Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 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 Wednesday 22 November 2006
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 22 November 2006

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 22 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 Wednesday 22 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 22 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which options for payment are offered to new claimants of (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credit and (c) working tax credit; and if he will place in the Library copies of the relevant standard letters and leaflets.

(102399)

2
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of tax credit fraud involving (a) giro cheques and (b) fake giro cheques his Department has investigated.

(102400)

3
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigation his Department has undertaken into tax credit fraud involving giro cheques.

(102401)

4
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants received giro cheques for (a) regular and (b) exceptional payment of tax credits in each of the last four years.

(102402)

5
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his estimate of the social cost of carbon includes an element for the cost of potential climate-related catastrophes.

(102344)

6
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress is being made in negotiations to extend the derogation from EU regulations to enable pleasure boats to use red diesel.

(102352)

7
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a cost/benefit analysis of EU membership.

(102312)

8
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102420)

9
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies supply his Department's (a) electricity, (b) telephones, (c) heating and (d) water.

(102753)

10
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Smith Institute events and (b) events hosted in conjunction with the Smith Institute have been held at No. 11 Downing Street in the last 12 months.

(102754)

11
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total pension liabilities for employees of his Department and its agencies.

(102769)

12
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in staff expenses in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last three financial years.

(102770)

13
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Solvency II directive to come into effect.

(102775)

14
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects agreement to be reached on the Solvency II directive.

(102790)

15
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last discussed the Solvency II directive with (a) other EU counterparts and (b) the European Commission.

(102791)

16
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the proposed Solvency II directive will have on the limits and restrictions on the type of assets which may be held to cover capital requirements by insurance companies; and if he will make a statement.

(102792)

17
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Financial Services Authority on the implications of the Solvency II directive.

(102793)

18
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from insurance companies about the impact of the Solvency II directive.

(102794)

19
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of the implementation of the Solvency II directive to the (i) insurance industry and (ii) consumers.

(102795)

20
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in expenses for (a) his special advisers and (b) his Council of Economic Advisers in each of the last three financial years.

(102817)

21
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the Christmas cards prepared by his Department in 2005 were unused.

(102857)

22
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small companies received direct help with administration of their tax and payroll in 2005.

(102859)

23
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what each gift received by (a) special advisers in his Department and (b) the Council of Economic Advisers declared to his Department in the 2005-06 financial year was; on what date each was given; what the estimated cost was of each; what the reason was for giving each gift; and what the name of the recipient was.

(102864)

24
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what each gift given by his Department in the 2005-06 financial year was; on what date each was given; what the estimated cost was of each gift; what the reason was for giving each gift; and who the recipient was of each.

(102865)

25
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of HM Treasury's energy supply is generated from renewable sources.

(102866)

26
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) make and (b) model is of the car he most regularly uses in the course of his official duties.

(102867)

27
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection his Department has made of (a) the total level of public expenditure and (b) spending by each Government Department between 2015 and 2020.

(102868)

28
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes his Department has employed Opinion Leader Research (OLR); and what the (a) title and (b) cost was of each research project undertaken by OLR for his Department in the last three years.

(102870)

29
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was of (a) fixed line telephone bills and (b) mobile telephone bills in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last five years.

(102871)

30
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public relations companies were employed by his Department in each year between 1997 and 2002.

(102872)

31
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many open cases were outstanding in HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last four quarters.

(102392)

32
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide details of the Innovation Fund to support Research, Development and Innovation in Northern Ireland which he announced on Wednesday 1st November 2006 as part of his economic package for Northern Ireland; what levels of funding will be provided to the Innovation Fund; and for how many financial years it is planned to operate.

(102504)

33
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the tax credits computer system software was last updated; and if he will make a statement.

(102355)

34
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how calls between tax credits helpline callers and HM Revenue and Customs are (a) recorded and (b) archived; how many people are employed in such processes; and if he will make a statement.

(102366)

35
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the tax credits computer system last crashed; and if he will make a statement.

(102577)

36
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy of distributing tax credits by giro cheque.

(102648)

37
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Beverley and Holderness constituency are in receipt of tax credits; how many receive tax credits by giro cheque; and if he will make a statement.

(102649)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

38
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 their creation; and what the estimated cost of each is for 2006-07.

(102702)

39
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was of (a) notional rent and capital charges and (b) routine maintenance for (i) the ministerial flat above 10 Downing Street and (ii) the three ministerial flats in Admiralty House in 2005-06.

(102704)

40
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on websites within the Cabinet Office's responsibility in each year since 1997-98.

(102705)

41
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 (a) Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office has been in the last 12 months.

(102706)

42
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.

(102707)

43
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 the Cabinet Office in each year since 2004-05.

(102708)

44
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether Mr Alastair Campbell has received payment from public funds in relation to his work for the Cabinet Office, including the Prime Minister's Office, since his resignation as Director of Communications and Strategy in 2003.

(102712)

45
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the 20 customers are of the new version of the Knowledge Network.

(102713)

46
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many full-time equivalent staff from the Cabinet Office are provided to assist the Lord Chancellor in holding functions at his official residence in Admiralty House.

(102714)

47
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what trades and services are provided by the agency and specialist sub-contractors providing maintenance to Admiralty House.

(102717)

48
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many full-time equivalent staff work in (a) the Cabinet Office Parliamentary Branch, (b) the Infrastructure Division and (c) the Cabinet Office Communication Group.

(102718)

49
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total floor space is of the Ripley building in Whitehall.

(102719)

50
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library a copy of the revised guidance recently provided by the Cabinet Secretary on council tax and official ministerial residences.

(102720)

51
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many special advisers are employed by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Prime Minister's Office.

(102739)

52
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether her Department uses an internal traffic light system in relation to written Parliamentary Questions.

(102740)

53
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 in each salary band.

(102750)

54
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many projects have been undertaken by the (a) Social Exclusion Taskforce and (b) Office of the Third Sector since it was established; what assessment she has made of the effect of each project; and if she will make a statement.

(102751)

55
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 (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Cabinet Office in each year since 1997-98; and what the expected costs are in 2006-07.

(102752)

56
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was paid in fees by (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's office to external consultants in the 2005-06 financial year.

(102757)

57
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) contracts have been awarded and (b) payments have been made to Freud Communications by (i) the Prime Minister's Office and (ii) the Cabinet Office since May 1997.

(102758)

58
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the residents are of the three ministerial residences in Admiralty House.

(102759)

59
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether public expenditure has been incurred in refurbishing the flat above 10 Downing Street since 31st March.

(102760)

60
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what training courses are available to staff in the Cabinet Office.

(102761)

61
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many full-time equivalent staff from the Cabinet Office provide assistance to the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.

(102762)

62
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 the effect of each project.

(102763)

63
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on vehicles by (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997-98; and how much each office plans to spend in 2006-07.

(102764)

64
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the forecast costs are for maintaining websites within the Cabinet Office's responsibility in the 2006-07 financial year.

(102765)

65
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any of her staff in the Cabinet Office are classed as key workers for the purposes of the low-cost home ownership or shared ownership schemes.

(102766)

66
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total cost was of all projects undertaken by the Social Exclusion Taskforce since it was established.

(102767)

67
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much funding has been given to the GoldStar volunteering programme; and if she will make a statement.

(102831)

68
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Guidance on Information Assurance security policy will be published as part of the Cabinet Offices's Transformational Government programme.

(102832)

69
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants in her Department are allocated to work with the V charity on youth volunteering.

(102833)

70
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what role Rod Aldridge played in the GoldStar programme on volunteering.

(102834)

71
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate she has made of the proportion of dealings with Government which can be done by a member of the public electronically.

(102869)

72
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Government Departments have mandatory retirement ages.

(102397)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

73
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of the Government Office for the South East's commissioning of Roger Tym and Partners to produce reports on a south east regional assembly.

(102485)

74
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of net migration on (a) housing demand in England over the last five years and (b) future housing demand in England.

(102565)

75
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has given to the fire and rescue authorities on the recording and reporting of their response times to incidents.

(102350)

76
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislation to amend the Greater London Authority Act 1999 to ensure that the definition of municipal waste includes litter.

(102381)

77
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which staff in her Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102416)

78
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have mandatory retirement ages.

(102390)

79
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Small Business Friendly Concordat is planned to be made a compulsory agreement; and if she will make a statement.

(102541)

80
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of authorities has signed up to the Small Business Friendly Concordat voluntarily; and if she will make a statement.

(102542)

81
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to hold the first evaluation of local authority procurement under the Small Business Friendly Concordat; and if she will make a statement.

(102543)

82
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) extent to which the percentage of contracts handed to small to medium-sized enterprises has changed in the authorities which have adopted the Small Business Friendly Concordat and (b) impact of the Concordat on overall procurement costs; and if she will make a statement.

(102544)

83
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Small Business Friendly Concordat has affected the level of local authority procurement from local businesses; and if she will make a statement.

(102545)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

84
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which staff in her Department are (a) seconded from organisations with charitable status and (b) have (i) costs and (ii) salaries met (A) in part and (B) in whole from (1) public funds and (2) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102406)

85
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what plans she has for the renewal of the contract of the Information Commissioner in 2007; and if she will make a statement.

(102614)

86
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many Section 50 Decision Notices the Information Commissioner has issued in response to complaints about the citing by the National Archives of Exemption 41 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to requests for the disclosure of extracts from the 1911 Census records.

(102615)

87
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Government will publish a hard copy version of the Boundary Commission's recommendations on new Parliamentary boundaries in England.

(102799)

88
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department uses an internal traffic light or colour-coded system in relation to written Parliamentary Questions; and whether her Department grades or classifies written Parliamentary Questions according to their political sensitivity.

(102801)

89
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the procurement exercise notice to find providers for the e-voting pilots in the May 2007 local elections.

(102829)

90
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of electors who registered for postal votes in each year's elections since the Representation of the People Act 2000 came into force, excluding elections with all-postal voting.

(102830)

91
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the technical specifications of the CORE electoral registration database will allow for data matching with other databases in the future should legislation allow.

(102838)

92
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Government plans to lay before Parliament the Orders to ratify the Boundary Commission's recommendations on new Parliamentary boundaries in England.

(102839)

93
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Government plans to conduct further elections via all-postal voting.

(102840)

94
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many staff from her Department are provided to assist the Lord Chancellor in holding functions at his official residence in Admiralty House.

(102841)

95
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the budget is for the e-voting pilots in the May 2007 local elections.

(102842)

96
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether election pilot schemes will be used in any of the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007.

(102855)

97
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when work will start on the construction of the new Court House in Salisbury; when the new courts will be in service; and what the estimated cost is of the project.

(102501)

98
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what progress has been made on the appointment of new judges for the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal; and if she will make a statement.

(102310)

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

99
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to make an announcement on the operation of the charitable fund to provide compensation for British victims of terrorism abroad.

(102354)

100
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which staff in her Department are (a) seconded from organisations with charitable status and (b) have (i) costs and (ii) salaries met (A) in part and (B) in whole from (1) public funds and (2) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102407)

101
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received on the future funding of the BBC.

(102576)

102
N Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library the responses to the Consultation on the Tourism Strategy for the 2012 Olympic Games.

(102213)

103
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated cost is of switching (a) her Department's and (b) its agencies' telephone inquiry lines to freephone numbers.

(102619)

104
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much revenue (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies accrued from national rate telephone lines in each of the last five years.

(102621)

105
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Arts Council England in each year since 1997.

(102465)

106
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administration costs of the Arts Council England were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) staff costs and (b) non-staff costs.

(102466)

107
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent consideration has been given to the further regulation of television quiz channels which offer cash prizes.

(102317)

108
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 in regulating television quiz channels that offer cash prizes.

(102318)

109
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which digital television quiz channels are entitled to broadcast in the United Kingdom.

(102319)

110
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, from which budget the VAT costs associated with the London Olympics in 2012 are expected to be paid.

(102530)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

111
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of funding has been provided for the (a) Air Training Corps and (b) Army Cadet force in each of the last eight years.

(102679)

112
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any additional funding is available for Air Training Corps units seeking to improve existing premises or relocate to new premises.

(102680)

113
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the British Army is prepared to give to support the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force for Darfur in terms of (a) personnel, (b) equipment and (c) logistical support.

(102313)

114
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward measures to ban the use of cluster munitions as a response to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Review.

(102375)

115
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102408)

116
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the National Audit Office's management letters for the 2005-06 annual accounts of (a) the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruiting Agency, (c) the British Forces Post Office, (d) the Defence Analytical Services Agency, (e) the Defence Bills Agency, (f) Defence Communication Services Agency, (g) Defence Estates, (h) the Defence Medical Education Training Agency, (i) the Defence Procurement Agency, (j) the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, (k) the Defence Transport and Movements Agency, (l) the Defence Vetting Agency, (m) the Disposal Services Agency, (n) the Duke of York's Royal Military School, (o) the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency, (p) the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, (q) the Pay and Personnel Agency, (r) the RAF Training Group Defence Agency, (s) Service Children's Education and (t) the Veterans Agency.

(102555)

117
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's (a) Continuous Working Patterns Survey report, (b) Leave Survey report, (c) Pay Analysis - Current and Future Pay report and (d) Local Overseas Allowances Survey for each year since 1997-98.

(102556)

118
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of crimes that were classified as having a significant impact on defence capability was solved by the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency in each of the last five years.

(102590)

119
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces in each service were compulsorily discharged in each year since 1997-98, broken down by (a) senior and (b) junior officer and (i) senior and (ii) junior ranks.

(102591)

120
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of (a) the total funding necessary for all operational force enhancements referred to in his written statement of 24th July 2006 and (b) the amount and proportion of such funding to come from (i) acceleration of existing funding within his Department's budget and (ii) new funding from the Treasury.

(102592)

121
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military advisers are deployed for the training of the (a) Afghan National Army and (b) Iraqi Security Forces.

(102593)

122
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings he has had with the Bevin Boys Association to discuss the case for a medal for Bevin Boys; and when he expects to report on the outcome of his work examining the merits of such a medal.

(102699)

123
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of reference are for the review of the Ministry of Defence Police; when the review is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement.

(102316)

124
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients at Salisbury District Hospital in 2005.

(102476)

125
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the new Military Courts Martial Centre at Bulford.

(102502)

126
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what (a) rationale and (b) criteria the number of years of completed service for eligibility for an immediately payable pension for (i) officers and (ii) other ranks were determined.

(102308)

127
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected running costs per mile are of the BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle, including routine maintenance.

(102634)

128
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the price is of a BAe Land Systems RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle.

(102635)

129
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle (a) as supplied and (b) with slatted armour as delivered to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province.

(102636)

130
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) mine and (b) ballistic protection afforded by (i) the BvS10 Viking without slatted armour and (ii) the BAe Land Systems RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle.

(102640)

131
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost, excluding the cost of the weapon, is of providing the Defender Remote Weapon Station on the Panther Future Command Liasion Vehicle; and what protection the station affords from sniper fire.

(102641)

132
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors were taken into account in deciding to fit a Remote Weapon Station to the Panther Future Command Liasion Vehicle.

(102642)

133
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means (a) troops carried aboard the trailer component of a BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle and (b) other troops carried on such a vehicle acquire situational awareness prior to dismounting.

(102643)

134
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum speed is of a BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle when driven on paved roadways.

(102644)

135
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is, excluding that of the weapon, of providing the general purpose machine gun station on the BvS10 Viking all terrain vehicle; and what protection the station affords from sniper fire.

(102645)

136
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) data on running costs and (b) other economic data were obtained in relation to the vehicles evaluated during the Future Command Liasion Vehicle procurement; and whether the RG-31 was one of the vehicles evaluated.

(102646)

137
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will conduct a review of the siting of Armed Forces ammunition stockpiles to increase security and reduce risk of hazard.

(101629)

138
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future funding of the Defence Schools Presentation Scheme.

(102445)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

139
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants accompanied him on his recent trip to the Far East.

(102722)

140
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the estimated annual cost is of his ministerial car and driver, including all running costs and depreciation.

(102773)

141
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average cost was of gifts given to overseas dignitaries at public cost by him in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of (a) the most expensive and (b) the least expensive gift given.

(102776)

142
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the job title is of each staff member in his Department.

(102777)

143
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):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.

(102778)

144
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department uses an internal traffic light or colour coded system in relation to written parliamentary questions; and whether his Department grades or classifies written parliamentary questions according to their political sensitivity.

(102779)

145
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total cost to public funds, including paying for the expenses of his staff, was of his visit to the MIPIM Property Development Conference in Cannes in 2005.

(102780)

146
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost to public funds was of his Department ordering (a) a sign to the entrance to his office and (b) business cards.

(102781)

147
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has an incentive or bonus remuneration scheme for staff.

(102782)

148
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff work (a) in and (b) for his Department.

(102788)

149
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the budgeted expenditure by his Department is for 2006-07.

(102789)

150
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what post Mr Robbie Bulluch holds in his Department.

(102798)

151
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who his special advisers are; what the job title of each is; and who advises him on foreign affairs.

(102806)

152
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, for what reason Mr Robbie Bulluch accompanied him on his official visit to Malaysia.

(102807)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

153
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers he has in relation to unauthorised dwellings that are established on and adjacent to schools and close to classrooms which may be endangering pupils.

(102633)

154
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which staff in his Department are (a) seconded from organisations with charitable status and (b) have (i) costs and (ii) salaries met (A) in part and (B) in whole from (1) public funds and (2) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102409)

155
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools switched from offering the A-level syllabus to the International Baccalaureate in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(102536)

156
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford and (b) the London Borough of Bexley are repaying student loans.

(102448)

157
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations his Department has received from the Information Commissioner on the information sharing index.

(102804)

158
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Information Sharing Index database will be (a) linked and (b) enabled to share data with police records and databases.

(102805)

159
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, the staff of which voluntary and community sector organisations will be able to have access to the proposed information sharing index.

(102810)

160
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which organisations will audit the use of the information sharing index.

(102811)

161
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of schools in England are directly partnered with local companies.

(102858)

162
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities provide appropriate levels of support for runaway children.

(102525)

163
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will assess the merits of introducing centrally controlled provision for runaway children.

(102526)

164
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support is given to runaway children who are considered as having priority need.

(102527)

165
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the teaching of science and mathematics in schools to engage young people more effectively.

(102531)

166
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned into the cultural and ethnic make-up of pupils in faith schools in England.

(102547)

167
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) Muslim, (b) Catholic, (c) Hindu, (d) Jewish and (e) Sikh pupils there are at Church of England (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in England.

(102548)

168
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) Muslims, (b) Protestants, (c) Hindus, (d) Jewish and (e) Sikh pupils there are in Catholic (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in England.

(102552)

169
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) Christian, (b) Hindu, (c) Jewish and (d) Sikh pupils there are in Muslim schools in England.

(102554)

170
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of runaway children who are given a full independent interview by police before being returned to their parents.

(102700)

171
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support is provided to local authorities to ensure that runaway children are given a full independent interview by police before being returned to their parents.

(102701)

172
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) independent special schools and (b) maintained special schools closed in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority; and how many pupils there were at each school at the time of closure.

(102052)

173
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many enhanced provision facilities there were in maintained schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority; and what his estimate is of the numbers in independent schools in each year, broken down by local authority.

(102053)

174
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special needs units there were in (a) maintained schools and (b) independent schools in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority.

(102079)

175
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what schemes for schools are directly funded by his Department.

(102337)

176
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to improve the predictability of finance and income streams for further education institutions; and if he will make a statement.

(102617)

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

177
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average hourly rate was paid for (a) a member of staff employed at his Department and remunerated through an employment agency and (b) a member of staff employed and remunerated directly by his Department in the latest period for which figures are available.

(101119)

178
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on staff employed at his Department but remunerated through an employment agency in each year since 2001.

(101120)

179
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on flood defences in each year since 2001.

(101234)

180
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff have received payments through an employment agency for work undertaken in his Department in each year since 2001.

(101235)

181
N John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all integrated waste collection and street cleansing contracts let by waste authorities in London will be subject to the requirement to be in general conformity with the Mayor's Municipal Waste Management Strategy under his proposals set out in The Greater London Authority: The Government's Final Proposals for Additional Powers and Responsibilities for the Mayor and Assembly.

(100997)

182
N John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential to introduce a regional element to the Waste Infrastructure Development Programme for English regions outside London.

(100998)

183
N John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory powers the Mayor of London will have under the proposals set out in The Greater London Authority: The Government's Final Proposals for Additional Powers and Responsibilities for the Mayor and Assembly to ensure the objectives of the London Waste Infrastructure Development Programme are achieved.

(100999)

184
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in implementing the conclusions of the Government's Water Affordability Report of December 2004 in respect of low income families.

(102631)

185
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the view that human interference with badger setts is a causal factor in the transmission rates of bovine tuberculosis.

(102373)

186
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve skill levels amongst sectors for which his Department is responsible in relation to the land-based economy.

(102374)

187
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department first became aware of the alleged fraud on the mislabelling of eggs.

(102599)

188
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the bodies of the farming industry on including farming within the carbon dioxide emissions targets.

(102600)

189
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects milk quotas to be abolished.

(102601)

190
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of bovine TB there were in 2005.

(102602)

191
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's approach to organophosphates.

(102603)

192
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries he has been informed have had an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the last 12 months.

(102604)

193
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the frequency of waste collection is, broken down by local authorities which (a) directly operate and (b) subcontract the operation of pyrolysis plants.

(102606)

194
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102410)

195
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions untreated sewage was discharged into the (a) Hampshire Avon, (b) River Nadder, (c) River Ebble, (d) River Wylye and (e) River Bourne in Wiltshire in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.

(102500)

196
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will act to stop the export of waste electrical and electronic equipment that leaves the UK under the guise of being reusable when it has not been tested to see whether items are safe and fit for purpose.

(102632)

197
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time is for the Eaga Partnership to process a Warm Front grant application.

(102677)

198
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) contracts and (b) service level agreements with environmental organisations Natural England has inherited from English Nature; and what the (i) length and (ii) value is of each contract.

(102487)

199
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that property owners in rural areas are aware of possible future claims for a public right of way through the Discovering Lost Ways Project.

(102579)

200
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of the work of the Dart Estuary Environment Management Partnership and (b) the contribution made by the Cycleau Project to estuary management in each of the last three years.

(100825)

201
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will finance the continuation of the Dart Estuary Environment Management Partnership by making available funds for the Dart Harbour Navigation Authority.

(100826)

202
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plan he has for the Dart Estuary Environment Management Partnership following the cessation of the Objective 2 Cycleau Project.

(100827)

203
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has been given to waiving integrated pollution prevention and control charges for any period of time; and if he will make a statement.

(102537)

204
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conditions must be met before an integrated pollution prevention and control permit will be granted; what estimate his Department has made of the costs incurred by farmers to achieve the required standard; and if he will make a statement.

(102538)

205
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of (a) permits and (b) annual fees (i) will be to the integrated pollution prevention and control regime and (ii) was for the integrated pollution control regime under Part I of the 1990 Environment Protection Act; and if he will make a statement.

(102539)

206
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the amount of the fee for an integrated pollution prevention and control permit application was determined by the Environment Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(102540)

207
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in his discussions with the National Farmers' Union and the Environment Agency to limit the financial impacts on farmers of introducing integrated pollution prevention and control; and if he will make a statement.

(102546)

208
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of the Veterinary Products Committee also sit on the Medical and Scientific Panel.

(102503)

209
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has applied Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration to the disposal of dredged materials at Whitsand Bay; and if he will make a statement.

(102516)

210
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policies his Department operates on the disposal of dredged materials.

(102517)

211
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of dredged material were disposed in and around Whitsand Bay in each year since 1997; how much such material he expects to be disposed of there in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(102518)

212
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what licences to dispose of dredged material in Whitsand Bay have been issued.

(102519)

213
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the disposal of dredged materials in Whitsand Bay.

(102520)

214
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the origin is of the dredged material for which a licence has been issued for disposal in Whitsand Bay.

(102521)

215
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on remainder waterways of the proposed reduction in the budget of the Environment Agency and British Waterways.

(102369)

216
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on maintenance obligations in relation to the remainder waterways.

(102370)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

217
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparations have been made to move the British Embassy in Burma to the new capital, Naypiydaw.

(102492)

218
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department has received the appeal determination from the Home Office referred to in the Written Answer of 7th November 2006, Official Report, column 1438W, on visas; and when the visas will be issued to the two children to travel to the UK.

(101499)

219
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to implement UN Resolution 1701 and help secure the release of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

(102489)

220
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to enter Darfur; what she expects the size of the force to be; what discussions she has held with the British Embassy in Khartoum regarding the requirements of such a force; what discussions she has held regarding the selection of a commander for the force; and if she will make a statement.

(102320)

221
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK Government (a) has committed and (b) plans to commit to support democracy in Tonga; what discussions she has had with the New Zealand Foreign Ministry regarding its efforts to bring peace to Tonga; and what discussions she has had with the British High Commission in Nuku'alofa regarding the current conflict.

(102321)

222
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the visit of United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari, to Burma and (b) the effect of his visit on (i) human rights for the Burmese people, (ii) restrictions on humanitarian aid efforts, (iii) the use of forced labour and (iv) efforts to secure the release of political prisoners.

(102322)

223
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari to brief the Security Council on his visit to Burma.

(102323)

224
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to (a) Russia, (b) China and (c) the Republic of Korea (i) directly to Foreign Ministries and (ii) through the United Kingdom Ambassador to the United Nations requesting full implementation of United Nations Sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

(102324)

225
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the UK Government took (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally towards ensuring that the General Election in Congo was free and fair.

(102325)

226
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the Republic of Korea's decision not to intercept vessels en route to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in pursuance of United Nations Security Resolution 1718 and (b) the impact of that decision on (i) the development of atomic weapons in the DPRK, (ii) the Proliferation Security Initiative, (iii) relations between the Republic of Korea and the DPRK and (iv) the Six Party Talks.

(102326)

227
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the willingness of (a) Russia, (b) China and (c) the Republic of Korea to implement full United Nations sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

(102327)

228
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of freedom of speech in Thailand; and what discussions she has had with (a) the UK Embassy in Bangkok and (b) the British Ambassador to the United Nations on the matter.

(102328)

229
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of (a) China, (b) Russia and (c) Ukraine selling weapons to the Burmese regime.

(102330)

230
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the treatment by the Egyptian authorities of Muslims who convert to Christianity.

(102505)

231
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the British High Commission in Port Louis regarding the security situation in Madagascar.

(102508)

232
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports she has received of the Burmese regime targeting members of the Karen, Karenni, Shan and Mon ethnic groups; what recent discussions she has had with the UK Ambassador to the United Nations regarding the human rights situation in Burma; and if she will make a statement.

(102509)

233
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the actions of General Andrianafidisoa in Madagascar; and what (a) representations she has made and (b) further action she is taking towards ensuring that the general election to be held in Madagascar on 3rd December is free and fair.

(102511)

234
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individuals were arrested as a consequence of their involvement in the Afghanistan drugs trade in each of the last two years; and what further steps are planned to be taken to arrest the leaders of the trade, with particular reference to those who are known to the authorities.

(102512)

235
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the current situation in Plateau State, Nigeria, with particular reference to the position of the State Governor.

(102377)

236
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which staff in her Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102411)

237
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will request a special session at the Commonwealth meeting to discuss the human rights situation in Uganda; and if she will make a statement.

(102611)

238
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reasons were cited for Zimbabwe's expulsion from the Commonwealth; under what conditions or circumstances the country would be readmitted; and if she will make a statement.

(102612)

239
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of compliance by Commonwealth member states with the Commonwealth values, with particular reference to (a) governance, (b) independence of the judiciary, (c) the rule of law and (d) fundamental human rights; and if she will make a statement.

(102613)

240
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the 6th April 2006 Supreme Court judgment on Dr Kizza Besigye's election petition; and if she will make a statement.

(102669)

241
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the report by HE Sir Ketumile Masire, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group, on Uganda; and if she will make a statement.

(102670)

242
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will meet Dr Kizza Besigye while she is in Uganda.

(102671)

243
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) name and (b) location is of each official residence of which she has use.

(102849)

244
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work her Department is undertaking to examine economic aspects of the Middle East peace process.

(102768)

245
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the previous draft UN Nuclear Weapons Convention; if she will make it her policy to sponsor a UN resolution adopting the Nuclear Weapons Convention as a binding treaty for nuclear disarmament; and if she will make a statement.

(102568)

246
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take in the next 12 months to implement Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and if she will make a statement.

(102569)

247
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she plans to take towards ensuring that those detained in Ethiopia in connection with the political disturbances in 2005 receive a fair trial following the recent statement by Judge Teshale Aberra, a former senior judge in Ethiopia, about the judicial system in that country.

(100822)

248
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by Michael Ellman, the EU observer in Ethiopia, on the trial of Coalition for Unity and Democracy opposition leaders.

(100824)

249
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Iranian authorities regarding (a) the conduct of the trials of Ahwazi Arabs and (b) the recent sentencing of 11 men to death by the Revolutionary Court; and if she will make a statement.

(102647)

250
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's significant reservations are about the proposals by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe for (a) the regulation of the security services, (b) civil and state aircraft and (c) state immunity.

(102515)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

251
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate was made of the likely income from NHS dental charges in Northumberland for 2006-07; and how much income has been received to date.

(102474)

252
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioners there are in York; and how many there were in each of the last two years.

(102362)

253
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS general dental services in York and Selby in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.

(102363)

254
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adult and (b) child patients are registered with a NHS general dental practice in York and Selby; and how many were registered at six monthly intervals over the last five years.

(102364)

255
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration per full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioner is in York and Selby; and what it was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.

(102365)

256
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were from hospitals in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last six months for which figures are available.

(101500)

257
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting for (a) in-hospital treatment and (b) out patient appointments in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last six months for which figures are available.

(101501)

258
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had been waiting (a) more than six months for in hospital treatment and (b) more than 13 weeks for an out patient appointment in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last six months for which figures are available.

(101502)

259
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unique dental patients were recorded by the Business Service Authority for each primary care trust in each month for which information is available; and how much in receipts from dental charges was recorded in each case in each month.

(102331)

260
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ring-fenced budget allocation for each primary care trust made for NHS dentistry (a) was in 2005-06, (b) is in 2006-07 and (c) is planned to be in 2007-08.

(102332)

261
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the budget allocation for NHS dentistry for 2006-07 is funded from income from charges in each primary care trust.

(102333)

262
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to underwrite any shortfall in NHS dental charges income to allow each primary care trust fully to spend its budget allocation for NHS dentistry.

(102334)

263
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what point her Department expects to reclaim underspends from primary care trusts from their 2005-06 NHS dentistry budget allocations.

(102335)

264
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which staff in her Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102412)

265
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS expenditure per head was in Chesham and Amersham constituency in 2005-06.

(102338)

266
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS expenditure per head was in Liverpool in 2005-06.

(102339)

267
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS expenditure per head was in Sedgefield constituency in 2005-06.

(102340)

268
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of government social research in her Department in each of the last five years; how many projects were completed in that period; and how many people are employed in working on such research.

(102595)

269
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies in the care of the NHS have required resuscitation as a result of non-therapeutic interventional research managed by Dr David Southall.

(102446)

270
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will collect centrally the number of patients diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration by primary care trust area; and if she will make a statement.

(101717)

271
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the likely outturn cost to the public purse of the reconfiguration of primary care in Cambridgeshire in the financial year 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

(101719)

272
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will collect information centrally on access to NHS healthcare by non-UK citizens; and if she will make a statement.

(101802)

273
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received regarding the possible closure of New Burton House in Stafford.

(102395)

274
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she gives to (a) health trusts and (b) social services departments in respect of health centres which provide (i) long-stay and (ii) respite care for (A) adult and (B) child patients with complex needs.

(102396)

275
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research her Department has conducted into (a) the causes of and (b) the appropriate treatment for migraine attacks.

(102528)

276
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children who experience migraine attacks in England.

(102529)

277
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other hospital staff employed in the NHS are from India.

(102550)

278
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to minimise fatalities due to medical error in hospitals.

(102551)

279
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors were taken into account when the decision was made not to grant funding for the Welwyn Hatfield Hospital project; and if she will make a statement.

(102336)

280
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs have (a) been identified as hazardous and (b) required regulatory action as a result of the Yellow Card reporting scheme in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement.

(102597)

281
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private finance initiative schemes have been approved by her Department in the last three financial years, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

(102828)

282
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have mandatory retirement ages.

(102389)

283
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average (a) cost and (b) life time's wear of a nurse's uniform is.

(102582)

284
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's policy is on the provision of changing facilities for nurses in NHS hospitals; and if she will make a statement.

(102583)

285
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS was of hospital-acquired infections in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(102584)

286
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research has been carried out into nurses uniforms that may be carrying infections as nurses move between their home, patients and wards; and if she will make a statement.

(102585)

287
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be carried on nurses' uniforms; and what evidence she drew on to make such an assessment.

(102586)

288
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what she estimates the effect on the number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to be if nurses and hospital staff were not allowed to leave their places of work wearing their uniforms.

(102587)

289
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts she expects to halve their infection rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by 2008; and if she will make a statement.

(102588)

290
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for her Department's review of uniform policy in the NHS; when the review is expected to be completed; who the members of the review team are; what their qualifications are; and if she will make a statement.

(102589)

291
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children did not receive immunisations as a consequence of the disruption to child health services caused by problems with the Child Health Interim Application; whether the catch-up exercise has been completed; what the additional cost has been as a result of the problems; and whether she plans to make available the appraisal which was to be completed in September.

(102661)

292
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the status of the Child Health Interim Application; whether it is still being supported by manual systems; and whether it is able to issue COVER reports.

(102662)

293
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes there are for veterans; and how many have been closed in the last 10 years.

(102663)

294
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments the Appointments Commission is responsible for; and how many of those appointments are held by people with (a) political affiliations to (i) Labour, (ii) the Conservatives, (iii) the Liberal Democrats, (iv) other parties and (b) no declared political affiliation.

(102664)

295
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified non-medical psychotherapy and counselling practitioners were employed by the NHS in each of the last five years.

(102637)

296
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the regulation of non-medical psychotherapy and counselling practitioners.

(102638)

297
N Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for (a) routine and (b) urgent bone scans is in each NHS Trust.

(100516)

298
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases individuals have challenged their inclusion on the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list by appealing to the Care Standards Tribunal; how many of those appeals were successful; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken has been for an appeal to be decided.

(102393)

299
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been added to the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list since it was set up; and how many and what proportion of those were care home managers.

(102394)

300
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of inpatients had their hospital stay prolonged by adverse drug reactions in the last 12 months; what her latest estimate is of the proportion of hospital admissions due to adverse drug reactions; and if she will make a statement.

(102681)

301
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the total spent on the turnaround programme at national and strategic health authority (SHA) level is divided between (a) local baseline assessments, (b) a national programme office, (c) one-off local support payments and (d) SHA turnaround directors.

(102683)

302
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) initial estimated cost was and (b) current projected cost is of Bishop Auckland Hospital under the private finance initiative.

(102684)

303
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital trusts and (b) independent sector treatment centres are using the Choose and Book system; and how many are mental health trusts, broken down by region.

(102685)

304
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the cost to her Department of (a) the fitness for purpose review, (b) the assessment centres attended by chief executives of reconfiguring primary care trusts and (c) the assessment of primary care trusts for waves (i) 1 and 2 and (ii) 3a and 3b, broken down by primary care trust.

(102686)

305
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the UK Government will encourage the European Commission to support changes in regulations to enable pharmaceutical companies to provide information directly to patients about presciption medicines; and if she will make a statement.

(102688)

306
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of NHS trusts' compliance with departmental guidance on the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme.

(102689)

307
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to consider the written submission of evidence by Clifford Ayling presented on 27th October 2006 in response to the report of the Committee of Inquiry independent investigation into how the NHS handled allegations about the conduct of Clifford Ayling.

(101840)

308
David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places are planned for (a) consultant paediatricians and (b) staff grade paediatricians for each of the five financial years commencing with 2007-08.

(102559)

309
David Wright (Telford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the number of additional (a) consultant paediatricians and (b) staff grade paediatrcians required to be recruited to the NHS in each of the five financial years commencing with 2007-08.

(102560)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

310
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bonus payments were made to officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years; how much each such payment was worth; and what the total was of such payments.

(102388)

311
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be taken on the immigration status of Hussein Mohammed Abdillahi, reference A572376.

(102486)

312
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions were made of drivers using mobile phones while driving in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by police authority area.

(102452)

313
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for (i) failing to wear a crash helmet and (ii) unlawful pillion riding in each year for which figures are available since 1997, broken down by police force area.

(102453)

314
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were in 2005 as a result of incidents related to security breaches airside at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) other airports serving London and (d) other airports; and how many such incidents there have been in 2006.

(102454)

315
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breathalyser tests were carried out by police officers in each year since 2003, broken down by police authority; and what proportion were found to be positive in each area.

(102455)

316
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for drink driving resulted in custodial sentences in each year from 1997 to 2004, broken down by police authority.

(102456)

317
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many endorsements were imposed as a result of fixed penalty notices in England and Wales for (a) driving while disqualified by order of court, (b) attempting to drive while disqualified by order of court, (c) driving without reasonable consideration for other road users, (d) using a vehicle with defective brakes, (e) using a vehicle with defective tyres and (f) other offences between 1997 and 2005, broken down by police force area.

(102747)

318
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists were (a) disqualified from driving and (b)(i) caught and (ii) prosecuted for driving while disqualified (A) in total, (B) in each region and (C) in each police force area in each year since 1997.

(102748)

319
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking following the publication of his Department's Review of Home Office Publications of Control of Immigration Statistics.

(102561)

320
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress being made by his Department on the approval of roadside drug testing equipment.

(102562)

321
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102413)

322
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in (a) England and Wales and (b) each London borough for (i) letting off or throwing fireworks in any highway, street or thoroughfare or public place, (ii) possession of adult fireworks in a public place by those aged under the age of 18 years, (iii) possession of a category 4 firework and (iv) breaching the curfew time for the use of fireworks in each of the last five years.

(102507)

323
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what distance identity cards produced under ISO standard 14443A can be read.

(102825)

324
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will determine whether the number of a designated document under Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 should be held in the National Identity Register.

(102826)

325
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pieces of personal information the National Identity Register (a) is intended to store and (b) will have the capability of storing.

(102827)

326
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects British citizens to be charged for a change to their surname as a result of marriage under the proposed National Identity Card scheme.

(102851)

327
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the publication of the schedule of fees for the National Identity Card scheme.

(102852)

328
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service deployed in his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(102853)

329
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of individual authorised users of the National Identity Register there will be once it is fully operational and implemented.

(102854)

330
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what format his Department holds information relating to (a) the cost of Operation Scully and (b) the number of police officers, immigration officers and officials involved in Operation Scully; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that information.

(102785)

331
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the First Section 37 Report to Parliament about the Likely Cost of the Identity Cards Scheme, which Government departments his review has identified as holding existing assets and resources which might reduce delivery and cost risks associated with the identity cards project.

(102786)

332
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of his special advisers have given notice of any other external employment they have undertaken in the past 12 months.

(102800)

333
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the biometric information stored on passports is held on a central database operated by his Department.

(102803)

334
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts his Department has signed with external organisations relating to (a) the identity cards project and (b) the National Identity Register in each of the last 24 months for which information is available.

(102808)

335
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which Government departments and agencies biometric records held by his Department are shared.

(102809)

336
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.

(102812)

337
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the high street banks concerning the identity cards project; which representatives (i) he and (ii) other Ministers have met; and what the date was of each meeting.

(102814)

338
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to page nine of the First Section 37 Report to the Parliament About the Likely Costs of the ID Cards Scheme, what existing assets and resources the review identified opportunities to use to reduce delivery and cost risks.

(102815)

339
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy to issue an early variant identity card to UK citizens.

(102816)

340
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the last 10 editions of his Departmental staff magazine.

(102818)

341
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what publications are produced by his Department for internal circulation.

(102819)

342
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in his Department are employed to draft legislation.

(102820)

343
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) the annual cost of maintenance is and (b) the total value is of (i) the First, Second and Third Floors, 24 Greenwich High Road and (ii) Burghley Hall, 809-813 High Road, London E11.

(102821)

344
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total capital value is of each private finance initiative scheme overseen by his Department which has reached financial close; over what periods repayments for each scheme will take place; and what the total cost of repayment will be for each scheme.

(102822)

345
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on holding prisoners in police cells under Operation Safeguard in each police force area since the operation began.

(102823)

346
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he defines, touched by identity fraud, as used in the First Section 37 Report to Parliament About the Likely Cost of the ID Cards Scheme; and how the calculation that one in five companies could be hit by identity fraud was made in that report.

(102824)

347
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people there are in the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit.

(102863)

348
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) computer software and (b) IT equipment his Department has purchased in the last 24 months in connection with the (i) Identity Cards Project and (ii) National Identity Register.

(102873)

349
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's internal guidance documents concerning (a) answers to written parliamentary questions and (b) responses to freedom of information requests.

(102874)

350
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Government officials who will be permitted to enter data into the National Identity Register.

(102875)

351
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will have operational responsibility for the National Identity Register.

(102876)

352
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy to use a private finance initiative in the development of the National Identity Register.

(102877)

353
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have facilities in place to take statements from (a) partially sighted, (b) blind and (c) deaf people.

(102467)

354
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of training provided for police officers in taking statements from disabled people.

(102469)

355
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the most recent evaluationof the effectiveness of police community support officers was published by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(101718)

356
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were for selling alcohol to children and young people under the age of 18 years in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(102676)

357
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to issue identity cards to foreigners; and if he will make a statement.

(102581)

358
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police authority has (a) claimed and (b) been granted to cover costs of changes to the plans to merge police forces.

(102549)

359
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long traffic was delayed on the south side of Waterloo Bridge adjacent to County Hall and St Thomas's Hospital as a result of the closure of Westminster Bridge consequent on security arrangements relating to the State Opening of Parliament ceremony on 15th November.

(101000)

360
Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women in each prison in England and Wales have home addresses in Wales.

(102404)

361
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press releases his Department issued in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(102650)

362
N Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have signed memoranda of understanding with the Immigration Service agreeing to hold detainees of the Immigration Service when needed; and how many Immigration Service detainees were held in police cells in each police force in each year since 1997.

(101503)

363
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions in the last six months prisoners in closed conditions were moved as a group to Leyhill Prison on out-of-area placements; how many such prisoners were so moved; which prisons they were moved from in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(102682)

364
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how non-EU trainee doctors may complete NHS training in the UK under the new immigration rules concerning work permits.

(102359)

365
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are in prison, broken down by country of origin.

(102371)

366
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations against prison staff have been made by prisoners since the offence of making a false and malicious allegation was abolished; and how many such allegations have been upheld in this period.

(102372)

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

367
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of training undertaken by security staff at the House of Commons in dealing with wheelchair users.

(102470)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

368
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role the United Nations Development Programme will play in the management of the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.

(102493)

369
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many governments were approached to provide funding for the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.

(102494)

370
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Three Diseases Fund for Burma will be available to assist people with HIV/AIDS in areas of Burma not under the control of the military government.

(102495)

371
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations people in Burma with HIV/AIDS will be able to approach to receive assistance funded by the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.

(102496)

372
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the ruling regime in Burma has given his Department assurances that the Union Solidarity Development Association will not be involved in any projects funded by the Three Diseases Fund for Burma.

(102497)

373
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how and by whom decisions on grants from the three Diseases Fund for Burma are made.

(102498)

374
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations will be the (a) managing partners and (b) implementing partners for the operation of the three Diseases Fund for Burma.

(102499)

375
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on international aid projects in the region of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force due to enter Darfur; and if he will make a statement.

(102314)

376
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his assessment is of the recent flooding in the Horn of Africa; and what assistance the United Kingdom is providing to assist the victims.

(102513)

377
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what projects the proposed £480 million in aid to Pakistan is planned to be spent; and what benchmarks his Department has in place to assess the funding's effectiveness.

(102598)

378
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102414)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

379
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the extent will be of police involvement in the day to day administration of the proposed community restorative justice programmes in Northern Ireland.

(100817)

380
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to be in a position to outline the future of Magilligan Prison, County Londonderry.

(100818)

381
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many seizures of illegal arms believed to be in the possession of each of the paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland there have been in the last 12 months.

(100819)

382
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the (a) Protestant applicants, (b) Roman Catholic applicants and (c) non-determined applicants to the police in Northern Ireland were (i) deemed to be suitably qualified and (ii) subsequently appointed.

(100820)

383
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the daily average volume of traffic using the A26 road between Coleraine and Ballymoney is in Northern Ireland.

(100821)

384
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102415)

385
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what resources he has allocated to ensure that the target that 95 per cent. of features on statutory designated sites should be in or approaching favourable condition by 2016 is met.

(102351)

386
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the basis was for the decision to delay the Public Service Agreement target in the Sustainable Development Strategy that 95 per cent. of features on statutory designated sites should be in or approaching favourable condition until 2016.

(102367)

387
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a decision will be made on Firmus Energy's proposal to build a natural gas pipeline across Craigavon Bridge in Derry.

(102368)

388
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long the Planning Service took to process planning applications made by (a) private individuals and (b) businesses for wind farms in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

(102522)

389
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings have taken place between senior officials in the Department of Finance and Personnel and the Treasury regarding the Chancellor's Financial Package for Northern Ireland; what issues were discussed; and whether further meetings are planned.

(102605)

390
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what penalties may be imposed when a new water company in Northern Ireland is found to have breached EU pollution guidelines.

(102652)

391
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advice the Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmemnt (DARD) provided to the Department of Regional Development on planning policy in rural areas.

(102703)

392
N Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of external lighting of Parliament Buildings is for the most recent period for which figures are available in each of the last five years.

(100682)

393
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to ensure that blind and partially sighted pupils in Northern Ireland have adequate access to suitable school text books.

(102356)

394
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new planning officers (a) were recruited by and (b) left the Planning Service in each of the municipal areas in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

(102357)

395
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many households in Northern Ireland (a) were able to receive and (b) were receiving digital television on the most recent date for which figures are available.

(102358)

396
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils were (a) suspended and (b) expelled for (i) violent behaviour and (ii) drug-related incidents in Northern Ireland schools in each of the last 10 years.

(102360)

397
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many illegal drug-related incidents occurred in schools in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

(102361)

Questions to the Prime Minister

398
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had on (a) the drugs trade from Afghanistan, (b) the effectiveness of counter cross-border incursion and (c) the compact with tribal leaders in Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas, with particular reference to cross-border intelligence and drug activities during his recent meeting with President Musharraf.

(102510)

399
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will meet Dr Kizza Besigye while he is in Uganda.

(102668)

400
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the annual cost was of the No. 10 Downing Street staff payroll as of 1st April.

(102695)

401
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has been interviewed by John Humphreys on BBC Radio 4 Today programme since May 1997.

(102696)

402
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the guidelines are on ministers claiming expenses in relation to their official ministerial duties.

(102697)

403
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, which ministers have hosted non-official party receptions or functions in No. 10 Downing Street since May 1997.

(102698)

404
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff were employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time by his Office (i) to work on press and media and (ii) to provide information and publicity in the 2005-06 financial year; and what assumption is made about these figures in his Office's budget for 2006-07.

(102709)

405
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what number 10 Downing Street's budget for consultants to assit with information, publicity, press and media (a) is in 2006-07 and (b) was in 2005-06.

(102710)

406
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost (a) in notional rent and capital charges and (b) of routine maintenance for his ministerial flat above 11 Downing Street was in the 2005-06 financial year.

(102711)

407
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, how many Freedom of Information Act requests his Office has received since May 2006; and how many (a) are in train, (b) are concluded and (c) were answered within 20 working days.

(102772)

408
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether his Office uses an internal traffic light or colour-coded system to prioritise answers to written Parliamentary Questions.

(102802)

409
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date each function held at No. 10 Downing Street in the last two years took place where the costs were met by political parties and organisations for the purpose of providing financial support to political parties.

(102843)

410
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total staff costs of the Downing Street Press Office were in 2005-06.

(102844)

411
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost of his Office was in the financial year 1996-97.

(102845)

412
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the total staff costs of his Office were in 2005-06.

(102846)

413
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) sub-departments and (b) departments within his Office.

(102847)

414
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a direct e-mail address at which the public may contact him.

(102848)

415
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, how many times the Ministerial Committee on Data Sharing (MISC 31) has met.

(102813)

416
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Prime Minister, when he last visited St Albans constituency.

(102596)

Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

417
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, whether the National Audit Office's investigation into electoral registration will include considerations of electoral fraud regarding registration.

(102836)

418
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the (a) timetable and (b) remit is of the National Audit Office's inquiry into electoral registration.

(102837)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

419
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which staff in his Department are (a) seconded from organisations with charitable status and (b) have (i) costs and (ii) salaries met (A) in part and (B) in whole from (1) public funds and (2) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102417)

Questions to the Solicitor General

420
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Solicitor General, what action is available to the Crown Prosecution Service in circumstances where a clerical error by a magistrates' court clerk is preventing the re-charge of a person suspected of an offence.

(102667)

Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

421
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make a statement on the re-appointment of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission.

(102835)

422
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission (a) spent on hospitality in each year since its creation and (b) has spent in 2006-07.

(102850)

423
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what work the Electoral Commission has carried out during the annual canvass to encourage members of the armed services to register to vote; and what the impact of the work has been.

(102471)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

424
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all renewable energy technologies are supported through the household stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.

(101118)

425
John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the British exports to Burma were in each of the past five years; and what the value of the exports was in each year.

(102491)

426
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was in each year; and if he will make a statement.

(100823)

427
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to encourage British businesses to invest in Vietnam; what support he is making available to British companies who seek to invest in Vietnam; and if he will make a statement.

(102315)

428
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the key obstacles to British businesses seeking to increase trade with Vietnam; and what representations he is making to (a) the World Trade Organisation and (b) the Vietnamese government regarding these obstacles.

(102329)

429
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102418)

430
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grants are available to (a) local authorities and (b) the private sector to establish wind turbines.

(102535)

431
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of government social research in his Department in each of the last five years; how many projects were completed in that period; and how many people are employed in such research.

(102594)

432
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) contracts his Department has had with and (b) payments his Department has made to Capital One in each of the last five years.

(102755)

433
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) hits the Consumer Direct website received and (b) consumer complaints were submitted to the website in each quarter since it became available.

(102774)

434
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of setting up and running the Consumer Direct helpline has been in each quarter since it became available.

(102783)

435
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many members of the public used the Consumer Direct helpline in each quarter since it became available, broken down by region.

(102784)

436
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to date has been of the Consumer Direct initiative.

(102796)

437
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the budget of Consumer Direct is for each year until 2010; and whether he plans to continue to fund this service beyond this date.

(102797)

438
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many designated enterprise areas there are; and how many businesses were based in these areas (a) in 2003 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.

(102860)

439
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation to prevent age discrimination in the provision of goods, facilities and services.

(102391)

440
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what projects related to motor neurone disease were funded by the Medical Research Council in each of the last three years; how much each project received; and if he will make a statement.

(102398)

441
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure the administrator costs for Farepak are kept to a minimum.

(102472)

442
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which organisations have been asked to alert the Government if they become aware of any significant advances in DNA sequestration which may lead to major technological changes; and what arrangements are in place to contact the Government in this instance.

(101841)

443
N Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which representatives attended a meeting in August 2006 to consider the feasibility and potential risks of viruses being created by joining together oligonucleotides.

(101842)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

444
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the external costs of UK aviation arising from (a) greenhouse gas emissions, (b) noise and (c) local air pollution; and what plans he has to internalise these costs.

(102342)

445
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's target for a 60 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 includes emissions from international aviation.

(102343)

446
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider deferring publication of the progress report on the Future of Air Transport White Paper to take account of the forthcoming European Commission proposal on aviation and emissions trading.

(102345)

447
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when and how he plans to assess the potential reductions in carbon dioxide aviation emissions that may be realisable from an emissions trading scheme.

(102346)

448
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much carbon dioxide was attributable to UK international and domestic aviation operations in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.

(102347)

449
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely timetable for implementation of an effective emissions trading scheme for aviation.

(102348)

450
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from UK international and domestic aviation operations in (a) 2008, (b) 2010 and (c) 2013.

(102349)

451
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what percentage of reported traffic incidents involved a heavy goods vehicle with left hand drive in each of the last five years; and what percentage of those incidents were attributed to poor visibility or blind spots on such vehicles.

(102353)

452
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total construction cost was of each Design, Build, Finance and Operate road; what the expected total cost of each contract is to public funds; and by what year all such costs are expected to have been paid in each case.

(102405)

453
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations (a) have obtained secure station status, (b) had secure status withdrawn and (c) did not seek secure station re-accredition in the latest period for which figures are available.

(102449)

454
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains were cancelled because of vandalism on the tracks in each year since 1997 for which figures are available (a) in total, (b) in each region and (c) broken down by train operating company.

(102450)

455
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents were caused by drink driving in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

(102451)

456
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which transport projects have been announced by the Government and subsequently cancelled since 1997.

(102457)

457
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many personal injury road accidents involving one or more hit and run drivers or riders there were in each year from 1997 to 2004, broken down by police force; and how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other injuries resulted from these accidents.

(102460)

458
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the introduction of the MOT computerisation programme; and what the timetable was when the contract to run the system was awarded.

(102464)

459
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the commitment in paragraph 3.42 of the Future of Air Transport White Paper to continue to explore and discuss other options for tackling aviation's impact on climate change; what the outcome has been of those steps; and what steps he plans to take to implement his findings.

(102506)

460
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was in 2006-07 prices of the original contract with Siemens Business Services to run the MOT computerisation programme; when this contract was awarded; how much has been spent on this contract to date; and what estimate he has made of how much will have been spent by the time the system is operational.

(102578)

461
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) original estimated cost and (b) most recent cost estimate is of (i) each Highways Agency scheme in the Targeted Programme of Improvements and (ii) each local authority scheme approved through the local transport plans.

(102616)

462
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department since 1st April 2005; what the nature of the assignment for each consultant was; and what the value of work carried out by each consultant was.

(102651)

463
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the National Train Passenger Survey in each year since 1997-98; and what funding is planned for the next three financial years.

(102653)

464
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average 24-hour traffic volume was at the (a) J3-J4E, (b) J4A-J5, (c) J9-J10, (d) J10-J10A, (e) J10A-J11, (f) J12-J13, (g) J6-J7 and (h) J9-J10 automatic traffic counters on the M6 on (i) Mondays to Fridays, (ii) Saturdays and (iii) Sundays in each month since April 2005.

(102654)

465
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has for responding to complaints; and how many complaints received by (a) telephone, (b) letter and (c) electronic mail the DVLA responded to within those target times in each year since 1997, broken down by type of complaint.

(102655)

466
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average 24-hour traffic volume was at the (a) J6-J7 and (b) J9-J10 automatic traffic counters on the M42 on (i) Mondays to Fridays, (ii) Saturdays and (iii) Sundays in each month since January 2006.

(102656)

467
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level was of (a) traffic, (b) carbon dioxide emissions and (c) road traffic accidents (i) predicted before and (ii) recorded after construction of each Highways Agency scheme since 1997.

(102657)

468
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) passengers in excess of capacity and (b) total passengers there were (i) for each London commuting service train operator and (ii) in total at the (A) a.m. and (B) p.m. peak in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many passengers into London there were during (1) a.m. peak periods, (2) p.m. peak periods and (3) in total for each London commuting service train operator during that period.

(102658)

469
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the reduction in vehicle kilometres that would result from a (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. increase in average vehicle occupancy.

(102659)

470
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is planning to take to exercise the right reserved in paragraph 3.42 of the Future of Air Transport White Paper to act alone or bilaterally with like-minded partners in establishing mechanisms to tackle carbon dioxide emissions from aviation.

(102660)

471
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Sir Rod Eddington to publish his review of British transport policy.

(102672)

472
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the net change in UK carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the road schemes approved through the targeted programme of improvements and local transport plans since 1998 and (b) the effect on annual carbon dioxide emissions of each road scheme approved by Ministers through the local transport plans since 1997.

(102674)

473
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of road schemes (a) in the targeted programme of improvements and (b) approved under (i) the local transport plans and (ii) community infrastructure fund.

(102675)

474
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which contractors based in (a) EU member states and (b) other states have provided services to (i) his Department and (ii) each executive agency of his Department since 31st August 2005; and what the (A) nature and (B) cost of the work was in each case.

(102691)

475
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average (a) number and (b) distance of trips as calculated by the National Travel Survey was by (i) car driver, (ii) car passenger, (iii) bus, (iv) walking and (v) other modes of transport for the purposes of (A) commuting, (B) business, (C) education, (D) escort education, (E) shopping and (F) other reasons in the latest two-year period for which survey results are available, broken down by (1) sex and (2) those (v) under 17 years, (w) 17 to 29 years, (x) 30 to 49 years, (y) 50 to 59 years and (z) over 60 years.

(102692)

476
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which studies his Department has commissioned and decided not to publish after completion in each of the last five years.

(102693)

477
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of people in each income quintile took (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three or four and (e) five or more trips by aeroplane in 1997.

(102694)

478
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the 10 most congested (a) motorways and (b) non-motorway roads were in the last year for which figures are available.

(102737)

479
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue has been generated by the premium rate phone line for the renewal of car tax since its introduction.

(102738)

480
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total length of roads has been detrunked in each (a) county council and (b) unitary authority area since 1997.

(102741)

481
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Eddington Review has cost; and how much was budgeted for the Review.

(102742)

482
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) locomotives, (b) multiple units, (c) freight wagons and (d) carriages are in use on the rail network, broken down by (i) train operating company and (ii) class.

(102743)

483
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles on average used the M6 toll motorway in each month since January (a) in total and (b) on (i) workdays and (ii) weekends and public holidays.

(102744)

484
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of vandalism there were on (a) trains, (b) stations, (c) railway tracks and (d) railway depots in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

(102745)

485
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five train services serving London had the highest number of passengers in excess of capacity levels in the most recent survey of Passengers In Excess Of Capacity (PIXC); and what the (a) passenger capacity, (b) passenger load, (c) PIXC and (d) percentage load factor was in each case.

(102746)

486
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains of each train company were cancelled in the last 12 months; how many of those trains were cancelled (a) before reaching their final destination and (b) before departure; and what the reason was for each cancellation.

(102749)

487
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) private finance initiative, (b) public-private partnership and (c) other external consultants were used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in 2005-06; and what the (A) nature and (B) cost of the work done by each consultant was in each case.

(102756)

488
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accident fatalities were caused by or contributed to by driving under the influence of drugs in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(102563)

489
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102419)

490
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department of Communities and Local Government and (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the establishment of a cross-departmental unit with responsibility for water freight.

(102678)

491
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to promote the establishment of a cross-departmental unit with responsibility for water freight; and if he will make a statement.

(102687)

492
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of switching (a) his Department's and (b) its agencies' telephone inquiry lines to freephone numbers.

(102618)

493
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies accrued from national rate telephone lines in each of the last five years.

(102620)

494
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ministers were provided with cars by the Government Car Fleet in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.

(102721)

495
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of the Government Car and Despatch Agency was in each year since 1996-97; and what the estimated budget is for 2006-07.

(102723)

496
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated income to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency from fees for providing replacement registration certificates (V5C) was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

(102488)

497
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure greater consistency in speed limits on rural roads.

(102303)

498
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average maintenance expenditure per mile of road on (a) A roads and (b) B roads was in each region in the last period for which figures are available.

(102639)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

499
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole from (A) public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102421)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

500
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time for crisis loan applications was in each region in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.

(102382)

501
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of calls to each crisis loan helpline (a) were answered, (b) were unanswered and (c) received an engaged tone in the last period for which figures are available.

(102383)

502
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what grounds a decision maker may overrule the opinion of a qualified medical practitioner on eligibility for a DS1500 claim.

(102384)

503
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DS1500 claims were (a) granted and (b) refused in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and in what proportion of claims a decision-maker called for additional information before making a decision in each year.

(102385)

504
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal advisers are employed by Jobcentre Plus; and at what total cost.

(102386)

505
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff work in (a) benefit claims and processing, (b) provision of welfare to work advice to claimants and (c) regulation of external providers of welfare to work services; and at what total cost in each case.

(102387)

506
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what options for payment of benefit are offered to new claimants of (a) state pension, (b) pension credit, (c) disability living allowance, (d) attendance allowance and (e) carer's allowance; and if he will place in the Library copies of the relevant standard letters and supporting leaflets.

(102403)

507
Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded.

(102422)

508
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's expenditure on social security benefits of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's decision to withdraw eligibility of those suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease to have the drugs (a) Donepezil, (b) Rivastigmine and (c) Galantamine prescribed on the NHS.

(102771)

509
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what telephony equipment intended to protect employees from noise events and acoustic incidents has been procured by his Dedpartment's call centres.

(102607)

510
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations reports have been submitted by call centres owned or operated by his Department.

(102608)

511
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in his Department's call centres have reported (a) headset noise interference and (b) acoustic incidents while at work over the last two years; and how many of those employees have had sickness absence exceeding three days as a consequence.

(102609)

512
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of (a) hearing-related sickness and injury and (b) acoustic shock amongst employees in UK call centres have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations since January 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(102610)

513
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local areas he has worked with to draw up a local full employment plan addressing all barriers to full employment in their local area.

(102861)

514
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislation to write off Child Support Agency arrears; and if he will make a statement.

(102304)

515
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many questions for Written Answer from (a) the hon. Member for Yeovil and (b) other hon. Members have been colour-coded red by his Department since the traffic light system was introduced; and if he will make a statement.

(102305)

516
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many questions for Written Answer from hon. Members in the last Parliamentary session were not answered by 8th November 2006; how many and what proportion of these were colour-coded (a) green, (b) amber and (c) red; and if he will make a statement.

(102306)

517
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he introduced a traffic light colour-coding system for dealing with questions for Written Answer; for what reasons this system was introduced; what proportion of such questions have been coded as (a) red, (b) amber and (c) green since the new system was introduced; and if he will make a statement.

(102307)

518
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the report on the policy and implementation issues that arise from Sir David Henshaw's first report Recovering Child Support: routes to responsibility; and if he will make a statement.

(101916)

519
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Great Britain lost their jobs in the last 12 months; how many were provided with job search support via Government agencies; what the (a) total cost of providing job search support and (b) average cost per person of providing job search support was in that period; what success rates were achieved; and how success is measured.

(102665)

520
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Great Britain and (b) Boston and Skegness constituency were in receipt of each benefit administered by his Department (i) at the last date for which figures are available and (ii) on the same date in each of the previous 10 years; and how much was spent on each benefit in (A) Great Britain and (B) Boston and Skegness constituency in each year.

(102514)

521
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure pensioners receive advice in winter 2006-07 about the grants and benefits available for heating costs.

(102473)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

522
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislation to end the practice of demanding additional insurance premiums from pensioners for holiday and other leisure purposes.

[Transferred] (102376)

523
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (a) the Civil Service, excluding executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (102715)

524
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 20 Key Programmes he has agreed with the Office of Government Commerce.

[Transferred] (102787)

525
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision is in place to make (a) birth, (b) marriage and (c) death certificates available in an accessible format for the blind and partially sighted.

[Transferred] (102468)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

526
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the UK Geographical Information Strategy will be published.

[Transferred] (102856)

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

527
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provision her Department made for a contingency reserve for the Olympic Games within the figures specified in London's 2012 Candidate File for (a) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and (b) Sports Facilities and the International Press Centre.

[Transferred] (102862)

528
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) barns and (b) other agricultural buildings are listed Grade II and above in each county in England.

[Transferred] (102475)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

529
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers have been prosecuted for offences contrary to sections (a) 3 and (b) 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in each of the last eight years, broken down by police force area.

[Transferred] (102458)

530
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hit and run incidents have led to an individual being convicted in each of the last eight years, broken down by police force area.

[Transferred] (102459)

531
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was levied in motoring fines (a) in total and (b) excluding speed camera penalties in each region in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (102673)

532
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic offences were lost under the six-month rule in the last financial year for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (102736)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

533
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on publicising the risks of driving under the influence of drugs in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (102564)

534
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether special advisers have access to transport provided by the Government Car Fleet in their own capacity if they are not accompanying a Government Minister.

[Transferred] (102716)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

535
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of former prisoners who are claiming social security benefits.

[Transferred] (102311)

536
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the net cost to Government of abolishing council tax for band (a) A, (b) B and (c) C properties; what assessment he has made of the impact of such a policy on child poverty; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (102309)

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