Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2005 - 06
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 6 November 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 Monday 6 November 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 6 November 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 6 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been withheld in VAT repayments to companies in each year since 1997; how much in each year was withheld due to suspected missing trader intra-community VAT fraud; and if he will make a statement.

(100026)

2
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there were in respect of missing trader intra-community VAT fraud in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(100027)

3
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been recovered by debt collectors in his departments in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by (a) department and (b) the tax the recovery related to; and if he will make a statement.

(99655)

4
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in each of his departments worked on debt collection in each of the last five years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.

(99656)

5
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals granted debtors' petitions while being actively pursued for debts by each of his departments in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by department; and if he will make a statement.

(99659)

6
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many creditors' petitions for bankruptcy have been granted to his departments in respect of individuals in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(99660)

7
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations found to have links with Al Qaeda have had their assets frozen; how much has been frozen in total; how much of this has been returned to legitimate authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(99661)

8
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was of the supporting research commissioned as part of the Stern review into the economics of climate change; and what proportion of the total cost of producing the Stern review that research comprised.

(100142)

9
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timetable is for discussing the Stern review on the economics of climate change with (a) UK (i) business and (ii) environmental stakeholders and (b) the European Union and other international decision makers.

(100144)

10
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when decisions are expected to be made about the long-term future of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Kendal; who will make those decisions; and what options are being considered.

(99547)

11
N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in implementing the reverse charge procedure as outlined in the March 2006 Budget.

(99409)

12
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the letter of 15th June 2006 from the hon. Member for Denton and Redditch, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to pay back the outstanding £709.88 owed to Mrs Julie Bowers, a constituent of the hon. Member in respect of her tax credit case.

(100147)

13
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue has come from stamp duty on property in (a) Gravesham constituency and (b) Kent in each of the last five financial years; and what projections he has made for the next three financial years.

(99666)

14
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit applications by migrant workers were (a) received, (b) approved, (c) rejected and (d) terminated in each quarter since 2003.

(100051)

15
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish the Whole of Government Accounts 2006-07; what information on public sector pensions they will include; and if he will make a statement.

(100057)

16
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of public sector pensions in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2024-25 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms in 2003-04 prices.

(100058)

17
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has amde of the cost of uprating child benefit in line with average earnings in each year from 2007-08 to 2012-13; what assessment he has made of the effect that uprating would have on child poverty; and if he will make a statement.

(100059)

18
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the guardian's allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(99748)

19
David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made with the Confederation of British Industry in developing a scheme to replace the home computer initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(100017)

20
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance was issued to those affected by the legislation in relation to trade unions on schedule 9 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 before May 2002.

(99214)

21
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public bodies in Scotland offer their staff salary-sacrifice childcare vouchers in accordance with the provisions introduced in the Finance Act 2004.

(100056)

22
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many childcare vouchers have been issued since their introduction in April 2005, broken down by local authority area.

(99820)

23
Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests have been received from (a) families and (b) individuals in (i) the UK and (ii) Wansbeck constituency for the transcripts of their telephone conversations with staff at tax credit offices in the last 12 months; and what percentage of those requests have been refused.

(100052)

24
Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child trust fund vouchers have been issued for children born in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency; and how many have resulted in accounts being opened in each case.

(100053)

25
Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of families in (a) the UK and (b) Wansbeck constituency is in receipt of working tax credit have disputed alleged overpayments with HM Revenue and Customs.

(100054)

26
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of public debt is as a percentage of gross domestic product for the UK; and what assessment he has made of the UK's performance in this regard in comparison with other G7 countries.

(99727)

27
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of fuel duty is on (a) petrol and (b) diesel in the UK; and what assessment he has made of such duties in the other EU member states.

(99804)

28
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to make available the £5 refunds for drivers of vehicles with low capacity engines who purchased Vehicle Excise duty in April 2006.

(100042)

29
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mortality rates were for soci-economic categories (a) I, (b) II (c) III, (d) IV, and (e) V in each year since 1997.

(100061)

30
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned into the effectiveness of offering tax incentives to individuals and companies who adopt environmentally friendly means of electricity generation.

(100173)

31
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many births were registered in each local authority in the North East region in each of the last 10 years.

(99857)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

32
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the objectives are of the business change programme SCOPE; and what its (a) cost and (b) benefits have been to date.

(99869)

33
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library a copy of the leaked Cabinet Office memorandum relating to crime committed by Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants.

(99681)

34
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of the (a) Social Exclusion Task Force, (b) Better Regulation Executive and (c) Office of the Third Sector has been since its creation; and what its estimated cost is for 2006-07.

(99945)

35
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment she has made of the progress made by the (a) Social Exclusion Task Force and (b) Better Regulation Executive; and if she will make a statement.

(99946)

36
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are employed by the (a) Social Exclusion Taskforce and (b) Better Regulation Executive, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) ethnicity, (iii) age and (iv) salary band.

(99947)

37
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers work for the (i) Social Exclusion Task Force and (ii) Better Regulation Executive.

(99948)

38
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are employed by the Office of the Third Sector, broken down by salary band.

(99949)

39
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total expenditure by the Strategy Unit (a) was in the past 12 months and (b) has been since it was established.

(99950)

40
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total cost to her Department of special advisers accompanying Ministers on visits (a) abroad and (b) within the UK was in the last 12 months.

(99951)

41
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much her Department has spent on accommodation and subsistence costs on visits (a) for Ministers, (b) for staff and (c) in total (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) in each year since 1997.

(99952)

42
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of provision of mobile phones to special advisers in her Department has been in the last 12 months.

(99954)

43
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost to her Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98.

(99955)

44
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2006, Official Report, columns 63-64W, how many special advisers work within her Department; and if she will make a statement.

(99956)

45
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the annual expenditure on training and development for her Department was in each year since 1997-98; and what the expected costs are for 2006-07.

(99957)

46
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on external consultants and advisers by her Department in each year since 1997-98; and what the expected costs are for 2006-07.

(99958)

47
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the annual expenditure on vehicles by her Department was in each year since 1997-98; and what the planned expenditure is for 2006-07.

(99959)

48
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many visitors the Cabinet Office website received in each month of 2006; and how many updates were made to the website during each month.

(99960)

49
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 110W, on departmental websites, what the forecast costs for maintaining websites within her responsibility are in the 2006-07 financial year.

(99961)

50
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2006, Official Report, column 110W, on departmental websites, how much was spent on websites within her responsibility in each year since 1997-98.

(99962)

51
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd March 2006, Official Report, column 480W, on engagements, what public events she has attended since the period referred to.

(99963)

52
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the combined cost of marketing and advertising was for her Department in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2006-07.

(99964)

53
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of all projects undertaken by the Strategy Unit has been (a) over the past 12 months and (b) since it was established.

(99965)

54
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many projects have been undertaken by the Better Regulation Executive since it was established; how much each project cost; and what assessment she has made of such projects' impacts.

(99966)

55
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many projects have been undertaken by the Social Exclusion Taskforce since it was established; what assessment she has made of their impact; and if she will make a statement.

(99967)

56
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of all projects undertaken by the Social Exclusion Taskforce has been since it was established.

(99968)

57
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many projects have been undertaken by the Office of the Third Sector since it was established; how much each project cost; what assessment she has made of their impact; and if she will make a statement.

(99969)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

58
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she proposes a limit on the number of unitary authorities further to section 3.55 of the local government white paper.

(100183)

59
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the Decent Homes initiative in each London local authority since its inception; and how much she expects to be spent in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(99700)

60
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated average public subsidy was per unit of shared ownership accommodation in (a) England and (b) London in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(99800)

61
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the average rent paid on an (a) two bedroom, (b) three bedroom and (c) four or more bedroom property is in (i) local authority and (ii) housing association property in each London borough; and what the real terms change has been since 2001-02.

(99801)

62
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many nominations have been offered to each London local authority through sub-regional housing partnerships since their introduction.

(99920)

63
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing units in each London local authority have been offered to other boroughs through the sub-regional housing partnerships since 2003-04; and what proportion that figure represents of all new units in that period.

(99921)

64
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing units in each London local authority were designated as housing for disabled people in each of the last three years.

(99922)

65
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average equity purchase was by people buying shared ownership properties in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority in the last 12 months.

(99928)

66
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimates she has made of the minimum household income required to enable a purchaser to buy a shared ownership property in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority.

(99929)

67
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest sale prices were for two-bed properties sold under shared ownership schemes in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each London local authority area in 2005.

(99930)

68
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much in Government subsidy was given to each household purchasing a shared ownership property in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and what the figures are for 2006-07 to date.

(99931)

69
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of shared ownership sales in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London local authority was to households with a total income of (i) £25,000 and under (ii) £50,000 and under and (iii) £75,000 and under in 2005-06.

(99932)

70
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 24th July on behalf of Mr Peter Lawrence; what the reasons are for the delay in replying; and if she will make a statement.

(98875)

71
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shared equity homes have been (a) built and (b) made available on the market in Coventry South in each of the last three years.

(98883)

72
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of homes built in Coventry South since 1997 have been affordable social housing.

(98885)

73
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent communication her Department has had with Coventry City Council on the Local Government White Paper.

(98886)

74
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the performance of local authority energy managers in increasing the energy efficiency of buildings managed by local authorities.

(100145)

75
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which projects are under consideration by her Department in the London Borough of Bexley.

(99984)

76
Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to allow arms length management organisations greater freedom to develop their role as landlords.

(100083)

77
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority councillors received a Commander of the British Empire award between May 1997 and November 2006, broken down by political party affiliation.

(98877)

78
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4th September 2006 to the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham, Official Report, column 1680W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what the numeric value is of the co-efficient applied to variable for the FC dwellinghouse code in the multiple regression formula.

(99414)

79
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23rd October 2006, Official Report, column 1658W, on council tax rebates, whether such rebates referred to are only available to householders who purchase their gas or electricity from a Centrica-owned energy company.

(99420)

80
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether double glazing is an (a) value significant and (b) dwellinghouse code property attribute in the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model.

(99554)

81
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of domestic properties in England is classified by the Valuation Office Agency with a dwellinghouse code of (a) Heating: Y and (b) Heating: N.

(99557)

82
N Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount available from her Department to local authorities in the South East for disabled facilities grants was in 2006-07; how much was bid for by each local authority; how much has been allocated to each local authority; and what use will be made by her Department of any underspend.

(98882)

83
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of those applying as homeless in Reading have been found to be (a) homeless and (b) not in priority need of temporary accommodation in each year since 1997.

(100129)

84
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the provision of hostel bed spaces for homeless people in Reading.

(100131)

85
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's street count methodology in establishing an accurate picture of the extent of street homelessness in England.

(100132)

86
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £70 million for homelessness prevention services made available by her Department to local authorities in 2006-07 is designated for the provision of additional hostel bed spaces for homeless rough sleepers during periods of severe weather.

(100133)

87
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to monitor the performance of local authorities in providing sufficient hostel bed spaces for homeless rough sleepers during periods of severe weather.

(100134)

88
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless rough sleepers her Department's street count has identified in Reading in each year since 2001.

(100135)

89
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated by her Department to each voluntary sector organisation helping homeless people in Reading in each of the last five years.

(100136)

90
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social rented homes and (b) shared ownership homes were built in Reading in each year since 1990.

(100137)

91
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to local authorities in December 2005 on hostel spaces for the accommodation of homeless rough sleepers during the winter of 2005-06.

(100138)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

92
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) criteria and (b) methods were adopted in the selection of Frontier Economics to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; when the report of that work was published; and what assessment she has made of its (i) analysis and (ii) conclusions.

(100141)

93
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the timetable is for ratification and implementation of the new parliamentary boundaries for England.

(99213)

94
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what arrangements will be made for periods when coroners' offices are closed for contacting the next-of-kin within 24 hours of a death being reported.

(99291)

95
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what analysis was undertaken of the contracted hours and hours of overtime worked by (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) coroners and (ii) coroner's officers in the preparation of the Coroners Reform Bill.

(99293)

96
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate has been made of the number of staff required to meet the additional commitments in the proposed Draft Charter for Bereaved People.

(99294)

97
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment has been made of the (a) current workload and (b) the expected workload under the proposed new arrangements in the Coroners Reform Bill of (i) coroners and (ii) coroner's officers.

(99314)

98
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who the employer is of (a) coroners and (b) coroners' officers.

(99365)

99
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of coroners' officers employed by (a) police forces, (b) local authorities and (c) coroners; and what effect she expects the provisions of the draft Coroners Reform Bill to have on the number of officers employed by each.

(99643)

100
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of establishing a national service of coroners' officers.

(99644)

101
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, for what reasons her Department does not maintain a centrally held list of part-time judges in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement.

(100055)

102
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many family courts there are in each London borough.

(100179)

103
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what account she takes of (a) geographical coverage, (b) public transport links, (c) road links and (d) potential travel costs of (i) members of the public and (ii) social workers when (1) opening and (2) closing family courts.

(100180)

104
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future of family courts in Brent.

(100181)

105
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many cases were heard by each family court in London in each of the last five years.

(100182)

106
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many employees of the Judicial Appointments Commission on (a) permanent and (b) other contracts (i) have previously worked for and (ii) are on secondment from her Department, broken down by Civil Service grade.

(100148)

107
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future strategy for recruitment of administrators by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

(100149)

108
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the aims and objectives are of the Coroners Service.

(100065)

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

109
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential cost of the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement.

(99738)

110
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings she and her ministerial colleagues have had with the (a) Olympic Delivery Authority, (b) London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, (c) Olympic Board, (d) Greater London Assembly, (e) National Olympic Committee, (f) National Paralympic Committee, (g) Olympic Programme Support Unit and (h) International Olympic Committee.

(99739)

111
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the use of Welsh sporting venues in connection with the 2012 London Olympics.

(100038)

112
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Heritage Lottery Fund can entertain applications for funding for privately owned piers.

(100126)

113
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors the then licensing minister took into account when she stated in July 2005 that the Licensing Act 2003 will be much better for live music.

(100178)

114
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 97618 and 97621, whom the Minister of Sport met on legacy use of the Olympic Stadium; when each meeting took place; whether the potential value of the stadium was discussed; whether (a) the Olympic Board, (b) the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and (c) the Olympic Delivery Authority were informed of these discussions by her Department before they took place; whether the results were reported to these bodies; and what account was taken in discussions of the commitment to convert the stadium into an athletics facility.

(99895)

115
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on sponsors of the Olympic Games of introducing restrictions on food and soft drink advertising and sponsorship.

(99742)

116
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place with the International Olympic Committee on the introduction of restrictions on the advertising of food and soft drinks.

(99743)

117
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom about the impact of restrictions on advertising of food and soft drinks on International Olympic sponsorship deals.

(99744)

118
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the current board and (b) potential owners of West Ham United about the ownership of the London 2012 stadia.

(99555)

119
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether athletics events will continue to be able to be held in the 2012 Olympic stadia following the Games irrespective of the ownership of those stadia.

(99641)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

120
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the ABCA Armies Standardisation Programme; and what recent measures have been taken in pursuit of the objectives of this program.

(99868)

121
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers serving in Afghanistan are from (a) Coventry South and (b) the West Midlands region.

(98887)

122
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has employed investigative agencies in relation to personnel issues in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(99877)

123
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected lifespan is of the guidance systems and flight control electronics on Trident D5 missiles.

(100016)

124
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops were stationed in Germany in each of the last five years; and how many have been stationed there in 2006.

(99415)

125
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to ensure that women are fully included in Provincial Reconstruction Team development programmes in Afghanistan; and what assessment has been made of the potential effect of attempts by the Afghan government to accommodate Islamist factions on women's rights in Afghanistan.

(99416)

126
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Westmoreland and Lonsdale of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 11, on cluster munitions, what discussions he has had with the Israeli government on its use of cluster munitions.

(99417)

127
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Westmoreland and Lonsdale of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 11, on cluster munitions, what definition he uses of `properly used' in relation to the use of cluster munitions in conflict.

(99418)

128
N Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 11, to the hon. Member for Westmoreland and Lonsdale, on cluster munitions, when he last carried out a review into the consistency of the use of cluster munitions with international humanitarian law.

(99419)

129
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deployments have been made of units stationed in Germany in each year since 2003.

(99861)

130
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Advanced Research and Assessment Group of the Defence Academy was in each of the last five years; and what it is expected to be in each of the next five years.

(99862)

131
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Regiment were absent without leave (AWOL) on (a) 1st July 2006, (b) 1st September 2006 and (c) 1st May 2006; how many individuals AWOL on each date had been so for (i) seven days or more, (ii) 28 days or more and (iii) 56 days or more; how many individuals have been subject to disciplinary action for being AWOL since 1st May 2006; and how many individuals have been subject to each penalty imposed.

(99678)

132
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason and for how long the crew of HMS Southampton have been without normal supplies of fresh water; what the consequences have been; and when the problem is expected to be rectified.

(99075)

133
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on (a) a new generation of the nuclear deterrent and (b) the security situation in Iraq.

(99077)

134
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether classified material relevant to the United Kingdom nuclear deterrent was compromised in the recent reported leak of documents from Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory.

(99078)

135
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the continuation of (a) Devonport and (b) Faslane naval base of a decision not to proceed with a new generation of the nuclear deterrent.

(99079)

136
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the publication of the names of British servicemen and women who have been honoured for service in Iraq or Afghanistan by the United States Administration.

(99747)

137
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are in place to ensure fair and equal access by all broadcast and print media reporting from combat areas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(99080)

138
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial assistance and (b) help in kind has been given to the Belize government by his Department in each of the last 20 years.

(99889)

139
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British army personnel have been trained at the BATSUB base in Belize in each of the past 20 years.

(99890)

140
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on the families of British Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan of the broadcast by the BBC on 25th October of an interview by Taliban leadership; and if he will make a statement.

(99646)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

141
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 82W, on diplomatic gifts, on how many occasions in each of the last five years gifts have been given to overseas dignatories at public cost.

(99798)

142
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 82W, on diplomatic gifts, what the average cost was of gifts given to overseas dignatories at public cost in each of the last five years; what the costs were of (a) the most expensive and (b) the least expensive of any gifts given; and if he will make a statement.

(99799)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

143
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he has received any expressions of interest in establishing atheist or secular voluntary-aided schools on the same basis as maintained faith schools.

(99823)

144
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether it is his policy to permit the creation of atheist or secular schools within the maintained sector on the same basis as voluntary-aided faith schools.

(99824)

145
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on their capacity to restrict the expression of religious belief on school premises.

(99825)

146
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on permissable tests of religious observance in their admissions processes.

(99826)

147
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has estimated the (a) demand for and (b) availability of (i) atheist and (ii) secular education.

(99827)

148
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students at each university in England were mature students in each year since 1997.

(99704)

149
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received about the funding of trainee education psychologists; and if he will make a statement.

(99498)

150
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to make available an easy read version of the Green Paper, Care Matters: transforming the lives of children and young people in care; and if he will extend the consultation deadline for those requiring the easy read version of the paper.

(99711)

151
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of school children were entitled to free school dinners in 2005-06 in each local education authority; and what percentage change there has been in each figure since 1997-98.

(99863)

152
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of schoolchildren receive two hours of physical education or sport each week in each local education authority area.

(99916)

153
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of schoolchildren took part in inter-school sports competitions in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by local education authority area.

(99917)

154
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities (LEAs) do not have a specialist sports college; which have plans to establish such a college; whether there is a target for the provision of these facilities in each LEA; and if he will make a statement.

(99918)

155
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which sports are taught to children at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London local authority.

(99919)

156
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) local education authorities and (b) schools have participated in Building Schools of the Future since its introduction; and in how many projects (i) a contract has been signed and (ii) construction has begun.

(99927)

157
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children under school age in Islington North constituency are in full-time pre-school places; how many are in (a) children centres, (b) private nurseries and (c) child nurseries; and what the figures were in each of the last four years.

(99677)

158
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by the Learning and Skills Council on (a) measures to tackle equality and diversity and (b) compiling the equality and diversity section of its annual report in each of the last five years.

(99910)

159
N Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in Herefordshire have received grants for new school buildings since 1st May 1997; what the value was of each project; and if he will make a statement.

(99292)

160
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how schools will be assessed on the promotion of community cohesion; and what steps will be taken in respect of schools which do not reach the required standards.

(99900)

161
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to tackle head lice in schools.

(99901)

162
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of teaching sign language up to GCSE level.

(99902)

163
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve the teaching of (a) science and (b) mathematics in schools.

(99903)

164
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many eligible pupils took up their entitlement to free school meals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(99662)

165
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the effect of lost school days on attainment levels in secondary schools in Copeland in the last three years.

(99717)

166
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of school days lost to pupils as a result of (a) underage drinking, (b) drug and (c) substance abuse in Copeland in the last 12 months.

(99722)

167
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school leavers in Copeland entered (a) higher education and (b) further education in the last 12 months.

(99884)

168
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are in a school sport partnership; and how many schools responded to his Department's recent survey on school sport.

(99867)

169
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether time spent (a) in the playground, (b) changing and (c) travelling is included in assessments of performance against the PSA target for two hours of high quality sport and physical education in every school per week.

(99871)

170
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what definition of high quality sport and physical education he uses in relation to the school sport PSA target; and what extra resource he has allocated to local education authorities to achieve it.

(99872)

171
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Youth Sport Trust's financial memorandum with his Department.

(99873)

172
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many black and ethnic minority teachers participated in physical education teacher training courses in each of the last five years; and how many black and ethnic minority teachers teach physical education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

(99875)

173
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information regarding reports and school information schools are required to send to non-resident parents; whether his Department (a) checks and (b) asks local education authorities to check that such information is sent; what assessment he has made of the extent to which the information and computer technology is in place to support the provision of such information; and if he will make a statement.

(99639)

174
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools closed for at least one day due to inclement weather in the last year for which data is available.

(100022)

175
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to schools about closures due to inclement weather.

(100023)

176
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school days were lost due to snowfall in the last year for which data is available.

(100024)

177
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools closed for at least one day due to snowfall in each of the last 10 years in each (a) region and (b) local education authority.

(100025)

178
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources are available from his Department to educational institutions to assist them enacting the Higher Education Funding Council for England single equality scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(99668)

179
N Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2006, Official Report, column 1926W, on student maintenance grants, what the basis is of the estimate that 30 per cent. of new full-time English domiciled students would receive a full grant.

(99876)

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

180
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the state of the Desmoulins Whorl snail population in sites of special scientific interest in the UK.

(99489)

181
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of Desmoulins Whorl snail populations at sites of special scientific interest in each year to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(99490)

182
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the effect on the Desmoulins Whorl snail population of the completion of the A34 Newbury Bypass.

(99491)

183
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Desmoulins Whorl snail population was in the sites of special scientific interest at (a) Rack Marsh, (b) Boxford, (c) Hunts Green and (d) Bagnor Island in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(99492)

184
N Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on increased mass-burn incineration of London's waste.

(98390)

185
N Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the Greater London Authority of the proposed new duty on waste authorities to undertake their functions in general conformity with the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy.

(98391)

186
N Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to deliver efficiency savings in waste management in London.

(98392)

187
N Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the projected savings in waste management in London over the next 10 years; and what other estimates of such savings he has examined.

(98393)

188
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect endangered black rhinos.

(100044)

189
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the endangered Ethiopian wolf.

(100045)

190
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 31st October 2006, Official Report, column 275, on the Office of Climate Change, why the Office of Climate Change's reports are not expected to be published.

(100035)

191
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria will be used in making appointments to the proposed carbon committee; what funding will be provided for the committee; and what measures will be put in place to ensure transparency in its operation.

(100079)

192
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in expenditure on the ability of the State Veterinary Service to deal with outbreaks of disease.

(100032)

193
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of capping payments to recipients under single farm payments; and if he will reconsider setting a minimum level to reduce the number of payments.

(100033)

194
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when and why the decision was taken to choose a small number for the tuberculosis advisory group; and whether any of the members chosen were co-opted.

(99713)

195
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were interviewed for the post of chair of the tuberculosis advisory group.

(99714)

196
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the terms of reference for the tuberculosis advisory group.

(99715)

197
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to protect the North Norfolk coast from flooding.

(100040)

198
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to encourage innovation in new technologies (a) for domestic appliances and (b) in the construction industry to combat climate change.

(99637)

199
Nia Griffith (Llanelli):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take further steps to regulate dog ownership through licensing.

(99839)

200
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will answer the letter dated 31st May from the hon. Member for North Down in relation to a future visit to Northern Ireland.

(99851)

201
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single payment scheme applicants in 2005 have (a) received no money and (b) not received their second instalment; how many of those applicants who have received no money (i) are awaiting probate, (ii) are involved in changes of land area and (iii) have received no money for other reasons; and how many who have not received their second instalment (A) have disputed maps and (B) are believed to have been overpaid in their first instalment.

(100069)

202
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single payment scheme applicants in 2005 are believed to have been (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid; and how many of these applicants who have not been paid their second instalment had total claims of (i) less than 1,000, (ii) £1,000 to £4,999, (iii) £5,000 to £19,999, (iv) £20,000 to £50,000 and (v) over £50,000.

(100076)

203
N Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he measures the burden of administration in his Department.

(99504)

204
N Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the administrative burden in his Department in each year since 1997; and what progress has been made towards the target of a reduction of 25 per cent. in the administrative burden.

(99505)

205
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live adult cattle have been exported for (a) breeding, (b) further fattening and (c) slaughter since 1st May 2006; and how many in each category were exported to each country of destination.

(99745)

206
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd October 2006, Official Report, column 1593W, on animal exports, what the total journey time was from the place of departure to the final destination of each of the consignments of calves exported from Dover on 11th October 2006.

(99746)

207
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of putting the clocks (a) back and (b) forward.

(99145)

208
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2005, Official Report, column 507W, on energy efficiency, whether his Department has revised its estimates of the cost effective potential for carbon savings in the commercial and public services sector through energy efficiency measures by 2010 and 2020.

(99805)

209
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October 2006, Official Report, column 273W, on Nirex, for what reasons he is not undertaking a public consultation on his proposals to merge Nirex into the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency.

(99371)

210
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 273W, on Nirex, if he will consult the Sustainable Development Commission on his plans to merge Nirex into the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

(99456)

211
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whom he has consulted about the changes to British Waterways' budget since January 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(100184)

212
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the reduction in British Waterways' budget on (a) British Waterways' operations and effectiveness, (b) British canals, (c) the environment and (d) regeneration; and what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues about the likely effect of the budget reduction on the economy.

(100185)

213
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes he has made to the 2006-07 budget for British Waterways since January 2006; why the budget was changed; when the decision to change British Waterways' budget was made; what discussions he has had with British Waterways on changes to their 2006-07 budget; and if he will make a statement.

(100186)

214
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) British Waterways on their budget for the next five years and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on British Waterways' budget for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(100187)

215
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the minimum agricultural wage is for qualification for an agricultural occupancy dwelling.

(99977)

216
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual carbon emissions of each region of the UK, broken down by source of emissions.

(100130)

217
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has commissioned into incorporating (a) wave, (b) solar, (c) geo-thermal and (d) hydro-electric energy into the national energy generation system.

(100140)

218
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to tackle the effect on the environment of cremation.

(99855)

219
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of crematoria.

(99856)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

220
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many BP employees are on secondment to her Department; what areas they are working on; on what terms; and how many BP employees have been on secondment to her Department in each year since January 2002.

(99208)

221
N Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to widen and develop relations with the government of Bolivia.

(99499)

222
N Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the report of the UN Secretary General of 27th October on the effect on Cuba of the US blockade.

(99500)

223
N Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the US Administration on the recent intensification of the blockade of Cuba.

(99501)

224
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Chinese government about emissions from underground coalmine fires.

(99318)

225
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of China concerning the use of the death penalty; and what response has been received.

(99676)

226
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations UK representatives in Mexico have made to the government of Mexico on events in Oaxaca state; what local society groups UK mission staff have met; and what visits have been made by UK representatives to that state.

(99828)

227
N Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the decision of Médecins Sans Frontières to withdraw from Jaffra.

(99410)

228
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the findings of the UNODC's Afghan Opium Survey 2006 for the counter-narcotics strategy in Afghanistan.

(100020)

229
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law during the recent conflict in Lebanon.

(100011)

230
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) technical information and (b) analysis she has received differentiating Iran's suspected nuclear weapons programme from a possible nuclear power programme.

(99076)

231
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the government of Ethiopia on the detention of political prisoners in that country.

(99914)

232
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1277W, on departmental staff (education), how many work experience placements were given to (a) students and (b) workers in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(99484)

233
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2006, Official Report, column 1277W, on departmental staff (education), how many community business events aimed at encouraging a diversified workforce were held in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(99485)

234
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many serving (a) Heads of Mission and (b) Governors of Overseas Territories were born in each of the UK regions.

(99486)

235
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what percentage of the members of internal selection boards held by her Department to appoint ambassadors in the last five years were educated in (a) the state school sector, (b) the independent school sector, (c) Oxford and Cambridge and (d) other universities.

(99487)

236
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many career fairs were held by her Department in each of the UK regions in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(99488)

237
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what help and assistance her Department has given to the Belize government in their border dispute with Guatemala.

(99888)

238
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the ministerial responsibilities of her right hon. friend the Member for Ashfield have changed since the publication of the List of Ministerial Responsibilities in June 2006; and whether he speaks for the Government on European matters in the House.

(99648)

239
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(99986)

240
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the political situation in Bangladesh.

(99988)

241
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings Ministers in her Department have had with European Union counterparts concerning irregularities in EU spending identified by the European Court of Auditors; and if she will make a statement.

(99636)

242
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of regime change in Iraq on regimes in North Korea and Iran.

(100174)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

243
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts on eligibility for access to powered wheelchairs for the severely disabled; and if she will make a statement.

(99943)

244
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed on pregnancies of (a) under nine weeks, (b) nine to 12 weeks, (c) 13 and 16 weeks, (d) 17 to 19 weeks, (e) 20 weeks, (f) 21 weeks, (g) 22 weeks, (h) 23 weeks and (i) 24 weeks and over in each of the last five years.

(99870)

245
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it will be one of the main functions of the national voice for patients being considered by the National Voices project to represent the views and concerns of local involvement networks at a national level.

(99548)

246
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local involvement networks will have the formal power to refer their concerns to (a) the local primary care trust, (b) the local overview and scrutiny committee, (c) the health service regulator, (d) her and (e) any other body.

(99549)

247
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local involvement networks will monitor and inspect (a) the delivery of NHS services and (b) the structure of the market in healthcare.

(99550)

248
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient forums will continue to exist following (a) the abolition of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and (b) the establishment of local involvement networks.

(99551)

249
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the time taken to produce genetic testing results for breast cancer (a) in England and (b) in Northumberland since 2004; and whether the plan to clear the backlog of results from 2004 by February 2007 includes cases tested in 2005 and 2006.

(100050)

250
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what grounds the decision to prohibit the sale of goats' milk infant formula was taken; and why the implementation of the prohibition was delayed until March 2007.

(99367)

251
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2093W, on methylphenidate, if she will request that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency take account of the (a) work and (b) recommendations of the US Food and Drug Administration on methylphenidate.

(99671)

252
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2094W, on methylphenidate, how many prescriptions for methylphenidate were issued to (a) nought to under six year olds and (b) six to 15 year olds.

(99712)

253
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will issue guidance to primary care trusts and GP practices that methylphenidate should not be prescribed for children less than six years old.

(99716)

254
Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the development of moulding helmets and cranial banding for plagiocephaly.

(100019)

255
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been provided for the treatment of patients referred as a result of alcohol treatment requirement orders.

(100012)

256
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of the recent reorganisations of public involvement bodies in the NHS; and what assessment she has made of the effects of those reorganisations.

(100070)

257
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to recruit volunteers to local involvement networks.

(100071)

258
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures she plans to put in place to ensure the independence of local involvement networks.

(100072)

259
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism she plans to put in place to enable local involvement networks to interact directly with the boards of trust hospitals.

(100073)

260
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) mental health trusts, (b) learning disabilities trusts, (c) ambulance trusts and (d) other smaller NHS trusts will be represented by local involvement networks.

(100074)

261
Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will undertake inspections and monitoring of hospitals under the Government's plans to replace patient and public involvement forums.

(100075)

262
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the change in costs for the National Health Service arising as a result of climate change impacts over the next 10 years.

(100125)

263
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what system she has in place for the distribution of the tuberculosis vaccine; and which groups will be prioritised.

(100034)

264
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which wards in the London Borough of Bexley have single GP practices.

(99741)

265
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will investigate whether the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust followed appropriate codes of practice in considering complaints presented by local people on the recent consultation process on actute medical services provision.

(99358)

266
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will urge the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to reverse its decision to reduce staff by 90 posts until the conclusion of its acute medical services review.

(99359)

267
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on the sale of property by NHS trusts.

(99638)

268
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts on (a) the production of local formularies and (b) the account to be taken of product availability when producing local formularies.

(99665)

269
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria her Department uses when certifying a disease as notifiable; and if she will make a statement.

(100146)

270
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact on the health sector in Lancashire of the award of the capture, assess, treat and support contract to Netcare.

(100030)

271
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when an announcement will be made about the award of the capture, assess, treat and support contract in Lancashire; and what consultation has been on proposals to award the contract for Lancashire and Cumbria to Netcare.

(100031)

272
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of recent trends in the number of patients failing to attend dental appointments; and if she will make a statement.

(100028)

273
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2099W, on the private finance initiative, what outstanding issues of (a) affordability and (b) capacity are preventing a decision on the Private Finance Initiative review by the Treasury of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust scheme from being more swiftly expedited; and if she will make a statement.

(99413)

274
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dental patients were admitted under Band 4 urgent treatment in each dental surgery in the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership area in the 12 months prior to April 2006; how many have been so admitted since April 2006 in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(99708)

275
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions for (a) angina and (b) asthma there were in hospitals in Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust area in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(99710)

276
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the risks to (a) babies born through IVF and (b) other babies of developing (i) autism and (ii) childhood cancers.

(99896)

277
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts do not fund IVF treatment.

(99897)

278
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are provided to mothers following childbirth to promote bonding between mother and child.

(99898)

279
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what parenting (a) advice and (b) training is provided to new mothers; and whether she plans to extend that provision.

(99899)

280
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to increase the accuracy of post mortems and death certificate documentation.

(99970)

281
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing patients with breast cancer with vitamin D supplements.

(99971)

282
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) compulsory redundancies, (b) voluntary redundancies and (c) vacant posts left unfilled there were in each (i) NHS trust and (ii) primary care trust in the last six months; and what the numbers in each category are expected to be by 31st December 2006.

(100041)

283
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacant posts were deleted by NHS organisations in the first six months of (a) each financial year since 1997-98 and (b) 2006-07; and how many vacant posts have been deleted by NHS organisations in each full financial year since 1997-98.

(99670)

284
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the compulsory redundancies referred to in her Department's report NHS Redundancy Figures cost in total.

(99809)

285
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies there were in (i) the first six months of each year and (ii) each year since 1997-98, broken down by NHS organisation; and how many redundancies in each category she expects in the last six months of 2006-07.

(99810)

286
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the overall (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent NHS workforce was in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2005-06.

(99811)

287
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and by whom the decision was taken to publish NHS redundancy figures for January to June 2006; what the cost of collecting such figures was; and whether the Department plans to publish such data on a six-monthly basis.

(99812)

288
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason redundancies in special health authorities are not available.

(99813)

289
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors, (c) dentists and (d) other clinicians were made compulsorily redundant in the first six months of 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

(99814)

290
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies occurred in NHS Direct between January and June 2006.

(99815)

291
N Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to answer Questions 92450 and 92451, on hospital chaplaincy, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire on 6th October.

(99502)

292
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with members of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee on her Department's consultation on the reimbursement of branded generic medicines in 2005; and what contact her officials have had with that body.

(99865)

293
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) pharmacists and (b) affiliated groups on her Department's consultation on branded generic medicines in 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(99866)

294
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department offers to primary care trusts on the purchase of (a) generic and (b) branded generic drugs.

(99878)

295
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department plans to offer primary care trusts advice on controlling their drugs budgets.

(99879)

296
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department plans to monitor the performance of the contractual framework for community pharmacies in maintaining pharmacists' dispensing margins.

(99880)

297
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials in her Department have had with pharmacists on the (a) contractual framework for community pharmacies and (b) purchase of NHS medicines.

(99881)

298
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish the results of her Department's consultation on the sale of branded generic medicines.

(99882)

299
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress her Department has made in reducing waiting times for genetic tests for breast cancer in Newark constituency over the last 12 months.

(99883)

300
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of gene therapy to alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.

(100047)

301
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th September 2006, Official Report, column 2145W, on the NHS Logistics Authority, if she will publish the findings of the 2003 procurement and supply chain review undertaken by her Commercial Directorate.

(99915)

302
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with the programme for the administering of influenza vaccinations.

(100082)

303
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the merits of reducing the time limit for abortions under the Abortion Act 1967.

(99207)

304
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) assault and (b) abuse against staff have been recorded at the West Cumberland Hospital in the last 12 months.

(99718)

305
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions of (a) adults and (b) minors to the West Cumberland Hospital in the last 12 months have been related to (i) alcohol, (ii) substance and (iii) drug abuse.

(99719)

306
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of treating (a) adults and (b) minors admitted to the West Cumberland Hospital due to (i) alcohol, (ii) substance and (iii) drug abuse in the last 12 months.

(99720)

307
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of available treatment time at the West Cumberland Hospital has been used in treating (a) adults and (b) minors admitted due to (i) alcohol, (ii) substance and (iii) drug abuse in the last 12 months.

(99721)

308
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by (a) the NHS and (b) her Department on Ipsos MORI polling and research in the last six months.

(99663)

309
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of children in Colchester constituency are registered with an NHS dentist.

(99874)

310
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to prevent the Watcombe Hall severe mental health rehabilitation unit from being closed by the Devon Partnership Mental Health Care Trust.

(100018)

311
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the levels of trans-fats in foods; and if she will make a statement.

(99987)

312
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether intervention guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is mandatory.

(100029)

313
N Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors are expected (i) to qualify and (ii) to begin employment in the NHS in each of the next five years.

(99407)

314
N Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses are expected (i) to retire from and (ii) otherwise to leave the NHS in each of the next five years.

(99408)

315
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced since 1997 to increase the provision of universal and equitable access to good quality health care.

(100062)

316
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of compulsory redundancies in each (a) trust and (b) NHS body making such redundancies in each of the next 12 months.

(99972)

317
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department has issued to NHS trusts on the release of information about patient case histories to hon. Members to enable them to take up cases on behalf of their constituents.

(100077)

318
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account is taken by her Department of migration projections when decisions are made on the (a) siting and (b) configuration of (i) primary care and (ii) acute care services.

(99854)

319
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) the Tees Review of the reconfiguration of hospital services in the Tees area, (b) the Dari Review of acute health services in the Tees area and (c) the Independent Reconfiguration Panel review of maternity and paediatric services in Teesside.

(99858)

320
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those women who gave birth at the University Hospital of Hartlepool in each of the last five years were aged (a) 14 years and below, (b) 15 to 16, (c) 17 to 19, (d) 20 to 29, (e) 30 to 39 and (f) 40 years and above.

(99859)

321
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 158W, on birth statistics, how many women with a Hartlepool address gave birth at (a) the University Hospital of Hartlepool, (b) the University Hospital of North Tees, (c) the James Cook University Hospital, (d) Darlington Memorial Hospital, (e) Bishop Auckland Hospital, (f) City Hospitals Sunderland, (g) another hospital and (h) home in each of the last five years.

(99860)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

322
N Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that discharged prisoners may nominate an address to which their property will be sent.

(98888)

323
N Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the future arrangements will be for the disposal of the property of former prisoners that is not collected on their discharge by a court.

(98889)

324
N Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenses will be paid to prisoners discharged by a court when they have to return to the prison where they had been held to reclaim their property.

(98890)

325
N Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cost benefit analysis has been undertaken relating to the decision to prevent prisoners from taking their personal valuables with them to court; and if he will make a statement.

(98891)

326
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) was committed and (b) has been paid to local councils for trading standards campaigns against underage drinking at the time of the Football World Cup competition.

(100043)

327
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available from his Department for local council trading standards' Christmas campaigns against underage drinking.

(100046)

328
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the CNOMIS IT project for offender data management is (a) on budget and (b) on schedule.

(100168)

329
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that no individual whose case was handled by Sharad Ladva will be returned to the Philippines until a full investigation of their claim has been made.

(100176)

330
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on electricity in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how much it has spent in 2006-07.

(100177)

331
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Gay Police Association has received public funding in each of the last five years.

(99212)

332
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources he has made available to (a) Dyfed Powys Police, (b) Pembrokeshire County Council, (c) Mid and West Wales Fire Authority and (d) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to meet costs incurred by Operation Oystercatcher.

(99803)

333
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) objectives and (b) results were of Operation Oystercatcher.

(99806)

334
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of Operation Oystercatcher.

(99807)

335
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure was incurred by (a) Dyfed Powys Police, (b) Pembrokeshire County Council, (c) Mid and West Wales Fire Authority and (d) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in respect of Operation Oystercatcher.

(99808)

336
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects police cells in West Yorkshire to be used to house prisoners to relieve prison overcrowding.

(99911)

337
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects arbitration for the police pay award to be concluded.

(99723)

338
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to restart negotiations on re-structuring police pay; and when he expects the settlement of that pay through the Police Negotiating Board.

(99724)

339
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female police officers are in employment, broken down by police force.

(99725)

340
N Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements he is making to transfer Michael Shields from prison in Bulgaria to the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(99558)

341
N Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Firearms database will be fully operational.

(99302)

342
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in Norwich North in each of the last three years.

(100039)

343
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of maintaining the DNA database has been in each year of its operation.

(99990)

344
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many misclassifications have resulted from the use of the DNA database.

(99991)

345
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is on the board which monitors the development of the DNA database.

(99992)

346
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many call cases are under examination by the police.

(99993)

347
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of (a) the Metropolitan Police Traffic Operational Command Unit's exhibit at the Miles Per Hour 2006 show at Earl's Court and (b) purchasing or hiring, repainting and displaying a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 at this exhibit.

(100150)

348
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded rate of crime was in Sunderland for (a) burglary of dwellings, (b) violence against the person, (c) vehicle crime, (d) robbery, (e) sexual offences, (f) total violent crime, (g) theft and handling of stolen goods and (h) criminal damage in each year since 1997.

(99830)

349
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what national police responsibilities are tasked to Northumbria Constabulary.

(99831)

350
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of neighbourhood policing in Sunderland.

(99885)

351
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suicides, (b) attempted suicides and (c) cases of self-harm there have been in young offender institutions in each of the last five years.

(99904)

352
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on the provision of (a) counsellors, (b) psychologists and (c) support programmes in young offender institutions in each of the last five years.

(99905)

353
Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) solicitors and (b) accountants have been prosecuted for offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 since it came into effect.

(99850)

354
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which fundraising organisations in the United Kingdom have been identified as having links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

(99679)

355
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosures have been issued by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) in each year since inception of the facility; and how many people have applied for CRB disclosures (a) in total and (b) in each year over the same period.

(99110)

356
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted for shoplifting in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997; and how many in each year received (a) custodial sentences, (b) fixed penalty notices (c) community orders and (d) police cautions for shoplifting in Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997.

(99975)

357
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for selling endangered animals there were in 2005.

(98878)

358
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to prevent the purchasing of alcohol by adults for consumption by minors.

(99702)

359
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the role of alcohol abuse by minors in recorded cases of anti-social behaviour in Copeland.

(99703)

360
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by (a) nationality and (b) ethnic origin the number of those admitted to prisons and young offender institutions in the last year for which figures are available.

(99640)

361
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of 5th September 2006 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on behalf of Kaisha Dally-Lewis (Home Office Reference Numbers D2108650, D2090294 and D2080066).

(100036)

362
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Motorcyclists Federation and (b) the Motorcycle Industry Association on tackling public nuisance involving mini motos; and if he will make a statement.

(100169)

363
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to protect anglers from attacks by anti-fishing extremists; and what consultation has been undertaken with angling organisations.

(99707)

364
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained under immigration legislation powers without a time limit or a requirement for judicial sanction in each of the last five years.

(100063)

365
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by all police forces in England on interpreters in each of the last five years.

(100064)

366
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of safer schools partnerships in reducing crime in schools.

(100066)

367
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there have been as a result of the introduction of the safer schools scheme.

(100067)

368
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer hours were allocated to the safer schools scheme in each of the last three years.

(100068)

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

369
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many green cards were completed on 1st November.

(99912)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

370
N Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2006, Official Report, column 1887W, on Afghanistan, how many staff from his Department are based in Helmand Province to oversee the spending of the £37 million referred to; and what auditing procedures are in place to ensure value for money and transparency.

(99041)

371
N Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2006, Official Report, column 1887W, on Afghanistan, how many of the projects cited (a) have been completed, (b) are currently underway and (c) are yet to be undertaken.

(99042)

372
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many BP employees are on secondment to his Department; what areas they are working on; on what terms they are working; and how many BP employees have been on secondment to his Department in each year since January 2002.

(99210)

373
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to take forward the recommendations of the Stern Report on the economics of climate change which relate to the developing world; and if he will make a statement.

(100143)

374
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many refugee camps there are in Helmand Province; and how many people are housed in them.

(99667)

375
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the aid effort in the Aceh region of Indonesia; and what measures are in place to ensure aid funds are applied to their objectives.

(99816)

376
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will introduce a scheme to recruit medical students for work on graduation in the developing world.

(99989)

377
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what monitoring and evaluation system is used to measure the effectiveness and impact of his Department's overseas development aid.

(99938)

378
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK is giving the Ethiopian government to help tackle corruption and promote good governance.

(99913)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

379
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of students at each university in Northern Ireland were mature students in each year since 1997.

(99705)

380
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what public funding is being made available to hospices in Northern Ireland in the 2006-07 financial year; and which of them offer specialist palliative care home care services.

(99795)

381
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken by Translink to advertise to senior citizens in receipt of the smart pass for free travel that there is a requirement to renew every five years.

(99796)

382
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the approximate cost and length of time would be for DRD Roads Service to construct the dualling of the A26 road between Glarryford and the A44 Drones Junction.

(99797)

383
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to increase the number of neonatal cots available in neonatal intensive care units in hospitals in Northern Ireland.

(99682)

384
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for the introduction of changes to legislation to provide police officers with the power of arrest in respect of individuals involved in unlawful activity associated with badger baiting in Northern Ireland.

(99683)

385
N Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce legislation to deal with problems associated with high hedges in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(99684)

386
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed with bowel cancer in each of the last 10 years; how many people died as a result of bowel cancer in each year; and if he will introduce a bowel cancer screening programme in Northern Ireland.

(99672)

387
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who will be responsible for granting authorisation for the disposal of land by Water NI Ltd from 2010.

(99642)

388
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that the cost of the Affordability Tariff from 2010 is not passed on to water customers through higher bills.

(99645)

389
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contingency plans are in place to make up the deficit if the five per cent. bad debt provision in the financial planning model for the planned Government-owned company Water NI Ltd turns out to have been an underestimate.

(99647)

390
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ensure that any underestimate of the bad debt provision in the financial planning model for the planned government-owned company Water NI Ltd is not paid for by the consumer through higher bills.

(99657)

391
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to whom any dividend earned by the planned government-owned company Water NI Ltd will be paid; and if he will take steps to ensure that any shortfall against the expected dividend is not paid for by the customer through higher bills.

(99658)

392
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health inpatient services in Northern Ireland.

(99750)

393
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what opportunities there will be for elected representatives to serve on new health and education structures arising from the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland; and what lay representation there will be on those new structures.

(99751)

394
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for (a) an initial outpatient assessment and (b) inpatient admission was in each specialty at the Erne Hospital in the last period for which figures are available; and what the longest time is for which a patient has been waiting in each case.

(99752)

395
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance is available from the NHS in Northern Ireland for women suffering from menopausal symptoms.

(99753)

396
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time for an MOT test at each test centre in the Province was in the last period for which figures are available; what the longest time is for which a driver has been waiting for an MOT test at each centre; how many individuals are waiting for MOT tests at each centre; and how many MOT tests were conducted at each centre in each of the last five years.

(99754)

397
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints were made against general practitioners in each health board area in the Province in each of the last five years.

(99755)

398
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on entertainment and hospitality by each Government Department in the Province in each of the last 10 years.

(99756)

399
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of (a) verbal and (b) physical violence against NHS staff occurred in each health trust in the Province in each of the last three years.

(99757)

400
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to develop a policy guide for music therapy in special schools in Northern Ireland; what steps have been taken to develop a strategic plan for the inclusion of music therapy alongside other therapies as an integral part of the work of special schools; and whether a framework of standards is being included in the plan.

(99758)

401
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to monitor and evaluate the impact of music therapy to inform and improve planning and provision.

(99759)

402
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many acute mental health beds are available at Holywell Hospital.

(99760)

403
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how long the nine additional beds being provided at Holywell Hospital to assist in the transition in inpatient admissions are expected to remain.

(99761)

404
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to enhance the primary care mental health service within the Northern Board area.

(99762)

405
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to improve access to psychological therapies within the Northern Board area.

(99763)

406
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals in each health trust area in the Province (a) are awaiting cognitive behavioural therapy and (b) commenced such therapy in each of the last five years; what the average waiting time for cognitive behavioural therapy was in each health trust area in the Province in the last period for which figures are available; and what the longest time is for which a patient has been waiting for such therapy in each area.

(99764)

407
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there to improve services for patients with eating disorders in Northern Ireland.

(99765)

408
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the interests of the (a) statutory, (b) voluntary and (c) community sectors will be represented on the implementation structures for the Children and Young People's Strategy.

(99766)

409
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations the Minister for Children in Northern Ireland is making to the Comprehensive Spending Review process.

(99767)

410
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress on the Planned Development Programme for two year olds in Northern Ireland.

(99768)

411
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of deaths in the Province resulting from air pollution in each of the last 20 years; and what steps have been taken to reduce the number of such deaths.

(99769)

412
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the sustainable schools policy is expected to be published; and what factors have delayed the completion of the policy.

(99770)

413
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who will serve on the body to determine whether National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines should be extended to Northern Ireland.

(99771)

414
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of (a) heat-related and (b) cold-related deaths in the Province in each of the last 20 years.

(99772)

415
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to set up in-reach teams to tackle mental health difficulties in schools in Northern Ireland.

(99773)

416
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each health trust area in the Province are waiting for cataract surgery; how many people in each area received such surgery in each of the last five years; what the average waiting time for surgery was in each area in the last period for which figures are available; and what the longest time is for which a patient has been waiting for cataract surgery in each area.

(99774)

417
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will break down by age the number of nurses working in the health service in Northern Ireland.

(99775)

418
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) health boards and (b) NHS trusts in the Province have early intervention plans for tackling diabetes.

(99776)

419
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken in the Province to increase awareness of the risks of cannabis use.

(99777)

420
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of the infant surgical unit at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

(99778)

421
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the (a) extent of the need for gastric bypass surgery in the Province and (b) merits of providing funding to allow such surgery to be performed in the Province.

(99779)

422
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients were treated at the Regional Fertility Centre in each of the last five years; how many couples are on the waiting list for treatment at the Centre; what the average waiting time for (a) initial assessment and (b) each treatment offered at the Centre was in the last period for which figures are available; and what the longest time is for which a patient has been waiting for (i) initial assessment and (ii) each treatment offered at the Centre.

(99780)

423
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of adverse drug reactions occurring in the Province in each of the last five years and (b) costs resulting from such reactions in each year.

(99781)

424
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the recomendations from the Equal Lives report of the Bamford Review; and what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the report.

(99782)

425
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many deaths were registered in Northern Ireland where the underlying cause was recorded as mesothelioma in each year between 2000 and 2005.

(99783)

426
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what licensed medicines are available to treat mesothelioma patients.

(99784)

427
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Regional Fertility Centre spent on Menopur in each of the last five years.

(99785)

428
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of treatments used at the Regional Fertility Centre.

(99786)

429
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much in costs and expenses was incurred by the commissioners overseeing the management of the South Eastern Education and Library Board in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by main cost area.

(99787)

430
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland died from asbestos-related illnesses in each of the last 20 years.

(99788)

431
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the Province who suffer from asbestos-related illnesses.

(99789)

432
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of asbestos-related conditions on the health service in the Province over the next 20 years.

(99790)

433
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to encourage hand washing in hospitals in Northern Ireland.

(99791)

434
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the costs resulting from healthcare-acquired infections in the Province.

(99792)

435
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for the development of the Action Plan for the Children's and Young People's Strategy.

(99793)

436
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the implementation structures for the Children's and Young People's Strategy are expected to be established.

(99794)

437
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of children and adolescents in the Province who (a) suffer from diabetes and (b) are at risk of developing diabetes.

(99822)

438
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the co-efficient values given to each of the property attributes for window glazing are in the Valuation and Lands Agency's calibrated Multiple Regression formula used in the domestic rates revaluation in Northern Ireland.

(99553)

439
N Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of domestic properties in Northern Ireland are classified by the Valuation and Lands Agency with property attribute codes of (a) SG-Wood, (b) SG-PVC, (c) SG-Metal, (d) DG-Wood, (e) DG-PVC and (f) DG-Metal.

(99829)

Questions to the Prime Minister

440
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2030W, on gifts, on how many occasions gifts have been given to overseas dignatories at public cost in each of the last five years.

(99673)

441
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2030W, on gifts, what the average cost was of gifts given to overseas dignatories at public cost in each of the last five years; what the costs were of (a) the most expensive and (b) the least expensive gift given; and if he will make a statement.

(99674)

442
N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Prime Minister, in what capacity his right hon. friend the Member for Ashfield attends meetings of the Cabinet.

(99649)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

443
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what training his Department's security staff based in Dover House have received since 5th May 2005 in (a) counter-terrorism and (b) customer service.

(100021)

Questions to the Solicitor General

444
N Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the occasions over the last 10 years when the Government has decided not to claim to after winning a court case against litigants seeking or obtaining judicial review of Government policy decision; whether the Government conceded the principle of not reclaiming such costs in advance of each court case being heard; and what criteria are used in deciding whether to pursue such costs.

(99211)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

445
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many BP employees are on secondment to his Department; what areas they are working on; on what terms; and how many BP employees have been on secondment to his Department in each year since January 2002.

(99209)

446
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to Question 96606, if he will apply the Furniture and Furnishing Regulations 1988 to imported furniture at the point of entry into the UK, with particular reference to sofas.

(99849)

447
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the (a) effectiveness and (b) enforcement of regulations on the control of fireworks; and if he will make a statement.

(99368)

448
N Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment tribunals involving a pre-hearing on the employment status of the appellant took place in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and how many of the pre-hearings were (i) appealed and (ii) overturned on appeal.

(99503)

449
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 13th September 2006, Official Report, column 2323W, on citizens advice bureaux, what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) time-limited and (b) on-going support.

(100175)

450
N Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding is provided to the UK Energy Research Centre by his Department; what the aims of the body are; and how many staff are employed by it.

(99933)

451
N Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on plans to stimulate the development of renewable energy technologies through the planning system.

(99934)

452
N Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding will be provided to the UK Research Council office in Hong Kong by his Department; what the aims of the office are; and how many staff the office will employ.

(99935)

453
N Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to open UK Research Council offices overseas.

(99936)

454
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners have received a full and final payment of less than £1,000 for chronic bronchitis and emphysema in each of the last three years.

(99892)

455
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in establishing a minimum compensation payment for former miners suffering from chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

(99893)

456
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many successful claims there have been from former miners in Barnsley East and Mexborough for (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) vibration white finger; and what the total value is of such claims.

(99894)

457
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding the Office of Science and Technology has provided for research projects by organisations in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in each of of the last five years for which figures are available.

(99740)

458
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to visit Cuba to view their vaccine projects.

(99974)

459
N Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices there were in each constituency in (a) 1999 and (b) 2005, listed in descending order of the change in the number of sub-post offices between the two dates.

(99465)

460
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has been informed of for wind farms with a generating capacity in excess of 50MW in (a) Clocaenog Forest, (b) Denbighshire and (c) the County Borough of Conwy.

(99937)

461
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for the future of the post office network in Sunderland; and whether the new card account for pensioners will be retained.

(99886)

462
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to tackle rogue door to door salesmen.

(99887)

463
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department plans to allocate to the Royal Society International Fellowship Scheme in each of the next five years.

(99907)

464
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many foreign scientists he expects to take part in the Royal Society International Fellowship Scheme.

(99908)

465
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which areas of science will be covered by the Royal Society International Fellowship Scheme.

(99909)

466
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what applications his Department has received to fund research and development work on new nuclear reactor designs from (a) the University of Manchester and (b) other organisations; what responses have been given to each application; and if he will make a statement.

(100010)

467
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for excessive packaging under the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003.

(99941)

468
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints about excessive packaging Trading Standards departments have treated as coming under the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003; and what action was taken in each case.

(99942)

469
N John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent meetings he has had with HBOS on the continued trading of Farepak between August and October.

(99215)

470
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the preparedness of the British marketing sector to market the 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement.

(100013)

471
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the annual turnover of the British marketing sector was in each year between 1990 and 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(100014)

472
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will meet the Chartered Institute of Marketing to discuss strategies for marketing the 2012 Olympic Games.

(100015)

473
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with retailers on compensation for Farepak customers.

(98876)

474
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the administrator of European Home Retail, PricewaterhouseCooper, on Farepak.

(99985)

475
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mechanisms are in place to protect consumers from unduly high interest rates on personal borrowing; and if he will make a statement.

(99669)

476
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to extend further the powers and responsibilities of regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement.

(99680)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

477
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress in delivering the new rules governing the release of vehicle keeper information by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority from the UK vehicle registers.

(99701)

478
N Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many regional railway tsars have been appointed since 2004; how many are in post; and if he will make a statement.

(99556)

479
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held since July with Direct Rail Services on security arrangements for the transport of (a) irradiated spent nuclear fuel and (b) other nuclear materials.

(100080)

480
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has given to haulage companies on (a) reduction of fuel consumption and (b) increase in energy efficiency.

(100081)

481
Mike Gapes (Ilford South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential economic impact of Crossrail on the economy.

(99891)

482
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers has been in the last 12 months.

(99953)

483
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October 2006 to Question 98374, on the security screening at Northern Ireland airports, whether members of the judiciary are included in the category of certain passengers.

(99940)

484
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the central Government approved per capita investment in transport has been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region.

(100078)

485
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the bid contracts for the former Thameslink route.

(100171)

486
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 98546, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured by drivers who were using hand-held mobile phones in each year before 2005 for which figures are available.

(99864)

487
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Motorcyclists Federation and (b) the Motorcycle Industry Association on mini moto regulation; and if he will make a statement.

(100170)

488
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of levels of road traffic congestion in the Bristol area.

(99706)

489
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected cost is of the Javelin rail service which will serve the Olympics.

(99749)

490
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent per capita on public transport in (a) the North East region and (b) Hartlepool constituency in each of the last five years.

(99853)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

491
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the use of Welsh sporting venues in connection with the 2012 London Olympics.

(100037)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

492
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 50 English wards are with the highest proportion of children aged 15 years or under living in households where benefits for worklessness are received.

(99726)

493
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what housing benefit expenditure was in each local authority area in London in each of the last five years at 2006 prices.

(99728)

494
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what housing benefit expenditure was on (a) tenants in social housing, (b) tenants in private rented accommodation and (c) households in temporary accommodation in (i) England and (ii) each London local authority in each of the last five years.

(99729)

495
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit payment was to households in temporary accommodation in each London local authority in each of the last five years.

(99730)

496
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the relationship between levels of worklessness and rent levels in (a) social rented housing and (b) temporary accommodation.

(99731)

497
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what housing benefit expenditure was on households in temporary accommodation in each year since 1997.

(99732)

498
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households of working age in (a) social housing and (b) temporary accommodation were estimated to be in work in each English region in each of the last five years.

(99733)

499
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income is of households in social rented accommodation in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each London borough.

(99802)

500
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated (a) to each London local authority and (b) in each region of the UK under the discretionary housing payment scheme in each of the last five years; and what proportion was used in each case.

(99923)

501
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many discretionary housing payments were awarded in each London local authority in each of the last five years; and what the average value was of those payments during that period.

(99924)

502
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the use of discretionary housing payments to sustain tenants in the privately rented housing sector.

(99925)

503
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the future of discretionary housing payments.

(99926)

504
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on legal action on backdated widowers benefit (a) in the domestic courts and (b) before the European Court; and how much his Department has spent on agreed settlements in lieu of backdated widowers benefit.

(99552)

505
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) smallest, (b) largest and (c) average settlements made by the Government in lieu of backdating widowers benefit are.

(99559)

506
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been written off by the Child Support Agency in respect of debts classified as with limited prospects of recovery for cases in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(99709)

507
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent bullying in the workplace on grounds of (a) religion, (b) ethnicity and (c) sexual orientation; and how much his Department plans to spend on such programmes in the next 12 months.

(99906)

508
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of bereavement benefit was in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(100048)

509
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which social security benefits are not means-tested; and what factors were taken into account when deciding not to means test each such benefit.

(100049)

510
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of unemployment benefit/jobseekers allowance was as a percentage of average earnings in (a) 1976-77 and (b) 2006-07; what percentage he expects it to be in 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.

(100060)

511
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of total claims for industrial injuries benefit were claimed in each category of injury and disablement in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(99840)

512
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of industrial injuries benefits in each year since 1996-97; and what are the projected costs in each year up to 2008-09.

(99841)

513
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what entitlement the self-employed have to industrial injuries benefit; and if he will make a statement.

(99842)

514
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming industrial injuries benefit were (a) in work, (b) out of work and of working age and (c) retired in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(99843)

515
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of reduced earnings allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(99844)

516
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect receipt of industrial injuries benefit has on entitlement to incapacity benefit.

(99845)

517
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over the state retirement age are in receipt of reduced earnings allowance.

(99846)

518
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on each category of benefit administered by his Department in the last year for which figures are available.

(99847)

519
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of ending the means test for income-based jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(99944)

520
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Chief Executive of Job Centre Plus plans to reply to the letter of 23rd May 2006 from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the case of Mr G. D. of Aylesbury, acknowledged by his Department on 31st May 2006, reference POS(7)10353/0116.

(99848)

521
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made by the triparite group on information delivery of benefits to cancer patients; and if he will make a statement.

(99852)

522
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK left employment in the last 12 months; how many were provided with job search support via Government agencies; what the (a) total and (b) average cost per person was of providing job search support; what success rates were achieved; and how success is measured.

(99939)

523
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the value at 2006 prices of the 25 pence age addition for those aged 80 years old and over introduced in 1971.

(98879)

524
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged 80 years old or over are in receipt of an occupational pension.

(98880)

525
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners over 80 years old there were in the United Kingdom in each year since 2001.

(98881)

526
N John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of state pension, including the 25 pence age allowance, was paid to over 80 year olds in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006.

(98884)

527
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31st October 2006, Official Report, columns 273-4W, on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, what statutory powers of regulation are held by the Health and Safety Executive to regulate the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

(99457)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

528
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned into the merits of tax incentives designed to encourage the use of public transport.

[Transferred] (100139)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

529
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much EU funding was spent on small and medium-sized enterprises in the last period for which figures are available for (a) the South East England Development Agency and (b) all regional development agencies.

[Transferred] (99664)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

530
Patrick Mercer (Newark):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place of fundraising charities associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the United Kingdom.

[Transferred] (99675)

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