Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Monday 24 July 2006 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 24 July 2006 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 24 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 24 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 24 July see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89018) | 2 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle insurance premium tax fraud. | (89079) | 3 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income for working age households was in City of York council area in (1) cash and (2) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. | (88725) | 4 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time and (b) unemployed in (A) the City of York constituency, (B) City of York Council area, (C) Yorkshire and the Humber and (D) United Kingdom (1) at the latest date for which figures are available and (2) at the same date in each of the previous 10 years. | (88924) | 5 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of income the (a) richest and (b) poorest 20 per cent. of the population paid in all taxes in the last year for which figures are available. | (88312) | 6 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of total income tax the 10 per cent. of people who paid the most income tax contributed in the last year for which figures are available. | (88313) | 7 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid income tax in 2005-06. | (88314) | 8 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Welsh speakers there are in Wales; and what proportion this is of the Welsh population. | (88376) | 9 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths there were in each London borough in 2005. | (88550) | 10 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths malnutrition was given as a cause of death in each of the last three years, broken down by age. | (88958) | 11 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many deaths of people aged (a) under and (b) over 18 years in 2005 in (i) London and (ii) each London borough the use of (A) heroin/morphine, (B) ecstasy, (C) amphetamines, (D) other substances and (E) alcohol was recorded as the cause. | (88961) | 12 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fatalities were attributed to fires in each year since 2003. | (88967) | 13 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of estates inherited by under-18 year olds included the transfer of net debt in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (87770) | 14 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the estates of people over 65 years entered probate with negative asset value in the last year for which records are available. | (87771) | 15 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes there are in his Department to check Gershon efficiency savings figures before publishing them; and if he will make a statement. | (88584) | 16 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage retailers to pass the VAT reduction on condoms on to consumers; and if he will make a statement. | (88585) | 17 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has given to departments to ensure that all reported Gershon efficiency savings are genuine; and if he will make a statement. | (88588) | 18 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vacancies there were for Customs officers at UK entry points in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | (88589) | 19 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action the Government is taking to ensure that financial skills are increased among the adult population. | (88688) | 20 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to develop a comprehensive policy framework on competitive neutrality. | (88689) | 21 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many graduates from each of the last five academic years for which records are available are registered as unemployed. | (88691) | 22 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to implement Postcomm's suggestion that a uniform five per cent. VAT rate be applied to all postal services. | (88696) | 23 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who had newly acquired British citizenship were contacted by the Inland Revenue in 2004-05. | (88384) | 24 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88466) | 25 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the delays and backlog resulting from the purchase and installation of the Registration on-line computer system at register offices in England and Wales. | (87860) | 26 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private finance initiative contracts commissioned directly by each Government department and government agency in each year since 1997 (a) have been completed, (b) have been contracted but not completed and (c) are subject to current tender; and what the aggregate value is in each case. | (88676) | 27 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in long-term unemployment in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last eight years. | (88379) | 28 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average annual household income was in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas in each year since 1997. | (88641) | 29 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of people in the UK lived in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each year since 1997; and what estimates have been made for each year to 2020. | (88643) | 30 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have held meetings with representatives of companies or consortia on the shortlist for the contract as the Olympic Delivery Authority Deliver Partner; which (i) ministers and (ii) companies or consortia partners were at each meeting; where each meeting took place; what was discussed; and if he will make a statement. | (88200) | 31 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, column 829W, on inheritance tax, what (a) preliminary regulatory impact assessments and (b) preparatory work related to regulatory impact assessments have been (i) placed in the Library and (ii) published. | (87959) | 32 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which public sector organisations the Valuation Office Agency obtains data; and with which it shares data. | (88072) | 33 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when and for how long he has visited (a) each member state of the European Union, (b) Japan, (c) India, (d) Brazil, (e) Canada, (f) New Zealand, (g) Australia, (h) South Korea, (i) Russia, (j) Singapore, (k) Thailand and (l) Mexico since 1997. | (87738) | 34 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1643W, on his official visit (Nigeria), what the normal procedures are; and on what date they were completed. | (87893) | 35 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Sir David Varney is being paid to act as a senior adviser on Transformational Government; and who is meeting the cost. | (88214) | 36 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Sir David Varney will be employed as (a) a civil servant and (b) a special adviser in his role as senior adviser on Transformational Government. | (88215) | 37 | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Treasury are working on the Transformational Government project, broken down by grade; and what the total salary cost is. | (88217) | 38 | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been of the Barker Review, separately identifying the cost of (a) consultants and (b) civil servants working on the Review; and what Ms Barker's fees are for the work. | (88218) | 39 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions took place between his Department and the BBC about the decision not to renew the contract for renewal and purchase of television licences supplied at post offices. | (87430) | 40 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88463) | 41 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in each year since February 2004. | (88565) | 42 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Government procurement policy in promoting good practice regarding equal opportunities for disabled people. | (88887) | 43 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account Government procurement takes of suppliers' employment conditions in relation to disabled workers; and if he will make a statement. | (88890) | 44 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of each such contract was; and if he will make a statement. | (88180) | 45 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to collect centrally information on consultancy firms hired by Government Departments. | (88201) | 46 | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customs officers are stationed permanently at the port of Holyhead. | (88325) | 47 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior civil servants have left the Treasury to join consultancy firms in the last two years. | (88674) | 48 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in South East Cambridgeshire were (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid child and working tax credit in each of the last five years; and what the value was of (i) underpayments and (ii) overpayments. | (88734) | 49 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of personal debt was in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. | (88735) | 50 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the different rates of growth in Scotland and the rest of the UK since 1997. | (88375) | 51 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in the UK have three or more children, broken down by ethnic background. | (87964) | 52 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people live in caravan parks in each local authority area in England and Wales in descending order according to percentage of the population resident in such parks. | (88287) | 53 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many MRSA-related deaths there have been in (a) the UK and (b) each region in each of the last five years. | (88152) | 54 N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which countries he has visited in Africa since 1997; and what the (a) dates, (b) objectives and (c) outcomes were of each visit. | (87411) | 55 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Director of the Tax Credit Office will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 26th May. | (87935) | 56 | Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects tax credit application forms to be available through (a) the national helpline and (b) Jobcentre Plus. | (88621) | 57 N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed in (i) Brent East and (ii) Brent in each year since 1997. | (87422) | 58 N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average income in (a) Brent and (b) Brent East in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) age and (iii) ethnicity. | (87425) | 59 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average amount of personal debt per person and (b) total amount of personal debt was in (i) Brent and (ii) London in the last period for which figures are available. | (87781) | 60 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are long-term unemployed in each London borough. | (88213) | 61 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on the dry run of the Whole of Government Accounts process for 2005-06. | (88090) | 62 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which countries have committed to joining the International Finance Facility; and if he will make a statement. | (88093) | 63 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the first bond issue will be made under the International Finance Facility for Immunisation; and if he will make a statement. | (88094) | 64 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the financing of terrorism since February 2006; and if he will make a statement. | (88095) | 65 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what calculations underlie paragraph 3.11 of the Treasury's Departmental Report 2006. | (88097) | 66 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the proposals tabled by the UK presidency at the December ECOFIN meeting regarding the next steps towards better European regulation have been implemented by (a) the UK and (b) other member states. | (88098) | 67 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the members of the Commission of Private Sector Business Leaders are; and on what dates it has met. | (88099) | 68 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Financial Services Authority has made in enforcing testable business continuity planning amongst its members; and if he will make a statement. | (87906) | 69 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88753) | 70 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88972) | 71 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88973) | 72 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of unclaimed (a) dividends and shares and (b) assets in (i) national savings accounts, (ii) bank and building society accounts and (iii) life insurance policies; and if he will make a statement. | (89076) | 73 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government received in tax from pension scheme funds that started to wind-up before 6th April 2005 with insufficient funds to cover all of their members' pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement. | (89102) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 74 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was paid to the Cabinet Office from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89017) | 75 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88479) | 76 N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1826W, on regulatory impact assessments, whether any work preparatory to the conduct of such an assessment may be (a) placed in the Library and (b) published by departments. | (87958) | 77 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of Senior Civil Service staff are registered as disabled. | (88889) | 78 N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) laptop and (b) desk top computers were purchased for use in 10 Downing Street in each month since March 2005. | (86886) | 79 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many local authorities have complied fully with the obligations contained in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004; and if she will make a statement. | (87902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 80 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid to her Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89015) | 81 N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much in (a) rate support grants, (b) business rates and (c) special grants the Government paid to City of York Council in each year since its creation as a unitary authority (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices; how much will be paid in each category in 2006-07; and what the purpose was of each special grant of £50,000 or more. | (86526) | 82 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) accidental and (b) non-accidental fires were recorded in each London borough in 2005. | (88959) | 83 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the total housing stock is key worker housing. | (88701) | 84 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many key worker homes have been built in each region in each of the last five years. | (88702) | 85 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of people under 30 are categorised as key workers, broken down by region. | (88703) | 86 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88478) | 87 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidents (a) Merseyside Fire Service and (b) fire services in England experienced where booby-traps had been left to injure firemen in the course of carrying out their duties in each year for which figures are available. | (88206) | 88 N | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department and its predecessor has had within the last 12 months with (a) representatives of the Board of Luton Town Football Club, (b) the Chief Executive of Luton Town Football Club, (c) representatives of Luton Borough Council, (d) representatives of South Bedfordshire District Council, (e) representatives of Bedforshire County Council, (f) representatives of the East of England Development Agency and (g) representatives of the East of England Regional Assembly regarding the proposal to relocate Luton Town Football Club; what representations have been received from each; and if she will make a statement. | (88091) | 89 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many designated conservation areas there are in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster. | (88378) | 90 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of homes in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas were occupied as second homes in each year since 1997. | (88529) | 91 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of new housing completed in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas was affordable housing in each year since 1997. | (88548) | 92 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average price of houses sold was in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas in each year since 1997. | (88640) | 93 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new affordable houses required in (a) the North West, (b) Cumbria and (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year until 2020. | (88856) | 94 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the main obstacles to the building of affordable housing in rural areas. | (88857) | 95 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidents of arson there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (88664) | 96 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have held meetings with representatives of companies or consortia on the shortlist for the contract as the Olympic Delivery Authority Deliver Partner; which (i) Ministers and (ii) companies or consortia partners attended each meeting; what the location was of each meeting; what was discussed at each meeting; and if she will make a statement. | (88228) | 97 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of establishing a regional observatory for the Thames Gateway, tasked to develop, collect and maintain key statistics that will illustrate the extent to which social, environmental and economic policy objectives are being achieved. | (88602) | 98 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of whether the local planning authorities in the Thames Gateway are (a) making a realistic assessment of the overall quantity of employment land that is likely to be needed across the area and (b) developing programmes to oversee the re-allocation of excessive land for other purposes, including housing. | (88604) | 99 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will encourage local planning authorities in the Thames Gateway to create a design advisory panel with statutory consultee status which would be required to offer an opinion on the design quality of significant development proposals, including at the planning stage. | (88730) | 100 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will undertake an audit of the design skills available among local authorities in the Thames Gateway and encourage the regional centres of excellence to address shortcomings that are identified. | (88731) | 101 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will examine the 2002 Density Direction with a view to raising the intervention threshold in the Thames Gateway. | (88738) | 102 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much private sector investment has been levered in to assist with the Government Thames Gateway programme since July 2003. | (88739) | 103 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has for (a) a single property account and (b) a single citizen account as part of its e-government and Government Connects programme. | (88058) | 104 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the introduction of home information packs on lower-income home-owners. | (88059) | 105 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government compiled an equality impact assessment for the introduction of home information packs. | (88060) | 106 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of complying with BS 7799 on information security. | (88065) | 107 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the contact administration address is for each pension scheme within the Local Government Pension Scheme. | (88066) | 108 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given local authorities on whether they should have a Cabinet member with a specific public health brief. | (88067) | 109 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, why the Audit Commission will not be reporting on Best Value Performance Indicator 199d for 2005-06. | (88068) | 110 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use (a) her Department and (b) local authorities make of Intelligent Addressing in geographical information systems. | (88069) | 111 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was provided to local authorities for Implementing Electronic Government in each year since its introduction; and how much has been allocated for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | (88070) | 112 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department and its predecessors have provided to the Urban and Economic Development Group since 1997; and for what purposes. | (88071) | 113 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets the Government has set for fire authorities in relation to fire prevention. | (88073) | 114 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of provision was during the recent Hertfordshire fire strike for interim fire and rescue cover (a) to tackle fire and (b) to assist with road accidents. | (88074) | 115 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the floor space was of the Deputy Prime Minister's former office at 26 Whitehall. | (88075) | 116 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to change the methodology for the allocation of Planning Delivery Grant. | (88076) | 117 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many golf courses were registered on the Ratings List for business rates in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (88077) | 118 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library the associated electronic files and documentation that accompany the home information packs PISCES XML Schema. | (88078) | 119 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister gave to the Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector in each year since 1997; and what plans her Department has to provide funding. | (88079) | 120 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many designated conservation areas there are in England. | (88080) | 121 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the main obstacles are to her Department agreeing the National Spatial Addressing Infrastructure project; and what prospects there are for an agreement. | (88081) | 122 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts her Department and its predecessors have entered into with (a) Infoterra Ltd and (b) BlueSky International Ltd since 1997. | (88082) | 123 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Audit Commission plans to undertake a formal audit of the probity and efficiency of public expenditure on the National Land and Property Gazetteer. | (88083) | 124 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made with Ordnance Survey's Digital National Framework; and if she will make a statement. | (88084) | 125 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the homes in the Design for Manufacture competition will be placed on sale. | (88085) | 126 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the data sources are for her Department's house price index. | (88086) | 127 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of introducing a land value tax. | (88087) | 128 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the expenditure was of each of the Regional Housing Boards in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | (88088) | 129 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of Ordnance Survey's MasterMap products on the commercial and financial viability of the National Land and Property Gazetteer. | (88089) | 130 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research the Valuation Office Agency has undertaken in relation to developing (a) a national property database and (b) a National Spatial Data Infrastructure. | (88092) | 131 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reform arm's length management organisations. | (88223) | 132 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of special protection area status on housing developers' decisions on building new homes with covenants that prevent residents owning dogs or cats. | (88230) | 133 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 928W, on security passes, how many security passes were issued by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in each previous year of its existence. | (88248) | 134 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 928W, on small business rate relief, how many small firms she estimates claimed relief in 2005-06; and if she will estimate the proportion of small firms who were eligible who claimed the relief. | (88249) | 135 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 924W, on the Fire Service, whether armed forces personnel would be required to cross picket lines in the event of a fire strike to collect fire appliances and equipment in order to provide emergency fire and rescue cover. | (88251) | 136 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 924W, on the Fire Service, what estimate the Government has made of the number of armed forces personnel who have been trained to operate fire services appliances and equipment. | (88252) | 137 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of home information packs on the property market in low-demand areas. | (88257) | 138 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th May 2006, Official Report, column 956-7W, on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), when the VOA's communications strategy for the council tax revaluation was (a) submitted to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) last (i) updated and (ii) amended by the VOA. | (88282) | 139 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the prioritisation of funding for parks. | (88304) | 140 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of no-strike clauses in fire fighters' contracts; and if she will make a statement. | (88322) | 141 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Planning Gain Supplement will be levied on developments by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations. | (88392) | 142 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) Locality Definitions and (b) Neighbourhood Adjustment Factors are used in the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model. | (88393) | 143 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Planning Gain Supplement will be levied on home extensions. | (88394) | 144 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the New Growth Points programme; and where the development will be located. | (88395) | 145 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the multiple regression formula used as part of the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model is; and what each variable in the model is. | (88396) | 146 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultancy work (a) PA Consulting Group and (b) Xansa UK Ltd carried out for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in relation to home information packs; and if she will place in the Library copies of the reports they produced. | (88397) | 147 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will take into account Planning Gain Supplement revenues in the calculations for the distribution of (a) local and (b) regional grant allocations. | (88398) | 148 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department is providing to academic institutions to conduct research, broken down by project. | (88399) | 149 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent on ballpoint pens with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister branding; and how many were ordered. | (88400) | 150 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many value significant codes are available for capture electronically by the Valuation Office Agency for council tax liability purposes. | (88401) | 151 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated total cost is of the National Land Use Database. | (88402) | 152 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts Ordnance Survey has entered into with (a) Infoterra Ltd and (b) BlueSky International Ltd since 1997; and for what purpose. | (88403) | 153 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) information and (b) products Ordnance Survey has provided to the Valuation Office Agency in the last five years. | (88404) | 154 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many satellite photographs Ordnance Survey (a) took and (b) purchased from external suppliers in each of the last five years. | (88405) | 155 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what access the Valuation Office Agency has to the National Land Use Database. | (88406) | 156 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the (a) status and (b) introduction of the National Land Use Database. | (88407) | 157 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the joint Valuation Office Agency and Local Government Association Steering Group has met. | (88408) | 158 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes the Government has made to compulsory purchase powers since 1997. | (88409) | 159 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council, (b) other registered social landlord and (c) private homes have been built in each London borough since 1997. | (88714) | 160 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of integrating the delivery of street cleansing, waste collection, waste disposal and waste planning by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | (88720) | 161 N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how she defines inappropriate development with regard to Green Belt policy. | (87744) | 162 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on applications for mineral extraction operations in areas of outstanding natural beauty. | (88345) | 163 N | Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the grounds for non-compliance were in the bid by The Ordnance Survey to supply geographical information to the Government. | (87015) | 164 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the number of families in temporary accommodation in each region for each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | (87438) | 165 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds in each local government pension scheme is invested in socially responsible investment funds. | (88892) | 166 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to compensate individuals and companies for money spent on training of home inspectors in the expectation that home condition surveys would be made mandatory. | (88315) | 167 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to alter metropolitan greenbelt (a) boundaries and (b) status; and if she will make a statement. | (88608) | 168 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what conclusions on (a) the relative merits of (i) private and (ii) public sector contracts for sports and leisure facilities and (b) the future letting of contracts for sport and leisure facilities she drew from the Audit Commission Report `Public Sports and Recreational Services'. | (87625) | 169 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she will take to improve strategic planning in leisure services following the publication of the Audit Commission Report `Public Sports and Recreational Services'. | (87626) | 170 N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty homes there were in each local authority in England in each year since 1997. | (87262) | 171 N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Sexual Orientation Regulations will require (a) Anglican churches and (b) churches of other denominations to perform civil partnership services in their churches; whether the Regulations will apply to teaching in Sunday Schools; and if she will make a statement. | (87621) | 172 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to run pilots in advance of digital switchover which assess the implications for multiple dwelling units. | (87821) | 173 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the life span of the clay cap at the Millennium Dome site. | (87826) | 174 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to include the provision of digital services in the Decent Homes Standard. | (88512) | 175 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in her Department in each month since March 2005. | (88707) | 176 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she last met her Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88772) | 177 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department and its predecessor was in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88994) | 178 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which IT contracts awarded by her Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88995) | 179 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on (a) administration, (b) legal fees, (c) special advisers, (d) the website and (e) other costs for the home information packs programme; what funding was originally allocated to the programme; and if she will make a statement. | (89113) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 180 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid to her Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89012) | 181 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what average time was taken to obtain a court date from the time of application for an adoption placement order in (a) London and (b) other parts of England in the latest period for which figures are available. | (87149) | 182 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what criteria were used in selecting Crown courts for the pilot victims' advocates scheme; and if she will make a statement. | (88682) | 183 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many court cases were included in the pilot for the victims' advocates scheme for the bereaved relatives of murder and manslaughter in each of the pilot Crown courts. | (88683) | 184 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will defer the proposed restructuring of the Courts Service in Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to take account of the new policy relating to restructuring of police forces. | (87758) | 185 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88477) | 186 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many coroners have been appointed in Northern Ireland in the past two years; and what (a) experience in private practice as a lawyer and (b) other professional experience each of the appointees had. | (88905) | 187 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people applied to become coroners in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; and what experience as a private lawyer each had. | (88906) | 188 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what response the Government has made to reports of the Local Government Ombudsman on the inappropriate (a) destruction and (b) moving of gravestones by local authorities. | (88231) | 189 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the long-term preservation of documents held in digital form. | (88290) | 190 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance she has issued to freedom of information officers to assist them in recognising the circumstances in which they should apply environmental information regulations rather than the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | (88291) | 191 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the differing levels of compliance with the 20-day deadline under the Freedom of InformationAct 2000 by central Government Departments during the last three months of 2005. | (88292) | 192 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1732W, on Freedom of Information, how many complaints (a) are outstanding and (b) have been outstanding for more than (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) over six months. | (88293) | 193 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she plans to make an announcement on the budget for the Information Commissioner's Office. | (88294) | 194 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve compliance with the 20-day response deadline under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | (88295) | 195 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average cost has been of answering (a) a Freedom of Information request and (b) a request under the Environmental Information Regulations. | (88296) | 196 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff members in her Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. | (88443) | 197 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many of her Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88456) | 198 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the reasons why the percentage of convictions in Crown courts which were successfully appealed against between 2000 and 2005 has increased. | (88497) | 199 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of defendants attending the Community Justice Centre in North Liverpool since May 2005 have (a) re-offended and (b) complied with their sentence. | (88501) | 200 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many defendants in rape trials were (a) acquitted and (b) convicted in each year since 1997, broken down by the (i) sex and (ii) age of the alleged victim. | (88502) | 201 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of magistrates recruited in each year since 1997 were (a) women, (b) black or from another ethnic minority, (c) registered disabled and (d) under 30 in each Courts Service region in (i) Wales and (ii) England. | (88505) | 202 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which (a) magistrates' courts, (b) Crown courts and (c) county courts have opened since 1995 in each parliamentary constituency. | (88506) | 203 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in her Department in each year since February 2004. | (88553) | 204 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, by which date the Government plans fully to implement proposals for Custody Plus. | (88711) | 205 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what her Department's expenditure was on legal aid for asylum and immigration cases in each year since 1997; and what the (a) budget allocation and (b) expenditure was on administration for such cases in 2005-06. | (88712) | 206 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the total cost was of legal aid provision for under 18 year olds who have sought to challenge anti-social behaviour orders in each year since their introduction. | (88713) | 207 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many solicitors in the London Borough of Southwark provide publicly-funded immigration work; and how many provided such work in (a) 1996, (b) 2001, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005. | (88954) | 208 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she had made of the impact of the change in the number of solicitors in the London Borough of Southwark who provide publicly-funded immigration work on those seeking specialist immigration advice. | (88955) | 209 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in which (a) (i) London and (ii) Metropolitan borough, (b) county and (c) unitary authority there has been a (A) reduction and (B) increase in the number of solicitors who provide publicly-funded immigration work since (1) 1997 and (2) 2001. | (88956) | 210 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people were sentenced to a term in prison by the family courts in each of the last five years, broken down by sex. | (88035) | 211 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many people were remanded in custody by the family courts in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) sex and (b) reason. | (88036) | 212 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the recommended ratio of councillor to electors is in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland. | (87748) | 213 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which 100 wards had the (a) highest and (b) lowest elector to councillor ratio in (i) Wales, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (87749) | 214 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in her Department in each month since March 2005. | (88757) | 215 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Secretary of State last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed. | (88773) | 216 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (89001) | 217 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which IT contracts awarded by her Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (89002) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 218 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid to her Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89008) | 219 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what (a) process and (b) criteria the Government and Sport England will allocate funds for improving Great Britian's and Northern Ireland's potential medal performance in the 2012 Olympics between clubs and associations. | (88247) | 220 | Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made against the objective of providing an ethical Olympic games in 2012; and if she will make a statement. | (88209) | 221 | Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what training is being provided to enable local people to gain access to construction jobs created by the Olympic developments; what steps she has taken to encourage contractors to provide (a) jobs and (b) apprenticeships for local people; and if she will make a statement. | (88210) | 222 | Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are being put in place in the procurement process for the Olympics to ensure private companies comply with good employment practices. | (88211) | 223 N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will introduce a scheme to exempt those staying in respite care from the need to purchase a television licence in addition to the one purchased for their home. | (87418) | 224 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88476) | 225 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to involve women in the delivery of the 2012 Olympics. | (88202) | 226 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Football Association Premier League on ticket pricing. | (88207) | 227 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers the Government has to control online advertising of (a) online and (b) casino gambling; and if she will make a statement. | (88842) | 228 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to extend the Community Development Fund beyond its initial three year period. | (88893) | 229 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been allocated in grants from the Community Development Fund; and which sports have received an allocation. | (88894) | 230 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what evaluation procedures are planned in respect of the delivery of the UK School Games by the Youth Sports Trust; and if she will make a statement. | (88895) | 231 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has held with the Treasury on the taxation regime for online gambling; and if she will make a statement. | (89085) | 232 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Waveney of 24th April 2006, Official Report, column 351 on Arts Council (Jazz Funding), what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the rescheduling of jazz music on Smooth FM on the listenership of that genre; and if she will make a statement. | (89097) | 233 | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to raise the permitted level of stakes and prizes for category C gaming machines. | (88225) | 234 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conditions were attached by the donor when Portchester Castle was given to the nation in 1974; and whether these conditions have been varied at any time. | (87742) | 235 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of public libraries were classed as of (a) good and (b) excellent standard in each year since 1997. | (87016) | 236 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria are used to determine the quality of public libraries. | (87017) | 237 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the United Kingdom Government has to establish a cultural agreement with India; and with which countries the United Kingdom Government has established a cultural agreement. | (87616) | 238 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget has been available to museums for acquisitions in each year since 1980. | (87617) | 239 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed in her Department in each year since 1997. | (87618) | 240 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the percentage of revenue savings through efficiency savings required from museums in the next financial year. | (87619) | 241 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the change was in funding to museums in each year since 1997 (a) without taking inflation into account and (b) taking inflation into account. | (87620) | 242 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of visitors to (a) the Avebury monuments, (b) Bowood House, (c) Corsham Court, (d) Lacock Abbey, (e) Iford Manor, (f) Longleat, (g) Stourhead, (h) Old Wardour Castle and (i) Silbury Hill in each year since 1997. | (88242) | 243 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussion took place between her Department and the BBC about the decision not to renew the contract for renewal and purchase of television licences supplied at post offices. | (87429) | 244 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88458) | 245 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in her Department by year since February 2004. | (88559) | 246 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by the UK Film Council in (a) south east England, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) West Sussex in each of the last five years; and which projects have been supported. | (88041) | 247 N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the grant-in-aid to Arts Council England was allocated to theatre between 1997 and 2005. | (87012) | 248 N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Arts Council England allocation to subsidised theatre between 1997 and 2005 was paid to (a) actors, (b) musicians and (c) writers. | (87013) | 249 N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from (a) theatre managers, (b) orchestras and (c) entertainment trade unions regarding the impact of the comprehensive spending review on theatre between 2008 and 2011. | (87014) | 250 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on market share of UK-based gambling and betting businesses of their effective regulation. | (88825) | 251 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account was taken of the Jockey Club's financial position in proposals to transfer functions to the new Horserace Regulatory Authority. | (88829) | 252 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Horserace Betting Levy with EU legislation. | (88830) | 253 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Horserace Betting Levy on the sale of media rights by racecourses. | (88831) | 254 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will announce her decision on the future of the Horserace Betting Levy after 2009; and if she will make a statement. | (88832) | 255 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has reviewed the conclusions of the regulatory impact assessment of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004. | (88833) | 256 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward measures to vary the provisions of the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 as it relates to the Horserace Betting Levy. | (88834) | 257 | Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether stakes and prize levels for category C gaming machines are being re-considered. | (88009) | 258 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initial assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Chance to Shine campaign; and if she will extend similar schemes to other sports. | (87624) | 259 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what investigations her Department is undertaking into the football transfer market; and when they will report. | (87627) | 260 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for lottery funding have been made by the Youth Charter organisation in the past five years; and how many such applications have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful. | (87974) | 261 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the monthly peak construction costs for the building of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games sites. | (87814) | 262 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment of contamination in the Olympic Park and surrounding Lea Valley area has been undertaken; what the findings were; and what remedial action is being taken. | (87815) | 263 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of (a) security during construction of the Olympic Park in each year to 2012 and (b) security during the Olympic Games. | (87816) | 264 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that proprietors of homes in multiple dwelling units are informed of the necessary steps to upgrade their properties to receive digital television. | (87817) | 265 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the National Landlords Association and (b) the National Housing Federation since 2001 on the provision of digital television services to tenants in private accommodation. | (87818) | 266 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage private landlords to upgrade their properties to provide digital television services to their tenants. | (87819) | 267 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that digital services are accessible from new-build housing in the Government's growth areas. | (87820) | 268 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance she has issued on digital switchover for landlords and local authorities; and if she will include information on integrated reception systems in future guidance to landlords. | (87822) | 269 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to support the use of integrated reception systems to provide digital services in multiple dwelling units. | (87823) | 270 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has set up a specialist unit within the Department to oversee the Olympic Games. | (87824) | 271 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties (a) owned and (b) managed by the National Trust (i) she, (ii) the Minister for Sport, (iii) the Minister for Culture and (iv) the Minister for Media and Tourism has visited in an official capacity in the last five years. | (87825) | 272 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes have been made to the initial Olympic Park plans to meet security requirements. | (87827) | 273 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) arrangements have been made and (b) mode of transportation will be used to deliver raw materials to the Olympic Park. | (87828) | 274 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with other Government Departments on co-ordinating other large construction projects during the construction of the Olympic Park; and if she will make a statement. | (87829) | 275 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are for the use of (a) the Olympic Stadium and (b) other Olympic facilities after the Olympic Games have finished; and when she expects formal agreements on this to be finalised. | (87830) | 276 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the project to bury the underground power lines at the Olympic Park; what lessons have been learned from the project; and if she will make a statement. | (88222) | 277 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to redirect sewerage services at the site of the Olympic Park and the Lea Valley area during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. | (88510) | 278 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visitors to publicly-funded museums in London there were in each year since 1997. | (87777) | 279 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on the Brent economy when Wembley Stadium opens. | (87784) | 280 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in her Department in each month since March 2005. | (88747) | 281 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met her Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88774) | 282 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (89000) | 283 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which IT contracts awarded by her Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (89038) | 284 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the transmitter upgrade timetable is for digital switchover in Wales. | (88858) | 285 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) television transmitters and (b) relay stations there are in (i) Ceredigion, (ii) Wales and (iii) the UK. | (88859) | 286 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists visited England in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | (89064) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 287 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people injured or killed in Iraq in the last 12 months for (a) wearing shorts, (b) wearing jeans, (c) wearing hair gels and similar products, (d) not wearing a hijab, (e) having a goatee beard, (f) wearing a necklace and (g) using a cell phone in public. | (88540) | 288 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the numbers of insurgents entering Iraq from (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Iran since March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | (88541) | 289 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent of Turkish military activity in Northern Iraq in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | (88542) | 290 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89019) | 291 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Defence Export Services Organisation in 2006-07. | (88685) | 292 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88475) | 293 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how compensation for service personnel dismissed from the armed forces on the grounds of sexuality is assessed; and if he will make a statement. | (87789) | 294 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been sacked from the armed forces on the grounds of their sexuality since the first year for which figures are available; how many have been compensated; what the (a) highest and (b) average amount of compensation is; how many whose cases have not yet been determined remain to be compensated; how many have had compensation refused; how many were denied compensation on a Limitation Act 1980 based defence; and if he will make a statement. | (87790) | 295 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure there has been on preparatory (a) studies and (b) infrastructure development on a replacement for the Trident nuclear system. | (86947) | 296 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of UK troops making up part of the proposed UN force in Sudan. | (88614) | 297 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2006, Official Report, column 896W, on the Combined Services Detained Interrogation Centre, when he expects to be able to write to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South. | (88236) | 298 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 209W, on Colombia, what his assessment is of the current level of risk to UK personnel involved in the bespoke counter narcotics training provided to Colombian law enforcement agencies. | (88237) | 299 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 209W, on Colombia, what account is taken of the wishes of foreign governments in decisions on whether to disclose information relating to the secondment of British personnel to that country in relation to the provision of (a) training, (b) operational support and (c) expert advice. | (88349) | 300 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security; and if he will make a statement. | (88350) | 301 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the security services have access to high-resolution (a) aerial and (b) satellite photography of domestic English properties and English landscapes. | (88411) | 302 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fire appliances the armed forces own, broken down by age; and how many could be used to provide emergency fire cover for the general population in the event of a strike by fire fighters. | (88723) | 303 N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a review of the Defence Planning Assumptions will be conducted before the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review. | (87182) | 304 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Answer of 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 506W, on Veterans, what percentage of Service leavers used the Career Transition Partnership upon leaving each of the Armed Services in the last period for which figures are available. | (89021) | 305 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Answer of 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 506W, on Veterans, what the employment rates were for veterans (a) one month, (b) six months and (c) one year after leaving each of the services, broken down by age cohort in the last period for which figures are available. | (89022) | 306 N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many designated dangerous areas the Kosovo Protection Corps cleared in each year since 2003; how many of the areas contained (a) cluster munitions and (b) BL-755 cluster munitions; how many designated dangerous areas remain to be cleared; and how many known locations of ordnance contamination remain to be cleared in Kosovo which are not within designated dangerous areas. | (87834) | 307 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) Brimstone and (b) Maverick anti-armour missile system meets in full the RAF's anti-armour requirements. | (87835) | 308 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average response time has been for Joint Personnel Administration pay claims since the system was implemented. | (88101) | 309 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has taken to address data errors transferred from legacy systems to the Joint Personnel Administration system. | (88102) | 310 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to minimise input errors in the operation of the Joint Personnel Administration system. | (88103) | 311 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average response time has been to complaints made through the I-Query service for the Joint Personnel Administration system since the system was implemented. | (88104) | 312 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army reservists have been deployed on active service overseas in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of the total number of Army reserve forces that figure represented in each year. | (88105) | 313 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether defence integrity pacts are applied to all defence procurements. | (88106) | 314 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidelines have been given to members of UK armed forces in their dealings with private military companies in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan contracted by (i) coalition states and (ii) non-governmental organisations. | (88107) | 315 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to establish (a) operating standards and (b) licensing controls for the regulation of private military companies. | (88108) | 316 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency to meet the key targets for delivery of joint personnel administration. | (88160) | 317 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on joint personnel administration; and what the overall costs of the programme are expected to be. | (88161) | 318 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel were affected by pay inaccuracies in June 2006. | (88162) | 319 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel have been (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid under the joint personnel administration system since March 2006. | (88163) | 320 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time staff are employed on the joint personnel administration helpdesk. | (88164) | 321 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the regulations relating to the disposal of drop tanks fitted to surplus military aircraft have been amended since 2000. | (88741) | 322 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military aircraft have been disposed of since 1999; and what action was taken to de-militarise the unit in each case. | (88742) | 323 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received on the extent to which surplus military equipment disposed of to non-governmental purchasers has been (a) exported and (b) used in hostilities overseas. | (88743) | 324 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the rules relating to the disposal of military equipment to non-government purchasers. | (88744) | 325 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he maintains a register of non-governmental buyers of surplus military equipment. | (88745) | 326 N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) UN peacekeeping troops and (b) NATO operationally deployed troops come from the British Armed Forces. | (87269) | 327 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff members in his Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. | (88447) | 328 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. | (88563) | 329 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for release of service records from the Second World War his Department has received since 1997; and how many such applications have been successful. | (89083) | 330 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to ensure consistency in decision-making when considering whether to release service records following an application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | (89106) | 331 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces who were dismissed on the grounds of their sexuality are yet to receive compensation. | (87956) | 332 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel serving in Iraq have been diagnosed with a mental health condition since British forces were committed to the country. | (88042) | 333 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who have served in Iraq have been invalided out of the forces on grounds of mental illness. | (88043) | 334 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are receiving treatment for mental illness in (a) independent, (b) NHS and (c) Ministry of Defence medical establishments. | (88044) | 335 N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the aims are of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Basra; and what he expects the Team to achieve. | (87188) | 336 | John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visits by Cabinet colleagues to soldiers in hospital as a result of injuries sustained in overseas missions his Department facilitated in 2006. | (87973) | 337 | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average annual pension payment was received by Gurkhas in each year since 1997. | (88795) | 338 | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average annual pension payment was received by retired British soldiers in each year since 1997. | (88796) | 339 | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the average total pension payments received by (a) a Gurkha soldier and (b) a retired British soldier during his lifetime. | (88797) | 340 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Army to undertake its peacekeeping roles effectively. | (88806) | 341 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to (a) procure more helicopters for and (b) employ more pilots in the Army. | (88807) | 342 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Royal Navy has a sufficient presence in the Mediterranean Sea to evacuate British citizens from Lebanon. | (88828) | 343 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British evacuation force in Lebanon will offer assistance to other countries that wish to evacuate their citizens. | (88918) | 344 | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 210W, on the defence food supply contract, what percentage of the meat supplied to British troops under the contract is from British farms. | (88610) | 345 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Minister for Veterans will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 31st May 2006 (Ref: 03319/2006). | (87936) | 346 N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which NATO members require their troops to pay income tax when they are on active service. | (87913) | 347 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to compensate and support small and medium-sized enterprises with key members of staff serving as called up reservists fulfilling long-term postings; and if he will make a statement. | (87914) | 348 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government has paid any reparation to the Canadian government following the fire aboard the HMCS Chicoutimi and the subsequent rescue mission. | (88705) | 349 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government has paid any reparation to the Canadian government in relation to the four Upholder class submarines that were found to be damaged upon delivery to the Canadian Forces Maritime Command. | (88706) | 350 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88769) | 351 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed. | (88775) | 352 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88998) | 353 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88999) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 354 N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) US Government officials and (b) industry representatives he met during his recent visit to Texas and the USA. | (87623) | 355 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he has held meetings with representatives of companies or consortia on the shortlist for the contract as the Olympic Delivery Authority Deliver Partner; which companies or consortia partners he has met; what the location was of each meeting; what was discussed at each meeting; and if he will make a statement. | (88229) | 356 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what telephone conversations he has had since 1997 with (a) casino operators, (b) Anschutz Entertainment Group, (c) Mr Anschutz and (d) companies with interests in a casino licence in the UK; and what topics were discussed in each case. | (87831) | 357 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the hospitality he has received whilst abroad since 1997. | (88221) | 358 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his responsibilities are in relation to Government policy on post offices; what recent work he has undertaken in respect of this responsibility; and what meetings he has attended within the past two months relating to post offices. | (88625) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 359 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89016) | 360 N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital expenditure there has been on schools which come under York Local Education Authority in each year since 1986. | (86524) | 361 N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much per child was spent on (a) (i) pre-school, (ii) primary school and (iii) 11 to 16 year old secondary school pupils in York schools and (b) sixth formers (A) in York schools and (B) at York College in each year since 1996-97 (1) in cash and (2) at current prices. | (86525) | 362 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many A level students were taught their subjects by teachers whom hold a degree qualification in that subject in the 2005-06 academic year. | (87952) | 363 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the introduction of life skills into the National Curriculum. | (87953) | 364 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the level of testing in schools; and if he will make a statement. | (87954) | 365 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many newly qualified teachers obtained employment in full-time teaching positions in schools related to the subject in which they trained in 2006. | (87955) | 366 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advisory support services (a) are provided by his Department and (b) the Department funds the voluntary and community sector which offer information and support to children identified as having communication disabilities. | (87151) | 367 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing a national delivery model for schools and other educational settings to support children's speech and language development. | (87152) | 368 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of speech and language skills in England; and if he will make a statement. | (87153) | 369 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have completed the Certificate of Financial Skills in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (87768) | 370 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors were taken into account by the Learning and Skills Council in its decision not to fund the Certificate of Financial Skills. | (87769) | 371 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of students left (a) university and (b) Russell group universities before completion of their course in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (88590) | 372 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average percentage of students left non-Russell group universities before completion of their course in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (88591) | 373 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education leavers went on to higher education in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (88690) | 374 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88474) | 375 | John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the Sure Start schemes in Easington constituency; and what plans he has for the future of Sure Start in Easington. | (87862) | 376 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships are being undertaken, broken down by responsible sector skills councils. | (88203) | 377 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) age profile, (b) sex profile and (c) success rate is of individuals who are undertaking modern apprenticeship schemes. | (88204) | 378 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to use the Olympics as a way of encouraging more women into the construction sector. | (88205) | 379 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the participants in the Skills for Life strategy are (a) male and (b) female. | (88244) | 380 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities are expected to conclude new private finance initiative contracts in 2006-07. | (88669) | 381 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many modern apprenticeships have been undertaken in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last eight years. | (88380) | 382 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will undertake (a) an assessment of and (b) public consultation upon the merits of measures to ban the smacking of children by their parents. | (87807) | 383 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of 15 year olds achieved (a) five or more, (b) seven or more and (c) nine or more A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent in each year since 1996. | (87895) | 384 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and Capita Strategic Education Services for the purposes of delivering the Primary National Strategy. | (88354) | 385 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which directorate in his Department has overall responsibility for overseeing the contract for the Primary National Strategy. | (88355) | 386 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff within his Department have duties involving overseeing the contract for the Primary National Strategy. | (88356) | 387 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are employed by (a) his Department and (b) Capita Strategic Education Services for the purposes of the review of the Primary National Strategy frameworks for teaching mathematics and literacy. | (88357) | 388 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of contracts tendered by his Department were awarded to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries in each of the past five years. | (88358) | 389 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools will (i) start construction and (ii) be completed in each of the next three financial years under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what proportion of those schools will be (A) new build and (B) refurbished or remodelled. | (89104) | 390 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the condition of school premises. | (89116) | 391 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of outstanding repairs to school buildings identified by the 2005 Asset Management Survey; and when he will publish the full results of that survey. | (89117) | 392 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the value was of outstanding repairs to school buildings in each year since 2002; and what proportion of this repair work has since been carried out. | (89118) | 393 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July 2006, Official Report, column 308W, on Buddhism, what factors were taken into account in including the Network of Buddhist Organisations on his list of consultees; what other Buddhist organisations are included on the list; and if he will make a statement. | (88724) | 394 | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to reply to question (a) 81111 and (b) 81112, on tuition fees, tabled by the hon. Member for Fareham on 26th June for answer on 29th June. | (88219) | 395 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average number of teachers who regularly watch Teachers TV; and what the annual cost was of Teachers TV since its inception. | (89100) | 396 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Teachers TV service; and if he will make a statement. | (89101) | 397 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88453) | 398 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in each year since February 2004. | (88557) | 399 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the creation of a gifted pupils' register; and what assessment he has made of the merits of such a proposal. | (86950) | 400 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the role of helplines in the provision of services for children and young people who run away; and what plans he has to extend that role. | (88937) | 401 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the teaching of music A level; and if he will make a statement. | (88010) | 402 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department takes to ensure that private and boarding schools teach sex education appropriately and sufficiently. | (88116) | 403 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department takes to ensure that private schools teach religious studies appropriately. | (88117) | 404 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department takes to ensure that homophobic bullying in (a) boarding and (b) private schools is properly addressed. | (88118) | 405 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure the preservation of the ethos of religious schools when the provisions in the Education and Inspections Act 2006 which replace external advisers appointed by a school's governing body with a Schools Improvement Inspector appointed by the local authority come into force. | (88598) | 406 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will bring forward measures to enable any charitable organisation run by a minority philosophical faith group, or groups, whose schools do not receive government funding due to their small size to set up a single academy with the power to manage multiple schools affiliated to that academy. | (88599) | 407 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what training teachers receive on how to deal with children with (a) special educational needs and (b) communication disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | (87960) | 408 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to ensure that local authority provision for children with special educational needs is dependent on need rather than local budgetary or resource considerations; and if he will make a statement. | (87961) | 409 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned on the link between communication disabilities and literacy difficulties in primary school children; and if he will make a statement. | (87962) | 410 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the relationship between a child's home learning environment and literacy and communication skills. | (87963) | 411 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on the Integrated Children's System database; and how much is budgeted for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | (88019) | 412 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what training staff in Sure Start projects are expected to have regarding identifying people with mental health problems and dealing with them appropriately. | (88020) | 413 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what improvements have been made to drugs education in schools since the re-classification of cannabis. | (88021) | 414 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is followed when Asian children are placed for fostering or adoption with other Asian families from different religious backgrounds. | (88022) | 415 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how he plans to collect data on performance against national targets for (a) eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and (b) take-up of sporting opportunities by 5 to 16 year olds. | (88045) | 416 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how other practitioners will be prevented from accessing the restricted parts of the form where a parent or young person has given consent only for part at a common assessment framework submission to be shared; and how notice of a restriction will be signalled. | (88047) | 417 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how he expects that local authorities will collect data linked to the five outcomes in Every Child Matters when assessing targets and public service agreements; and on what databases that information will be stored. | (88048) | 418 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what happens to the written submissions by agencies involved in children's services made under the Common Assessment Framework. | (88049) | 419 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the paperwork produced when a practitioner carries out a Common Assessment Framework assessment on a child will be submitted direct to the Integrated Children's System. | (88050) | 420 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures are followed when two or more practitioners want to share the contents of a Common Assessment Framework. | (88051) | 421 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have opted out of collective worship in schools in (a) Surrey and (b) England in each year since 1997. | (88722) | 422 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to inform parents of the possible risks of allowing their children to use the internet unsupervised. | (88802) | 423 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children receive school dinners; and how many in each category received school dinners on the same date in 2005. | (88803) | 424 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to reduce the level of post-graduate debt. | (88805) | 425 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed reform of the secondary education system on the number of jobs in the sector. | (88808) | 426 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2005, Official Report, column 392W, on National Vocational Qualifications, how many National Vocational Qualifications were awarded in food preparation and cooking in 2005-06. | (88839) | 427 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to teach children about the possible risks of using the internet. | (88844) | 428 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of illegal knives being carried in secondary schools. | (89032) | 429 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if his Department will encourage the Sector Skills Development Agency (a) to include accountancy within the Financial Services Skills Council remit and (b) to ensure accounting is covered by the Skills for Business Network. | (88634) | 430 | Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 13th June 2006, Official Report, columns 1101-2W, on selective mutism, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that education experts and schools are aware of the video, DVD and accompanying book on selective mutism. | (88605) | 431 | Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department, executive agencies, local authorities and individual schools are required to take to (a) fund and (b) provide advice and assistance in relation to selective mutism. | (88732) | 432 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects schools in Brent to receive funding from the Building Schools for the Future programme. | (87782) | 433 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Department plans to publish a National Behaviour Charter of Responsibilities and Rights as recommended in the report of the Practitioners' Group on school behaviour and discipline chaired by Sir Alan Steer. | (88622) | 434 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether academies are subject to the same rules as maintained schools regarding competitive tendering. | (89050) | 435 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers employed in primary schools qualified via (a) a teaching degree, (b) a one year post-graduate certificate in education course and (c) other methods in each of the last five years. | (89051) | 436 | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in which locations the enterprise summer school pathfinders will be held; how many pupils have agreed to attend; which business representatives have agreed to attend; what the curriculum will be; what proportion of total teaching hours will be taught by business representatives; and what the total cost will be. | (88096) | 437 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88770) | 438 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he last met his Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88776) | 439 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88996) | 440 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88997) | 441 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what organistional structures his Department supports in developing the proposals in Every Child Matters; and if he will make a statement. | (87359) | 442 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish the most recent review of the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency. | (87360) | 443 | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of abuse of children in the home which is committed by (a) men and (b) women; and what assessment has been made of the extent to which such abuse involves (i) a step-parent and (ii) someone in a transient relationship with the child. | (88628) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 444 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) garden and (b) kitchen waste was collected by local authorities in each year since 2000. | (87160) | 445 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the barriers to the use of (a) home composters for garden waste and (b) food waste digesters for kitchen waste. | (87161) | 446 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of use of (a) home composters for garden waste and (b) food waste digesters for kitchen waste. | (87162) | 447 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the use of (a) home composters for garden waste and (b) food waste digesters for kitchen waste. | (87163) | 448 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89005) | 449 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made of the flood defence systems in Robertsbridge, East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | (86887) | 450 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to limit the amount of waste that goes to landfill. | (88903) | 451 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 20 local councils recycled the greatest quantity of one or more recyclable materials in 2005-06. | (88904) | 452 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October 2005, Official Report, column 680-5W, on fly-tipping, if he will provide the most recent information he has in the same format; and if he will make a statement. | (88826) | 453 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was originally budgeted for the transition of English Nature, the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency into Natural England; and if he will make a statement. | (88684) | 454 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the restructuring of English Nature, Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency to create Natural England cost in each year since 2003. | (88692) | 455 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid to external consultants in establishing Natural England in each year since 2003; and from which budgets the funding came. | (88697) | 456 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the residual budgets from English Nature, the Rural Development Service and the Countryside Agency will be carried forward into the budget of Natural England. | (88698) | 457 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88473) | 458 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has imposed additional emission controls on Ironbridge power station since it commenced generating electricity from co-incineration. | (88671) | 459 | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received regarding the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. | (87766) | 460 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what publicly-funded incentives exist for dairy farmers to set-up supplier co-operatives. | (87167) | 461 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of food consumed in the UK was produced in the UK in each year since 1997. | (88526) | 462 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average annual income was of (a) farms and (b) hill farms in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Cumbria, and (iii) Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year since 1997. | (88527) | 463 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of climate change for rural areas; and what plans his Department has to help areas to respond to these implications. | (88528) | 464 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets he has set for the number of authorised ship-breaking facilities to be established in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (88624) | 465 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average (a) farm gate and (b) retail price was of (i) one kilogram of (A) ham, (B) tomatoes, (C) strawberries, (D) apples, (E) grapes, (F) cheese, (G) chicken, (H) potatoes, (I) carrots, (J) lettuce, (K) spring onions and (L) beetroot, (ii) one pint of (A) milk, (B) cream and (C) yoghurt, (iii) one dozen eggs and (iv) one litre of English wine in each year since 1997, broken down by (1) organic and (2) conventionally produced foodstuffs. | (87437) | 466 | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support for growers of (a) miscanthus and (b) other energy crops will be provided after 31st July. | (88224) | 467 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) American pit bull terriers, (b) Staffordshire bull terriers and (c) American Staffordshire terriers are owned by residents in (i) the constituency of Hammersmith and Fulham and (ii) England; and if he will make a statement. | (88056) | 468 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88452) | 469 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in each year since February 2004. | (88556) | 470 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to prevent farmers labelling their meat as organic without complying with UK and EU regulations; how many farmers were found to be doing so in each year since 1997; what action was taken against them; what recent discussions the Government has had with the certification bodies for the organic sector on preventing such action; and if he will make a statement. | (88601) | 471 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many certification bodies are approved by his Department to inspect organic production and processing in the UK; and what checks are being made by his Department on these bodies to ensure that organic producers are complying with relevant UK and EU regulations. | (88603) | 472 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the overruns in the budget allocation for farming, food and rural affairs in 2006-07 following the problems at the Rural Payments Agency. | (88917) | 473 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Secretary of State has suggested to the Treasury that overruns resulting from problems at the Rural Payments Agency should be met from the Government's overall contingency reserve. | (88919) | 474 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the hon. Member for Reading West's Oral Answer of 20th July 2006, Official Report, column 445, on the Environment Agency (grant in aid), by what amount the Environment Agency has been asked to reduce its budget in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | (88920) | 475 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the budget for flood defences is to be changed; and if he will make a statement. | (88921) | 476 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been requested in the budget allocations for environmental budget lines in his Department. | (89033) | 477 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total volume of (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) other waste was in the Peterborough City Council area in each year since 1997; what this represents per head of population; and what proportion was (i) sent to landfill, (ii) incinerated and (iii) disposed of by other means in each case. | (88196) | 478 | Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will reply to the letter dated 5th June from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs D. Edwards. | (88721) | 479 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in (a) England, (b) Middlesbrough and (c) the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland have been (i) issued with a fixed penalty notice under section 47ZA and (ii) prosecuted under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for failing to meet their local authority's recycling requirements. | (87965) | 480 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on biodiversity of trends in the numbers of common species of moths. | (87966) | 481 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost was of the warm front and energy efficiency schemes in each year since 2000; and how much was spent on (a) grants, (b) promotion and advertising and (c) administration in each year. | (88891) | 482 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a copy of the noise map covering junctions 3 to 7 of the M40, drawn up to comply with European Directive 2002/49/EC. | (88316) | 483 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the responses to the consultation on proposals for transposition and implementation of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. | (88317) | 484 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria will be used to assess whether appropriate scientific data is available in relation to the field testing of products incorporating Genetic Use Restriction Technologies; and who will be responsible for making the assessment. | (88416) | 485 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) publish and (b) place in the Library the emerging research on the impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies that was considered at the Convention on Biological Diversity in March. | (88417) | 486 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria will be used to assess whether appropriate scientific assessment of the ecological and socio-economic impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies has been carried out; and who will make that decision. | (88418) | 487 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria will be used to determine that the conditions for the safe and beneficial use of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies have been validated; and who will make that decision. | (88419) | 488 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research the Government is (a) funding and (b) undertaking into the (i) ecological, (ii) economic, (iii) social and (iv) cultural impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies. | (88420) | 489 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in each year since 1997 under laws which have since been repealed, updated or replaced. | (88503) | 490 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fly-tipping incidents there were in (a) South East Cambridgeshire and (b) Cambridgeshire in each year since 2000, broken down by the nature of that waste. | (88926) | 491 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average age of farmers in England in each of the last 20 years. | (88927) | 492 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in (a) England and (b) each region have been prosecuted for the illegal (i) transport, (ii) deposit and (iii) storage of waste in each of the last three years; and what total amount was paid in fines in each year. | (88149) | 493 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) private citizens and (b) businesses in (i) England and (ii) each region have ben prosecuted for causing pollution from (A) septic tanks and (B) heating oil tanks in each of the last three years; and what the total amount paid out in fines in each category was in each year. | (88150) | 494 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the water quality of the (a) River Brent and (b) Welsh Harp reservoir in Brent. | (87785) | 495 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to EU directive 2002/96/EC, Article 4, what measures have been taken to encourage the design and production of electrical and electronic equipment which take into account and facilitate dismantling and recovery with particular reference to the reuse and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment, their components and materials. | (88582) | 496 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to EU directive 2002/96/EC, Article 5, what measures have been adopted in order (a) to minimise the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment as unsorted municipal waste and (b) to achieve a high level of separate collection of electrical and electronic equipment; and what systems have been set up to allow the final holders of waste electrical and electronic equipment to return it free of charge. | (88583) | 497 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met his Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88764) | 498 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88771) | 499 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful applications for the European Union's (a) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed designation, (b) Protected Geographical Indication designation and (c) Protected Designation of Origin status have been made by (i) the UK and (ii) each of the European Union Member States since the designation's inception. | (88777) | 500 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to encourage UK food producers to apply for the European Union's (a) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed designation and (b) Protected Designation of Origin status. | (88779) | 501 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications he has received for the European Union's (a) Protected Designation of Origin status, (b) Protected Geographical Indication designation and (c) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed designation for UK products in 2006; and how many he received in each of the last five years in each case. | (88780) | 502 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88992) | 503 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88993) | 504 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK applications for the European Union's (a) Protected Designation of Origin, (b) Protected Geographical Indication and (c) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed designation have been successful in each of the last five years. | (89059) | 505 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to encourage UK food producers to apply for the European Union's Protected Geographical Indication designation. | (89060) | 506 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for Transport, (b) local authorities, (c) the Scottish Executive and (d) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency regarding the ship-to-ship oil transfer planning application by Melbourne Marine Services in the Firth of Forth. | (89065) | 507 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of his Department's sustainable food and farming research budget has been spent in research establishments based in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | (88860) | 508 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of his Department's research and development budget has been spent on research establishments based in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | (88861) | 509 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Government research establishments funded by his Department are located in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland. | (88862) | 510 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) office management and services staff and (b) scientific staff are employed at each public sector research establishment funded by his Department. | (88863) | 511 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to implement the recommendations of the Final Report of the Research Council Institute and Public Sector Research Establishment Sustainability Study Steering Group. | (88864) | 512 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sites of special scientific interest there are in England; and if he will make a statement. | (89052) | 513 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of national park there are in England; and if he will make a statement. | (89053) | 514 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine nature reserves there are in England; and if he will make a statement. | (89054) | 515 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many national nature reserves there are in England; and if he will make a statement. | (89055) | 516 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many biosphere reserves there are in England; and if he will make a statement. | (89056) | 517 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) marine nature reserves, (b) national nature reserves, (c) national parks, (d) sites of special scientific interest, (e) biosphere reserves and (f) areas of outstanding natural beauty in England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | (89057) | 518 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many areas of outstanding natural beauty there are in (a) Wales and (b) England; and if he will make a statement. | (89058) | 519 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake (a) an assessment of and (b) a public consultation on the merits of (i) encouraging and (ii) requiring dogs to have identifying micro-chips implanted at birth for the purposes of improving animal welfare. | (87760) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 520 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of community-based media in Iraq; what her policy is on supporting and developing community-based media; and what monitoring of community-based media in Iraq is undertaken by her Department. | (88629) | 521 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Iraq-based web logs are monitored by her Department; what role web log monitoring and analysis has in (a) making policy decisions and (b) informing the Department of the views of Iraqi people on (i) the occupation, (ii) the ongoing violence and deaths of Iraqi civilians, (iii) the Iraqi government and (iv) the governments and policies of the occupying powers. | (88630) | 522 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) foreign and (b) domestic journalists have been killed in Iraq in each month since March 2003, broken down by nationality. | (88631) | 523 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was paid to her Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89020) | 524 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Department will reach a decision of the immigration application of Shaid Ian, ref: 3107 2668. | (88323) | 525 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans have been made to establish an EU mission in Kosovo; and what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on such a mission. | (87907) | 526 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans have been made for the phasing out of the UN mission in Kosovo. | (87908) | 527 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparations have been made to allow for contractual relations between Kosovo and the EU. | (87911) | 528 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to establish a European Commission office in Pristina; and if she will make a statement. | (87912) | 529 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with whom (a) she has and (b) officials from her Department have discussed the future of Ascension Island since 20th April. | (88699) | 530 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions are scheduled to take place, involving (a) her and (b) officials from her Department regarding Ascension Island; and with whom the discussions will be held. | (88700) | 531 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations she has received on the US-UK Extradition Treaty in 2006. | (88328) | 532 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88472) | 533 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her latest assessment is of the situation in Israel and Lebanon. | (87896) | 534 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on Iran's referral to the Security Council. | (87897) | 535 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on steps the Government is taking to try to bring an end to violence in the Middle East. | (87898) | 536 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the situation in Gaza. | (87899) | 537 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on new mechanisms for funding the Palestinians. | (87900) | 538 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will assess progress in the peace talks between the government of South Sudan, the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army; and whether the British Government has played a role in mediation between the parties. | (88109) | 539 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the UN and (b) the African Union Mission in Sudan on strategies to disarm the Janjawid. | (88110) | 540 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what investigations have been initiated to ascertain whether the allegations against peacekeepers in Gereida should be pursued. | (88111) | 541 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th May 2002, Official Report, column 625, on the drugs trade, when she will place in the Library the details of the Afghan poppy eradication programme, maps and a video. | (87747) | 542 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the Security Council to consider the proposed UN stabilisation force in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement. | (87755) | 543 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment had been made prior to 12th July of progress towards the general disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militia in Lebanon in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1559. | (88119) | 544 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the names are of the (a) Lebanese and (b) non-Lebanese militias within Lebanon that must be disarmed in accordance with Resolution 1559. | (88120) | 545 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the most recent assessment prior to 12th July was of (a) the size and active strength of the Hesbollah militia and (b) progress towards its disarmament. | (88121) | 546 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last discussion prior to 12th July took place between her Department and the government of Lebanon regarding the disarmament of Hesbollah in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1559; and if she will make a statement. | (88122) | 547 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when members of her Department or officials overseas last had contact with members of Hesbollah in Lebanon; with whom such contact took place; and if she will make a statement. | (88123) | 548 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the extent of Hesbollah involvement in terrorist activity was last reviewed; and what the finding of the review were. | (88125) | 549 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will arrange for a copy of the most recent report of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the implementation of UNSCR 1559 to be placed in the Library. | (88126) | 550 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the (a) scale and (b) nature of arms transfers from (i) Syria and (ii) Iran to Lebanese-based militias; and if she will make a statement. | (88127) | 551 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what form of support the UK Government has provided to the government of Lebanon over the last five years to the extension of the control of the government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory; and if she will make a statement. | (88128) | 552 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment had been made prior to 12th July 2006 of progress towards the extension of the control of the government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1559; and if she will make a statement. | (88129) | 553 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on the next financial grant to the British Council; and if she will make a statement. | (88061) | 554 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much her Department has paid to Hobsbawn and Macauley Communications for services in each year since 1997. | (88062) | 555 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of (a) commissioning and (b) implementing the new British Council logo. | (88063) | 556 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what employment policy is operated by the British Council. | (88064) | 557 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her UN counterparts about the appointment of an individual to coordinate aid, relief and security efforts in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement. | (88750) | 558 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK private security companies are operating in Iraq. | (87937) | 559 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many licences have been issued by the Ministry of Interior in Iraq to UK private security firms in each of the last 12 months. | (87938) | 560 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she plans to publish a White Paper on the regulation of UK private security companies operating abroad. | (87939) | 561 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she plans to introduce a register of private military companies operating out of the UK. | (87940) | 562 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd December 2005, Official Report, column 1387W, on private security companies, what legislation governs the conduct of the ArmorGroup and Control Risks Group operating on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office overseas. | (87941) | 563 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of her Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88454) | 564 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in her Department in each year since February 2004. | (88555) | 565 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives from the (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani governments regarding the Mumbai bombings. | (87969) | 566 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening Scholarships were awarded in each of the last three years. | (88002) | 567 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening Scholarships were awarded to students from (a) India, (b) Malaysia, (c) China, (d) Pakistan and (e) Korea in each of the last five years. | (88003) | 568 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships were awarded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country from which students obtaining such scholarships have come. | (88030) | 569 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July 2005, Official Report, column 1369W, on Burma; if she will confirm that processing of Burmese (i) uranium and (ii) antimony takes place in (A) China, (B) North Korea, (C) Russia and (D) elsewhere. | (88132) | 570 N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to promote human rights observance in China. | (88194) | 571 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on potential sanctions against North Korea. | (88804) | 572 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what date the Foreign Office expects to evacuate all British citizens from Lebanon who wish to leave the country. | (88827) | 573 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place between her Department and the Israeli authorities since the invasion of Lebanon. | (88387) | 574 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions her Department has taken to seek an end to Israeli military action in (a) Gaza and (b) Lebanon. | (88388) | 575 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian consequences in Gaza of (a) the withholding of the Palestinian tax revenue by Israel and (b) the suspension of international aid. | (88389) | 576 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the UK Government has had with (a) the Nigerian government and (b) the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Committee on the transparency of the forthcoming Nigerian presidential elections. | (88298) | 577 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Government plans to send monitors to the forthcoming Nigerian presidential elections. | (88299) | 578 | Kitty Ussher (Burnley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will call for an immediate ceasefire of Israeli attacks on Lebanon. | (88547) | 579 N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she plans to have with her counterpart in India about whether there are any security lessons that the UK can learn from the recent bombings in Mumbai, India. | (86885) | 580 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in her Department in each month since March 2005. | (88758) | 581 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed. | (88765) | 582 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88990) | 583 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which IT contracts awarded by her Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88991) | 584 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people from (a) Canada, (b) Australia, (c) New Zealand, (d) India, (e) Pakistan, (f) Malawi, (g) St Lucia, (h) Trinidad and Tobago, (i) Belize, (j) Jamaica and (k) Kenya have used UK consular facilities in the absence of their own in each of the last five years. | (89049) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 585 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at which locations her Department funds research into (a) understanding and (b) treatment of osteoarthritis; and if she will make a statement on the Government's strategy for researching osteoarthritis. | (88632) | 586 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid to her Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget she plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if she will make a statement. | (89007) | 587 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 2003 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on the use of drug-eluting coronary stent technology on (a) outcomes for patients and (b) repeat revascularisation procedures. | (87832) | 588 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the status of the review of guidance on the use of drug-eluting coronary stent technology; and if she will make a statement. | (87833) | 589 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed on girls aged (a) 10, (b) 11, (c) 12, (d) 13, (e) 14, (f) 15, (g) 16 and (h) 17 years of age in 2005; and how many were performed to save the life of the pregnant woman. | (88544) | 590 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of women having an abortion in 2005 were married at the time of the abortion; what the statistical mode figures were for (a) the age of the woman, (b) the gestation of the pregnancy, (c) the number of previous children born to the woman and (d) the number of previous abortions undergone by the woman; and what the most common legal grounds were under which the abortion was performed. | (88545) | 591 | Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in (a) Essex and (b) Bedford and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority had an abortion in 2005 who already had had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three, (iv) four and (v) five or more previous abortions. | (88546) | 592 | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated research into the safe level of hydrogen peroxide in teeth-whitening treatments. | (88052) | 593 | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with interested parties on proposals from the European Commission to raise the safe level of hydrogen peroxide in over-the-counter teeth-whitening treatments from 0.1 per cent. to 6 per cent. | (88053) | 594 N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital expenditure there has been at York hospital in each year since 1996-97; and what new facilities and equipment were purchased with the expenditure in each year. | (86522) | 595 N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical, (b) nursing and (c) other professional staff were employed by York NHS Trust and NHS primary care services in Selby and York in 1996-97; and how many in each category are employed by York Hospital and Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT), including the mental health services staff transferred from the hospital to the PCT. | (86523) | 596 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS general dental practices in Selby and York Primary Care Trust area (a) have agreed, (b) are in dispute over and (c) have declined to agree to the new NHS dental contract; whether the practices which have declined the new contract will continue to treat NHS patients; how many NHS patients are treated by each such practice; and if she will make a statement. | (88346) | 597 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are registered with NHS general dental practitioners in Selby and York primary care trust area; and how many were registered in each of the previous 10 years. | (88347) | 598 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid by the NHS to general dental practioners in Selby and York in each year since 1996-97 (a) in total and (b) on average per NHS dentist. | (88348) | 599 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children have been on Selby and York Primary Care Trust's waiting list for registering with an NHS dentist in each month since the list was established. | (88359) | 600 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been (a) deregistered and (b) newly registered with NHS dentists in Selby and York Primary Care Trust in each month since July 2004. | (88360) | 601 | Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the cases brought against chiropodists by the Health Professions Council resulted in guilty verdicts in each year since it was established. | (88363) | 602 | Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases brought against chiropodists by the Health Professions Council have resulted in compensation being paid to the chiropodist because of a spurious complaint. | (88364) | 603 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effects of treating children with speech and language difficulties in (a) inclusive settings and (b) on a one-to-one basis; and if she will make a statement. | (87150) | 604 | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost in a year to the economy of myalgic encephalomyelitis; and how much was spent on health services for myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers in the last period for which figures are available. | (88343) | 605 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress in approving the Broomfield Hospital private finance initiative scheme; and when approval is expected to be given. | (86036) | 606 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) number of prescription items and (b) prescription expenditure was for anti-depressant drugs in 2005; and what the percentage change was between (i) 1985 and 1995, (ii) 1995 and 2005 and (iii) 1985 and 2005. | (88509) | 607 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes (a) exceeded, (b) met, (c) almost met and (d) failed to meet (i) the national minimum standard for complaints procedures and (ii) Regulation (A) 5 and (B) 6 of the Care Homes Regulations 2001 in 2005-06. | (88511) | 608 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the average amount spent on hospital food per patient per day in 2005-06; and whether a central assessment has been made of variation in spending in each region. | (88516) | 609 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of total patient main meals in hospitals were represented by untouched meals in 2005-06. | (88517) | 610 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HIV tests in each genito-urinary medicine clinic in each London strategic health authority were (a) offered and (b) taken in 2005. | (88521) | 611 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2005, Official Report, columns 1151-2W, on NHS trusts (final accounts), what the equivalent figures are for 2005-06. | (88523) | 612 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatric trainees undertook psychotherapy training in 2005; and if she will make a statement. | (88524) | 613 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care beds were available on average in 2005-06; and what the average occupancy rates were. | (88525) | 614 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS organisations were in deficit in 2005-06; and what the level of deficit was in each case. | (88551) | 615 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes for older people (a) exceeded, (b) met, (c) almost met and (d) failed to meet (i) Standard 12 and (ii) Standard 15 of the National Minimum Standards in 2005-06. | (88836) | 616 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate for influenza vaccinations was in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust in London in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | (88837) | 617 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to strengthen the International Humanitarian and Health Work Toolkit to increase the amount of humanitarian work that NHS staff undertake abroad. | (88900) | 618 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to Question 22980, tabled by the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam on 25th October 2005, on NHS organisations' financial recovery plans. | (88901) | 619 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cumulative breakeven position was in 2005 for each NHS organisation in London as reported in the final accounts of National Health Service trusts. | (88962) | 620 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency re-admissions there were in each quarter in 2005; and how many were of people aged (a) 0 to 10, (b) 11 to 18, (c) 19 to 65, (d) 66 to 75 and (e) over 75. | (88964) | 621 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse reaction reports were received through the yellow card reporting system for (a) all anti-psychotic drugs, (b) traditional anti-psychotic drugs and (c) atypical anti-psychotic drugs in 2005; and how many prescriptions there were for each type of drug for those aged (i) 50 to 64, (ii) 65 to 74 and (iii) 75 years and over. | (88965) | 622 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken since October 2005 to ensure that free, fresh, chilled drinking water is available to all care home residents throughout the day. | (88966) | 623 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were not used to collect medicines in each of the last five years for which records are available. | (87772) | 624 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has undertaken to establish the principle reasons for prescriptions not being used by patients. | (87773) | 625 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the percentage of people earning less than £10,000 who are eligible for free prescriptions. | (87774) | 626 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of free prescriptions were provided under each type of exemption in each of the last three years. | (87775) | 627 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether individual primary care trusts have any freedom to establish prescription charges on services that are provided free-of-charge nationally. | (88279) | 628 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is earmarked for the diagnosis and treatment of autism in adults in 2006-07. | (88686) | 629 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on drugs for NHS (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients in each of the last five years. | (88694) | 630 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts charge (a) day surgery and (b) accident and emergency patients for prescriptions. | (88695) | 631 | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in (a) Heswall and (b) Wirral South have ceased to provide NHS dental services since April. | (89082) | 632 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88471) | 633 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to extend the provision of secure special hospital beds. | (88938) | 634 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of a new secure special hospital. | (88939) | 635 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of (a) secure and (b) other residential mental health treatment in each of the last three years. | (88940) | 636 | John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital expenditure there has been at (a) Sunderland Royal, Hartlepool University and (b) Durham University Hospital in each year since 1997. | (87863) | 637 | John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) residential and (b) inpatient specialist drug treatment rehabilitation places there are in the northern region; and where each centre is located. | (87864) | 638 | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests are used to determine whether a patient is in the (a) mild, (b) moderate and (c) severe stages of Alzheimer's; and how each stage is medically differentiated. | (88639) | 639 N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she made of clinical care following the death of Peter Halley of Southend-on-Sea at Southend Hospital on 14th May 2004; and what existing policies were amended as a result. | (87946) | 640 N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where within the NHS the on-call doctor at Southend Hospital with responsibility for the treatment of Peter Halley of Southend-on-Sea following admission on 7th May 2004 now works. | (87947) | 641 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what impairment values were being carried on NHS trust balance sheets (a) in aggregate and (b) broken down by NHS trust at (i) 31st March 2005 and (ii) 31st March 2006. | (88670) | 642 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average waiting time was for low vision assessments in (a) primary care trusts and (b) social services departments in (i) England and (ii) Shropshire in the last period for which figures are available. | (88672) | 643 | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) primary care trusts and (b) social services departments provide emotional support services for patients in Shropshire at the time of sight loss. | (88673) | 644 | Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information she has received on the results of the recent clinical Meso1 drug trials for the treatment of Mesothelioma. | (88297) | 645 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster are eligible for free prescriptions. | (88381) | 646 | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received regarding proposed service provision changes at (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and (c) Bexley Care Trust. | (87767) | 647 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capital underspend was for the NHS in 2005-06; and whether her Department plans to redirect the underspend to health authorities with financial deficits. | (87114) | 648 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer parliamentary written questions (a) 82270, (b) 82271, (c) 82272 and (d) 82273, on telephones in hospitals, tabled by the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale for answer on 3rd July. | (87142) | 649 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all ambulance trusts meet national response time requirements. | (88532) | 650 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress she has made in implementing the recommendations of the 2002 Royal College of Physicians working party on isolated acute medical services. | (88533) | 651 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was given to each mental health care trust in each of the last five years. | (88656) | 652 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients within the Coastal Primary Care Trust and East Kent Hospital Trust areas are awaiting (a) assessment and (b) fitting of hearing aids for the first time. | (87266) | 653 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the East Kent Hospital Trust will switch to the exclusive fitting of digital hearing aids. | (87267) | 654 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many audiology posts are unfilled in England. | (87268) | 655 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2098W, on the Healthcare Commission, when she expects to publish regulations to transfer the regulation of controlled drugs to the Healthcare Commission; and what consultation is planned prior to the publication of such regulations. | [R] (87737) | 656 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the acute hospital trusts which experienced a budget deficit in 2005-06 have plans (a) to recover the whole of the deficit, (b) to recover more than 50 per cent. of the deficit, (c) to recover less than 50 per cent. of the deficit and (d) to recover little or none of the deficit but achieve a balanced budget within the 2006-07 financial year; and what the amount of deficit incurred in 2005-06 was in each case. | (88271) | 657 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July to Question 81980, on elective procedures, what (a) approach and (b) actions her Department will take in respect of those trusts which fail to secure or secure a very small proportion of their elective procedures through the independent sector. | (88272) | 658 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July to Question 82500, on NHS performance, what the impact was of each of the factors listed in the original question on the resource allocation of each primary care trust. | (88273) | 659 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions are available to her Department to ensure that trusts which have a substantial deficit outturn for 2005-06 are required to take action to recover balance within an agreed timetable; and which trusts have not yet satisfied her Department that they have plans in place to achieve balance. | (88274) | 660 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts do not pay for non-urgent procedures for patients which are undertaken by hospitals within 20 weeks of referral. | (88342) | 661 | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on lymphoma nurse specialists in each year since 2001. | (87918) | 662 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what forecast her Department has made of future levels of demand for NHS Direct services. | (87759) | 663 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of proposed site closures and staff redundancies on the number of telephone queries that NHS Direct can handle per month. | (87949) | 664 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the social care formula spending share per head was for each local authority for (a) children and (b) adults for 2006-07. | (88798) | 665 N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which drugs were not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence which were assessed to have a cost per quality-adjusted life-year of between £30,000 and £35,000 in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement. | (87745) | 666 N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the cost per quality-adjusted life-year used by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in assessing cost effectiveness was originally established; whether she plans to have NICE raise it in line with price inflation; and if she will make a statement. | (87746) | 667 | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medical records that are not kept within their normal medical files a doctor is permitted to hold on patients. | (87894) | 668 N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts are recruiting new junior physiotherapists in 2006-07. | (87409) | 669 N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have qualified as physiotherapists in each of the past five years; and what proportion of those are employed in the NHS. | (87410) | 670 N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists from those countries which joined the EU in 2004 have applied for full registration as dentists in the UK. | (87443) | 671 | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to improve the life chances of those with heart conditions in (a) Kent and (b) Gravesham since 1997. | (88100) | 672 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of specialist services to treat myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers. | (87999) | 673 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of budgetary pressures within the NHS on specialist services for myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers. | (88000) | 674 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of her Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88462) | 675 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in her Department by year since February 2004. | (88564) | 676 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) manpower and (b) finances are being provided to (i) Birmingham City, (ii) Herefordshire and (iii) Bath and North East Somerset Council by the Food Standards Agency in relation to potential legal action against Cadbury Schweppes; and if she will make a statement. | (87762) | 677 | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Cadbury Schweppes will introduce (a) a positive release system and (b) changes to the testing regime for its products; when it will (i) start and (ii) complete the process of (A) cleaning and (B) improving its Marlbrook plant; and if she will make a statement. | (87763) | 678 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. member for Solihull of 29th June 2006, Official Report, column 604W on audiology services, when she expects the data to be published. | (87923) | 679 | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 19th April 2006, Official Report, column 732W, on audiology, when she expects to publish the results for the 2006 vacancy survey. | (87924) | 680 | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rules and regulations govern overseas doctors who work in the National Health Service; who assesses the competence of overseas doctors; and whether that assessment is carried out by a (a) national and (b) local scheme. | (89099) | 681 | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what grounds hospital trusts can refuse to submit performance data to the Healthcare Commission. | (89112) | 682 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts were awarded by her Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of each such contract was; and if she will make a statement. | (88158) | 683 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parents who are carers for children with autism in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) the area corresponding as closely as possible to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have received carers grants since 2001. | (87970) | 684 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she is considering (a) new proposals for the inspection of charitable multiple sclerosis treatment centres offering oxygen therapies and (b) a revised charging structure; and if she will make a statement. | (88011) | 685 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the MMR vaccination rate was in each primary care trust area in the last period for which figures are available. | (88012) | 686 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by her Department on providing information and literature to patients suffering from mental illness about the linked dangers of drugs in the last period for which figures are available. | (88013) | 687 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by her Department on treatment for cannabis dependence in the last period for which figures are available. | (88014) | 688 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in England are being treated for epilepsy. | (88023) | 689 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the early intervention procedures for children with challenging behavioural problems at Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust learning disability service. | (88024) | 690 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding was given to the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in each of the last five years. | (88025) | 691 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS establishments she has visited in Sussex. | (88026) | 692 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the budget for mental illness was spent on children in the last period for which figures are available. | (88027) | 693 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of five year old children have missed routine vaccinations. | (88028) | 694 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to extend the 2008 deadline for regulating psychotherapy counsellors through the Health Professions Council; and if she will make a statement. | (88029) | 695 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have been treated at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children in each of the last five years. | (88031) | 696 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been treated for stammering and other speech impediments in each of the last five years. | (88032) | 697 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose is of her review of the 'Safeguarding children in whom illness is induced or fabricated', guidance; and if she will make a statement. | (88033) | 698 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of suspected induced or fabricated illness were reported in 2005. | (88034) | 699 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of the peer review team inspections of cancer services in the South-East of England carried out by the National Cancer Peer Review Programme since November 2004. | (88037) | 700 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) date and (b) location was of each visit carried out by the National Cancer Peer Review Programme in the South-East of England since November 2004. | (88038) | 701 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which personnel are involved in the southern zone National Cancer Peer Review teams. | (88039) | 702 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the National Cancer Peer Review teams are funded. | (88040) | 703 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods she uses to estimate the number of children who (a) smoke and (b) have stopped smoking. | (88046) | 704 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost has been of the diagnostic phase management consultants employed by trusts applying for foundation status. | (88276) | 705 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent people are employed in each of the National Institute for Mental Health in England/Care Services Improvement Partnership regional centres. | (88277) | 706 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinically qualified staff are employed by the NHS in non-clinical roles. | (88278) | 707 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people who accessed the Frank Campaign in each of the last five years. | (88715) | 708 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards infant mortality targets; and if she will make a statement. | (88716) | 709 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to report on the review into commissioning of specialised children's services. | (88717) | 710 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are not eligible for free treatment who have received free NHS services in (a) Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust, (b) Surrey and (c) England in each year since 1997; and what estimate she has made of the costs in each area in each year. | (87909) | 711 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to reclaim the cost of using the NHS from those who are ineligible to use it. | (87910) | 712 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made an assessment of the likely demand for community hospital beds in (a) Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust area and (b) Surrey over the next (i) five and (ii) 10 years. | (87915) | 713 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) letters and (b) other representations her Department has received on (i) Cranleigh Village Hospital and (ii) the future of Royal Surrey County Hospital. | (87916) | 714 | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist nurses are employed in the NHS to care for people who have (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) Parkinson's disease, (c) palliative care, (d) rheumatology, (e) diabetes and (f) epilepsy in (i) Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust, (ii) Surrey and (iii) England; whether her Department plans to increase the number of specialist nurse posts in each specialty; and whether there have been redundancies of specialist nurses in the NHS since 1997. | (87917) | 715 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that all those due for immunisation receive that immunisation in the next two months. | (88135) | 716 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5th July 2006, Official Report, column 1210W, on care homes, where the work of the organisations mentioned overlaps. | (88543) | 717 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to encourage (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities to implement payment by results; what guidance will be given to those authorities and trusts which maintain block contracts; and if she will make a statement. | (88869) | 718 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of (a) maintaining block contracts and (b) implementing payment by results. | (88870) | 719 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of payment by results in secondary care; what consultation has taken place with health professionals on moving away from block contracts; and if she will make a statement. | (88871) | 720 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the impact of maintaining block contracts on (a) practice-based commissioning and (b) patient choice; and if she will make a statement. | (88872) | 721 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) the new payment by results Programme Board will provide guidance to health authorities which maintain block contracts after 2008-09 and (b) there will be scrutiny of health authorities to ensure that block contracts are not imposed on NHS trusts and foundation trusts; and if she will make a statement. | (88873) | 722 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to assist (a) primary care trusts, (b) NHS trusts and (c) foundation trusts to implement payments by results; and what support and guidance will be provided to trusts which maintain block contracts. | (88874) | 723 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether block contracts will be allowed for ordinary elective procedures in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | (88875) | 724 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from where the NHS sources its syringe drivers; what the cost was in 2005-06; and how the NHS ensures it pays a competitive price. | (88877) | 725 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of savings achieved through competitive purchasing in the NHS in each of the last three years. | (88878) | 726 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency requirement of notification of shortages of medicine applies to parallel import licence holders in the same way as it is applied to the original manufacturer. | (88879) | 727 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of parallel traded prescription medicines in the UK in 2005-06. | (88880) | 728 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the effect of parallel imports on the NHS pharmaceutical budget in 2005-06. | (88881) | 729 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the additional earnings were of pharmacists from the purchase of parallel traded medicines in 2005-06. | (88882) | 730 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency ensures that the procedures that the research and development based pharmaceutical industry has to follow to ensure quality and patient safety is followed by parallel import traders. | (88883) | 731 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of the reimbursement mechanism for pharmacists in England on (a) parallel imports and (b) new branded medicines entering the market. | (88884) | 732 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners per head of population there were in (a) South East Cambridgeshire constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years. | (88740) | 733 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) South East Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) England were admitted to hospital in each of the last five years as a result of the effects of (a) hot and (b) cold weather. | (88929) | 734 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to assess the care needs of individuals with long-term and fluctuating conditions. | (88799) | 735 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that individuals with long-term fluctuating conditions are adequately assessed. | (88800) | 736 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of individuals at the early stages of long-term fluctuating conditions receive social care. | (88801) | 737 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by her Department to ensure that there are sufficent haematopathologists to fulfil the criteria of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Improving Outcomes Guidance for haematological cancers. | (87739) | 738 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of regional variations in availability of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence-approved treatments for lymphoma; and if she will make a statement. | (87740) | 739 N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on research into (a) prevention and (b) treatment of lymphoma in each year from 1997. | (87741) | 740 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices, (c) ophthalmic practices and (d) pharmacies there were in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last five years. | (88136) | 741 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the gross cost was of (a) dental fees for items of service and (b) dental treatments in each of the last five years; and how much of the cost was borne by patients (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of the overall cost in (A) England and (B) each region. | (88137) | 742 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fillings and (b) extractions were carried out on children's teeth in (i) England and (ii) each region in each of the last five years. | (88138) | 743 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) children, (b) adults and (c) the population in (i) England and (ii) each region were registered with a dentist in each of the last five years. | (88139) | 744 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GPs, (b) dentists, (c) optometrists and (d) pharmacies (i) there were and (ii) there were per 100,000 resident population in (A) England and (B) each region in each of the last five years. | (88140) | 745 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many eye tests were claimed for in (a) England and (b) each region in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those who had eye tests subsequently received (i) spectacles for the first time and (ii) replacement or repairs of spectacles. | (88141) | 746 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) GPs, (b) dentists, (c) optometrists and (d) pharmacies in (i) England and (ii) each region were (A) male and (B) female (1) under 40, (2) between 40 and 55 and (3) over 55 years old in each of the last five years. | (88142) | 747 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per prescription item in (a) England and (b) each region was in each of the last five years; what the total number of prescription forms was in each year; and what the average number of prescription items per person was in each year. | (88143) | 748 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of pharmaceutical payments in (a) England and (b) each region was in the last five years; what the total net ingredient cost was; and what the gross cost was per person. | (88144) | 749 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of ophthalmic services in (a) England and (b) each region was in each of the last five years. | (88145) | 750 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GP practices in (a) England and (b) each region had at least 50 per cent. of their patients living three or more miles away in each of the last five years. | (88146) | 751 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) the average GP practice list size for registered patients and (b) the average practice list size for dental practices in (i) England and (ii) each region was in each of the last five years. | (88147) | 752 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GP practices in (a) England and (b) each region were single-handed in each of the last five years. | (88148) | 753 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of cases of MRSA infection in (a) England and (b) each region resulted in a fatality in each of the last five years. | (88151) | 754 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Chairman of the West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 9th January, 10th April, 23rd May and 6th June about the treatment of his constituents for sleep apnoea. | (87933) | 755 | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA have been identified in hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years, broken down by trust; and if she will make a statement. | (88507) | 756 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average annual number of patients were seen by general practitioners in Brent in each of the last five years. | (87776) | 757 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many establishments serving food have been closed following environmental health inspections in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (87780) | 758 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what authority NHS hospitals prohibit the use of mobile phones within their premises on grounds of potential interference with (a) medical equipment, (b) patients' privacy and (c) patients' peace and quiet. | (87859) | 759 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has made to the conclusions of the review group on the costs to users of bedside television and telephone systems in NHS hospitals. | (87943) | 760 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the NHS decided to allow the subsidy of patients' bedside telephone and entertainment services from charges for incoming calls. | (87951) | 761 | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of the NHS Pensions Agency in Fleetwood. | (87796) | 762 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to require liquor manufacturers in England to supply consumers with full information about the ingredients used to produce their beverages; and if she will make a statement. | (88530) | 763 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make an assessment of public support for an end to the exemption from food labellng laws for liquor manufacturers. | (88531) | 764 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Department's publication of data on diagnostic tests' waiting times, if she will publish overall waiting times for patients from GP referral to the start of treatment. | (88549) | 765 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2006, Official Report, column 1548W, on accident and emergency services; if she will list the hospitals in each category. | (88835) | 766 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 227W, on immunisation, if she will place in the Library a list of those primary care trusts where general medical service partnerships have opted out of childhood immunisation services. | (88913) | 767 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department has allocated for turnaround teams for NHS organisations; and what average period of time teams have remained in organisations in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) strategic health authority, (b) primary care trust and (c) hospital trust. | (89066) | 768 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost implications of the implementation of the new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance for the prevention of osteoporatic fractures. | (89071) | 769 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in England received a course of (a) chemotherapy and (b) radiotherapy during each of the last five years. | (89072) | 770 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient visits there were for (a) radiotherapy and (b) chemotherapy was in the latest year for which figures are available. | (89073) | 771 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients travelling for outpatient radiotherapy treatment did so (a) fewer than 10 times, (b) between 10 and 20 times, (c) between 21 and 30 times, (d) between 31 and 40 times, (e) between 41 and 50 times, (f) between 51 and 60 times and (g) over 60 times in the last year for which figures are available. | (89075) | 772 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of NHS Trusts' compliance with departmental guidance on the hospital travel costs scheme. | (89077) | 773 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on public health campaigns to tackle obesity in children and young people in each year from 1997 to 2005; and if she will make a statement. | (89078) | 774 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many foreign nurses have worked in the NHS (a) in each of the last five years and (b) in 2006-07. | (89081) | 775 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on hospital art in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) broken down by region. | (89084) | 776 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on (a) drug treatments and (b) therapeutic treatments for mild to severe depression in each year from 1997 to 2005 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by age. | (89087) | 777 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations govern acceptable levels of transfats in food products specifically marketed to children; and if she will make a statement. | (89088) | 778 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners have opted out of providing sexual health services in each year from 1997 to 2005 (a) in total and (b) broken down by region. | (89089) | 779 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on public health information campaigns on (a) sexual health and (b) safe alcohol consumption in each year from 1997 to 2005. | (89090) | 780 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital trusts and (b) independent sector treatment centres are using the choose and book system; and how many of these are mental health trusts (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region. | (89092) | 781 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have used choose and book other than in doctors' surgeries to make appointments in secondary care. | (89093) | 782 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average hourly rate of pay was for GPs providing out of hours care in 2005-06. | (89110) | 783 | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will conduct an evaluation of standards of out of hours care following the introduction of the General Medical Service contract in 2004; and if she will make a statement. | (89111) | 784 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in her Department in each month since March 2005. | (88759) | 785 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met her Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88766) | 786 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88988) | 787 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which IT contracts awarded by her Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88989) | 788 | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken by her Department on whether there is a link between chlorine in swimming pools and asthma. | (88633) | 789 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 13th June, regarding a constituent. | (87165) | 790 N | David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will make detailed guidance available to NHS research and development departments on the implementation of the regulations in relation to UK Emergency Care Research and the introduction of the Medicine for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004; and if she will make a statement. | (87344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 791 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89009) | 792 N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department, (b) MI5 and (c) the Metropolitan Police (i) uses and (ii) has used (A) TeraText and (B) Latent Semantic Indexing programmes. | (87622) | 793 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Cambridgeshire South East dated 10th July 2006 on Home Office interpretation of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, whether the UK would continue to be self-sufficient in narcotics production were manufacturers of oxycodone hydrochloride formulations to relocate production to another EU country; how loss of self-sufficiency would effect (a) jobs, (b) the balance of payments and (c) continuity of supply of opiate-based analgesics within the UK; and if he will make a statement. | (88321) | 794 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2006, to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, Official Report, column 1423W, on departmental data, with which other (a) departments and (b) public sector organisations his Department shares data. | (88932) | 795 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2006, to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, Official Report, column 1116W, on identity fraud, what assessment he has had made of the reasons for the fall in the number of detected fraudulent passport applications made using a deceased person's details. | (88933) | 796 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with EU governments on co-operation on identity fraud. | (89107) | 797 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what involvement the hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale, East had in the handling of a human resources issue at HM Prison Wandsworth in October 2004. | (87787) | 798 | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department made in October 2004 to the Area Manager for London on the Service Level Agreement being developed as part of the performance testing exercise at HM Prison Wandsworth. | (87788) | 799 N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sites the Prison Service has purchased in West Yorkshire since January 2004; how much was spent on each purchase. | (87861) | 800 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for abduction in London in 2004 in each London borough, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) nationality. | (88508) | 801 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2005, Official Report, column 438W, on domestic violence, if he will publish the (a) 2004 and (b) 2005 results on victimisation. | (88513) | 802 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for under-age drinking in (a) each Government Office region and (b) each London borough in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005. | (88515) | 803 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2005, Official Report, columns 1252-3W, on domestic violence, what findings were made by the most recent frequency surveys conducted to gauge the level of interpersonal violence experienced by (a) children and (b) adults over 60 years. | (88522) | 804 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Metropolitan Police has (a) deployed and (b) used tasar stun guns since October 2005; and if he will make a statement. | (88552) | 805 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have taken place for under-age drinking in the London Borough of Sutton in each year since 1990. | (88902) | 806 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 2003 in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each London borough. | (88957) | 807 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued to individuals working in (a) health care and (b) social care in 2005. | (88960) | 808 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults per head of population there were on (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in each constabulary in 2005-06. | (88963) | 809 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information technology projects are being undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau which have started since 2000; what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is of each; and if he will make a statement. | (88586) | 810 | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received regarding anonymity for defendants in certain cases. | (87942) | 811 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations he has received on the US-UK Extradition Treaty in 2006. | (88327) | 812 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 544W, on extradiction, if he wil break the figures down by the alleged offence. | (88390) | 813 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 537W, on anti-social behaviour orders, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been breached in each criminal justice area in each year since their introduction. | (88391) | 814 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders moved from approved premises adjacent to schools were moved to (a) other approved premises, (b) bed and breakfast accommodation and (c) other housing; and how many were participating in sex offender treatment programmes when they were moved. | (88480) | 815 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were released on licence where the parole board decision was not unanimous in the 2005-06 financial year. | (88481) | 816 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed on average per day in the Street Crime Initiative hot spot areas during (a) each quarter of 2005 and (b) the first quarter of 2006. | (88482) | 817 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funds have been made available during the last two financial years to the National Offender Management Service to run Prolific Persistent Offender Programmes. | (88483) | 818 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of offenders in each probation area in England and Wales have been allocated to (a) Tier 1, (b) Tier 2, (c) Tier 3 and (d) Tier 4 under the Offender Management Model. | (88484) | 819 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans he has in place to deal with the expected rise in the prison population; and what assessment he has made of the viability of using (a) prison ships, (b) Ministry of Defence facilities, (c) police cells and (d) home detention curfew to deal with this increase. | (88485) | 820 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) annual revenue cost of his plans to build 8,000 new prison places. | (88486) | 821 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources have been made available to the Probation Service to implement Custody Plus under the Criminal Justice Act 2003. | (88487) | 822 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the relevant probation service informed the Recalls Section at his Department of every lifer who was released on licence and subsequently absconded. | (88488) | 823 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) discretionary lifers and (b) mandatory lifers who were released on licence and subsequently absconded during the past 10 years are still at large. | (88489) | 824 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) discretionary lifers and (b) mandatory lifers released on licence subsequently absconded in each of the last five years. | (88490) | 825 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many internal investigations into staff conduct have been carried out by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years; and what the outcome was in each case. | (88491) | 826 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for gambling offences in each of the last five years. | (88495) | 827 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suspected and (b) confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by his Department occurred in each of the last five years. | (88496) | 828 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for (a) reducing the energy output of existing prisons and (b) minimising the energy output of new prisons; and if he will make a statement. | (88941) | 829 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of an offence under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. | (88942) | 830 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the capital value of each public sector prison. | (88943) | 831 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what issues his Department has conducted opinion polling in the last 12 months. | (88944) | 832 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested in the last year for which figures are available. | (88945) | 833 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) bicycles, (b) patrol cars and (c) motorcycles available to police forces in England and Wales. | (88946) | 834 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average fuel efficiency of the England and Wales police fleet; and what plans he has to improve fuel efficiency. | (88947) | 835 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of producing identity cards; and if he will make a statement. | (88948) | 836 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were received in each of the last 12 months. | (88949) | 837 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) x-ray and (b) ultrasound scanners are in use by the police for dealing with those suspected of possessing Class A drugs. | (88950) | 838 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff vacancies there are in (a) the Probation Service, (b) the Prison Service and (c) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. | (88951) | 839 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of the (a) Community Development Foundation and (b) Community Policy Directorate. | (88952) | 840 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Lin Homer's letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, what crimes were committed by the seven serious foreign national offenders who have not been detained; what the nationality was of each; how long each served in prison; and when each was released. | (88953) | 841 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received from (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Indonesia, (c) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (d) Angola in each of last five years; how many have been received from each country in 2006-07; how many have (i) been approved, (ii) been rejected and (iii) not been determined in each case; and how many people from each country have been returned under immigration law. | (86884) | 842 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 10 years are being held for the purposes of immigration control; in which establishments they are held; and how many have been held for (i) six months or less and (ii) over six months. | (88637) | 843 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the establishment of the new Yorkshire 0800 telephone line for the reporting of racial incidents is expected to cost; and how the operation of the line is to be funded. | (88593) | 844 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisation is responsible for training probation staff under the National Offender Management Service arrangements. | (88305) | 845 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which IT systems (a) are used and (b) are planned to be used for the National Probation Service. | (88306) | 846 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Nomis, Visor, CRAMS and OASys IT systems are compatible. | (88307) | 847 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the pilot schemes on withholding benefits from persons who are in breach of a community order; and whether the results will be published. | (88308) | 848 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have had their benefit withheld following the breach of a community order in each of the pilot areas. | (88309) | 849 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the future of the National Probation Directorate; what assessment he has made of the implications of those plans for staffing levels; and if he will make a statement. | (87791) | 850 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the national standards are for writing pre-sentencing reports; what assessment he has made of the extent to which those national standards are complied with in each probation area; what measures are in place to monitor standards; and if he will make a statement. | (87792) | 851 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many approved premises there are in England and Wales; and how many places there are in such premises. | (87793) | 852 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in approved hostels in England and Wales are occupied by persons convicted of sexual offences (a) on licence and (b) as a condition of a community penalty. | (87794) | 853 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are on licence from prisons in England and Wales. | (87795) | 854 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent in relation to the proposed merger between the Yorkshire police forces. | (88382) | 855 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to improve the ability of police forces to co-ordinate activities to combat serious organised crime and terrorism. | (87263) | 856 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) former and (b) current employees (excluding agents) of (i) MI5 and (ii) MI6 have been imprisoned in the UK in each of the last five years. | (87805) | 857 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and await trial and (c) convicted following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency since its inception. | (88449) | 858 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) taken and (b) successfully completed the Life in the UK test for adult applicants who want to become British citizens since its inception; and if he will make a statement. | (88450) | 859 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been deemed to be unfounded in each of the last five years. | (88451) | 860 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into organised crime groups have been undertaken by (a) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (b) other police organisations in each of the last five years. | (88498) | 861 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on the Adelphi finance and human resource system. | (88504) | 862 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic burglaries have taken place in each year since 1997. | (88518) | 863 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Life in the UK test for adult applicants who want to become British citizens. | (88519) | 864 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of staff in (a) the Prison Service, (b) the Identity and Passport Office and (c) the Forensic Science Service were (i) women, (ii) from ethnic minorities and (ii) foreign nationals in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (88520) | 865 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total number of sick days was taken by Prison Service staff in each of the last five years. | (88534) | 866 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive asylum applications were decided within two months in each of the last five years. | (88535) | 867 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time was taken for enforcement of (a) community penalties and (b) warrants, as referred to in the Home Office Departmental Report 2006 in each of the last five years. | (88537) | 868 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the re-conviction rate has been in each year since 1997. | (88538) | 869 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people participated in the 2005-06 British Crime Survey. | (88539) | 870 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals released from a secure training or custody facility have (a) been reconvicted and (b) received a (i) reprimand, (ii) final warning and (iii) caution within a year of release in each of the last five years. | (88567) | 871 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vehicle crime reduction initiatives the Home Office has participated in since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | (88644) | 872 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which car parks have achieved the Safer Parking Scheme Park Mark award; and if he will make a statement. | (88645) | 873 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many neighbourhood watch schemes are in operation; and if he will make a statement. | (88646) | 874 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the new generation airwave radios; which police forces are using them; and if he will make a statement. | (88647) | 875 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of senior managers within the (a) Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (b) National Offender Management Service, (c) Immigration and Nationality Directorate, (d) Identity and Passport Service, (e) Criminal Records Bureau and (f) Forensic Science Service are (i) female and (ii) male; and if he will make a statement. | (88648) | 876 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign; and if he will make a statement. | (88649) | 877 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of the Talk to Frank programme; and if he will make a statement. | (88650) | 878 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Home Office 2006 Departmental Report, how the £97 million of criminal assets was distributed. | (88651) | 879 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals have received a Taking a Stand award. | (88652) | 880 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (88653) | 881 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what value of criminal assets were recovered in each of the last five years. | (88654) | 882 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions for (i) sexual offences and (ii) theft of cars there have been in each of the last five years. | (88655) | 883 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fixed penalty notices and (b) penalty notices have been issued in each year since 1997. | (88657) | 884 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the police budget was spent on front-line policing in each of the last five years. | (88658) | 885 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences have been brought to justice in each of the last five years. | (88659) | 886 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sums from recovered criminal assets were allocated to police forces in each of the last five years. | (88660) | 887 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets have been set for local criminal justice boards. | (88661) | 888 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for dealing with persistent young offenders from arrest to sentence in each of the last five years. | (88662) | 889 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effective trials management programme. | (88663) | 890 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) manslaughter and (e) robbery have been overturned in the last five years; and in how many cases of each type the sentence was (i) reduced and (ii) increased on appeal. | (88665) | 891 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for soliciting in each London borough in each of the last five years. | (88666) | 892 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identity thefts were reported in each London borough in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a conviction. | (88667) | 893 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why there has been slippage in reducing race inequalities and building community cohesion in relation to Strategic Objective PSA7. | (88668) | 894 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites the security service has identified as primary investigative targets in domestic terrorism investigations in the UK in each of the last five years. | (88885) | 895 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security checks are carried out on casual staff working in the Prison Service; and if he will make a statement. | (88886) | 896 | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the Senior Civil Service in his Department in payband (a) one, (b) two and (c) three were (i) women and (ii) from ethnic minorities in each of the last five years. | (88912) | 897 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average an applicant to the Criminal Records Bureau in (a) November 2005 and (b) February 2006 waited for a reply. | (88623) | 898 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been sent to prisons in England and Wales in each of the last eight years. | (88843) | 899 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration he has given to a re-assignment of the duties of the inspectorate responsible for controlled drugs; and if he will make a statement. | (87264) | 900 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to be in a position to indicate to the hon. Member for North Thanet what discussions he held with representatives of The News of the World during the four weeks preceding 26th June 2006 in answer to Question 79809. | (87757) | 901 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of administering regional offender managers and their offices within the National Offender Management structure in 2006-07. | (88004) | 902 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the probation budget is for 2006-07, broken down by area; and what the figures were for 2005-06. | (88005) | 903 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) the regional offender managers for 2006-07. | (88006) | 904 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals are employed by (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) each regional offender manager. | (88007) | 905 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether legislation is required to allow regional offender managers to contest probation work. | (88008) | 906 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006 to the hon. Member for Walthamstow, Official Report, column 1423W, on immigration removal centres, what the average cost was, including overheads, of holding a (a) man and (b) woman at an immigration removal centre for one week in 2005-06. | (88183) | 907 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th July 2006 to the hon. Member for Monmouth, Official Report, column 1783W, on illegal working, what the nature is of the work undertaken illegally by (a) failed and (b) non-failed asylum seekers. | (88189) | 908 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Monmouth of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1783W, on illegal working, (a) what frequency of illegal working took place and (b) where they have taken place. | (88190) | 909 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department before 1st July were unanswered on 19th July. | (88191) | 910 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Monmouth of 11th July 2006, Official Report, column 1783W, on illegal working, if he will break down the numbers of offenders working illegally in the past five years by (a) sex, (b) country of origin and (c) asylum seeker status. | (88192) | 911 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost was including overheads, of transporting (a) a man and (b) a woman between immigration removal centres. | (88232) | 912 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 73527, on the illegal migrant population, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for Answer on 24th May 2006. | (88234) | 913 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question (a) 73532, on those awaiting deportation, (b) 73533, on people awaiting deportation in open prisons, (c) 73531, on deportation of asylum seekers and (d) 73526 on the costs of tracking and detaining foreign criminals tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 24th May 2006. | (88239) | 914 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 78420, on suicide attempts at Colnbrook Detention Centre, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 16th June 2006. | (88243) | 915 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question (a) 75771, (b) 75774 and (c) 75787, on asylum seekers, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 7th June 2006. | (88245) | 916 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question (a) 75778 and (b) 75781, on biometric cards, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 7th June 2006. | (88246) | 917 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 73528, on the Tipping Point target, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 24th May 2006. | (88266) | 918 | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 73534, on holding in open prisons of those awaiting deportation, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford for answer on 24th May 2006. | (88267) | 919 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on whose authority decisions are made about the (a) deployment and (b) nature of duties of (i) police and (ii) Serious Organised Crime Agency staff deployed to Colombia; and if he will make a statement. | (88185) | 920 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency 's operations in Colombia in 2006; what the projected budget is for 2007; and if he will make a statement. | (88186) | 921 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the amount of money leaving the UK to fund terrorist groups in Kashmir, with particular reference to the activities of Lashkar-e-Taiba; and if he will make a statement. | (88187) | 922 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are seconded overseas, broken down by (a) country, (b) length of secondment and (c) force from which seconded. | (88188) | 923 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July 2006, Official Report, column 2020W, on Colombia, what the Freedom of Information Act 2000 grounds are for his refusal to provide details of (a) the duties carried out by UK police officers in Colombia, (b) the number of police officers based in Colombia and (c) with which Colombian agencies officers of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency work. | (88233) | 924 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th July 2006, Official Report, column 2020W, on Colombia, what instructions were given to British police officers prior to secondment to Colombia with regards to the limits of their work in that country. | (88235) | 925 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comments his Department has made regarding the deployment of UK police officers in Colombia to (a) the Guardian newspaper and (b) the Observer newspaper. | (88238) | 926 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the operational deployment of police officers and Serious and Organised Crime Agency staff cannot be commented upon by Ministers in his Department; and when that became policy. | (88344) | 927 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis the Serious and Organised Crime Agency staff are deployed in Colombia; and what the consequent liability for their activities in that country is for the Government. | (88351) | 928 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has given to the Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector in each year since 1997; and what plans it has for further such funding. | (88410) | 929 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) local authorities and (b) local authority wards comprise each Basic Command Unit in England and Wales. | (88412) | 930 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of a fully-trained (a) police constable and (b) police community support officer was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | (88413) | 931 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals entered the United Kingdom for the purpose of (a) business, (b) tourism and (c) immigration in each year since 1997. | (88241) | 932 N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 5th July 2006, on behalf of his constituent Mrs Martha Patricia Vargas, of St George's Road, Cheltenham (Home Office reference V2037814) regarding the refusal of her application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. | (88250) | 933 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent already in relation to the proposed mergers between Lancashire and Cumbria police constabularies. | (88268) | 934 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers are employed in Lancashire. | (88269) | 935 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase funding to police constabularies for more (a) police officers and (b) community support officers on the beat. | (88270) | 936 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff members in his Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. | (88446) | 937 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88461) | 938 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. | (88562) | 939 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since their introduction; how many have been breached; and how many breaches have resulted in a custodial sentence. | (88718) | 940 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost is of the new serious crime prevention orders. | (88719) | 941 N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used in drawing up the regional language list by the National Asylum Support Service for the dispersal of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement. | (86883) | 942 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of each such contract was; and if he will make a statement. | (88181) | 943 | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are stationed permanently at the port of Holyhead. | (88324) | 944 | Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Emmanuel Yawe Dzisi. | (88195) | 945 | Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter to him dated 8th May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S Khan. | (88197) | 946 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of community punishments in each region were completed in each year since 2001; in how many cases a period of imprisonment was then imposed for the original offence; and if he will make a statement. | (86951) | 947 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of suspected fraud have been investigated in (a) each London prison and (b) the London area office of the Prison Service in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | (87439) | 948 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which governors in the Prison Service received performance-related pay in the year ending March 2006; and if he will make a statement. | (87440) | 949 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of managed moves within the Prison Service for the year from 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2006 were approved by (a) the Director of Operations, (b) the Deputy Director General, (c) the Director General and (d) by other officials. | (87441) | 950 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Prison Service Fraud Response Plan was last updated; and if he will place a copy of the Plan in the Library. | (87442) | 951 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Tasker investigation commissioned by the Prison Service London area office is expected to report; and whether its findings will be published. | (88935) | 952 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Prison Service's strategy is for tackling bullying in the workplace. | (88936) | 953 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) fraud excluding large-scale fraud in each of the last three years. | (89114) | 954 | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the cost of fraud outside (a) the responsibility of the City of London police and (b) London in 2005-06. | (89115) | 955 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who claim to be fleeing persecution on the grounds of their sexual orientation have been (a) refused and (b) granted asylum in the UK in the last 10 years. | (87967) | 956 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans (a) to extend the knife amnesty and (b) to introduce a permanent knife amnesty. | (87968) | 957 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on cannabis education programmes since the reclassification of cannabis; and if he will make a statement. | (88015) | 958 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are held in prison, broken down by age and sex. | (88016) | 959 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was granted to Victim Support in each of the last 10 years; and what a real terms change in funding was in each year. | (88017) | 960 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the time it takes for a police officer to complete the paperwork when stopping minors caught drinking in the street; and which forms are required. | (88018) | 961 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been abducted from the UK in each of the last five years. | (88536) | 962 | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 18th July to question 68798, what role his Department plays in setting the contractor's operating procedures for the treatment of foreign nationals being deported; how many such contractors there are; and if he will place in the Library the operating procedures for each contractor. | (87901) | 963 N | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th June 2006, Official Report, columns 641-2W, on foreign criminals, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that a ministerial answer to a parliamentary question addresses the terms of the question asked. | (87754) | 964 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the drafting of replies to parliamentary questions in his Department is undertaken by officials with day-to-day responsibility for the subject matter of the question. | (88275) | 965 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will move the information on his Department's website on internet child safety away from the section marked `police' into a section where it can easily be found by those seeking information. | (88385) | 966 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department's website was last updated to make it more user-friendly; and if the Department will take steps to ensure that audio-visual material is used in addition to text. | (88386) | 967 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites there are in each constituency in Wales; where they are located; and if he will make a statement. | (89023) | 968 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has spent on the planned merger of the four Welsh police forces; and if he will make a statement. | (89024) | 969 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has spent on developing the identity cards scheme; and if he will make a statement. | (89025) | 970 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to each of the four Welsh police forces in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | (89026) | 971 | Stephen Pound (Ealing North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a transitional period for skilled and highly skilled migrant workers affected by the February implementation of the change in the minimum qualifying period for settlement. | (88867) | 972 | Stephen Pound (Ealing North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Indian and (b) Chinese skilled and highly skilled migrant workers affected by the change in the miminum qualifying period for settlement. | (88868) | 973 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for funding Youth Cluster (a) has applied for and (b) has been granted in each of the last five years; to what funding programmes the organisation applied; and if he will make a statement. | (87975) | 974 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average prison sentence, not including life sentences, was in the last period for which figures are available. | (88838) | 975 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ratio of prisoners to prison staff was at each prison in each of the last eight years; and whether he has plans to change this ratio. | (88840) | 976 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total capacity of prisons in England and Wales was in each of the last eight years. | (88841) | 977 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long an average non-life sentenced prisoners served in the last five years; for what reasons prisoners may not serve their full sentence; and if he will make a statement. | (88914) | 978 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults by prisoners on prison staff there have been in each of the last eight years. | (88915) | 979 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners do not have British citizenship. | (88916) | 980 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal knives in circulation after the knife amnesty; and if he will make a statement. | (88922) | 981 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of illegal knives in circulation. | (88923) | 982 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for human trafficking offences since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | (89029) | 983 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal firearms in circulation; what steps he is taking to reduce the number; and if he will make a statement. | (89031) | 984 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional capacity he plans to create in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | (89098) | 985 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of education was for children and young adults in custody for the year in which figures were last available; what proportion of the total cost of their detention was represented by spending on their education in that year; and what the per capita spending on prison education was in that year. | (88283) | 986 | 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 case of vulnerable and at risk children and young adults in custody in the last year for which figures are available. | (88284) | 987 | Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports has been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the past five years. | (87892) | 988 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to assist local authorities in dealing with nuisance neighbours. | (88635) | 989 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued by Kirklees Council in each year since their introduction. | (88636) | 990 | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations received grants or other income from his Department in the last 12 months, broken down by amount. | (88931) | 991 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers (a) Scottish police forces operating close to the border have to enforce the fox hunting ban in England and (b) English police forces operating close to the border have to enforce the fox hunting ban in Scotland. | (88220) | 992 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to English constabularies on supporting constabularies in Scotland in enforcing the fox hunting ban. | (88514) | 993 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88760) | 994 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met his Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed. | (88767) | 995 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88986) | 996 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88987) | 997 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received student visas in the last five years from language colleges that have subsequently been identified by his Department as providing false information. | (89061) | 998 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people allowed into the UK under false student visas have been identified and deported in each of the last five years. | (89062) | 999 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from each Commonwealth country have been deported in each of the last five years. | (89063) | 1000 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) administration, (b) legal fees, (c) special advisers and (d) other costs on the police force restructuring consultation; and if he will make a statement. | (89105) | 1001 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department allocated for the police force restructuring consultation; and if he will make a statement. | (89109) | 1002 | Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take the necessary steps to record and publish the number of dogs that (a) go missing and (b) are stolen in each year in England and Wales. | (87761) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 1003 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent research the Commission has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the length of time it takes for mail to reach hon Members' and hon. Members' staffs offices after arriving on the Palace of Westminster Estate; and if he will make a statement. | (88184) | 1004 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Refreshment Department plans to (a) hold a Welsh Cheese Week and (b) serve Welsh dishes and products in the cafeterias and Members' Dining Room at Westminster on St David's Day in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | (88855) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 1005 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89013) | 1006 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources he has committed to support the health infrastructure reconstruction of Afghanistan over the next three years. | (88896) | 1007 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and facilitate the safe return of and (b) provide support for Afghan health workers who wish to return to Afghanistan. | (88897) | 1008 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the Afghan authorities on the provision of mental health services. | (88898) | 1009 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support the Afghan authorities in the provision of (a) comprehensive maternal and neonatal services, (b) midwifery and nursing training and (c) training for community health workers. | (88899) | 1010 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88470) | 1011 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects in the Palestinian Territories funded by (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Union were damaged or destroyed by Israeli military action in the month prior to 19th July. | (88156) | 1012 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to tackle the shortage of water in Darfur. | (88112) | 1013 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will assess the outcome of the Brussels Conference on Darfur; and what additional resources have been pledged. | (88113) | 1014 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) helicopters and (b) armoured vehicles have been lent to the African Union Mission in Sudan. | (88114) | 1015 | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what strategies have been put in place to protect women from violence in Darfur, with particular reference to those residing in camps. | (88115) | 1016 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding he plans to make available in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 to post conflict countries for (a) increased government capacity to support reform outlined in peace agreements, (b) safe return of internally displaced persons and refugees, (c) compensation for victims, (d) maintenance of peace-keeping troops and (e) arresting and trying those suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. | (88612) | 1017 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of whether international donors have met pledges to provide aid in Darfur. | (88613) | 1018 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid for education his Department has provided under the Fast Track Initiative; and what plans he has to increase the amount. | (88615) | 1019 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department gives to (a) farmers and (b) fishermen in developing countries to understand and achieve standards demanded by western consumer markets. | (88616) | 1020 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of policies of the International Monetry Fund and World Bank which have the effect of capping the amount of public spending in developing countries receiving aid from those institutions. | (88617) | 1021 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of his Department's support to improve teachers' wages in developing countries. | (88618) | 1022 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures his Department will take to ensure that policies outlined in the White paper will (a) deliver equal employment opportunities for women, (b) uphold equal pay and labour standards for women, (c) advance equal property rights for women and (d) endorse women's equal access to microfinance. | (88619) | 1023 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent on support for developing countries to plan for natural disasters. | (88620) | 1024 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent to support areas of Indonesia affected by the recent tsunami. | (88789) | 1025 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to assist the Indonesian government in helping Java recover from the recent tsunami, other than through financial aid. | (88790) | 1026 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to assist countries affected by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December 2005 in preparations to minimise the damage of future tsunamis. | (88791) | 1027 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the progress in each affected country of projects partly or wholly funded by his Department in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2005. | (88792) | 1028 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent on projects in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2005 in each of the countries affected. | (88793) | 1029 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of reforming the (a) World Trade Organisation and (b) International Monetary Fund to give developing countries more influence over the body's decision-making and policy formulation. | (88794) | 1030 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid was granted to Lebanon in each of the last five years; and how these funds were allocated. | (88124) | 1031 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88448) | 1032 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in each year since February 2004. | (88554) | 1033 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will commission an assessment of the impact of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies on (a) free access to genetic resources and (b) the food security and livelihoods of small scale farmers in developing countries. | (88421) | 1034 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance he has made available to support and enhance capacity building in developing countries to enable them to make decisions concerning the introduction of GM crops containing Genetic Use Restriction Technologies. | (88422) | 1035 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria will be used to determine that the conditions for the safe and beneficial use of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies in developing countries have been validated; and who will make that decision. | (88423) | 1036 | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research projects the Government has (a) undertaken and (b) funded on appropriate scientific data for the field testing of products incorporating Genetic Use Restriction Technologies. | (88424) | 1037 | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much financial assistance the Government has pledged to Indonesia following the tsunami on 17th July 2006; through which organisations this assistance will be channelled; over what timescale; and what non-financial assistance has been pledged. | (88414) | 1038 | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact on developing countries in the region of tropical storm Bilis. | (88415) | 1039 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Temporary International Mechanism in addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; what representations he has received on the effectiveness of the mechanism from British aid agencies working in the Occupied Territories; and what concerns they have expressed. | (88492) | 1040 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which British (a) aid agencies and (b) other British organisations have made representations to his Department on the suspension of British aid to the Palestinian Authority; and which (i) supported and (ii) opposed the suspension of aid. | (88493) | 1041 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with British aid agencies working in Occupied Palestine on the suspension of direct British aid to the Palestinian Authority. | (88494) | 1042 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed. | (88748) | 1043 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88761) | 1044 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88984) | 1045 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88985) | Questions to the Leader of the House 1046 N | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to ensure that ministerial answers to parliamentary questions address the terms of the questions being asked. | (87753) | 1047 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will ask the Modernisation Committee to examine the degree to which the quality of replies to parliamentary questions enables Ministers to be held accountable by hon. Members. | (88280) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1048 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89011) | 1049 N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Northern Ireland Charities Commissioners office to be fully functional. | (87127) | 1050 N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of householders are expected to pay (a) more and (b) less under the new rating system in Northern Ireland; and what the average (i) increase and (ii) decrease is expected to be. | (87128) | 1051 N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many charities are under investigation in Northern Ireland regarding possible fraudulent transactions. | (87129) | 1052 N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what initiatives are in place to promote recycling awareness in primary schools in Northern Ireland. | (87130) | 1053 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88469) | 1054 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for establishment of each of the strategy for children and young people implementation structures; and what the selection (a) process and (b) criteria are for appointment to the implementation structures. | (88908) | 1055 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to involve children and young people in the development of the draft Children and Young People's Action Plan. | (88909) | 1056 N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the remit is of the statutory investment board; and which projects the Board is working on. | (88226) | 1057 N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members are of the Strategic Investment Board; by whom they are appointed; and for how long they are appointed. | (88227) | 1058 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff members in his Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. | (88444) | 1059 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88459) | 1060 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. | (88560) | 1061 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether an agreement has been reached on responsibility for the costs of (a) operations of MI5 in the Province and (b) its new headquarters; and if he will make a statement. | (87976) | 1062 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what bursary entitlements are available for nursing students from Northern Ireland who study in Great Britain. | (87977) | 1063 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance has been provided to health professionals on advice to be provided to women seeking abortions. | (87978) | 1064 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the outcome was of the survey conducted in September 2005 of health professionals on advice for females seeking abortions. | (87979) | 1065 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in the Province are waiting for cranial remoulding orthosis treatment. | (87980) | 1066 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children in the Province travelled outside Northern Ireland to consult an NHS specialist for cranial remoulding orthosis in 2005-06. | (87981) | 1067 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidences of MRSA bacteria were reported in each health board area by (a) doctors and nurses and (b) others in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and in how many cases poor cleaning was the suspected cause. | (87982) | 1068 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of further genito-urinary medicine clinics in the Province. | (87983) | 1069 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on (a) the police and (b) the public of the recent decision by the District Policing Partnership to remove from Donaghadee and Comber the police rapid response unit. | (87984) | 1070 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the proposed new speed detection project will be rolled out in Northern Ireland; in which areas it will be tested; what budget has been allocated to the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | (87985) | 1071 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland are receiving publicly funded assistance for a gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement. | (87986) | 1072 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many official visits the President of the Republic of Ireland has made to the Province since taking up her duties; and what the cost was to the Police Budget of providing security. | (87987) | 1073 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children have been arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland following attacks on schools and churches in each of the last three years, broken down by district command unit; and if he will make a statement. | (87988) | 1074 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many local authorities in Northern Ireland do not permit the use of sunbeds in their leisure facilities. | (87989) | 1075 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) salary is and (b) other benefits are of the newly appointed Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. | (87990) | 1076 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting period was in each board area for NHS (a) hearing aid tests, (b) colonoscopy, (c) neurophysiology, (d) gastroscopy, (e) cystoscopy, (f) bone density scans, (g) MRI scans, (h) echocardiography, (i) barium enema and (j) CT scans in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | (87991) | 1077 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria will be used to select homes for funding from the Environment and Renewable Energy Fund; what information on applying for funding has been made available; and if he will make a statement. | (87992) | 1078 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many homes in each Westminister constituency have received funding from the Environment and Renewable Energy Fund; and if he will make a statement. | (87993) | 1079 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he plans to take to promote the welfare of greyhounds in the Province. | (87994) | 1080 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Catholic maintained and (b) state controlled schools have closed over the last five years in each education and library board area; and if he will make a statement. | (87995) | 1081 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) maintained and (b) state controlled schools have transformed to the integrated school sector over the last five years in each education and library board area; and if he will make a statement. | (87996) | 1082 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the Department of Education's budget allocation has been spent on (a) new integrated schools and (b) maintenance and essential repairs to schools in each education and library school area in each of the last five years. | (87997) | 1083 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) state controlled schools, (b) Catholic maintained schools and (c) other schools in each board area have been attacked by vandals over the last three years; and whether each case was recorded as a sectarian attack. | (87998) | 1084 N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 17th July 2006, Official Report, column 18W, on police, whether the cheque written by the Northern Ireland Police Fund to L'Estrange and Brett Solicitors was queried by his Department (a) as part of a financial return to his Department and (b) at the end of the financial year in question. | (87743) | 1085 N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which bodies each Department in Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Office, consults (a) formally and (b) informally on Parliamentary (i) Questions and (ii) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by hon. Members from (A) Northern Ireland and (B) constituencies in Great Britain. | (88253) | 1086 N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is (a) of the population growth rate for Northern Ireland and (b) of the total population in Northern Ireland for (i) 2011, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2031. | (88254) | 1087 N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants employed as civilian support staff in the Police Service Northern Ireland have transferred their status to direct employees (a) in total and (b) in each of the last five years; and how many have subsequently had their terms and conditions altered. | (88255) | 1088 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost of departmental hospitality was in each Department in Northern Ireland, including the Northern Ireland Department, in each of the last five years. | (88256) | 1089 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his oral Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 248, on the Northern Ireland Police Fund, what progress has been made in his investigation. | (88680) | 1090 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the (a) Scottish Executive and (b) Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have contacted him regarding the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland's New Entrant Scheme for young farmers. | (88596) | 1091 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress of the New Entrant Scheme for young farmers. | (88597) | 1092 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88762) | 1093 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed. | (88768) | 1094 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88982) | 1095 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88983) | Questions to the Prime Minister 1096 N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit the Middle East. | (87122) | 1097 N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Prime Minister, where he purchased the sweater recently given as a gift to the President of the United States; how much the item cost; and where it was made. | (87265) | 1098 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was consulted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the appointment of Sir David Varney as a senior adviser on Transformational Government. | (88216) | 1099 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Prime Minister, who provided the tractor that the Prime Minister used to launch Red Tractor Day, in Downing Street on 20th April; and where it was manufactured. | (87421) | 1100 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Prime Minister, which constituencies the Prime Minister has visited since 1997; and on how many occasions in each case. | (88199) | 1101 N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Prime Minister, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 6th June about whaling and global warming. | (87934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 1102 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89004) | 1103 | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Scotland and (b) Dunfermline and West Fife in each year since 1997. | (89003) | 1104 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external computers hard drives, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88763) | 1105 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88976) | 1106 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88979) | Questions to the Solicitor General 1107 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Solicitor General, how many representations he has received on the US-UK Extradition Treaty in 2006. | (88326) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1108 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89014) | 1109 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the extra energy used per day in (a) businesses and (b) households when the temperature rises above 25 degrees celsius. | (87931) | 1110 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in implementing the proposals put forward by the Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals with respect to the trading of cat and dog fur and derived products. | (88208) | 1111 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of how much cat and dog fur has been imported into Britain in the last 12 months. | (88212) | 1112 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether all contacts awarded by Enterprise Insight have been (a) put out to competitive tender and (b) advertised on the Supply2.gov.uk website; how many contracts have been awarded to organisations who have previously carried out work for Enterprise Insight; and if he will make a statement. | (88310) | 1113 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much on average domestic gas and electricity bills have increased in real terms between the first quarter of 2003 and the most recent quarter for which information is available. | (87435) | 1114 N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will fund a clean coal integrated carbon capture demonstration project; and if he will make a statement. | (87436) | 1115 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88468) | 1116 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the concessions on agricultural subsidies in the latest Doha trade talks offered by (a) the EU and (b) the US. | (89080) | 1117 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to include clean coal production in his future energy plans. | (87927) | 1118 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with the operators of steel production plants on the installation of extraction technologies to remove emissions of greenhouse gases; and what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the competitiveness of the UK steel industry of the installation of such technology. | (88154) | 1119 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what additional public investment in energy security he expects to take place as a result of the agreement on energy made at the G8 summit in St Petersburg. | (88155) | 1120 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July 2006, Official Report, column 286, on the Energy Review, what the (a) length and (b) value was of the contract agreed with AEA Technology Environment. | (88681) | 1121 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the tripartite working group on energy project consents in Wales. | (88693) | 1122 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 5.134 of the Energy Review, from which companies (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the Office for Civil Nuclear Security will be able to recover the costs of their proposed contribution to the pre-licensing process for new reactors. | (88708) | 1123 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive the next annual report from the Nuclear Security Regulator. | (88709) | 1124 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of consultancy fees in relation to the Energy Review; whether consultants from Wales were engaged as advisers; and whether consultants have been retained to take forward the proposals in the Review. | (88710) | 1125 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of the electricity transmission grid. | (87611) | 1126 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with (a) British Energy, (b) BNFL, (c) the NDA and (d) NIREX regarding the creating of a National Nuclear Laboratory. | (87612) | 1127 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the current surplus of electricity generating capacity above peak demand. | (87613) | 1128 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish a consultation paper on banding the Renewables Obligation, as announced in the Energy Review Report. | (87614) | 1129 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to create (a) a buy-out price and (b) a price floor within the EU emissions trading scheme; and what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board in relation to this. | (87615) | 1130 | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to promote (a) investment in industry and (b) business start-ups in South East London. | (87764) | 1131 | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. | (87765) | 1132 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what timetable has been set for the delivery of the EU Convergence Funding programme to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly between 2007 and 2013. | (87610) | 1133 | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Truro and St Austell of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 857-8W, on EU funding, how much match-funding will be provided by the Government for the EU Convergence Funding programme for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly region between 2007 and 2013. | (89086) | 1134 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance he has issued on the advice to be given by the Post Office to pensioners with Post Office Card Accounts in relation to the merits of pension credit payments being made directly into a bank account. | (87945) | 1135 | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) timber and (b) coal mining industries in the UK. | (88600) | 1136 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the correspondence between his Department and English Nature in respect of the application for permission for a wind farm at Little Cheyne Court, Romney Marsh. | (87426) | 1137 N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is contemplating to reinforce the operation of the EU emissions trading scheme in the UK. | (87427) | 1138 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussion took place between his Department and the BBC about the decision not to renew the contract for renewal and purchase of television licences supplied at post offices. | (87428) | 1139 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people visited each of the post offices in Chorley constituency using the Post Office card account to withdraw (a) benefit and (b) pensions in the last 12 months. | (87433) | 1140 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88457) | 1141 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department in each year since February 2004. | (88558) | 1142 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of each such contract was; and if he will make a statement. | (88182) | 1143 | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received regarding the awarding of Post Office franchises to WH Smith stores; and what discussions he has had with the Post Office on this matter. | (88677) | 1144 | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which companies bid for the Post Office franchises in addition to WH Smith. | (88678) | 1145 | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether franchises for postal services awarded to WH Smith include a requirement for re-investment in postal services by that company. | (88679) | 1146 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many new businesses were registered for VAT in each region in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | (86949) | 1147 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he has taken of increased casework caused by high levels of personal debt in the allocation of funding for donations to the Citizens Advice Bureau by his Department. | (88130) | 1148 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the Citizens Advice Bureau from (a) local authorities and (b) central government in each of the last five years. | (88131) | 1149 | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1485W, on compensation, if he will make client files available to miners who have been refused access by their representatives. | (89027) | 1150 N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Department's paper of 10th July on the Review of UK Assisted Areas Stage 2 - The Government's Response and Draft Assisted Areas Map, what average (a) level of manufacturing share of employment, (b) claimant rate of incapacity benefit, (c) employment rate and (d) level of adult skills at level 2 and above in (i) Great Britain, (ii) each ward of Scottish Borders Council area, (iii) each ward of Dumfries and Galloway Council area and (iv) each ward of Berwick Borough Council area were used to assess future eligibility for assistance; and what the (A) half a standard deviation and (B) full standard deviation (1) above and (2) below the Great Britain average are. | (87356) | 1151 N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the Government will submit its final UK Assisted Areas map to the European Commission following the closure of the consultation on 7th August. | (87357) | 1152 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people declared themselves bankrupt in (a) South East Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) the Eastern Region in each of the last five years. | (88736) | 1153 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of farmers who went bankrupt in England in each of the last five years. | (88737) | 1154 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes have been made to the assisted area map for Wales in the last 30 years. | (88281) | 1155 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he expects the implementation of the Cross Border Mergers Directive of 2005 will be achieved by December 2007. | (88851) | 1156 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what stage implementation of the 8th Company Law Directive has reached. | (88852) | 1157 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department has made on the adoption of a Cross Border Transfer of Registered Office of Company Directive. | (88853) | 1158 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on multilateral agreements with other EU member states on helping facilitate the exercise of basic shareholders' rights and the cross-border exercise of such rights. | (88854) | 1159 | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 18th July 2006, Official Report, column 301W, on Sir Alistair Graham, how many days work per week were expected of Sir Alistair Graham as Chairman of the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone Information Services. | (88611) | 1160 N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small businesses operated in (a) Brent East and (b) Brent in each year since 1997. | (87423) | 1161 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have declared themselves bankrupt in each London borough since 1997. | (87779) | 1162 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is taking to reduce the number of business failures that occur as a result of a major physical disaster; and if he will make a statement. | (87903) | 1163 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is taking to promote testable business continuity planning in the small and medium-sized enterprises sector following the Buncefield disaster; and if he will make a statement. | (87904) | 1164 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is taking to ensure individual PLC directors are aware of their obligations to their shareholders in respect of business continuity planning; and if he will make a statement. | (87905) | 1165 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government plans to consult on its proposals for the rural post office network; and if he will make a statement. | (88626) | 1166 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government expects to decide whether to extend the Social Network Payment to support rural post offices beyond 2008. | (88627) | 1167 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what multilateral agreements have been reached with other EU member states to simplify the regulations for capital maintenance to allow public limited liability companies to make faster and simpler changes in their capital structure. | (88578) | 1168 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what multilateral agreements have been reached with other EU member states on corporate governance in relation to the collective responsibility of board members for financial statements and key non-financial information. | (88579) | 1169 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what multilateral agreements have been reached with other EU member states on new disclosure requirements regarding off-balance sheet arrangements and related party transactions. | (88580) | 1170 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88751) | 1171 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88977) | 1172 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88978) | 1173 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the tripartite discussions on energy consents between the Wales Office, the National Assembly for Wales and his Department to be concluded. | (88595) | 1174 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of oil and gas development in special areas of conservation with Article 12 (1) (d) of the EU Habitats and Wildlife Directive; and if he will make a statement. | (88865) | 1175 | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has commissioned to fill the data gap identified by Strategic Environmental Assessment 6. | (88866) | 1176 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's latest estimate is of the price per kilowatt hour of electricity from (a) tidal lagoons, (b) marine current turbines, (c) offshore wind, (d) onshore wind, (e) biomass and (f) solar power; and if he will make a statement. | (89096) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 1177 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89006) | 1178 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006 to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, Official Report, columns 489-90W, on departmental correspondence, what the cost was of processing returned letters where the addressee has moved away or died. | (88930) | 1179 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2006, to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, Official Report, columns 490-1W, on departmental data, with which other (a) departments and (b) public sector organisations his Department shares data. | (88934) | 1180 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on properties purchased by the Highways Agency under compulsory purchase orders along the proposed A21 upgrade route. | (86739) | 1181 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the environmental consequences of the proposed A21 upgrade. | (87925) | 1182 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with residents in East Sussex regarding the proposed A21 upgrade. | (87926) | 1183 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role (a) Rother District Council and (b) East Sussex County Council have played in the proposed A21 upgrade. | (87929) | 1184 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has spent on consultation fees while assessing the proposed A21 upgrade. | (87930) | 1185 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of cars owned by the Government Car and Despatch Agency come with air conditioning as standard. | (87932) | 1186 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review train services to Crowhurst, East Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | (89108) | 1187 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the concrete surface of the M25 between junctions 8 and 9 is to be replaced with quieter surfacing. | (87082) | 1188 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the original estimate of cost was for the Great Barford by-pass; and what the anticipated outturn of expenditure is. | (87431) | 1189 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road schemes were commenced by the Highways Agency in the Eastern Region in each year from 1999-2000 to 2005-06; and what the (a) original estimated cost, (b) final outturn cost, (c) original completion date and (d) actual completion date was of each project. | (87432) | 1190 N | Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the forecast costs are of each Highways Agency major roads project. | (88133) | 1191 N | Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle the effects of increasing construction material and energy prices on major transport projects. | (88134) | 1192 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the formats in which train timetables are produced by Network Rail are governed by regulations. | (88352) | 1193 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the impact of changing to internet-only railway timetables. | (88353) | 1194 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what formats Network Rail produces train timetables; and whether changes are planned. | (88361) | 1195 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88467) | 1196 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will examine options for development of alternatives to kerosene as a fuel for aircraft. | (87928) | 1197 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total expenditure on highways in Haltemprice and Howden constituency was in each of the last two financial years; and what the average figure was per constituency in each year. | (88592) | 1198 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much highway funding per capita was made available in the Yorkshire and Humber Region in 2005-06. | (88594) | 1199 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements for conducting tests and keeping proper records have to be in place before he will grant his approval to the appointment of delegated examiners. | (87836) | 1200 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) consultants and (b) contractors have been employed by the Driving Standards Agency in each of the last three financial years; what type of work each carried out; and how much was spent on each in each year. | (87837) | 1201 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to date is of the Driver Standards Agency's Driving Safety Forward agenda. | (87838) | 1202 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why there was no competitive tender for the contract for the Driving Safety Forward agenda; and how EU procurement rules were complied with in this instance. | (87839) | 1203 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the end date is for the contract with Symbia Ltd for the Driver Standards Agency's Driving Safety Forward agenda. | (87840) | 1204 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to date is of the development of the new Integrated Register of Driver Training system; and how much of the expenditure went to Capita. | (87841) | 1205 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) change of control notices and (b) variation orders have been issued by the Driver Standards Agency in the development of the new Integrated Register of Driver Training system; and what the cost of each is. | (87842) | 1206 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) estimated cost of and (b) timetable for developing the Integrated Register of Driver Training is; and whether each has changed since the project was established. | (87843) | 1207 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver Standards Agency has a dedicated team of people who supervise the operations of Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners. | (87844) | 1208 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in the Driver Standards Agency work solely on conducting supervised Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiner check tests. | (87845) | 1209 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department maintains a register of Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners. | (87846) | 1210 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many approved Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners there are. | (87847) | 1211 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are in place to ensure that Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners only test people who are employed by their own company. | (87848) | 1212 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus companies have Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners. | (87849) | 1213 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus companies there are in England. | (87850) | 1214 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether research has been undertaken by his Department into the effectiveness and safety of Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners conducting tests. | (87851) | 1215 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Passenger Carrying Vehicle delegated examiners were first introduced. | (87852) | 1216 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fee is charged by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) to train a passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) delegated examiner; and what income DSA has earned from training PCV delegated examiners in each of the last three financial years. | (87853) | 1217 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the pass rate was of passenger carrying vehicle delegated examiners taking their training at Cardington for each of the last three financial years. | (87854) | 1218 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many actual supervised (check) driving tests the Driving Standards Agency undertook on passenger carrying vehicle delegated examiners in each the last three financial years; and how many tests were cancelled in each year. | (87855) | 1219 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger carrying vehicle delegated driving examiners had their licence removed by the Driving Standards Agency in each of the last six financial years. | (87856) | 1220 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the pass rate was in each of the last three financial years for driving tests conducted by the Driving Standards Agency approved passenger carrying vehicle delegated driving examiners; and how many drivers passed in each year. | (87857) | 1221 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the pass rate was in each of the last three financial years for driving tests conducted by the Driving Standards Agency examiners on bus driver candidates; and how many bus driver candidates passed in each year. | (87858) | 1222 N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure on transport infrastructure schemes to support economic regeneration his Department is considering in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; what the schemes are; how much of the expenditure will come from public funds; and when he expects decisions to be made. | (87609) | 1223 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) regulations and (b) flight path restrictions apply to (i) single engine helicopters and (ii) twin engine helicopters when flying over the Greater London area. | (88054) | 1224 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are in place to introduce low emission hybrid engines into public transport vehicles. | (88055) | 1225 | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated since 1988 on noise pollution from helicopter use over (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) the Greater London area. | (88057) | 1226 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic effects of the implementation of the published scheme for improvements to the A303 Stonehenge in the first year after construction. | (88240) | 1227 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total volume of traffic in the Peterborough City Council area was in each year since 2001; and what the percentage change has been over that period. | (88198) | 1228 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes he plans to make to the existing regulations in respect of the working hours of professional drivers; and if he will make a statement. | (86948) | 1229 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 258W, on cargo transfers, what guidance his Department has issued to harbour authorities on applying for (a) Harbour Revision Orders and (b) other orders under the Harbours Act 1964; and whether such guidance applies only in England and Wales. | (87808) | 1230 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanism is used to grant consent to new oil handling facilities (a) within harbour authority areas and (b) elsewhere in UK internal and territorial waters. | (87809) | 1231 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the protection offered under the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998, in conjunction with the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994, for European wildlife sites in respect of ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other cargoes in harbour authority areas. | (87810) | 1232 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) harbours and (b) oil handling facilities are subject to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998; and what proportion are located within statutory harbour authority areas. | (87811) | 1233 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are available to regulate programmes of ship-to-ship transfer of oil proposed to be carried out for commercial purposes (a) within harbour authority areas and (b) elsewhere in UK internal and territorial waters. | (87812) | 1234 | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how proposals to regulate ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other cargoes in UK territorial waters will be implemented in harbour authority areas. | (87813) | 1235 N | Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to publish the Government's guidance on light rail procurement. | (87434) | 1236 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains Government policy to resurface all concrete roads with quieter materials by March 2011; and if he will make a statement. | (88318) | 1237 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will alter the formula for calculating the Noise Severity Index to take account of the local environment. | (88319) | 1238 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the projected increase in traffic flow between junctions 3 and 7 of the M40 for each year between 2006 and 2026. | (88320) | 1239 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects to review the stopping distances quoted within the Highway Code; and if he will make a statement. | (88153) | 1240 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Thameslink 2000 project. | (88157) | 1241 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental factors are taken into account when deciding where to grant permission for a rail freight interchange. | (88609) | 1242 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the proposed site for a rail freight interchange in Park Street, St Albans. | (88727) | 1243 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department took into account when deciding there was a need for four rail freight interchanges. | (88728) | 1244 | Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent studies have been undertaken on the capacity of the rail systems around London to accommodate freight; and if he will make a statement. | (88729) | 1245 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) total number of accidents, (b) average daily traffic flow and (c) accident rate per million vehicle kilometres was for the stretch of (i) A14 between Girton and Cambridge, (ii) the A10 between Cambridge and Ely and (iii) the A1307 between Haverhill and Cambridge in each year since 1997. | (88733) | 1246 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the abilities of the (a) rail and (b) road infrastructure to cope in temperatures greater than 30 degrees centigrade. | (88285) | 1247 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving helicopters have occurred in London in each of the last five years. | (87778) | 1248 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) low emission cars, (b) cars, (c) sports utility vehicles and (d) motorcycles are owned per person in London. | (87783) | 1249 | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many collisions of boats there were on the River Thames in each of the last five years. | (87786) | 1250 | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures he is taking to ensure that passengers using private aircraft are subject to the same security procedures as those using commercial airlines; and if he will make a statement. | (87944) | 1251 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency had with the (i) Scottish Executive and (ii) the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency regarding the ship-to-ship oil transfer planning application by Melbourne Marine Services in the Firth of Forth. | (88581) | 1252 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88752) | 1253 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88974) | 1254 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88975) | 1255 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation the Maritime and Coastguard Agency undertook with local authorities regarding the ship-to-ship oil transfer planning application by Melbourne Marine Services in the Firth of Forth. | (89067) | 1256 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Firth of Forth in the context of the Habitats Directive. | (89068) | 1257 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what compensation under the Habitats Directive will be available if the proposed ship-to-ship oil transfer planning applications by Melbourne Marine Services in the Firth of Forth is approved. | (89069) | 1258 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the ship-to-ship oil transfer planning application in the Firth of Forth by Melbourne Maritime Services fulfils the criterion set out in the Habitats Directive that the project must be in the overriding public interest. | (89070) | 1259 | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require the local authorities in each of the 10 largest urban areas in England to make an assessment of how journey times per mile can be reduced by road users using motorcycles, scooters or mopeds for urban journeys. | (89103) | 1260 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislation to make it a requirement for all bicycles to be fitted with bells at all times whilst being ridden. | (87358) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 1261 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government departments; and if he will make a statement. | (89010) | 1262 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88464) | 1263 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff members in his Department have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997. | (88445) | 1264 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88460) | 1265 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. | (88561) | 1266 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the cost of decommissioning Wylfa power station on Anglesey; how long the decommissioning process will take; how many local jobs will be created by the decommissioning process; and if he will make a statement. | (89028) | 1267 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his most recent estimated economic value of the renewable energy industry in Wales is; what estimate he has made of future growth for the industry; and if he will make a statement. | (89030) | 1268 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of people living in caravan parks on (a) police, (b) health, (c) social service, (d) educational spending and (e) special educational needs spending. | (88286) | 1269 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what account is taken of the number of people living in caravans in a local authority area when calculating the standard spending assessment. | (88288) | 1270 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will review the allocation of funding to local authorities who have large numbers of caravan parks in their areas. | (88289) | 1271 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88754) | 1272 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88970) | 1273 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88971) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 1274 | Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what plans the Government has to tackle homophobic bullying in (a) schools and (b) the community. | (88193) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 1275 | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in City of York constituency were in receipt of each benefit administered by his Department (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) on the same date in each of the previous 10 years; and how much was spent in the constituency on each benefit in each year. | (88925) | 1276 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people, (b) senior citizens and (c) families are (i) entitled to and (ii) receive council tax benefit in each parliamentary constituency. | (88311) | 1277 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) actual cost was of the upgrade from Windows 2000 to EP in his Department; and if he will make a statement. | (88587) | 1278 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage the implementation of auto-enrolment pension schemes. | (88687) | 1279 | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997. | (88465) | 1280 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster have received the Sure Start maternity grant since 2001. | (88383) | 1281 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people leaving incapacity benefit began claiming again within a year of leaving the benefit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what that percentage was (a) in Pathways to Work pilot areas and (b) in the rest of the country in each year; and what percentage were aged (i) over 50 and (ii) under 50 years in each year. | (88001) | 1282 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that pensioners whose pension credit is paid via a Post Office Card Account are not advised that they must have a bank account to receive their awards in the future. | (87948) | 1283 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social fund applications from each county were processed in each of the six months before the centralisation in Bristol; and how many have been processed in each month since the centralisation. | (88362) | 1284 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997. | (88455) | 1285 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004. | (88566) | 1286 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme. | (88888) | 1287 | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) staff and (b) new staff employed since April 2005 in (i) his Department and (ii) each of the agencies for which he has responsibility were registered as disabled. | (89034) | 1288 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reduce employment levels at the Government office site at Heyhouses Lane in St Annes; and which business areas will be affected. | (87606) | 1289 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to relocate staff presently employed at the Government office site at Heyhouses Lane in St Annes to other department locations within the Fylde area. | (87607) | 1290 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce the outcome of his Department's estates review. | (87608) | 1291 N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new national insurance numbers were issued in the Peterborough City Council area in the 12 months to 31st March (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | (86882) | 1292 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of each such contract was; and if he will make a statement. | (88159) | 1293 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) England, (b) the Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland have received the Sure Start maternity grant since 2001. | (87971) | 1294 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on the acceptable (a) minimum and (b) maximum temperatures (i) within offices and (ii) on public transport. | (89045) | 1295 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on the acceptable minimum and maximum temperatures. | (89046) | 1296 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in respect of the warm front scheme; and whether the Department passes information to the warm front team regarding individuals' benefit entitlements. | (89048) | 1297 | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in the Department have taken early severance in each of the last 12 months; how many of those have been re-employed by the Department; and how many of those have been re-employed in the same, or similar roles on (a) open-ended, (b) fixed-term and (c) temporary contacts (i) in England and (ii) at South Cheshire Jobcentre Plus. | (88876) | 1298 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in (a) South East Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) the Eastern region receive pension credit. | (88817) | 1299 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) South East Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) the Eastern region claimed (i) short-term and (ii) long-term incapacity benefit in each of the last five years. | (88850) | 1300 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) children, (b) people and (c) elderly people in (i) rural areas and (ii) England live in poverty. | (88928) | 1301 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what EU regulatory requirements apply to the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision. | (88910) | 1302 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department plans to send to the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors 2006 Conference. | (88911) | 1303 N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in (a) Brent East and (b) Brent in each year since 1997. | (87424) | 1304 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidelines for co-operation between supervisors in regulating cross-border pension activity have been agreed with other EU states on a multilateral basis. | (88606) | 1305 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what authorisation and approval is required if a pension scheme wishes to engage in cross-border activity with other EU member states. | (88607) | 1306 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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, (f) internal computer hard drives and (g) desktop computers were purchased for use in his Department in each month since March 2005. | (88755) | 1307 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | (88968) | 1308 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | (88969) | 1309 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) administration and (b) legal fees for the Financial Assistance Scheme in each month since its inception; and if he will make a statement. | (89074) | 1310 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of assets was in pension funds that started to wind up before 6th April 2005 with insufficient funds to cover their pension entitlements before annuities were purchased; and if he will make a statement. | (89091) | 1311 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was unallocated in his Department's budget in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | (89094) | 1312 | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Financial Assistance Scheme has paid out to members of schemes that wound up before 6th April 2005 with insufficient funds to cover all pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement. | (89095) | 1313 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 23rd May, sent to HM Treasury and referred to his Department on 5th July, regarding a constituent. | (87164) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1314 | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance she has issued to departments on the publication of work preliminary to the conduct of regulatory impact assessments. | [Transferred] (87950) | 1315 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff there are in the (a) Strategy Unit, (b) Delivery Unit and (c) Number 10 Policy Unit; and how many are drawn from (i) consultancy firms and (ii) major accountancy firms in each case. | [Transferred] (88675) | 1316 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value was of each IT contract awarded by the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case. | [Transferred] (88980) | 1317 | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which IT contracts awarded by the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case. | [Transferred] (88981) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 1318 | Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made towards the target in Creating Sustainable Communities: Making it Happen for the creation of 160,000 to 180,000 new jobs in the Thames Gateway between 2003 and 2016. | [Transferred] (88726) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 1319 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2006, Official Report, column 286W, on medical assessments, in how many appeals the appellant was successful in each year since 2001, broken down by benefit type. | [Transferred] (88746) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 1320 N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of British forces in Afghanistan's counter-narcotics campaign. | [Question Unstarred] (87198) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1321 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on the acceptable minimum and maximum temperatures for the rearing and transportation of farm livestock. | [Transferred] (89047) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1322 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make it her policy to impose an embargo on arms exports to Israel. | [Transferred] (88749) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 1323 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had on the potential for using poppies grown in Afghanistan to alleviate the shortage of diamorphine hydrochloride for medical use. | [Transferred] (88365) | 1324 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pregnant women have participated in the welfare food scheme in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster since 2001. | [Transferred] (88377) | 1325 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pregnant women in (a) England, (b) the Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland have participated in the welfare food scheme since 2001. | [Transferred] (87972) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 1326 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of offences of intimidation or harming of witnesses in each year since 2003; and how many of those received a custodial sentence in each year. | [Transferred] (88499) | 1327 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons pharmaceutical manufacturers of opiate-based analgesic medicines are limited in the sources of imported raw materials from overseas manufacturers; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (88824) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1328 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many petrol stations there were in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas in each year since 1997. | [Transferred] (88642) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 1329 | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural areas were below the poverty line in each year since 1997. | [Transferred] (88638) |
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