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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 25 July 2006

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
 


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 25 July 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 25 July 2006


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 25 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 25 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 25 July see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information is (a) collected and (b) has been held for the last five years on (i) residency and (ii) nationality related tax credit fraud by overseas nationals; and if he will make a statement.
(88569)
2
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in tax credits to (a) overseas nationals, (b) non-British nationals of EU countries and (c) nationals of EU8 countries in each of the last five years.
(88570)
3
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths have been attributed to smog in (a) London and (b) the UK in each year since 1997.
(88178)
4
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with HM Revenues and Customs regarding insurance premium tax fraud.
(89124)
5
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom Sir David Varney will report in his role as senior adviser on Transformational Government; and what his job description is.
(88368)
6
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget is for the Transformational Government project; and what resources Sir David Varney will be able to draw upon from within (a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments and agencies to assist him in his work.
(88369)
7
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) purpose and (b) terms of reference are of the Transformational Government project; and how its effectiveness in meeting its purpose will be measured.
(88370)
8
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by when the Transformational Government project is expected to complete its work; and whether it will publish its findings.
(88371)
9
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the contract for legal services to the Office of Government Commerce is next likely to be subject to competitive tendering; and if he will make a statement.
(87603)
10
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations submitted bids for the provision of legal services to the Office of Government Commerce when it was last tendered; and if he will make a statement.
(87604)
11
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with Mr Hamish Sandison since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(87605)
12
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on legal and other advice given to the Office of National Statistics by Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(88258)
13
N
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written questions to his Department remain unanswered at 25th July for (a) between two and four weeks, (b) between four and six weeks, (c) between six and eight weeks and (d) more than eight weeks; and how many in each category were tabled for named day answer.
(87920)
14
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):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) the UK, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Dunfermline and West Fife in the last year for which figures are available.
(88440)
15
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in long-term unemployment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Dumfermline and West Fife.
(88571)
16
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from clostridium difficile there were in the latest year for which figures are available.
(88167)
17
N
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will implement an Employer Provided Computing Scheme; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on this matter.
(86257)
18
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of low value consignment relief on small businesses.
(87419)
19
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will abolish low value consignment relief.
(88429)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
20
N
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Deputy Prime Minister will be chairing the first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Post Offices; and if she will make a statement.
(88330)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
21
N
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority and housing association homes were (a) sold, (b) demolished and (c) added to the public sector rented housing stock in each housing local authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1996-97.
(87132)
22
N
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) cost is of private homes for sale and (b) monthly rental is for (i) private homes and (ii) social homes for rent divided by the average net household income of (A) all working age households and (B) households headed by people aged 25 to 40 years in (1) England, (2) Yorkshire and the Humber and (3) each housing local authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber.
(87133)
23
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firemen (a) retired and (b) retired on the grounds of ill health, broken down by type of ill health, in each year since 1997.
(88442)
24
N
Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much she has allocated to (a) Newham's Local Space initiative, (b) Ealing's Safe Haven partnership and (c) L&Q Housing Trust's HILS programme; what targets were set for these programmes for the number of families in temporary accommodation to be provided with settled homes; how many families in temporary accommodation have been provided with settled homes through each programme; and if she will make a statement.
(86704)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
25
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action the Government can take against online gambling companies permitted by the whitelist to advertise in the UK who breach the licensing objectives of the Gambling Act 2005; and if she will make a statement.
(89130)
26
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria will be used to establish the whitelist of countries overseas from which online gambling establishments based in their jurisdiction may advertise in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
(89131)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
27
N
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims for compensation for dismissal from the armed forces on grounds of sexuality were made (a) before the European Court of Human Rights Ruling on 19th October 2002 and (b) after 19th December 2003; how many of the claims in each category resulted in a payment of compensation; what the (i) highest and (ii) average payment was; how many remain outstanding; how many of the claims made after 19th December 2003 have been refused due to the date of application; and if he will make a statement.
(88300)
28
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis and on whose authority Regma Biotechnologies was allowed (a) access to facilities and (b) to set up a laboratory at Porton Down; and if he will make a statement.
(88366)
29
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Wouter Basson has been given access to Porton Down to visit Regma Biotechnologies; and if he will make a statement.
(88367)
30
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel recruited in Dunfermline and West Fife are serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
(88704)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
31
Ms Celia Barlow (Hove):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of teachers in primary schools in England was male (a) in 1977 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available.
(89146)
32
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers (a) retired and (b) retired on the grounds of ill health, broken down by type of ill health, in each year since 1997.
(88441)
33
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places were created through (a) Sure Start, (b) other public provision and (c) private provision in (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03, (iii) 2003-04 and (iv) 2004-05, broken down by region; and what the occupancy rates were in each case.
(89139)
34
N
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to encourage and expand the number and variety of classes available to adults in non-examination and non-vocational courses in further education.
(88809)
35
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many permanent and fixed period exclusions took place in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by reason for exclusion.
(88568)
36
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discusssions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on minimum and maximum temperatures on school buses.
(88787)
37
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discusssions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive in the past 12 months on minimum and maximum temperatures within (a) primary and (b) secondary school classrooms.
(88788)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
38
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the major causes of smog in London; and what plans the Government has to reduce them.
(88177)
39
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Government targets his Department has set for smog levels in (a) London and (b) England.
(88179)
40
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review flood defences in Robertsbridge, East Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
(89122)
41
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the preservation of the countryside in the West Midlands.
(88333)
42
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to encourage local authorities to deal with pollution on beaches.
(88334)
43
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure the safe disposal of nuclear waste.
(88335)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
44
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Syria regarding the Israeli-Lebanese conflict.
(87143)
45
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what defence equipment has been provided to Israel from the (a) UK and (b) EU in the last five years.
(87144)
46
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of Lebanese civilian casualties in the current conflict.
(87145)
47
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will ask the Secretary of State for International Development to suspend all preferential debt relief and other aid to Tanzania unless and until Mr Stewart Middleton is released from prison, all charges against him are dropped, his lands are confirmed in his rightful ownership and Mr Benjamin Mengi is brought to justice.
(88428)
48
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which countries the Government has held discussions on the possibility of a new United Nations force for Lebanon; and with which other countries discussions are planned.
(89156)
49
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the setting up of a reconstruction fund for Lebanon; and if she will make a statement.
(89157)
50
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the number of civilians displaced by the recent fighting in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement.
(89158)
51
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the International Atomic Energy Agency is next expected to report on the implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(89160)
52
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd June 2006, Official Report, column 2152W, on the Royal visit (USA), what elements made up the other reimbursements to the household totalling £8,497.45 referred to in the Answer.
(87798)
53
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what overseas visits are planned at the invitation or initiative of the Government for (a) HRH the Prince of Wales, (b) HRH Duke of York and (c) other members of the Royal family over the next six months; and what proportion of the costs are expected to be met from Foreign and Commonwealth Office funds.
(87799)
54
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence she has received of (a) Iran and (b) Syria providing weapons to (i) Hezbollah and (ii) illegal armed groups operating in southern Iraq.
(88260)
55
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of what type of weapons that have been provided to Hezbollah by (a) Iran and (b) Syria; and what estimate she has made of the quantities of weapons which have been provided by each country.
(88261)
56
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when her Department first received information indicating that weapons were being provided by (a) Iran and (b) Syria to Hezbollah.
(88262)
57
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of (a) Iran and (b) Syria on the provision of weapons to Hezbollah; and what steps the UK Government has taken to prevent such transfers.
(88263)
58
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of financial support provided by (a) Iran and (b) Syria to Hezbollah.
(88264)
59
N
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to President Karzai concerning the re-introduction of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
(88810)
60
N
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to develop UK-Venezuelan relations; and if she will make a statement.
(87875)
61
N
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of stability in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement.
(87872)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
62
N
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were at York NHS Trust (a) in each specialty and (b) in total excluding the specialties transferred to Selby and York Primary Care Trust in each year since 1996-97.
(87134)
63
N
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and clerical staff and (f) auxiliary staff were employed by York NHS Trust in all areas excluding those transferred to Selby and York Primary Care Trust in each year since 1996-97.
(87135)
64
N
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for (a) elective in-patient admissions and (b) first out-patient appointments were in each specialty at York NHS Trust in each year since 1996-97.
(87136)
65
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department provides to NHS Trusts on safe travelling times for (a) heart attack and (b) stroke patients for emergency admissions; how many hospitals in England accept acute admissions; and how many hospitals which accept acute admissions have people in their catchment area living more than one hour from the hospital.
(88814)
66
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has carried out into the comparative costs of providing health services in urban and rural areas.
(89035)
67
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the review of the market forces factor of the weighted-capitation formula will report.
(89036)
68
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the members of the Advisory Committee on Resources Allocation were selected; and what steps her Department took to ensure that experts on health services in rural areas were included on the Advisory Committee.
(89037)
69
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) stroke and (b) heart attack patients have died on the way to hospital in a North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust ambulance in each of the last five years; and how long the journey was in (i) miles and (ii) minutes on each occasion.
(89040)
70
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the allocation of £12 million for 2006-07 will be released for the NHS End of Life Care Programme and the Gold Standards Framework in Community Palliative Care.
(89132)
71
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the supplier to the NHS of diamorphine on ensuring its availability in all English hospitals.
(89145)
72
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement her Department places on strategic health authorities to report the rerouting of allocations from the Choosing Health agenda to offset deficits; and if she will make a statement.
(89119)
73
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities have reported to her that money allocated for the Choosing Health agenda has been rerouted to offset deficits.
(89120)
74
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th July 2006, Official Report, columns 2163-70W, on social services care, what guidance her Department has issued on the splitting of each of the four eligibility bands into sub-priorities.
(87083)
75
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that the closure of the Biobras animal insulin production facilities in Brazil does not adversely affect the capacity of the remaining UK suppliers to manufacture animal insulins.
(88819)
76
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the vacancy for a permanent chair of Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust to be advertised.
(88820)
77
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of how the production and distribution of animal insulins for the UK market will be affected by the discontinuation of Biobras insulin crystal production facilities in Brazil.
(88822)
78
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of animal insulins used in the UK which were constituted from animal insulin crystals produced by the Biobras production facility in Brazil in the last period for which figures are available.
(88823)
79
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence makes an estimate of the total financial impact that its technology appraisal guidance will have on the NHS in a year.
(89140)
80
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a limit is placed on the financial impact that technology appraisal guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence may have on the NHS in relation to cancer treatments.
(89141)
81
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether provision has been made for the funding of licensed cancer treatments being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for which guidance is expected during 2006-07.
(89142)
82
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to alter the role of primary care trusts in the (a) commissioning and (b) contracting of (i) outpatient and (ii) inpatient cancer services; whether she expects elements of the (A) commissioning and (B) contracting process will be undertaken by organisations outside the public sector; and if she will make a statement.
(88301)
83
N
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many written questions to her Department remain unanswered at 25th July for (a) between two and four weeks, (b) between four and six weeks, (c) between six and eight weeks and (d) more than eight weeks; and how many in each category were tabled for named day answer.
(87921)
84
Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether final guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been (a) reversed and (b) amended as a result of an appeal.
(89168)
85
Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the final guidance issued in a technology appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has ever significantly differed from the recommendations published in the original consultation document.
(89169)
86
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether parallel importers of pharmaceuticals are asked to guarantee continuous supplies to the NHS.
(89171)
87
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospital trusts have reported having patients in their hospitals with clostridium difficile in 2006.
(88165)
88
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to (a) NHS hospital trusts and (b) NHS primary care trusts on dealing with clostridium difficle; and if she will make a statement.
(88166)
89
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have reported having patients in their hospitals with clostridium difficile in 2006.
(88168)
90
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information the NHS Spine contains on each patient; and what rights patients have to withhold their data.
(88785)
91
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1568W, on Sheppey Community Hospital, if she will clarify when the new x-ray scanner will be installed and operational.
(89039)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
92
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) national banks and (b) the police regarding the prevention of identity fraud.
(89123)
93
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget of North Yorkshire Police was in each of the last 20 years (a) in cash terms and (b) at current prices.
(89152)
94
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) community support officers and (c) other police support staff there were in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each of the last 20 years.
(89153)
95
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violent crimes and (b) crimes there were in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each of the last 20 years.
(89154)
96
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on programmes addressing reoffending at HMP Dartmoor provided by (a) the voluntary sector and (b) the prison service in 2005-06.
(88340)
97
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Inner Change Programme at HMP Dartmoor; and if he will make a statement.
(88341)
98
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 59911, on staff contracts, tabled on 15th March and (b) 74858, on human trafficking, tabled on 25th May by the hon. Member for Taunton.
(89143)
99
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many communications officers were employed on 1st July 2006 by (a) the Home Office and (b) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
(89148)
100
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attacks there have been on (a) prison officers and (b) probation officers in each (i) prison and (ii) probation service area in each of the last five years.
(89149)
101
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of burglars convicted for a third offence received a custodial sentence in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the average length of sentence was for those sentenced to custody.
(89150)
102
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate was in 2005-06 for (a) theft and handling stolen goods, (b) fraud and forgery, (c) criminal damage, (d) violence against the person, (e) sexual offences, (f) robbery and (g) all violent crime calculated by the methodology used to calculate the figures presented in Table 7.03 of Crime in England and Wales 2004-05.
(89151)
103
N
Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asaults with knives were recorded in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by length of blade.
(88573)
104
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on neighbourhood policing outside the capital.
(89172)
105
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the background papers which led to his estimate of between 5,000 to 13,000 immigrants from the EU accession countries coming to the UK in 2004.
(88572)
106
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department undertook of the impact increased charges for foreign nationals to visit the UK from abroad would have on the UK's overseas tourism earnings before revised visa charges were introduced on 1st July 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(88781)
107
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has (a) to increase visa charges in 2007-08 and (b) to assess the potential impact of such an increase on the UK's income from tourism.
(88784)
108
N
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the findings and evidence contained in the study into the prevalence of drug use across the 149 drug action team areas commissioned by his Department from the Centre for Research into Drug Misuse at Glasgow University in partnership with the University of Manchester.
(88811)
109
N
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bail hostels there are in England and Wales; where they are located; and what his Department's criteria are for admission as a resident by (a) offenders and (b) defendants on remand.
(88812)
110
N
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents there are at the Rycroft Bail Hostel, Gloucester; what offences have been committed by each; how many are on (a) life sentence licence and (b) other post-custody licences having committed offences of (i) murder or manslaughter and (ii) rape or other sexual offences against (A) adults and (B) children; how many are on the sex offenders' register; how many are on tags or curfews; how many supervising staff are employed at the hostel; what their qualifications are; and what discussions he and his officials have had and on which dates with (1) their counterparts from the Department for Education and Skills, (2) hon. Members and (3) members and officials of (x) Gloucester City Council and (y) Gloucestershire County Council about the residents of the hostel.
(88813)
111
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to meet the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss the implications for Wales of the action plan for reform of his Department.
(88173)
112
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the interests of Wales are fully represented at each (a) level and (b) stage of the action plan to reform his Department.
(88174)
113
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the consultation on non-departmental public bodies includes Welsh organisations.
(88175)
114
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for representing Welsh interests on the board of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
(88176)
115
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take to ensure that the new non-executive directors identified under proposals in the document From Improvement to Transformation include representatives from Wales.
(88259)
116
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to deal with national industrial action by prison officers; and if he will make a statement.
(87800)
117
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the last time was that a member of the Prison Service Management Board met representatives of the police to consider contingency plans to prepare for national industrial action by prison officers; and if he will publish the minutes of that meeting.
(87801)
118
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which inmates are permitted to hold private cash in prison service accounts; what the maximum amount is that can be held by an inmate in such accounts; and if he will make a statement.
(87802)
119
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum amount deposited (a) in each prison establishment and (b) by foreign national inmates is in prison service accounts; and if he will make a statement.
(87803)
120
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the review of the Prison Service Professional Standards and Code of Discipline to be completed; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
(87804)
121
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to ensure that members of the Prison Service Standards Audit Unit are independent of other parts of the Prison Service; what steps have been taken by the Prison Service's Director of Operations to ensure that standards audits in prison establishments are objective and free from bias; and if he will make a statement.
(88430)
122
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role is of the Prison Service Area Professional Standards Managers in viewing information from (a) staff mobile telephones, (b) prisoner mobile telephones and (c) staff computers; and if he will make a statement.
(88431)
123
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of authority is required to view information from unauthorised (a) prisoner and (b) prison staff mobile telephones that are seized during security searches; and if he will make a statement.
(88432)
124
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last 12 months the covert viewing of prison staff computers has been carried out; what the reasons were in each case; who was responsible for authorising the activity in each case; what disciplinary action was progressed in consequence of information discovered as a result of such viewing; and if he will make a statement.
(88433)
125
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of authorisation is required for covert viewing of information from prison staff computers; what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the current practice in the Prison Service for the covert viewing of staff computers with the requirements of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
(88434)
126
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) retired and (b) retired on the grounds of ill health, broken down by type of ill health, in each year since 1997.
(88373)
127
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether sentences for terms of up to (a) eight, (b) 12, (c) 15 and (d) 18 years have continued to be imposed since the introduction of unlimited sentences.
(88845)
128
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy that judges will continue to be required to halve the minimum term when setting the earliest release date for prisoners serving specific sentences.
(88846)
129
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons minimum terms are halved when setting earliest release dates.
(88847)
130
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of the prospect of (i) 50 per cent. and (ii) other sentence reductions on behaviour of offenders in custody; and if he will publish the conclusions of such work.
(88848)
131
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been released under the early release scheme in each year since its introduction; and what assessment he has made of the scheme's effect on demand for prison places.
(88849)
132
N
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many written questions to his Department remain unanswered at 25th July for (a) between two and four weeks, (b) between four and six weeks, (c) between six and eight weeks and (d) more than eight weeks; and how many in each category were tabled for named day answer.
(87922)
133
N
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether in his Department there is a parliamentary question answering unit separate from branches dealing directly with matters for which his Department has responsibility.
(88782)
134
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what stage of the process passport applications are assessed for rejection.
(89170)
135
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which places in the ownership of his Department have planning permission for the development of a prison.
(88336)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
136
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions he has had with House authorities on the implementation of Smokefree Regulations in the Palace of Westminster in 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(87420)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
137
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take urgent steps to tackle the situation facing the World Food Programme in Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
(88265)
138
N
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his oral Answer of 10th May 2006, Official Report, column 297, on HIV/AIDS, what safeguards are in place to ensure that aid programmes are not used as a tool for sexual exploitation.
(89128)
139
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK aid expenditure was on (a) acute diarrhoeal illness, (b) acute lower respiratory infections, (c) child health, (d) HIV/AIDS, (e) malaria, (f) poor nutrition, (g) reproductive and maternal health, (h) tuberculosis and (i) vaccine preventable diseases in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and what such spending is estimated to be for (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2007-08.
(88372)
Questions to the Leader of the House
140
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Leader of the House, how many parliamentary questions tabled and due for answer were still awaiting a substantive reply at 25th July 2006.
(87957)
141
N
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will take steps to ensure that the drafting of answers to Parliamentary questions in Government Departments is undertaken by officials with direct responsibility for the subject matter.
(88783)
142
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to impose the same financial penalties on any hon. Members from Northern Ireland constituencies who do not take their seats as will be imposed upon members of the Northern Ireland Assembly with effect from 25th November.
(88338)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
143
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2006, Official Report, column 1057W, on Roads Service, what action will be taken to ensure that a strategic route will be provided from South Down to the Belfast/Dublin Corridor as part of the three month comprehensive review of the Regional Development Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
(88818)
144
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his 19th July speech to the Macgil Summer School, what definition he uses of a (a) constitutional endorsement of the structures of policing and (b) the practical service of policing in the community.
(89126)
145
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on (a) the role of the structures of policing in the Patten recommendations and (b) the future of policing in Northern Ireland.
(89127)
146
N
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of children in the Province who have plagiocephaly.
(88169)
147
N
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in the Province have undergone cranial remoulding orthosis.
(88170)
148
N
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) children and (b) adults travelled outside Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for NHS medical assessment.
(88171)
149
N
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial assistance is available to (a) patients who have to travel outside Northern Ireland for NHS treatment and (b) their relatives.
(88172)
150
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many parliamentary (a) questions and (b) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by (i) hon. Members for Northern Ireland constituencies and (ii) hon. Members for constituencies in Great Britain have been notified to the North/South Inter-governmental Conference Secretariat in the last 12 months, broken down by hon. Member.
(88339)
151
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what purpose parliamentary (a) questions and (b) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by hon. Members are notified to the North/South Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat.
(88574)
152
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) guidance he has issued to his Department and (b) procedures are followed with regard to the processing of parliamentary (i) questions and (ii) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by (A) hon. Members for Northern Ireland constituencies and (B) hon. Members for constituencies in Great Britain.
(88575)
153
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings have talen place involving the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Police Service of Northern Ireland and senior representatives of the Roman Catholic Church since 27th February; what information was provided in relation to (a) each diocese fully within Northern Ireland and (b) each diocese that straddles the border with the Republic of Ireland; when he expects to be in a position to make recommendations as a result of such meetings; and whether he plans to establish an independent inquiry into this matter.
(88577)
Questions to the Prime Minister
154
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, when he will be out of the country on holiday this summer; between what dates the Deputy Prime Minister will act in his stead; and who will deputise for the Deputy Prime Minister.
(88435)
155
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he uses to determine when to make representations to the Speaker seeking the earlier meeting of the House under Standing Order No. 13.
(88436)
156
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the conversation he had with the President of the US at the G8 which was broadcast by mistake.
(88437)
157
N
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Prime Minister, whether legal representation was provided at public expense to Number 10 staff questioned by police officers in connection with the current Scotland Yard investigation into allegations regarding cash for peerages.
(87018)
158
N
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Prime Minister, whether legal representation was provided at public expense to Cabinet Office staff questioned by police officers in connection with the current Scotland Yard investigation into allegations regarding cash for peerages.
(87019)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
159
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of developing a sub-sea electricity transmission network around Scotland's coast to exploit the potential for marine renewables.
(89121)
160
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of UK-sourced wood that will be consumed by co-fired power stations in each year between 2006 and 2012.
(89147)
161
N
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential for underground coal gasification since the Department's feasibility study in 2004; and why the Energy Review of July 2006 did not refer to underground coal gasification.
(88329)
162
N
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Coal Forum will discuss the potential for underground coal gasification; and if he will make a statement.
(88331)
163
N
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to fund a major trial of underground coal gasification; and if he will make a statement.
(88332)
164
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to page 179 of annex A of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, what estimate he has made of the cost of the treatment of the reprocessed uranium and enrichment tails in preparation for recycling in fresh fuel; and whether he has asked the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to provide him with an analysis of the economic feasibility of treating reprocessed uranium and enrichment tails.
(86952)
165
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much subsidy was paid to co-firing generators using wood supplies through the Renewables Obligation Certification Scheme in (a) 2002 and (b) 2005; and what estimate his Department has made of subsidy costs to co-firing generators in 2008.
(89041)
166
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the UK's total biomass requirements were supplied from harvesting of energy crops in 2005-06; and what he expects this percentage to be in 2012.
(89042)
167
N
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many written questions to his Department remained unanswered at 25th July for between (a) two and four weeks, (b) between four and six weeks, (c) between six and eight weeks and (d) more than eight weeks; and how many in each category were tabled for named day answer.
(87919)
168
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, columns 864-5W, on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, what assessment he has made of the extent to which (a) the UK interpretation by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML), as the appointed enforcement agency for RoHS, conforms with his Department's published guidance material, (b) his Department's guidance conforms with the European Commission's original intent and (c) the NWML guidance conforms with the European Commission's original intention for the Directive; and which guidance is to take precedence in the UK for the RoHS Directive.
[R] (88425)
169
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, columns 864-5W, on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, what assessment he has made of the UK interpretation by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory as the appointed enforcement agency for RoHS, of the parts of the European Commission's Frequently Asked Questions document relating to the exemption of fixed industrial manufacturing machinery as large-scale stationary industrial tools; and if he will ask the Commission to provide him with a report on whether guidance in that document is applied consistently across all Member States.
[R] (88426)
170
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, column 865W, on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, if he will ask the Commission to assess whether the actions of (a) Germany, (b) Spain and (c) other Member States on the exemption of fixed industrial manufacturing machinery as large-scale stationary industrial tools are in conformity with the Directive; and what assessment he has made of whether the National Weights and Measures Laboratory's guidance goes beyond the requirements imposed by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive.
[R] (88427)
171
N
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, why the web-based search facility of Companies House is not available 24 hours a day; and if his Department will take steps to extend the service hours.
(88576)
172
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have declared themselves bankrupt in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Dunfermline and West Fife in each year since 1997.
(89043)
173
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who provides the security for trains carrying nuclear waste through Brent.
(89134)
174
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many train journeys carrying nuclear waste there were in (a) Brent, (b) London and (c) England in the last 12 months; and how much waste was transported in each case.
(89155)
175
N
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Large Combustion Plant Directive on (a) the use of biomass in energy generation and (b) the consequences for the wood panel industry.
(88439)
176
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made toward the UK's ratification of the Cape Town Convention on the financing of aircraft and engines.
(89133)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
177
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review peak time train services along the Brighton to London Victoria line.
(89125)
178
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th June 2006, Official Report, column 562W, on Reorganisation Strategies for DfT, what principles of fairness and transparency are included in Reorganisation Strategies for DfT.
(89135)
179
N
Patrick Hall (Bedford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued to train operating companies regarding their communication with hon. Members.
(88302)
180
N
Patrick Hall (Bedford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Managing Director of First Capital Connect arranges to meet the hon. Member for Bedford in order to discuss matters relating to the hon. Member's constituents.
(88303)
181
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of street lights which (a) are solar-powered, (b) are wind-powered and (c) have light sensitive switches.
(88821)
182
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Highways Agency's report An Assessment of Noise Hotspots Alongside the M40.
(88337)
183
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to public funds was of the travel of HRH the Duke of York on Wednesday 19th July 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(87797)
184
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operators on the introduction of the ban on smoking in railway stations in 2007.
(89144)
185
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transaction charge is issued by each credit card company for relicensing vehicles on line; how the £2.50 charge to cover the costs incurred by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in providing this service was calculated; and how many credit card transactions took place in the last year for which information is available.
(88815)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
186
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the migration process for Post Office card account users to a successor Post Office based account in 2010.
(89129)
187
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Department of Health on the mortality rates of pensioners during heat waves; and if he will make a statement.
(88374)
188
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will investigate the alleged overpayment of income support to a constituent of the hon. Member for St Albans, Mr Jules Vialva.
(89138)
189
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Dunfermline and West Fife have received the Sure Start maternity grant since 2001.
(89044)
190
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):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 in (a) primary and (b) secondary school classrooms.
(88786)
191
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued on minimum and maximum tempratures on school buses.
(88816)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
192
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of each category of energy crop were cultivated in (a) 1999, (b) 2002 and (c) 2005; and what estimate he has made of production of each energy crop in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2012.
[Transferred] (89161)
193
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the cultivation of energy crops.
[Transferred] (89162)
194
N
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the level of energy crops available for biomass energy generation; and what steps he is taking to increase it.
[Transferred] (88438)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
195
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the requirements of the United Nations Revised Emergency Appeal for the Occupied Territories has been met; what representations he has received regarding the shortfall; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (89159)

 
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