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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 18 October 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 18 October 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 18 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 18 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 18 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within his Department in each year. | | (95263) | 2
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income for working age households was in the Stroud District Council area in (A) cash and (B) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. | | (95343) | 3
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time and (b) unemployed in (A) the Stroud District Council area, (B) Gloucestershire and (c) the UK (1) at the latest date for which figures are available and (2) at the same date in each of the previous 10 years. | | (95344) | 4
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24th July 2006, Official Report. column 90WS, on Special Advisers, to which individuals in his Department the four pay bands relate. | | (95101) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions in the past three years he has visited a military establishment on official business. | | (95102) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has visited Number 11 Downing Street for events funded from the public purse since 1997. | | (95133) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's civil servants work full-time to support departmental special advisers; and what the pay bands are of each such civil servant. | | (95134) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are authorised to represent his views to the press. | | (95136) | 9
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of breast cancer have been (a) diagnosed and (b) cured in the East Midlands in each of the last 10 years. | | (95179) | 10
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95146) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 11
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within her Department in each year. | | (95264) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 12
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within her Department in each year. | | (95248) | 13
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Lyons Inquiry into local government finance to report. | | (95163) | 14
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the rights of property owners are protected in the Business Improvement District legislation. | | (95236) | 15
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual change in the level of council tax by each district council in South West England was in each year since 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (93508) | 16
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of social housing provided in the south east of England is allocated to (a) asylum seekers, (b) foreign nationals who have indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (c) foreign nationals who have further leave to remain in the United Kingdom. | | (95234) | 17
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual change was in the level of council tax in each district council in the East Midlands in each year since 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (95181) | 18
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will introduce planning guidance on the location of cash machines within new developments so as to facilitate crime reduction. | | (95238) | 19
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95138) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 20
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within her Department in each year. | | (95249) | 21
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will ensure that the hourly rates allowed for claimants by the Legal Services Commission for experts in clinical negligence is the same as the NHS Litigation Authority's payment regime for experts when defending clinical negligence claims; and if she will make a statement. | | [R] (95202) | 22
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what status privately-owned closed circuit television systems have in relation to data protection; and what rights individuals filmed on public footpaths have to ask (a) to see and (b) to destroy video tape of themselves. | | (94795) | 23
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects the inquest into the death of Lieutenant Marc Lawrence RN to commence. | | (94796) | 24
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on court translators' fees in each of the last five years. | | (95222) | 25
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many solicitors left the Law Society's Children's Panel in each of the last three years. | | (95325) | 26
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many solicitors joined the Law Society's Children's Panel in each of the last three years. | | (95367) | 27
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made by electoral registration officers and local authorities on improving registration rates for postal votes. | | (95120) | 28
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority to implement postal vote identifiers under the new postal vote legislation. | | (95121) | 29
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what proportion of magistrates in the Teesside area appointed since 1997 lived in the top 10 per cent. of deprived wards at the time of their appointment. | | (95357) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 30
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she applies to accepting sponsors of the Olympic Games in 2012; which companies are sponsoring the Games; who was responsible for selecting each company; and if she will make a statement. | | (95128) | 31
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much McDonalds agreed to pay towards its sponsorship of the Olympic Games in 2012; what recent representations she has received on sponsorship by McDonalds; and if she will make a statement. | | (95129) | 32
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for appointments to the Olympic Delivery Authority; whether posts are advertised; how many persons applied for each existing post; how many were shortlisted for interview; what criteria were adopted for (a) accepting and (b) rejecting a candidate; and if she will make a statement. | | (95130) | 33
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within her Department in each year. | | (95250) | 34
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when decisions will be announced on (a) the new BBC Charter and (b) the licence fee; and whether these decisions will be subject to Parliamentary scrutiny and assent. | | (94736) | 35
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95156) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 36
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment on 1st April 2006 were unfit for duty on 1st October 2006. | | (95282) | 37
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen have been injured such as to prevent their return to full frontline duty since the beginning of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (95283) | 38
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what considerations led to Sierra Leone service being excluded from the operational tour bonus. | | (95284) | 39
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been wounded on operations in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Iraq and (c) other theatres in each month since January 2005. | | (95285) | 40
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army were not fully fit for operational deployment on 1st October. | | (95286) | 41
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a statement on his Department's reaction to the Elias judgement with regard to the Far East Internees Ex-Gratia Scheme. | | (94899) | 42
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within his Department in each year. | | (95251) | 43
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the total number of deaths of combatants and non-combatants in Afghanistan since October 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (94879) | 44
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the estimates of Iraqi deaths made in The Lancet; and if he will make a statement. | | (94882) | 45
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the transcript of the interview with General Sir Richard Dannatt reported in the Daily Mail on 13th October. | | (95386) | 46
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what royal and ceremonial duties and parades have been cancelled in each of the last five years; and for what reasons each was cancelled. | | (95387) | 47
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the impact of the current tempo of operations on royal and ceremonial duties and parades. | | (95388) | 48
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions are in place for compensation for Afghan civilians killed, wounded or otherwise harmed during ISAF operations. | | (95108) | 49
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether US Government officials have paid sums to British forces in connection with operations in Iraq. | | (95220) | 50
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the submarines which are flagged under EUFOR. | | (95340) | 51
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of those correspondents deployed in Iraq who (a) have been awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal and (b) have refused it; to which agency each was attached; and which have been awarded without clasp. | | (95383) | 52
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military contacts between UK forces and Taliban in Helmand province since June 2006, broken down by area. | | (95091) | 53
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian casualties there have been in Northern Helmand province as a result of military action between Taliban and NATO forces since June 2006. | | (95379) | 54
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2005, Official Report, column 2342W, on Iraq/Afgahistan, if he will keep the families of the dead soldiers informed of proceedings; when he expects arrests to take place; which Iraqi police divisions he expects to carry out the arrests; whether British troops are expected to be involved; what recent discussions he has had with the Iraqi authorities on this investigation; and what progress has been made in the investigation. | | (95320) | 55
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the countries of origin of those fighting for the Taliban killed by UK forces in Afghanistan; and what estimate he has made of how many have come from each country. | | (95160) | 56
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95154) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what gifts purchased with public funds he has given to foreign dignitaries in each of the last nine years; what the (a) name of the recipient, (b) nature of the gift and (c) approximate value of the gift was in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (95122) | 58
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of his Office's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95137) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 59
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will amend the guidance produced by his Department to allow parents to examine the materials used in their child's sex education classes; and if he will make a statement. | | (95061) | 60
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public about amending his Department's guidance on sex education to allow parents to examine the materials used in their child's sex education classes; and if he will make a statement. | | (95062) | 61
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used by his Department to determine whether a school has adequately consulted parents on the nature and scope of health services available in the school; and if he will make a statement. | | (95063) | 62
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95252) | 63
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1458W, on partially selective schools, which schools operate the form of partial selection by ability or aptitude which it would not now be lawful to introduce. | | (95246) | 64
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department issues to schools on their duties under the Data Protection Act 1998. | | (95096) | 65
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations his Department has received on the collection of biometric information by schools. | | (95097) | 66
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his Department's policy is on whether schools should be allowed to collect biometric information on pupils without the consent of their parents. | | (95098) | 67
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will include results of the International GCSE in achievement and attainment tables for secondary schools at GCSE and equivalent. | | (95196) | 68
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has made on the comparability study between the GCSE and the International GCSE. | | (95197) | 69
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in maintained schools sat the International GCSE examination in English in 2006. | | (95198) | 70
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether pupils who achieve an International GCSE in English in accordance with The Coventry City Council and the North West Federation of Schools (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) Order 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1739) will be included in achievement and attainment tables as if they had passed a GCSE in English. | | (95199) | 71
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the operation of The Coventry City Council and the North West Federation of Schools (International General Certificate in Secondary Education) Order 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 1739). | | (95200) | 72
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases have been considered by the advisory panel on discretionary barring led by Sir Roger Singleton since its establishment in January. | | (95293) | 73
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2006 to the hon. Member for South West Hertfordshire, Official Report, column 1235W, on truancy, how much was spent for local authorities to share effective practice; what the nature of the events was; whom the advisers were; how much each adviser was paid; what percentage change in unauthorised absence figures occurred in each quarter since their appointment; how many electronic registration systems were purchased; and what the (a) type, (b) unit cost, (c) supplier and (d) monitoring arrangement was in each local authority area. | | (95349) | 74
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether demographic statistics in Kent were taken into account when determining funding levels for Kent Local Education Authority. | | (95142) | 75
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors are taken into account when calculating funding levels for schools in Kent. | | (95143) | 76
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding levels have been allocated for the local education authorities in (a) Gravesham, (b) Medway and (c) Kent. | | (95144) | 77
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what contact activities (a) courts will be able to order and (b) public funding will pay for when the Children and Adoption Act 2006 is fully operational. | | (95389) | 78
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many convictions there have been for arson in schools in each of the last 20 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (95116) | 79
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have had fires started by arsonists in each of the last 20 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (95117) | 80
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of repairing deliberate fire damage at schools in each of the last 20 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (95118) | 81
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing a sprinkler system in every school in England. | | (95119) | 82
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he plans to give to schools on the information pack circulated to all schools by Truth in Science. | | (94516) | 83
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received about Learning and Skills Council funding for adult education courses in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (95050) | 84
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his intention to prevent children excluded from school from attending a public library. | | (95239) | 85
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95164) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 86
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the areas in (a) Gibraltar and (b) Cyprus sovereign base areas which meet the requirements for designation as (i) special protection areas and (ii) special areas of conservation under the EC Birds and Habitats Directives. | | (95233) | 87
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of cattle TB reactors had open lesions at post-mortem in the 12 months following the resumption of TB testing after the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001. | | (95372) | 88
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions his Department has reached on the relative importance of channels for transmission of TB amongst animals. | | (95373) | 89
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure reliability and robustness of the consultation on badgers. | | (95374) | 90
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) capabilities of the tuberculin previously manufactured at Weybridge and (b) tuberculin manufactured at Lelystad in Holland to detect animals infected with TB. | | (95375) | 91
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the system will be in place in Natural England to transfer the responsibility for the signing off spending from the Chief Executive; and to whom the responsibility will be transferred. | | (94072) | 92
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95253) | 93
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what position the Government took on the decision to impose new EU rules requiring new laboratory tests on animals for chemicals that have been on the market since before 1998; how many additional animals he estimates will be subject to experiment annually as a result of these rules; and if he will make a statement. | | (95322) | 94
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the report by members of the Independent Scientific Group on the effect of the culling of badgers on the spread of bovine TB. | | (95341) | 95
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received regarding micro-chips used to monitor domestic waste. | | (95165) | 96
| Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the appropriateness of including social justice as a material consideration in drafting shoreline management plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (95114) | 97
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what occasions since 1997 the UK has invoked the Hague Preference; what the (a) amount reserved and (b) increase in share was in each case; on how many occasions stocks were at a level where the Preference could have been used but was not; and if he will make a statement on his policy on the use of the Hague Preference. | | (95337) | 98
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of an independent UK polar research capability, with particular reference to (a) future funding, (b) planned projects and (c) pooling of resources. | | (95369) | 99
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much compensation was paid to dairy farmers for the destruction of TB infected cattle in each year since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. | | (94239) | 100
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to improve opportunities for farmers to supply sugar beet for the production of bio-ethanol. | | (95240) | 101
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to regulate the activities of (a) British Sugar and (b) other monopoly processors in the food chain. | | (95241) | 102
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to regulate the activities of larger processors and retailers in the food chain. | | (95242) | 103
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the operation of the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 2003. | | (95185) | 104
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department will assess compliance with the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (England) Regulations 2003; and what funding is available for this work. | | (95186) | 105
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of lead poisoning as a cause of death for birds. | | (95187) | 106
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which contractors are used by the Warm Front Scheme in the East Midlands. | | (95176) | 107
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes have been provided with heating under the Warm Front Scheme in (a) England and (b) Bolsover constituency in the last two years. | | (95177) | 108
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when farmers in the East Midlands are expected to receive the full balance of their 2005 single payment scheme payment. | | (95182) | 109
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95148) | 110
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of EU regulations on traditional cheesemaking in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (95057) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 111
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response she has made to the report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children; what plans she has to implement the relevant recommendations of that report; what advice and assistance her Department gave to the committee which produced the report; and what representations she has received on that report. | | (95297) | 112
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for using a UN Chapter VIII to mandate the African Union deployment in Darfur. | | (95068) | 113
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by her Department to meet the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group in its report Getting the UN into Darfur (a) to apply targeted sanctions to National Congress Party (NCP), (b) to authorise a forensic accounting firm to investigate the offshore accounts and assets of the NCP and their affiliated businesses, (c) to consider sanctions against the petroleum sector in Sudan and (d) to begin planning to enforce a no-fly zone over Darfur. | | (95069) | 114
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to find a political solution to the conflict in Darfur. | | (95071) | 115
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of trends in refusals by the Israeli government of permits for Palestinians holding foreign passports to enter, re-enter or continuously reside in the Occupied Territories. | | (95346) | 116
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ban which has been imposed by the Israeli military on Palestinian students from the West Bank taking up places at Israeli universities. | | (95368) | 117
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the Truth and Friendship Commission between East Timor and Indonesia of the closure of the UK Embassy in Dili and the relocation of diplomatic services to Jakarta. | | (95093) | 118
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the closure of the British Embassy in Dilli on (a) trade activities in the South Pacific and (b) the relationship between East Timor and the UK. | | (95139) | 119
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of how much will be saved by the closure of the British Embassy in Dili; how much will be raised by the sale of Embassy (a) property and (b) chattels in Dili; what the cost will be of the relocation of services to Jakarta; and whether training will be required for new staff in Jakarta dealing with East Timorese cases and issues. | | (95140) | 120
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Britons and (b) locally engaged people were employed at the British Embassy in Dili in each year since 2002; and how many members of staff in the Indonesian Embassy in Jakarta will work on East Timorese cases and issues when the Embassy in Dili closes. | | (95141) | 121
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95254) | 122
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12th October 2006, Official Report, column 34WS, on the British Embassy (Dili), how many British citizens have sought help from the British Embassy for each year since the establishment of an Independent East Timor government in 2002; how many East Timorese citizens have sought help from the British Embassy in Dili since 20th May 2002; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure on British citizens in East Timor. | | (95296) | 123
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what report she has received from (a) the UK Embassy and (b) the EU observers on the presidential election in Mexico; and what analysis has been made of Democratic Revolutionary Party objections made to the Electoral Commission. | | (94881) | 124
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings have been held by UK Embassy officials in Mexico with (a) Felipe Calderón and Andrés Manuel López Obrador and (b) their representatives. | | (94883) | 125
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her most recent assessment is of the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. | | (95203) | 126
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent contact the British High Commission in Cyprus has had with Turkish Cypriots living in the south of Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (95204) | 127
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the British High Commission in Cyprus last visited enclaved Greek Cypriots living in the (a) north of Cyprus and (b) Karpas Peninsula; and if she will make a statement. | | (95205) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people the UK plans to send to act as election monitors for the second round of the Democratic Republic of Congo presidential elections. | | (95347) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice she has offered the Democratic Republic of Congo on election procedures and monitoring. | | (95348) | 130
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has received on the case of Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. | | (95237) | 131
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the role of the UK has been in implementing International Community Commitments under the March 2005 London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority. | | (95350) | 132
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in implementing International Community Commitments agreed under the March 2005 London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority in the areas of (a) economy, (b) governance and (c) security. | | (95351) | 133
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Palestinian Authority commitments agreed at the March 2005 London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority have been met; and if she will make a statement. | | (95352) | 134
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been made to the government of Pakistan on the alleged supply route of Taliban fighters across the Pakistan border with Afghanistan. | | (95353) | 135
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the (a) implications and (b) likely effect of the recent peace initiative between the government of Pakistan and tribal leaders of Waziristan on the insurgency in Afghanistan. | | (95354) | 136
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the threat to the authority of the government of Afghanistan posed by the Afghan insurgency. | | (95355) | 137
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the Prime Minister's recent visit to the Middle East; and if she will make a statement. | | (95356) | 138
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the programmes funded by the EU to train public servants of the new EU accession countries. | | (95339) | 139
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether formal media training is provided for Governors of the Overseas Territories before they take up their posts. | | (95052) | 140
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether formal guidance is given to Governors of the Overseas Territories for the purposes of engagement with local press and media. | | (95053) | 141
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there is a requirement for Governors of Overseas Territories to request approval before engaging with local press and media. | | (95054) | 142
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will take steps to seek the establishment of an independent international body to monitor the levels of conflict-related mortality in Iraq; and if she will make a statement. | | (95279) | 143
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence is available on the mortality rate in Iraq (a) prior to the invasion in March 2003 and (b) in the period from March 2003 to June 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (95280) | 144
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic contact the UK Government has had with the governments of (a) the Cook Islands, (b) Niue, (c) Tokelau, (d) the Coral Sea Islands, (e) the Heard and MacDonald Islands, (f) the Cocos Islands, (g) Christmas Island and (h) the Ashmore and Cartier Islands. | | (95100) | 145
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will compensate Gibraltarian workers who continued to pay into the Gibraltar Social Insurance Fund after 1969 on the same terms as Spanish workers who stopped paying into the fund in 1969. | | (95257) | 146
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's claim is to territorial water surrounding Gibraltar. | | (95258) | 147
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she plans to discuss with the Spanish government increasing claims to British territorial waters surrounding Gibraltar. | | (95259) | 148
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why the Cervantes Institutes was included in discussions during the tripartite talks in Spain and Gibraltar. | | (95260) | 149
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, why flights from Gibraltar to Spanish airports are deemed under the Tripartite Agreement to be internal flights. | | (95294) | 150
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the UK Government has made to Iran's involvement in the conflict in the Lebanon. | | (95295) | 151
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has received about the activities of the Burmese army in Karen State; and if she will make a statement. | | (95145) | 152
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 444W, on ministerial visits, how many claims of expenses of more than £100 have been (a) submitted and (b) checked against departmental guidelines in each of the last two years; how many have been found to be non-compliant; and how many people have been disciplined as a result. | | (95261) | 153
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the final date was for amending the text of the Department's Human Rights and Annual Report 2006 prior to publication. | | (95376) | 154
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of her Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95149) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 155
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will undertake research into the effect of parental notification laws on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers; and if she will make a statement. | | (95112) | 156
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of (a) abortions performed (i) before the 12th week of pregnancy, (ii) between the 12th and 18th weeks of pregnancy, (iii) between the 18th and 24th weeks of pregnancy and (iv) after the 24th week of pregnancy and (b) the provision of the morning after pill in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (95113) | 157
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking to prevent the spread of clostridium difficile in (a) hospitals and (b) the community; what representations she has received from (i) members of the public and (ii) hon. Members on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (95115) | 158
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects each section of the Health Act 2006 to come into force; and what representations she has received on that Act. | | (95298) | 159
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is planned under Modernising Medical Carers to conduct induction training for all doctors below consultant grade on 1st to 3rd August 2007. | | (95243) | 160
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies there were in her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95256) | 161
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the (a) impact and (b) spread of acinetobactor baumannii in hospitals; whether a new strain has been imported from Iraq; and if she will make a statement. | | (95324) | 162
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of capital charges is levied on the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust for the asset of the listed theatre within the St Nicholas Hospital site, Newcastle; and if she will take steps to waive or to reduce these charges. | | (95371) | 163
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust on its recent redundancy announcements. | | (94237) | 164
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with Coventry Primary Care Trust's (a) financial recovery plan and (b) plans for a 15 per cent. mangement cost saving by 2007-08. | | (94238) | 165
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Health Protection Agency on (a) the use of air cleaning technology and (b) other measures to reduce hospital acquired infections. | | (95412) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the annual financial cost of hospital acquired infections. | | (95413) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths attributable to hospital acquired infections were recorded by each NHS trust in the 2005-06 financial year. | | (95414) | 168
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's National Rules Scheme for homeopathic medicines. | | (95235) | 169
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will change the remit and scope of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence investigations to allow it to take into account the wider benefits to families of patients and society that can arise from drug treatments. | | (94591) | 170
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether general practitioners will continue to be able to prescribe Alzheimer's drugs based upon their professional clinical judgement. | | (94592) | 171
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of unreadable cervical smear tests since the implementation of liquid based cytology for cervical cancer screening. | | (95223) | 172
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide for the representation of pharmacists on the NHS Summary Care Record Taskforce; and if she will make a statement. | | [R] (95271) | 173
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors were taken into account when determining the membership of the NHS Summary Care Record Taskforce; and if she will make a statement. | | [R] (95272) | 174
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the advertisements which her Department has placed in the Official Journal of the European Union in 2006. | | (95273) | 175
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) a project team was in place and (b) there was ministerial sign-off before each advertisement was placed in the Official Journal of the European Union in the last six months. | | (95274) | 176
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects all NHS trusts to implement fully the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on infertility. | | (95275) | 177
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has conducted on the introduction of human papilloma virus vaccines. | | (95278) | 178
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of health service closures on likely voter behaviour in marginal constituences. | | (95104) | 179
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has held with the Labour Party Chair and Minister without Portfolio on the impact of health service closures on marginal constituencies. | | (95135) | 180
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many National Health Service staff are disabled. | | (94207) | 181
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current level of provision is of mental health advocates for NHS patients; and what level of provision she plans to put in place in 2007-08. | | (95099) | 182
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes she plans to make to NHS arrangements for continuing healthcare. | | (95378) | 183
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the contract for Netcare services in Cumbria and Lancashire will be signed; and what specialisms are included in the contract. | | (95086) | 184
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken to ensure that there will be enough training posts for young doctors under the Modernising Medical Careers Scheme; if she will delay its introduction; and if she will make a statement. | | (95201) | 185
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the procedure is for the naming of the new hospital in Havering NHS Trust; and who has the final decision on the new name. | | (95089) | 186
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding (a) the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, (c) Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and (d) Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust received from her Department in the 2004-05 fiscal year. | | (95090) | 187
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust's ratio of (a) nurses and (b) doctors per 100 beds is increased to the national average level. | | (95092) | 188
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effects of the provision of a chaplaincy service within hospitals on local NHS trusts; and what steps her Department is taking to support the provision of chaplains in hospitals. | | (95335) | 189
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists on NHS contracts have been registered in Derbyshire in each year since 2003. | | (95178) | 190
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations she has had with (a) Amicus and (b) other NHS trade unions on the future of blood centres in England. | | (94317) | 191
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood centres there are in England; and if she will make a statement on their future. | | (94318) | 192
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95151) | 193
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the Tees Valley sub-region gave birth via caesarian section in each of the last 10 years. | | (95359) | 194
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of eligible women in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the Tees Valley sub-region had (i) breast cancer and (ii) cervical cancer screening procedures in each of the last 10 years. | | (95361) | 195
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women from the top decile of deprived wards in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the Tees Valley sub-region gave birth in each of the last five years. | | (95362) | 196
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's policy is on midwife-led maternity units. | | (95363) | 197
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's policy is in respect of strategic health authority and NHS trust consultation with (a) NHS unions, (b) the general workforce, (c) patients' groups and (d) the wider public before services are transferred from one hospital to another. | | (95364) | 198
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to give reasons when she accepts a recommendation from an Overview and Scrutiny Committe for a proposed reconfiguration of NHS services when the proposed reconfiguration spans two local authority areas. | | (95365) | 199
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women from the top decile of deprived wards in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the Tees Valley sub-region did not take up the offer of screening for (i) breast cancer and (ii) cervical cancer in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (95366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 200
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislation to exempt from the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 those Olympic participants in pistol shooting events to enable them to practise for the events in the UK; what recent representations he has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing amending the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 for this purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (95123) | 201
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people who attended the demonstration in Parliament Square on 9th October 2006; how many police officers were present; how many (a) women and (b) men were arrested; whether permission was granted beforehand for the demonstration to take place in Parliament Square; what the cost was of policing the demonstration; and if he will make a statement. | | (95124) | 202
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of that Act. | | (95125) | 203
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of that Act. | | (95126) | 204
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2006; and what recent representations he has received about the operation of this Act. | | (95127) | 205
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what power his proposed advisory group on immigration will have to recommend limits on the issuing of work permits under the proposed points-based system for migration; whether the issuing of work permits will be affected in any other way by his proposed advisory group; and what plans he has to change the proposals contained in `Controlling our Borders: Making Migration Work for Britain'. | | (95221) | 206
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation have been received from foreign national prisoners who were detained awaiting deportation after serving their sentence. | | (94921) | 207
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95255) | 208
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the distribution of anti-terrorist funding is based on an assessment of the degree of risk; and if he will make a statement. | | (95326) | 209
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to inspect commercial air cargo; whether any changes to those arrangements have been put in place since the events of 9th September 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (95327) | 210
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to develop ways of detecting liquid explosives. | | (95328) | 211
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of cargo shipments are checked for the presence of explosives at (a) ports and (b) other locations in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (95329) | 212
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has ever recommended the use of the sonic teenager deterrent to (a) police forces and (b) local authorities as a method of controlling the assembly of young people. | | (94979) | 213
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has produced for (a) police forces and (b) local authorities on the use of the sonic teenager deterrent. | | (94980) | 214
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police forces and (b) local authorities use the sonic teenager deterrent as a method of controlling the assembly of young people in certain areas. | | (94981) | 215
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities were of applicants for leave to remain in the UK in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (95065) | 216
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths occurred in prisons in each police district in each year since 2000. | | (95289) | 217
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many escapes from prison occurred in each police district in each year since 2000. | | (95290) | 218
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what preparations have been made for the visit to the UK of US anti-drug czar John Walters. | | (95085) | 219
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) prisons and (b) parts of prisons are designated as free of (i) illegal drugs and (ii) alcohol abuse. | | (95174) | 220
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many control orders which allow officials to search a home have been served since their introduction. | | (95048) | 221
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many control orders involving (a) access to designated people to a home, (b) the surrender of a passport, (c) a specific 24 hour ban on movement, (d) requirements of (i) attendance and (ii) reporting at places or areas at specified times of day, (e) electronic tagging or other means of monitoring, (f) prohibitions on travel (A) within and (B) outside the UK, (g) the removal of items from a home for testing, (h) restrictions on access, congress or association of specified persons, (i) restrictions on work activity, (j) restrictions on use of the (1) internet and (2) telephone and (k) prohibition on possession or use of specified items or substances have been served since their introduction. | | (95262) | 222
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, column 1747W, on EU travel bans, what liaison takes place between the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and other of his Department's agencies in monitoring entry to the UK by individuals subject to EU travel bans. | | (95333) | 223
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2005, Official Report, column 1747W, on EU travel bans, what estimate he has made of the cost of collecting information on those who may have entered the UK in breach of an EU travel ban; what travel bans are in operation from other bodies; whether individuals in breach of an EU travel ban have been (a) arrested and (b) deported in the UK; who has entered the UK since 1997 under international immunity but in breach of an EU travel ban; whether individuals subject to an EU travel ban are permitted to transit via the UK; what Government policy is on action to be taken when an indivdual is located in the UK in breach of an EU travel ban; and what representations he has received on visits to the UK by people subject to EU travel bans. | | (95334) | 224
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to police forces in England and Wales on combating crime using global positioning systems on stolen goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (95345) | 225
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with Cambridgeshire Police Authority on refunding from central budgets costs associated with the aborted merger proposals between Cambridgeshire Constabulary with (a) Norfolk and (b) Suffolk Constabulary in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (95385) | 226
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to publicise the implementation of neighbourhood policing during the next 12 months. | | (95049) | 227
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from different faith groups concerning the future of chaplaincy services within the prison estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (94586) | 228
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to alter the commissioning arrangements for chaplaincy services in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (94587) | 229
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the enforced sharing of religious facilities across the prison estate; and if he will make a statement. | | (94588) | 230
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support and protect the individuality of particular Christian denominations' liturgical expression at each prison establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (94589) | 231
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much space was available and designated for the practice of (a) Church of England, (b) Roman Catholic, (c) non-conformist Christian, (d) Hindu, (e) Muslim and (f) Sikh faith at each prison establishment in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (94590) | 232
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have undertaken pre-release placements with voluntary sector providers in the scheme operated by Community Service Volunteers; and if he will make a statement. | | (95194) | 233
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women from Wales were sentenced to prison (a) for first time offences, (b) for periods of less than a year, (c) for periods of between one and two years, (d) for periods of between two and three years, (e) for periods in excess of four years and (f) for shop-lifting offences in each year from 1995 to 2005, broken down by local authority area. | | (95195) | 234
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken under the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. | | (95103) | 235
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes in the remuneration of the Independent Assessor have recently been proposed; and what changes will be introduced in respect of his remuneration for assessments of compensation from 19th April 2006. | | (95105) | 236
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many miscarriages of justice there have been in capital cases which have resulted in a payment of compensation in the last 30 years; and in how many such cases claims for compensation are outstanding. | | (95106) | 237
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that outstanding compensation claims in respect of miscarriages of justice in capital cases are expedited. | | (95107) | 238
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in Derbyshire (a) retired and (b) took ill-health retirement in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (95180) | 239
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional steps the Government plans to take at ports of entry to identify (a) trafficked people and (b) traffickers following the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU. | | (94240) | 240
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many trafficked women have co-operated with prosecutions of trafficking cases in each of the last three years. | | (94241) | 241
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what police initiatives are planned to target traffickers and trafficked people. | | (94242) | 242
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95157) | 243
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the future of the Working Holiday Maker's Visa. | | (95319) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 244
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to assist the government of Kenya in helping refugees fleeing conflict in Somalia. | | (95070) | 245
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many redundancies there were in the Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95247) | 246
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department gives to orphans in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (95323) | 247
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to improve the functioning of the banking system in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (95330) | 248
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK has given to Angola by (a) direct and (b) bilateral programmes; and what future he envisages for the Luanda Urban Poverty Programme. | | (94880) | 249
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect on Angola of ending World Food Programme operations there. | | (95342) | 250
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress has been made on meeting the Millennium Development Goals; and if he will make a statement. | | (95064) | 251
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan; and if he will place in the Library copies of the relevant aid impact analysis reports. | | (95244) | 252
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on reconstruction through provincial reconstruction teams in each relevant province in Afghanistan (a) in 2005-06 and (b) so far in 2006-07. | | (95245) | 253
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many mosquito nets were purchased by the UK for the developing world in each of the last 20 years; and which countries received such aid in each year. | | (95095) | 254
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95158) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 255
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each year; how many temporary staff were employed in each year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to posts within the Department in each year. | | (95270) | 256
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance he plans to provide to the Programme for Government Committee in its work to agree priorities for the new executive; and if he will make a statement. | | (95161) | 257
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the correspondence exchanged by Ministers in his Department and Northern Ireland political parties on the St Andrews Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (95162) | 258
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what correspondence there has been between his Department and (a) the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Police Fund, (b) the acting Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Police Fund and (c) members of the Board of Directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund relating to the 2003 security breach at the Fund. | | (94983) | 259
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the grade was of the civil servant in his Department who carried out the check on the financial return submitted to his Department by the Northern Ireland Police Fund that included a payment made to L'Estrange and Brett solicitors for more than £50,000; and what steps were involved in the checking process carried out on the return. | | (94995) | 260
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether copies of the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund are forwarded to his Department. | | (95017) | 261
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) questions were submitted to his Department by the Northern Ireland Audit Office in relation to the Northern Ireland Police Fund and (b) answers were provided by his Department in response to those questions. | | (95018) | 262
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 333W, on Police Service of Northern Ireland, to whom (a) Ms A. Paisley, (b) Mrs F. Reid, (c) Lord Rogan, (d) Mr R. Wilson and (e) Sir John Semple tendered their resignations as directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund. | | (95066) | 263
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 329-30W, on Parliamentary Questions, which answers to Parliamentary Questions have (a) been drafted by the North/South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat and (b) received input from the North/South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat. | | (95067) | 264
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 334-5W, on the Police Service of Northern Ireland, within which standard corporate governance arrangements and practices the Northern Ireland Police Fund routinely seeks advice and reports to the Department. | | (95094) | 265
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted for (a) motoring offences that resulted in a fatality and (b) careless driving in each year since 2003. | | (95390) | 266
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average sentence handed down by courts in Northern Ireland was for people convicted of motoring offences that resulted in a fatality in each of the last five years. | | (95391) | 267
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many accident and emergency hospital staff in Northern Ireland have been the victims of assault while on duty in each of the last three years, broken down by hospital. | | (95392) | 268
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hospital staff in Northern Ireland have been hospitalised as a result of assault while on duty in each of the last three years. | | (95393) | 269
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of people attending accident and emergency departments in Northern Ireland have presented with (a) alcohol-related conditions and (b) injuries in which alcohol was a contributory cause in each of the last three years. | | (95394) | 270
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken by each Health and Social Services Trust in Northern Ireland to ensure that the (a) appointment and (b) representation of hospital chaplains complies with equality legislation. | | (95395) | 271
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95152) | Questions to the Prime Minister 272
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with (a) the Deputy Prime Minister, (b) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (c) Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer since July about his forthcoming resignation as Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement. | | (95287) | 273
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) letters and (b) postcards he has received since July from (i) members of the public, (ii) hon. Members and (iii) members of the House of Lords about the issue of abortion; how many and what percentage (A) supported and (B) opposed abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (95288) | 274
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 867W, on official gifts, how each of the assets recorded on the Donated Asset Reserve as held by his Office are used; and for what reason each is retained. | | (95331) | 275
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 867W, on the Privy Council, through what mechanism he receives possible nominations for submission to the Queen; from whom he receives names; in what forum and with whom he discusses the merits of each candidate; and whether dossiers are maintained on each. | | (95332) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 276
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each such year; how many temporary staff were employed in each such year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to the Department in each such year. | | (95269) | 277
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of his Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95150) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 278
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for (a) voluntary and (b) compulsory redundancies in his Department during (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08 financial years; and how many officials in his Department, have (A) taken voluntary severance and (B) been made, or informed that they will be made, redundant in each month since July 2006 broken down by (1) directorate and (2) grade . | | (95109) | 279
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to reach agreement with the Treasury on the next Comprehensive Spending Review Settlement. | | (95110) | 280
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library copies of the advice his Department provides to officials on (a) taking voluntary redundancy and (b) being made compulsorily redundant; what steps his Department (i) has taken and (ii) plans to take during the next year to reduce spending in his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (95111) | 281
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost to British consumers and industry of lost opportunities in those EU countries which have not liberalised their energy markets. | | (95292) | 282
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each such year; how many temporary staff were employed in each such year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to the Department in each year. | | (95268) | 283
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the costs to (a) UK oil refiners, (b) fuel suppliers delivering above 100,000 tonnes and (c) consumers of fuel of the removal of the UK derogation on the compulsory stocking obligation provided by EU Directive 2006/67/EC. | | (95384) | 284
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) Government and (b) EU grants Peugeot has received in the last 15 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (94145) | 285
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20th July 2006, Official Report, column 54WS, on civil plutonium and uranium stocks, if he will clarify the reason for the 200 kg reduction in the quantity of plutonium contained in unirradiated MOX fuel or other fabricated products at reactor sites or elsewhere; in what part of the reprocessing process the plutonium is lost; where it is now; what his definition of down-blending is; and who is responsible for accounting for such materials. | | (95132) | 286
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with senior executives in the coal industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (95231) | 287
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Airbus on the manufacture of wings for the proposed A350XWB aircraft at the plant in Broughton. | | (95380) | 288
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with European and Aeronautic Defence and Space Company on the establishment of a research and development facility in the UK. | | (95381) | 289
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) trading standards enforcement officers on the health and safety compliance of illegally imported furniture. | | (95175) | 290
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people are employed in the furniture sector in the UK; and how many were employed in the sector in (a) 1980, (b) 1990 and (c) 2000. | | (95188) | 291
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's long-term policy is towards the furniture industry. | | (95189) | 292
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he last met representatives of the furniture industry. | | (95190) | 293
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the furniture industry was worth to the UK economy in the last period for which figures are available. | | (95191) | 294
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support his Department is giving to the furniture industry in the UK. | | (95192) | 295
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of lives saved in the UK by flammability regulations on furniture. | | (95193) | 296
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the final collection times are from Royal Mail post boxes in Cornwall; and what they were on (a) 1st October 2003, (b) 1st October 2004 and (c) 1st October 2005. | | (94439) | 297
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for (a) miners' hearing loss, (b) vibration white finger and (c) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been paid in Bolsover constituency in each of the last seven years. | | (95184) | 298
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the operation of regulatory bodies under the Scottish legal system. | | (95131) | 299
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95155) | 300
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the performance of windfarms. | | (95055) | 301
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households in each constituency in the North East Region are not connected to the gas network. | | (95358) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 302
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each such year; how many temporary staff were employed in each such year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to the Department in each such year. | | (95267) | 303
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct the Highways Agency to implement the installation of whisper-quiet surfacing adjacent to residential areas on the A47 trunk road in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (95370) | 304
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95147) | 305
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department and (b) the Scottish Executive Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department on the ship-to-ship oil transfer planning application by Melbourne Marine Service in the Firth of Forth. | | (95377) | 306
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that the £1.3 billion payment required to be made to the Treasury as part of the East Coast Main Line rail franchise agreement is safeguarded. | | (95360) | 307
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure continuation of the East Coast Main Line rail service following GNER's parent company's default on its bond payment in the United States and filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; and if he will make a statement. | | (95382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 308
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the leaders of (a) the Muslim community in Wales and (b) the Commission for Racial Equality in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (95228) | 309
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with senior executives in the steel industry in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (95229) | 310
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with senior executives in the coal industry in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (95230) | 311
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with other appropriate government departments on how best practice on social exclusion can be shared with the Welsh Assembly Government. | | (95232) | 312
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95153) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 313
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will bring forward proposals to provide safe houses for women who have been trafficked into this country for the purpose of sexual exploitation and who are willing to testify against the traffickers. | | (95291) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 314
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each such year; how many temporary staff were employed in each such year; and how many staff were seconded by outside organisations to the Department in each such year. | | (95265) | 315
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which individuals are able to eat healthily when in receipt of income support personal allowance for a single person aged (a) 16-17, (b) 18-24 and (c) 25 years and over. | | (95051) | 316
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of increasing by £1 per week income support levels for single people aged (a) 16-17 and (b) 18-24 years. | | (95060) | 317
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the assessment process for (a) disability living allowance, (b) attendance allowance, (c) carer's allowance and (d) incapacity benefit in each of the last five years. | | (94208) | 318
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming pension credit in Tooting constituency. | | (95276) | 319
| Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people took up pension credit in Tooting constituency in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (95277) | 320
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing lone parents with a work related activity premium for each year from 2006-07 to 2008-09; what the reason is for paying lone parents for engaging in work related activity; and if he will make a statement. | | (95281) | 321
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of inviting existing claimants of child support to reapply under the new system. | | (95166) | 322
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Sir David Henshaw has reported on the policy and implementation issues arising from his first report. | | (95167) | 323
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to bring forward legislation to remove the requirement that all parents with care claiming benefit be treated as applying for child maintenance. | | (95168) | 324
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to confirm details of the increase in child maintenance disregard. | | (95169) | 325
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the White Paper on the Child Support Agency; and when he expects to publish the responses to his consultation on the agency. | | (95170) | 326
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of (a) two agencies in tandem and (b) three systems of claims in relation to handling child support cases. | | (95171) | 327
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the consultation on a possible charging regime for using the new child support system will (a) be established and (b) conclude. | | (95172) | 328
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of companies in the East Midlands with invalid or insufficient liability insurance. | | (95183) | 329
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the Department's mail is shipped using private companies; and what the cost was over the last 12 months. | | (95159) | 330
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets are set for Jobcentre Plus contact centre telephone operators. | | (95056) | 331
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice and training on dealing with customers with autistic spectrum disorders is available for employees of Jobcentre Plus. | | (95058) | 332
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision has been made to assist people with autistic spectrum disorder under the Jobcentre Plus Customer Management System. | | (95059) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 333
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will list the occasions since 1997 (a) departments and (b) agencies have been rebranded; and at what cost in each case. | | [Transferred] (95338) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 334
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make available for publication in the Official Report A List agendas prior to the meeting of the relevant Council of Ministers meeting. | | [Transferred] (95321) | 335
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the A List items from the last of each Department's EU Council of Ministers meetings. | | [Transferred] (95336) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 336
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the effectiveness of projects utilising road asphalt heat generation. | | [Transferred] (95173) |
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