WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland *1
| Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): What progress has been made in improving early years nursery provision in Northern Ireland. | | (99176) | *2
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What assurances he has received from Sinn Fein on policing in Northern Ireland. | | (99177) | *3
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): What progress has been made towards securing the support of political parties in Northern Ireland for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (99178) | *4
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): If he will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland. | | (99179) | *5
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent assessment he has made of the involvement of paramilitary organisations in organised crime in Northern Ireland. | | (99180) | *6
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): If he will make a statement on progress in implementation of the St Andrew's agreement. | | (99181) | *7
| Kali Mountford (Colne Valley): What steps he has taken to increase the supply of energy to Northern Ireland from renewable sources. | | (99182) | *8
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): What plans he has to enable the public sector in Northern Ireland to increase its use of renewable energy. | | (99183) | *9
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What the latest figure is for the number of people waiting for more than six months for an NHS operation in Northern Ireland. | | (99184) | *10
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): What progress has been made towards securing the support of political parties in Northern Ireland for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (99185) | *11
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): When he expects neighbourhood renewal areas in Northern Ireland to be established. | | (99186) | *12
| Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden): What progress has been made in reducing the effects of fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. | | (99187) | *13
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What steps have been taken to reduce fuel poverty in Northern Ireland. | | (99188) | *14
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): What steps he is taking to ensure that Northern Ireland benefits from the 2012 Olympics. | | (99189) | *15
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): If he will make it his policy to consult local communities on the placement of sex offenders. | | (99190) | At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice. *1
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 8th November. | | (99995) | *2
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): | | (99996) | *3
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham): | | (99997) | *4
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will make a statement on the future of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service and their community first responders. | | (99998) | *5
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): | | (99999) | *6
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): | | (100000) | *7
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): | | (100001) | *8
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): | | (100002) | *9
| Philip Davies (Shipley): | | (100003) | *10
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): | | (100004) | *11
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): | | (100005) | *12
| Chris Bryant (Rhondda): | | (100006) | *13
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): | | (100007) | *15
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): | | (100009) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 31 October 1
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the application of its rules as they affect British athletes; and what monitoring her Department undertakes of the appeals process adopted by the IAAF for cases of alleged drug taking. | | (99497) | 2
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preliminary estimate he has made of the cost of a new generation of the nuclear deterrent based upon the Trident ballistic missile system and four new submarines. | | (99296) | 3
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the scale of the military threat posed by Taliban fighters. | | (99297) | 4
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence he has of the involvement of non-Afghan nationals in the insurgency in Afghanistan. | | (99298) | 5
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he has received on the countries of origin of the shaped charges being used against United Kingdom vehicles in Iraq. | | (99299) | 6
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the design of the Future Surface Combatant; and how many such vessels are expected to be ordered. | | (99300) | 7
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of HMS Sultan. | | (99493) | 8
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans for engineering training in the Armed Forces. | | (99494) | 9
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the re-locking exercise at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham following the key compromise situation on 29th June; and if he will make a statement. | | (99459) | 10
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken to complete a prison cell searching risk assessment; and if he will make a statement. | | (99495) | 11
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the proposed co-ordination of nuclear power research programmes across the European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (99496) | 12
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of (a) injuries and (b) fatalities to heavy goods vehicle drivers of the compulsory introduction of speed limiting devices; and if he will make a statement. | | (99458) | 13
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the widening of the M1 motorway between junctions 8 and 10 is not being carried out on a 24-hour basis. | | (99460) |
Notices given on Wednesday 1 November 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many house repossessions have occurred in Coventry South in the last 12 months. | | (99736) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have take up Government initiatives on shared ownership and subsidised home ownership in Coventry South. | | (99737) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions took place during his recent visit to China. | | (99735) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for special educational needs in Coventry. | | (99734) |
Notices given on Thursday 2 November 1
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department takes to ensure that (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) local authorities meet European network of training organisations standards to ensure that employers and workplaces taking young people on work placements are suitable. | | (100151) | 2
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote the online teaching resource at www.wiseup2work.co.uk. | | (100152) | 3
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the actions being taken by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in relation to chaplaincy services with the guidelines in NHS Chaplaincy: meeting the religious and spiritual needs of patients, published in November 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (100116) | 4
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th October 2006, Official Report, column 1839W, on product distribution, what form the assurances from Pfizer take; and when and by whom they were made. | | (100115) | 5
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work is scheduled to take place on or near junction 4 on the north bound carriageway of the M18 motorway; how long it will take to complete; whether lane closures will be necessary; and if he will make a statement. | | (99976) |
Notices given on Friday 3 November 1
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many passengers passing through Heathrow have been (a) strip searched and (b) x-rayed by HM Revenue and Customs officials in each month of the last two years, broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) ethnicity; and in how many cases this has led to prosecution for drug-related offences. | | (100256) | 2
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to assist poultry farmers with the implementation of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control charges. | | (100248) | 3
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual income of the Environment Agency from fees earned from regulating the integrated pollution prevention and control regulations. | | (100257) | 4
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has assessed the reasons for the change in the number of people registered as (a) blind and (b) partially sighted in England between 2002-03 and 2005-06; and if she will make a statement. | | (100249) | 5
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process the Government will use to assess risk of trafficking in developing their returns programme for unaccompanied children who have been refused asylum; and if he will consult non-governmental organisations in the UK in developing this programme. | | (100252) | 6
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2006, Official Report, column 655W, on hospital chaplains, which religious umbrella groups other than the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum were consulted; and if he will consult the Caleb Foundation. | | (100253) | 7
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2006, Official Report, column 655W, on hospital chaplains, how (a) the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, (b) the Elim Pentecostal Church in Ireland, (c) the Congregational Union of Ireland, (d) the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, (e) the Reformed Presbyterian Church, (f) the Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches and (g) the Church of the Nazarene were consulted; and what response each gave concerning the effect on them. | | (100254) | 8
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd November 2006, Official Report, column 655W, on hospital chaplains, what measures have been taken to ensure that the best practice framework issued by the Government complies with equality legislation. | | (100255) | 9
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests he has made for repayment of sums wrongly taken by UDM/Vendside from his Department in the last month; and for how much. | | (100250) | 10
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice his Department is providing to individual consumers on complaining to the Law Society about double charging by solicitors for miners' compensation claims. | | (100258) | 11
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many accidents resulting in death or serious injury occurred to Royal Mail employees in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what percentage of these accidents were as a result of road traffic accidents. | | (100259) | 12
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents in each of the last five years involved a driver from outside the UK who did not hold a British driving licence. | | (100251) |
Notices given on Monday 6 November 1
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average life expectancy is in each ward in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forset; and what the average life expectancy was in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2001. | | (100441) | 2
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will detail the share of national income going to (a) wages and (b) salaries for each year since 1992. | | (100387) | 3
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is for the number of individuals who earned a second income from e-trading in each of the last five years. | | (100323) | 4
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many e-traders were successfully prosecuted for VAT evasion by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five tax years. | | (100379) | 5
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has taken to reduce child poverty in Clwyd South since 1997. | | (100380) | 6
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of e-traders that have failed to register for VAT; and if he will make a statement. | | (100393) | 7
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ban fundraising networks in the United Kingdom that are associated with the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). | | (100369) | 8
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the balance is of the National Insurance Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (100458) | 9
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average (a) unsecured debt per person and (b) annual income was in each year since 1997. | | (100365) | 10
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost was to his Department of answering parliamentary questions in the last 12 months. | | (100466) | 11
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the appointments process for the Duchy Council is. | | (100410) | 12
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what analysis she has commissioned of the comparative terms and conditions offered by public sector information holders to external licensees and public sector information holders applied to products and services and subsequently sold in equivalent markets; and what evidence she has provided to the Office of Fair Trading inquiry into this issue. | | (100402) | 13
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board have taken longer than 12 months to reach a decision. | | (100349) | 14
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005 and (vi) 2006 are outstanding at the Adjudication Panel after being referred by the Standards Board. | | (100350) | 15
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in respect of how many (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils has the Standards Board not received a complaint against any elected member since 2001. | | (100351) | 16
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were received by the Standards Board against an elected member of a (a) local authority and (b) parish council in each year between 2001 and 2006. | | (100352) | 17
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board against an elected member of a (a) local authority and (b) parish council in each year between 2001 and 2006. | | (100353) | 18
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board were upheld in each year between 2001 and 2006. | | (100354) | 19
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints against elected members of (a) local authorities and (b) parish councils referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board concerned the failure to declare a (i) non-financial interest and (ii) personal interest in each year between 2001 and 2006. | | (100355) | 20
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints against an elected member of (a) a local authority and (b) a parish council in (i) London, (ii) the South East, (iii) the South West, (iv) the Midlands, (v) the North East, (vi) the North West and (vii) Wales have been referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board since 2001. | | (100356) | 21
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been received by the Standards Board since 2001. | | (100357) | 22
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been referred to the Adjudication Panel by the Standards Board since 2001. | | (100358) | 23
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been upheld by the Adjudication Panel after being referred by the Standards Board since 2001. | | (100359) | 24
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to tackle deprivation in Norwich North. | | (100411) | 25
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which senior employees of Milton Keynes Partnerships are not resident within the borough of Milton Keynes. | | (100332) | 26
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidelines her Department has issued to housing renewal pathfinders on the proportion of social housing in regeneration schemes it supports financially; and if she will make a statement. | | (100382) | 27
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what criteria were met for legal aid to be granted in the case of Sutradhar-v-Natural Environment Research Council. | | (100463) | 28
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, why the Lord Chancellor did not reply substantively before 2nd October to the letters from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight dated 25th July and 25th August. | | (100341) | 29
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects in the West Midlands region are under consideration by her Department. | | (100373) | 30
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many consultants are employed in her Department. | | (100374) | 31
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department are employed in (a) the West Midlands region and (b) Coventry. | | (100375) | 32
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to market Wearside as a base for film production. | | (100401) | 33
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council are. | | (100468) | 34
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medical support is available to those taking part in the Special Forces basic parachute training course; and what changes to such support have been made in the last 12 months. | | (100303) | 35
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which recommendations from the report on the death of Captain Daniel Wright have been implemented. | | (100317) | 36
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had on providing (a) individual radios and (b) radio frequencies for military parachutists. | | (100329) | 37
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce (a) automatic activation devices and (b) audio altimeters for military trainee parachutists. | | (100330) | 38
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the length of service required to qualify for the operational bonus will be the same as that required to qualify for the operational service medal. | | [R] (100333) | 39
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question 99074, on warrior vehicles, tabled by the hon. Member for South West Befordshire on 30th October for answer on 2nd November. | | (100364) | 40
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chief of the Air Staff about the performance of the Movements organisation in each of the last five years. | | (100426) | 41
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many President of the Regimental Institute shops operate at military bases in the UK; and how many are run by commercial businesses. | | (100308) | 42
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues to commanding officers on (a) the appointment of external commercial businesses to run President of the Regimental Institute shops, (b) permissable profit margins of such shops, (c) the overhead costs which such businesses should pay and (d) the proportion of the profits of such businesses which should be paid to regimental or other funds for the welfare of service men and women. | | (100309) | 43
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many meetings of the Advisory Group on the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire there have been; if he will publish the minutes of those meetings; and how many enquiries he has (a) received and (b) responded to on the work of the Group. | | (100452) | 44
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children achieved (a) level 7 in Key Stage 3 SATS and (b) two or more A grades at A-level in each local education authority (LEA), broken down by ethnic origin and classification of the LEA as (i) selective, (ii) partially selective and (iii) comprehensive in each of the last three years; and what the average percentage of children in each category was in England in each year, broken down by ethnic origin. | | (100429) | 45
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of candidates achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in each (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c) comprehensive local education authority in the last 12 months, broken down by ethnic origin of candidates. | | (100443) | 46
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the national average percentage of candidates achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics was in the last 12 months, broken down by ethnic origin of candidates. | | (100444) | 47
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the hourly rate of pay is on the post-school training programme E2E; what the hourly rate was in the predecessor scheme; when the reduction in the rate of pay was implemented; how many people are participating in the new scheme; how many people participated in the predecessor scheme; how many people have gone into full-time employment on leaving the E2E scheme since its introduction; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in the length of the E2E scheme. | | (100310) | 48
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether there will be a national skills academy in one of the five Olympic boroughs; and if he will make a statement. | | (100403) | 49
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans his Department has to incorporate media and current affairs studies in secondary schools. | | (100376) | 50
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to refurbish school science laboratories since May 2005. | | (100413) | 51
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of graduates who one year after graduating in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004 and (d) 2005 were (i) in post-graduate training, (ii) unemployed, (iii) employed in graduate-level roles and (iv) employed in non-graduate-level roles; and if he will make a statement. | | (100462) | 52
| Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce a module on health and safety as part of the teacher training curriculum and as a professional development tool for teachers. | | (100371) | 53
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children were statemented in each local education authority in the last academic year for which figures are available. | | (100386) | 54
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has undertaken on the costs of providing nursery places in the (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent sectors. | | (100344) | 55
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the cost of disposing of the nuclear waste resulting from (a) British Energy's eight nuclear power stations and (b) the Ministry of Defence's nuclear weapons and nuclear powered craft. | | (100440) | 56
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of staff redundancies at the Wildlife Unit at Stroud, Gloucestershire, on his Department's tuberculosis research projects. | | (100368) | 57
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the remit is of the (a) Veterinary Products Committee and (b) Medical and Scientific Board; and to whom each answers. | | (100326) | 58
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) contracts and (b) service level agreements Natural England has inherited from EngNature with environmental organisations, broken down by (i) length and (ii) value of contract. | | (100392) | 59
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he is making on plans for the vaccination of stock in the event of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom. | | (100425) | 60
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library the risk assessment carried out by his Department prior to his reductions in funding for the current year of (a) British Waterways and (b) the Environment Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (100383) | 61
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the impact of 2006-07 budget reductions to British Waterways; and if he will make a statement. | | (100384) | 62
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the mid-year reduction in funding to British Waterways on the navigability of the Cheshire Ring of canals by boaters; and if he will make a statement. | | (100385) | 63
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6th November 2006, on sanctions regimes currently implemented by the UK, why EU sanctions against Uzbekistan were omitted from the list. | | (100446) | 64
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether reports produced by the International Tax and Investment Centre have been forwarded by the UK's Ambassador to Iraq or his office to Ministers in the Iraqi government or the Coalition Provisional Authority since March 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (100404) | 65
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's position is on the proposed extradition to Iran of the Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf, South East Baghdad; and if she will make a statement. | | (100405) | 66
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates since March 2003 (a) the UK's Ambassador to Iraq and (b) her officials met International Tax and Investment Centre representatives; what subjects were discussed; and if she will make a statement. | | (100407) | 67
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the Maldives authorities about the policing of peaceful protests; and if she will make a statement. | | (100408) | 68
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the position is on the proposal for an Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty; and if she will make a statement. | | (100435) | 69
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment her Department's human rights monitors have made of the use of cluster bombs; why those used in the Lebanon-Israel conflict were not referred to in her Department's Human Rights Annual Report 2006; if she will ensure that such a reference be included in the next report; and if she will make a statement. | | (100456) | 70
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place between her Department's officials and officials from the US Administration about Cuba. | | (100412) | 71
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 10th July 2006, Official Report, column 1530W, on Sudan, what progress has been made in the extension of the UN arms embargo to cover the whole of the Sudan; and if she will make a statement. | | (100419) | 72
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 30th October 2006, Official Report, column 242W, on Afghanistan, what measures the Pakistani President indicated would be taken to deal with the Taleban and reduce the level of activity across the border into Afghanistan. | | (100420) | 73
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 31st October 2006, Official Report, column 379W, on the Palestinian Authorities, in what fora United States security co-ordinator plans to deliver tangible improvements in the day-to-day lives of Palestinians will be reported; what the plans involve; and when they are expected to be implemented. | | (100421) | 74
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 4th September 2006, Official Report, column 2046-7W, on Lebanon, what equipment requirements for the Lebanese armed forces have been identified; and if she will make a statement. | | (100424) | 75
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what decisions have been taken following the discussions held in Paris, Rome, Brussels, Beirut, Washington and New York on security sector reform in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement. | | (100436) | 76
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in implementing the Action Plan for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice in Afghanistan; and whether she expects the programme to meet commitments set out in the Afghanistan Compact. | | (100437) | 77
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been received from the Pakistan government on steps to secure the Pakistan-Afghan border; and what UK assistance is being considered. | | (100438) | 78
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last annual review under the terms of the Enduring Relationship Declaration between the UK and Afghanistan took place; what the findings of the review were; and what priorities were agreed for the next period. | | (100439) | 79
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to (a) the Prime Minister of Israel and (b) the Palestinian President on the military offensive in Gaza; and if she will make a statement. | | (100454) | 80
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she expects to take as a result of her representative's recent visit to Syria; and if she will make a statement. | | (100455) | 81
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she intends to call for a ban on cluster munitions at the Conference on Certain Conventional Weapons. | | (100427) | 82
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, on receipt of the National Audit Office's report into the use by the Foreign Office of public funds in relation to the management of staff including the handling of grievance-type issues, she will (a) publish the report on her Department's Intranet site and (b) forward a copy to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. | | (100416) | 83
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will reply before the end of the session to Questions (a) 95746, (b) 95747, (c) 95777, (d) 95748, (e) 95749 and (f) 95754 on Iraq tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 18th and 19th October; and what the reasons are for the delay in replying. | | (100431) | 84
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visa arrangements have been granted by the UK to Salah Gosh, head of the Sudanese National Intelligence Service, over the last 12 months; and on what dates he has been admitted to the UK. | | (100415) | 85
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Israel on its military incursions in Gaza; and if she will make a statement. | | (100389) | 86
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has been invited to make a submission to the US Iraq Study Group. | | (100390) | 87
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has made a submission to the US Iraq Study Group Inquiry. | | (100391) | 88
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she envisages there being a role for patient forums in the establishment and running of local involvement networks; and if she will make a statement. | | (100464) | 89
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) Redbridge and (c) Waltham Forest who have sleep apnoea; what treatment is available for sleep apnoea on the NHS; how many are estimated to suffer from it; where in East London the treatment is available; what policy local primary care trusts have for funding the relevant treatment; and if she will make a statement. | | (100409) | 90
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the likely implications are for Whipps Cross hospital of the decision to invest in Barts hospital; and if she will make a statement. | | (100418) | 91
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial resources have been used to promote non-drug intervention for depression to (a) GP surgeries and (b) relevant patient groups. | | (100320) | 92
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Beating the Blues programme and (b) other non-drug intervention for depression. | | (100321) | 93
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will reply before prorogation to Question 96462 on the sterile supplies service in North East Hertfordshire tabled by the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire on 18th October. | | (100400) | 94
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) she and (b) her officials have had in the last six months with HM Treasury to discuss the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Private Finance Initiative; and if she will make a statement. | | (100322) | 95
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration in the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Trust area in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (100461) | 96
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug users are registered with the Peterborough Drug Intervention Programme. | | (100472) | 97
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that all women with appropriate need receive at least one cycle of IVF funded by the NHS. | | (100343) | 98
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) posts and (b) services in Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust (PCT) are under review as a result of the requirement on the PCT to find savings in the 2006-07 financial year. | | (100334) | 99
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust expects its negotiations with Milton Keynes Hospital on the 2006-07 budget to conclude. | | (100335) | 100
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust expects to announce what measures it plans to take in order to meet its revised budget. | | (100336) | 101
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent estimate is of the outturn against planned expenditure of Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust in 2006-07. | | (100337) | 102
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish a response to the 2005 consultation on the sale of branded generic medicines; and if she will make a statement. | | (100363) | 103
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent changes there have been in the distribution of drugs to pharmacies; and what discussions she has had with the (a) National Pharmacy Association and (b) Dispensing Doctors Association about those changes. | | (100331) | 104
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guarantees were given on the future of the accident and emergency department at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath arising from the Best Care, Best Place document and its conclusions. | | (100325) | 105
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the financial position of (a) North West London Hospitals Trust and (b) Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (100366) | 106
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of KPMG's consultancy for Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust. | | (100367) | 107
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the possible link between bisophenol-A and insulin resistance. | | (100470) | 108
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 9th October 2006, Official Report, column 628W, on NHS estate safety, if she will break down by main budget heading the total cost of the backlog in high-risk maintenance work. | | (100399) | 109
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS posts became vacant and not filled in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each trust in each year since 1997. | | (100445) | 110
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have made representations about their stay rights having been granted a valid work permit since the change of system from unified work permit and stay visa application to separate applications for both; how his officials are dealing with such enquiries; if he will instruct his officials to take account of potential confusions following the change of system when permission to stay is being considered; and if he will make a statement. | | (100395) | 111
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how unproven allegations of child abuse are recorded by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB); how many such allegations are on CRB records; what procedure there is for the removal of an unfounded allegation; and if he will make a statement. | | (100459) | 112
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of women trafficked into the UK and sold into the sex trade in each of the last three years. | | (100316) | 113
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths there were in each prison in the Metropolitan Police District area in each year since 2000. | | (100339) | 114
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many escapes occurred from each prison in the Metropolitan Police District area in each year since 2000. | | (100348) | 115
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given (a) discretionary leave and (b) humanitarian protection to remain following a failed asylum application in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (100448) | 116
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters have been received by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate from hon. Members on constituency cases in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (100449) | 117
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were given (a) discretionary leave and (b) humanitarian protection to remain in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (100450) | 118
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted exceptional leave to remain in each year between 1997 and 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (100451) | 119
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Category D prisoners over the age of 70 are not being considered for parole because of the severity of their original offence; what the average period of imprisonment is which they have served; and what assessment has been made in each case of the likely danger to the public if they were to be released on licence. | | (100428) | 120
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Cetegory D prisoners over the age of 70 are serving sentences in jails in England and Wales. | | (100442) | 121
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reply before the end of the session to Question 92421 on police secondments tabled by the hon. Member for Thurrock on 6th October; and what the reason has been for the delay in replying. | | (100430) | 122
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 14, (ii) 15 to 24, (iii) 25 to 34, (iv) 35 to 44, (v) 45 to 54, (vi) 55 to 64 and (vii) over 65 years in each of the ethnic appearance categories were registered on the National DNA Database in each period for which figures are available. | | (100362) | 123
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are registered on the National DNA Database, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age group and (c) ethnicity category were subsequently (i) convicted, (ii) charged but not convicted and (iii) not convicted in relation to the events leading to the DNA sample being taken. | | (100394) | 124
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when information and communication technology infrastructure will be standardised across police authorities. | | (100465) | 125
| 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 Operation Pentameter. | | (100467) | 126
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Public Services Union on the use of volunteers by the Metropolitan Police. | | (100469) | 127
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of (a) average life expectancy in Sierra Leone and (b) changes in life expectancy over the past five years. | | (100406) | 128
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of policies to promote sustainable development in Cuba. | | (100414) | 129
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 20th October 2006, Official Report, column 1481-2W on Afghanistan, whether an assessment has been made of the number of schools that have closed in Afghanistan due to violence since January 2006. | | (100423) | 130
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of and (b) recent trends in the number of internally displaced people in Iraq. | | (100453) | 131
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to make provision for Questions unanswered at prorogation to be carried over to and answered in the next session of Parliament. | | (100340) | 132
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Department for Regional Development (DRD) has spent on essential infrastructure work on the Derry-Belfast railway line between (a) Derry and Ballymena and (b) Ballymena and Belfast in each of the last three years; and how much DRD plans to spend on that work in each of the next three years. | | (100304) | 133
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of how many hours per week, on average, a carer in Northern Ireland spends providing care for their patient. | | (100305) | 134
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of carers in Northern Ireland have been providing care for (a) less than one year, (b) one to three years, (c) three to five years and (d) more than five years. | | (100306) | 135
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of carers in Northern Ireland have (a) given up their jobs and (b) reduced their working hours to provide care for their patients. | | (100307) | 136
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students in each Education and Library Board area are receiving Education Maintenance Allowance. | | (100318) | 137
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to encourage electricity customers in Northern Ireland to use EcoEnergy; and if he will make a statement. | | (100319) | 138
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of carers in Northern Ireland are (a) male, (b) female and (c) aged (i) 18 to 30, (ii) 30 to 50, (iii) 50 to 65 and (iv) over 65 years. | | (100327) | 139
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of carers in Northern Ireland are related to the patient for whom they care. | | (100328) | 140
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average time was between first consultation and diagnosis for those with rheumatoid athritis in each Health and Social Services Board area in the last 12 months. | | (100345) | 141
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) males, (b) females, (c) adults and (d) children in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. | | (100346) | 142
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made by the Water Service in rationalising its Telemetry Services; and when a decision is expected on a centralised location. | | (100347) | 143
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, at what temperature DRD Roads Services deploys road gritting vehicles. | | (100360) | 144
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the lowest recorded temperature was in Derry on the night of 2nd November 2006; and how many road gritting vehicles were deployed in Derry on that night. | | (100361) | 145
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment was made of the potential model for the operation of the water sewerage service; how and by whom that assessment was conducted; how much it cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (100311) | 146
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision under Planning Policy Statement 14 has been made for the building of accommodation in rural areas for disabled persons requiring independent living accommodation close to family. | | (100312) | 147
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons his Department gave prior approval to the Northern Ireland Police Fund to make a severance payment to Mr Desmond Clayton; how much was approved as a payment; and what information the Northern Ireland Police Fund submitted to his Department on (a) the dismissal of and (b) the severance payment for Mr Clayton. | | (100314) | 148
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of records kept by the Criminal Records Bureau on the ability of those on whom records are kept to (a) find employment and (b) adopt children; and if he will make a statement. | | (100433) | 149
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2030W, on gifts, if he will list the gifts (a) given to and (b) received from overseas dignatories under the value of £140 in each of the last three years; and what the average value of such gifts was in each category. | | (100378) | 150
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, when the National Audit Office expects to publish its report into the use by the Foreign Office of public funds in relation to the management of staff including the handling of grievance-type issues. | | (100417) | 151
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the causes have been of the delay in finalising and publishing the National Audit Office report into the use by the Foreign Office of public funds in relation to the management of staff including the handling of grievance-type issues; when meetings were held between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the National Audit Office (NAO) to discuss the draft report; on what dates correspondence was exchanged between the FCO and the NAO on the contents of the draft report after the NAO submitted the draft to the FCO in August; and if he will make a statement. | | (100432) | 152
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EU Directive 80/181/EEC; and if he will make a statement. | | (100324) | 153
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what written representations he has received from elected representatives of Manchester City Council regarding the proposed franchising of Chorlton Crown post office since 15th October; what discussions have taken place between Government Ministers and such representatives on the proposed franchising since that date; and which such representatives have met Ministers to discuss the franchising since that date. | | (100313) | 154
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of storing the Powerhouse project has been since it was removed from Horse Guards Parade in 1998. | | (100315) | 155
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the expenditure by his Department has been on the promotion of design in each of the past nine years. | | (100388) | 156
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to protect customers of saving schemes in the event that the company goes into liquidation and is unable to fulfil its financial obligations. | | (100396) | 157
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the meeting between his Department, the British Retail Consortium and the administrators of Farepak on 21st October. | | (100397) | 158
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to investigate whether money continued to be collected by agents of Farepak Christmas hampers after the company had collapsed. | | (100398) | 159
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) financial and (b) other support is given to encourage the establishment of waterborne sustainable transport within urban areas using inland waterways; and if he will make a statement. | | (100471) | 160
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to implement fully the Government's policy of providing a motorway service area every 30 minutes on the motorway network. | | (100377) | 161
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new powers to regulate bus services his Department plans to give to local authorities outside London; and what the timescale is for the introduction of those powers. | | (100338) | 162
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that new smartcard ticketing under the new West Midlands, East Midlands and Cross Country rail franchise contract agreement will allow passengers to cross franchise borders using the same smartcard ticket. | | (100342) | 163
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest are in receipt of incapacity benefit; and how many of these people have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for (i) up to one year, (ii) one to two years, (iii) two to five years and (iv) over five years. | | (100434) | 164
| Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will enhance the requirement for workplace supervision in the Code of Practice for the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations in relation to vetting of premises for suitability of work placements for young people. | | (100370) | 165
| Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will improve health and safety guidance for those involved in education, training and employment of young people. | | (100372) | 166
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which countries the United Kingdom has a reciprocal agreement on the annual uprating of British expatriate pensions. | | (100457) | 167
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria need to be met to enable a reciprocal agreement to be in place between the United Kingdom and another country to allow for the pensions of British expatriates who live in that country to be uprated fully each year. | | (100460) | 168
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the records held by his Department and The Rent Service (TRS) on the number of localities used by TRS to determine local reference rents in each month since 1999. | | (100381) | 169
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department asked the Rent Service to provide evidence to support its estimate of the likely increase in the number of localities from 400 to 4,000 following the Court of Appeal judgment on local reference rents in Stockport referred to in the Answer of 16th April 2002, Official Report, column 888W; and if he will make a statement. | | (100422) | 170
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information about local reference rents has been made available by the Rent Service since November 2003. | | (100447) |
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