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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 24 October 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 24 October 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 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 Tuesday 24 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 24 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, how many cases were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last five years; and how many were resolved in each year. | | (97047) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to the sale of (a) critical illness insurance, (b) payment protection insurance, (c) term life assurance and (d) income protection in each of the last five years. | | (97048) | 3
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what authority foreign coin dies are retained by the museum of the Royal Mint after production has ceased. | | (96546) | 4
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) declaring bankruptcy and (b) entering individual voluntary agreements as a result of delays in payment of tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (96993) | 5
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK live in a family in which neither parent works. | | (97006) | 6
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) children, (b) disabled children and (c) children from single parent families were living in poverty in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (97007) | 7
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report Tax Credits: Putting things Right have been (a) implemented, (b) accepted but not implemented and (c) rejected; and if he will make a statement. | | (97021) | 8
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's Ministers are members of the HM Treasury gymnasium; and what the cost of such membership is per annum. | | (97022) | 9
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) running costs and (b) membership fees of HM Treasury's gymnasium are subsidised from public funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (97023) | 10
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of corporation tax paid by all clubs who are members of the (a) Football Association, (b) Rugby Football Union, (c) Rugby Football League, (d) English Cricket Board and (e) Lawn Tennis Association was in each of the last five years. | | (96549) | 11
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the life expectancy is of (a) men and (b) women in (i) the East Midlands and (ii) the South East; and what it was in (1) 1996 and (2) 2000 in each case. | | (96949) | 12
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what provisions citizens of EU states that acceded in 2004 working in the UK are able to claim benefits in respect of families still living in their home countries; how many are claiming; and what the cost of this was in the last 12 months. | | (96825) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 13
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless people there are in (a) Hendon constituency and (b) Barnet Borough; and if she will make a statement. | | (96930) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built since 1990-91; how many more are planned in each year until 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (97053) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 15
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which magistrates' courts have (a) closed and (b) opened in each of the last 20 years. | | (96936) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 16
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many seaside pier owners in the (a) public and (b) private sector have applied for Lottery funding to maintain and improve their piers since the inception of the Lottery; and how many have been successful. | | (97050) | 17
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) condition, (b) viability and (c) cultural significance of British seaside piers. | | (97051) | 18
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ask the BBC to publish the Balen report. | | (96551) | 19
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has consulted industry representatives on the period between publication of the final proposals of the Digital Dividend Review and the implementation of its conclusions; and if she will publish a list of those who were consulted. | | (96906) | 20
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made in implementing the findings of the European Sports Review. | | (96508) | 21
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in raising the £100 million from private sponsors for elite sport announced in the 2006 Budget; and if she will make a statement. | | (96547) | 22
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was provided to Sportswatch by her Department in each year since 1992; and if she will make a statement. | | (96548) | 23
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on arranging a meeting between her Department, the English Cricket Board and the broadcasters to discuss television rights; and if she will make a statement. | | (96550) | 24
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) missed and (b) received calls there were to her Department's general enquiries telephone number in each week of the last 12 months; and how many members of staff are employed to answer that telephone line. | | (96975) | 25
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average response time was of her Department's general enquiries telephone line over the last period for which figures are available. | | (96976) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 26
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of future requirements for troop numbers in Afghanistan. | | (97042) | 27
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to provide the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes with a substantive reply to his letter of 2nd October to Wing Commander Conway, Station Commander RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. | | (96826) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 28
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the number of children in care whose parents also spent time in care. | | (95626) | 29
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many, and what proportion of girls in care became pregnant in each local authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (95627) | 30
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the offending rates of (a) children and (b) looked after children were in each local authority area in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (95628) | 31
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent on schools in 1996-97; how much was allocated to schools for 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (96923) | 32
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in Hendon have received capital funding from his Department since May 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (96924) | 33
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance his Department has made available to Lancashire County Council to enable the introduction of guidelines on meals for pupils. | | (96545) | 34
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students were enrolled on degree courses at universities in the north west in each of the last five years. | | (96552) | 35
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Work and Pensions on the employment prospects of graduates. | | (96827) | 36
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with university vice-chancellors on improving the employment prospects of graduates. | | (96878) | 37
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people studied veterinary studies at university in each year since 2000. | | (96596) | 38
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was to his Department of subsidising the interest rate on accumulated student debt for 2005-06; and what the Department's estimate is of any change in this annual cost as a result of the Higher Education Act 2004 and the deferral of variable tuition fees. | | (96828) | 39
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students qualified for the full maintenance grant of £2,700 introduced in September. | | (96829) | 40
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school science laboratories are designated of a satisfactory standard. | | (96996) | 41
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress he has made on bringing school science laboratories up to a (a) good and (b) excellent standard by 2010. | | (96997) | 42
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to ringfence funding for school science laboratories. | | (96998) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 43
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response his Department has made to the Ofwat Position Paper on the capital restructuring of Thames Water; and if he will make a statement. | | (96779) | 44
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussion has taken place in the last two years between Ofwat and his Department on the appointment of officers to the Customer Services Committee covering the London region; and what steps he is taking to monitor their performance in protecting the interests of customers. | | (96780) | 45
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibility Ofwat has to (a) monitor, (b) report and (c) intervene in relation to investment commitments of utilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (96781) | 46
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking (a) to encourage and (b) to support home-owners who wish to move to sustainable energy sources from a reliance on fossil fuels. | | (97034) | 47
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the East Lothian Newcastle Disease outbreak; how many of each type of bird were slaughtered; what contingency plans were being followed; and what compensation is available to breeders whose birds were slaughtered. | | (96844) | 48
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20th October 2006, on amendment to the local authority fees and charges scheme 2006-07:- Local air pollution control, why the fee for certain dry cleaning applications has been increased; and what discussion he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that matter. | | (96983) | 49
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last Food Stocks Survey was carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (96595) | 50
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abattoirs in England are licensed to offer organic meat processing; and what type of meat each deals with. | | (96697) | 51
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many slaughter facilities in England have closed due to (a) internal financial difficulties or of their own accord and (b) lack of compliance with public or animal health regulations in the last five years. | | (96698) | 52
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abattoirs are in operation in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (96709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 53
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with Turkey on that country's obligations to the EU to open up ports, airports and airspace to the Republic of Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96907) | 54
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of allowing direct trade between the EU and northern Cyprus on the reunification of the island; and if she will make a statement. | | (96908) | 55
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of trade across the Green Line in Cyprus compliant with the Green Line Regulation; and if she will make a statement. | | (96909) | 56
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response she has made to the findings of the recent World Bank Report on the economy of northern Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96910) | 57
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the numbers of (a) Turkish Cypriots and (b) Turks from Turkey resident in occupied north Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96911) | 58
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the respect by the Turkish authorities of the human rights of Greek Cypriot residents of enclaves in Karpas; and if she will make a statement. | | (96912) | 59
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many Greek Cypriots were residents of enclaves in Karpas in (a) 1976 and (b) 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (96913) | 60
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what extent the EU Erasmus scheme will be available to students (a) in the Republic of Cyprus and (b) in northern Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96914) | 61
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much EU aid to northern Cyprus has been spent in each of the last five years. | | (96915) | 62
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many UK flagged vessels were prevented from calling at Turkish ports because they (a) had previously called at a Cyprus port, (b) were managed by a Cyprus-based company, (c) were insured through a Cyprus company and (d) carried a cargo of Cyprus origin in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (96917) | 63
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the continuing costs of (a) de-mining and (b) missing persons initiatives in Cyprus; what plans she has to increase the UK's contribution to these initiatives; and if she will make a statement. | | (96918) | 64
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to (a) de-mining and (b) missing persons initiatives in Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96919) | 65
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to Turkey on the human rights of the Greek Cypriots resident in an enclave in Karpas; and if she will make a statement. | | (96920) | 66
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Turkish embargo of Republic of Cyprus ships and aircraft was first reported to her. | | (96939) | 67
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Turkish embargo of Republic of Cyprus applies to ships and aircraft (a) insured by Cyprus registered companies, (b) insured by Cyprus based companies, (c) which are not Cyprus flagged but have called at Cyprus ports, (d) are managed by non-Cyprus companies based in Cyprus, (e) chartered by Cyprus companies and (f) chartered by non-Cyprus registered companies based in Cyprus. | | (96940) | 68
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the cost of shipping in the EU of the Turkish embargo of Republic of Cyprus ships and aircraft; and if she will make a statement. | | (96941) | 69
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) organisational support was given to bi-command institutions in Cyprus by the (i) UK, (ii) EU and (iii) UN in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (96958) | 70
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of development in northern Cyprus on the legal status of Greek Cypriot-owned land, with particular reference to (a) holiday homes, (b) hotels and (c) marinas; and if she will make a statement. | | (96959) | 71
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her assessment is of the impact of the Bologna principle on (a) accreditation and (b) recognition of university degrees from institutions in northern Cyprus; and if she will make a statement. | | (96960) | 72
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of cross-Green Line banking in Cyprus. | | (96961) | 73
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Turkish embargo of the Republic of Cyprus on the (a) cost and (b) availability of shipping of oil from the oil pipeline terminal on the Turkish Mediterranean coast; and if she will make a statement. | | (96969) | 74
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial effect of direct trade with the EU from northern Cyprus on the northern Cyprus economy; and if she will make a statement. | | (96970) | 75
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to Turkey and north Cyprus concerning the desecration of (a) Greek Cypriot cemeteries in Northern Cyprus and (b) the cemetery in Morphou considered part of the Turkish army base; and if she will make a statement. | | (96974) | 76
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Turkish authorities and north Cyprus pressing for permission for Greek Cypriots to visit Agios Mamas Church in Morphou without having to pay a fee; and if she will make a statement. | | (96977) | 77
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to Turkey concerning the opening of the Ledra Street checkpoint in Nicosia; and if she will make a statement. | | (96978) | 78
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the EU has made to (a) Turkey and (b) northern Cyprus on the implementation of the Green Line regulation in the last 12 months; what recent representations the EU has made on the use of the ports of Limassol and Larnaca; and if she will make a statement. | | (96979) | 79
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on investment by European energy companies in upstream oil and gas developments in Iran; and what the outcome was of these discussions. | | (96990) | 80
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made by Iran to the EU High Representative during recent P5+1 discussions on the (a) P5+1 set of proposals agreed in Vienna on 1st June, (b) conditions for negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme and (c) suspension of nuclear enrichment by Iran as resolved by the UN Security Council; and if she will make a statement. | | (96991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 81
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the NHS in Barnet in 1996-97; how much has been allocated to the NHS in Barnet for 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | (96922) | 82
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capital expenditure has been in the NHS in Barnet since May 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (96925) | 83
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients used services at Edgware Community Hospital in the last 12 months, broken down by department. | | (96926) | 84
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners in Hendon qualify for influenza vaccinations; how many doses of vaccination have been available to the NHS in Hendon in each of the last three years; how many doses have been administered by the NHS in Hendon over the same period; and if she will make a statement. | | (96927) | 85
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for (a) cancer and (b) cardiac patients in Barnet who were waiting for (A) outpatient appointments and (B) surgery or other inpatient treatment in (i) May 1997 and (ii) May 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (96928) | 86
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient care in Hendon; and what the (i) average, (ii) shortest and (iii) longest waiting time was in Hendon in each category in (A) the last 12 months and (B) in 1997. | | (96962) | 87
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been screened for bowel cancer under the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme since its inception. | | (97032) | 88
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on medicines for people affected by asbestos-related cancer in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by type of drug. | | (97033) | 89
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role local involvement networks will have; and in what ways the role of local involvement networks are intended to be different to that of patient and public involvement forums. | | (96543) | 90
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to review the funding for the North West Ambulance service following the recent rating of `weak' by the Healthcare Commission. | | (96841) | 91
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who registered at the accident and emergency department at Wycombe Hospital (a) in each year from 2001 until the implementation of the Shaping Health Services proposal on that department and (b) since the implementation of the Shaping Health Services proposal were (i) treated at Wycombe Hospital and (ii) transferred for treatment to (A) Stoke Mandeville, (B) Wrexham Park and (C) other hospitals. | | (96705) | 92
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Buckinghamshire were taken by ambulance from locations in the county other than hospital accident and emergency departments to (a) Wycombe Hospital, (b) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (c) Wrexham Park Hospital and (d) other hospitals in each year since 2001. | | (96706) | 93
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts do not provide the equipment needed to treat patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea; and if she will make a statement. | | (96943) | 94
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has issued to NHS trusts on the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea, with particular reference to the provision of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure equipment. | | (96944) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is available to NHS patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea whose local NHS trust does not provide Continuous Positive Airway Pressure equipment for treatment. | | (96945) | 96
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration her Department has given to deferring the introduction of the modernising medical careers programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (97043) | 97
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the impact on the funding of mental health and learning disability services in Northamptonshire of the merger of the county's primary care trusts. | | (96607) | 98
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to delay the implementation of the Modernising Medical Careers reforms in respect of Senior House Officer grades beyond August 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (96153) | 99
N | Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to regional health authorities on (a) establishment numbers and (b) headcount as a measure of efficiency. | | (96710) | 100
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are deployed to ensure appropriate financial management of funds allocated to provide health services in prisons; and if she will make a statement. | | (96154) | 101
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the (a) role and (b) funding for primary care trusts in the provision of health services in prisons; and if she will make a statement. | | (96155) | 102
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the (a) demand for and (b) access to dental services within the prison estate; and if she will make a statement. | | (96156) | 103
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) provision and (b) availability is of (i) eye tests and (ii) professional opticians within prison establishments; and if she will make a statement. | | (96158) | 104
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has made to the General Dental Council's consultation on the new rules for dental care professionals; and what assessment she has made of the effects of the rules on denturists. | | (96989) | 105
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times have been for (a) heart and (b) cancer operations in Bolsover constituency in each year since 1997. | | (96950) | 106
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dental practices are operating in Derbyshire. | | (96955) | 107
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the last 10 years in (a) England and (b) the East Midlands. | | (96956) | 108
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will agree to a review of the effectiveness of the remit and scope of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence investigations; and if she will make a statement. | | (96957) | 109
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of providing drugs for Alzheimer's disease in each of the last five years. | | (96994) | 110
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had strokes in (a) England and (b) the East Midlands in the last 10 years. | | (96995) | 111
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research is being undertaken by her Department into Parkinson's disease; and if she will make a statement. | | (97039) | 112
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) diagnosed with and (ii) treated for Parkinson's disease in the last five years. | | (97040) | 113
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children have been (i) diagnosed with and (ii) treated for diabetes in the last five years. | | (97041) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 114
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the expansion of the prison estate. | | (96935) | 115
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals working in his Department are on secondment from private companies; and if he will list their companies of origin. | | (96938) | 116
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Twickenham of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1302W, on IT projects, what expenditure on identity cards was included in the estimate of £1.84 billion for the project; and what proportion this represented of the total estimated loss of the project. | | (96942) | 117
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the relationship between prison population and crime rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (96963) | 118
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been re-categorised from (a) B to D and (b) C to D in each of the last five years, broken down by month. | | (96964) | 119
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice and guidance his Department has sent to youth offending teams on the use of individual support orders since 28th June 2006. | | (95629) | 120
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual support orders have been issued in conjunction with an anti-social behaviour order in each local authority area since September 2005. | | (95630) | 121
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received relating to the advertisement by the Gay Police Association published in the Independent newspaper on 29th June. | | (97044) | 122
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Solicitor General on the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to proceed against the Gay Police Association over the advertisement which was published in the Independent newspaper on 29th June; and if he will make a statement. | | (97045) | 123
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from representatives of faith groups on the application of section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, as amended, by the (a) police and (b) Crown Prosecution Service. | | (97046) | 124
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for selecting groups for consideration for his Department's proscribed terrorist list. | | (95770) | 125
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration is being given to extending the Home Office's list of proscribed terrorist groups. | | (95771) | 126
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pensioners resident in Hendon have taken part in the discount passport scheme. | | (96932) | 127
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives were recovered as part of the recent amnesty by Barnet police. | | (96933) | 128
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hendon residents are on the National DNA Database. | | (96934) | 129
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2006, Official Report, columns 1033-34W, on anti-social behaviour, if he will take steps to record incidents of graffiti separately from incidents of criminal damage. | | (96594) | 130
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cautions issued by Lancashire Constabulary in each of the last five years were for (a) first offences, (b) second offences and (c) third or subsequent offences. | | (96553) | 131
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether instructions have been issued to prison governors on the receipt of Islamist publications by prisoners. | | (96704) | 132
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays in categorising inmates on the work of effective resettlement programmes in prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (96157) | 133
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a revised estimate of the fiscal impact of immigration to include the cost of all children of immigrant parentage. | | (95984) | 134
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for British citizenship in each year since 1997; and how many applications were granted. | | (96954) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 135
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many foreign nationals work on the parliamentary estate. | | (96937) | 136
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to commemorate the 200th anniversary of (a) the abolition of slavery legislation and (b) the role of William Wilberforce. | | (96916) | 137
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, by whom the decision was taken to remove the medal collection from their original display cases near the House of Commons terrace and remount them in new cases; when the decision was taken; and what factors were taken into account when (a) making the decision and (b) commissioning the new cases. | | (96691) | 138
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what experience in the mounting and displaying of medal collections (a) the individuals who remounted the House of Commons medal collection and (b) the consulted experts had. | | (96692) | 139
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment has been made of the extent to which the newly mounted medals near the terrace (a) have been displayed (i) evenly and (ii) showing their ribbons and (b) are labelled appropriately. | | (96693) | 140
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House authorities will seek further expert curatorial advice on the display of medals near the terrace. | | (96694) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 141
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of efforts to assist reconstruction following the earthquake in Pakistan; and what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation, with particular reference to the onset of winter. | | (97035) | 142
| Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are being taken to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza in the interim period while aid to the Palestinian Authority is withheld. | | (97036) | 143
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of bilateral assistance on water and sanitation was provided to (a) public, (b) community-based and (c) private schemes in each of the five countries that received the most bilateral assistance from the UK for this sector in 2005-06. | | (97037) | 144
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance his Department provides to support knowledge transfer between well-performing public utilities and less well-performing ones in the water and sanitation sectors of developing countries. | | (97038) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 145
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients were waiting more than six months for an NHS in-patient operation in each month since November 2005 at a hospital in Northern Ireland. | | (96831) | 146
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1269W, on the Northern Ireland Police Fund, if he will place in the Library copies of minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund between September 2003 until December 2005. | | (96707) | 147
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1269W, on the Northern Ireland Police Fund, for what purpose copies of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund are forwarded to his Department. | | (96708) | 148
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether meetings held by (a) him and (b) his Department with (i) the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Police Fund, (ii) the acting Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Police Fund and (iii) members of the Board of Directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund, are minuted. | | (96711) | 149
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recommendations by the service improvement programme within the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety have been (a) made and (b) implemented. | | (96971) | 150
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the policy outcomes were of the Giving Children a Voice project. | | (96972) | 151
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pharmacies in Northern Ireland have participated in the Needle and Syringe Exchange scheme in each year since its introduction. | | (96973) | 152
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many returns of used drug-taking equipment there were within the Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (96982) | 153
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) serving and (b) former members of the (i) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (ii) Royal Irish Regiment and (iii) Northern Ireland Prison Service have moved from their homes after being targeted by (A) Republican and (B) Loyalist paramilitaries in the last 12 months. | | (96984) | 154
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of visits to pharmacies participating in the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme were made by (a) people aged (i) under 21, (ii) between 21 and 30, (iii) between 31 and 40 and (iv) over 40 years of age, (b) males (A) in total, (B) under 21, (C) between 21 and 30, (D) between 31 and 40 and (E) over 40 years of age and (c) females (1) in total, (2) under 21, (3) between 21 and 30, (4) between 31 and 40 and (5) over 40 years of age in each of the last three years. | | (96985) | 155
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) syringes and (b) needles were issued as part of the Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (96986) | 156
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of those visiting pharmacies participating in the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme reported (a) themselves to be new users of the scheme and (b) that they had shared needles in each of the last three years. | | (96987) | 157
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits were made to pharmacies in Northern Ireland participating in the Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme in each of the last three years. | | (96988) | Questions to the Prime Minister 158
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of whether his policy of participation in the Iraq (a) war and (b) occupation has met its objectives. | | (97052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 159
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) male and (b) female pensioners there are in each Parliamentary constituency in Scotland. | | (95774) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 160
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to prevent the importation of sofas which fail to meet the requirements stipulated in the Furniture and Furnishing Regulations 1988. | | (96606) | 161
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on (a) the Employment Tribunal Service, (b) the Insolvency Service, (c) the Patent Office, (d) the National Weights and Measures Laboratory and (e) Companies House; and if he will make a statement. | | (96626) | 162
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to meet the directors of Farepak. | | (96695) | 163
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he is planning to meet the directors of HSBC to discuss the collapse of Farepak. | | (96696) | 164
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the North West Regional Development Agency has provided model constitutions for the vision boards it has set up in the North West. | | (96699) | 165
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria are used for the selection of representatives for the vision boards set up by the North West Regional Development Agency. | | (96700) | 166
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the vision boards set up by the North West Regional Development Agency. | | (96701) | 167
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have taken place between the Chairman of the Lancaster Vision Board and the North West Regional Development Agency on (a) the Northern Bypass and (b) Lancaster Castle. | | (96702) | 168
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the North West Regional Development Agency is providing any funding for a study to establish whether Lancaster Castle Prison can become a tourist attraction. | | (96703) | 169
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received concerning the placing into administration of Farepak Food and Gifts Limited; and if he will make a statement. | | (97049) | 170
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the banking sector on opening the Link system to post offices; and if he will make a statement. | | (96544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 171
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce traffic congestion in (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Coventry. | | (95772) | 172
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make an estimate of the required funding for Thameslink 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (96921) | 173
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many older pensioners in Hendon have availed themselves of the cheaper driving licence arrangements. | | (96931) | 174
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the conclusions of his Department's most recent review of the powers available to the parking adjudicator; and if he will make a statement. | | (95625) | 175
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many slam-door carriages are still in use on the railway network. | | (96947) | 176
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public money has been allocated to the new South Western Trains franchise for each year of its operation. | | (96948) | 177
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety of the Shiplake level crossing in South Oxfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (97008) | 178
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when work to dual the A358 from Ilminster to Taunton will (a) begin and (b) conclude; and if he will make a statement. | | (97024) | 179
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to dual additional stretches of the A303 over the next decade; and if he will make a statement. | | (97025) | 180
| Dr John Pugh (Southport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what opportunities elected members of local authorities on regional assemblies have had to contribute to consultations on regional planning assessments for railways. | | (96905) | 181
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the exclusion of the rush hour from the free travel scheme for pensioners. | | (95705) | 182
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations Ministers and officials have undertaken with Bus Users UK on free travel for pensioners. | | (95713) | 183
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations his Department is consulting on the implementation of free travel entitlements for pensioners. | | (95714) | 184
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis future funding will be allocated for the national free travel scheme for pensioners. | | (95773) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 185
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 12th October 2006, to Question 93595, how many patients were waiting for an NHS operation at a hospital in Wales for longer than 26 weeks in the last three years. | | (96830) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 186
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims were subject to each rate of non-dependant deduction in 2005-06; how many claimants in each rate lived in (a) council housing, (b) registered social landlord housing and (c) the private rented sector; and what percentage of total housing benefit claims each group represents. | | (96999) | 187
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what proportion of housing benefit claims subject to the top-rate of non-dependant deduction in 2005-06 income details for the non-dependent were provided to the benefit authority. | | (97000) | 188
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit claims were subject to a non-dependant deduction for which the claimant was (a) registered disabled, (b) over 60 years old, (c) in receipt of income support or job seeker's allowance and (d) a lone parent in 2005-06. | | (97001) | 189
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2006, Official Report, column 590W, on benefits, which organisations (a) were in favour of and (b) opposed the simplification or reform of the housing benefit non-dependant deduction regime proposed in the housing green paper. | | (97002) | 190
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit claims there were in which the application of a non-dependant deduction from the housing benefit claim brought the household below the poverty line in 2005-06. | | (97003) | 191
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations on simplifying the non-dependant deduction received in response to 'Quality and choice: a decent home for all' his Department has considered. | | (97004) | 192
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March 2006, Official Report, column 717W, on benefits, what consultations his Department has undertaken to inform its ongoing review of the non-dependant deduction regime; and if he will make a statement. | | (97005) | 193
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) declaring bankruptcy and (b) entering individual voluntary agreements as a result of delays in receiving benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (96992) | 194
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the review of his Department's child poverty strategy will conclude; and if he will make a statement. | | (96159) | 195
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on attendance allowance for each year since 2002-03; and what expenditure on such allowances is forecast in each year up to 2015. | | (97026) | 196
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost has been of opinion polling conducted for his Department in each year from 1996-97 to 2005-06; what the expenditure has been so far in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (97027) | 197
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what issues his Department has conducted opinion polling since 2005; what the cost has been in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (97028) | 198
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses of (a) uncollectable and (b) collectable Child Support Agency arrears; and if he will make a statement. | | (97031) | 199
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each constituency in the East Midlands receive the retirement pension age addition for those aged 80 years or over. | | (96951) | 200
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women in each constituency in the East Midlands receive the care component higher rate of disability living allowance. | | (96952) | 201
| Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received ex-gratia payments from the Child Support Agency in the last five years due to delays in processing their cases. | | (96953) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 202
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were unemployed in Hendon in (a) May 1997 and (b) September 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (96929) | 203
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many petrol filling-station owners have been convicted of selling (a) illegally laundered and (b) smuggled fuel in Northern Ireland in the last two years; and what the average sentence was handed down by the courts for each offence. | | [Transferred] (96980) | 204
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted for the operation of illegal fuel laundering plants within Northern Ireland in the last three years; and what the average sentence handed down by the courts was for that offence. | | [Transferred] (96981) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 205
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of households in each year from 1990-91 to 2030-31; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (97029) | 206
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the factors underlying the change in the number of households since 1990-91. | | [Transferred] (97030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 207
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions Royal Navy divers have inspected the hulk of the SS Montgomery (a) in each of the last three years and (b) to date in 2006; and what evidence there is that the ship has moved during the past five years. | | [Transferred] (96946) |
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