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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 20 October 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 20 October 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 20 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 Friday 20 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 20 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the population of (a) England, (b) Surrey, (c) Reigate constituency and (d) the Borough of Reigate and Banstead is aged over 65 years. | | (96329) | 2
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings which would be made if tax credits were not available to higher rate taxpayers. | | (95691) | 3
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mid year estimates made in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 were of the population in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne; and what the estimates of future population were for each year. | | (95409) | 4
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96227) | 5
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice is given to recipients of tax credits when they notify the Tax Credit Office of an increase in income to avoid the possibility of an overpayment in tax credits. | | (95478) | 6
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people in the Stroud District are in receipt of tax credits; and how many of these have received an overpayment in each of the last three years. | | (95479) | 7
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research has been conducted into the problems encountered by self-employed people claiming tax credits; and if he will take steps to change the system to take better account of the needs of the self-employed. | | (95480) | 8
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there were from (a) cancer and (b) heart disease in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since 1997. | | (96231) | 9
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies has given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96268) | 10
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average wage was for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income was for working age households in the Gateshead Council area in (A) cash and (B) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. | | (96358) | 11
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic case for the use of care vouchers to help employees with caring responsibilities to purchase additional care and support for the person to whom they provide care. | | (95701) | 12
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many draft Answers to Parliamentary Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Yeovil for answer by the Chancellor of the Exchequer have been (a) approved and (b) amended by the Chairman of HM Revenue and Customs since January 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (96006) | 13
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of public sector pensions as a share of gross domestic product in (a) 1980, (b) 1990 and (c) 2000; what forecast he has made of the equivalent cost in (i) 2010, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2030, (iv) 2040 and (v) 2050; and if he will make a statement. | | (96007) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of unfunded public sector pension liabilities in each year since 1980. | | (96008) | 15
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which section of his Department is responsible for analysis of the costs of public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (96009) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been employed in the public sector in each year since 1980-81; and what the public sector wage bill was in each such year. | | (96010) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next estimate of the total public sector unfunded pension liability will be available; and if he will make a statement. | | (96011) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total share of public spending which will be accounted for by public sector pensions in (a) 2035 and (b) 2045. | | (96012) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total government revenues from public sector employee pension contributions in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (96013) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of pensions tax relief which relates to public sector pension schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (96014) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of public spending on public sector pensions in each year from 1980-81 to 2050-51; on what assumptions for (a) the discount rate and (b) longevity these estimates are based; when these assumptions were last updated; and if he will make a statement. | | (96015) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total unfunded public sector pensions liability; what this liability was in each year since 1990-91; on what assumptions his estimate is based; and if he will make a statement. | | (96016) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96030) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether disciplinary action has been taken against (a) Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs staff in relation to the April 2003 easement and subsequent tax credit overpayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (96071) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the change in the employment rate for men of working age in the UK between 1976 and 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (96118) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of lone parents were in employment in each year since 1976; and if he will make a statement. | | (96119) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the employment rate was of men between the ages of 16 and 64 years in each year from 1976 to 2006, broken down by age range; and if he will make a statement. | | (96122) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many compensation payments have been made by the tax credits sections of his Department since April 2003; what the total value is of those payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (96123) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of appeals against tax credit overpayments were successful in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since April 2003. | | (96124) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the information technology for the tax credits system is (a) stable and (b) performing well; and if he will make a statement. | | (96125) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were terminated as a result of a couple reporting a separation in (a) the April-July 2006 quarter and (b) the July-October 2006 quarter. | | (96126) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has investigated fraud by tax credit recipients who are married or are partners but who claim to have separated; and if he will make a statement. | | (96183) | 33
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of child tax credit in each constituency in Scotland. | | (96259) | 34
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been to the Exchequer of overpayments of tax credits which have been written off by HM Revenue and Customs in the Hyndburn constituency in the last three years. | | (95988) | 35
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of taxation on social mobility in British society since 1997. | | (96162) | 36
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster General will reply to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire's letter of 29th June about TOGs Calendar. | | (95698) | 37
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether non-resident parents are liable for repayment of child tax credit overpayments by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (96288) | 38
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) (i) HM Revenue and Customs and (ii) charities of processing Gift Aid and (b) the Exchequer of Gift Aid tax relief; and how much in the period was (A) reimbursed to charities and (B) retained by higher-rate taxpayers in the last 12 months for which information is available. | | (95760) | 39
N | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated value is of a child trust fund for a baby born on 20th October 2006 on reaching 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (95601) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her Department and its agencies has given to the Muslim Council of Britain each year since 1997. | | (96267) | 41
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average salary is of (a) a permanent secretary, (b) a deputy permanent secretary, (c) a permanent under-secretary, (d) a senior executive officer and (e) an executive officer in her Department. | | (95495) | 42
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget is for the modernised version of the Knowledge Network. | | (96389) | 43
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any of her staff in the Cabinet Office are classed as key workers for the purposes of the low-cost home ownership or shared ownership schemes. | | (96390) | 44
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many complaints were made about the Cabinet Office canteen service in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (96391) | 45
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health in each pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement in such schemes in each year since 1988-89; and if she will make a statement. | | (96020) | 46
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96025) | 47
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96038) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what savings estimate she has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if she will make a statement. | | (96039) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96054) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96055) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96065) | 52
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, by what date each recommendation of the Better Regulation Task Force's report, Better Regulation for Civil Society (a) was implemented and (b) is expected to be implemented in relation to voluntary organisations. | | (95761) | 53
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what powers the Compact Commissioner will have to ensure that local government meets the principles of the compact. | | (95762) | 54
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of (a) Government, including Health Service, and (b) local government contracts for the provision of services by voluntary organisations have met her target that full cost recovery be achieved by April; what revised target date she has set for its achievement; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the target is met. | | (95763) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 55
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many empty properties are owned by the Church of England; and for how long on average they have been empty. | | (96368) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 56
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public conveniences were in working order and available for use in each of the last 10 years. | | (95929) | 57
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96278) | 58
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average length of time it will take to conclude an Energy Performance Certificate inspection. | | (96287) | 59
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties there were in Chorley local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (96349) | 60
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many events she has attended hosted by the (a) Muslim, (b) Hindu, (c) Christian, (d) Buddhist, (e) Sikh, (f) Jewish and (g) gay and lesbian communities since her appointment. | | (96199) | 61
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the Local Government Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts she has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (95999) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the Firefighters Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts she has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (96001) | 63
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement in such schemes in each year since 1988-89; and if she will make a statement. | | (96022) | 64
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96029) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96044) | 66
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what savings estimate she has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if she will make a statement. | | (96045) | 67
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96046) | 68
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96047) | 69
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96063) | 70
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the supply of shared private sector accommodation suitable for single people. | | (96140) | 71
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what levels of take-up have been of online services since the Connect to Your Council campaign was instigated, broken down by local authority. | | (96337) | 72
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of empty dwellings management orders; and if she will make a statement. | | (96362) | 73
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish data on registered social landlord-owned empty properties. | | (96363) | 74
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many abandoned homes there are in each local authority area in England. | | (96364) | 75
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities offer empty homes grants. | | (96365) | 76
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the way in which council overview and scrutiny committees use their powers (a) to monitor proposed changes in the NHS and (b) to make representations to the Secretary of State for Health. | | (96167) | 77
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities require private sector landlords to register with them as a condition of renting properties. | | (96168) | 78
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to collect empty homes data in respect of registered social landlords. | | (96169) | 79
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost is of renovating an empty home in each of the housing low demand pathfinder areas in England. | | (96171) | 80
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of abandoned properties in each of the housing low demand pathfinder areas in England. | | (96172) | 81
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in house prices in each of the housing low demand pathfinder areas in England over the last two years; and if she will make a statement. | | (96173) | 82
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Edmonton of 2nd October 2006, Official Report, column 2537W, on housing, how much was allocated to each of the funding streams. | | (96090) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 83
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96223) | 84
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has to change the account taken of age in the appointment of magistrates; and what assessment she has made of the implications of the Human Rights Act 2000 for this system. | | (96177) | 85
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96281) | 86
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what foreign visits have been undertaken by departmental staff on official business in the last 12 months. | | (96372) | 87
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many confirmed security breaches of computer databases controlled by her Department have occurred in each year since its establishment. | | (96373) | 88
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what advice her Department has issued on the recommended maximum length of time that a public authority should take to consider an internal review under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (96374) | 89
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether any of her staff are classed as key workers for the purposes of the low-cost home ownership or shared ownership schemes. | | (96375) | 90
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what scope the co-ordinated on-line record of electors database will have to data match with other databases. | | (96377) | 91
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time taken for a public authority to conduct an internal review of a freedom of information request has been since 2000-01. | | (96378) | 92
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many prisoners held at HMP Peterborough accessed legal aid in the 12 months to 30th September; how much such aid has cost the public purse; and if she will make a statement. | | (95411) | 93
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of a codified constitution for the UK. | | (96200) | 94
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was spent on the Judges Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts she has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (96003) | 95
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement for such schemes for each year since 1988-89; and if she will make a statement. | | (96018) | 96
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96031) | 97
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96034) | 98
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what savings estimate she has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 in each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if she will make a statement. | | (96035) | 99
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96056) | 100
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96057) | 101
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96066) | 102
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much funding her Department allocated to the Information Commissioner's Office in each year since 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (96361) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 103
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96224) | 104
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96286) | 105
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ministers have artwork from the Government Art Collection in their offices; what requests the collection has received for changes to the artwork hanging in ministerial offices in each of the last five years; and what the average cost of (a) exchanging and (b) hanging a new artwork from the collection has been over the same period. | | (96238) | 106
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account she takes of (a) the financial position of and (b) borrowing by the BBC when considering changes to the licence fee. | | (96247) | 107
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department gives to encourage students from ethnic minorities to take up (a) careers and (b) training in (i) music, (ii) the media and (iii) sport. | | (96196) | 108
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role was played by the Minister for Sport in the appointment of the new Chair of Sport England. | | (95501) | 109
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister made representations to her Department on the appointment of the new Chair of Sport England. | | (95502) | 110
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2006, Official Report, column 981W, on Sport England, whether the interview panel indicated a preference for either of the two candidates. | | (95604) | 111
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2006, Official Report, column 981W, on Sport England, who was responsible for drawing together the interview panel assembled to appoint the new Chair of Sport England. | | (95605) | 112
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to public libraries in Derbyshire in the last five years. | | (96106) | 113
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by the UK Film Council in the East Midlands in the last six years. | | (96107) | 114
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the percentage of households that will qualify for assistance in switching over to digital television in the East Midlands. | | (96108) | 115
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what locations in the East Midlands are being considered by her Department to serve as training sites for athletes for the 2012 Olympics. | | (96109) | 116
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding has been made available to theatre companies in the East Midlands in each year between 1998 and 2005. | | (96110) | 117
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire's letter of 24th August, reference CMS 47989/gh, concerning a constituent. | | (95699) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 118
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many psychological operations units are established in the field army; how many personnel are assigned to these units; and what his plans are to expand or establish additional units for this role. | | (95703) | 119
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of the BBC have attended courses or seminars at Ministry of Defence establishments relating to psychological operations or psychological warfare activities since 1997. | | (95704) | 120
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement exists between the Defence departments of the UK Government and the US Administration to allow American personnel who are occupying and controlling British bases to employ psychological operations units against British subjects (a) inside and (b) outside such bases. | | (95928) | 121
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what ways the security situation has (a) improved and (b) worsened since the recent deployment of British troops to Helmand province in Afghanistan. | | (95930) | 122
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies and non-departmental public bodies were affected by the increase in the minimum wage on 1st October. | | (96447) | 123
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96222) | 124
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96275) | 125
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 1149W, on First World War pardons, if he will place in the Library copies of submissions made by (a) historians and academics and (b) governments of other countries. | | (96421) | 126
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is investigating the sale of HMS Coventry and HMS London; what the assessed value of these vessels was prior to sale; who conducted the evaluation; what the sale price was in each case; and what the in-service life was in each case. | | (96248) | 127
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether units of the armed services are allocated to more than one order of battle deployment. | | (96249) | 128
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units are allocated to an EU order of battle deployment. | | (96250) | 129
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources the Government has identified as plausible UK commitments in the event of a deployment of the EU Rapid Reaction Force. | | (96251) | 130
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers serving in Iraq are from (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) the area corresponding most closely to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (96203) | 131
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts he has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (95998) | 132
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement for such schemes for each year since 1988-89; and if he will make a statement. | | (96021) | 133
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96024) | 134
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96040) | 135
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings estimate he has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if he will make a statement. | | (96041) | 136
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96052) | 137
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96053) | 138
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96064) | 139
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on co-operation with regional development agencies when surplus Defence Estates property is being disposed of; what assessment he has made of the implications for employment and regeneration of such disposals; and if he will make a statement. | | (95606) | 140
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment Defence Estates makes of local economic development priorities when disposing of surplus property. | | (95607) | 141
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of paying for fees at independent schools for the children of staff employed by his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (95990) | 142
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which public agencies the future of RAF Machrihanish has been discussed; what plans he has for RAF Machrihanish; and if he will make a statement. | | (95702) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 143
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Office on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96221) | 144
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had on the Post Office network. | | (95939) | 145
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the top 10 moveable assets are in accommodation provided to him out of public funds. | | (96244) | 146
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) sports and (b) social facilities are part of accommodation provided to him out of public funds. | | (96245) | 147
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many Freedom of Information Act requests his Office has received since the recent machinery of government changes; how many (a) are in train, (b) are concluded and (c) were answered within 20 working days. | | (96352) | 148
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his new Office has a staff canteen. | | (96383) | 149
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the website relating to his official duties will go on line. | | (96384) | 150
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was to public funds of his telephone use from his official residence in Admiralty House in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (96385) | 151
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether staff in his Office have access to a gym operated by the Government. | | (96386) | 152
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what works of art are on loan from the Government Art Collection to his (a) Office and (b) official residence in Admiralty House. | | (96387) | 153
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Office has spent on taxis since the recent machinery of government changes. | | (96388) | 154
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 9th October 2006, Official Report, columns 73-4W, on ministerial visits, which hotel he stayed at during the MIPIM Property Development Conference. | | (96392) | 155
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 72W, on his ministerial office and staff, when his Department will apply for a Parliamentary Vote to fund his Department; and what annual budget he will seek. | | (96393) | 156
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) hospitality and (b) gifts he received in relation to his visit to the MIPIM Property Development Conference in Cannes last year. | | (96394) | 157
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what staff posts have been created in his Department since the recent machinery of Government changes. | | (96395) | 158
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the television licence fee in his official ministerial residence is paid for from public funds. | | (96396) | 159
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff (a) work in his Private Office, (b) work in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Secretariat and (c) provide support to the Deputy Prime Minister from within the Cabinet Office. | | (96397) | 160
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1614W, on ministerial travel, how much he spent on domestic (a) flights and (b) rail travel in his official capacity in 2005-06. | | (96398) | 161
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many external consultants work for his Department. | | (96399) | 162
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for his Department. | | (96400) | 163
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff in his Department work in (a) 26 Whitehall, (b) the Department for Communities and Local Government buildings and (c) other government buildings. | | (96401) | 164
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the pay grades are of the staff in his Department. | | (96402) | 165
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has ordered branded (a) stationery and (b) other items. | | (96412) | 166
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to table an estimate to vote funding for his new Department. | | (95926) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 167
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies and non-departmental public bodies were affected by the increase in the minimum wage on 1st October. | | (96446) | 168
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96220) | 169
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects building to begin for the new Faith School in Everton, Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (95497) | 170
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the timetable is for the review of fees and capping in higher education; what the terms of reference of the review are; and if he will make a statement. | | (95609) | 171
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the schools budget of each local authority was for 2005-06; and what proportion was delegated to schools in each authority. | | (96423) | 172
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he has issued to universities on monitoring the activities of Islamist extremists in universities. | | (95759) | 173
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96279) | 174
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether (a) local authority staff, (b) career advisers and (c) voluntary workers who provide services to local authorities will have access to the information sharing index. | | (96413) | 175
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information his Department collects on (a) capital spending in teaching facilities for nursing and other healthcare courses and (b) spending on training lecturers in nursing and healthcare by universities in England since 1997. | | (95947) | 176
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce a formal qualification in citizenship. | | (96188) | 177
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to extend the length of time secondary school pupils spend studying citizenship. | | (96189) | 178
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department is taking to tackle shortages of headteachers in secondary schools. | | (96190) | 179
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of citizenship classes on tackling extremism. | | (96191) | 180
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on selection in single faith schools. | | (96197) | 181
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice and support is provided to (a) students and (b) students from poorer backgrounds on managing debt (i) while at university and (ii) after graduation. | | (96198) | 182
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of overseas students studying in England are from (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) China, (d) Japan, (e) the United States and (f) Europe. | | (96201) | 183
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students enrolled on higher education courses in the North East region in each of the last five years. | | (96202) | 184
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on the Teachers Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts he has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (96004) | 185
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement for such schemes for each year since 1988-89; and if he will make a statement. | | (96023) | 186
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96026) | 187
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96042) | 188
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what savings estimate he has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if he will make a statement. | | (96043) | 189
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96048) | 190
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96049) | 191
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96062) | 192
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is allocated through the Learning and Skills Council to support the training and accreditation of sports coaches with the UK Coaching Certificate Programme and the National Qualifications Framework; and if he will make a statement. | | (95500) | 193
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in the East Midlands in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) each of the preceding five years. | | (96340) | 194
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local authorities have guidance policies on the use of physical restraint in accordance with circular 10/98. | | (95913) | 195
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in each local authority have a policy on physical restraint. | | (95914) | 196
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children with special educational needs in mainstream maintained schools had behavioural problems in each local authority in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (95915) | 197
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many mainstream schools have received training in the use of physical restraint in each local authority according to (a) Circular 10/98 and (b) DfES Guidance LEA/0242/2002, Guidance on the Use of Restrictive Physical Interventions for Staff Working with Children and Adults who Display Extreme Behaviour in Association with Learning Disability and/or Autistic Spectrium Disorders. | | (95920) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 198
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the budget of (a) the Department and (b) any associated non-departmental public body within his responsibility has been changed in the last six months. | | (96069) | 199
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department originally allocated for Natural England first year's operating budget; and how much has been allocated for 2006-07. | | (96072) | 200
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding was allocated to flood relief for financial year 2006-07; and what changes have been made to these allocations in the last six months. | | (96073) | 201
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on management consultants in each of the last five years. | | (96163) | 202
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department has allocated to the Rural Payments Agency, in addition to its agreed annual budget, in each year since 2003-04. | | (96164) | 203
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants have been recruited by the Department in (a) the last year and (b) the last six months. | | (96325) | 204
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants have been recruited by the Department's London offices in (a) the last year and (b) the last six months. | | (96326) | 205
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of civil servants employed by his Department work for the majority of their time in the Department's London offices. | | (96327) | 206
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of spending by his Department against budget in the 2006-07 financial year. | | (96328) | 207
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies and non-departmental public bodies were affected by the increase in the minimum wage on 1st October. | | (96443) | 208
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the operation to date of the energy efficiency commitment. | | (96433) | 209
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96219) | 210
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many working parties he has set up to discuss aspects of regulations associated with progress of the Animal Welfare Bill; and who has been invited to sit on each working party. | | (96074) | 211
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take against Iceland when it resumes commercial whaling. | | (96264) | 212
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of a substantial increase in the use of energy from waste on progress towards UK targets on (a) renewable energy and (b) waste management. | | (96292) | 213
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96276) | 214
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines have been issued under the provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 in each local authority. | | (96338) | 215
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will reply to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire's letter about global warming to the Prime Minister of 6th June, transferred to his Department in July. | | (95696) | 216
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle found to have TB lesions after slaughter in abattoirs had (a) passed and (b) failed the TB skin test in each year since 1997. | | (95951) | 217
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will assess the merits of using the Australian vaccination for caseous lymphadenitis in sheep. | | (95952) | 218
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the public petition of 9th June 2004 from Mrs I. O'Neill and others for an independent ombudsman to deal with complaints against the veterinary profession; and what response he has made to the petition. | | (96294) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 219
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Iraq on Assyrian Christian refugees from Iraq; and what measures could be taken to persuade them to return. | | (96256) | 220
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Iraq about the persecution of Assyrian Christians in Iraq. | | (96257) | 221
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Iraq on giving financial assistance to the Assyrian Christian communities within Iraq. | | (96258) | 222
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the conduct by its agents of psychological operations activities in the UK. | | (95927) | 223
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Israeli government about the targeting of civilian infrastructure in Lebanon during the recent conflict. | | (95931) | 224
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she first saw the draft of her Department's 2006 report on Human Rights. | | (95932) | 225
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) she and (b) other Ministers in her Department have received from human rights agencies about Israeli actions in Lebanon in July and August. | | (95933) | 226
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to UK and UN agencies of the mission to clear-up the sub-munitions fired into Lebanon from Israeli cluster rockets during the last three days of the Israeli-Lebanese conflict. | | (95935) | 227
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of munitions used by Hizballah on Israeli population centres and military installations (a) the year before 12th July, (b) during the recent conflict and (c) since the ceasefire. | | (95937) | 228
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last met the Syrian Foreign Minister; and when a Minister from her Department last met a Syrian counterpart. | | (95938) | 229
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of requests for information by (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public under the Freedom of Information Act have been refused by her Department for each complete year for which figures are available. | | (96082) | 230
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees in (a) her Department and (b) related agencies and non-departmental public bodies were affected by the increase in the minimum wage on 1st October. | | (96444) | 231
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the opportunities to reduce carbon emissions from air travel undertaken by Ministers and officials of her Department by greater use of video conferencing for meetings involving international participation. | | (96129) | 232
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96218) | 233
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will assess the military situation in Darfur. | | (96176) | 234
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the policy of (a) the Government and (b) the EU is on a UN Security Council resolution on Burma. | | (96271) | 235
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to build support for a UN Security Council resolution on Burma amongst EU member states. | | (96272) | 236
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to reduce imports to the UK from Burma. | | (96273) | 237
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1271W, on Afghanistan, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK's counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan. | | (96339) | 238
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account she plans to take of the opium production reducing operations in the Golden Triangle in formulating counter-narcotics policy in Afghanistan. | | (96353) | 239
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her most recent assessment is of the capacity of the Afghan armed forces to fulfil a role in the security and stabilisation of Afghanistan. | | (96354) | 240
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made by the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in delivering political, development and military assistance to the province. | | (96355) | 241
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of the Helmand Pronvincial Reconstruction Team have been deployed in the province in each quarter since 2005; how many are currently deployed in the province; and if she will make a statement. | | (96356) | 242
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the role of the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund in Afghanistan is; and if she will make a statement. | | (96420) | 243
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress made by the Counter Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force in Afghanistan. | | (96424) | 244
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, of which official residences she has use. | | (96382) | 245
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress in the hunt for Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic; and if she will make a statement. | | (96185) | 246
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received regarding recent clashes between rival militia groups in Somalia; and if she will make a statement. | | (96186) | 247
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the United Nations arms embargo on militia groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement. | | (96187) | 248
N | Eric Joyce (Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent advice her Department has offered to officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo planning to travel in the UK following the recent assault in London on Mr Okutundu, Chief of Staff to President Kabila. | | (95475) | 249
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the opium produced in Afghanistan could be used in the production of medicines. | | (96204) | 250
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of Afghanistan's drug industry since the fall of the Taliban. | | (96205) | 251
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of paying fees at independent schools for the children of staff employed by her Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (95987) | 252
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to enforce UN sanctions against North Korea; and if she will make a statement. | | (96170) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 253
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on health care per capita in Surrey in (a) 1997-8 and (b) 2004-05. | | (96253) | 254
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the weighted capitation model was introduced. | | (96254) | 255
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of total spending on hospital and community health services in England is accounted for by treatment of or provision of services to people aged over 65 years. | | (96330) | 256
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of healthcare spending in (a) England and (b) Surrey is accounted for by treatment of or provision of services to people aged over 65 years. | | (96331) | 257
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will adjust the weighted capitation model in order to reflect the healthcare needs of people aged over 65 years. | | (96332) | 258
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the weighted capitation model and its predecessors have been adjusted since 1997. | | (96333) | 259
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account is taken of underfunding of primary care trusts (PCT) in relation to the capitation formula under departmental guidance when PCT deficits are calculated. | | (96232) | 260
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to Northamptonshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust under the capitation formula in each of the last 10 years; how much was made available to the Trust in each year; and what the equivalent figures are estimated to be for 2006-07. | | (96252) | 261
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her statement of 11th October 2006, Official Report, column 409, on the NHS, what plans she has to look into the Broomfield private finance initiative scheme; and when she expects to conclude her investigations. | | (95082) | 262
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage of missed appointments was in each hospital in London in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the financial costs were for each hospital. | | (95692) | 263
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in (a) her Department and (b) related agencies and non-departmental public bodies were affected by the increase in the minimum wage on 1st October. | | (96445) | 264
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the additional population from the (a) Thames Gateway and (b) Stratford City developments which will need to be covered by hospital provision in the area; and which hospitals will be affected. | | (96468) | 265
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96217) | 266
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the British Medical Association on the introduction of Modernising Medical Careers. | | (96263) | 267
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of governors' positions are vacant on each foundation NHS trust. | | (96265) | 268
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the risk of contracting bovine tuberculosis from unpasteurised milk. | | (96289) | 269
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) steps she has taken and (b) funds she has allocated to tackle MRSA. | | (96290) | 270
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the publication of regulations made under the Health Act 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (95499) | 271
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for cancer treatment in the London Borough of Bexley was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. | | (96230) | 272
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library the detailed assumptions and calculations for the 2005-06 recurrent revenue allocations for primary care trusts in (a) Northumberland Tyne and Wear and (b) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority. | | (96463) | 273
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain each year since 1997. | | (96285) | 274
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of each savings plan of those London primary care trusts that have such a plan in place. | | (96234) | 275
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of each (a) turnaround and (b) savings plan for those London teaching hospitals that have such a plan in place. | | (96235) | 276
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) staff reductions, (b) ward closures, (c) asset sales and (d) assets to be reduced in use are part of the savings planned at (i) Epsom, (ii) Ealing, (iii) St George's London, (iv) Westminster, (v) Hammersmith, (vi) Hillingdon and (vii) St Helier London hospitals. | | (96236) | 277
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) salary and (b) per diem rate is of each turnaround director appointed to a London hospital. | | (96237) | 278
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have met (i) the Chairman and (ii) the Interim Chief Executive of the East of England Strategic Health Authority. | | (96453) | 279
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the future of the Hatfield Hospital scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (96454) | 280
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the names and periods of office of those responsible as Chairmen and Chief Executives for the regional and strategic administration of the NHS in Hertfordshire over the last 10 years. | | (96455) | 281
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the future of (i) Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City and (ii) Lister Hospital, Stevenage. | | (96456) | 282
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire NHS Investing in Your Health programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (96457) | 283
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which occasions in 2006 (a) Ministers and (b) officials have met representatives of (i) Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust and (b) East and North Herts NHS Trust. | | (96458) | 284
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had in 2006 with (i) Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust and (ii) East and North Herts NHS Trust on the review of Investing in Your Health. | | (96459) | 285
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had in 2006 with (i) East of England Strategic Health Authority, (ii) Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust and (iii) East and North Herts NHS Trust on the future of Royston Hospital. | | (96460) | 286
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the recruitment and retention of health visitors in Hertfordshire. | | (96461) | 287
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the sterile supplies service to hospitals and general practitioners in North East Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (96462) | 288
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will visit hospitals in West Sussex planned for closure or downgrading. | | (95941) | 289
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS operations were cancelled in Lancashire due to (a) administrative errors, (b) lack of beds, (c) outbreaks of MRSA or other infections, (d) the lack of correct or clean equipment and (e) missing notes in each year since 1997. | | (96345) | 290
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust on salaries for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each of the last five financial years. | | (96346) | 291
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses are employed in Chorley and South Ribble General Hospital; and how many there were in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. | | (96347) | 292
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts in England have agreed to mixed contracts for dental practices with both private and NHS patients. | | (96422) | 293
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors worked in the Tees Valley in each of the last five years. | | (96206) | 294
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been prescribed Ritalin in (a) England, (b) the North East region and (c) the area corresponding most closely to the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (96207) | 295
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time for (i) inpatients and (ii) outpatients was in each year since 2002 (A) in total and (B) in each primary care trust which commissioned their care. | | (96350) | 296
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; how much she forecasts will be spent on the NHS Pension Scheme in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (95997) | 297
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement for such schemes for each year since 1988-89; and if she will make a statement. | | (96017) | 298
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96027) | 299
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96032) | 300
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what savings estimate she has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if she will make a statement. | | (96033) | 301
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and if she will make a statement. | | (96050) | 302
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96051) | 303
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (96061) | 304
| Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses from (a) healthcare professionals, (b) patients and (c) carers were received by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the consultation on Velcade for multiple myeloma. | | (95948) | 305
| Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of innovative new medicines for the treatment of multiple myeloma. | | (95949) | 306
| Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts may refuse funding for a treatment based on an Appraisal Consultation Document from a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Technology Appraisal. | | (95950) | 307
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single-handed practitioners there are in England; and how many of them have not received the full amount of seniority pay appropriate to their years of experience within the NHS in the financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07. | | (96091) | 308
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure rapid implementaton of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on tuberculosis. | | (96092) | 309
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place for rapid and accurate diagnosis and contact tracing for cases of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK. | | (96093) | 310
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will issue new guidance to the NHS on diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in response to the emergence of extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis. | | (96094) | 311
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of tuberculosis among people who entered the UK and became resident there within the previous five years was in (a) 1995, (b) 1998, (c) 2001, (d) 2004 and (e) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (96095) | 312
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rates of tuberculosis for population groups born in England was in (a) 1995, (b) 1998, (c) 2001, (d) 2004 and (e) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (96096) | 313
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for the registration of products under the provisions of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive have been received by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; how many of those applications relate to products containing (a) a single herbal ingredient and (b) more than one herbal ingredient; what the planned timescale is for processing those applications; and if she will make a statement. | | (96097) | 314
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts receive the equivalent of full tariff for work transferred to private providers. | | (96098) | 315
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the market forces factor is used to weight the cost of buying provision from private providers to the NHS. | | (96099) | 316
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an understanding of Kernicterus forms part of the (a) pre-qualification training of and (b) annual post qualification refresher courses for midwives. | | (96100) | 317
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department has taken in response to recommendations made by the Chief Medical Officer on page 37 of his annual report 2005 for the prevention of Kernicterus. | | (96101) | 318
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the investigation into the NHS IT failure in which systems at hospitals in the West Midlands and North West crashed in July 2006 is expected to report. | | (96102) | 319
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the transfer of (a) Departmental and (b) NHS staff to the private or independent sectors counts towards the Department's Gershon review targets; and how many such transfers have been made. | | (96103) | 320
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether headcount reductions as a result of staff transfers from the NHS Logistics Authority and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to the private sector will be included in the efficiency targets set for her Department by the Gershon Review. | | (96104) | 321
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her response of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 1081W, on capital shifting, in what format her Department collects information on inter authority transfers; and if she will publish that information. | | (96105) | 322
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were employed by Netcare on work contracted with the NHS in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by NHS region. | | (96166) | 323
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing (a) herceptin for breast cancer and (b) alimta for mesothelioma for each patient with such diseases in the South West of England, broken down by primary care trust area. | | (96240) | 324
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving treatment for mesothelioma in the South West of England, broken down by primary care trust. | | (96241) | 325
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department will spend on research into spina bifida in the current financial year. | | (96441) | 326
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire's letter of 11th July about the closure of the residential side of Osborne Court Community Unit. | | (95697) | 327
| Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason guidance from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on drugs is mandatory; and for what reason such guidance on devices is non-mandatory. | | (96242) | 328
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information was provided by her officials in relation to the decision to refer maternity and paediatric services in Teesside to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. | | (96174) | 329
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the pattern of admission to University Hospital of Hartlepool Accident and Emergency Department in each of the last five years, with particular reference to (a) day of the week of admission and (b) time of day of admission. | | (96175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 330
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 25th July 2006, Official Report, columns 735-52, on the immigration service, what progress has been made in dealing with the backlog of failed asylum seekers; what his most recent estimate is of the number of failed asylum seekers in the UK; and how many failed asylum seekers have been (a) identified and (b) removed since 25th July. | | (96081) | 331
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals have breached control orders. | | (95610) | 332
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many control orders have been breached in each of the last 12 months. | | (95611) | 333
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken against those who have breached control orders in the last 12 months. | | (95612) | 334
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals under control orders his Department has lost contact with. | | (95613) | 335
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the involvement of gangmasters in (a) people smuggling, (b) illegal copying and selling of DVDs and (c) other types of organised crime; and if he will make a statement. | | (96415) | 336
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96216) | 337
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects subject to a control order have breached the conditions of their order in the last (a) 12 and (b) three months. | | (95907) | 338
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long (a) he and (b) his officials had been aware that a suspect subject to a control order had absconded; and if he will make a statement. | | (95909) | 339
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that no further suspects subject to a control order are able to breach the conditions of that order; and if he will make a statement. | | (95910) | 340
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the legislation on control orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (95911) | 341
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken of the suppliers of animals used in laboratory experiments when assessing the compliance of facilities licensed to conduct such activities with regulatory requirements. | | (96291) | 342
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to extend the list of proscribed terrorist groups. | | (96293) | 343
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies has given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96269) | 344
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals the UK has (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully attempted to extradite from the United States since 1997 in cases where all proceedings are complete, broken down by type of charge. | | (96246) | 345
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed (a) national identity card and (b) biometric passport will utilise (i) RFID chips and (ii) proximity chips. | | (96403) | 346
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pieces of personal information the National Identity Register (a) is intended to store and (b) will have the capability of storing. | | (96404) | 347
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how citizens will be able to correct errors in the National Identity Register relating to their profile. | | (96405) | 348
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for introducing (a) identity cards and (b) biometric identity cards. | | (96406) | 349
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will determine whether the number of a designated document under Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 should be held in the National Identity Register. | | (96407) | 350
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confiscation orders have been issued to recover tainted gifts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. | | (96408) | 351
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the forecast charge is for registering a change of (a) name, (b) marital status and (c) address under the proposed national identity card scheme. | | (96409) | 352
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which the Asset Recovery Agency has used its powers to seize tainted gifts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 since its establishment. | | (96410) | 353
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalty fine system will apply under the proposed national identity card scheme. | | (96411) | 354
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) special constables, (c) police community support officers and (d) support staff are employed in each police force in England and Wales; and what the equivalent figures were in each of the last 10 years. | | (96464) | 355
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women from (a) India and (b) Pakistan were granted permission to live in the UK with their UK-resident husbands in each of the last five years. | | (95476) | 356
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many workers from other EU states there were in the Lancashire region in each of the last five years. | | (96343) | 357
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the funding of Lancashire Police will be in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (96344) | 358
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) front line police officers and (b) police officers in total there were in (i) the Northern Division, (ii) Central Division and (iii) Southern Division of Cambridgeshire Constabulary in each year from 1997 to 2005. | | (95408) | 359
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cautions were issued in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary area for (a) violence against the person, (b) theft and handling stolen goods, (c) sexual offences, (d) criminal damage, (e) robbery and (f) fraud and forgery in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (95410) | 360
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the Diversity Unit of Cambridgeshire Constabulary in the last financial period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (95764) | 361
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to the public purse of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority's Equality Scheme since 31st May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (95765) | 362
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation he has made of the captive cars programme in the West Midlands; what plans he has to extend the initiative to other regions; and if he will make a statement. | | (96070) | 363
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on average on catering per prisoner per day in (a) each prison and (b) each young offenders institution in England in the last period for which figures are available. | | (96192) | 364
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nutritionists are employed in (a) prisons and (b) young offenders institutes in England. | | (96193) | 365
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many workers from India received permits to work in the UK in each sector of the workforce in the last 12 months. | | (96194) | 366
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the Police Pension Scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts he has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; how many members of the scheme there are; and if he will make a statement. | | (96000) | 367
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for each pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; what the incidence of ill-health retirement was as a percentage of all retirement for such schemes for each year since 1988-89; and if he will make a statement. | | (96019) | 368
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96028) | 369
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96036) | 370
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what savings estimate he has made of the effect on costs of the reforms to public sector pensions agreed with trades unions in 2005 for each year between 2006-07 and 2050-51; and if he will make a statement. | | (96037) | 371
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (96058) | 372
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which his Department is responsible; and on what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity the estimate is based. | | (96059) | 373
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions to each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96060) | 374
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out in Scotland in 2005. | | (96084) | 375
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2005 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were performed by (a) public health laboratories, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) National Health Service hospitals, (d) Government Departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit making organisations and (g) commercial organisations. | | (96085) | 376
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2005 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) cats, (b) dogs, (c) rabbits, (d) horses and other equids, (e) New World primates and (f) Old World primates; and how many involved (i) genetically modified animals and (ii) animals with a harmful genetic defect. | | (96086) | 377
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) New World primates and (p) Old World primates were used in regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2005 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. | | (96087) | 378
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that were in force in Scotland at the end of 2005 were in the (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity banding. | | (96088) | 379
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Scotland at the end of 2005; and how many prosecutions resulted. | | (96089) | 380
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been granted in (a) Derbyshire and (b) Bolsover constituency since their introduction. | | (96341) | 381
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 467W, on accession state workers, which division of his Department commissioned the Dustmann report; what the cost was; and whether his Department made any independent estimate of the number of workers from accession states who would come to the UK. | | (96083) | 382
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 7th July 2006 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire with regard to Mr Roger Turner. | | (95504) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 383
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance has been promised to the Lebanese government for post-conflict rebuilding; and what percentage of this aid (a) has been and (b) is planned to be sent to the Lebanese government. | | (95936) | 384
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96215) | 385
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the written statement of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 51WS, who will be eligible to draw down from the Juba Initiative Fund. | | (96266) | 386
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of people in sub-Saharan Africa who are at risk from diseases directly attributable to climate change. | | (96078) | 387
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96280) | 388
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of progress made towards meeting Afghanistan's Millennium development goals. | | (96418) | 389
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the current level of UK funding to the African Union mission in Darfur is. | | (96419) | 390
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of paying for fees at independent schools for the children of staff employed by his Department in the last year for which figures are available. | | (95989) | Questions to the Leader of the House 391
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent on the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund and its predecessors in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts he has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; and how many members of the scheme there are. | | (96002) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 392
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what total capital charges on public assets in Northern Ireland were in 2005-06; and whether income received was (a) retained within the Northern Ireland Office and (b) returned to the Consolidated Fund. | | (96075) | 393
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Strategic Investment Board has advised the Central Procurement Directorate to add 20 per cent. to projected in-house procurement costs by (a) government departments and (b) other agencies. | | (96076) | 394
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent to which a Catholic and a Protestant in equal need of social housing have an equal chance of getting a house; and if he will make a statement. | | (96077) | 395
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when regulations will be introduced in Northern Ireland to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the provision of (a) goods, (b) facilities and services and (c) the execution of public functions. | | (96079) | 396
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June 2006, Official Report, column 595W, on depression, if his Department will (a) collect figures on the number of people diagnosed with depression and (b) monitor the availability of cognitive behaviour therapy for those diagnosed with depression; and if he will make a statement. | | (96080) | 397
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96284) | 398
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the legal costs of the Saville Inquiry, broken down by individual barrister and firm of solicitors for (a) the soldiers and (b) the families of the civilians who died. | | (95992) | 399
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the policy of the Government that the proposed new local authorities in Northern Ireland should have the power to require new church schools to reserve up to a quarter of admissions places for pupils from other denominations or faiths; and if he will make a statement. | | (95614) | 400
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households in (a) Upper Bann, (b) Portadown, (c) Lurgan, (d) Banbridge and (e) Northern Ireland have presented to the Housing Executive as homeless in each of the last three years; and how many of them have been accepted as full duty cases in that time. | | (95602) | 401
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households in (a) Upper Bann, (b) Portadown, (c) Lurgan, (d) Banbridge and (e) Northern Ireland have been homeless for a minimum of (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) nine months and (iv) one year in each of the last three years. | | (95603) | 402
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the (a) levels of obesity and (b) general health of schoolchildren in Northern Ireland in the last three years. | | (96131) | 403
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Order in Northern Ireland since it was introduced. | | (96132) | 404
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much revenue has been raised from the film production industry in Northern Ireland since 28th July 2005. | | (96133) | 405
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to market Northern Ireland as a base for film production. | | (96134) | 406
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the new sports strategy for Northern Ireland. | | (96135) | 407
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what new initiatives came out of the Strategic Investment Board Ltd seminar on infrastructure investment in Northern Ireland held on 14th September 2005. | | (96136) | 408
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made with the implementation of the Racial Equality Strategy. | | (96137) | 409
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings Ministers in his Department have held with children since 10th August 2005 to discuss childrens' rights; and what suggestions were received. | | (96296) | 410
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency new vehicle test reminder service. | | (96307) | 411
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 95 per cent. of the features underlying the designation of internationally important wildlife sites and Areas of Special Scientific Interest in Northern Ireland are in, or approaching, favourable conservation condition by 2013; and what progress has been made towards that target. | | (96308) | 412
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received in response to the Minister of State's call of 10th August 2005 for members of the public in Northern Ireland to report nuisance hedges to the planning service. | | (96309) | 413
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in tackling the spread of zebra mussels in Lough Neagh. | | (96310) | 414
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Be a Tourist at Home campaign; what estimate he has made of how much additional money was spent at tourist sites in Northern Ireland over the period of the campaign; and how much additional revenue was generated as a result of the initiative. | | (96311) | 415
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in securing cost effective, environmentally-friendly sources of power in Northern Ireland since the publication of proposals on 25th July 2005. | | (96312) | 416
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobcentre staff in Northern Ireland have been the victims of assault in each of the last three years. | | (96425) | 417
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average number of police officers was in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years. | | (96438) | 418
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what method the Police Service of Northern Ireland uses to record average response times across its district command units. | | (96439) | 419
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated total revenue loss was as a result of illegal trading in (a) cigarettes, (b) spirits, (c) diesel, (d) petrol and (e) counterfeit goods in each of the last five years. | | (96440) | 420
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the size of the illicit market for (a) cigarettes, (b) spirits, (c) diesel and (d) petrol in each of the last three years. | | (96442) | Questions to the Prime Minister 421
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) he and (b) his office first saw the draft of the Foreign Office's 2006 report on Human Rights for 2006. | | (95934) | 422
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Office on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96214) | 423
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 867W,what use is made of the Segway transporter held by his Office as a donated asset; and for what reason it is retained. | | (96239) | 424
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, when he will publish a list of guests who have been entertained at Chequers. | | (96379) | 425
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost of his Office was in each year since 1996-97. | | (96380) | 426
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff worked at No. 10 Downing Street in each year since 1996-97. | | (96381) | 427
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, what advice and guidance is given to former senior civil servants who wish to challenge publicly the veracity of memoirs written by former Ministers with whom they served. | | (95477) | 428
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October 2006, Official Report, column 862W, on political memoirs, whether amendments were sought to the manuscript of the Blunkett Tapes. | | (95690) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 429
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96210) | 430
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96283) | 431
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on its press office in each year since 1999 (a) in total and (b) per press officer. | | (96465) | 432
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many press officers are employed by his Department; and how many were employed in each year between 1999 and 2005. | | (96466) | 433
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Treasury on the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (96467) | 434
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) public speeches and (b) official visits he has made since 14th March; and how many letters he sent in this period. | | (96469) | 435
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many items of correspondence have been received by his Department since 5th May 2005. | | (96470) | 436
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of correspondence received by his Department since 5th May 2005 was answered within 15 days of receipt. | | (96471) | 437
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many formal complaints his Department has received in each year since 1999. | | (96472) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 438
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, from which countries (a) radioactive waste and (b) spent fuel has been received but not yet returned since February; and what the (i) radioactivity level and (ii) quantity held is in each case. | | (95600) | 439
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the price differential between diesel fuel and unleaded petrol in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (95608) | 440
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of planned recruitment by National Debtline; what assessment he has made of how long it will take new staff to become fully operational; and if he will make a statement. | | (96436) | 441
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Debtline; and if he will make a statement. | | (96448) | 442
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff were employed by the National Debtline in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (96449) | 443
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 1028W, on Enterprise Insight, whether all the local and sectoral enterprise campaign hubs are now fully functional; whether Enterprise Insight's recruitment process has now been completed; and what the cost has been of the recruitment process. | | (96414) | 444
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to Question 85681, on Enterprise Insight, tabled by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on 11th July. | | (96416) | 445
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the work of the Enterprise Campaign Coalition. | | (96417) | 446
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK strategy for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of more widespread introduction of heat pumps in the domestic sector. | | (96127) | 447
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with Commissioner Piebalgs on European Commission proposals to require all new coal-fired power plants built in the European Union to be designated to allow retrofit of carbon capture technologies. | | (96128) | 448
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications for electricity demand of digital switchover. | | (96130) | 449
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the expected timetable is for completion of each of the consultations and further studies set out in chapter 9 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887. | | (96351) | 450
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96229) | 451
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies has given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96270) | 452
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that those who care for people with a fluctuating condition will be able to exercise their right to request flexible working. | | (95496) | 453
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many meetings the energy liabilities committee had with (a) the Union of Democratic Mineworkers and (b) Vendside in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999. | | (95906) | 454
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms of reference were of the energy liabilities committee; which civil servants sat on the committee; and what powers were delegated to the committee by Ministers. | | (95908) | 455
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will investigate the circumstances surrounding the administration of hamper company Farepak. | | (96367) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 456
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of cycling (a) injuries and (b) deaths which may have been prevented had the cyclist been wearing a helmet in each of the last five years. | | (96297) | 457
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on advertising the dangers of cycling without wearing a helmet in each year since 1997. | | (96298) | 458
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cyclists aged under 16 wearing helmets in each of the last five years. | | (96299) | 459
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96228) | 460
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received concerning the proposed franchises for rail services in Liverpool. | | (95498) | 461
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96274) | 462
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a statement on (a) funding for and (b) the operational start date of Thameslink. | | (95493) | 463
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with HM Treasury on the financing of Crossrail. | | (95494) | 464
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public consultations he plans to hold on the widening of the M6 motorway between junctions 11a and 19. | | (96306) | 465
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to safeguard bus services in areas of low car ownership. | | (96195) | 466
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to insert a rock armoured toe at Dawlish Warren to reduce the impact of high water and flooding on the main Penzance to Paddington line. | | (95599) | 467
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many freight trains carrying (a) nuclear products and (b) hazardous material have travelled through (i) East Dunbartonshire and (ii) Scotland in each year since 1997. | | (96473) | 468
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans are in place to ensure continuity of service on rail services in the event of franchise business failure. | | (96324) | 469
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what delegated legislation will be necessary for the construction of the Rugby Western Relief Road. | | (96300) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 470
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last five years. | | (96226) | 471
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96282) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 472
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many European Economic Area nationals resident in the UK received job seekers allowance for (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months and (c) longer than six months between 2000 and 2005. | | (95991) | 473
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals of countries in the European Economic Area have made a claim for (a) pension credit, (b) jobseekers allowance and (c) income support in each year since 2000; and how many were awarded each benefit in each year. | | (95993) | 474
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th October 2006, Official Report, column 642W, on discretionary housing payments, what action he is taking to ensure that housing benefit claimants facing benefit shortfalls are made aware of the availability of discretionary housing payments to help with their rent. | | (96067) | 475
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel, in each of the last five years. | | (96225) | 476
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households which are not pensioner households are entitled to cold weather payments; and what plans he has to provide additional help to those households who may be suffering from fuel poverty. | | (96178) | 477
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the implications for claimants of being changed from severe disablement allowance to incapacity benefit; and whether this change will result in the loss of eligibility for (a) housing benefit and (b) passported benefits associated with housing benefit. | | (96262) | 478
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 19W, on New Deal, if he will break down the number of repeat participants by the number of times each repeated, for each New Deal programme, in each year since the programme started. | | (95503) | 479
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of Britain in each year since 1997. | | (96277) | 480
| Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, column 590W, on benefits, what assessment he has made of the impact of widening the housing benefit extended payment scheme from April 2004 to include those in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (96068) | 481
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have had to leave the workforce because of their caring responsibilities in each of the last five years. | | (95700) | 482
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used the (a) Access to Work, (b) Pathways to Work and (c) New Deal schemes in (i) Great Britain, (ii) the North East region and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (96208) | 483
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Child Support Agency will be closed ; who the chief executive will be of the new agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (95995) | 484
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the (a) rate and (b) cost of fraud and error for each benefit administered by his Department in each year since 1996-97; and if he will make a statement. | | (95996) | 485
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what role his Department is playing in the reform of public sector pensions; which Minister has lead departmental responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (96005) | 486
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which specific targets define the Government's objective of abolishing child poverty by 2020; and if he will make a statement. | | (96111) | 487
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department's Opportunity for All report 2006 (Cm 6915-I), what the evidential basis is for the statement in the foreword on the cycle of deprivation in 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (96112) | 488
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's spending on (a) each benefit and (b) each programme was in (i) cash and (ii) real terms using 2004-05 prices in each year since 1995-96; what his estimate is of the same figures in each year to 2010-11; and what the total annual change is in each case. | | (96113) | 489
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the New Deal in each year since 2003-04; and what spending is planned in each year to 2009-10. | | (96114) | 490
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for incapacity benefit there were in each month since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (96115) | 491
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of existing inapacity benefit recipients he expects will receive Pathways to Work support by 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (96116) | 492
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the special funds set up by his Department since 2002; what the expenditure of each fund was in each year since 2002; and what the planned expenditure on each is in each year to 2009. | | (96117) | 493
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure his Department is incurring over the period 2002 to 2010 in relation to the plans for a national identity card; and if he will make a statement. | | (96120) | 494
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of the administration of his Department and its agencies was in each year since 1995-96 in (a) cash and (b) real terms; and what the planned costs are in each year to 2008-09 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms. | | (96121) | 495
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for (a) housing benefit claims and (b) council tax benefit claims was in each of the last five years. | | (96179) | 496
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to extend the housing benefit run-on to people leaving jobseeker's allowance. | | (96180) | 497
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the City Strategy programme was in each year since 2004-05; and what his estimate is of the likely cost in each year to 2010-11. | | (96181) | 498
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of income a UK single pensioner needed in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 to avoid being in relative poverty. | | (96182) | 499
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in the UK were living in relative poverty in each year from 1976 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (96184) | 500
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Pensioner Prices Index was in each year from 1976-77 to 2006-07. | | (96313) | 501
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of pensioners who will be in relative poverty, assuming no change in the take-up of pension credit, in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2030-31; and if he will make a statement. | | (96314) | 502
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking (a) to reduce and (b) to eliminate pensioner poverty. | | (96315) | 503
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims there have been for each benefit administered by his Department in each year from 1996-97 to 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (96316) | 504
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of running the Pensions Service in each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06. | | (96317) | 505
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of administering pensions credit in each year from 1996-97 to 2006-07. | | (96318) | 506
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of carrying out home visits to pensioners to offer a full benefit check in 2006-07. | | (96319) | 507
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on home visits to pensioners for benefit checks in each year since 1997-98; how many such home visits have taken place over that period; and if he will make a statement. | | (96320) | 508
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's policy is on uprating pensions of UK citizens who take up residence overseas; what the policy will be on pensioners living overseas when the link to earnings is restored; and if he will make a statement. | | (96321) | 509
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living overseas have not had their pensions uprated annually in each year since 1976-77, broken down by country; what plans he has to change this policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (96322) | 510
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension schemes have entered the Pension Protection Fund. | | (96323) | 511
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates his Department has made of the impact of changing the size criteria for determining the local housing allowance to one based solely on bedroom entitlement on (a) the percentage of claimants facing a shortfall between their eligible and contractual rent and (b) the average size of that shortfall. | | (96138) | 512
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates his Department has made of the impact of changing the definition for determining the local housing allowance from the mid point of local rents to the median on (a) the percentage of claimants facing a shortfall between their eligible and contractual rent and (b) the average size of that shortfall. | | (96141) | 513
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of single claimants under 25 years old in the local housing allowance pathfinders faced a shortfall between their eligible and contractual rents. | | (96295) | 514
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each constituency in Scotland receive the (a) carer's allowance, (b) higher rate of attendance allowance, (c) pension credit and (d) child benefit. | | (96260) | 515
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 890W, on jobseeker's allowance, whether it is still his policy that no special considerations are given to a women's suitability for employment when wearing a veil. | | (96165) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 516
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of life is for (a) men and (b) women in the London Borough of Bexley; and what it was in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001 in each case. | | [Transferred] (96233) | 517
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average life expectancy is in Chorley constituency; and what it was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. | | [Transferred] (96348) | 518
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of tax credit fraud have been discovered since 2003 involving economic migrants continuing to receive tax credit payments after they have returned to their home country; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (95994) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 519
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the next edition of the Civil Service Year Book will be published. | | [Transferred] (96370) | 520
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will state the month and year for which the 44th Civil Service Year Book provides a snapshot. | | [Transferred] (96371) | 521
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will remove the text of Parliamentary legislation from Crown Copyright and allow free access and reproduction. | | [Transferred] (96376) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 522
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered social landlord (RSL) homes were sold in 2005-06, broken down by (a) RSL and (b) local authority area. | | [Transferred] (96369) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 523
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic police officers there were in Lancashire in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (96342) | 524
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will submit the LT120.20 laser speed meter for independent testing. | | [Transferred] (95953) | 525
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for speeding have been brought as a result of readings from (a) the LT120.20 laser speed meter and (b) other laser speed meters in each year since 1995. | | [Transferred] (95985) | 526
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of successful convictions were made in each year since 1997 for speeding offences on the basis of successfully recorded photographs. | | [Transferred] (95986) | 527
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions there have been for speeding in cases where (a) the driver has not been identified and (b) the number plate of the car has been identified by a speed camera in each of the years since 1992. | | [Transferred] (96139) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 528
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London have a Post Office card account. | | [Transferred] (95940) |
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