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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 23 January 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 January 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 January 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 23 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 23 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his written statement of 14th December 2006, Official Report, column 93WS, on ECOFIN (28th November), what future work programme was agreed for the Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation; and if he will make a statement. | | (116232) | 2
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his written statement of 14th December 2006, Official Report, column 93WS, on ECOFIN (28th November), if he will make a statement on the Commission's assessment of the company tax obstacles hindering the function of the internal market. | | (116233) | 3
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his written statement of 14th December 2006, Official Report, column 93WS, on ECOFIN (28th November), what subjects were covered in the progress report from the Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation; and if he will make a statement. | | (116234) | 4
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his written statement of 14th December 2006, Official Report, column 93WS, on ECOFIN (28th November), in what ways he and his EU counterparts will work together to modernise and simplify the VAT system; and if he will make a statement. | | (116235) | 5
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the implementation date of the proposed increase in airline passenger duty to ensure that passengers are not charged retrospectively by airlines in respect of flights already booked. | | (110884) | 6
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2006, Official Report, column 1747W, on VAT, what the effect on VAT receipts has been of the change in the law on 3rd December 2004 regarding VAT on the supply of services to non-EU customers. | | (110852) | 7
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2006, Official Report, column 1747W, on VAT, how many companies have had applications for VAT refunds rejected as a result of the change in law on 3rd December 2004 regarding VAT on the supply of services to non-EU customers; and if he will make a statement. | | (110853) | 8
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2006, Official Report, column 1747W, on VAT, whether he plans to conduct a regulatory impact assessment of the effects on the UK financial services industry of the change in the law on 3rd December 2004 regarding VAT on the supply of services to non-EU customers. | | (110854) | 9
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has circulated guidance to other Departments in the last 12 months following the tabling of round-robin written parliamentary questions. | | (110931) | 10
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long the online tax credit service was closed by fraudsters in December 2005; and what steps he has taken to restore the online service since that date. | | (110932) | 11
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there were where clostridium difficile was mentioned on the death certificate in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital trust. | | (111002) | 12
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Complaints Manager of Inland Revenue, Salford, to reply to the letter of 5th November 2006 from Mr Ian McDonald of Olney, Buckinghamshire. | | (110969) | 13
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to integrate the IT systems responsible for administering tax credit payments and for refunds of overpayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (110909) | 14
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish a response to the recommendations of the Goodison Review of private giving and Government support for museums; and if he will make a statement. | | (110929) | 15
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which categories of people in the UK are covered by the Third EU Money Laundering Directive on Politically Exposed Persons. | | (110939) | 16
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what accounting convention is used for expressing the costs of long-term public expenditure over periods of (a) 20, (b) 30 and (c) 50 years. | | (110976) | 17
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give examples of where his Department uses cash costs for long-term expenditure over 30 or more years. | | (110978) | 18
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give examples of where his Department uses net-present value costings for public expenditure forecasts over 30 or more years. | | (110979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 19
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of people sleeping rough in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) Wellingborough and (c) England in each of the last five years; and what projection she has made of the numbers in 2007. | | (110911) | 20
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with colleagues regarding the creation of local energy generation schemes. | | (116886) | 21
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will meet a delegation from South Lakeland District Council to discuss the local government finance settlement. | | (110665) | 22
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projection the Government has made of additional demand for housing from migration; on what migration estimates that projection is based; and whether these estimates have been revised in line with recent changes in the level of immigration. | | (110915) | 23
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to introduce full planning procedures in respect of the installation of mobile masts and equipment. | | (110883) | 24
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local planning authorities have a specialist in-house conservation service. | | (110889) | 25
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to receive the first report of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion; and if she will make a statement. | | (110965) | 26
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will break down by main budget heading the programme expenditure for the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund initiative in the (a) North West, (b) London, (c) East Midlands, (d) Eastern, (e) Yorkshire and Humberside, (f) West Midlands, (g) South West and (h) North East region in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110970) | 27
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have made formal submissions to the consultation on the Draft East Midlands Regional Plan. | | (110988) | 28
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many official submissions were made in response to the public consultation on the Draft East Midlands Regional Plan. | | (110989) | 29
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of (a) preparing, (b) consulting on and (c) producing the Draft East of England Plan for (i) Go East, (ii) the East of England Regional Assembly and (iii) her Department, including the Inquiry in Public held in 2006. | | (110968) | 30
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will set milestones by which to judge the success of the take up of the voluntary home condition report. | | (110947) | 31
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department has developed to assess the case for making the home condition report a mandatory part of the Home Information Pack; and what information she plans to collect to inform the decision. | | (110955) | 32
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what planning guidelines exist in relation to land formerly used as airfields. | | (110891) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that TV Licensing behaves in a proportionate manner when dealing with households which do not have a TV licence. | | (110991) | 34
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the merits of a ban on the advertising of alcoholic drinks (a) on TV and (b) in print media; and if she will make a statement. | | (111008) | 35
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what resources are available for the preservation and promotion of church music; and if she will make a statement. | | (117474) | 36
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total income of the BBC from the licence fee in each of the next six years. | | (110930) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 37
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of (a) combat and (b) peacekeeping operations in Iraq in each year since 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (117374) | 38
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contributions have been received from (a) members of the public and (b) organisations on the consultation on a replacement for Trident. | | (110734) | 39
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government provided to the British arms industry in (a) direct subsidy and (b) indirect subsidy in the last year for which figures are available. | | (110897) | 40
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors prevented the Government from achieving its priority for the 3rd Review Conference on the Convention of Certain Conventional Weapons of finalising a Protocol on Mines other than Anti-Personnel Mines. | | (110972) | 41
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral statement of 17th January 2007, Official Report, columns 787-9, on the Defence Training Review, what the principal factors were which persuaded him to select Matrix as the preferred bidder for his Defence Training Rationalisation Review. | | (110951) | 42
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many active service personnel come from Swansea East. | | (110912) | 43
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect on costs he expects from reducing the establishment of Ministry of Defence police in Colchester. | | (110635) | 44
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the results of the review of the Ministry of Defence Police Service. | | (110963) | 45
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British forces are deployed overseas; what the cost has been of such overseas deployment in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of overseas deployments in 1996-97. | | (117477) | 46
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are taken at the level of basic vetting for employment to ensure that his Departmental staff have not adopted a false identity. | | (116654) | 47
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether information about individuals, other than their previous convictions, held on local police databases is accessible by the Defence Vetting Agency when undertaking clearance checks for his Department. | | (116655) | 48
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he has initiated in departmental vetting requirements (a) between September 2001 and July 2005 and (b) since July 2005. | | (116682) | 49
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional guidance has been given to the personnel of the Defence Vetting Agency to reflect the change of threat resulting from the events of (a) September 2001 and (b) July 2005. | | (116683) | 50
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to explain to his departmental staff the necessity for changes in the (a) depth and (b) detail of vetting to which they are subjected. | | (116684) | 51
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits were trained by the (a) RAF Recruit Training Squadron and (b) Airmen's Command Squadron at RAF Halton in each of the last five years. | | (110940) | 52
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilians and (b) military personnel comprise the (i) RAF Recruit Training Squadron and (ii) Airmen's Command Squadron at RAF Halton. | | (110941) | 53
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilians and (b) military personnel are employed in delivering logistics training to students at RAF Halton. | | (110942) | 54
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many students received logistics training at RAF Halton in each of the last five years. | | (110943) | 55
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, columns 357-8W, on defence medical services, what the revived manning requirement figures are for different categories of doctors. | | (110900) | 56
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles replaced Land Rovers in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each of the last 12 months; when he expects all Land Rovers in operation in each country to be replaced with armoured vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (110984) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 57
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how he plans to ensure that employers and employment agencies contribute to the costs of English for Speakers of Other Languages training for their employees. | | (110927) | 58
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which benefits individuals must receive in order to receive English for Speakers of Other Languages courses free of charge. | | (110928) | 59
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages are employed in each local learning and skills council area. | | (110934) | 60
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent by each local learning and skills council on English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in 2005-06. | | (110935) | 61
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how his Department plans to meet the needs for English for Speakers of Other Languages teaching of (a) families and (b) women, including those who are unemployed. | | (110944) | 62
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether his Department has carried out a race impact exercise to assess the effect on minority ethnic groups of restricting access to English for Speakers of Other Languages courses. | | (110945) | 63
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the future of specialist schools in the South East of England. | | (117388) | 64
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on recent developments in the uptake and sectoral extension of the Playing for Success initiative. | | (110933) | 65
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left further education having completed A-levels or equivalent to enter full-time employment in 2005-06. | | (110902) | 66
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left further education to attend higher education at a university based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) England and (e) elsewhere in Europe in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (110903) | 67
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left secondary education having completed GCSE qualifications and (a) entered full time employment and (b) continued study at a further education establishment in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (110904) | 68
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he plans to take to increase the teaching of British history in schools. | | (110593) | 69
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the national curriculum includes provision to ensure that all children are educated on the history of the union of Scotland and England; and if he will make a statement. | | (110594) | 70
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to publish guidance to headteachers on the implementation of the screening of pupils for weapons under the terms of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (117475) | 71
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources will be made available to schools for the screening of pupils for weapons under the terms of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill; how these resources will be allocated; and if he will make a statement. | | (117476) | 72
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual budget of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit has been since it was set up. | | (110638) | 73
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will break down by main budget heading the expenditure of the Teenage Pregnancy Unit in 2005-06. | | (110639) | 74
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the job description is of each employee at the Teenage Pregnancy Unit. | | (110640) | 75
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people not in employment, education or training there were in Hampshire in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (117373) | 76
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children leaving full time residential care in the last five years had a full time education place to go to. | | (116966) | 77
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he has allocated to sports coaching awards in each year since 1997; and how much he expects to allocate to such awards in each year to 2012. | | (110641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 78
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the quality of the data used in the Environment Agency's Life Cycle Assessment of Reusable and Disposable Nappies in the UK; and when a revised version of the Assessment will be published. | | (110913) | 79
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the tonnage of disposable nappies sent to landfill sites in the last year for which figures are available. | | (110914) | 80
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for recent trends in the hedgehog population. | | (110993) | 81
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with EU colleagues the provision of additional funding for animal handling facilities to deal with increased cattle testing. | | (110994) | 82
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost is of a pre-movement bovine tuberculosis test; and whether his Department has estimated the cost of moving to a whole-herd annual test. | | (110995) | 83
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the reduction of the age of cattle for pre-movement tuberculosis testing to 16 weeks. | | (110996) | 84
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the added cost to the farmer of reducing the age of cattle for pre-movement tuberculosis testing to 16 weeks. | | (110997) | 85
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work (a) has been and (b) is being carried out to tailor the evaluation tables for compensation on bovine tuberculosis slaughter for the added value of (i) high yield dairy cattle, (ii) organic stock and (iii) pedigree stock. | | (110998) | 86
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department has given to local authorities on the handling and processing of the testing of badgers for tuberculosis. | | (110999) | 87
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live (a) calves, (b) adult cattle, (c) sheep and (d) pigs were exported for (i) slaughter, (ii) fattening and (iii) breeding in 2006, broken down by country of destination. | | (110962) | 88
N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide put into the atmosphere each day; and what proportion is from human sources. | | (110732) | 89
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) the Environment Agency and (b) English Nature spent in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by programme. | | (110643) | 90
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, columns 970-1W, on the Animal Welfare Act, whether the secondary legislation set out in the table includes legislation to replace the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999; and if he will make a statement. | | (110953) | 91
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from where he plans to allocate the quota for under 10 metre fishing boats. | | (110910) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 92
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Indonesia regarding the burning of rainforests for agricultural purposes; and if she will make a statement. | | (110637) | 93
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent Ethiopian action in Somalia; what discussions she has had with the Ethiopian government on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (117444) | 94
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she has taken in support of establishing an international coalition to replace Ethiopian troops in Somalia. | | (117445) | 95
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Kenyan counterparts on (a) the situation in Somalia, (b) Ethiopian actions in Somalia and (c) US air strikes in Somalia; what the outcome was of these discussions; and if she will make a statement. | | (117446) | 96
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans (a) she and (b) and Ministers and officials from her Department have to attend the Paris 3 Conference on the Lebanon on 25th January. | | (110706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 97
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she defines nuisance behaviour as it is used in her Department's consultation entitled Tackling nuisance and disturbance behaviour on NHS healthcare premises. | | (110959) | 98
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of nuisance behaviour have been reported on NHS healthcare premises in each of the last five years. | | (110960) | 99
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are being considered to protect those whose behaviour is considered nuisance behaviour on NHS healthcare premises but which is symptomatic of a medical condition or due to a disability. | | (110961) | 100
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of the Volatile Substance Abuse Stakeholders meeting on the research conducted by St Georges University of London, referred to in her Answer of 25th October 2006, Official Report, column 1976W, on volatile substance abuse; and if she will make a statement. | | (110954) | 101
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to reply to the letters of 8th August, 4th October, 5th and 20th December 2006 from the hon. Member for North East Hampshire on Mrs Dafforn. | | (110950) | 102
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of the 2-day event sponsored by her Department at the Russell Hotel, London; and if she will list the (i) invitees and (ii) attendees. | | (110633) | 103
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition her Department uses of the word disproportionate in section F, para 3.30 Expenditure in the Code of Practice for Promotion of NHS Services; and if she will make a statement. | | (110733) | 104
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what material her Department has provided to schools and colleges to raise awareness of binge drinking. | | (111001) | 105
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of redundancy costs of the restructuring of (a) strategic health authorities, (b) ambulance trusts and (c) primary care trusts. | | (111003) | 106
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which independent sector treatment centres have fully completed their national data returns on time; which have supplied incomplete information; and which have not made a return. | | (111004) | 107
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on nationally produced (a) consultation documents and (b) public information leaflets in each of the last 10 years. | | (111005) | 108
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many information leaflets were produced by her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (111006) | 109
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to include neonatal care in the payment by results tariff. | | (111007) | 110
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under 18 years were diagnosed with alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver in each of the last 10 years. | | (111009) | 111
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the document Choosing your hospital: National menu - your choice of hospitals across England, were ordered by her Department. | | (117399) | 112
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) publishing and (b) disseminating the publication Choosing your hospital: National menu - your choice of hospitals across England; and if she will make a statement. | | (117400) | 113
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the supply of oxygen cylinders to NHS outpatients in each strategic health authority in each year since 2002-03. | | (117371) | 114
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of orthodontic service provision in Hampshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (110886) | 115
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements have been made for the continuation of services at the Royal Hospital, Haslar, after 31st March 2007. | | (110887) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 116
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving identity fraud were committed (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in each of the previous 10 years. | | (110990) | 117
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any individuals seeking to move to the UK to marry have been refused entry for not meeting the required level of English language skills. | | (110631) | 118
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to provide extra emergency cells in London to ensure that prisoners no longer have to sleep overnight in court cells. | | (110898) | 119
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity is of police cells in England and Wales; and how many of these cells are occupied by prisoners relocated there under Operation Safeguard. | | (110899) | 120
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in Ministry of Defence policing at Colchester on the (a) workload of the Essex Police and (b) community safety in the Colchester and Tendring police sub-division; and if he will make a statement. | | (110636) | 121
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales have mounted sections; and how many horses each such force has. | | (110949) | 122
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects a decision to be reached on whether the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will acquire the former RAF Coltishall for use as a removal centre. | | (110938) | 123
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will provide a substantive reply to Question 104193, tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest East for named day answer on 29th November 2006; and what the reason is for the time taken for a response. | | (110901) | 124
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations his Department has received on the activities of private sector wheel clampers; and if he will make a statement. | | (110905) | 125
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase the powers of the Security Industry Authority in relation to wheel clamping. | | (110906) | 126
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the efficacy of the law on theft and extortion in relation to private sector wheel clampers who remove vehicles from private land. | | (110907) | 127
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are of the findings of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate pilot schemes at Dover port and Croydon piloting the use of social work intake teams in the asylum process for the resolution of disputes about the age of children seeking asylum. | | (110956) | 128
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines were issued for fireworks offences in Bassetlaw in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (110986) | 129
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to give local probation trusts commissioning powers under the new Offender Management Bill. | | (116691) | 130
| Martin Salter (Reading West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of workers on the highly skilled migrants programme accepted on the original criteria who will no longer have leave to remain in the UK following the planned changes. | | (110964) | 131
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cells there were in police stations in each force in England and Wales in each year since 1996; and how many were available for use in each year. | | (110568) | 132
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fully qualified and substantive Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers completed CID training courses in each police force in each of the last 10 years. | | (117178) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance he has made available (a) bilaterally and (b) through the World Food Programme to those experiencing drought in Karamoja, Uganda. | | (110952) | 134
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to civilians affected by the conflict in Sri Lanka. | | (117372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 135
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why the Northern Ireland Prison Service did not inform Judge Peter Cory of the prior destruction of a large number of files that may have been relevant to his inquiry. | | (110885) | 136
N | Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what change in operating costs he expects for Northern Ireland Water Limited as a result of the draft Street Works (Amendment) Order over the next five years. | | (110849) | Questions to the Prime Minister 137
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, how many people signed the electronic petition on the Downing Street website opposing the proposed pay as you drive scheme. | | (110936) | 138
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had on requests to leave on the Downing Street website the e-petition opposing the proposed pay as you drive scheme. | | (111000) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 139
N | Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the future of Medical Research Council centres in Scotland following the review by Sir David Cooksey. | | (116343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 140
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Shareholder Executive plans to replace the Chairman of Royal Mail. | | (110632) | 141
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Written Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1034W, on post office funding, when he expects to publish a detailed breakdown of his funding plan for the post office network. | | (110888) | 142
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the subsidy for the post office network announced on 14th December 2006 is for (a) restructuring, (b) modernisation, (c) social network subsidy, (d) new products and services and (e) other support initiatives; and how much of the funding announced will be in (i) cash and (ii) non-cash items. | | (110890) | 143
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the extent of mis-selling to small businesses by energy suppliers or their agents. | | (110957) | 144
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what protection small businesses have from mis-selling in the energy market. | | (110958) | 145
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to promote business and trade links between the East Midlands and Brazil. | | (110987) | 146
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure was of regional venture funds in each regional development agency in each of the financial years since 2000-01. | | (110966) | 147
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure was of Business Links on business advice and support in each financial year since 2000-01. | | (110967) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 148
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, columns 751-2W, on the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency, how many of the requests were refused in each month. | | (110634) | 149
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints he has received from the public on the late arrival of trains in East Sussex in the last 12 months. | | (110985) | 150
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition the Department uses of peak-time travel on the railways. | | (117369) | 151
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will initiate an investigation into the operation of the new Great Western franchise, with particular reference to (a) reliability, (b) punctuality and (c) the new timetable; and if he will investigate the current performance of (i) First Great Western and (ii) Network Rail. | | (117370) | 152
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of subsidy support for concessionary fares schemes, under the national scheme, that local transport authorities will have to bear from their own budgets; and if he will make a statement. | | (110937) | 153
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the M18 motorway was closed to all traffic on 11th January 2006; upon whose authority the motorway was closed; why a complete closure was deemed necessary; and if he will make a statement. | | (117478) | 154
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving 16 year olds driving 50cc motorcycles there were in each of the last 15 years; and what percentage of traffic accidents in each year each figure represents. | | (110948) | 155
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by the Highways Agency in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by programme. | | (110642) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 156
N | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer Question 108830, on Ros Altman, tabled by the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen on 7th December 2006. | | (110882) | 157
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any Health and Safety Executive posts are planned to be lost in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (110992) | 158
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley are in receipt of incapacity benefit; and how many of those people have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for (i) up to one year, (ii) one to two years, (iii) two to five years and (iv) over five years. | | (110971) | 159
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have received winter fuel payments in Derby city since 2005. | | (110946) | 160
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the movement in bulk annuity rates for pension schemes buying out their liabilities on wind-up in each year since 1999. | | (110973) | 161
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amounts which trustees of the pensions scheme which have already completed winding up and for whom annual payments have started have charged each scheme, per member, for registering, qualifying and liaising with Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) staff and for submitting data and completing application forms for FAS payments. | | (110974) | 162
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice is available to members of winding up pension schemes who are offered deemed buyback to assist them with their decision. | | (110975) | 163
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give examples of where his Department has used cash costs for long-term public expenditure; and whether there are any examples of cash costs being used for expenditure over 30 or more years. | | (110977) | 164
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department has obtained to assess the loss of contracted out state pension rights among members of pension schemes which started winding up between 1997 and 2005. | | (110980) | 165
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential costs to public funds of use of deemed buyback by members of pension schemes which started winding up between 1997 and 2004. | | (110981) | 166
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost incurred by those independent trustees who have ben asked to provide information on the costs which they have charged to pension schemes as a result of complying with the notification, qualification and member registration criteria of the Financial Assistance Scheme was for each pension scheme. | | (110982) | 167
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average reductions in pension for non-qualifying scheme members as a result of trustees charging for providing information to notify, qualify and apply for payments for qualifying members under the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (110983) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 168
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been in Band D council tax since 1997-98 in (a) the London Borough of Croydon and (b) England. | | [Question Unstarred] (117389) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 169
N | Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his latest assessment is of levels of economic activity in Scotland. | | [Question Unstarred] (116344) |
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