|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 19 December 2006
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 19 December 2006
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 19 December 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 Tuesday 19 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 19 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reconsider the decision to close down the HM Revenue and Customs compliance office in Chelmsford; why the decision was taken; and if he will make a statement. | | (109899) | 2
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the Office of Government Commerce issues guidance to all public bodies on the adherence to the principles of the Association of Professional Political Consultants by public affairs agencies who undertake public contracts. | | (112696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 3
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which sectors of employment are covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme; what the membership of the scheme is in each sector; what estimate she has made of the average length of service in the scheme in each sector; and what estimate she has made of the proportion of total employment in each sector that scheme membership represents. | | (109829) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential role of (a) the regions, (b) cities and (c) Coventry in the Olympic Games. | | (109690) | 5
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account the forthcoming Climate Change Policy Statement will take of the impact of out-of-town grocery shopping on climate change. | | (109711) | 6
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria included in PPS6 will be used to assess the merits of future applications for large-format out-of-town grocery outlets. | | (110241) | 7
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of houses planned for construction on flood plains and (b) the level of flood protection required to protect houses built on flood plains. | | (112741) | 8
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the eligibility of the Church of Scientology for non-domestic rate relief; and if she will make a statement. | | (112720) | 9
N | Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the capital allowance to North Lincolnshire Council was in each of the last 10 years. | | (110019) | 10
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total spend was by her Department on (a) catering, (b) hospitality and (c) official entertainment in 2004-05. | | (112675) | 11
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have adopted the 2005 Code of Practice on Consultation. | | (110415) | 12
N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to encourage local authorities to adopt the 2005 Code of Practice on Consultation. | | (110416) | 13
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account she takes of the use to which funds raised by a conference are to be put before deciding whether it is appropriate for a Minister in her Department to attend in an official capacity; and what guidance she has issued on this matter. | | (110373) | 14
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the passing of information on the Poultry Register to the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of identifying and assessing game bird producers who are not registered for business rates. | | (112744) | 15
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procedures her Department has in place to monitor the extent to which local authorities are meeting targets for affordable housing set in their local plans. | | (112750) | 16
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors she will take into account in deciding whether to impose penalties on local authorities which fail to meet targets for affordable housing set in their local plans. | | (112751) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 17
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of staff of each public body responsible to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs were (a) on fixed term appointments and (b) agency workers in each of the last three years. | | (109753) | 18
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether a regulatory impact assessment will be carried out on the proposed changes to regulations on Freedom of Information request fees. | | (112719) | 19
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she will publish draft regulations setting out the proposed changes to Freedom of Information Act fees. | | (112721) | 20
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many responses from (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) public authorities her Department has received on its proposals to issue new Freedom of Information Act fees regulations; and which (i) organisations and (ii) authorities have responded. | | (112754) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 21
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what opportunities there are for businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands region to exploit the commercial opportunitites of the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (109691) | 22
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with trade unions about job creation and skills training for the 2012 Olympics. | | (109692) | 23
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that architects use wood and other sustainable materials when designing buildings to be used for the 2012 Olympic games; and if she will make a statement. | | (110303) | 24
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effects of the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 on (a) consumers, (b) licensees and (c) community groups. | | (112745) | 25
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether restrictions are in place on the eligibility of (a) hon. Members and (b) councillors to make representations on behalf of the people they represent on applications under the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement. | | (112746) | 26
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel in its work on the setting of fees for alcohol licences. | | (112760) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 27
N | Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many minutes of free telephone calls service men and women are allowed each week whilst serving on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. | | (110305) | 28
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer substantively Question 105862, on engagements, tabled by the hon. Member for Forest of Dean on 23rd November for Answer on 29th November. | | (112681) | 29
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the July 2006 meeting of the Chief of the General Staff's briefing group. | | (112682) | 30
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) EU counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the Norwegian conference to discuss a future treaty on cluster munitions which will take place on 21st to 23rd February 2007 in Oslo. | | (112685) | 31
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in Bassetlaw constituency are entitled to receive the HM Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge. | | (112702) | 32
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider extending the qualifying entitlement for the HM Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge to include widows of First and Second World War veterans. | | (112703) | 33
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consider introducing a posthumous entitlement for the HM Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge to allow the children of deceased veterans to receive a badge on behalf of a parent. | | (112724) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 34
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the evidential basis was for his Statement of 13th December 2006, Official Report, column 858, that the Government has spent less on hospitality and travel than the previous Administration. | | (110374) | 35
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the total amount spent on catering, hospitality and official entertainment by his predecessor as Deputy Prime Minister was in 1996-97. | | (112687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 36
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of extending the Building Schools for the Future Programme to hospital schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (110345) | 37
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the revenue was from use of the 0870 telephone number used by the Office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Schools) in 2005-06; how many other Ministerial private offices in his Department have 0870 telephone numbers printed on their headed notepapers; and what the revenue was from each in 2005-06. | | (112740) | 38
N | Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the capital budget for education in North Lincolnshire was in each of the last 10 years. | | (110018) | 39
N | Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the change in the education budget in North Lincolnshire was in each of the last 10 years. | | (110022) | 40
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England are located in rural areas. | | (112697) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 41
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the total cost of the interest to be paid to farmers as a result of late payment of single farm payments for the period July to December 2006. | | (110200) | 42
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted in (a) 1990 and (b) 2000 (i) from all UK sources (including from air traffic at UK airports) and (ii) from air traffic at UK airports. | | (110287) | 43
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide that will be emitted in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030, (d) 2040 and (e) 2050 (i) from all UK sources including air traffic at UK airports, and (ii) from air traffic at UK airports. | | (110295) | 44
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will increase spending on flood defence and prevention schemes following the Stern Report's findings. | | (112714) | 45
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy on programmes aimed at increasing biodiversity in the UK. | | (112715) | 46
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) incentives and (b) support his Department provides for farmers to encourage and enable programmes aimed at protecting and increasing biodiversity in the UK. | | (112716) | 47
N | Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations apply to the intensive rearing of game birds. | | [R] (110020) | 48
N | Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what stocking densities apply to the intensive rearing of game birds; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (110021) | 49
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the report Forecast Wood Fibre availability and demand in Scotland and Northern England for 2016, published by John Clegg Consulting Ltd in November 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (109769) | 50
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many English farmers have received their 2006 single farm payment. | | (109286) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 51
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd November 2006, Official Report, column 248W, on the Middle East, when the proposals of the United States Security Co-ordinator, General Keith Dayton, are expected to be reported; what progress has been made by the Security Committee established by General Dayton; and if she will make a statement. | | (112708) | 52
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Government policy is on the proposed introduction of a no-fly zone over Darfur. | | (112747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 53
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists operating within the City of Canterbury carry out work for the NHS; and how many did so prior to the new contract being introduced. | | (109383) | 54
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees in the Food Standards Agency have qualifications relating to the dairy industry; and how many scientists are employed by the Food Standards Agency. | | (112748) | 55
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK nationals will take part in the audit of cheese-making establishments initiated by the European Commission; where conclusions of the audit will be made public; what the cost is of the audit; and what percentage of the cost will be borne by the European Commission. | | (112749) | 56
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings there have been between scientists representing the UK Government and the European Commission to agree the definitions of curd cheese; what the (a) date and (b) location was of each meeting; what other UK scientific procedures or definitions have been disputed by the European Commission; what instructions the European Commission has issued as a result of such disputes; how many production units have been closed as a result of such instructions; and what compensation is available to UK cheese producers closed as a result of action taken by the European Commission. | | (112752) | 57
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts within the South West Strategic Health Authority have a lung cancer multi-disciplinary team (MDT); how frequently each MDT meets; how many cases of lung cancer have been discussed by each team; and how many of the teams are regularly attended by a (a) thoracic surgeon, (b) lung cancer specialist nurse, (c) respiratory physician, (d) clinical oncologist and (e) medical oncologist. | | (109713) | 58
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the total cost of the Working Time Directive to the National Health Service since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (109781) | 59
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any financial surplus of the Peterborough Primary Care Trust will be used to subsidise the financial deficit of the Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust following the implementation of the new configuration of primary care trusts in Cambridgeshire in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (109782) | 60
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will centrally collate the amount NHS trusts in England and Wales spent on interpreters in the 2005-06 financial year; and if she will make a statement. | | (110057) | 61
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department provides for individuals with acquired brain injuries. | | (112712) | 62
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who were awarded NHS continuing care funding ceased to receive continuing care following a first review. | | (112718) | 63
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the projected financial position for 2006-07 of the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. | | (112706) | 64
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers in her Department have visited Nottinghamshire in the last 12 months; and where they visited in Nottinghamshire. | | (112717) | 65
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what lower age limits are set by each primary care trust for access to IVF treatment. | | (110343) | 66
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to protect the title of psychologist within the proposed statutory regulation of psychologists and related professions; and if she will make a statement. | | (109901) | 67
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from professional bodies representing psychologists on the proposed Health Professions Council; and if she will publish her response to those representations. | | (109902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 68
N | Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many minutes of free telephone calls prisoners in England and Wales are allowed each week. | | (110304) | 69
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in the Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (109900) | 70
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by nationality the number of persons granted indefinite leave to remain under the family indefinite leave to remain exercise announced by his predecessor on 24th October 2003. | | (109910) | 71
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for his Department's library was for each of the last five years. | | (110417) | 72
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the Forgery Unit of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to resolve a case was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (112728) | 73
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the Forgery Unit of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are working on. | | (112729) | 74
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders released from prison were known to have reoffended within (a) 24 hours, (b) 48 hours, (c) one week and (d) one month of release from prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (112730) | 75
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are serving sentences of (a) less than three months and (b) between three and six months. | | (112731) | 76
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees were dismissed for incompetence at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (112734) | 77
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forged document cases at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate are unsolved. | | (112735) | 78
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by area of expenditure the £445 million efficiency gains set out in paragraph 6.18 of the Pre Budget Report; and how much of those gains was achieved from externally procured or contracted services. | | (109752) | 79
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults on members of the British Transport Police were reported in each of the past five years; and how many of these assaults resulted in prosecutions being brought. | | (112733) | 80
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department has received any request from the Metropolitan Police for extra resources for the inquiry into the alleged sale of honours. | | (110418) | 81
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 291W, on prisons, how many of the prisoners transferred to Leyhill Open Prison were in each security category; and for what crime or crimes each prisoner was convicted. | | (112686) | 82
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 28th November 2006, on foreign prisoner releases, when he will provide the number of foreign prisoner releases from HMP Peterborough in the 12 months to 31st March 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (110058) | 83
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December 2006, Official Report, columns 835-36W, on prisons, what criteria were used to establish those prisons with an overriding need to improve the quality of their clinical drug services; and what assessment he made of HMP Peterborough against those criteria. | | (110371) | 84
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information (a) his Department and (b) the police have concerning the whereabouts of Francesco Gullino, the alleged assassin of Georgi Markov in London in 1978. | | (109532) | 85
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to resolve the case of the assassination of Georgi Markov before the statute of limitations comes into effect in 2008. | | (109533) | 86
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the interrogation of Francesco Gullino in Copenhagen by British detectives in February 1993. | | (109534) | 87
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) the police have had access to copies of the documents in the archive of the Intelligence Directorate of the former state security service compiled by the Bulgarian police investigation into the murder of Georgi Markov. | | (109535) | 88
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) murder, (b) manslaughter, (c) grievous bodily harm and (d) rape have been solved as a result of the retention on the DNA database of DNA profiles taken as a result of previous arrests which had not led to successful prosecutions. | | (109536) | 89
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of introducing identity cards. | | (110341) | 90
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternative proposals to identity cards were considered by his Department; and what assessment was undertaken of the likely effectiveness of such proposals in meeting the policy objectives of identity cards. | | (110342) | 91
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to (a) people under 19 and (b) people aged 19 years or over in each local authority in the East Midlands in the last 12 months. | | (112722) | 92
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were breached in each local authority in the East Midlands in the last 12 months. | | (112723) | 93
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the outsourcing of immigration and visa applications; what assessment he has made of the activities of the Setup Travel Agency, representatives in Gaziantep in the case of Mr Ramazan Sivka; and if he will make a statement. | | (112704) | 94
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the future appeals system for failed visa applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (112705) | 95
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained in connection with terrorism-related inquiries and then released since the Terrorism Act 2006 came into effect; for how many days each of those detainees were held in detention; and how many of those detainees the police would have wished to detain for a period longer than 28 days whilst they continued their inquiries. | | (109771) | 96
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out in detail the grounds on which the Government is unwilling to admit into the UK detainees at Guantanamo whom the US is willing to release and who have UK residency but not UK citizenship. | | (109911) | 97
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of the implications for UK immigration policy and immigration controls if the Government accepted back into the UK Guantanamo detainees who are British residents but not British citizens. | | (109912) | 98
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries the 70 children refused by the Poppy Project in the last 12 months come; how old each child was; in which local authority areas they are residing; and how many have been deported. | | (112670) | 99
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of children (a) smuggled and (b) trafficked into the UK in each of the last three years. | | (112671) | 100
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals were (a) convicted in England and Wales for (i) trafficking and (ii) facilitating illegal entry and (b) deported without charge following investigations into such activity in each of the last three years. | | (112672) | 101
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where people seeking entry to the UK have been apprehended for (a) attempted trafficking and (b) trafficking for minors in each of the last three years. | | (112673) | 102
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the UK action plan on Human Trafficking. | | (112674) | 103
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the gross revenue expenditure for police authorities per capita was in each year since 1992 in (a) Devon and Cornwall and (b) England and Wales. | | (112698) | 104
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported crimes there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England and Wales in (i) 1992, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2002 and (iv) 2006, broken down by type of crime. | | (112699) | 105
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was per capita of (a) Home Office police grants, (b) revenue support grants and (c) revenue from business rates allocated to police forces in (i) Devon and Cornwall and (ii) England and Wales in each year since 1992. | | (112700) | 106
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of gross revenue expenditure by (a) Devon and Cornwall Police Authority and (b) all police authorities was financed by (i) central Government provision and (ii) revenue from council tax in each year since 1992. | | (112701) | 107
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was allocated to police forces from (a) his Department's police grants, (b) revenue support grant and (c) business rates (i) in Devon and Cornwall and (ii) on average for police authorities in England and Wales in each year since 1992. | | (112727) | 108
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the gross revenue expenditure was by Devon and Cornwall Police Authority in each year since 1992; and what the average expenditure was for all police authorities in England and Wales in each year. | | (112753) | 109
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of how the effectiveness of written warnings to young offenders in combating rape; in what circumstances young offenders who have committed (a) rape and (b) sexual assault may be issued with written warnings; and what assessment has been made of the views of victims of those crimes of the use of written warnings. | | (112738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 110
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) EU counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues regarding the Norwegian conference to discuss a future treaty on cluster munitions which will take place on 21st to 23rd February 2007 in Oslo. | | (112684) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 111
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the proposals for a draft Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order have been reviewed by the Better Regulation Unit of the Department of Enterprise. | | (112742) | 112
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had on identifying a severance package for chief executives of education boards in Northern Ireland following the Review of Public Administration; and what figures are under consideration. | | (112743) | 113
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many farmers in Northern Ireland have received their 2006 single farm payment. | | (109404) | Questions to the Prime Minister 114
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent by his office on (a) travel and (b) hospitality in (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (110375) | 115
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will investigate the compliance with the Ministerial Code of the attendance in an official capacity by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning at the Regeneration and Housing Conference at Putteridge Bury on 11th December. | | (110372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 116
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) Essex in each of the last five years. | | (109898) | 117
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to the Answer of 17th October 2006, Official Report, column 1095W, references 93489, 93070 and 93218, on the Medical Research Council, when Professor Blakemore will write to the hon. Member for Hendon. | | (112683) | 118
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Supermarkets Code of Practice is being monitored; and what action his Department has taken to ensure that it is implemented effectively. | | (109710) | 119
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment his Department has made of the likely impact of below-cost selling by supermarkets on the future of market choice for consumers. | | (109712) | 120
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has sent a response to the European Commission on its study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications market in Europe. | | (112694) | 121
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will assess the feasibility of power generation projects using hydro electric plants on (a) existing and (b) new build weirs on the river Severn; and if he will assess the compatibility of any such projects with the river's flood defences. | | (112711) | 122
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues in (i) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (ii) the Home Office and (iii) the Department of Health and (b) supermarket chains on (A) the pricing of bulk buys of alcohol and (B) the effect of the sale of cheap alcohol. | | (112736) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 123
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the expected number of (a) air passengers, (b) aircraft movements and (c) tonnes of freight at UK airports in (i) 2040 and (ii) 2050. | | (110288) | 124
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget provision his Department has made for the (a) hardware and (b) software needs of local authorities in relation to the introduction of new parking regimes. | | (112726) | 125
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with local authorities about the timetable for introducing new parking regulations by October 2007; what estimate he has made of the costs to local authorities of the purchase of new hardware and software to prepare for the changeover; and what targets he has set for replying to parking authorities who submit queries on the new traffic management arrangements. | | (112732) | 126
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable has been agreed for the establishment of a transitional regime for local authorities to migrate their existing parking regulations from the Road Traffic Acts to the Traffic Management Act 2004; what template has been established to enable local authorities to issue identical parking documents; and what consultation he has held with local authorities on the proposed changes in their parking procedures. | | (112737) | 127
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set up a committee answerable to him charged with auditing the direct effect of European legislation on (a) air safety and regulation engineers through the European Aviation Safety Agency and (b) boat safety and regulation of boatmen through new directives; and if he will make a statement. | | (112739) | 128
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compliance of out-of-town grocery shopping with the recent Eddington report on transport. | | (110240) | 129
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consult Ministerial colleagues in the Department of Communities and Local Government to ensure that the Government takes account of the findings of the Eddington report on (a) congestion and (b) avoidance of unnecessary journeys in formulating policy on future development of out-of-town grocery shopping venues. | | (110259) | 130
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts have been entered into by the Highways Agency and its predecessor under the terms and conditions of the fifth edition of the ICE conditions of contract since the publication of the sixth edition of the ICE conditions of contract in January 1991; and on what date the most recent such contract was entered into. | | (112695) | 131
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding will be available in 2007-08 to support the amelioration of traffic congestion for growth areas within the Sustainable Communities Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (109783) | 132
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by his Department on capital projects in transport infrastructure in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (110353) | 133
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the staff in each pay bargaining unit in his Department are (a) male and (b) female at (i) AO and (ii) EO grades. | | (112676) | 134
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the last full equal pay audit was conducted in each pay bargaining unit in his Department; at which grades there is a gender pay gap of more than five per cent.; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the most recent equal pay audits. | | (112677) | 135
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at which grades there is a pay gap of more than five per cent. in each pay bargaining unit in his Department between (a) white and ethnic minority staff, (b) staff with disabilities and staff without disabilities and (c) full-time and part-time workers based on full-time equivalent pay. | | (112678) | 136
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of (a) male employees, (b) female employees, (c) white employees, (d) ethnic minority employees, (e) staff with disabilities, (f) staff without disabilities, (g) full-time staff and (h) part-time staff in each pay bargaining unit in his Department were awarded the highest appraisal marking in the 2005-06 reporting round. | | (112679) | 137
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many staff in each pay bargaining unit in his Department (a) no ethnicity is recorded, (b) there is no record of whether or not they have a disability and (c) no gender is recorded in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what proportion of all staff this represents in each category. | | (112680) | 138
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners are off duty due to (a) injury and (b) other reasons resulting from incidents during driving examinations. | | (112755) | 139
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what protection from (a) verbal or (b) physical assault is provided for driving examiners. | | (112756) | 140
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines his Department issues on action to be taken against people who verbally or physically assault driving examiners. | | (112757) | 141
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines his Department issues on action to be taken against people who make unfounded complaints and allegations against driving examiners. | | (112758) | 142
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available to driving examiners who have experienced psychological trauma as a result of unfounded allegations being made against them. | | (112759) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 143
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many farmers in Wales have received their 2006 single farm payment. | | (109403) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 144
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated (a) on-flows and (b) off-flows for incapacity benefits are for each year to 2019-20 (i) under current policies and (ii) taking into account the proposed policy changes in the recent papers A new deal for welfare: Empowering people to work, and Security in retirement : towards a new pensions system. | | (110344) | 145
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the Chelmsford local authority area were in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit in each year since 1996; and how many recipients in each case were (i) pensioner and (ii) non-pensioner households. | | (110054) | 146
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of staff of each public body responsible to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions were (a) on fixed term appointments and (b) agency workers in each of the last three years. | | (109754) | 147
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of homes sold in 2005-06 to fund care-home residency. | | (112713) | 148
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Child Support Agency to pay the interest outstanding on the lump sum paid to Mrs Joanna Stephenson (ref 321001948335) in May. | | (109808) | 149
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will instruct the Child Support Agency to apply for a deduction from earnings order in relation to Mr Derek Sinclair, former spouse of Mrs Joanna Stephenson (ref 321001948335). | | (109809) | 150
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that Mrs Suzan Sampson of South Brent, Devon receives her national insurance number by Christmas; and what the reasons are for the delay. | | (109810) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 151
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff posts were lost at the North West London NHS Hospitals Trust in 2005-06; and how many have been lost in 2006-07. | | [Transferred] (112707) |
|
