Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 October 2006

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 26 October 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 October 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 26 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 Thursday 26 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 26 October see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net cost to the Exchequer of imported oil was in each year since 1997.

(97732)

2
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax revenue accrued to the Exchequer from the UK agricultural sector in each year since 1997.

(97733)

3
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the report of the European Commission's alternative investment expert group on developing European private equity.

(97849)

4
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October 2006 to Questions 95921 to 95925, whether the replacement rates, marginal deduction rates and tax benefit and model tables take into account (a) housing benefit and (b) other benefits; and if he will make a statement.

(97842)

5
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have applied for the new zero-rate road tax for environmentally-friendly cars.

(97446)

6
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been affected by collapsed company pension schemes in (a) the UK, (b) North Tyneside, (c) South Tyneside and (d) Jarrow constituency in the last five years.

(97735)

7
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) died of and (ii) were diagnosed with breast cancer in (1) the UK, (2) the North of England, (3) South Tyneside and (4) Jarrow constituency in each year since 1996.

(97857)

8
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97753)

9
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97754)

10
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date each special adviser employed by his Department took up his post.

(97811)

11
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 270W, on departmental carbon emissions, what methodology was used to calculate the figure for his Department's carbon emissions.

(97812)

12
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department uses a travel management company.

(97814)

13
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1260W, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the Red Box hardcopy teaching pack and (b) a copy of the publicity material used to raise awareness of the hardcopy teaching pack.

(97815)

14
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department conducts exit surveys for departing employees.

(97875)

15
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the inter-governmental courier service in the last 12 months.

(97876)

16
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department subsidises its refreshment facilities for staff.

(97877)

17
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of the refurbishment of the HM Revenue and Customs building on Parliament Street.

(97878)

18
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many away days have been undertaken by the Performance and Efficiency Team in his Department in the last 12 months; and what the (a) location, (b) date, (c) activities undertaken and (d) cost were of each away day.

(97879)

19
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1256W, on gym facilities (HM Treasury), whether his Department subsidises the gymnasium.

(97880)

20
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff were (a) under 20, (b) 21 to 30, (c) 31 to 40, (d) 41 to 50, (e) 51 to 60 and (f) over 60 year of age (i) in 1997 and (ii) in the last 12 months.

(97909)

21
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish his Department's report on economic development in Israel and Palestine.

(97912)

22
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been invested in youth and community facilities through the unclaimed assets programme since its inception.

(97914)

23
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) budget and (b) total number of employees were of the Office of Government Commerce in each year since 2000.

(97915)

24
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average wage was for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income was for working age households in the Peterborough City Council area in (A) cash and (B) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years.

(97518)

25
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on unemployment of the level of economic migration to the UK in each quarter since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(97650)

26
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit compliance officers are based in contact centres; and if he will make a statement.

(97651)

27
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit pre-payment checks have been made in each year since 2003-04.

(97652)

28
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of advertising and publicity relating to tax credits has been for each year since 2003-04.

(97653)

29
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax credit verification checks are in operation.

(97660)

30
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit verification checks have been (a) set aside and (b) granted an easement since April 2001.

(97661)

31
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit compliance team staff there were in each year since 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(97662)

32
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost of organised tax credits fraud in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how many prosecutions for such fraud there have been.

(97663)

33
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of fraud involving the childcare element of tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

(97664)

34
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost/yield ratios for investigating tax credit (a) fraud and (b) error; and if he will make a statement.

(97665)

35
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the tax credit e-portal will be fully functional; and if he will make a statement.

(97666)

36
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many potential tax credit fraud cases have been identified by HM Revenue and Customs' pre-payment checks for each week from 27th March 2005 to October 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(97667)

37
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the methods used to steal (a) Department of Work and Pensions and (b) Network Rail staff identities in 2005-06 to use in relation to tax credit fraud; and if he will make a statement.

(97668)

38
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total volume of (a) actual and (b) prevented organised tax credit fraud since April 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(97669)

39
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals involved in large-scale attempts to defraud the tax credits system.

(97670)

40
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the merits of returning to a system of fixed tax credit awards; and if he will make a statement.

(97671)

41
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff work on tax benefits administration; and how many did so in April 2006.

(97672)

42
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's target is for reductions in the levels of tax credit (a) fraud and (b) error; and if he will make a statement.

(97673)

43
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many software errors which potentially caused errors in tax credit payments there were in HM Revenue and Customs' computer systems in each reporting period since April 2003; what the latest figure is; and if he will make a statement.

(97674)

44
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated level is of systematic tax credit fraud in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(97675)

45
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department took in 2002 to implement the guidance on controls set out by the Office of the E-Envoy in the September 2002 report Registration and Authentication: e-Government Strategy Framework Policy and Guidelines, in respect of the tax credits e-portal; and if he will make a statement.

(97676)

46
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) membership and (b) purpose is of the HM Revenue and Customs Organised Tax Credit Fraud Strategy Board; and if he will make a statement.

(97677)

47
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions for systematic tax credit fraud were completed between June and October; how many convictions resulted; and what confiscation orders were put in place.

(97678)

48
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax credit take-up levels are for each quarter since April 2003.

(97695)

49
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of tax credit administration in 2005-06, broken down by main cost headings.

(97696)

50
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent forecast he has made of the gross cost of all tax credits in 2006-07.

(97697)

51
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor bodies in each year since 2000-01; how many of these staff worked wholly or partly on tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

(97698)

52
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax credit overpayment made in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 had been recovered by 30th September 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(97699)

53
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit applications have been referred by HM Revenue and Customs for criminal proceedings so far in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(97700)

54
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work his Department has been carrying out since July 2006 to improve the tax credits system.

(97838)

55
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish publish an estimate of tax credit (a) fraud and (b) error for 2004-05; and if he will make a statement.

(97839)

56
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre between 1999 and 2005.

(97810)

57
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on the delivery of IT projects each year since 2001; and how much of this has been spent on web facing projects.

(97541)

58
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97552)

59
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on IT consultants in each year since 2001; and how many of those consultants worked on web-facing projects.

(97555)

60
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the acceptability to organisations other than public bodies of the certificates issued at birth; whether he plans to make any changes to their content; and if he will make a statement.

(97510)

61
N David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made any estimate of (a) how much tax revenue is lost each year as a result of the default retirement age of 65 years and (b) the number of people who would wish to continue working beyond the default retirement age.

(97134)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

62
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Pendle of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 961W, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, to which three recommendations made by the Parliamentary Ombudsman the Cabinet Office declined to give full effect.

(97379)

63
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when she expects to answer question 95495, on staff salaries, tabled by the hon. Member for Wimbledon on 17th October 2006 for named day Answer on 20th October.

(97377)

64
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97757)

65
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97758)

66
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was given through the annual grant to the Civil Service Sports Council in each of the last five years.

(97813)

67
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, why the Social Exclusion Unit has been disbanded.

(97831)

68
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97558)

69
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which web-related information technology projects cost her Department more than £50,000 since 2001; which companies submitted qualified tender proposals for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97568)

70
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which non-web-related information technology projects cost her Department more than £1 million since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97569)

71
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many information technology projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001.

(97570)

72
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much her Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) expenditure on consultants and (ii) other costs.

(97571)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

73
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for extra support to local authorities under the Local Government Financial Settlement to enable them to meet targets on recycling and waste management.

(97484)

74
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will reduce the housing unit threshold for requiring affordable housing in new rural communities.

(97524)

75
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the future funding of Supporting People.

(97525)

76
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the status is of the national contract to act as the co-ordinating body for home improvement agencies; and what plans she has to renew it.

(97577)

77
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will make a statement on the future of the disabled facilities grant.

(97578)

78
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97751)

79
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97752)

80
N David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate the total (a) savings and (b) costs across all Government departments associated with maintaining vulnerable people in housing in the community using the Supporting People programme.

(97187)

81
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration is given to (a) the employment opportunities created and (b) the impact on the regional economy in determining planning applications for major employment sites.

(97289)

82
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will make a decision on how the Government will proceed with the planning application for the Omega site.

(97290)

83
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the basis was for the issue by the Government Office North West of an article 14 direction preventing the determination by Warrington Borough Council of the planning application for the Omega site.

(97291)

84
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from those organisations representing business in London on the proposed increase in the planning powers of the Mayor of London; and if she will place copies in the Library.

(97629)

85
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning guidance her Department offers to local authorities on recycling facilities and their proximity to the origin of the materials recycled; and if she will make a statement.

(97487)

86
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many permanent and temporary planning permissions for gypsy sites have been awarded since the Planning Circular 01/06 came into effect; and how many were issued during the equivalent period before the Circular was issued.

(97450)

87
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure uniformity in the way that local authorities undertake assessments of gypsy and traveller accommodation needs.

(97451)

88
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what standards the proposed code for sustainable building sets for water consumption levels per capita.

(97841)

89
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date she plans to introduce the new code of sustainable building.

(97847)

90
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings her Ministers have had with (a) councillors and (b) officials from local authorities in (i) South West Bedfordshire constituency and (ii) elsewhere in (A) September and (B) October 2006.

(97153)

91
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to promote higher environmental building standards in publicly funded buildings.

(97615)

92
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial incentives she will offer Mid Sussex District Council to deliver the Department's housing targets.

(97375)

93
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) residential areas have adequate provision of open spaces and play areas and (b) affordable family homes have garden space.

(97228)

94
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of new homes built in (a) Warrington, (b) Cheshire and (c) the North West were (i) one or two bedroom apartments and (ii) affordable family houses in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

(97229)

95
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable family homes have been built in (a) Warrington, (b) Cheshire and (c) the North West in each of the last three years.

(97230)

96
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to strengthen security of tenure for tenants in private properties where landlords fail to pay mortgage payments and the property is repossessed.

(97576)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

97
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20th June 2006, Official Report, column 1762W, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, to which recommendations her Department has declined to give full effect.

(97378)

98
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97755)

99
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97756)

100
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will conduct an investigation into referral payments by claims handlers to solicitors for mining claims prior to March 2004, including payments by Walker and Co and Indiclaim to various solicitors.

(97747)

101
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reason people over the age of 70 years are prohibited from carrying out jury service; and if she will make a statement.

(97511)

102
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th October 2006 to the hon. Member for the Vale of Clwyd, Official Report, column 1387W, on postal voting, what methods of collecting additional personal identifiers from existing postal voters her Department will advise returning officers to use.

(97434)

103
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th October 2006 to the hon. Member for the Vale of Clwyd, Official Report, column 1387W, on postal voting, whether targets will be set for returning officers for the collection of additional personal identifiers from existing postal voters.

(97435)

104
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th October 2006 to the hon. Member for the Vale of Clwyd, Official Report, column 1387W, on postal voting, what monitoring of the process of collecting additional personal identifiers from existing postal voters her Department will introduce.

(97440)

105
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance her Department has provided for returning officers on the implementation of the Electoral Administration Act 2006.

(97684)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

106
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to publish an interim report further to the Digital Dividend Review Consultation; and if she will make a statement.

(97494)

107
N Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a decision has been made regarding use of the Olympic stadium following the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; what the role is of the Minister for Sport in that decision; and if she will make a statement.

(97188)

108
N Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, (b) the Olympic Delivery Authority and (c) her Department are considering alternative plans for the Olympic stadium that signficantly depart from the London 2012 Candidate File's proposition to convert the stadium into a 25,000 seat multi-purpose venue with athletics at its core; and if she will make a statement.

(97189)

109
N Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that following the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games the Olympic stadium continues to feature and support athletics events; and if she will make a statement.

(97190)

110
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97759)

111
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97760)

112
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) expenditure in consultants and (ii) other costs.

(97557)

113
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97562)

114
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which web-related information technology projects cost her Department more than £50,000 since 2001; which companies submitted qualified tender proposals for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97563)

115
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which non-web-related information technology projects cost her Department more than £1 million since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97564)

116
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many information technology projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001.

(97565)

117
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to resolve the dispute between the Bristol Judo Association and the Save Independent Judo campaign; what further action she proposes; and if she will make a statement.

(97283)

118
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made with the plans to reassign the use of those parts of Osborne House that were previously used as a convalescent home under the terms of the Osborne Estate Acts 1902 and 1914.

(97500)

119
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists visted Osborne House in each of the last five years.

(97501)

120
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

(97502)

121
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the standard of age verification procedures on websites selling (a) alcohol and (b) DVDs, videos and computer games.

(97503)

122
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been earned through commercial and private activities at Osborne House in each of the last five years.

(97513)

123
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on the convalescent wing of Osborne House in each of the last 10 years.

(97514)

124
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what additional costs to the Arts Council have resulted from the arts project The Public going into adminstration.

(97498)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

125
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many abortions were performed on service women in Ministry of Defence hospitals in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) the age of the woman, (b) the grounds of the abortion, (c) the gestation of the pregnancy, (d) the procedure used and (e) whether the operation required an overnight stay in hospital.

(97643)

126
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service women requested an abortion whilst stationed overseas in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) the age of the woman, (b) the grounds of the abortion, (c) the gestation of the pregnancy, (d) the procedures used and (e) whether the operation was performed.

(97644)

127
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is towards a request by service women for an abortion; where such operations are performed; whether additional leave is granted; and if he will make a statement.

(97645)

128
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97761)

129
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97762)

130
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the Chorley Territorial Army Centre, Lancaster House; and if he will make a statement.

(97155)

131
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the role of the Chorley Detachment of 5 General Support Medical Regiment; and if he will make a statement.

(97156)

132
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the kitchens are expected to be re-instated at Chorley Territorial Army Centre, Lancaster House.

(97157)

133
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the transfer of Chorley Detachment of 5 General Support Medical Regiment from detachment to a squadron status; and if he will make a statement.

(97158)

134
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which foreign languages are taught to military personnel.

(97808)

135
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in each unit stationed in Iraq (a) speak and (b) have received instruction in Arabic.

(97809)

136
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been waiting (a) under six months, (b) 12 to 18 months and (c) more than 18 months for medals.

(97601)

137
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK (a) air and maritime assets and (b) other military facilities are being used in support of UN operations in the Lebanon.

(97149)

138
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd October 2006 to the hon. Member for Stroud, Official Report, column 2572W, on the Middle East, what the UK role is in leading an interim cell in Lebanon to coordinate support to the Lebanese armed forces and security sector reform; and if he will make a statement.

(97150)

139
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK plans to provide any further support to the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force; and if he will make a statement.

(97151)

140
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on defence helicopters in the equipment programme in each year since 2000-01.

(97154)

141
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Questions (a) 80541, (b) 80542, (c) 80543, (d) 80544, (e) 80545, (f) 80546 and (g) 80547 of 21st June, tabled by the hon. Member for Congleton, on mine protected vehicles.

(97522)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

142
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the budget is for his impending visit to the Far East; how many civil servants will be accompanying him; and what the itinerary is for the visit.

(97205)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

143
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's leave it till later campaign; what recent representations he has received about this campaign; how much his Department has spent since its inception; what monitoring of the effectiveness of the campaign is planned by his Department; if he will place in the Library copies of materials and literature produced by (a) his Department and (b) the Teenage Pregnancy Unit in relation to this campaign; how many officials are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) the Teenage Pregnancy Unit to promote this campaign, broken down by (A) sex and (B) grade; and if he will make a statement.

(97685)

144
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to encourage teenagers to abstain from sexual intercourse before the age of 16 years; and if he will make a statement.

(97686)

145
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) males and (b) females are receiving education maintenance allowance in each (i) London Borough and (ii) authority in Essex, broken down by age; what the figures were in each of the last three years for which figures are available; under what legislation this allowance is payable; what restrictions are placed on its payment; what recent representations he has received about the allowance; whether he has any plans to increase the allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(97938)

146
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who the Head of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit is; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; what his or her career has been to date; where the post was advertised; how many persons applied for the post; how many were short-listed for interview; and if he will make a statement.

(97939)

147
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who the members of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit are; what relevant specialist qualifications each holds; what the career of each has been to date; when each was appointed and by whom; where each vacancy was advertised; how many persons applied for each post; how many were short-listed for interview; where the Teenage Pregnancy Unit is located; how much was spent by it on (a) office accommodation, (b) staff costs, (c) travel and subsistence and (d) staff bonuses in each year since the unit's inception; and if he will make a statement.

(97940)

148
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97763)

149
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97764)

150
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital investment his Department (a) made in schools in 2005-06 and (b) plans to make in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; how many new schools (A) were built in 2005-06 and (B) are planned for (1) 2006-07 and (2) 2007-08 under the Building Schools for the Future programme.

(97910)

151
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are participating in the national enterprise network; how many new summer schools in enterprise took place in 2006; and how many scholarships for young British entrepreneurs to American universities the Government has funded in 2006.

(97911)

152
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of secondary school pupils in (a) Peterborough constituency, (b) Peterborough City Council area and (c) England have English as a second language.

(97516)

153
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what Government funding was available to the Havering Local Education Authority in the 2005-06 fiscal year.

(97716)

154
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether local education authorities are given guidelines from central Government on how to divide funds between schools within their remit.

(97717)

155
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant schemes are available in all education authority areas for primary schools; and which schools have taken advantage of those schemes.

(97718)

156
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants are available to secondary schools within the Havering Local Education Authority area for refurbishment of information technology facilities.

(97719)

157
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants are available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools within the Havering Local Education Authority area with regards to refurbishment of information technology facilities.

(97720)

158
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant schemes are available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the Havering Local Education Authority area; and which schools have taken advantage of such schemes.

(97721)

159
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant schemes are available in (a) all education authority areas and (b) Havering Local Education Authority area for colleges; and which colleges have taken advantage of those schemes.

(97722)

160
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants are available to local education authorities for the refurbishment of information technology facilities.

(97723)

161
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many faith schools there are in (a) Romford, (b) Havering and (c) all London boroughs.

(97724)

162
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students in faith schools in (a) Romford, (b) Havering and (c) all London boroughs are not of the school's faith.

(97725)

163
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what schemes are in place to support the study of vocational subjects (a) at GCSE level, (b) A-level and (c) in further education.

(97726)

164
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of funding per student at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Havering Local Education Authority and (ii) England is in 2006-07.

(97727)

165
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce first aid training into the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

(97599)

166
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of mature students born before 1979 undertaking a foundation degree, who now require a GCSE or equivalent in science to apply to enter the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement.

(97908)

167
N Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will be sending the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling his further letter regarding Mr and Mrs Nick Coote which he said in his letter of 12th May to the right hon. Member he expected to be able to send by 23rd May.

(97147)

168
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many youth centres there are in (a) Leicestershire (b) the East Midlands and (c) England.

(97233)

169
N Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils attending (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in North Dorset are (i) Christian, (ii) Muslim, (iii) Jewish, (iv) Buddhist, (v) Hindu and (vi) of no religion.

(96718)

170
N Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many faith schools there are in North Dorset.

(96719)

171
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in England who enrolled for an A level qualification in the 2003-04 academic year did not achieve an A level qualification in 2005-06.

(97143)

172
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils who received the Education Maintenance Allowance did not gain an A-level qualification in each year since 2004.

(97144)

173
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in each local authority in England left school without any GCSE qualification, excluding equivalents, in each year since 1997.

(97145)

174
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils in England obtained five A* to C GCSE grades including English, mathematics, science and a modern language in each year since 1997.

(97146)

175
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which contracts were awarded by his Department to Capita in each year from 2000-01 to 2005-06; what the cost was of each contract; what penalties for default were imposed on contract provisions; what the length was of each contract; and what provision was made for renewal without re-tender in each case.

(97371)

176
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) performance management and (b) key performance indicators have been put in place to monitor the service quality for the (i) Key Stage 3 strategy and (ii) Strategic Improvement Partner initiative; and what external scrutiny of each will take place.

(97373)

177
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the date of commencement is of each contract awarded to Capita for the operation of the school improvement partner initiative; what tendering process was followed; how many companies were short-listed; and what arrangements are in place for external scrutiny of the tendering and outcome processes.

(97374)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

178
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent developments there have been in the EU Agriculture Council on the timetable for the ban on battery cages.

(97683)

179
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 12th October 2006, Official Report, column 485, on climate change, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the film An Inconvenient Truth has raised awareness of climate change.

(97507)

180
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he has put in place to increase the number of ethnic minority veterinary surgeons.

(97593)

181
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department has allocated to finding a vaccine to control (a) cattle and (b) wildlife borne tuberculosis; what stage trials have reached; and when it is likely to reach a conclusion.

(97594)

182
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reforms have now been introduced as part of the tenancy reform industry group proposals.

(97595)

183
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been admitted in each year since the inception of the pet travel scheme.

(97596)

184
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigation he has undertaken of unlicensed and counterfeit pet medicines advertised on the internet.

(97597)

185
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued on pet fairs; and whether he plans to bring forward amendments to the Animal Welfare Bill in relation to pet fairs.

(97598)

186
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with British Waterways on the implications for safety of the reductions in staff allocated to operating bridges and locks.

(97646)

187
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when British Waterways was first informed of its budget allocations for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(97647)

188
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grant in aid has he allocated to British Waterways in each of the next four financial years.

(97648)

189
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected expenditure is on the single farm payment in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the original budget allocated was in each case.

(97649)

190
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK imports meat products from Tanzania.

(97386)

191
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97765)

192
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97766)

193
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of transporting waste for recycling; what guidelines are issued on preferred maximum distances for such transportation; and if he will make a statement.

(97485)

194
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated level of energy efficiency achieved by each local authority in buildings and services within its own area was in the last period for which figures are available; and what the comparable figures were for each local authority (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.

(97203)

195
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts were entered into by English Nature with environmental organisations in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06, broken down by (i) length and (ii) value.

(97817)

196
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts Natural England has entered into with environmental organisations since its inception, broken down by (a) length and (b) value of contract.

(97818)

197
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what emissions standards are applied to air emissions from steel works; and what the maximum levels are of regulated pollutants allowed.

(97825)

198
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to protect (a) people and (b) the environment from agricultural chemical spray drift.

(97848)

199
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members are of the Performing Animals Working Group; what the remit is of the Group; what the criteria are for membership of the Group; how many meetings of the Group have taken place; if he will place in the Library the minutes of its meetings; and how often the Group meets.

(97520)

200
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the remit is of the Circus Working Group; and what timetable has been set for its work.

(97521)

201
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the European Commission's audit of England's 2005 Single Farm Payment.

[R] (97627)

202
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the likely financial correction to be imposed by the European Commission for the delays and difficulties in administering England's 2005 Single Farm Payment; how he reached this figure; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (97628)

203
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have not received the single farm payment 2005 because of enforced penalties for late submission of claim.

(97679)

204
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many penalties for late claim single farm payments enforced by his Department have been appealed against.

(97680)

205
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many penalties for late claim single farm payments his Department enforced in the latest period for which figures are available; what the (a) largest and (b) average penalty was in that period; and if he will make a statement.

(97681)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

206
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies of her Department's Human Rights Annual Report 2006 were produced; at what cost; how many copies were supplied gratis; to whom; at what cost; how much of the cost was attributable to (a) postage, (b) time of staff and (c) the cost of producing copies; how many officials were responsible for researching the information contained in the report; what criteria she uses to (i) include and (ii) exclude information from the report; who implements these criteria; and if she will make a statement.

(97874)

207
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the UK Government has taken following the Israeli Defence Force's transfer of the Rachel Tomb neighbourhood to the Israeli civilian authority at Jerusalem.

(97519)

208
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on negotiations on the future of the Working Time Directive; what options are being considered; what the Government's aims are in the negotiations; and if she will make a statement.

(97372)

209
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th October 2006, Official Report, column 1245W, on judicial co-operation, what the Government's position was on the use of the passerelle clause at the Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council at Tampere; what the Government's policy is on the use of the passerelle clause in this area; and if she will make a statement.

(97380)

210
Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any funds have been made available to support access to sanitary products for the Zimbabwe women campaign.

(97712)

211
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote free and fair elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo; which international observers will be present at those elections; and if she will make a statement.

(97881)

212
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote free and fair elections in Argentina; which international observers will be present at those elections; and if she will make a statement.

(97882)

213
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made on human rights in the Philippines, with particular reference to the recent death of Bishop Alberto Ramento.

(97883)

214
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of democracy in Thailand; what assessment she has made of the effect of the political situation in Thailand on human, political and civil rights in that country; what discussions she has held on the restoration of democracy in Thailand; what representations she has made on the return to democracy in that country; and if she will make a statement.

(97884)

215
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) security situation and (b) prospect of a free and fair general election in 2007 in Nigeria.

(97886)

216
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the Ethiopian involvement in Somalia and (b) whether the conflict in Somalia is likely to spread to Ethiopia.

(97888)

217
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of a settlement resulting from the Juba Peace talks on the security of northern Uganda.

(97889)

218
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the health implications to the people of Abidjan of the release of toxic liquid from the ship Proba Koala.

(97890)

219
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the United Nations discussion on the toxic spillage in Cote d' Ivoire on 20th September 2006.

(97891)

220
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the governments of (a) the United States, (b) Japan and (c) South Korea on nuclear non-proliferation.

(97892)

221
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what involvement her Department has had in the efforts of the Finnish Presidency of the EU to obtain a long-term agreement with Russia on energy supply and trade with the EU.

(97893)

222
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the recent expulsion of Georgian (a) students and (b) others from Russia.

(97894)

223
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the independence movements of the North and South Caucasus and (b) the potential for further instability in the region.

(97895)

224
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to each participant in the Six Party Talks on North Korea's recent nuclear test.

(97896)

225
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Secretary General of the United Nations regarding (a) reform of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, (b) closer working with other multilateral organisations, (c) the United Kingdom's direct contribution to the United Nations and indirect contribution to funds and programmes, (d) individual member countries' willingness to contribute to UN peacekeeping operations, (e) the effectiveness of the International Criminal Court and (f) reform of the Security Council and General Assembly procedures.

(97900)

226
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the government of Zimbabwe on (a) economic instability and inflation, (b) government instability, (c) human, civil and political rights, (d) treatment of prisoners, (e) treatment of children and (f) HIV/AIDS infection in that country.

(97930)

227
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN on the election to the Security Council of a South American Member; what steps she plans to take on the matter; and which candidate she supports for the seat.

(97931)

228
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate has she made of the value in sterling of the assets of Burmese regime officials froze in each year since the ban's inception; and if she will make a statement.

(97932)

229
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the expulsion of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN in Sudan from that country; and what assessment she has made of the likely effect of his expulsion on (a) a peace deal being secured in the region and (b) human rights in Sudan.

(98282)

230
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) likelihood and (b) extent of innocent people being executed in China; if she will make representations on this matter to the Chinese authorities; and if she will make a statement.

(97582)

231
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Tanzanian media empire controlled by Reginald Mengi on the prospects for democracy, good governance and debt relief in Tanzania.

(97387)

232
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97767)

233
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97768)

234
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October 2005, Official Report, column 77W, on Palestine, what the outcome was of discussions with EU partners and others on seeking compliance with the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of 9th July 2004, No. 131; what mechanisms are being used to persuade Israel to comply with international law in ruling No. 131; and what position the UK Government takes on the conclusions of the ICJ.

(97734)

235
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the people of Iraq of the US/UK military action in March 2003; and if she will make a statement.

(97657)

236
Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the international organisations of which the UK is a member; and how much money it paid to each such organisation in the last year for which figures are available.

(97580)

237
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been made to the government of Pakistan concerning the position of Christians in Pakistan.

(97492)

238
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will list the countries where the UK has (a) closed and (b) downgraded its embassy or high commission in each year since 1997.

(97505)

239
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the situation in Chechnya.

(97840)

240
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of how many (a) Israelis and (b) Lebanese were killed during the Lebanese conflict between (i) 1st June and 17th August 2006, (ii) 17th and 27th August 2006 and (iii) 27th August and 28th September 2006.

(97836)

241
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which institutions are in receipt of UK Government funding to promote democracy around the world.

(97499)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

242
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received since July 2006 from (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other healthcare professions in (i) support of and (ii) opposition to (A) assisted suicide and (B) voluntary euthanasia; and if she will make a statement.

(97865)

243
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times her Department has consulted (a) formally and (b) informally on end-of-life decision making since June 2006; if she will list the stakeholders who have made representations to her Department on end-of-life issues during this period; and if she will make a statement.

(97866)

244
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the Chairman of the Human Genetics Commission is; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; what his or her career has been to date; where the post was advertised; how many persons applied for the post; how many were short listed for interview; and if she will make a statement.

(97867)

245
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to encourage pregnant women to exercise regularly; and if she will make a statement.

(97868)

246
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies her Department has carried out into the health effects of caffeine on the development of unborn babies; what advice her Department has issued to pregnant women about avoiding caffeine during pregnancy; and if she will make a statement.

(97935)

247
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females were diagnosed with chlamydia in 2005, broken down by Parliamentary constituency; how many have been so diagnosed in 2006 in each case; what further steps she is taking to reduce the number of young people under 30 years of age catching chlamydia; and if she will make a statement.

(97936)

248
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the collection and storage of umbilican cord blood; and if she will make a statement.

(97937)

249
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 11th October 2006, Official Report, column 291, on engagements, what the reasons are for the differences between the Prime Minister's Answer and the figures for the number of patients waiting over 26 weeks at the end of August 2006 given in the Department of Health statistical press notice of 29th September 2006.

(97137)

250
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received relating to new research conclusions on the long term effects of methylphenidate; and if she will make a statement.

(97138)

251
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on the breaching of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on the prescription of methylphenidate to young children; and if she will make a statement.

(97139)

252
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of how many children (a) are diagnosed as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (b) are receiving (i) prescribed medication, (ii) alternative treatments and (iii) a combination of such treatments.

(97140)

253
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a (a) hearing test and (b) fitting for a digital hearing aid.

(97605)

254
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on delivering digital hearing aids to patients in 2005-06; and what the expected cost is in each of the next five years.

(97606)

255
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are now on a waiting list for a digital hearing aid, broken down by primary care trust.

(97607)

256
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she has put in place to ensure accuracy in the information provided by the National Fluoride Information Service.

(97608)

257
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will consider a further study to update the data gained from the York study on fluoridation.

(97609)

258
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts and (c) other health bodies have contacted the Department giving notice that they are investigating the advantages of fluoridating their water supply; and if she will name each such body.

(97610)

259
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to sign the 1997 Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.

(97611)

260
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations the Government has made to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics on fluoridation.

(97816)

261
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cochlear implant operations were performed in each NHS trust in each of the last three years.

(97436)

262
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which NHS trusts limit the supply of cochlear implant procedures.

(97437)

263
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been made available to each NHS trust to transfer patients from an analogue hearing aid to a digital hearing aid.

(97438)

264
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessments she has made of increasing the use of registered hearing aid dispensers to improve access to digital hearing aids; and if she will make a statement.

(98283)

265
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership's Moving On Arts project; and what funding has been made available to the project by NHS Estates.

(97523)

266
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has received from the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence to representations from her Department on the Alzheimer's drugs appraisal; and if she will make a statement.

(97713)

267
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the prescription of Alzheimer's drugs based on clinical need as assessed by medical staff.

(97715)

268
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to review the (a) remit and (b) scope of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to ensure that they are able adequately to assess the wider benefits to society across (i) health, (ii) social care, (iii) carers and (iv) families; and if she will make a statement.

(97819)

269
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence evaluated Efexor XL (Venlafaxine); and when and over what period of time the drug was evaluated.

(97820)

270
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what and how many reports her Department has received on the side effects of Efexor XL capsules (venlafaxine); and if she will make a statement.

(97821)

271
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her strategy is for increasing the human organ donation rate in England.

(97822)

272
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to increase transplant capacity; and if she will make a statement.

(97823)

273
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97769)

274
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97770)

275
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely cost to the NHS of (a) clinical negligence claims, (b) non-clinical negligence claims and (c) costs associated with each category of claims in 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

(97381)

276
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children in the Peterborough Primary Care Trust area had access to an NHS dentist in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(97517)

277
N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was allocated to the University Hospital North Durham for capital expenditure under the NHS cancer plan; and what capital equipment has been purchased by the hospital under the plan.

(97152)

278
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 453W, on the Health White Paper, when she plans to run the campaign to increase awareness and understanding of direct payments.

(97736)

279
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the revenue allocations to each primary care trust are by (a) weighted and (b) unweighted head for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; what current target allocations to each primary care trust are as given by the weighted capitation formula by (A) weighted head and (B) unweighted head.

(97904)

280
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided to the NHS by the Ministry of Defence in each year since 1997.

(97905)

281
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, of how many projected redundancies in NHS organisations her Department has been notified in each NHS organisation since January 2006; and on what date her Department was notified in each case.

(97906)

282
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of NHS recruitment campaigns in each financial year since 1997-98; and how much she expects to be spent on campaigns in 2006-07.

(97907)

283
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from (a) NHS organisations and (b) others on the methodology used to calculate revenue allocations to primary care trusts in the last 12 months; what the content of these representations was; and if she will make a statement.

(97921)

284
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount (i) health visitors, (ii) district nurses and (iii) midwives were employed by the NHS in each year since 1997; and what steps she is taking to increase the number employed by the NHS in each category.

(97922)

285
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in bonuses to (a) staff working within her Department and (b) senior managers in (i) strategic and special health authorities, (ii) NHS trusts and (iii) primary care trusts in (A) real and (B) nominal terms in each year since 1997.

(97923)

286
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of school nurses employed by (a) primary care trusts, (b) public sector organisations and (c) the independent sector in England in each year since 1997.

(97924)

287
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made against the commitment made in her Department's White Paper, Choosing Health, to ensure that every secondary school and cluster of primary schools will have one full-time qualified school nurse.

(97925)

288
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on social services by (a) local authorities, (b) her Department and (c) other sources in each year since 1997; and what the percentage year-on-year change was in the budget for social services in (i) real and (ii) nominal terms in each year since 1997.

(97927)

289
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the availability of vaccines for seasonal influenza; from which individuals and organisations representations have been received; what the content of those representations was; and if she will make a statement.

(97928)

290
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects her Department's review of the seasonal influenza immunisation programme to be completed; if she will publish the results of the review; which individuals and organisations are contributing to the review; which options for procuring seasonal influenza vaccine are under consideration by the review team; whether the review will examine the case for a greater reliance on antivirals in addition to season influenza vaccines for the purposes of protecting vulnerable patients during the influenza season; and if she will make a statement.

(97929)

291
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made for the increase in admissions to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton consequent upon the reconfiguration of Worthing hospital.

(97745)

292
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the pension liabilities are in respect of former staff at (a) Royal Sussex County Hospital, (b) Southlands Hospital in West Sussex and (c) Worthing Hospital.

(97827)

293
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions South East Coast Strategic Health Authority has had with the management of (a) Worthing Hospital and (b) Southlands Hospital in West Sussex regarding the redeployment of staff following the planned service reconfiguration.

(97828)

294
Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to the General Dental Council on the conduct of consultation exercises; and what assessment she has made of the conduct of their consultation exercise on registration draft rules.

(97486)

295
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken (a) to identify women at genetic risk from breast cancer and (b) to raise awareness of the genetic risk of that cancer.

(97731)

296
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has commissioned research to examine potential links between exposure to agricultural chemicals and breast cancer.

(97826)

297
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has any plans to extend the use of ultrasound scans to detect breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.

(97846)

298
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the contract to be entered into by the NHS and Netcare in respect of healthcare provision in Lancashire and Cumbria.

(97489)

299
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list those parts of the NHS Estate that are to be made available to Netcare in Lancashire and Cumbria.

(97490)

300
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibilities Netcare will have in Lancashire and Cumbria in respect of training of clinicians and students.

(97491)

301
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of systems of inspections of food establishments in other countries.

(97603)

302
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will encourage local authorities in England to post the results of inspections of food establishments on the internet.

(97604)

303
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97556)

304
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which information technology projects cost her Department more than £50,000 since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded such contract.

(97559)

305
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001.

(97560)

306
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) expenditure on consultants and (ii) other costs.

(97561)

307
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Velcade may be prescribed to those with myeloma; what representations she has received from users of this drug; and if she will make a statement.

(97509)

308
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the screening of women aged 70 and above for breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.

(97600)

309
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that there are sufficient specialist training posts to match the number of qualified graduates from medical schools.

(97591)

310
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional funding she plans to allocate to Luton and Dunstable Hospital in relation to increased patients arising from Hemel Hempstead Hospital's (a) closure and (b) reduction of services.

(97612)

311
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost is of the reorganisation of primary care trusts in Norfolk.

(97148)

312
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress she is making in discussions with orthopaedic hospitals on the tariff for specialist operations.

(96612)

313
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to extend the direct payments scheme for healthcare provision.

(97916)

314
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of people in England who have been wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy in each of the last three years.

(97495)

315
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the 48 hour access targets for general practitioners on the availability of pre-booked routine appointments; what plans she has to revise those targets; and if she will make a statement.

(97634)

316
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of inpatients had their hospital stay prolonged by adverse drug reactions in the last 12 months; what her latest estimate is of the proportion of hospital admissions due to adverse drug reactions; and if she will make a statement.

(97635)

317
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fatal accidents and (b) adverse incident reports to the Medical Devices Agency there were in each year since 1997; what the most common causes were of these incidents; and if she will make a statement.

(97637)

318
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority have premises below her Department's specified minimum standard; and what her Department defines as a minimum standard for practice premises.

(97639)

319
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing homes and (b) residential homes were found to be (i) in full compliance, (ii) in part compliance and (iii) not in compliance with the infection control standards set out in the national minimum standards for (A) older people's homes, (B) adult homes and (C) children's homes in each year since 1997.

(97640)

320
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) methicillin-resistant staphylococus aureus and (b) clostridium difficile cases there were in each hospital trust in England in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(97641)

321
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of adverse drug reactions she estimates is reported; and if she will make a statement.

(97642)

322
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of infant mortality was (a) in England and (b) in each English region in each year since 1997; what assessment she has made of the differences in infant mortality between different socio-economic groups; and what targets she has to reduce the level of infant mortality.

(97690)

323
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners per 100,000 of the population there were in (a) each region, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust in each year since 1997.

(97691)

324
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect on the NHS of recent changes to wholesale arrangements involving drugs manufactured by Pfizer; what assessment she has made of the effect of the changes on the cost to the NHS of drugs manufactured by Pfizer; and if she will make a statement.

(97452)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

325
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bonus payments were made to officials in the Immigration and Nationality Department in each of the last five years.

(97196)

326
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the codes of practice issued under the (a) Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and (b) Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 relating to the disclosure of information to defendants; what changes have been made to each since their original publication date; which have been subject to (i) a review and (ii) a public consultation by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(97941)

327
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what legislation a serving police officer can be (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for alleged offences committed whilst on duty; and if he will make a statement.

(97942)

328
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a criminal offence in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) age and (iii) police force; and how many (A) were suspended from duty, (B) were demoted, (C) were dismissed and (D) received a police caution.

(97943)

329
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the operation of section (a) 33 and (b) 36 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; and what recent representations he has received on the operation of each section.

(97944)

330
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) legislation and (b) statutory instruments which regulate police discipline; what changes have been made to each since their enactment; what further amendments are planned; and if he will make a statement.

(98281)

331
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a prison governor subject to an escape attempt may be responsible for the subsequent investigation into that incident; and if he will make a statement.

(97506)

332
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) criminal charges and (b) disciplinary action have been brought against any Immigration and Nationality Directorate staff in relation to claims made by James Dawute.

(97439)

333
Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether criminal charges have been brought against James Dawute in respect of incidents while he was a chief immigration officer.

(97453)

334
Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the evidential requirements for extradition to the United States from the United Kingdom are the same as those for extradition to the United Kingdom from the United States.

(97737)

335
Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries do not have to provide prima facie evidence when applying for the extradition of a person from the United Kingdom.

(97738)

336
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants have been accepted for settlement in the UK in each of the last 30 years.

(97584)

337
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies participate in multi-agency public protection arrangements.

(97655)

338
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders supervised under multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) have subsequently been returned to prison before the end of their licence period in the past five years; and how many offenders are being supervised under MAPPA.

(97656)

339
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much is outstanding in respect of (a) parking and (b) other motoring fines and charges not paid as the result of claims of diplomatic immunity, broken down by embassy; and if he will make a statement.

(97583)

340
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in Lancashire (a) retired and (b) took retirement on the grounds of ill-health in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(97441)

341
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints about anti-social behaviour were made to Lancashire Constabulary during the Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes night period in each of the last five years.

(97442)

342
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dispersal orders were issued in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley in each of the last five years.

(97443)

343
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers (a) were recruited by and (b) retired from the service with Lancashire Constabulary in each of the last five years.

(97447)

344
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been prosecuted under the Fireworks Act 2003 in the Lancashire Constabulary area, broken down by offence.

(97448)

345
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in the (a) Lancashire Constabulary and (b) Ribble Valley area.

(97449)

346
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to answer Questions (a) (i) 82236, tabled on 28th June 2006 and (ii) 90828, tabled on 4th September 2006, on Parliamentary questions, (b) 77445, tabled on 8th June 2006, on Acts for which his Department has responsibility, (c) 90855, tabled on 4th September 2006, on prison overcrowding, (d) 86400, tabled on 13th July 2006, on HMP Brixton, (e) 83355, tabled on 4th July 2006, on prisons and prisoners, (f) 81203, tabled on 26th June 2006, on prison cells and (g) 80612, tabled on 22nd June 2006, on official meetings, tabled by the hon. member for Harborough.

(97630)

347
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much in cash and assets has been seized by the Assets Recovery Agency in each year since its formation.

(97933)

348
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97779)

349
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97780)

350
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers there are; and how many new community support officers have completed training since 22nd March 2006.

(97913)

351
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have absconded from Leyhill Open Prison in each month since November 2005, broken down by offence; and if he will make a statement.

(96967)

352
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have absconded from each open prison in England in each month from October 2005 to October 2006.

(96968)

353
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions electronic tagging has been subject to technical failure since its implementation.

(97574)

354
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders have been given a community penalty under the Criminal Justice Act 2003; and how many of those who received such an order (a) breached the order and (b) reoffended within six months.

(97169)

355
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of EU member states have settled in the UK (a) alone and (b) with family members in each of the last five years.

(97238)

356
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted offenders were recommended for deportation after sentence in each of the last five years; and how many have subsequently been deported.

(97239)

357
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants in England and Wales are under the supervision of the Probation Service; and how many probation officers there are to provide such supervision.

(97250)

358
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Romanian and Bulgarian nationals are entitled (a) to work in the UK, (b) to settle in the UK and (c) to bring to the UK (i) spouses and (ii) other family members who are not EU nationals.

(97253)

359
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make provision for closed-circut television images to be able to be copied for use by the police in criminal investigations.

(97746)

360
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how the proposed E-Crime Co-ordination Unit will (a) operate and (b) co-operate with the (i) Metropolitan Police, (ii) Serious Organised Crime Agency and (iii) National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre; and how he expects the E-Crime Co-ordination Unit to be (A) formed, (B) operated and (C) incorporated into (1) Scotland Yard, (2) the Serious Organised Crime Agency and (3) the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre.

(97801)

361
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electronic attacks were reported by the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre on critical national infrastructure in each of the past two years.

(97802)

362
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alerts have been put out by the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre in the last 12 months.

(97803)

363
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many internet worms have (a) affected and (b) damaged (i) government, (ii) business and (iii) private IT infrastrcture since 2000.

(97804)

364
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the E-Crime Co-ordination Unit to be established.

(97805)

365
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants of Middle-Eastern origin arrived in the UK in each year since 2000.

(97806)

366
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to raise public awareness of internet crime.

(97807)

367
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been detained as terrorism suspects since 2000.

(97843)

368
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been convicted of terrorist crimes since 2000; and how many of those individuals were subsequently proved to have connections to known terrorist organisations.

(97850)

369
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personnel in his Department work primarily on combating cyber-terrorism.

(97851)

370
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England have a mounted branch; and how many had such a branch in 1997.

(97602)

371
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97542)

372
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £50,000 since 2001; which companies submitted qualified tender proposals for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97543)

373
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which non-web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £1 million since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97544)

374
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) for web facing projects in each year since 2001.

(97545)

375
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web facing projects his Department has undertaken since 2001.

(97546)

376
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being put in place to stop vandalism of the National Police Memorial located on The Mall.

(95706)

377
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with scientific bodies on alterative methods of research to bring about a reduction in the number of primates used in experiments; and if he will make a statement.

(97508)

378
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children and young people were reported missing to the police between 1st April 2006 and 30th September 2006 in each police force area; and how many in each area were (a) reported missing from care and (b) on a local authority child protection register.

(97231)

379
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are using computerised systems for the recording and case management of reports of missing persons.

(97232)

380
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated capital set up costs are of the identity card scheme.

(97844)

381
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual cost is of the maintenance and operation of the infrastructure for the identity card scheme.

(97845)

382
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many online retailers were prosecuted for selling alcohol to underage customers in each year for which figures are available.

(97504)

383
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide additional (a) staff and (b) resources to deal with the backlog of immigration cases, paying particular attention to those submitted under the 14 year rule.

(97682)

384
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the police take to investigate violent assaults images of which have been posted onto the internet; how many prosecutions have resulted from such investigations in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(97590)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

385
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps have been taken since June 2006 to expand the Education Unit's activities; and if he will make a statement.

(97687)

386
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many copies of the guide to new voters have been (a) produced and (b) distributed; by whom this has been done; if he will place copies of the guide in (i) the Vote Office and (ii) the Printed Paper Office; what the cost was per issue to (A) produce and (B) distribute; what consultation with hon. Members was undertaken before publication; how members of the public may obtain copies and at what cost; whether he plans to update this publication; what monitoring of the effectiveness of this publication is being planned; and if he will make a statement.

(97688)

387
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many copies of inHouse are produced; at what cost; to whom copies are distributed; how (a) hon. Members and (b) staff of hon. Members can obtain copies; if he will (i) arrange for copies to be sent to hon. Members who express an interest in receiving them and (ii) place copies in (A) the Vote Office, (B) the Printed Paper Office and (c) the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(97870)

388
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people were employed by the Scrutiny Unit, in each year since its inception broken down by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) grade; and if he will make a statement.

(97871)

389
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will list the (a) projects undertaken and (b) reports issued by the Scrutiny Unit in each Session since the Unit's inception; and if he will make a statement.

(97872)

390
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people visited the Palace of Westminster in each week during the Summer Opening 2006; how many tickets were sold during this period; and if he will make a statement.

(97873)

391
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the extent to which heating and ventilation systems in each building on the Parliamentary estate (a) are controllable by individual users, (b) are energy efficient and designed to prevent heat leakage and (c) maintain comfortable temperature and humidity levels in varying weather conditions; and what plans exist to improve such systems.

(97142)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

392
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK Government has offered to those affected by the spill of toxic liquid in Cote d'Ivoire.

(97897)

393
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the food situation in Nepal; and what further assistance the UK Government is considering.

(97898)

394
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the (a) World Food Progamme, (b) Japanese government and (c) South Korean government on the food situation in North Korea.

(97899)

395
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the total number of internal refugees in Iraq who are homeless, in temporary accommodation or in shelter significantly unsuitable to their needs; what steps his Department is taking to help these people in need; and if he will make a statement.

(97481)

396
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent estimate is of the total number of internal refugees in Iraq.

(97581)

397
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) private sector and (n) non-governmental organisation initiatives as mechanisms for channelling international aid to the Palestinians.

(96161)

398
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97771)

399
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97772)

400
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) the African Union and (b) the Congolese government to secure the protection of hippopotami in the Virunga National Park; and if he will make a statement.

(97141)

401
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department will offer to the African Union for capacity building in Africa in the next 12 months.

(98284)

Questions to the Leader of the House

402
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will place in the Library copies of the press briefing pack produced by his Office on the State Opening of Parliament on forthcoming legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(97918)

403
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to establish a requirement for Government departments to respond to Early Day Motions; and if he will make a statement.

(97919)

404
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will establish a Select Committee on Public Petitions to examine the issues raised in each Petition presented to the House; and what discussions he has had with the Scottish Parliament on equivalent arrangements there.

(97920)

405
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Leader of the House, which of the Privy Council's Office's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97773)

406
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Leader of the House, which databases operated by his Office are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97774)

407
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Leader of the House, what the basis was for his statement on the Business of the House, Official Report, 12th October 2006, column 450, that spending on the NHS has more than trebled since 1997.

(97926)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

408
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any land adjoining Knockdara Park and Shepherds Glen in Derry is owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

(97626)

409
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will set targets and a timetable for the elimination of the differential in public housing waiting times between the two communities in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Belfast.

(97631)

410
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will consider extending rate relief to sub-post offices in Northern Ireland.

(97837)

411
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many rapes were reported in each police District Command Unit area in each of the last five years; how many people were later prosecuted as a result; and what the average sentence imposed by the courts was in each year.

(97625)

412
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total expenditure by the Roads Service on roads maintenance in Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years, broken down by district council area.

(97632)

413
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were employed by the DRD Roads Service in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.

(97633)

414
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff were employed in the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland in each Northern Ireland county in each of the last three years.

(97692)

415
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the administrative costs of running the Department of Agriculture headquarters at Dundonald House were in the last year for which figures are available; and what the staffing levels at that location were in each of the last five years.

(97693)

416
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial resources are being directed towards research in Northern Ireland to investigate alternative energy sources.

(97694)

417
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the membership is of the Prison Sentence Review Commission monitoring the early release scheme created by the Belfast Agreement.

(97728)

418
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding central Government is providing towards the provision of services for autistic children in Northern Ireland in 2006-07.

(97729)

419
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times committees of the British-Irish Inter Parliamentary Body have met in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; what issues were discussed; and if he will make a statement.

(97730)

420
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much in cash and assets has been seized in Northern Ireland by the Assets Recovery Agency in each year since its formation.

(97934)

421
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97775)

422
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97776)

423
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place (a) to regulate and (b) to manage social network websites with particular reference to sectarian content aimed at young people.

(97714)

424
N David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19th October 2006, Official Report, column 1375W, on school bullying, to what system of written referrals the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office referred in the Answer of 21st July 2005, Official Report, column 1988W, on school bullying.

(97259)

425
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd October 2006, Official Report, column 1547W, on hospital chaplains, what definition is used of reasonable need; and what steps the Department has taken to ensure that this definition complies with equality legislation.

(97711)

Questions to the Prime Minister

426
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to issue written Ministerial statements announcing changes to Ministerial posts and personnel; and if he will make a statement.

(97869)

427
N Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):To ask the Prime Minister, what action he has taken in response to his meeting with hon. Members from Staffordshire on the future of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service and its First Responders.

(96554)

Questions to the Solicitor General

428
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Solicitor General, in how many cases prosecutions have not been proceeded with due to the claiming of diplomatic immunity by the potential defendant in the last five years, broken down by (a) country and (b) offences; and if he will make a statement.

(97573)

429
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Solicitor General, in what proportion of successfully prosecuted cases in Lancashire compensation for victims was (a) requested and (b) secured in the last period for which figures are available.

(97444)

430
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Solicitor General, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97777)

431
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Solicitor General, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97778)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

432
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made towards helping people affected by the collapse of Farepak.

(97739)

433
Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department is making to the European Commission regarding the trading of cat and dog fur.

(97638)

434
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of the plans to modernise the Panama Canal for United Kingdom trade; and what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the plans for UK trade with (a) Japan, (b) China, (c) India and (d) Australia.

(97858)

435
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Colombian government with regard to bilateral trade in the telecommunications sector.

(97859)

436
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action his Department is taking to secure a successful Doha Trade round of World Trade talks.

(97860)

437
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the competitiveness of (a) South Korea and (b) the United Kingdom in terms of (i) educational attainment, (ii) levels of profit reinvested in research and development and (iii) improvement of skills levels through further and higher education.

(97885)

438
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the Government's industrial strategy for the West Midlands.

(96160)

439
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many international trade advisers there are in his Department.

(96837)

440
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on research and development (a) in the West Midlands and (b) nationally.

(96838)

441
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what investment and initiatives his Department is providing to retrain low skilled workers.

(96839)

442
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to stimulate innovation in British industry.

(96840)

443
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 20th October 2006, Official Report, column 1495, on the Energy Technology Insititue, who the (a) large company, (b) small and medium size enterprises and (c) non-governmental organisation who expressed interest were.

(97654)

444
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) Corus and (b) Tata Industries in respect of (i) the proposed takeover of Corus and (ii) its potential effects on Corus steel plants in the UK.

(97701)

445
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on appointing a skills minister in each Department.

(97689)

446
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97781)

447
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97782)

448
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases have been settled by Watson Burton solicitors; and how much has been received in costs by that firm for processing each kind of case.

(97455)

449
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average size of settlement is for (a) a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease case and (b) such a case processed by Watson Burton solicitors.

(97456)

450
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the minutes of his meeting of 23rd October 2006 with the head of (a) Airbus UK and (b) EADS on the future role of UK plants involved in the production of the Airbus A350.

(97613)

451
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what undertakings he has been given by (a) Airbus UK and (b) EADS on preserving the jobs of Airbus emloyees in Wales.

(97614)

452
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment has been made of the safety of UK nuclear power plants; and if he will make a statement.

(97493)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

453
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what tonnage of rail freight was carried in the last year for which figures are available; and what it was in 1997.

(97269)

454
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to make a decision on the required funding for Thameslink 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(97488)

455
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Sir Rod Eddington to publish his review of British transport policy.

(97829)

456
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled between October 2005 and October 2006, broken down by reason.

(97830)

457
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of vandalism there were on (a) trains, (b) stations, (c) railway tracks and (d) railway depots in 2005-06, broken down by police authority area.

(97832)

458
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will answer Question 95494, on Crossrail, tabled by the hon. Member for Wimbledon on 17th October 2006 for named day Answer on 20th October.

(97376)

459
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research (a) has been undertaken by and (b) is available to his Department on future projections of the need for airport capacity in Sheffield and South Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.

(97901)

460
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on one person owning several airports in one region.

(97902)

461
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on one person using the ownership of several airports in one region (a) to cross-subsidise and (b) to concentrate activities at one airport at the disadvantage of another.

(97903)

462
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further plans the Government has to encourage the transfer of road freight to (a) rail and (b) waterways.

(97852)

463
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated levels of road freight in the UK were in each year since 1997.

(97853)

464
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures the Government has introduced since 1997 to encourage the transfer of freight from road to (a) rail and (b) waterways.

(97854)

465
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97749)

466
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97750)

467
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the planned upgrading of the East Coast Main Line, with particular reference to improved station facilities at Peterborough.

(97515)

468
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to include the private hire of funeral limousines in the exemption for private hire when transposing EU Directive 2003/20/EC into UK law.

(97579)

469
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) lives saved and (b) serious injuries prevented as a result of the requirement for lower category aerodromes to have a fire truck permanently on standby.

[R] (97592)

470
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of customer use of the Traffic England Highways Agency Website.

(96717)

471
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrian deaths in road accidents there were where the pedestrian had over 100 mgs of alcohol per 100 mls of blood in each year since 2003; and what percentage of all pedestrian road accident deaths in (a) England and (b) each region this represents in each case.

(97636)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

472
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which non-web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £1 million since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97539)

473
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) expenditure on consultants and (ii) other costs.

(97540)

474
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £50,000 since 2001; which companies submitted qualified tender proposals for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97547)

475
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97549)

476
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many information technology projects his Department has undertaken in each year since 2001.

(97566)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

477
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment she has made of the extent to which there is a need for young women to access female-only community facilities.

(97159)

478
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent representations she has received on establishing female-only community facilities in (a) Leicestershire, (b) England and (c) the United Kingdom.

(97160)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

479
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices have had their opening hours reduced in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available; and which offices had such reductions in the last (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 24 and (d) 48 months, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

(97135)

480
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) full and (b) part-time Jobcentre Plus offices have been closed in each of the last four years.

(97136)

481
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of National Insurance numbers which were used for fraudulent purposes in each of the last five years.

(97445)

482
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings has he held with (a) National Energy Action, (b) Energywatch and (c) others to discuss the extension of eligibility for the winter fuel payment.

(97824)

483
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were recorded as living in households with no one in work in (a) the UK, (b) the North, (c) South Tyneside and (d) Jarrow constituency in each year since 1996.

(97855)

484
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) children and (b) pensioners were recorded as living in poverty in (i) the UK, (ii) the North, (iii) South Tyneside and (iv) Jarrow constituency in each year since 1996.

(97856)

485
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own those databases.

(97783)

486
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(97784)

487
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total uncollected Child Support Agency arrears were in each year since 1993, broken down by quarter; how much of the amount is assessed as (a) uncollectable and (b) collectable; and if he will make a statement.

(96966)

488
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases were (a) outstanding and (b) unprocessed in each year from 1993 to 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(97287)

489
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to write off uncollected Child Support Agency maintenance arrears; and if he will make a statement.

(97288)

490
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of claims for incapacity benefit and its predecessors to claims for jobseeker's allowance and its predecessors was in each year since 1976-77.

(97454)

491
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants ceased to claim the benefit in each year from 1976-77 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

(97459)

492
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in receipt of incapacity related benefits who are engaging in employment in breach of benefit rules; and if he will make a statement.

(97460)

493
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on the number of people receiving incapacity related benefits of the ageing of the UK population; and if he will make a statement.

(97461)

494
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of each age cohort of (a) men and (b) women in the working age population were on incapacity-related benefits in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by (i) educational background and (ii) other available characteristics.

(97462)

495
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what earnings would have to be received by a male full-time employee for his after-tax income to match the level of income on incapacity benefits, taking all other associated benefits into account, for each household type for which his Department has information; and if he will make a statement.

(97463)

496
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the replacement rate between incapacity benefit and earnings for a male worker in the lowest decile; and if he will make a statement.

(97464)

497
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for incapacity benefit were unsuccessful in each year since 1976-77; and if he will make a statement.

(97465)

498
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated (a) total cost and (b) net present value is of the average award of incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(97466)

499
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration is of receipt of incapacity benefit; and what this figure was in each year since 1980-81.

(97467)

500
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women were in receipt of incapacity related benefits in each year since 1976-77.

(97468)

501
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of incapacity benefit to median earnings in the UK was in each year from 1975-76 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

(97469)

502
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of recipients of incapacity related benefit received such benefit for (a) mental illness and (b) back pain in each year since 1979-80.

(97470)

503
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of consultations by his Department on reform of the UK pension system has been since May 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(97658)

504
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of economic migration to the UK on the pay rates of low skilled workers; and if he will make a statement.

(97659)

505
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that disabled people are not restricted from applying for Remploy jobs by inappropriate job descriptions.

(97572)

506
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what liaison he authorises the Child Support Agency to have with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority to ascertain whether heavy goods vehicle drivers have current licences and thereby investigate their current employment status.

(97748)

507
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £50,000 since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97548)

508
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a) over budget, (b) after their original deadline, (c) on budget, (d) under budget, (e) on their original deadline and (f) ahead of their original deadline.

(97550)

509
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which non-web-related information technology projects cost his Department more than £1 million since 2001; how many qualified tender proposals there were for each project; and which company was awarded each contract.

(97551)

510
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many IT projects his Department has underaken in each of the last five years.

(97553)

511
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) information technology projects generally and (b) web-facing projects in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) expenditure on consultants and (ii) other costs.

(97554)

512
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits can be claimed by (a) foreign nationals and (b) asylum seekers living in the UK; what qualifications are necessary to make such claims; and if he will make a statement.

(97512)

513
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the Child Support Agency takes into account dividend payments for the calculation of child maintenance payments; and if he will make a statement.

(97457)

514
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Support Agency makes of the lifestyle of a non-resident parent and the expected level of income to fund that lifestyle to assess whether child maintenance payment is appropriate and commensurate with the non-resident parent's lifestyle and income.

(97458)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

515
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is an offence for minors to attempt to purchase alcohol from shops.

[Transferred] (97575)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

516
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children's centres offer (a) training and employment advice, (b) family support, (c) access to health visitors and other health service workers and (d) outreach services to children and families.

[Transferred] (97292)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

517
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of an end-use monitoring system for arms exports.

[Transferred] (97917)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

518
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the review by her Department of the private finance initiative scheme for Peterborough hospitals to be concluded; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (97186)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

519
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their driving licence endorsed for (a) driving while disqualified by order of court, (b) attempting to drive while disqualified by order of court, (c) driving without reasonable consideration for other road users, (d) using a vehicle with defective brakes and (e) using a vehicle with defective tyres in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (97833)

520
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are under the age of 17 years have been banned from driving.

[Transferred] (97834)

521
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 17 years have been fined for driving mini-motorcycles.

[Transferred] (97835)

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