Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Wednesday 19 July 2006 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 19 July 2006 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 19 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 19 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 19 July see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list in date order the written Ministerial statements on tax credits which have been made since 1997. | (86510) | 2 | Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the salaries are of (a) the President of the World Bank and (b) the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; and if he will make a statement. | (86835) | 3 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what trade-related (a) missions he plans to undertake and (b) meetings he plans to hold during the parliamentary recess. | (86763) | 4 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he plans to take over the next month to encourage revival of the Doha round of trade talks. | (86766) | 5 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made with negotiations on the derogation from the EU Directive on the use of red diesel by marine vehicles. | (86393) | 6 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what internal training courses on tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86645) | 7 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87053) | 8 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to Releasing the resources to meet the challenge ahead, Cm 6889, what reduction in the administration budget he will require of the Ministry of Defence. | (86916) | 9 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public spending on defence was in each year since 1997 in (a) cash terms, (b) at 2006 prices and (c) as a percentage of gross domestic product. | (86990) | 10 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the UK economy of those on benefits who volunteer. | (86735) | 11 | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 2106W, on corporation tax, what annual mean average amount of additional tax is expected to be paid as a consequence of the removal of the zero per cent. starting rate of corporation tax by (a) the 720,000 companies expected to be affected by the change and (b) the 870,000 companies which make less than £10,000 annual profit. | (86688) | 12 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effects his Department's econometric model predicts of a sustained $10 per barrel rise in the world oil price in each of the five subsequent years compared with a base forecast on (a) gross domestic products (GDP), (b) GDP growth, (c) consumer price inflation, (d) the unemployment rate, (e) the employment rate, (f) Government borrowing as a percentage of GDP, (g) policy interest rates, (h) balance of trade as a percentage of GDP, (i) the current account of the balance of payments as a percentage of GDP, (j) public debt at end year as a percentage of GDP, (k) the effective exchange rate and (l) the real effective exchange rate; and what other economic assumptions are made in each case. | (86640) | 13 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the administration of tax credits in North Yorkshire. | (87089) | 14 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average life expectancy was in (a) 1994 and (b) 2004 in each country in the UK, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) health board area; and what projections for average life expectancy are in each area in (A) 2024, (B) 2034 and (C) 2044. | (86586) | 15 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change has been in staff numbers in Departments subject to Gershon Review reduction. | (86754) | 16 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral Answer to the hon. Members for Bosworth and Livingston of 13th July 2006, Official Report, column 1470, on the Fundamental Savings Review, whether trading enterprises owned by the public sector will be sold off in the planned sale of assets. | (86755) | 17 | John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the free cash machine network is preserved. | (86974) | 18 | John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will take steps to ensure that clear signage indicating whether ATMs are free or fee charging is well placed for customers to see before they withdraw their cash. | (86975) | 19 | John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will press for a commitment from all banks to ensure that they do not sell off any of their free ATM network. | (86976) | 20 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average life expectancy was in (a) 1994 and (b) 2004 in each country in the UK, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) health board area; and what projections for average life expectancy are in each area in (A) 2024, (B) 2034 and (C) 2044. | (86587) | 21 N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will provide a substantive Answer to Question 82306 on visits to Malawi tabled for named day answer on 4 July by the hon. Member for Mid Sussex. | (86448) | 22 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Bank of England has made of the potential effect of home information packs on the economy. | (86827) | 23 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made on planning policy to the Department of Communities and Local Government or the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the last 12 months. | (86838) | 24 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department work on planning policy. | (86839) | 25 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role his Department plays in the development of land-use planning policy and planning policy guidance. | (86840) | 26 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent press officers the Valuation Office Agency employed in 2005-06. | (86841) | 27 | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax subsidies are available for the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether and other oxygenates instead of high aromatic blend stocks as an additive to petrol. | (86860) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 28 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what advertising campaigns her Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87070) | 29 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what plans the Government has for the two empty official residences at Admiralty House; and what the estimated (a) capital and (b) rental value is of each of the two flats. | (86897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 30 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research she has commissioned on the insulating qualities of multi-foil insulation products. | (86744) | 31 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to building control officers regarding the use of multi-foil insulation products. | (86749) | 32 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how multi-foil insulation products are treated under Approved Document L of the Building Regulations. | (86760) | 33 | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of homes were built on brownfield sites in (a) Bournemouth and (b) Dorset (i) between 1997 and 2003 and (ii) since 2003. | (86690) | 34 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many outbreaks of fire were recorded in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (86797) | 35 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many malicious false fire alarms were attended by the fire and rescue service in (a) each London borough and (b) constituency since 2004-05. | (86813) | 36 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deliberate (a) vehicle fires and (b) fires there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (86836) | 37 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average house price was in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (86837) | 38 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87066) | 39 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Department and its predecessors spent on external consultants on the Fire Control Project in each year during the period May 2002 to March 2006. | (86801) | 40 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the staffing costs, excluding administrative costs, of its Fire Service Group were in the last five years for which figures are available. | (86802) | 41 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary fires there were in England in each year since 1981; and how many dwelling fires there were in England in each year since 1976. | (86803) | 42 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of bringing all council homes up to the decent homes standard in each local authority which does not have tenant support for stock transfer, private finance initiative or arm's length management organisation and which has indicated that it cannot meet the standard using its own resources. | (86676) | 43 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will suspend the Right to Buy in areas where demand for affordable rented housing exceeds the availability of such properties; and if she will make a statement. | (86960) | 44 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to assist local authorities in providing additional support for parents with learning difficulties to care for their children; and if she will make a statement. | (86961) | 45 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by her Department to local authorities on empty dwelling management orders and mentioned in her Department's press statement of 13th July issuing guidance on the procedures to be followed when taking control of a private sector home following the death of the owner. | (86779) | 46 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budgeted total cost to public funds was of the 2007 Sustainable Communities Conference. | (86780) | 47 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much extra funding the Government plans to provide to the Greater London Authority to finance the new responsibilities of the London Mayor. | (86781) | 48 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the location is of each fire local control room in England, broken down by region; and how many people are employed at each. | (86782) | 49 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department and its predecessors have given the Planning Inspectorate since May 1997 on residential development on gardens. | (86783) | 50 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department work on policy relating to empty dwelling management orders. | (86784) | 51 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff in the Residential Property Tribunals are employed to work on Empty Dwelling Management Order hearings. | (86785) | 52 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what obligation a local authority has to pay compensation to the owner for the full value of a domestic property obtained by an (a) Empty Dwelling Management Order and (b) compulsory purchase under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. | (86786) | 53 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of cancelling the (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 local elections to facilitate local government reorganisation in two-tier areas. | (86787) | 54 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's (a) photography best practice guide and (b) Covo manual mentioned in Clause 3.7.11, of Section 2 of the VOA's Council Tax Manual. | (86788) | 55 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the net cost was to public funds of the 2006 Sustainable Communities Conference organised by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. | (86796) | 56 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to review planning policy (a) guidance and (b) circulars on out-of-town development; and if she will make a statement. | (86824) | 57 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the (a) Welsh Assembly Government and (b) National Assembly for Wales has in the implementation of home information packs, with particular reference to the passage of secondary legislation. | (86825) | 58 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role her Department plays in the administration of leasehold valuation tribunals. | (86826) | 59 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what re-branding costs have been incurred by each of the agencies affiliated to her Department as a consequence of the transfer of responsibilities from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. | (86828) | 60 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role the Association of Home Information Pack Providers is playing in the dry run for home information packs. | (86829) | 61 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rights the owner of a property has to collect and remove (a) furniture, (b) the fittings and (c) the fixtures of a property subject to a Final Empty Dwelling Management Order. | (86830) | 62 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether councils are allowed to use (a) the full electoral register and (b) council tax records to identify potential homes for empty dwelling management orders. | (86831) | 63 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on training courses in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (86832) | 64 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of whether the planned Valuebill database will hold sensitive personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. | (86833) | 65 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of whether the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model holds sensitive personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. | (86834) | 66 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1759W, on Sheree Dodd, what recruitment process was undertaken to fill the vacancy of interim head of news. | (86893) | 67 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1759W, on Sheree Dodd, on what pay scale Sheree Dodd is paid. | (86894) | 68 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1759W, on Sheree Dodd, whether Sheree Dodd (a) has provided and (b) continues to provide press support to the Deputy Prime Minister since the changes to the machinery of government. | (86895) | 69 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, columns 1538-42W, on consultancies, if she will place in the Library a copy of document 5, the MORI Survey of Government Office for the South East partners. | (86910) | 70 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent in the last 12 months on pens marked with the `Office of the Deputy Prime Minister' title. | (86935) | 71 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to ensure inter-operability and improve communications between the fire service and the other emergency services. | (86977) | 72 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the 2000 edition of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (PPG) applies in Wales; and whether draft PPG3 is intended to apply in Wales. | (87023) | 73 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which consultants her Department has commissioned in relation to home information packs; and at what cost. | (87024) | 74 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to Swindon Borough Council for litter collection in 2006-07. | (86630) | 75 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant homes there are in (a) England and (b) Swindon. | (86631) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 76 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what average sentence was (a) given and (b) served for those convicted of possession of a firearm in each of the last five years. | (86791) | 77 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87069) | 78 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to protect the professional title of people qualified to work as Language Service professionals for deaf people. | (86914) | 79 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the fee is for a property owner to appeal a Final Empty Dwelling Management Order to a Residential Property Tribunal. | (86843) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 80 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87068) | 81 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what part volunteers will play in the running of the 2006 UK School Games in Glasgow. | [R] (86726) | 82 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the applicants who submitted tenders to run the UK School Games for 2007 to 2011; and if she will make a statement. | [R] (86727) | 83 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Youth Sports Trust has subcontracted any part of the running of the UK School Games for 2006; and if she will make a statement. | (86789) | 84 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Oral statement of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1156, on broadcasting, which areas of the BBC's financial responsibilities her Department is considering adding to the scrutiny remit of the National Audit Office; and if she will make a statement. | (86795) | 85 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licences for public houses in (a) rural and (b) urban areas were not renewed in each year from 1997. | (86712) | 86 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward proposals to require seating at venues open to the public to be increased in size to accommodate obese people; and if she will make a statement. | (86953) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 87 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87067) | 88 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place (a) in the Library and (b) on his Department's website a copy of the presentation made by the Atomic Weapons Establishment to the 2005 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on verification aspects of disarmament, referred to in paragraph 59 of his Department's annual report and accounts for 2005-06, HC1394. | (86904) | 89 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason a discussion of a replacement for the Trident nuclear system was not included in the section on future capabilities of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2005-06, HC 1394. | (86924) | 90 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a disaggregation by function and location of the £9,753, 827,000 undiscounted costs of nuclear liabilities, set out at page 220 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2005-06, HC1394, for which his Department is responsible; and if he will publish the advice provided to his Department by NIREX to which the Report makes reference. | (86925) | 91 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been made available to support his Department's Counter-Terrorism Science and Technology Centre at Porton Down for 2006-07. | (86928) | 92 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to paragraph 64 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2005-06, HC 1394, which international legal obligations would have to be met by the United Kingdom if it was decided to use its nuclear weapons. | (86930) | 93 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the sustainability principles set out at paragraph 77 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2005-06, HC 1394, are applied by British forces deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. | (86931) | 94 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Releasing the resources to meet the challenge ahead, Cm 6889, what reviews he has made of his Department's workforce renumeration strategy. | (86915) | 95 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Releasing the resources to meet the challenge ahead, Cm 6889, what assets he has identified for disposal. | (86937) | 96 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the impact on costs of the merger of the Defence Logistics Organisation and the Defence Procurement Agency. | (86991) | 97 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estate sales his Department has made in each year since 1997; what the value of these sales was in each year; what the current value of the departmental estate is; and what sites he plans to sell. | (86995) | 98 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force personnel were fit for task in every year since 2003. | (86997) | 99 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been cannibalised in the past 12 months. | (86998) | 100 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary can be deployed. | (86999) | 101 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many spare parts were (a) available and (b) required for Army Air Corps (i) Apache, (ii) Lynx and (iii) Gazelle helicopter fleets in the past 12 months. | (87000) | 102 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many spare parts were (a) available and (b) required for the Royal Navy (i) destroyer, (ii) frigate, (iii) mine counter vessel, (iv) patrol vessel, (v) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel and (vi) submarine fleet in the past 12 months. | (87001) | 103 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest proportion of time was which submarine personnel spent on operations in the last three years. | (87020) | 104 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest tour interval was for the (i) RAF Field Regiment, (ii) RAF Rapier, (iii) RAF Biological Detection and (iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment squadrons. | (87021) | 105 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of separated service days was in the last recorded 30 day month rolling period for the Regular Army (a) infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Engineers, (d) Royal Corps of Signals, (e) Royal Armoured Corps, (f) Household Cavalry, (g) Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers and (h) Army Medical Services. | (87022) | 106 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest number of days of separated service over the last three-year period for which figures are available was for each of the Royal Navy pinch point trades identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06. | (87034) | 107 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest number of days detached duty over the last 12 months was for each of the Royal Air Force pinch point trades identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06. | (87035) | 108 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the spare parts availability shortfall rate is for (a) Typhoon and (b) Hercules C-130 aircraft. | (87036) | 109 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) actual gains to trained strength and (b) total target gains to trained strength are for each of the Royal Navy pinch point trades identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06. | (87037) | 110 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total actual gains to trained strength and (b) total target gains to trained strength are for the regular army (i) infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Engineers, (iv) Royal Corps of Signals, (v) Royal Armoured Corps, (vi) Household Cavalry, (vii) Royal Electrical Mechancial Engineers and (viii) Army Medical Services. | (87038) | 111 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total actual gains to trained strength and (b) total target gains to trained strength are for each of the Royal Air Force pinch point trades identified in his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2005-06. | (87039) | 112 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 3WS, on Modernising Armed Forces and Veterans Personnel Administration, what budget has been set aside to carry out the proposed changes. | (87093) | 113 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 3WS, on Modernising Armed Forces and Veterans Personnel Administration, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) study and (b) consultation document. | (87094) | 114 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to complete the Science and Technology Capability and Alignment Study. | (86655) | 115 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on project MASS (Munitions Acquisition the Supply Solution). | (86656) | 116 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on developing partnering arrangements with non-BAE suppliers on general munitions. | (86657) | 117 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on (a) the launch of the Pathfinder programme teams and (b) scoping of Pathfinder programmes on through-life capability management. | (86658) | 118 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the piloting of the operating framework for the Defence Procurement Agency; and if he will make a statement. | (86659) | 119 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in arriving at a common understanding of the core load required to sustain high-end design, systems engineering and combat systems integration skills; and if he will make a statement. | (86660) | 120 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in (a) exploring alternative contracting arrangements and (b) establishing the way ahead for contracting for surface ship support. | (86661) | 121 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to produce a sustainability strategy for key maritime industrial capabilities; and if he will make a statement. | (86662) | 122 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made with the development of an uninhabited aerial vehicle technology demonstrator programme. | (86663) | 123 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the development of a programme level partnering agreement with a single industrial entity for the full life cycle of the submarine flotilla; and if he will make a statement. | (86664) | 124 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the establishment of a unified submarine programme management organisation within the Department; and if he will make a statement. | (86665) | 125 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel are attached to the US Missile Defence Agency. | (86666) | 126 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US personnel are attached to the UK Missile Defence Centre. | (86667) | 127 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the UK Missile Defence Centre for each of the next three years. | (86668) | 128 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects plans for ballistic missile defence for NATO allies to be approved. | (86670) | 129 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what feasibility studies his Department has carried out on possible sites for ground based interceptors in relation to possible UK involvement in a missile defence shield. | (86671) | 130 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tavern armoured vehicles are owned by the Ministry of Defence; and how many such vehicles are located in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Iraq, (c) Afghanistan and (d) the UK. | (87041) | 131 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Army and (d) Defence Procurement Agency will meet the 2.5 per cent. reductions as part of the Ministry of Defence's 2.5 per cent. departmental efficiency savings. | (87042) | 132 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to be in a position to announce the final payment to Swan Hunter following the termination of the contract for the Landings Ship Dock (Auxiliary) with that shipyard. | (87049) | 133 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received on the cost to families of posting parcels to British troops based in Afghanistan; and if he will provide free postage for small parcels to troops in Afghanistan from their families. | (87092) | 134 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to Question 16696 on fatalities in Iraq, tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 7th October 2005; and what the reason is for the delay in replying. | (86520) | 135 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the letter of 29th March to the hon. Member for Sunderland South (Ref: D/US of S/DT 1572/06/C/is), when he expects to gain access to the files contaminated by asbestos; and if he will make a statement. | (87045) | 136 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) function is and (b) annual cost in each of the last three years was of the Departmental (i) Diversity and Work Balance Team, (ii) Ethnic Monitoring Team, (iii) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Team, (iv) Disability Steering Committee Team and (v) Gender Panel; whether he has considered the merits of amalgamating these bodies into one unit; and what plans he has for their future. | (86167) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 137 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the disposal of nuclear waste; and if he will make a statement. | (87085) | 138 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff there are in his (a) private office and (b) secretariat. | (86854) | 139 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Anschutz Entertainment Group is a casino developer. | (86964) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 140 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what internal training courses on tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86647) | 141 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87065) | 142 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which colleges offered a British Sign Language course for the academic years (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07; which colleges expect to offer such a course in 2007-08; and what public funding supported or is planned to support such courses in each year. | (86912) | 143 | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support the Government has provided to science centres over the past five years; and if he will make a statement. | (87025) | 144 | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent meetings he has held with representatives of science centres to discuss their future role and funding. | (87027) | 145 | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution science centres make to students choosing to pursue science-based university degrees and careers. | (87028) | 146 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the timetable is for the allocation of cases in (a) private and (b) public law in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. | (86962) | 147 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) nursery, (b) playgroup and (c) day-care providers charged a fee in 2005-06 to make up the difference between the money received from Government to fund provision for three and four year olds and the cost of provision. | (86389) | 148 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are (a) taking up and (b) eligible for the free (i) nursery, (ii) playgroup and (iii) day-care provision for three and four year olds in 2006-07. | (86390) | 149 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total budget is in 2006-007 for the free (a) nursery, (b) playgroup and (c) day-care provision for three and four year olds. | (86391) | 150 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average funding his Department provided per head to local authorities for free (a) nursery, (b) playgroup and (c) day-care provision for three and four year olds in 2005-06. | (86392) | 151 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what plans he has to prevent accidental loss or theft of data stored in the index. | (86889) | 152 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what plans there are (a) to link and (b) to enable data-sharing between the Information Sharing Index and the National Identity Register. | (86890) | 153 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what rights (a) children, (b) their parents and (c) children on the index who have reached adulthood will have to view their personal data stored on the Information Sharing Index. | (86891) | 154 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what legal requirement there will be permanently to delete information from the Information Sharing Index once (a) the child reaches adulthood and (b) a set period of time has passed. | (86892) | 155 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, whether the information sharing index will hold (a) fields and (b) information for Audit Trail log files on which organisations or individuals have been examining or amending individual records. | (86901) | 156 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what the differences are between the Information Sharing Index database and Integrated Children's system database. | (86902) | 157 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the Electronic Children's Database, what plans he has to introduce offences for the misuse or abuse of the database. | (86903) | 158 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th July 2006, Official Report, column 1384W, on the electronic children's database, whether he plans to establish the statutory limitation on what data the Information Sharing Index will hold and which public sector bodies can access the database by means of (a) primary legislation and (b) secondary legislation. | (86978) | 159 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual cost to public funds was of the Qualification and Curriculum Authority in each of the last five years. | (86713) | 160 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of levels of stress experienced by students (a) taking written and oral exams and (b) undertaking coursework and continual assessment. | (86714) | 161 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is available to children's trusts on joint working between agencies responsible for supporting children with communication disabilities. | (86773) | 162 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what professional support is available to assist early years practitioners to assist children with communication disabilities. | (86774) | 163 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment the Department has made of the long-term impact for children with a speech and language disability. | (86776) | 164 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken to improve parental awareness of Government support for children with communication disabilities. | (86777) | 165 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of implementing a national unitary framework for special educational needs. | (86778) | 166 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students failed to turn up for at least one examination in each of the past five years at (a) GCSE and (b) A level. | (86861) | 167 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students re-sat at least one examination at (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each of the past five years. | (86862) | 168 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many completed examination papers at (a) GCSE and (b) A level were lost in each of the past five years. | (86870) | 169 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July 2006, Official Report, column 1984W, on further education colleges, from which providers' prospectuses he found evidence of these types of courses. | (86896) | 170 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions there were broken down by reason for exclusion, in each London borough for the latest year for which figures are available. | (86979) | 171 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions were imposed for bullying in each local education authority in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | (86980) | 172 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the required toilet to (a) male and (b) female pupil ratio is in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. | (86981) | 173 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the required toilet to (a) male and (b) female staff ratio is in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. | (86982) | 174 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each local education authority have outdoor toilets that are still in use. | (86992) | 175 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on repairing toilets in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the last 12 months. | (86993) | 176 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been done to improve accessibility to school toilets for disabled pupils. | (86994) | 177 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from mainland China studied in England in each year since 1997. | (86632) | 178 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time equivalent qualified teachers were employed in primary schools in Swindon in each year since 1997. | (86633) | 179 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in primary schools in Swindon in each year since 1997. | (86634) | 180 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Swindon receive Education Maintenance Allowance. | (86635) | 181 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many child care places were available in Swindon in each year since 1997. | (86636) | 182 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places are available on Sure Start schemes in Swindon; and what percentage of eligible children are on each scheme. | (86637) | 183 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students are exempt from tuition fees in (a) England and (b) Swindon. | (86638) | 184 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary school pupils were eligible for free school meals in Swindon in each year since 1997; what percentage of the total this represented in each year; and how many took up their entitlement in each year. | (86639) | 185 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pupil/teacher ratio was in secondary schools in Swindon in each year between 1997 and 2006. | (86968) | 186 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time equivalent qualified teachers were employed in secondary schools in Swindon in each year between 1997 and 2006. | (86969) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 187 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the levels of carbon emissions relating to onshore windfarms. | (86888) | 188 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on (a) agricultural tariffs and (b) the Common Agricultural Policy with (i) the US Department of Agriculture and (ii) EU Commissioner Boel in relation to the Doha world trade talks. | [R] (86768) | 189 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria he has agreed with the greyhound racing industry in order to allow it to self-regulate in terms of animal welfare; and if he will make a statement. | (86588) | 190 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87064) | 191 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the trend in the level of farm incomes over the last five years. | (87086) | 192 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of making illegal cattle movements in each year since 2000 where the prosecution was subsequently found to have been made in error. | (86863) | 193 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget was in 2005-06 for agricultural support in England; and what the administrative costs were of distributing it. | (86864) | 194 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many claims under the single payment scheme were submitted by 15th June; what the value is; and what proportion this represents of claims for entitlements made in 2005. | (86865) | 195 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are employed on implementing and administering EU directives, regulations and policies. | (86750) | 196 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of implementing and administering EU directives, regulations and policies in 2005-06. | (86757) | 197 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department issues (a) advice and (b) instructions to the Scottish Executive on the implementation of EU legislation in Scotland. | (86513) | 198 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what agreement he has reached with the Environment Agency on landfill licensing fees for small pet cemeteries; and if he will make a statement. | (86594) | 199 | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the effect of its proposed increases in charges to boaters on their use of its navigations. | (87030) | 200 | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency takes to ensure that its charging policy is fair and equitable across its user groups. | (87032) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 201 N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations (a) she and (b) her officials have undertaken into the use of F16 Israeli military aircraft during airstrikes into (i) Gaza since the start of May 2006 and (ii) Lebanon since 12th July 2006; and what the results of those investigations have been. | (86515) | 202 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government received from the Lebanese government concerning the Shebaa Farms during the visit of the Lebanese Prime Minister to the UK in May. | (86626) | 203 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government has made to Israel in the last 12 months regarding its armed presence in the Shebaa Farms. | (86627) | 204 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which country the Government recognises the Shebaa Farms as being a part of. | (86686) | 205 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information her Department has received on the numbers of (a) deaths of and (b) injuries to (i) Israeli civilians and (ii) Israeli military personnel by rocket or other attacks from inside Lebanon for each month between June 2005 and June 2006. | (86687) | 206 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support her Department has given to Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi to attend functions funded by the Government; what assessment she has made of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi's views on (a) the use of force against UK forces in Iraq and (b) the use of suicide attacks elsewhere in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement. | (86642) | 207 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on each African state's economy of Chinese migrant workers. | (86722) | 208 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who represented the UK at the European-African Migration Conference in Morocco; and what the UK's policy is on (a) African migration to Europe and (b) Africans who migrate to the Canary Isles. | (86724) | 209 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action she is taking to encourage the revival of the Doha round of trade talks. | (86769) | 210 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) discussions between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Mamnohan Singh of India regarding giving India access to US nuclear technology and (b) the implications of those discussions for (i) the Non-Proliferation Treaty and (ii) regional stability. | (86898) | 211 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Government supports Japan's proposed freeze on North Korean assets held overseas following recent missile tests. | (86899) | 212 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK Government made to support the UN resolution criticizing North Korea's recent missile tests proposed by the UN ambassador from Japan. | (86900) | 213 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of why it was not possible to get an agreement on stricter controls at the UN Conference on Small Arms; what opportunities there are for revisiting this issue; and if she will make a statement. | (86517) | 214 | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the remit is of her Department's team of officials involved with the Poppy Elimination Programme in Helmand Province; what their responsibilities are; and what their budget is. | (86689) | 215 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87063) | 216 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley of 5th June 2006, Official Report, column 315W, on East Timor, in what ways the joint UK-Australian police training initiative will augment past UN police training of forces in Timor-Leste; and what measures are in place to ensure integration of the UK-Australian initiative with the existing UN operation in Timor-Leste. | (87088) | 217 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July 2006, Official Report, column 931W, on East Timor, what assessment she has made of whether acts of violence in Timor-Leste in 1999 (a) constituted crimes against humanity, (b) were planned by the Indonesian military and (c) were undertaken in opposition to the US Mission sanctioned by Indonesia. | (87090) | 218 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, column 863W, on East Timor, what assessment she has made of the role of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR); if she will encourage the Security Council to take CAVR's findings into consideration; what assessment she has made of the competence of the Joint Indonesian and Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship to investigate acts of violence in Timor-Leste (a) in 1999 and (b) before 1999; and if she will make a statement. | (87091) | 219 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Chinese counterparts on the human rights situation in that country. | (86705) | 220 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports she has received on human rights violations against practitioners of Falun Gong in China. | (86706) | 221 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she will reply to (a) Question 75959, on compensation, tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 5th June and (b) the letter of 10th May to which the Question refers; and what the reason has been for the delay in responding in each case. | (86521) | 222 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for a standard individual export licence were referred to her Department by the Export Licensing Organisation (ELO) in 2005; how many of these applications were considered by the Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Group; in how many of these applications the Group initially advised against the granting of a licence; how many were the subject of written submissions from the Group; and in how many cases where an initial recommendation for refusal was issued by the Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance Group her Department recommended to the ELO refusing that licence. | (86519) | 223 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the letter (Ref: 26890/2006) of 18th April to the hon. Member for Sunderland South, on the possibility of conducting visa interviews in Ho Chi Minh City, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State expects to complete his inquiries; and if she will make a statement. | (87044) | 224 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the letter of 23rd December 2005, (your ref: 967/05: Freedom of Information), promising a response as a matter of urgency to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland South of 25th November 2005, on British training of Khmer insurgents in the 1980s, when she expects to reply. | (87087) | 225 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's contribution is to the funding of the Council of Europe; what percentage of the whole this figure represents; and what percentage is contributed by (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Italy, (d) Spain and (e) Russia. | (86720) | 226 | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's position is on the recent decision by the new UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to the Palestinian Territories; and if she will make a statement. | (86677) | 227 | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) remit and (b) membership is of the Southern Iraq Donor Group; how often it meets; what its goals are; how its performance is measured; and if she will make a statement. | (86678) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 228 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultations concerning reconfiguration of hospital trusts in England have (a) been referred to her Department and (b) subsequently been upheld by her Department in each of the last five years. | (86729) | 229 | Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely effect on costs to (a) local authority social services and (b) the NHS of caring for patients with mild Alzheimer's disease of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's proposal to restrict treatment for such patients. | (86973) | 230 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding per head of population was allocated to each primary care trust in 2005-06, ranked from the highest to the lowest. | (86641) | 231 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the use of Clinical Assessment Services by primary care trusts; what the plans are for the introduction of a Clinical Assessment Service to deal with patients in Hertsmere; what standard of medical skills will be required of those providing that service; what other service specifications will be required; what target has been set for cost savings as a result of the introduction of the service; what the cost of the service is expected to be; what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the service on waiting times; what opportunities patients will have to have a say in the running of the service; and what consultations have been carried out with patients about the provision of a Clinical Assessment Service in Hertsmere. | (86972) | 232 N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of the service provided by Air Products in Greater Manchester to patients dependent on home oxygen. | (86394) | 233 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what internal training courses on tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86646) | 234 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87062) | 235 | Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) availability component of the unitary charge and (b) capital charges were as a proportion of total hospital expenditure in each hospital in each of the last three years. | (86672) | 236 | Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was received by each hospital from primary care trusts through the NHS brokerage system in each of the last three years. | (86673) | 237 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Chiron first informed the Department that it would not be able to provide expected supplies of diamorphine to the NHS at the end of 2004; and what warning period is required of suppliers to the NHS of essential pharmaceuticals of an interruption or planned ending of supply. | (86674) | 238 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether financial penalties were applied to Chiron when it interrupted the supply of diamorphine to the NHS at the end of December 2004. | (86675) | 239 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the number of local NHS organisations which will bulk subscribe to the Drugs and Therapeutic Bulletin following the ending of the NHS-wide subscription. | (86770) | 240 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she plans to issue to NHS managers responsible for deciding whether to purchase a bulk subscription to the Drugs and Therapeutic Bulletin for their local NHS organisation. | (86771) | 241 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to improve child and adult mental health services. | (86798) | 242 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged under 25 years are placed in adult mental health units in England. | (86799) | 243 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received in relation to the decision to exclude audiology from the 18-week waiting time target for treatment. | (86800) | 244 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the relative (a) efficiency and (b) effectiveness of (i) naltraczone, (ii) subutex and (iii) methadone in treating drug addiction; whether such drugs are to be made more widely available; and if she will make a statement. | (86255) | 245 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she is taking to reduce deficits in the health service; and if she will make a statement. | (87084) | 246 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she has put in place to reduce waiting times for referral to specialists for bowel cancer patients. | (86679) | 247 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures her Department has put in place to improve the delivery of information to prostate cancer sufferers about relevant cancer support. | (86683) | 248 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the London strategic health authorities have been requested to produce an action plan to ensure an increased level of patient satisfaction with their perception of levels of care. | (86684) | 249 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the group comprising officials from (a) her Department, (b) the Department for Work and Pensions and (c) Macmillan Cancer Relief since March 2005 to ensure more efficient delivery of benefits to cancer patients; and if she will make a statement. | (86717) | 250 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has issued to doctors following the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's recommendations on the advisability of patients being given a record of significant matters discussed during diagnosis and at key stages during their treatment; and if she will make a statement. | (86718) | 251 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the extending of best practice to improve support for dying patients and their families since the publication of the 19th report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Tackling Cancer: improving the patient journey. | (86725) | 252 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) male and (b) female patients were hospitalised for anorexia in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2005; and what steps are being taken (A) to treat and (B) to prevent anorexia. | (86970) | 253 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mobile communication systems the ambulance service uses; and what plans the Government has to ensure inter-operability and improve communications with other emergency services. | (86850) | 254 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech and language therapists (a) started and (b) finished employment within the NHS in each year since 1997. | (86775) | 255 | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been put in place to monitor the extent of the adoption of medical technologies in the NHS. | (87029) | 256 | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that budgetary pressures do not affect the use of the most effective medical technologies in the NHS. | (87031) | 257 | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of use of (a) drug eluting and (b) bare metal stents is in the NHS; and what assessment she has made of the effect on costs in the NHS of their use. | (87033) | 258 N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental laboratories there were in (a) England and (b) North Dorset in December 2005; and what estimate she has made of the number of dental laboratories which have closed in each area since this date. | (86094) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 259 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Mrs Gelly Makamurie, reference M1170992, will be notified on her application for indefinite leave to remain. | (86988) | 260 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences in the UK have been detained pending deportation in each of the last five years. | (86728) | 261 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Data Protection Act Section 10 notices he has received in each year since 1998. | (86866) | 262 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protocol his Department follows when it receives a formal Data Protection Act Section 10 Notice to Correct Erroneous Data; and if he will make a statement. | (86867) | 263 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1178, on the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, to which Department the Director of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre reports; and whether decentralised records of departmental officials attending the centre each year are kept by any agency or non-departmental public body reporting to his Department. | (86989) | 264 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what internal training courses on tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86643) | 265 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether the risk of identity fraud to the general public has changed since July 2005. | (86648) | 266 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings he has had with other members of the Government to discuss tackling identity fraud. | (86649) | 267 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with experts from (a) academia, (b) the private sector and (c) the police on tackling identity fraud. | (86650) | 268 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department has issued to the public on steps to combat identity fraud. | (86651) | 269 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken by his Department to tackle identity fraud since July 2005; and what action is planned between July 2006 and July 2007. | (86653) | 270 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on tackling identity fraud through public awareness campaigns in 1997 in each (a) year since and (b) month since July 2005. | (86654) | 271 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2003 and subsequently charged with a non-terrorism related offence. | (86721) | 272 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle a firearm into the UK in each of the last five years; and what average sentence was imposed on those convicted. | (86790) | 273 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) robberies and (b) burglaries were reported in each London borough in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a conviction. | (86792) | 274 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers have been employed by SO13 in each of the last five years. | (86793) | 275 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for television licence evasion in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (86794) | 276 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested since the coming into force of the Terrorism Act 2003; and how long each was held without being charged in each case in which all proceedings are complete. | (86804) | 277 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government expects to conclude its review of the use of intercept evidence in court; and if he will make a statement. | (86805) | 278 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personal computers have been seized by each police service from suspects detained under the Terrorism Act 2003. | (86806) | 279 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was allocated to the National Technical Assistance Centre in each of the last five years. | (86807) | 280 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rapes have been reported in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by sex of victim. | (86808) | 281 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested in England and Wales for possession of (a) a false passport and (b) other false identity documents in each of the last five years. | (86809) | 282 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of terrorist acts relating to the Irish Republican Movement between 1976 and 2000 in (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland. | (86810) | 283 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2003; and how many were held for the full 14 days. | (86811) | 284 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Arabic interpreters are available to the police, broken down by police authority area. | (86812) | 285 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are subject to (a) tagging and (b) control orders in each London borough. | (86857) | 286 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87061) | 287 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings have been held between officials in his Department and (a) members of the National Assembly for Wales, (b) officials of the National Assembly for Wales, (c) members of the police authorities in Wales and (d) members of the police forces in Wales since 1st September 2005. | (86164) | 288 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials have been working on the potential merger of the Wales police forces since 1st September 2005, broken down by grade; and how much time each spent on the project. | (86165) | 289 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs have been incurred by each (a) police force and (b) police authority in connection with the police merger proposals in Wales. | (86166) | 290 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are laid down by his Department to govern the procedures for accessing British Sign Language interpreters and lipspeakers on a 24 hour basis for deaf people requiring assistance at police stations. | (86913) | 291 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 2031W, on prisons, what estimate he has made of the cost of seeking the information necessary to answer the Question, broken down by main cost area. | (86911) | 292 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriage visas were refused on the grounds that the marriage in question was not considered to be genuine in each of the last five years. | (86682) | 293 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) murders and (b) crimes involving violence were reported in (i) Eastleigh, (ii) Hampshire police area, (iii) Southampton, (iv) Portsmouth, (v) Hampshire County Council area, (vi) the South East region, (vii) England and (viii) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; and what the (A) detection and (B) clear-up rate was in each case. | (86685) | 294 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff each division of Greater Manchester Police has had in each year since 1997. | (86707) | 295 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received in relation to police numbers in Greater Manchester; and if he will make a statement. | (86708) | 296 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy on an amnesty for illegal immigrants. | (86709) | 297 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for extradition (a) were received in 2005 and (b) have been received in 2006 from each of the countries that were the subject of the Part 2 Territories Designation Order 2003. | (86761) | 298 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) reliability and (b) usefulness of headcam technology in tackling crime; if he will make resources available to make this technology more widely available to the police; and if he will make a statement. | (86256) | 299 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sea going vessels were stolen from around the coast of the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many were recovered. | (86719) | 300 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in Denbeighshire. | (86983) | 301 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment is made of the effectiveness of measures taken to tackle anti-social behaviour in the Vale of Clwyd. | (86985) | 302 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the take-up of provisions of anti-social behaviour legislation introduced since 1997 in each local authority area. | (86986) | 303 | 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 as a percentage of the custody workforce. | (86987) | 304 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many toilets are provided in the temporary accommodation for visitors to Chelmsford Prison; and how many are connected to the main sewers. | (86954) | 305 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people each week visited prisoners at Chelmsford Prison on average in the last 12 months; and how many he estimates were children aged (a) up to five, (b) six to 11 and (c) 12 to 16. | (86955) | 306 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons have (a) permanent and (b) temporary accommodation providing facilities for visitors. | (86956) | 307 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the provision of facilities for visitors to HM prisons; and if he will make a statement. | (86957) | 308 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the temporary accommodation for visitors to Chelmsford Prison was installed; and for how long it was expected to last. | (86958) | 309 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide permanent facilities for visitors to Chelmsford Prison; and if he will make a statement. | (86959) | 310 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the expected harmonisation of council tax precepts played in the Government's decision not to proceed with police force mergers. | (86845) | 311 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the rollout of the TETRA mast network; and what plans the Government has to ensure inter-operability and improve communications between the police and the other emergency services. | (86846) | 312 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has (a) to link and (b) to enable data-sharing between the Children's Information Sharing Index and the National Identity Register. | (86847) | 313 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were in training in Humberside Police Authority area on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | (86905) | 314 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in (a) Humberside, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) West Yorkshire Police Authority area were involved in preparation work for the merger of the forces; how many hours of work were devoted to that work; how much the exercise cost; and if he will make a statement. | (86906) | 315 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Humberside Police Authority area were (a) charged with and (b) victims of identity fraud in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement. | (86907) | 316 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):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 Humberside Police Authority area in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement. | (86908) | 317 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to expand the capacity of the prison estate over the next 12 months. | (86628) | 318 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners in each open prison were moved into closed prisons in (a) May and (b) June. | (86629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 319 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions his Department has had with the World Health Organisation on access to clean water and sanitation in Haiti. | (85998) | 320 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the use of child labour in (a) Tunisia, (b) Cameroon and (c) Tanzania. | (86022) | 321 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK provides for organic cotton production in Africa. | (86023) | 322 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK aid programme offers to the development of links between rural and urban markets in Africa. | (86024) | 323 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87060) | Questions to the Leader of the House 324 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he has taken since his appointment to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) content of Parliamentary Answers; and what information he collects on the percentage of Answers which are given later than (i) the day named and (ii) the conventional deadline for written Questions. | (86593) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 325 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what barriers he has identified to effective out-of-classroom education in secondary schools in Northern Ireland; and what steps he is taking to overcome them. | (86917) | 326 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will issue guidance on out-of classroom education as part of the Northern Ireland secondary school curriculum. | (86918) | 327 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with the Education and Library Board chief executives to promote outdoor learning in secondary schools in Northern Ireland. | (86919) | 328 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to ensure that every secondary school child in Northern Ireland has the opportunity to experience out-of-classroom learning in the natural environment. | (86920) | 329 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many unfilled vacancies there are for science teachers in secondary schools within each Education and library board. | (86921) | 330 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the risk assessment system is for secondary school trips in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | (86922) | 331 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of Northern Ireland teacher training courses' treatment of fieldwork as a teaching method in secondary schools. | (86923) | 332 | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the terms of reference are of the Implementation Group on Positive Parenting established by the Ministerial Committee on Children and Young People; by what criteria membership of the Group will be established; and what the timetable is for its work. | (86927) | 333 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87058) | 334 N | Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures his Department has in place to improve the enforcement of the law relating to (a) lighting bonfires and (b) the burning of tyres and other toxic waste on bonfires. | (86584) | 335 N | Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further measures his Department plans to introduce to tackle the flying of paramilitary flags in Northern Ireland. | (86585) | 336 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what average water tax (a) lump sum figure and (b) capital value levy will be charged on domestic households in (i) Northern Ireland as a whole and (ii) each district in Northern Ireland in 2007-08. | (86814) | 337 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the average domestic capital value for rates revaluation purposes in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each district in Northern Ireland. | (86815) | 338 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the simulated average effective tax rate that would notionally have been levied on domestic rates bills in respect of the (a) district and (b) regional rate in (i) Northern Ireland as a whole and (ii) each district in Northern Ireland in 2006-07. | (86816) | 339 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest estimate is of the average effective tax rate in Northern Ireland to be levied on domestic rates bills in respect of the (a) district and (b) regional rate in (i) Northern Ireland as a whole and (ii) each district in Northern Ireland in 2007-08. | (86817) | 340 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest estimate is of the average water tax bill per dwelling that will be paid in 2007-08 in (a) Northern Ireland as a whole and (b) each district in Northern Ireland. | (86818) | 341 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest estimate is of the average domestic rates bill per dwelling that will be paid in 2007-08 in (a) Northern Ireland as a whole and (b) each district in Northern Ireland. | (86819) | 342 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average domestic rates bill per dwelling was in (a) Northern Ireland as a whole and (b) each district in Northern Ireland in 2006-07. | (86820) | 343 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest estimate is of the net revenue to be raised from domestic rates in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | (86821) | 344 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the latest estimate is of the (a) proportion and (b) number of households which will see (i) an increase, (ii) no change and (iii) a decrease in rates bills as a consequence of the domestic rates revaluation, before the application of transitional relief, in (A) Northern Ireland as a whole and (B) each district in Northern Ireland. | (86822) | 345 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment (a) the Government and (b) the Valuation and Lands Agency has made of whether the Valuation and Lands Agency's domestic rates revaluation computer database holds sensitive personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. | (86823) | 346 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the expected change in the regional domestic rate levy is for 2007-08; and what the change was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2005-06. | (86844) | Questions to the Prime Minister 347 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Prime Minister, what trade-related (a) missions he plans to undertake and (b) meetings he plans to hold during the parliamentary recess. | (86764) | 348 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Prime Minister, what advertising campaigns his Office has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87059) | 349 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the US Administration on missile defence in each of the last three years. | (86669) | 350 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with (a) casino developers, (b) representatives of Kerzner International and (c) representatives of the Anschutz Entertainment Group in the last five years. | (86852) | 351 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Prime Minister, on which occasions he has (a) met the bereaved families of British soldiers killed in Iraq and (b) visited British soldiers wounded in Iraq in hospital. | (86932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 352 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87057) | Questions to the Solicitor General 353 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Solicitor General, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87056) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 354 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints from customers were received by the Royal Mail (a) nationally and (b) in the York postal area (i) in 2005-06 and (ii) each of the previous four years; and whether it is the Government's policy that the Royal Mail should continue to publish information about complaints received in each post code area. | (87050) | 355 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on (a) developing and (b) developed nations of reaching an agreement in the Doha World Trade Talks. | (86762) | 356 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what trade-related (a) missions he plans to undertake and (b) meetings he plans to hold during the parliamentary recess. | (86765) | 357 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he plans to have over the next month with (a) Commissioner Mandelson, (b) US Ambassador Susan Schwab and (c) the Director General of the World Trade Organisation on prospects for reviving the Doha round of trade talks. | (86767) | 358 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of investment in local distribution grids by the distribution network operators; and if he will make a statement. | (86936) | 359 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what internal training courses for tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86652) | 360 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87055) | 361 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to promote the British fashion industry. | (86710) | 362 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that newly qualified fashion professionals are retained by the UK's fashion industry. | (86715) | 363 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraphs 5.104 and 5.105 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, what the reasons were for the choice of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Nuclear Energy Agency study to illustrate the comparative carbon footprint ranking of nuclear generation against other power generation sources; and which other analyses were examined on the comparative carbon footprint of different generation sources in the Energy Review. | (86095) | 364 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment was made of the potential vulnerability of existing licensed nuclear sites to (a) coastal erosion and (b) inundation in the energy review. | (86926) | 365 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions and at what locations (a) he, (b) his predecessors as Secretary of State and (c) the Energy Minister met (i) representatives from trades unions working at nuclear sites, (ii) national environmental groups and (iii) regional environmental groups to discuss nuclear policy in the period during which the Energy Review was held. | (86933) | 366 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason town-scale combined heat and power plants were not included in the modelling of relative electricity generating technologies set out at Annex B of the Energy Review, Cm 6887. | (86934) | 367 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many questions were received from the public by the Minister of State for Energy during the live web chat held on 13th July; how many were (a) supportive and (b) critical of the proposals set out in the Energy Review; what criteria were used in the choice of questions answered; and what the reasons were for running a live web chat. | (87043) | 368 | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent meetings he has held with representatives of science centres to discuss their future role and funding. | (87026) | 369 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports his Department has received which identify sites suitable for building nuclear power stations in addition to those presently in service. | (86711) | 370 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in states in the Airbus consortium; and if he will make a statement. | (86723) | 371 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was to his Department of implementing and administering EU directives, regulations and policies decided in 2005-06. | (86751) | 372 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much he expects will be distributed to companies under grant schemes administered by the Department in 2006-07. | (86752) | 373 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in his Department to implement and administer EU directives, regulations and policies. | (86753) | 374 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the change in the number of jobs in (a) ceramics, (b) glass, (c) paper and (d) other high energy using industries was in the last year for which figures are available. | (86756) | 375 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role (a) he and (b) ministers in his Department play in planning decisions for (i) new power plants and (ii) wind turbines. | (86851) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 376 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the proposed Hastings to Bexhill link road. | (86516) | 377 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the comments received in response to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's consultation on oil spill contingency plans covering ship-to-ship transfers of oil in the Firth of Forth were categorised as not relevant; what proportion of such comments related to the effects of oil spill plan amendments in combination with effects of the proposed transfers; whether these comments will be made available to Forth Ports to assist them in assessing the transfer proposals under regulation 3 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations 1994; and whether these comments will be published. | (86736) | 378 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to report to him following its consultation on (a) the implications for European wildlife sites of the proposed changes to Forth Ports oil contingency plans and (b) the other documents on which comment was invited in connection with ship-to-ship transfers of oil in the Firth of Forth; and what mechanism is proposed for making the findings public. | (86737) | 379 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many responses have been made by (a) statutory bodies, (b) non-governmental and community organisations and (c) private individuals to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's consultation on ship-to-ship transfers of oil in the Firth of Forth. | (86738) | 380 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure foreign drivers of foreign registered vehicles are adequately insured when driving in the UK. | (86731) | 381 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hit-and-run incidents there have been in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (86772) | 382 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87054) | 383 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of future traffic patterns on trunk roads in Gravesham; and whether provision has been made for possible increases in traffic. | (86680) | 384 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff are working on implementing and administering EU directives, regulations and policies in his Department. | (86758) | 385 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to his Department was of implementing and administering EU directives, regulations and policies in 2005-06. | (86759) | 386 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on street lighting remaining on after 1am. | (86965) | 387 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of electricity for street lighting on national roads supervised by the Highways Agency was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (86966) | 388 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate how many tons of carbon would be saved by switching off street lights at 1am. | (86967) | 389 | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the equipment required to introduce hard shoulder running on the M42 is already installed. | (87040) | 390 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency holds on the (a) engine size and (b) environmental emmissions of vehicles. | (86848) | 391 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there were in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement. | (86909) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 392 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 393 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to increase funeral payments made by the Social Fund. | (86730) | 394 N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list in date order the (a) (i) Green and (ii) White papers and (b) written Ministerial statements, excluding those on Benefit Fraud Inspectorate reports, which have been produced by his Department since May 1997. | (86511) | 395 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many post office card accounts (POCAs) there were in each local authority area in Tyne and Wear in April (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what percentage of customers receiving (i) non-contributory jobseeker's allowance, (ii) the basic state pension and (iii) pension credit did so via the POCA in each area at each date. | (86858) | 396 | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual beneficiaries of pension credit there were in each ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in November (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005; and what the average weekly payment was in each case. | (86859) | 397 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what internal training courses on tackling identity fraud are provided to Departmental staff who have access to members of the public's personal information. | (86644) | 398 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advertising campaigns the Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | (87051) | 399 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1754, on pensions reform, if he will add a column to the table provided in the Answer showing comparable data assuming the Pension Commission's proposals were implemented in total. | (86518) | 400 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of veterans on incapacity benefit due to (a) mental health conditions and (b) physical conditions. | (86996) | 401 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation was undertaken by his Department in advance of the change in guidance from his Department regarding lunch expenses for those on benefits who work as volunteers; and with whom such consultation took place. | (86732) | 402 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of new guidance from his Department regarding lunch expenses for those on benefits who work as volunteers on the number of those on benefits who volunteer. | (86733) | 403 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people on benefits who do voluntary work. | (86734) | 404 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children were living in poverty in Gravesham constituency in each year since 1997. | (86681) | 405 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures will be put in place to monitor and prevent the fly-tipping of textured coatings containing asbestos under the draft Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. | (86620) | 406 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) policy and (b) drafting of Article 3 Paragraph 3 of Directive 2003/18/EC on control of asbestos. | (86621) | 407 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he took of Cabinet Office guidelines on the transposition of European legislation in drawing up the draft Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 to implement Directive 2003/18/EC. | (86622) | 408 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the omission of the words `without deterioration of non-degraded' from Regulation 3(2)ii of the draft Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, which transposes Article 3 Paragraph 3 of Directive 2003/18/EC, on (a) the scope of the Directive and (b) worker protection. | (86623) | 409 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has sought guidance from the European Commission on the UK's proposed wording of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 to implement Directive 2003/18/EC. | (86624) | 410 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what response his Department has made to the correspondence from the European Commission regarding the draft Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 to transpose Directive 2003/18/EC. | (86625) | 411 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the roll out of the Way Forward programme in delivery of benefits to cancer patients. | (86716) | 412 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of (a) state pension and (b) pension credits in each nation and region of the UK; and what total spending was on each benefit in the latest period for which figures are available. | (86512) | 413 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of total spending on the (a) basic state pension and (b) pension credit in each (i) country and (ii) region of the UK in (A) 2024, (B) 2034 and (C) 2044 (1) under the current arrangements and (2) under the Government's proposed pension reforms. | (86514) | 414 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the costs to local authorities in (a) Scotland and (b) Great Britain for administering (i) housing benefit and (ii) council tax benefit were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | (86971) | 415 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what new obligations the Welfare Reform Bill will place on local authorities; and whether they will be compensated under the Department for Communities and Local Government's New Burdens principle. | (86842) | 416 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) England and (b) Wales receive 100 per cent. council tax benefit. | (86849) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 417 | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs and (d) external computer hard drives were purchased for use in 10 Downing Street in each month since March 2005. | [Transferred] (86855) | 418 | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computer hard drives and (f) desktop computers were purchased for use in the Cabinet Office in each month since March 2005. | [Transferred] (86856) | 419 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office spent on supporting the Prime Minister in each year since 1996-97, including the estimated figures for 2005-06. | [Transferred] (86853) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 420 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many occasions during 2005-06 parents involved in cases in the Family Court were informed of a delay to the reports required by the court. | [Transferred] (86963) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 421 | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress in taking forward the aims of the Norwegian seven country initiative on non-proliferation; and in what form minutes or other records of the meetings of initiative members are made publicly available. | [Transferred] (86929) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 422 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the net outflow in interest payments to doorstep lenders in each local authority area in the UK. | [Transferred] (86984) |
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