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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 23 October 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 23 October 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 23 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 Monday 23 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 23 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Enterprise Investment Scheme in creating new company start ups. | | (96776) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investors sought tax relief under the Enterprise Investment Scheme in each of the last five financial years; and what the value was of (a) income tax and (b) capital gains tax relief in each year. | | (96777) | 3
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96504) | 4
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the level of VAT on managing agreements undertaken between housing associations to allow a modernisation of services within areas. | | (96865) | 5
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of missing trader intra-community VAT fraud in the UK. | | (96661) | 6
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to produce an advice note on the implementation of the five per cent. rate of VAT on renewable-fuel boilers. | | (96662) | 7
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been generated by corporation tax receipts in each year since 1997; and what percentage of total tax receipts was raised through corporation tax in the same period. | | (96663) | 8
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income for working age households was in (A) the London Borough of Haringey area and (B) across London in (1) cash and (2) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. | | (96654) | 9
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96743) | 10
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96867) | 11
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Treasury has spent on hiring private accommodation in London for departmental meetings since 1997-98. | | (96621) | 12
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are receiving child benefit in (a) Chorley and (b) each constituency in Lancashire. | | (96882) | 13
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing a tax exemption for contributions towards a care voucher scheme for employees with caring responsibilities. | | (95943) | 14
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to increase employment. | | (96642) | 15
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department treats (a) increases and (b) decreases in employee contributions to public sector pension schemes for accounting purposes; and what effects would such changes have on Government (i) spending and (ii) receipts; and if he will make a statement. | | (96523) | 16
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of the April 2003 immigration easement which led to rule 12 verification failures not being investigated. | | (96524) | 17
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent of tax credit fraud by migrant workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (96525) | 18
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual savings in Government spending are anticipated in each year from 2006-07 to 2050-51 as a result of the recent reforms to public sector pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (96532) | 19
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors were taken into account when the decision was made not to investigate tax credit rule 12 verification failures from April 2003; who (a) made and (b) approved that decision; when Ministers were first informed of the decision; and if he will make a statement. | | (96535) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information has been passed to the National Audit Office in relation to the immigration easement to rule 12 verification in April 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (96536) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the total number of people of working age in the UK not in employment for each year from 1976 to 2006, broken down by (a) lone parents, (b) unemployed, (c) those not working because of illness on disability, (d) carers and (e) other classifications; and if he will make a statement. | | (96537) | 22
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the average cost of administration for each (a) tax credit payment and (b) child benefit payment; and if he will make a statement. | | (96538) | 23
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the unemployment rate was for people aged 18 to 24 years in each month since January 1992; and if he will make a statement. | | (96622) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of all UK workers were migrant workers in each reporting period since 1992-93, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. | | (96623) | 25
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claims in Wales are paid by HM Revenue and Customs into Post Office Card Accounts; and how many of these account holders are also receiving other benefits. | | (95766) | 26
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projections are for North Sea revenues as in table C9 of Budget 2006 in (a) cash and (b) real terms for each year given in the table. | | (95219) | 27
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent considerations he has given to permitting the reclamation of VAT on fundraising activities by voluntary organisations. | | (96615) | 28
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 7030W, on private finance initiative, how much has been spent by his Department on private finance initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96682) | 29
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the incidence of tax credit fraud was in the last period for which figures are available; what the total amount involved was in that period; and what assessment he has made of how successful the relevant authorities have been in eliminating it. | | (95316) | 30
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Government-owned land and property has been sold by the Department since 1997. | | (96774) | 31
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish Sir Nicholas Stern's review of the Economics of Climate Change. | | (95624) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 32
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96507) | 33
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96732) | 34
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of vacancies in the Cabinet Office in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96740) | 35
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what her estimate is of the total spending on the Civil Service pension scheme for each year from 1980-81 to 2050-51; how many members of the scheme there are; and if she will make a statement. | | (96533) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate she has made of the annual saving from increasing the employee contribution rates to the Civil Service pension scheme by one per cent.; and if she will make a statement. | | (96534) | 37
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will list the places she visited during her recent visit to Scandinavia; who accompanied her; and what the cost was of her visit. | | (96475) | 38
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 99W, on the Social Exclusion Unit, on what date the Social Exclusion Unit ceased to exist; why the decision was made to end the work of the Unit; and which agency now has responsibility for taking forward the work programme of the Unit. | | (96678) | 39
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to her Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 99W, on the Social Exclusion Unit, where within Government the 47 staff in the former Social Exclusion Unit have been re-deployed; and if she will make a statement. | | (96679) | 40
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 99W, on the Social Exclusion Unit, what funding and resources were assigned to the former Social Exclusion Unit for 2006-07; and where this funding will be directed now that the Unit is no longer in operation. | | (96680) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 99W, on the social exclusion unit, what evaluation has been carried out of the work carried out by the former social exclusion unit over its lifetime. | | (96820) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 42
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made for the purposes of estimating housing demand, of the number of households formed by workers who have come from the 2004 accession countries. | | (96628) | 43
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96487) | 44
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to announce allocations from the next round of decent homes 2006 housing transfer and Arms Length Management Organisations programme bidding. | | (96782) | 45
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made with the (a) Independent Equalities and (b) Discrimination Law reviews. | | (95312) | 46
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Foreign and Commonwealth Office colleagues on proposals to warn girls and women living outside the UK of the dangers of trafficking. | | (95313) | 47
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will include new regulations on safety to prevent serious scolding by hot water in the forthcoming amendments to building regulation G and other water supply regulations. | | (96854) | 48
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of social housing provided by housing associations has been achieved by section 106 agreements, broken down by region. | | (96855) | 49
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will respond to the Rural Housing Commission Report. | | (96856) | 50
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase funding to social housing enablers. | | (96857) | 51
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions have taken place between her Department and banks and building societies on the location of cash machines and crime reduction; and if she will make a statement. | | (96651) | 52
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual change was in the level of council tax in each London borough in each year since 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (96653) | 53
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96731) | 54
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of vacancies in her Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96748) | 55
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the housing market of a shortage of Energy Performance Certificate inspectors. | | (96677) | 56
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason she changed the supported borrowing regime for local authorities; and what assessment she has made of the effect of the changes made on the capital expenditure of local authorities. | | (96357) | 57
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the changes to the supported borrowing regime on (a) the construction industry and (b) school construction in (i) Gloucestershire and (ii) England. | | (96434) | 58
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library all submissions sent to her Department in the last year from individuals and organisations in Gloucestershire on local government reorganisation. | | (96435) | 59
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing stock has a Standard Assessment Procedure rating of 65 or more. | | (96590) | 60
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Standard Assessment Procedure rating requirement is for new house building in (a) social housing and (b) the private sector. | | (96591) | 61
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Minister for Housing and Planning expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 5th July 2006, on policy on private sector housing. | | (95945) | 62
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by her Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96800) | 63
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what duties (a) local authorities and (b) other involved bodies have in respect of the duty of care for bathers on beaches; what recent meetings (i) she and (ii) officials in her Department have had on the subject; and what plans the Government has for action in this area. | | (95317) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 64
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make it her policy that inquests into the deaths of soldiers in Iraq be undertaken by the coroner whose area of jurisdiction covers the home address of the soldier in question. | | (96146) | 65
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the (a) nationality, (b) residence and (c) citizenship criteria are for (i) access to and (ii) eligibility for civil legal aid. | | (96336) | 66
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96488) | 67
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what proportion of magistrates in London, appointed since 1996, lived in the top 10 per cent. of the most deprived wards at the time of their appointment; and if she will make a statement. | | (96650) | 68
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to her statement of 12th October 2006, Official Report, column 26WS, on Oxfordshire inquests, what the projected timescale is for conducting the outstanding inquests; and if she will make further provision to deal with future cases arising from armed forces and civilian deaths in conflict. | | (95619) | 69
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects the inquest into the death of Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill will be (a) allocated to a named coroner and (b) heard. | | (95620) | 70
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96730) | 71
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of vacancies in her Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96747) | 72
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the number of delayed and ineffective trials in the magistrates' courts of the implementation of the new means test for legal aid; and if she will make a statement. | | (96261) | 73
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been paid in disbursements in family law cases by the Legal Services Commission in each of the last five years. | | (96480) | 74
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96804) | 75
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what mechanisms are in place for the Information Commissioner to report to Parliament on (a) his work and (b) the running of his office. | | (96683) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 76
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she expects to publish an interim report following the closure of the Digital Dividend Review Consultation. | | (96142) | 77
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96489) | 78
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):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 London Borough of Bexley. | | (96598) | 79
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what locations in the London Borough of Bexley (a) were considered to be used to stage an event and (b) are being considered for training sites for athletes for the 2012 London Olympics. | | (96599) | 80
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96735) | 81
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of vacancies in her Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96746) | 82
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):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 to digital television in the Lancashire region. | | (96874) | 83
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by her Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 84
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel have been (a) injured and (b) killed in the Iraqi conflict since it began; and how many and what percentage of those killed have had inquests completed. | | (96145) | 85
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK personnel stationed on Diego Garcia have access to the United States detention facilities located there for the purposes of monitoring who is detained in that facility. | | (96770) | 86
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96490) | 87
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi police officers have been removed from their position as a consequence of Operation Sinbad; and if he will make a statement. | | (96687) | 88
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place for the audit and accountability of spending on the joint Iraqi and American Baghdad Security Plan; what estimate he has made of how much the (a) security and (b) non-security element will cost; whether security personnel will carry out the non-security element; and how many Iraqi civilian jobs will be created in consequence. | | (96688) | 89
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish eligibility criteria for (a) additional allowances and (b) tax relief to be paid to (i) Royal Naval and (ii) Royal Air Force personnel in respect of service overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (95481) | 90
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96736) | 91
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96745) | 92
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2006, Official Report, column 706W, on Far East Civilian Internees, what progress he has made with charities towards aiding those who have not been awarded payments under the 20 year rule. | | (95621) | 93
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been (a) paid, (b) refused and (c) are awaiting a decision on payments under the Far East Prisoners of War Ex-Gratia Payments Scheme (i) in total, (ii) under the blood link criterion and (iii) under the 20 year rule. | | (95622) | 94
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made towards reviewing those applicants for the Far East Prisoners of War Ex-Gratia Payments Scheme that have not qualified for payment under the 20 year rule; and what factors he is taking into account to determine eligibility. | | (95623) | 95
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written statement of 17th October 2006 on Far East Prisoners of War Ex-Gratia Payments Scheme, whether civilian claims for the payment submitted before 7th July 2005 will be paid in full. | | (95768) | 96
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the operational tour tax free bonus will be paid in addition to or in place of the longer separated service allowance or longer separation allowance. | | (95822) | 97
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether time spent as an in-patient in hospital (a) in the UK and (b) overseas as a result of injuries received in theatre will be counted when calculating eligibility for and value of the operational tour tax free bonus. | | (95942) | 98
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the costs of decommissioning the (a) submarines and (b) missiles and warheads of the current Trident system. | | (96660) | 99
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question No. 71799 tabled on 16th May 2006; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on answering parliamentary Questions. | | (96764) | 100
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those of his Department's documents concerning deaths in Deepcut barracks that have been (a) requested and (b) placed in the public domain under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (96585) | 101
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of those individuals criticised in the Blake Review have been subject to (a) legal and (b) disciplinary action. | | (96589) | 102
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rate of suicide is among UK armed forces personnel who have seen active service in Iraq or Afghanistan. | | (96722) | 103
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96805) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 104
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if his Office will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96491) | 105
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Office recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96723) | 106
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of vacancies in his Office in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96744) | 107
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has consulted the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office regarding the offer of gifts to members of other governments or governmental organisations since becoming Deputy Prime Minister. | | (96757) | 108
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when gifts have been given to overseas dignataries at public cost by his Office in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code at paragraph 10.19; to whom such gifts were given; what the gifts were; what the value of each gift was; and whether gifts were offered in exchange in each case. | | (96858) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 109
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96492) | 110
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in (i) Redbridge and (ii) Waltham Forest in (A) 2005-06 and (B) each of the preceeding five years. | | (96690) | 111
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce national regulations on the process of placement and funding of educational support where a looked after child with additional educational needs is placed in another local authority area. | | (96686) | 112
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) operational budget, (b) capital budget and (c) total cost was of the Business Academy Bexley in each year since it opened. | | (96597) | 113
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the Business Academy Bexley. | | (96605) | 114
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects guidance regarding Clause 43 of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill to be produced; and whether such guidance will be produced by (a) his Department and (b) the Learning and Skills Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (96655) | 115
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) 15 year olds and (b) pupils at the end of the fourth key stage who achieved five or more GCSEs at A* to C also achieved A* to C in (i) mathematics, (ii) English, (iii) science, (iv) a modern foreign language, (v) English and mathematics, (vi) English, mathematics and science, (vii) English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in 2006. | | (96509) | 116
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) 15 year olds and (b) pupils at the end of the fourth key stage sat GCSEs in (i) chemistry, (ii) biology, (iii) physics and (iv) chemistry, biology and physics in each year since 1996. | | (96510) | 117
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) 15 year olds and (b) pupils at the end of the fourth key stage achieved A* to C in (i) five or more GCSEs, (ii) five or more GCSEs including English and mathematics, (iii) English, mathematics and science, (iv) English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language, (v) five or more GCSEs including English, mathematics and science, (vi) five or more GCSEs including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language for each year since 1996. | | (96511) | 118
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils from independent schools achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in each year since 1996. | | (96518) | 119
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved GCSEs at A* to C in two foreign languages in each year since 1996. | | (96519) | 120
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved seven or more GCSEs at A* to C in each year since 1996. | | (96520) | 121
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96724) | 122
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96751) | 123
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in pupil referral units have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and if he will make a statement. | | (96659) | 124
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students enrolled in higher education courses in the Lancashire region in each of the last five years. | | (96875) | 125
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants were employed in Lancashire in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) each of the preceding five years. | | (96876) | 126
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 16 to 19 year olds did not receive funding for courses as a consequence of further education colleges exceeding recruitment targets agreed with the local learning and skills councils in 2005-06 in (a) each local learning and skills council area and (b) each college. | | (96211) | 127
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England have been operating extended hours from 8am to 6pm five days a week since the beginning of the autumn term. | | (96212) | 128
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his policy is on the publiction of post-16 examination results in institutions of further education disaggregated by franchisee. | | (96451) | 129
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96806) | 130
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools were without a permanent headteacher for more than six months in each year since 1997. | | (96773) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 131
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) gross domestic product and (b) total food production can be attributed to cheese production. | | (96759) | 132
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority's submission for the project to deliver recycling, treatment and disposal services. | | (96902) | 133
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) local authorities about the level of support available to Merseyside Waste Authority to meet its statutory obligations. | | (96903) | 134
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96493) | 135
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the Government has ruled out mandatory testing of new build residential accommodation for water efficiency targets. | | (95780) | 136
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government has in place to ensure efficient use of water supply; and how it is liaising with (a) the water companies, (b) Ofwat and (c) the Environment Agency to see such measures implemented. | | (95781) | 137
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will re-consider the entry requirement for the single farm payment to ensure that only those who are genuinely farming are entitled to that payment. | | (95782) | 138
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities about sending recyclable waste to be recycled overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (96652) | 139
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96725) | 140
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96750) | 141
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment of the level of antibiotics in milk and dairy products his Department has made in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (96761) | 142
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what legislation the milk and dairy products industry has been regulated since 1997; what estimate he has made of the number of breaches of such regulations in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) region and (b) legislative instrument; and if he will make a statement. | | (96788) | 143
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Stearthill Farms Ltd (RPA Ref: 108841927) will receive its single farm payment award. | | (96366) | 144
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) original and (b) revised budget for 2006-07 are for (i) British Waterways, (ii) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (iii) Natural England, (iv) Food from Britain, (v) the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB, (vi) the Marine Fisheries Agency, (vii) the Pesticides Safety Directorate, (viii) the Rural Payments Agency, (ix) the State Veterinary Service and (x) the Veterinary Laboratories Agency; and what the planned budget for 2007-08 is in each case. | | (96147) | 145
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96807) | 146
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinary surgeons qualified in each year since 2000. | | (96592) | 147
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average change in veterinary charges in abattoirs has been in the last five years. | | (96593) | 148
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abattoirs in England serve the (a) cattle, (b) sheep and (c) poultry sectors. | | (96685) | 149
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to prevent the spread of Campylobacter through the chicken production chain. | | (96792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 150
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the agreement covering the United States use of facilities at Diego Garcia allows the US to hold and interrogate non-US and non-UK nationals without notification to the UK Government. | | (96769) | 151
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has recived any reports of the detention and interrogation of (a) non-US and (b) non-UK citizens in British Indian Ocean Territories by agencies of the United States since 11th September 2001. | | (96771) | 152
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the circumstances surrounding the killing of four UN observers by Israeli shellfire in southern Lebanon on 26th July; and what representations she has made to the Israeli authorities about this case. | | (96784) | 153
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) conduct of Israeli armed forces in Lebanon between 12th July and 14th August and (b) extent to which the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon between 9th and 14th August complied with international law. | | (96785) | 154
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will discuss with the Israeli authorities the chain of command involved in the decision to use cluster bombs in Lebanon between 10th and 14th August. | | (96786) | 155
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on Moldova of Romanian entry into the EU. | | [R] (96904) | 156
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96494) | 157
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many senior officials from Saddam Hussain's regime are detained (a) without charge and (b) subsequent to being charged but awaiting trial; under what authority they are held and by whom; in which country they are being held; and if she will make a statement. | | (96689) | 158
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are deployed to represent the UK at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; and what reports of their activities are published. | | (96335) | 159
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which candidate for the Latin American seat on the UN Security Council the UK supports; and what consultations she undertook before determining such support. | | (96360) | 160
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96727) | 161
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of vacancies in her Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96749) | 162
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on companies using British Dependent Territories to invest in Burma. | | (96674) | 163
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will include human rights as a priority in its own right under her Department's international priorities. | | (96675) | 164
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on protecting human rights in Burma. | | (96676) | 165
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work has been done by her Department on strengthening the rules governing the withdrawal of a country from the non-proliferation treaty since North Korea's withdrawal. | | (96618) | 166
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by her Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96808) | 167
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts have been awarded by the British Council to (a) Hobsbawm Macaulay Public Relations, (b) HMC Public Relations and (c) Brunswick Arts in each year since 1997; and what contracts are in place with each of these companies. | | (96643) | 168
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what process was followed in selecting (a) Hobsbawm Macaulay Public Relations, (b) HMC Public Relations and (c) Brunswick Arts to work for the British Council; and what other companies tendered for the work in question. | | (96644) | 169
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the British Council's grant-in-aid has been in each year since 1997. | | (96645) | 170
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what services have been provided to the British Council by (a) Hobsbawm Macaulay Public Relations, (b) HMC Public Relations and (c) Brunswick Arts in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of such services was in each case. | | (96646) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 171
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the (a) labelling and (b) sale of food products including ingredients derived from cloned animals. | | (96144) | 172
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been brought to the attention of the General Dental Council in the last two years, broken down by country in which they graduated for their initial dental degree. | | (96143) | 173
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to public funds of defending the application for judicial review of her decision to overrule the recommendation of the Better Healthcare Closer to Home review on the site of the new critical care hospital in the South West London and North East Surrey area. | | (95311) | 174
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether consideration is being given to delaying the implementation of Modernising Medical Careers; and if she will list the bodies which have requested her to do so. | | (95315) | 175
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Eastern Region Strategic Health Authority will approve funding for the installation of the replacement MRI scanner at Bedford Hospital. | | (96481) | 176
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctor training posts are planned under the Modernising Medical Careers scheme, broken down by speciality; whether trainee doctors will be able to obtain a speciality of his or her choice; what arrangements have been made for the selection and interview programme; and whether a new IT system has been developed for this selection process. | | (96479) | 177
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if she will make a statement. | | (96495) | 178
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average ratio of (a) nurses and (b) doctors per 100 hospital beds in (i) England and (ii) each primary care trust in London; and if she will make a statement. | | (96647) | 179
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has given to (a) NHS hospitals, (b) nursing and care homes, (c) dentists, (d) ambulance trusts, (e) general practitioners, (f) other hospitals, (g) St John's Ambulance Service and (h) the British Red Cross on preventing clostridium difficile; and if she will make a statement. | | (96648) | 180
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many special severance payments have been made in each year since 2001, broken down by NHS trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (96649) | 181
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96726) | 182
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of vacancies in her Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96753) | 183
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) emergency re-admissions and (b) delayed discharges there were in each NHS trust in each quarter of the last three years. | | (96303) | 184
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in each quarter in the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. | | (96476) | 185
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of NHS-contracted operations was fulfilled by each independent sector treatment centre. | | (96477) | 186
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 47WS, on Herceptin, whether she has received a progress report from the National Cancer Director on the availability of HER2 testing to all newly diagnosed breast cancer patients of all ages. | | (96673) | 187
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will examine the efficiency of the regional and strategic administration of the NHS in Hertfordshire over the last 10 years. | | (96483) | 188
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS posts she expects to be lost in North East Hertfordshire in the next 12 months. | | (96484) | 189
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) health visitors and (b) nursery nurses were employed by each primary care trust in (i) 2001 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (95959) | 190
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on health care per capita in Chorley in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2004-05. | | (96886) | 191
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to the Central Lancashire 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. | | (96887) | 192
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to deliver more health services in the community in the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust area. | | (96888) | 193
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the sterile supplies to general practitioners in Lancashire; and if she will make a statement. | | (96889) | 194
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections of UK milk and dairy products establishments were carried out by the Food Standards Agency in each year since 1997, broken down by region; and if she will make a statement. | | (96766) | 195
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer Question 90449 of 25th July 2006 on Cadbury Schweppes and toxicity, tabled by the hon. Member for Eastleigh. | | (96783) | 196
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled because of (a) managerial or administrative reasons and (b) unclean or missing surgery equipment in the (i) Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area and (ii) Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area; and if she will make a statement. | | (95417) | 197
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse has been of the National Patient Safety Agency in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (96879) | 198
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse has been of private sector consultants engaged by Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust to ameliorate that Trust's financial deficit since 1st April 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (96883) | 199
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the public purse of the reconfiguration of primary care in Cambridgeshire up to 30th September; and if she will make a statement. | | (96890) | 200
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she uses to establish the (a) efficacy and (b) value for money of the National Patient Safety Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (96891) | 201
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent per capita in each primary care trust on (a) cancer services and (b) mental health services in each of the last five years. | | (96814) | 202
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been considered by the Healthcare Commission since its inception; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken has been between initial acceptance of a complaint and final outcome. | | (96815) | 203
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints are under consideration by the Healthcare Commission; and what proportion of these has been under consideration for up to (a) three months and (b) six months. | | (96816) | 204
| Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are currently licensed for multiple myeloma in the UK; what treatments for multiple myeloma are currently provided by the NHS; whether thalidomide is licensed for the treatment of multiple myeloma; and if she will make a statement. | | (96641) | 205
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the associate hospital manager function is not provided for under mental health foundation trust status; what plans her Department has to replace functions in the (a) short and (b) long term; and what recourse a mental health patient has to independent appeal in the interim period. | | (96587) | 206
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when South Petherton Hospital will be re-opened; and if she will make a statement. | | (95310) | 207
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to minimise the potential for disruption in implementing reform of junior doctor training under the modernising medical careers initiative. | | (96778) | 208
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most common reason for (a) out-patient and (b) in-patient admission to the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (95954) | 209
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect she expects the proposed changes to services offered by the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath to have on the NHS South East Coast Strategic Health Authority deficit. | | (95955) | 210
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total salary bill is for (a) the Royal Sussex County Hospital and (b) the Princess Royal Hospital in West Sussex in 2006-07. | | (95956) | 211
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to the accident and emergency department of the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath in each of the last three years. | | (95957) | 212
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of HIV were diagnosed in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (96900) | 213
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexual health family planning clinics there were in each primary care trust in England in each year since their inception; and if she will make a statement. | | (96901) | 214
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed in each former primary care trust area in the former Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority area in each of the last five years; and in which hospitals they were performed. | | (96304) | 215
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she will implement the recommendations of the Wanless Report on Securing Good Care for Older People; and if she will make a statement. | | (96450) | 216
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by her Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96809) | 217
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of NHS trusts left their posts in the last 12 month period, broken down by reason for leaving post. | | (96775) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 218
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding in Chelmsford Prison. | | (95944) | 219
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyclists have been (a) cautioned, (b) charged and (c) successfully prosecuted in each of the last five years for (i) being under the influence of illegal drugs, (ii) being above the legal alcoholic limit and (iii) using a mobile telephone while cycling. | | (96894) | 220
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road accidents there have been in each of the last five years where one of the cars involved did not have its headlights switched on. | | (96895) | 221
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been (a) cautioned, (b) charged and (c) successfully prosecuted for using (i) noisy exhaust systems and (ii) loud stereo systems in each of the last five years. | | (96896) | 222
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many random eye tests have been conducted on motorists in each of the last five years; and what proportion of drivers have been assessed as having eyesight below the required level. | | (96897) | 223
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyclists were (a) cautioned and (b) charged for (i) going through red lights and (ii) cycling in the dark without lights in each year since 1997. | | (96898) | 224
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of workers from EU countries who acceded in 2004 who came to the UK to work and who have subsequently left. | | (96616) | 225
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the regional pattern of settlement of workers who have come to the UK from the EU accession countries of 2004. | | (96629) | 226
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of the communities of (a) Bangladeshi origin, (b) Pakistani origin and (c) South Asian origin have married spouses from the Indian sub-continent who have come to the UK on marriage visas in each of the last 20 years. | | (96684) | 227
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from representatives of the United States on extradition of individuals suspected of being an enemy combatant. | | (96517) | 228
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th September 2006, Official Report, column 1915W, on prisons, if he will break down the capital cost by financial year in which it will be spent; and whether the expenditure has been agreed with HM Treasury. | | (96669) | 229
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1290 W, on criminal justice, how much of the construction relating to the 8,000 places will be (a) begun and (b) completed in each of the six years of his proposed building programme. | | (96670) | 230
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will (a) carry out an audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96496) | 231
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of (a) youths, (b) adult males and (c) adult females in custody following sentencing who experienced (i) drug dependency health problems, (ii) alcohol dependency health problems and (iii) serious mental health problems in each year since 2001. | | (95415) | 232
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of neighbourhood policing in Pembrokeshire. | | (95422) | 233
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has provided to (a) victim support and (b) neighbourhood watch schemes in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96671) | 234
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) retired and (b) took ill-health retirement in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (96672) | 235
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96729) | 236
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96752) | 237
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what distance identity cards produced under ISO standard 14443A can be read. | | (96620) | 238
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the forecast number of full-time equivalent police officers in Northamptonshire is in the next two years. | | (96213) | 239
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the forecast number of full-time equivalent police officers in Lancashire is in the next two years. | | (96873) | 240
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those documents originating from the Surrey police and concerning deaths in Deepcut barracks that have been (a) requested and (b) placed in the public domain under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (96586) | 241
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects a conclusion from the discussions between the Criminal Records Bureau and the Association of Chief Police Officers on seeking access to (a) European Union and (b) other foreign criminal conviction data; and if he will make a statement. | | (95767) | 242
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions were given (a) verbally and (b) in writing to the Director General of the Prison Service by Ministers in October 2002 in relation to control of a riot at Lincoln gaol; and if he will make a statement. | | (96668) | 243
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in Whitemoor Prison, Cambridgeshire are currently receiving payments to encourage them to participate in leisure activities; what the level of payments are; when the programme commenced; how much the programme has cost to date; which category of prisoners are eligible to participate; what the maximum payment which may be made to each participating prisoner is (a) per day and (b) per week; and which other prisons in England and Wales operate similar programmes. | | (96588) | 244
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what increase there was in facilities for the treatment for cannabis users between 2002 and 2005. | | (96843) | 245
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's estimate is of the proportion of crime associated with car boot sales; and what steps he is taking to counteract such crime. | | (96787) | 246
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what grants are made from public funds to the (a) Gay, (b) Black and (c) Christian police associations; and what other associations there are representing groups within the police. | | (96452) | 247
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96810) | 248
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the number of migrant workers to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria upon their accession to the EU if no limits were placed on the levels of migration. | | (95616) | 249
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are being used by his Department in its formula to predict the estimated number of migrant workers to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria upon their accession to the EU. | | (95617) | 250
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used by his Department in its formula to predict the estimated number of migrant workers to the UK from the 2004 EU accession countries. | | (95618) | 251
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many architectural liaison officers there are in each police authority in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (96521) | 252
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for shoplifting in England and Wales in each year since 1997; how many were charged; how many were cautioned; and how many received a sentence of (a) up to six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) more than 12 months, broken down by police authority area. | | (96772) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 253
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time-off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96482) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 254
N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 1152W, on Afghanistan, what projects his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) financially supported in Helmand Province. | | (96359) | 255
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department is making on reconstruction in Afghanistan. | | (96624) | 256
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96497) | 257
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96728) | 258
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96756) | 259
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment was made of the methods used to reduce illicit opium poppy cultivation in other countries during the formulation of counter-narcotics policy in Afghanistan. | | (96619) | 260
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect of networks of clinics in developing countries that provide local comunities with sexual and reproductive health services on efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. | | (96656) | 261
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will commit funding to (a) tracking and (b) assessing grants made by his Department for the provision of HIV/AIDS services via sexual and reproductive health clinics in developing countries; and if he will encourage other aid donors to do the same. | | (96657) | 262
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96811) | Questions to the Leader of the House 263
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Leader of the House, if his Office will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96498) | 264
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Leader of the House, whether his Office recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96721) | 265
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Leader of the House, what proportion of vacancies in his Office in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96755) | 266
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what the arrangements are for the payment of pensions to people who retire early through ill-health for the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund; what the incidence of the health retirement was as a percentage of all retirements from the scheme for each year since 1988-89; and if he will make a statement. | | (96526) | 267
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what the (a) present and (b) future retirement age arrangements are for the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. | | (96527) | 268
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what the current (a) accrual rate and (b) normal retirement age is for the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (96528) | 269
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what the current rate of ill-health retirement is for the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (96529) | 270
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate he has made of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund; and what assumptions for (a) discount rate and (b) longevity is the estimate based upon. | | (96530) | 271
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions to the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (96531) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 272
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by whom policy on academic selection in Northern Ireland will be decided following the St Andrews talks in Scotland. | | (96149) | 273
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convicted sex offenders classified as Category 3 are under supervision whilst not being in prison in Northern Ireland. | | (96150) | 274
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to announce changes to the 50 per cent. remission for those convicted of serious offences in Northern Ireland. | | (96151) | 275
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will assess standards of cleanliness in Northern Ireland's acute hospitals. | | (96152) | 276
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96499) | 277
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the boundaries are of the land under the control of the Western Electricity and Library Board near Chapel Road Primary School in Derry. | | (96666) | 278
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96734) | 279
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96754) | 280
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the community background is of the chairmen of the new further education colleges; and if he will make a statement. | | (96513) | 281
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applicants there were for the recent appointments to the proposed new further education colleges in Northern Ireland, broken down by community background; and how many of these were interviewed, broken down in the same way. | | (96514) | 282
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will reply to the letter of 10th July 2006 from the hon. Member for North Down in relation to the human rights of care home patients in Northern Ireland. | | (96515) | 283
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people over the age of 60 years enrolled in full-time or part-time (a) vocational and (b) non-vocational courses in each college of further and higher education in Northern Ireland in academic year (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (96516) | 284
N | Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) physical and (b) verbal attacks on NHS staff have been recorded by (i) the Northern Ireland health boards and (ii) the ambulance service (1) in 2005-06 and (2) so far in 2006-07. | | (95318) | 285
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional funding will be made available to implement the safeguarding vulnerable groups legislation in Northern Ireland; what the timescale is for the implementation of the legislation in Northern Ireland; which (a) departments and (b) agencies will be leading implementation; if he will establish a cross-department working group on the legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (96474) | 286
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the economy of Lurgan of the frequent closure of the railway barrier; and what steps he has taken to reduce the period of time for which the barrier is closed on a daily basis. | | (95084) | 287
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 11th October 2006, Official Report, column 786W, on Parliamentary questions, which questions tabled by (a) hon. Members other than the hon. Member for Upper Bann and (b) peers have been answered on the basis of drafts prepared by the British Irish Inter-Governmental Secretariat since 5th May 2005. | | (96148) | 288
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of serious sexual assaults in each of the last three years. | | (96437) | 289
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the pilot arrangement announced on 22nd July 2005 between the Valuation and Lands Agency and Belfast City Council to improve rating service and cut out unnecessary administration and inspections by officials of new and altered properties; and if he will make a statement. | | (96793) | 290
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96812) | Questions to the Prime Minister 291
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, if his Office will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96500) | 292
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006 to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, Official Report, column 4W, on gifts, on what basis the decision was made that it would be inappropriate to disclose the information requested. | | (96822) | 293
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last held discussions with the Cabinet Secretary about the exchange of gifts with overseas dignitaries; what discussions the Cabinet Secretary has with departmental permanent secretaries on the advice they should provide to Ministers on the (a) exchange and (b) offering of gifts to overseas dignitaries; and what consideration has been given to the inclusion of explicit guidance on this issue in the Ministerial Code. | | (96842) | 294
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, when gifts have been given to overseas dignitaries at public cost by his Office in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code at paragraph 10.19 since 1997; to whom such gifts were given; what the gifts were; what the value of each gift was; and whether gifts were offered in exchange in each case. | | (96859) | 295
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to paragraph 10.19 of the Ministerial Code, what the applicable rules are governing the offer of gifts to members of other governments or governmental organisations; and on what basis permanent secretaries determine whether rules are applicable. | | (96860) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 296
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96501) | 297
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96741) | 298
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96871) | 299
N | Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value was of each monthly transfer to the Scottish Consolidated Fund in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (95416) | 300
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96802) | Questions to the Solicitor General 301
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96486) | 302
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of vacancies in the Law Officers' Departments in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96739) | 303
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Law Officers' Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 304
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice his Department gives to householders wishing to apply for a grant under stream 1 of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (96845) | 305
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that household grant applications under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme continue to be accepted once the £3.5 million budget for year one of the programme is allocated. | | (96846) | 306
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date stream 1 of his Department's Low Carbon Buildings Programme began accepting household grant applications; and on what date he expects the year one budget will be allocated. | | (96847) | 307
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the likely demand for household grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in years one and two of the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (96848) | 308
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the effect upon legitimate traders of the illegal trade in DVDs; and if he will make a statement. | | (96485) | 309
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96502) | 310
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent by the Government on UK Trade and Investment in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96658) | 311
| Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of using thorium-powered nuclear reactors to help meet UK electricity demand. | | (96768) | 312
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96738) | 313
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96869) | 314
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many proposed post office closures have been withdrawn following the formal consultation period in each of the last five years. | | (95958) | 315
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will answer Question No. 72331 tabled on 17th May 2006; and what his Department's policy is on the timetable for answering of parliamentary Questions. | | (96762) | 316
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will answer Question No. 66614 tabled by the hon. Member for Eastleigh on 25th April 2006. | | (96763) | 317
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the import of furniture which does not meet required safety standards. | | (96600) | 318
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civil servants in his Department have particular responsibility for promoting the furniture industry. | | (96601) | 319
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the European Commssion on the effect on the UK furniture industry of standards applying to the manufacture of furniture. | | (96602) | 320
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the European Commission's policy is towards the regulation of standards in the furniture industry in Europe. | | (96603) | 321
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it his policy to require employers to indicate on the wage slips of their employees the rate then applying of the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement. | | (96625) | 322
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the acquisition of Corus by Tata Steel on employment in the UK steel industry. | | (96817) | 323
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office branches there were in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest month for which figures are available, broken down by UK standard region. | | (96818) | 324
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government funded research is undertaken at Long Than monkey farm and testing centre in Vietnam; and if he will make a statement. | | (95482) | 325
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice the North West Regional Development Agency has given to Lancaster Vision Board regarding funding for a study to establish whether Lancaster Prison can be closed and the Castle turned into a tourist attraction. | | (96630) | 326
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role the area manager from the North West Regional Development Agency plays on the Lancaster Vision Board. | | (96631) | 327
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total annual staffing costs are of the Lancaster Vision Board. | | (96632) | 328
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Lancaster and Morecambe Vision document cost to reproduce. | | (96633) | 329
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Lancaster and Morecambe Vision Board was set up. | | (96634) | 330
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether members of vision boards can remain on them without attending meetings. | | (96635) | 331
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether Lancaster and Morecambe Vision Board is responsible for (a) ensuring that effective delivery vehicles are in place to implement the regeneration strategy for the area and (b) the delivery of the economic vision and strategy for the Lancaster and Morecambe area. | | (96636) | 332
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been allocated to Lancaster and Morecambe Vision Board since it was set up. | | (96637) | 333
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who the representatives are on Lancaster Vision Board; and which sector each represents. | | (96638) | 334
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many vision board managers are employed on a consultancy basis. | | (96639) | 335
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many vision boards there are in the North West Regional Development Agency. | | (96640) | 336
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the construction industry of delays in utility companies carrying out the required work at new developments. | | (96720) | 337
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96801) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 338
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why resurfacing of concrete sections is not being undertaken during the repairs to the M25 between Leatherhead and Reigate. | | (95314) | 339
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the European Aviation Safety Agency will be given full enforcement powers; and if he will make a statement. | | (96791) | 340
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made since 2004 by regional railway tsars in (a) reducing the burdern of administration and (b) ensuring greater train punctuality; and if he will make a statement. | | (96893) | 341
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96503) | 342
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a new review of the viability of extending Eurostar services to regional destinations taking into account the (a) social, (b) economic and (c) environmental benefits. | | (96617) | 343
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of London's rail stations on Network Southeast have been upgraded to accept the Oyster pay-as-you-go travel card since May 2006; and when the upgrade of all of the stations will be completed. | | (96681) | 344
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96737) | 345
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96868) | 346
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total cost of investigations and inquiries into the loss of the F. V. Gaul in 2006 prices. | | (96789) | 347
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made towards the implementation of the formal safety recommendations arising from the F. V. Gaul Re-opened Formal Investigation. | | (96790) | 348
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any evidence of a design fault in the construction and arrangement of the duff and offal chutes on the trawler F. V. Gaul was made available to the Wreck Commissioner during the 2004 investigation. | | (96794) | 349
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the net change in UK carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the road schemes approved through the targeted programme of improvements and local transport plans since 1998. | | (96813) | 350
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest cost estimates are for road schemes (a) in the targeted programme of improvements and (b) approved under (i) the local transport plans and (ii) community infrastructure fund. | | (96819) | 351
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology was used to calculate the carbon impact of road schemes for data on carbon emissions submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee following the Secretary of State's evidence on 14th June. | | (96821) | 352
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in respect of how many (a) trunk road and (b) local authority road schemes he has withdrawn (i) funding and (ii) approval since 1997; and what the reasons were for the withdrawal of the approval and funding in each case. | | (96823) | 353
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was of constructing a mile of (a) motorway, (b) additional lane of motorway and (c) trunk road in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (96824) | 354
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated effect on annual carbon dioxide emissions is resulting from each road scheme approved by Ministers through the local transport plans since 1997. | | (96880) | 355
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1119W, on cargo transfers, when his Department now expects to consult on the secondary legislation that will regulate ship-to-ship transfers within the limits of the UK's territorial sea; and when this legislation is likely to come into force. | | (96892) | 356
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of greenhouse gas emissions from aeroplane contrails in flights over the (a) UK and (b) EU; and what the levels were (i) five years and (ii) 10 years ago. | | (95769) | 357
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of serious road traffic accidents involving speed limit excession in the last period for which figures are available also involved (a) unlicensed drivers, (b) unregistered drivers, (c) uninsured drivers, (d) drunk drivers and (e) stolen vehicles. | | (95615) | 358
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what opportunities he has provided to hon. Members to contribute to consultations on regional planning assessments for the railways. | | (96664) | 359
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish submissions received from (a) elected councils, (b) passenger transport authorities and (c) regional assemblies before the publication of regional planning assessments for the railways. | | (96665) | 360
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations he has held with passenger transport authorities over regional planning assessment for the railways. | | (96667) | 361
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what formal opportunities local councils have had to contribute to consultations about regional planning assessments for the railways. | | (96758) | 362
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months. | | (96803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 363
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96505) | 364
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96742) | 365
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96866) | 366
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 1118W, on ministerial visits, on how many of the 97 days which he spent in Wales on official business he stayed overnight. | | (96301) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 367
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of participants in the New Deal for Lone Parents (a) have disabilities and (b) are parents; what action is being taken to improve the ability of persons with more than one such potential impediment to get into work; and if he will make a statement. | | (96604) | 368
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its workforce, (b) negotiate an age management policy with trade unions and employees to eliminate age discrimination and retain older workers, (c) identify and support training needs and offer older staff flexible working to downshift towards retirement and (d) extend to over-fifties the right to request to work flexibly and the right to training with paid time off; and if he will make a statement. | | (96506) | 369
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases relating to residents of Coventry South constituency remain to be processed. | | (95083) | 370
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of Post Office Card Account transactions in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (96795) | 371
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give a breakdown of the costs incurred to his Department for each type of transaction processed by sub-post offices involving Post Office Card Accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (96796) | 372
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce costs of Post Office Card Account transactions. | | (96798) | 373
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 1123W, on private debt agencies, what progress has been made by those firms recovering unpaid Child Support Agency arrears. | | (96302) | 374
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a) English and (b) mathematics GCSE. | | (96733) | 375
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment. | | (96864) | 376
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving the (a) carer's allowance, (b) higher rate of attendance allowance and (c) pension credit in (i) Chorley and (ii) each constituency in Lancashire. | | (96881) | 377
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) public houses, (b) bars and (c) restaurants in (i) Greater London and (ii) England which will be compliant with the Disability Discrimination Acts by the end of 2006. | | (96243) | 378
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors he took into account when deciding (a) the tax treatment of the winter fuel payment and (b) whether the winter fuel payment should be means-tested. | | (96539) | 379
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual real growth of his Department's spending in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21, assuming (a) the basic state pension is linked to earnings from 2010, (b) all other benefits are linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI) and (c) administration costs grow in line with the RPI; and if he will make a statement. | | (96540) | 380
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost would be of restoring the link between the basic state pension and earnings in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2012 for each year from 2008-09 to 2015-16; and if he will make a statement. | | (96541) | 381
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest date is for the restoration of the link between the basic state pension and earnings under the proposals in the White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (96542) | 382
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre Plus visiting officers have received for advising claimants of the appropriate benefits for their circumstances; and if he will make a statement. | | (96835) | 383
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Contact Centre and Jobcentre Plus staff have received for dealing with benefit claimants with mental health problems; and if he will make a statement. | | (96836) | 384
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances Jobcentre Plus visiting officers are dispatched to the home of a benefit claimant; and if he will make a statement. | | (96849) | 385
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for a clerical claim in a Jobcentre Plus there have been in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96850) | 386
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of requests for a clerical claim in a Jobcentre Plus in the East Riding of Yorkshire have been refused in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96851) | 387
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances requests for a clerical claim in a Jobcentre Plus are accepted; and if he will make a statement. | | (96852) | 388
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of requests for a visit by a Jobcentre Plus visiting officer by a benefit claimant in the East Riding of Yorkshire have been refused in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96853) | 389
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests have been made by benefit claimants for a visit by Jobcentre Plus visiting officers in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96861) | 390
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many visits there have been by Jobcentre Plus visiting officers to benefit claimants in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (96862) | 391
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus visiting officers there are in the East Riding of Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (96863) | 392
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the carer's addition to pension credit ceases to be payable after the death of a cared-for-spouse. | | (96334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 393
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of Government spending on the inspection of UK milk and dairy products establishments, broken down by region in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (96765) | 394
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to implement the revised EU food hygiene legislation that came into force on 1st January; how much has been spent on such implementation to date; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (96767) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 395
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question No. 71762 tabled by the hon. Member for Eastleigh on 16th May 2006; and if he will make a statement on the Department's policy on the time taken to answer Questions. | | [Transferred] (96760) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 396
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much is paid to the owners of sub-post offices for each Post Office Card Account transaction they carry out; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (96797) | 397
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to conclude negotiations with the EU Commission on European Union convergence funding for West Wales and the Valleys. | | [Transferred] (96522) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 398
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) drunken and (b) disruptive behaviour were reported on flights to and from Northern Ireland's airports in each of the last three years; and what steps he is taking to address this problem. | | [Transferred] (96512) |
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