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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 18 September 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 18 September 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 September 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 18 September of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 18 September see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) assault rifles and (b) other long-barrelled weapons sharing the same section 5 classifications originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina and entering the UK through the port of Immingham were declared to UK customs in (i) July 2005 and (ii) August 2005. | | (91113) | 2
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will veto the European Parliament proposal for an EU-wide tax on cars according to their carbon emissions. | | (91178) | 3
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to counter VAT carousel fraud; and what mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that companies not under suspicion of fraud achieve prompt settlement of VAT repayment. | | (91123) | 4
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Chancellor has made of the expected loss of revenue from VAT fraud in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (91124) | 5
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fee-charging cash machines were installed in Wirral in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (91140) | 6
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) reduce and (b) remove VAT on fruit drinks. | | (91206) | 7
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people from the new EU accession countries (a) have claimed and (b) are claiming tax credits at the latest available date. | | (91131) | 8
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Treasury of extending capital gains tax rollover relief to residential landlords. | | (91268) | 9
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of extending capital gains tax rollover relief to residential landlords. | | (91269) | 10
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of capital gains tax rollover relief being available for holiday lets but not residential landlords in areas where there is high demand for holiday accommodation as well as residential letting. | | (91270) | 11
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending capital gains tax rollover relief to residential landlords as well as to those owning holiday lets. | | (91276) | 12
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent tax credits paid in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (91209) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 13
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the work programme is of the Social Exclusion Unit and what work the Social Exclusion Unit has undertaken with the Strategy Unit. | | (91167) | 14
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants worked in the Social Exclusion Unit in each year since 1997; and what the budget was of the Social Exclusion Unit in each year. | | (91168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 15
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many faith-based housing associations there are; and what the capital allocation for each was in each of the last five years. | | (91128) | 16
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the tenant deposit scheme on smaller residential landlords. | | (91271) | 17
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department will respond to the recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission. | | (91272) | 18
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that the presumption that large shops should be built in town centres rather than out of town continues; and if she will make a statement. | | (91253) | 19
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the rationale is for restricting the Local Government Ombudsman's scope to considering matters from the previous 12 months only; and what consideration she has given to introducing measures to extend that scope. | | (91254) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 20
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans the Government has to change the charging arrangements in relation to requests under the Freedom of Information Act; and if she will make a statement. | | (91267) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 21
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received regarding the promotion of internet gambling sites in (a) broadcast and (b) non-broadcast media. | | (91141) | 22
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on progress with negotiations regarding the planned sale of the Tote. | | (91132) | 23
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Minister for Creative Industries and Tourism will meet (a) a small delegation from the Wicksteed Trust and (b) the hon. Member for Kettering to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the future of Wicksteed Park, Kettering. | | (91107) | 24
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the difference in funding for film projects by the UK Film Council in (a) the City of Brighton and Hove and (b) West Sussex. | | (91166) | 25
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect the budgets of those publicly-funded organisations which promote creative industries. | | (91174) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 26
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence spending was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last 10 years; what the planned spending on defence is for each of the next five years; and what the spending in each year represents as a percentage of gross domestic product. | | (91213) | 27
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average age was of each type of aircraft flown by the RAF in each of the last 10 years. | | (91215) | 28
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned level of trained RAF personnel was in each of the last 10 years; and what the planned levels are for each of the next five years. | | (91216) | 29
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been treated for (a) gunshot and (b) shrapnel wounds received in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq since 2001. | | (91261) | 30
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving Regular Army personnel have (a) left and (b) given notice of their intention to leave the army within 12 months of completing service in Iraq since 2003. | | (91262) | 31
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving Territorial Army personnel have (a) left and (b) given notice of their intention to leave the army within 12 months of completing service in Iraq since 2003. | | (91263) | 32
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to ensure that ex-Territorial Army soldiers who served in Iraq receive assistance from his Department if they become subject to post traumatic stress disorder. | | (91264) | 33
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to grant pardons for those First World War soldiers that were convicted of capital crimes, but not executed. | | (91153) | 34
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of publication of Preview, published by the Defence Procurement Agency; how it is funded; and to what individuals and groups it is distributed. | | (91154) | 35
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the troop levels are for each battalion in the Royal Irish Regiment; what the planned numbers are for each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (91155) | 36
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Ministers, (b) hon. Members and (c) Members of the House of Lords visited British troops in Afghanistan in (i) July and (ii) August 2006. | | (91156) | 37
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the planned new mental health provision for demobilised reservists will be located; what services will be provided; how much it is expected to cost; when the service is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement. | | (91157) | 38
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of shipping a given amount of military material in containers to a given United Kingdom destination by (a) military train and (b) a fleet of container lorries. | | (91148) | 39
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of military containers shipped from the United Kingdom for Operation Telic were sent to their ports of embarkation by (a) rail and (b) road; and what the average cost per unit was for these internal United Kingdom journeys. | | (91149) | 40
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the internal United Kingdom transportation of military containers by (a) rail and (b) road is carried out by the most economical means. | | (91150) | 41
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on Defence Storage and Distribution Agency rail operations in respect of (a) keeping them in-house and (b) out-sourcing them to private contractors. | | (91151) | 42
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are used when deciding whether to send military container shipments by (a) rail and (b) road to destinations within the United Kingdom. | | (91152) | 43
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all serving military personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan are provided with body armour which protects vital organs in addition to the heart; and whether soldiers being sent to each country will be issued with the old body armour which protects the heart only. | | (91223) | 44
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received any requests from British commanders for (a) more troops and (b) extra munitions or equipment to support the British deployment in Afghanistan. | | (91171) | 45
N | John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress there has been on the market testing of the VC10 programme at St Athan; and whether this took into account the full application of the Two Tier Workforce Regulations. | | (91231) | 46
N | John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision was made for the cost of the TUPE obligations in the (a) Tornado RB199 Operational Contract for Engine Transformation (ROCET) and (b) Tornado CMU and Harrier Joint Upgrade and Maintenance Programme; and what the resultant costs were. | | (91232) | 47
N | John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will suspend (a) the round of redundancies at the Defence Aviation Repair Agency and (b) the transfer of Tornado work to RAF Marham until the implications of compliance with TUPE regulations have been assessed. | | (91233) | 48
N | John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of further extended deployment of Harrier jets in Afghanistan beyond March 2007 on the deep maintenance and upgrade programme of the Harrier fleet. | | (91234) | 49
N | John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the availability rate is of the Harrier jets deployed in Afghanistan. | | (91235) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 50
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with representatives of Redhill Aerodrome Ventures in the last five years. | | (91255) | 51
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what processes were involved in choosing the members of the Casino Advisory Panel; and what direct input he had in those procedures. | | (91137) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 52
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) average and (b) maximum subsidy per student paid was to local education authorities for post-16 student transport grants for each local education authority for each year between 2001-02 and 2006-07. | | (91240) | 53
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for how much each local education authority in England bid in respect of resources for transport grants for school and college students over the age of 16 years; and how much each received for each year between 2001-02 and 2006-07. | | (91241) | 54
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 852W, on truancy, how many pupils there were in maintained mainstream secondary schools in each year since 1997-98 in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; what definition of rurality his Department uses; and if he will make a statement. | | (91237) | 55
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he plans to publish the disability equality scheme for his Department; and in what formats it will be published. | | (91185) | 56
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people applied for an electrical apprenticeship in the last year for which figures are available; and how many were accepted. | | (91119) | 57
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will issue advice to schools to enable children with medical needs to use special, rather than standard, plimsoll type footwear whilst at school; and if he will make a statement. | | (91242) | 58
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will carry out research into (a) how many schools seek to enforce the use of standard plimsoll type footwear by pupils and (b) the impact of such enforcement on children with foot, knee and hip problems; and if he will make a statement. | | (91243) | 59
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he issues to schools on that duty of care in respect of children with foot, knee and hip problems with regard to the footwear they are allowed to use whilst in school. | | (91244) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 60
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last reviewed procedures to protect against unauthorised genetically modified organisms entering the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (91158) | 61
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times unauthorised genetically modified organisms (a) entered the UK and (b) entered the food chain in the UK in each year since 1997; and what the (i) substance and (ii) country of origin was in each case. | | (91159) | 62
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means market valuations are derived for the purpose of cattle compensation. | | (91247) | 63
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the figures for CFC recovery from domestic and commercial appliances for each of the last 10 years; and what estimate he has made of performance in 2006. | | (91144) | 64
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of the CFCs recovered by UK licensed facilities have been (a) destroyed and (b) processed to render them harmless to the environment in each year since 1990. | | (91145) | 65
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's guidance on the recovery of controlled substances in refrigerators and freezers; and what assessment he has made of its impact on falling CFC recovery rates in the UK. | | (91146) | 66
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the profitability of the power generation sector in Phase 1 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (91147) | 67
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers his Department has to require water companies to take action to prevent repeated instances of sewage flooding in residential areas. | | (91176) | 68
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much English Nature spent on (a) conservation and nature management programmes and (b) salaries in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and what estimates have been made of expenditure in each category in 2006-07. | | (91120) | 69
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage greater home composting; and if he will seek to persuade local authorities to remove putrescible waste from landfill. | | (91202) | 70
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the number of incidents of bovine TB in cattle herds and the change in compensation payments to a tabular system. | | (91203) | 71
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lost ways have been identified under the Discovering Lost Ways Project; and how many of these go through private property. | | (91248) | 72
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to date is of the Discovering Lost Ways Project. | | (91250) | 73
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what special measures will be taken during the extraordinary high tides expected in autumn 2006 to protect low lying areas of the Essex coast line and islands lying off Essex. | | (91245) | 74
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake research to estimate whether, there has been a change in the level of protection afforded by Canvey Island sea defences since they were first established; and if he will make a statement. | | (91246) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 75
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the case for the creation of an EU Commissioner for Migration. | | (91177) | 76
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the EU Commission Green Paper, Towards a Future Maritime Policy for the Union, what her policy is on the applicability of EU policy and legislation to the territorial waters of overseas territories of Member States. | | (91179) | 77
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her policy is on the maintenance of a seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. | | (91180) | 78
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will review the operating procedures of the International Criminal Court following the pleas by some governments and organisations to seek clemency in the case of those Lords Resistance Army bodies who have been indicted. | | (91204) | 79
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to meet its commitment under Article 5 of the Mine Ban Treaty to clear minefields in the Falklands Islands by 1st March 2009. | | (91190) | 80
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to ratify Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Treaty prior to the Review Conference to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in November. | | (91191) | 81
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials from her Department will be seeking agreement on a mandate for future negotiations on cluster munitions at the Review Conference to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in November. | | (91192) | 82
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which officials from her Department will be attending the opening session of the Sixty-first UN General Assembly in New York on 12th September. | | (91193) | 83
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the (a) Israeli government and (b) US Administration about the use of (i) cluster munitions and (ii) other weapons, components and military equipment in the (A) recent conflict in Israel and Lebanon and (B) Occupied Territories over the past three months. | | (91194) | 84
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has (a) made and (b) received from coalition partners of the likelihood of a civil war in Iraq. | | (91219) | 85
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 progress in the political, economic and social conditions in the Iraqi provinces of (a) Al Basrah, (b) Al Muthanna, (c) Dhi Qar and (d) Maysan. | | (91220) | 86
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1267W, on Iraq, what further progress has been made by the Joint Committee to transfer security responsibility in Iraq; and what discussions the Government has had with (a) United States and (b) Iraqi counterparts on the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. | | (91221) | 87
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her NATO counterparts on the situation in Afghanistan; and what requests have been made for additional support from NATO allies for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. | | (91222) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 88
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals had more than 4,000 births in the last year for which figures are available. | | (91198) | 89
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is her policy that maternity hospitals should plan for over 4,000 births a year. | | (91199) | 90
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will visit the Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust. | | (91200) | 91
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of each county's largest town or city does not have a general hospital. | | (91201) | 92
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what inquiries her Department made concerning the (a) town and country planning advice on, (b) legal obstacles to and (c) affordability of the St Helier option for siting a critical care hospital in coming to her decision to set out in her letters of (i) 19th December 2005 and (ii) 16th August 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (91125) | 93
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many performance-related bonuses were paid to staff in her Department in each year since 1997; and how much was spent by her Department on performance-related bonuses in each year. | | (91126) | 94
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which strategic health authorities have authorised the use of hospital minimum waiting times as a means of demand management within the NHS; and which clinical conditions are specifically (a) included and (b) excluded from this system. | | (91121) | 95
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have taken place with strategic health authorities about the introduction of hospital minimum waiting times as a mechanism of demand management; and if she will make a statement. | | (91122) | 96
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding the availability of NHS dentists in Wirral South. | | (91142) | 97
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding the role of Denplan in relation to the availability of NHS dentists in (a) Wirral South, (b) the North West and (c) England. | | (91143) | 98
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trust hospitals have rented (a) all and (b) part of their wards to pharmaceutical companies for experimental treatments in the last 12 months. | | (91226) | 99
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trust hospitals have taken part in Phase 3 trials of pharmaceuticals; which (a) hospitals and (b) pharmaceutical companies were involved; and what income was received by each trust. | | (91227) | 100
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what insurance an NHS hospital trust holds for compensation claims incurred by private companies renting NHS wards. | | (91228) | 101
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to the NHS was of treating patients at Northwick Park who took part in the experimental testing set up by Parexel. | | (91280) | 102
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total budgeted spend of each NHS trust was for (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) the latest proposed budgeted spend for 2007-08. | | (91239) | 103
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on supplies to the NHS of intravenous adrenaline; what the content of these representations was; which companies supply intravenous adrenaline to the NHS; and if she will make a statement on the supply of intravenous adrenaline to NHS organisations. | | (91114) | 104
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the placing of sleeping contracts for vaccines for use in the event of an influenza pandemic since her Department's Chief Medical Officer issued tenders for the sleeping contracts on 19th October 2005. | | (91115) | 105
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital meals were left untouched in each year since 2001-02; and what this figure represents as a percentage of the total number of patient main meals in each year. | | (91116) | 106
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department received earlier estimates from each strategic health authority (SHA) regarding the forecast year-end financial position of each SHA's health community in 2006-07 as at month three of 2006-07, which were different from those which were published in the quarter one financial data for 2006-07 on 11th August. | | (91186) | 107
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made following her decision in December 2005 to site a new hospital at St Helier, Carshalton; and if she will make a statement. | | (91187) | 108
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are employed by the Sussex Ambulance Service; and what projections she has made about the number of ambulances which will be required if Worthing Hospital Accident and Emergency Department were to close. | | (91169) | 109
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) information gathering and (b) other actions (i) her Department and (ii) other bodies are taking to inform the production of the report on progress towards disability equality within the health policy sector. | | (91181) | 110
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has made an assessment of which policy areas will be considered in her report on progress towards disability equality within the health policy sector due to be published in December 2008. | | (91182) | 111
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps were taken to involve disabled people in the production of her Department's disability equality scheme. | | (91183) | 112
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the cost of extending the list of medical conditions which are exempt from prescription charges to include mental illness. | | (91277) | 113
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the (a) Single Assessment Process and (b) Children's Assessment Forum will be used by (i) Department for Work and Pensions staff in assessing benefit entitlement and (ii) local authorities in assessing eligibility for (A) RADAR keys and (B) blue badges; and if she will make a statement on steps taken to reduce form-filling required by patients. | | (91112) | 114
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses completed their training in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and how many have not been able to find jobs. | | (91249) | 115
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that savings released by the amalgamation of primary care trusts (PCT) in Leeds are reinvested in services in the new Leeds PCT area. | | (91265) | 116
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS organisations outsource administrative services to overseas providers; from where such services are provided; what their total cost was in 2005-06; what steps her Department has taken to promote quality controls in respect of those that involve the inputting of patient data and the drafting of letters to patients; and if she will review the operation of such contracts. | | (91266) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 117
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to collect data routinely on assaults on police community services officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (91127) | 118
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, columns 135-6W, on police; how many assaults per head of population there were on (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in each constabulary in 2004-05; what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of assaults on police officers since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (91218) | 119
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Detention Estate Population Management Unit plans to introduce a real time electronic database of those immigration offenders currently detained. | | (91251) | 120
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many workers at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (a) are absent from work on full pay and (b) have been for more than one month. | | (91252) | 121
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th September 2006, Official Report, column 1841W, on the Review of Resourcing and Management of Immigration Final Report 2004, which of the 20 recommendations he considers to be no longer relevant. | | (91273) | 122
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments are undertaken at point of entry to the UK to check the performance of (a) assistant immigration officers, (b) immigration officers and (c) chief immigration officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (91274) | 123
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been investigated for impropriety since 31st July 2006. | | (91275) | 124
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many transfers of long-held immigration stamps were completed in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06, broken down by cost option. | | (91133) | 125
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent transferring long-held immigration stamps in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06; and how much of the sum was accounted for by (i) operational costs, (ii) staffing costs and (iii) overhead costs in each case. | | (91134) | 126
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are undertaken when transferring long-held immigration stamps. | | (91135) | 127
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports belonging to foreign nationals with pending leave to remain or asylum applications are being held by his Department. | | (91136) | 128
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid in support for unaccompanied young asylum seekers after their 18th birthday by each local authority in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2005-06; and what the expected cost is for 2006-07. | | (91236) | 129
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time between the receipt of an application for a Criminal Records Bureau check and the full formal response was in each year from 2000 to 2005; and what the average time was for applications submitted since the beginning of 2006. | | (91238) | 130
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Woking concerning Mr B. Fensome, ref M27866/5. | | (91165) | 131
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers transferred to the Metropolitan Police from each other police force in each of the last three years; and how many transferred from the Metropolitan Police Force to other police forces in each year. | | (91208) | 132
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reimburse the Essex Police Authority for the full costs incurred by the authority in considering proposals for the merger of Essex Police with other police forces. | | (91211) | Questions to the Solicitor General 133
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps he is (a) taking and (b) plans to take to ensure the successful prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service of persistent and prolific offenders. | | (91110) | 134
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Solicitor General, in what proportion of cases prosecuted by the Northamptonshire Crown Prosecution Service, bail was given against the prosecutor's advice in each of the last five years. | | (91111) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 135
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to review the governance regime for the four largest UK accounting firms. | | (91188) | 136
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) business and (b) trade organisations his Department has met to discuss the Companies Bill in the last 12 months. | | (91189) | 137
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which (a) charities, (b) trade unions and (c) non-governmental organisations his Department has met to discuss the Companies Bill in the last 12 months. | | (91195) | 138
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what cost analysis he has undertaken on the development of cellulosic ethanol as an alternative fuel source. | | (91196) | 139
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to further the development of cellulosic ethanol as a alternative fuel source. | | (91197) | 140
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total cost for the UK has been of the Galileo programme; what the cost was of the last tranche of payment; which British companies are involved in the project; and what estimate he has made of the number and location of jobs in the UK which are dependent on the Galileo project. | | (91279) | 141
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government expects to conclude its review of the future of the post office; and if he will make a statement. | | (91278) | 142
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the 10 largest schemes were in monetary terms on the Small Business Service's Grants and Support Directory in 2005-06; what arrangements are in place to measure each scheme's (a) impact and (b) effectiveness; and if he will make a statement. | | (91224) | 143
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what total expenditure was on all regional versions of the (a) Accelerate, (b) Access to Work, (c) Arts Grants, (d) Business Advice, (e) Business Advice and Support, (f) Business Advisors, (g) Business Development, (h) Business Planning, (i) Business Start-Up, (j) Grant for Research and Development, (k) HIE Network Financial Assistance for Business, (l) Historic Building Grants, (m) Manufacturing Advisory Service, (n) New Entrepreneur Scholarship, (o) Selective Finance for Investment England, (p) Start-Up and (q) Workforce Development schemes in each of the past three financial years. | | (91225) | 144
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support the Government provides for small businesses in addition to the schemes listed on the Small Business Service's Grants and Support Directory. | | (91256) | 145
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure an appropriate level of funding for the work of the Design Council. | | (91175) | 146
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the target time is within which decisions on export licences should be reached; and how many, and what proportion of applications were decided upon within the target period in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (91260) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 147
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to make it compulsory for children to wear safety helmets when riding bicycles. | | (91214) | 148
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) adult and (b) child cyclists were (i) injured and (ii) killed in each of the last 10 years. | | (91217) | 149
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce maximum speeds on rural roads. | | (91205) | 150
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that would be lost in freight yards at Crewe and Dollands Moor if subsidies for freight operating companies using the Channel Tunnel are withdrawn; what the cost for freight trains using the Channel Tunnel (a) are until 30th November and (b) will be after 30th November; and if he will make a statement on the plan to withdraw their subsidies. | | (91229) | 151
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why musicians are not permitted to take their instruments onto aeroplanes. | | (91257) | 152
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the normal hand luggage rules for aeroplanes to be restored. | | (91258) | 153
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect of the ban on normal size hand luggage from aeroplanes. | | (91259) | 154
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet (a) the Transport Chair of the East Midlands Regional Assembly, (b) the hon. Member for Kettering and (c) a small delegation of other interested parties from Northamptonshire to discuss the prioritisation of major road schemes and the working of the Regional Funding Allocation Mechanism. | | (91108) | 155
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next expects to meet members of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Transport Board; and what matters he plans to discuss. | | (91160) | 156
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what feasibility studies he has carried out to investigate whether any stretch of disused railway could be utilised as a highway to reduce congestion; and if he will make a statement. | | (91161) | 157
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of disused railway track bed are undeveloped and available for sale or for an alternative use. | | (91162) | 158
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what trials (a) have taken place and (b) are scheduled to take place on the feasibility of allowing cars to use disused rail lines; where such trials are taking place; and when he expects an evaluation to be carried out. | | (91163) | 159
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold an inquiry into (a) incidents in (i) late August and (ii) early September involving lengthy days for passengers using rail services between London Liverpool Street and Colchester and (b) the condition and maintenance of the railway track between London Liverpool Street and Colchester; and if he will make a statement. | | (91210) | 160
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the guidance will be published in response to the taxi and private vehicle licensing consultation which closed in October 2005. | | (91106) | 161
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of all traffic accidents in England and Wales involved foreign registered lorries in each of the last three years. | | (91117) | 162
N | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department is making to the Civil Aviation Authority on the application to the instruments of professional musicians of the recent security restrictions on aircraft hand luggage. | | (91138) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 163
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department provides to citizens advice bureaux. | | (91139) | 164
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many arrivals from the new EU accession countries (a) have claimed and (b) are claiming income related benefits at the latest available date. | | (91130) | 165
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Insurance numbers have been issued since May 2004; and how many of these were to workers from EU accession countries, broken down by country of origin. | | (91212) | 166
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who have suicidal tendencies will automatically be part of the support group under the Welfare Reform proposals; and when final details of the support group will be available. | | (91170) | 167
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) information gathering and (b) other actions (i) his Department and (ii) other bodies are taking to inform the production of the report on progress towards disability equality within the work and pensions policy sector. | | (91184) | 168
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many methods of calculation are available to decision makers in his Department making decisions on overpayment of benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (91118) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 169
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what Government support will be made available for the Centenary of Scouting in 2007; which Minister has been designated to lead Government support for the Centenary; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (91207) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 170
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action he is taking to discourage the use of snares for catching birds and small mammals. | | [Transferred] (91173) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 171
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was provided to each London borough for the purpose of funding drug residential rehabilitation places in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (91164) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 172
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the Bail Act 1976 in relation to persistent and prolific offenders. | | [Transferred] (91109) | 173
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle occupants have been fined for non-wearing of seat belts in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (91172) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 174
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many arrivals from the new EU accession countries (a) have claimed and (b) are claiming means tested (i) housing benefit and (ii) council tax benefit at the latest available date. | | [Transferred] (91129) |
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