birmingham and Warrington (a) to begin and (b) to be completed.
(86123)
391
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines his Department has issued to (a) police constabularies and (b) the Highways Agency regarding the movement of wide loads on roads.
(86124)
392
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce guidelines to police constabularies and the Highways Agency that wide loads should not be moved during peak times on motorways and major trunk roads.
(86125)
393
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with oil companies and retailers measures which could be taken to reduce the risk of diesel spills to motorcycle users.
(86274)
394
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is making available for home-grown biofuel production in Swindon.
(86293)
395
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road deaths there have been in the Leicester City Council area in each of the last five years.
(86141)
396
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there are in (a) the Leicestershire County Council area and (b) in Leicester city.
(86142)
397
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ban on smoking in public places to be introduced in the Health Bill will be applied to cruise ships.
(86413)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
398
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government plans to spend on promoting stakeholder pensions in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(86259)
399
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the introduction of new processing systems for (a) income support and (b) jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement.
(86038)
400
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial savings were achieved by Jobcentre Plus in 2005-06 against budget; and if he will make a statement.
(86039)
401
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are made within the Department and its agencies for maintaining in its employment those (a) over 50 years and (b) with a disability in circumstances of (i) a period of sickness absence and (ii) local staff restructuring.
(86040)
402
N 		Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average level of housing benefit was paid to claimants in (a) local authority, (b) housing association and (c) private rented accommodation in each London borough in (i) the latest month for which information is available and (ii) the same month in 2005-06.
(85006)
403
N 		Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on crisis loans for people in Coventry South in each of the last five years.
(84848)
404
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough, (b) Barnsley and (c) Doncaster.
(86381)
405
N 		Mr John Horam (Orpington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Levels has made progress in determining whether sulphuric acid should be classified as a carcinogen; and if he will make a statement on current occupational exposure limits to sulphuric acid mist.
(84510)
406
N 		Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library all documents regarding discussions held between his Department and HM Revenue and Customs on the use of National Insurance numbers in determining eligibility for tax credits of an individual who has failed verification rule 12 of the Tax Credits Manual on Residency Criteria Not Met.
(85792)
407
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to improve the training received by health care professionals involved in the application process for benefit assessments in respect of (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other long-term fluctuating conditions.
(86236)
408
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation there will be on local partnership arrangements in preparation for the start of provider-led Pathways to Work provision in (a) Oxfordshire, (b) Berkshire and (c) Buckinghamshire from April 2008.
(86329)
409
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to benefit claimants who are volunteering of (a) lunching at home and (b) buying lunch at or near a workplace; what assumptions are made of the cost of lunches in benefit calculations; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the availability of claimants to volunteer of the decision to treat expenses paid for lunches as income for benefit purposes.
(86387)
410
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise the level of carer's allowance to the amount which would be received by a person working an average week being paid the National Minimum wage; and if he will make a statement.
(86350)
411
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce poverty amongst carers.
(86351)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
412
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Ceredigion of 14th March 2006 to the former Foreign Secretary, regarding Mr Toby Glaister.
[Transferred] (86348)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
413
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers of heavy goods vehicles from overseas have (a) committed and (b) been prosecuted for traffic offences on British roads in each of the last three years.
[Transferred] (86121)
414
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers have been prosecuted for using mobile telephones whilst driving since the new laws restricting mobile telephone use whilst driving were introduced.
[Transferred] (86122)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
415
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether it is his policy to replace those nuclear stations that he identifies in the Energy Review as coming to the end of their operational lives.
[Transferred] (86114)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
416
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what baseline transfers have been made from the Department of Work and Pensions to other central Government departments to reflect changes in funding responsibilities for Access to Work for their disabled employees since October 2006.
[Transferred] (86037)
417
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all pensioners are entitled to have their pension credit paid into a Post Office Card Account.
[Transferred] (86066)

 
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