Oral Answers

Monday 8 January 2007

House of Commons Commission21
    Energy Efficiency
22
    Fair Trade Products
21
Leader of the House18
    Wars: Parliamentary Approval
18
Work and Pensions1
    Benefit Sanctions
1
    Child Poverty
3
    Child Support
17
    Departmental Expenditure
10
    Disabled People
12
    Incapacity Benefit
8
    Means-tested Benefits
18
    Occupational Pensions
5
    Payment Fraud and Error
14
    Pensions Bill
16
    Welfare Reform
11
    Welfare to Work
17
    Winter Fuel Allowance
15

Written Ministerial Statements

Monday 8 January 2007

Constitutional Affairs1WS
    Freedom of Information
1WS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office2WS
    Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
2WS
Treasury1WS
    Child Trust Fund
1WS
    Public Service Pensions
1WS

Written Answers

Monday 8 January 2007

Culture, Media and Sport114W
    Consultants
114W
    Departmental Training and Equipment
114W
    Humanitarian Assistance Unit
115W
    Licensing Act
115W
    London Olympics
116W
    Non-departmental Public Bodies
119W
    Sport England
120W
    Terrorism (Victims)
120W
    TV Licence
121W
Defence75W
    Active Denial System: US
75W
    Afghanistan
75W
    Agency Personnel: Scotland
77W
    Armed Forces: Benefit Payments
78W
    Armed Forces: Casualty Reporting
78W
    Armoured Vehicle Training
78W
    Army Air Corps
80W
    Atomic Weapons Establishment
79W
    Bonuses
81W
    Chief of the General Staff: Briefing Group
81W
    Chorley Territorial Army Centre
81W
    Cluster Munitions
81W
    Correspondence
82W
    Defence Contracts
82W
    Defence Export Services Organisation
82W
    Departmental IT
83W
    Departmental Staff
84W
    Ex-servicemen: Falklands War
84W
    Ex-servicemen: Glasgow
85W
    Ex-services Personnel: Welfare Support
85W
    Gershon Review
86W
    Gurkhas
86W
    Helicopters
86W
    Infantry: Target Strength
87W
    Iraq
89W
    Japan: Former Civilian Internees
89W
    Joint Personnel Administration
90W
    KBR
90W
    Legal Advice
91W
    Mental Health
91W
    Meteorological Office
92W
    Military Deployments
93W
    Military Parachutists
93W
    Ministerial Visits
94W
    Missing Military Personnel
96W
    Nuclear Disarmament
97W
    Nuclear Liabilities
98W
    Nuclear Submarines
99W
    Nuclear Weapons
100W
    Official Engagements
101W
    Outsourcing
101W
    Pensions
102W
    Postal Services
103W
    RAF Akrotiri
103W
    Records
103W
    Recruitment
104W
    Retirement Age
105W
    Royal Irish Regiment
105W
    Royal Navy Ships
105W
    Service Children's Education Agency
107W
    Service Personnel
109W
    Special Advisers
109W
    Submarines
110W
    Sudan
110W
    Thermal Imaging
110W
    Trident
111W
    TriStars (Spare Parts)
112W
    UK Reservists
112W
    Veterans Lapel Badge
112W
    War Graves
113W
    War Pensions
113W
    Warships
113W
Education and Skills1W
    Childhood Obesity
1W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office1W
    Anschutz Entertainment Group
1W
    Anti-conversion Laws
1W
    China
3W
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
3W
    Departmental Annual Report
4W
    Engagements
4W
    Ethiopia
4W
    Iraq
5W
    Lebanon
6W
    Madagascar
7W
    Middle East
7W
    North Korea (Nuclear Capability)
8W
    Palestine
8W
    Parliamentary Questions
8W
    Somalia
9W
    Sudan
10W
    Terrorism (Victims)
13W
    WMD Dossier
14W
    Zimbabwe (Refugees)
14W
Health17W
    A and E Admissions
17W
    Acinetobacter
17W
    Acquired Brain Injuries
18W
    Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
18W
    Admittance Decisions
18W
    Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy
19W
    Alimta
20W
    Ambulance Services
20W
    Asthma
21W
    Blue Badges
21W
    Cancer Treatment
21W
    Carbon Credits
22W
    Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
22W
    Carisoprodol
22W
    Cervical Cancer
24W
    Child Health Interim Application
24W
    Childhood Obesity
25W
    Clinical Coding
25W
    Community Matron Scheme
25W
    Community Services (Bexley)
25W
    Community Treatment Orders
26W
    Compensation Payments
26W
    Consultant Contracts
26W
    Continuing Care
26W
    Correspondence
27W
    Dacorum Primary Care Trust
27W
    David Southall
27W
    Dehydration
28W
    Dementia
28W
    Departmental Commercial Director
29W
    Departmental Equipment
29W
    Departmental Finance
30W
    Diabetes
30W
    Digital Hearing Aids
30W
    Doctors and Nurses
30W
    Doncaster Royal Infirmary
31W
    Drug Misuse
31W
    Emergency Treatment
32W
    Foster Report
32W
    Foundation Trusts
32W
    Genito-urinary Clinics
32W
    Gershon Review
33W
    GP Referrals
33W
    Haemophiliacs
33W
    Health and Personal Social Services
34W
    Health Care Professionals (Recruitment)
34W
    Health Providers
35W
    Health Trusts
36W
    Health Visitors and Community Nurses
36W
    Healthcare: Immigrants
41W
    Hearing and Sight Tests
36W
    Heart Disease and Stroke Services
37W
    Hospital Closures
38W
    Hospital Closures (Media Interest)
38W
    Hospital Staff
38W
    Hospital-acquired Infections
39W
    Independent Treatment Centres
41W
    Influenza Vaccinations
42W
    Inter-authority Transfers
43W
    Intermediate Beds
44W
    Interpreters
44W
    Investing in Your Health Consultations
45W
    Lincolnshire Chief Executive
45W
    Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma
45W
    Medical Staff (Sexual Offences)
46W
    Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
46W
    Mental Health
48W
    Metered Dose Inhalers
49W
    Ministerial Meetings
50W
    New Mother Discharges
50W
    Newcastle Primary Care Trust
51W
    NHS Debt
51W
    NHS Emissions
52W
    NHS Expenditure
52W
    NHS Finance
53W
    NHS Financial Performance
54W
    NHS Head of IT
54W
    NHS Operating Framework
54W
    NHS Reconfiguration
55W
    NHS Redundancies
55W
    NHS Trusts
55W
    NICE
55W
    Non-elective Admissions
56W
    Nurses
56W
    Nursing Posts
56W
    Parliamentary Questions
57W
    Perinatal Nursing
59W
    PFI Schemes
59W
    Pharmaceutical Services
59W
    Physiotherapy
59W
    Prescription Charges
59W
    Primary Care Trust Expenditure
57W
    Public Health Directors
61W
    Residential Care
61W
    Resource Accounting
61W
    Resource Allocation
61W
    Responsible Drinking
63W
    Ritalin
64W
    Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
65W
    School Nurses
65W
    Sexually Abused Children
66W
    Side Effects
67W
    Special Advisers
68W
    Specialist Diet Foods: VAT
68W
    Speech Therapists
68W
    Staff Magazine
68W
    Training
69W
    Training Grade Doctors
69W
    Turnaround Teams
70W
    Waiting List Deaths
71W
    Waiting Times
72W
    West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust
72W
    York Hospitals NHS Trust
72W
Home Department121W
    Airports (Security)
121W
    Alcohol Rehabilitation
123W
    Alcohol-related Offences
122W
    Arrest Rates
123W
    ASBOs
123W
    Bail Offenders
126W
    Brakecare
126W
    British Transport Police
126W
    Child Kidnapping
127W
    Child Sex Offenders
127W
    CICA Payouts
128W
    Closed Circuit Television
128W
    Correspondence
128W
    CRB Checks
128W
    Crime Prevention (Clwyd, South)
128W
    Crime Statistics
129W
    Crime Statistics
132W
    Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
131W
    Criminal Records Bureau
131W
    DNA Database
132W
    Domestic Violence
135W
    Drug-addicted Prisoners
135W
    Europol Information System
136W
    Fixed Penalties
137W
    Foreign Drivers
138W
    Group 4
138W
    Guantanamo Detainees
138W
    Hague Programme
139W
    Historic Child Abuse
139W
    Human Trafficking
140W
    Identity Cards
140W
    Illegal Firearms
142W
    Illegal Fox Hunts
142W
    Interpreters
142W
    IT Projects
143W
    Life Sentences
145W
    London Olympics
145W
    Murders (Mental Illness)
147W
    National Offender Management Service
148W
    National Security Co-ordination Centre
149W
    Offender Management Bill
147W
    Police Searches
149W
    Prisons
150W
    Probation Service
156W
    Procurement Projects
156W
    Prostitution
157W
    Public Order
157W
    Rape
158W
    Ritalin
159W
    Sex Offenders
159W
    Shopping Centres: Security
160W
    Single Non-emergency Number
160W
    Stop and Search
160W
    Terrorism Act
161W
    Thefts: Telephone Report
163W
    Underage Drinking
163W
Transport14W
    Car Sharing
14W
    Consultancy Fees
16W
    Darlington
15W
    Departmental Staff
16W
    Eddington Report
17W
Treasury197W
    Pensions
197W
Work and Pensions163W
    Asperger's Syndrome
163W
    Benefit Payments
164W
    Benefit Payments: Cleethorpes
165W
    Benefit Payments: Tamworth
166W
    Carers
166W
    Civil Servants
167W
    Contact Centres
168W
    CSA
168W
    Departmental Call Centres
169W
    Departmental Database
169W
    Departmental Expenditure
170W
    Departmental Statistics
171W
    Disability Benefits
173W
    Disabled People: Clwyd, South
173W
    Equitable Life
174W
    Financial Assistance Scheme
174W
    Harris Tweed Weavers
174W
    Incapacity Benefit
176W
    Leak Inquiries
177W
    Local Government
178W
    Motability
178W
    Mrs. Joanna Stephenson
179W
    Occupational Pensions
179W
    Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman
180W
    Parliamentary Questions
180W
    Pension Credit
184W
    Pension Rights: Bankruptcy
190W
    Pensions
191W
    Private Finance Initiative
194W
    Public Bodies: Staff
194W
    Retirement Age
195W
    Rural Support
195W
    Social Security Benefits
196W
    Vacancies: West Chelmsford
196W
    Widowers: Benefits
197W

Written Answers

Monday 8 January 2007

Church Commissioners320W
    Parliamentary Questions
320W
Constitutional Affairs325W
    Bank Charges
325W
    Compensation Payments
326W
    Damages
326W
    Departmental Equipment
327W
    Freedom of Information Act Fees
327W
    IT Projects
327W
    Legal Aid
328W
    MMR and MR: Litigation Costs
328W
    Parliamentary Questions
329W
    Public Liability Insurance
329W
    Public Opinion Research
329W
Culture, Media and Sport247W
    Archaeological and Historic Sites
247W
    Arts Participation
247W
    British Cycling (Drugs)
248W
    Departmental Expenditure
248W
    Departmental Finance
248W
    Digital Broadcasting
249W
    Digital Television
251W
    Film Production
253W
    Flags
253W
    Gambling: Advertisements
253W
    General Household Survey
254W
    Historic Environment Sites
254W
    Historical Sites
255W
    Kensington Palace Gardens
255W
    Museums and Galleries
255W
    National Lottery
256W
    Olympic Games
256W
    Parliamentary Questions
257W
    Physical Activity
257W
    Public Appointments: Political Activities
258W
    Remembrance Sunday
259W
    Rowing
259W
    Royal Events
259W
    Sports Coaching
260W
    Telephone Services
260W
    Trooping the Colour
261W
    Union Flag
261W
    Visitor Economy
262W
Defence321W
    Christmas Travel
321W
    Complaints
322W
    Faslane
322W
    Nuclear Weapons
323W
    Parachute Training
323W
    School Cadet Forces
324W
    Stores Management
324W
    Sudan
325W
Education and Skills222W
    Adult Education
222W
    Anaphylactic Shock
222W
    Annual Pay Award
223W
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
223W
    Building Schools for the Future Programme
224W
    Capital Investment Budget: Schools
224W
    Child Protection
225W
    Childhood Obesity
225W
    Children in Care
226W
    Connexions
228W
    Education Funding: North Lincolnshire
229W
    Education: Qualifications
229W
    Educational Attainment
229W
    Educational Maintenance Allowance: Lincolnshire
230W
    Free School Meals
231W
    GCSEs
231W
    Learning and Skills Council
232W
    Looked-after Children
232W
    Nursery Providers
235W
    Prison Education
237W
    Pupils: Assessments
237W
    Random Drug Testing
238W
    School Leavers
238W
    School Staffing Regulations
239W
    School Thefts
239W
    Schools: Darlington
240W
    Schools for the Future Programme
239W
    Schools: South West Region
241W
    Teaching Staff
243W
    Telephone Numbers
243W
    Translation and Interpretation Services
244W
    Truancy
245W
    Unauthorised Absences
245W
    United Learning Trust Sponsored Academies
246W
    Youth Workers
246W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs262W
    Agricultural Shows
262W
    Agriculture: Subsidies
263W
    Animal Culls
263W
    Animal Welfare Act
263W
    Badger Culling
263W
    Bees
264W
    Biosecurity
264W
    Bovine Tuberculosis
266W
    BSE
267W
    Christmas Trees
267W
    Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act
268W
    Competition Commission
269W
    Departmental Energy Efficiency
269W
    Departmental Property
269W
    Departmental Staff
270W
    Electric Shock Collars
270W
    Electronic Equipment
270W
    Eunomia Consultancy
271W
    Fallen Stock
271W
    Farms
272W
    Flood Defences: North Yorkshire
272W
    Gamebird Farms
272W
    Gershon Review
273W
    Global Warming
274W
    GM Potatoes
275W
    Marine Fisheries Agency
275W
    Meat Imports
276W
    Organic Wine
284W
    Public Opinion Research
285W
    REACH Regulations
285W
    Retirement Age
286W
    Reuse Credits
286W
    Rural Community Councils
286W
    Single Farm Payments
287W
    Tenant Farmers: Diversification
289W
    Total Allowable Catch: Rockall
289W
    Water Order 2001
289W
House of Commons Commission210W
    IT Support Services
210W
    Video Conferencing
210W
Leader of the House208W
    House of Lords Reform
209W
    Members' Salaries
209W
    Official Report: Ministerial Corrections
209W
    Parliament: Public Awareness
208W
    Political Party Funding
209W
    Retirement Age
210W
Minister for Women320W
    Sexual Orientation Discrimination
320W
Northern Ireland329W
    Collusion Allegations
329W
    Compensation Payments
330W
    Consultation Exercises
330W
    Departmental Staff
333W
    Gershon Review
334W
    Golden Jubilee Medal
335W
    Private Finance Initiative
335W
    Special Advisers
336W
    Water Supplies
336W
Prime Minister246W
    Ministers: Exit Interviews
246W
    Parliamentary Questions
246W
    Saudi Arabia
246W
    Special Advisers
247W
Solicitor-General321W
    Al-Yamamah Programme
321W
    Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
321W
Trade and Industry290W
    Alcohol Sales
290W
    Association of South East Asian Nations
290W
    BAE Systems
290W
    British Household Panel Survey
291W
    Business Support
293W
    Carbon-Free Energy
293W
    Climate Change
294W
    Coal Industry Compensation
294W
    Company Directors
296W
    Departmental Energy Policy
296W
    Departmental Projects
296W
    Departmental Staff
297W
    Electricity Generation
297W
    Employment Tribunals
298W
    Energy Efficiency
298W
    Energy Market
298W
    Energy Review
299W
    Energy Supplies
300W
    Enterprise Insight
301W
    Enterprise Week
301W
    Flood Defences
301W
    Fuel Poverty
302W
    Gas Cylinders
302W
    Gas Prices
303W
    Insolvency Act
303W
    Legal Advice
304W
    National Consumer Council
304W
    Nuclear Energy
305W
    Nuclear Power Facilities
305W
    Nuclear Waste
306W
    Phoenix Companies
306W
    Post Offices
307W
    Postal Services
307W
    Public Opinion Research
313W
    Public Sector Information
313W
    Regional Development Agencies
314W
    Regulation (EC) No. 2006/2004
313W
    Research Projects
315W
    River Severn: Power Generation
315W
    Royal Mail: Industrial Action
315W
    Rural Areas
316W
    Scientific Publications Market
316W
    Supermarkets
316W
    Tech Stars Steering Committee
317W
    Televisions: Disposal
317W
    UK Competitiveness Committee
317W
    Union Modernisation Fund
318W
    World Trade Organisation
318W
    Written Questions
318W
Transport211W
    Car Registration
211W
    Driving Examiners
211W
    Freight
212W
    FV Gaul
214W
    M6 Toll Road
214W
    MOT Tests
215W
    Pay Bargaining Unit
215W
    Roads
218W
    Roadworks
219W
    Section 29 Cases
220W
    Speed Limit
221W
    Vehicle Safety
221W
Wales318W
    Carbon Neutrality
318W
    EU Foreign Ministers Meeting
319W
    HM Revenue and Customs
319W
    Manufacturing
319W
    Nuclear Power
319W
    Parliamentary Questions
320W
    Pre-legislative Scrutiny
320W
Work and Pensions199W
    Benefit Recipients: Peterborough
200W
    Benefits
201W
    Child Poverty
203W
    Disabled People
199W
    Earnings Link
200W
    Electrical Engineers
205W
    Health and Safety at Work
200W
    Home Responsibilities Protection
205W
    Income Levels
206W
    Jobcentre Plus
206W
    Lone Parents
206W
    New Deal
199W
    Occupational Pensions
199W
    Pensioner Benefits: Warrington
208W
    Take-up Rates: Scotland
208W

Written Answers

Monday 8 January 2007

Communities and Local Government362W
    Barker Review
362W
    Building Standards
363W
    Church of Scientology
363W
    Compensation Payments
363W
    Consultants
363W
    Council Houses
365W
    Council Tax
365W
    E-democracy Conference: Budapest
365W
    Expanded Open Market HomeBuy Scheme
366W
    Flood Plains: Housing
367W
    Goods/Services: Discrimination
367W
    Home Inspectors
367W
    Housing
368W
    Local Government Finance
368W
    Local Government Pensions
369W
    Places of Worship
370W
    Planning
370W
    Public Opinion Surveys
370W
    Regeneration
370W
    Regeneration: Liverpool
371W
    Renewable Energy
375W
    Repossessions and Evictions
375W
    Section 106 Agreements
376W
    Solar Panels
376W
Deputy Prime Minister432W
    Post Offices
432W
Duchy of Lancaster431W
    Government Publications
431W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office351W
    Bangladesh
351W
    Bolivia
352W
    Chad
352W
    China
352W
    European Common Asylum Policy
353W
    Indonesia
353W
    Iran
353W
    Iraq
354W
    Madagascar
354W
    Nangpa Incident
355W
    Overseas Missions
355W
    Pakistan
356W
    Palestine
356W
    Peru
357W
    Sierra Leone
357W
    Somalia
358W
    Sudan
359W
    Uganda
359W
    UK-funded Medical Treatment
360W
    Uruguay and Argentina
361W
    Venezuela
361W
    Visas
361W
    Zimbabwe
361W
Health339W
    Alcohol-related Conditions
339W
    Branded Generic Medicines
339W
    Capital Resource Funds Allocation
341W
    Cholesterol Levels
341W
    Commission for Patient and Public Involvement
341W
    Community Hospitals
342W
    Contact Lenses: Sales
342W
    Correspondence
342W
    Dentistry
342W
    Dyspraxia
344W
    Gershon Review
344W
    Hand Sanitisation
345W
    Infectious Diseases
345W
    Local Involvement Networks
345W
    Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
346W
    Ministerial Visits
346W
    NHS Buildings
347W
    NHS Trusts: Financial Deficits
347W
    NHS Trusts: Prompt Payment
347W
    North Bristol Trust
348W
    Patient Forums
348W
    Private Finance Initiative Projects
348W
    Prostate Cancer
349W
    Public Involvement
349W
    Severalls Hospital
349W
    Sexual Health
350W
    Statins
350W
    Waiting Times
351W
Home Department432W
    Assaults
432W
    Asylum and Immigration
438W
    Asylum Registration Cards
437W
    Bereavement Counselling
439W
    Child Immigrants
440W
    Corporal Punishment
440W
    Correspondence
441W
    Crime: Cumbria
441W
    Departmental Computer Data
441W
    Departmental Expenditure
442W
    Departmental Library
442W
    Departmental Staff
443W
    DNA Database
443W
    Driver Improvement Courses
444W
    Efficiency Gains
445W
    Escort Services
445W
    Foreign Prisoners
445W
    Furniture
446W
    Gershon Review
446W
    Harmondsworth Centre
446W
    Immigration and Nationality Directorate
447W
    Justice and Home Affairs: Passerelle
448W
    Langley House
449W
    National Offender Management Service
449W
    National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit
449W
    New Asylum Model
450W
    Parliamentary Questions
450W
    Prison Management
450W
    Prisons
451W
    Probation Service
452W
    Recidivism
452W
    Release and Recall Section
453W
    Retirement Age
454W
    Road Accidents: Prosecutions
454W
    Rural Services
454W
    Sentencing Discounts
455W
    Terrorism Act
455W
    Victim Support
455W
    Youth Justice System
456W
International Development376W
    Afghanistan
377W
    Aid Expenditure
378W
    AIDS
379W
    “Responsibility to Protect”
376W
    BBC World Service Trust
380W
    British Overseas Territories
381W
    Carbon Emissions
383W
    Carbon Offsetting Fund
384W
    CDC Group
384W
    China
385W
    Cluster Munitions
387W
    Conflict Areas
387W
    Corporate Hospitality
388W
    Defence Export Services Organisation
388W
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
388W
    Departmental Equipment
389W
    Departmental Finance
389W
    Departmental Publications
392W
    Departmental Studies
392W
    Energy
392W
    Engagements
394W
    Furniture
394W
    Globaleq
394W
    HIV/AIDS
395W
    Indonesia
395W
    Iraq
395W
    IT Projects
396W
    Kashmir
396W
    Kenya
397W
    Montserrat
397W
    Nepal
397W
    Open-source Software
398W
    Procurement Projects
398W
    Public Opinion Research
399W
    Red Cross
401W
    Russian Federation
401W
    Security
402W
    Special Advisers
402W
    St. Helena
402W
    Strategic Conflict Assessments
403W
    Sudan
404W
    United Nations
404W
    Vietnam
405W
    Water and Sanitation
405W
    World Bank/IMF
406W
    Zimbabwe
410W
Treasury410W
    11 Downing Street
410W
    Bingo Industry
410W
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