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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 24 January 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 24 January 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 24 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 Wednesday 24 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 24 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were claiming jobseeker's allowance in Wellingborough on 31st December in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006. | | (111266) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cost savings have accrued to HM Revenue and Customs from the introduction of electronic filing of PAYE End of Year submissions; and if he will make a statement. | | (111100) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors led to the increased expenditure in incentive payments for electronic filing from the initial estimate for 2004-05; and if he will make a statement. | | (111105) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the figure of £42 million for incentive payments for electronic filing set out in the Regulatory Impact Assessment of 24th September 2003 was calculated. | | (111106) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations with the payroll software industry were undertaken by members of HM Revenue and Customs when developing the policy of mandating and incentivising employers to file electronically pay-as-you-earn information; and if he will make a statement. | | (111107) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) payments to Capgemini and (b) total costs were spent by HM Revenue and Customs on electronic filing of pay-as-you-earn end of year submissions for the year ended 5th April 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (111112) | 7
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to Question 113849, on the World Economic Forum, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 5th January 2007. | | (111440) | 8
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of gross domestic product was recorded in the nomenclature of units for territorial statistics areas most closely corresponding to (a) Stroud District Council and (b) Stroud constituency in each of the last five years. | | (111090) | 9
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on accommodation at the Watergate Hotel for him and his staff in each year since 1997. | | (111070) | 10
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nights he has spent at the Washington Embassy on official business since 1997; and how many nights he has spent at the Watergate Hotel in Washington on official business since 1997. | | (111071) | 11
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111156) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which conferences with fewer than 100 attendees were funded in whole or part by his Department in November 2006. | | (111213) | 13
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) date, (b) purpose and (c) cost was of each helicopter flight he has taken in the last 12 months. | | (111214) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department charged media organisations to accompany him on his trip to India in January 2007. | | (111215) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has agreed that the £250 million increase in the Department for Education and Skills' capital budget in 2008-09 that he announced in his 2006 Pre-Budget Report be earmarked for primary schools (£150 million) and further education (£100 million). | | (111216) | 16
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has agreed that the £750 million increase in the Department for Education and Skills' capital budget in 2009-10 that he announced in his 2006 Pre-Budget Report be earmarked for primary schools (£500 million) and further education (£250 million). | | (111217) | 17
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments from the public purse his Department has made to (a) City Refrigeration Holdings and (b) its subsidiary CBES Ltd in each year since 2003. | | (111225) | 18
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions he has met representatives from EMI Group in the last 12 months; which representatives he met on each occasion; and what the purpose was of each meeting. | | (111235) | 19
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions in the last 12 months officials from his Department have met representatives from EMI Group; and what the purpose was of each meeting. | | (111236) | 20
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which guests have stayed overnight at the flat above Number 10 Downing Street in the last 12 months. | | (111291) | 21
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which functions were held at Number 11 Downing Street in November 2006. | | (111292) | 22
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the costs of refurbishment of the flat above Number 10 Downing Street have been in financial year 2006-07. | | (111294) | 23
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what official visits (a) he and (b) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury have made to hospitals in South London since the last general election. | | (111411) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down the tax credit figures in Tables B13 and B16 of the Pre-Budget Report between the working tax credit, the child tax credit and the pension credit. | | (111199) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs employees are being prosecuted for tax credit fraud; how many were prosecuted for such fraud since the tax credit scheme began; and if he will make a statement. | | (111310) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff have received prison sentences for committing tax credit fraud since the tax credit scheme began; what the total amount of fraud was in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (111311) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of tax credit fraud cases in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (111312) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which private sector suppliers were used to deliver contact centre services for tax credit claimants in each year since December 2002; how many calls were made to these private sector suppliers; and if he will make a statement. | | (111313) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the calls to private sector suppliers delivering contact centre services for tax credit claimants were not recorded in each quarter since January 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (111314) | 30
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met Lakshmi Mittal since 1997. | | (111351) | 31
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has visited Exeter on official business since 1997. | | (111352) | 32
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111117) | 33
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with financial institutions on the provision of Shari'a bank accounts, savings accounts and mortgages. | | (111084) | 34
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total level of overpayment of tax credits was in each of the last three years. | | (111081) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 35
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111167) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 36
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many ordinations there were in the Church of England of (a) stipendiary (i) men and (ii) women, (b) non-stipendiary (A) men and (B) women and (c) ordained local ministry (1) men and (2) women in 2006. | | (111393) | 37
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what financial support is available for rural churches which require repairs to their fabric. | | (111270) | 38
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what funding sources are available for the repair of historic churches. | | (111271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 39
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have submitted discretionary schemes to license houses in multiple occupancy which do not fall within the mandatory definition. | | (110569) | 40
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the letter to her dated 18th December 2006 from the hon. Member for Reigate on Planning Policy Statement 3. | | (110651) | 41
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to introduce the proposed changes to the Disability Facilities Grant. | | (111045) | 42
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has (a) to make the Disability Facilities Grant more flexible and (b) to reduce the operation of the ring fence in relation to the grant. | | (111046) | 43
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how she plans to increase the role of Home Improvement Agencies in relation to the Disability Facilities Grant. | | (111047) | 44
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated to each local authority in Gloucestershire in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 for concessionary fees; and how much of the allocation has been spent in each case. | | (111423) | 45
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) Gloucestershire County Council on (i) prudential borrowing and (ii) the previous capital borrowing regime; and if she will make a statement. | | (111424) | 46
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the changes in the local authority borrowing regime since 2005. | | (111425) | 47
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111166) | 48
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the applications for land-based wind turbines which have been (a) rejected and (b) approved by her Department since 1997, broken down by constituency. | | (111237) | 49
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory provisions and (b) Departmental guidelines provide authorisation for action by housing associations in respect of (i) refurbishment of their existing stock, (ii) new build and (iii) replacement of existing stock by higher density new build; and what financial incentives are provided to housing associations in each case. | | (111181) | 50
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what Tamworth Borough Council's net budget is. | | (111358) | 51
| Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual percentage change was in central government grant provided to Hull City Council in each year since 1990. | | (111210) | 52
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) typical or average hourly call handling capacity and (b) maximum hourly call handling capacity is expected to be of each of the regional control centres proposed under the FiReControl project. | | [R] (111173) | 53
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the local government finance settlement for 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (111136) | 54
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by her Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111129) | 55
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of people made homeless in England and Wales as a direct result of domestic violence in each of the past five years. | | (111093) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 56
N | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions there have been with Crown Court judges who specialise in hearing fraud cases on the Government's proposals to remove juries for complex fraud cases. | | (110595) | 57
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111165) | 58
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by her Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111121) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 59
| Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has for the selling of the frequency allocation used by radio microphone users. | | (111401) | 60
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with gambling and gaming companies on on-line gambling addiction. | | (117380) | 61
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any National Lottery funds previously earmarked for the voluntary sector are planned to be diverted to supporting the funding of the London Olympics 2012; what representations (a) she and (b) her Department has received on this matter from representatives of the voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (111056) | 62
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111164) | 63
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure that lottery funding for the 2012 London Olympic games will not reduce resources available for community projects in other areas of the UK. | | (111400) | 64
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust on funding to protect historic churches; when she last met the Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (110892) | 65
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by her Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111123) | 66
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects a decision from Sport England on the future of Lilleshall National Sports Academy after 2009. | | (111272) | 67
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to name regional training facilities for the 2012 Olympics. | | (111273) | 68
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the preparations for the 2012 Olympics are efficient and well-managed. | | (111406) | 69
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met OFCOM to discuss its complaints procedure. | | (111189) | 70
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, about which five television programmes OFCOM received most complaints in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111190) | 71
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis OFCOM is refusing to respond to individual complaints made about Celebrity Big Brother. | | (111191) | 72
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of television licences were purchased or renewed (a) at a post office, (b) online, (c) by phone and (d) by post in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006. | | (111192) | 73
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Olympic Lottery game on the sales of other Lottery games; and what (a) research and (b) evidence she has received. | | (111111) | 74
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints her Department has received about the allegations of racism on the Channel Four programme Celebrity Big Brother; and what representations she has received on this subject. | | (111101) | 75
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Ministers in her Department last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Channel Four; and when she last discussed race and diversity issues with each. | | (111102) | 76
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Ministers in her Department last met the Chief Executive of Ofcom. | | (111103) | 77
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last discussed the regulations regarding the broadcasting of (a) offensive and (b) racist language and behaviour with the Chief Executive of Channel Four. | | (111104) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 78
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the statements of the three local women and 10 Somali soldiers who witnessed the Chuka massacre during the Kenyan emergency in the spring of 1953, held by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (111339) | 79
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds the Freedom of Information request by Dr David Anderson for witness statements to the Chuka massacre in 1953 during the Kenyan emergency was rejected; and if he will make a statement. | | (111340) | 80
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111161) | 81
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when work will commence on refurbishing the roof at Chorley Air Cadet Centre. | | (110577) | 82
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the defence budget was for each year between 1987 and 2007. | | (111357) | 83
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much is allocated for education grants for private boarding schools for the children of officers in the British Army; and how many children received such funding in each of the last three years. | | (111359) | 84
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what benefits are provided for servicemen in the British Army in addition to wages. | | (111360) | 85
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average annual rent a serviceman in the British army paid for accommodation in 2005-06. | | (111361) | 86
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual pay is for (a) a private, (b) a captain, (c) a major, (d) a lieutenant colonel and (e) a colonel in the British army. | | (111362) | 87
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK force commanders have requested additional helicopters for operations in Afghanistan since 1st September 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (111137) | 88
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of helicopter numbers available to UK forces in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (111138) | 89
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on future unmanned underwater vehicle programmes for the Royal Navy. | | (116903) | 90
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on recent discussions with Kellogg Brown and Root about future investment in Devonport Dockyard. | | (116904) | 91
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each decommissioned nuclear-powered submarine is stored. | | (116905) | 92
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have been sold to other countries since 1997; and what revenue was received by the Ministry of Defence in each case. | | (116906) | 93
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK contribution to Operation Active Endeavour; and if he will make a statement. | | (116907) | 94
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of food served (a) in buildings occupied by his Department and (b) to UK armed forces personnel was of British origin in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (111120) | 95
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1555W on ammunition, what security arrangement are in place for consignments which are held or stored on the contractor's property for periods that do not exceed 48 hours. | | (111436) | 96
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1555W, on ammunition, what steps he plans to take in response to the recent break-in at Didcot Parkway Station. | | (111437) | 97
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement in Afghanistan are for retaliation by the armed forces against mortar and rocket attack. | | (111304) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 98
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what official visits he has made to hospitals in South London since the last general election. | | (111384) | 99
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what role he will have in the co-ordination of Government policy in preparation for a national referendum on the Treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union. | | (111269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 100
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding will be provided to primary schools for the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning programme in each of the next three years; what plans there are to provide funding for secondary schools for similar programmes; and whether such funding will be additional to the budget for the primary schools programme. | | (111174) | 101
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Learning and Skills Agency spent on programme expenditure in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110573) | 102
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of central government grant was to local government for education in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110575) | 103
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of families in Coventry (a) are eligible for and (b) have taken up (i) free and (ii) subsidised childcare. | | (117379) | 104
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in implementing the Building Schools for the Future programme; what the role is of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in delivering the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (111366) | 105
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many education supervision orders were put in place for children with special educational needs in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (111012) | 106
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unauthoried absences from schools in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire there were in each year since 1997. | | (111013) | 107
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111159) | 108
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what role the Chairman of the National Youth Volunteering Organisation `V' is playing in his Department's contribution to the Government's Review of Children and Young People. | | (111218) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to publish the Building Bulletin 100 document on sprinklers in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (111365) | 110
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils (a) began year seven and (b) finished year 11 in Tamworth constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (111363) | 111
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision exists in the National Curriculum for teaching about the role of church music in English culture; and if he will make a statement. | | (110894) | 112
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many new schools have been built in each (a) local education authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in England since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (110644) | 113
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions the Curriculum Online Content Advisory Board has met since March 2006. | | (111178) | 114
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken to monitor the BBC's compliance with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's conditions for the Digital Curriculum Initiative. | | (111179) | 115
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in custody were looked after by the state (a) under a court order and (b) under a voluntary care order (i) prior to and (ii) after conviction in each of the last five years. | | (111274) | 116
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much schools in England spent on IT in each of the last three financial years. | | (111353) | 117
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much schools in England spent on Microsoft products in each of the last three financial years. | | (111354) | 118
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of food served in (a) buildings occupied by his Department and (b) schools in England and Wales was of British origin in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (111128) | 119
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the economic effect upon Cumbria of the formation of the University of Cumbria. | | (111386) | 120
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many days of teacher absence were covered by supply teaching assistants in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (110916) | 121
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many days of teacher absence were covered by fully qualified supply teachers in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (110917) | 122
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students on the Gifted and Talented programme in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire receive free school meals. | | (111072) | 123
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the success rates for special educational needs learners are for complete frameworks of (a) work-based learning, (b) further education, (c) adult and community learning and (d) school sixth forms levels 1 to 3 vocational programmes in each year since 1997. | | (111349) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 124
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on programme expenditure in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110574) | 125
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much English Nature spent on programme expenditure in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110576) | 126
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reverse his decision on a plastic bag levy for shoppers. | | (111430) | 127
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grant his Department has recently given to the Soil Association; and for what purpose. | | (111431) | 128
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the differential in market beef prices in the North of England compared to the South. | | (111432) | 129
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals he has to reform the levy bands. | | (111433) | 130
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects further single farm payments to be made. | | [R] (111434) | 131
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the balance of trade was in the dairy sector in the last four years; what steps he is taking to improve it; and what assessment he has made of (a) the cost of milk production and (b) the producer price paid to farmer. | | (111435) | 132
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of arable land there are in the UK. | | (111438) | 133
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of illegal meat imports into the UK in each of the last five years; what volume has been seized; how many successful prosecutions there have been for meat smuggling; and what further steps he plans to take to tackle illegal meat imports. | | (111442) | 134
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of TB in the deer population; and what action he is taking to tackle the disease. | | (111444) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations he plans to undertake on the proposals in the Bovine Tuberculosis Advisory Committee's report. | | (111052) | 136
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in the National Scrapie Plan. | | (111053) | 137
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the opportunities for British farmers to produce biofuels. | | (111054) | 138
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Spain on bull fighting; and what his policy is on bull fighting. | | (111055) | 139
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111160) | 140
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of environmental campaigns funded by his Department; and if he will place in the Library copies of such assessments. | | (111267) | 141
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what performance indicators his Department and its predecessors have used to assess the impact of publicly-funded environmental communications campaigns since 1997; if he will publish the performance of each such campaign as measured by such indicators; and if he will make a statement. | | (111268) | 142
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, columns 303-4W, on flood defences, whether the long-term cost of protecting nuclear power stations from the risk of flooding was taken into account in the Government's Energy Review of July 2006. | | (111305) | 143
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many species were (a) put on and (b) taken off the endangered species list in each of the last 10 years. | | (111364) | 144
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed in the Rural Payments Agency; what the cost of staff salaries was in 2005-06; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest salary is for each job. | | (111396) | 145
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111127) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 146
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal base is for budgeted EU expenditure of Euros 9,900,000 in 2007 on the European Agency for the Management of Operational Co-operation at the External Border. | | (111295) | 147
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal base is for budgeted EU expenditure of Euros 60,000,000 in 2007 on the European Refugee Fund. | | (111296) | 148
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal base is for budgeted EU expenditure of Euros 3,000,000 in 2007 for the European Migration Monitoring Centre. | | (111297) | 149
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal base is for EU expenditure of Euros 70,200,000 in 2007 on ARGO and the EU Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals. | | (111298) | 150
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal base is for budgeted EU expenditure of Euros 14,000,000 in 2007 for European Union special representatives. | | (111300) | 151
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made on the unrest in South Eastern Nepal. | | (111402) | 152
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects elections to be held in Bangladesh. | | (111403) | 153
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she will reply to questions (a) 114212, (b) 113851, and (c) 104792, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold. | | (111443) | 154
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (117378) | 155
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will instigate a public inquiry into the conduct of the British colonial administration in Kenya during the 1950s emergency; what representations her Department has received on the treatment of Kenyans by the British colonial administration in this period from (a) (i) governments and (ii) citizens of Kenya and (b) others; and if she will make a statement. | | (111258) | 156
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Kenyan government on (a) compensation and (b) an apology for those affected by torture and degrading treatment by the British colonial administration during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; and if she will make a statement. | | (111302) | 157
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will issue an apology to the Kenyan victims of (a) torture and (b) victims of degrading treatment by the British colonial authorities during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; and if she will make a statement. | | (111329) | 158
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will offer compensation to those Kenyan victims of (a) torture and (b) degrading or inhuman treatment by the British colonial authorities during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; and if she will make a statement. | | (111330) | 159
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of Kenyans unlawfully (a) tortured, (b) imprisoned, (c) subjected to degrading and inhumane treatment and (d) killed during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; what estimate she has made of the number who died as a result; and if she will make a statement. | | (111331) | 160
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of former Colonial officials allegedly responsible for torture and deaths of Kenyans during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; and if she will make a statement. | | (111334) | 161
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of Kenyan women subjected to sexual abuse during the 1950s Kenyan emergency by British Colonial officials and military personnel; and if she will make a statement. | | (111335) | 162
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records have been kept of the number of Kenyans who died of disease during their detention without trial during the Kenyan emergency of the 1950s; and if she will make a statement. | | (111336) | 163
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records have been kept of the extent to which the treatment of Kenyan detainees by the Colonial administration during the 1950s Kenyan emergency was sanctioned by the British Government; and if she will make a statement. | | (111337) | 164
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records exist of the whereabouts of (a) Dedan Kimathi and (b) remains of Kenyan detainees hanged by the British Colonial authorities during the Kenyan emergency in the 1950s; and if she will make a statement. | | (111338) | 165
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records exist of the regulations governing the running by the Colonial authorities of detention camps in Kenya during the 1950s Kenyan emergency; and if she will make a statement. | | (111341) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Ugandan authorities on the case of the 19 members of the Peoples Redemption Army in custody. | | (111057) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the political situation in Uganda. | | (111058) | 168
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111163) | 169
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects to reply to the letter of 18th December 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A Latif. | | (111099) | 170
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's latest assessment is of civilian casualties for military and terrorist operations in Iraq in each month since February 2002; and if she will make a statement. | | (111135) | 171
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by her Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111126) | 172
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) recent developments in the conflict in Sri Lanka and (b) the impact of the conflict on civilians. | | (117375) | 173
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts have been awarded to ArmorGroup by her Department for work in Iraq; what the start and end dates of each contract were; what the purpose of each contract was; and how many people were employed under the terms of each contract. | | (111388) | 174
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts let by her Department for work in Iraq were in relation to projects funded in part or wholly by the (a) Japanese and (b) Dutch governments. | | (111392) | 175
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often and when the contract awarded to ArmorGroup for training the Iraqi Police in June 2004 was (a) reviewed and (b) extended; and whether ArmorGroup was paid per day or per person employed. | | (111395) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 176
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when applicants for nurse-family partnerships will be informed of whether they have been successful. | | (111180) | 177
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proceeds of the sale of (a) Rossendale General Hospital and (b) the hospital site would be (i) additional to the operating budget of the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust and available to the trust to spend on health provision in Rossendale at their own discretion and (ii) netted off against current or future capital allocation. | | (111407) | 178
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement is made in the appointment of members of health authorities and trusts to ensure that individuals are appointed who have (a) experience of public service and community involvement, (b) live across the geographic area covered and (c) include people who live in inner city and other deprived communities. | | (110570) | 179
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) name, (b) postcode of residential address, (c) age, (d) gender, (e) ethnicity, (f) details of previous public service experience and (g) party affiliation member of the (i) Sheffield Primary Care Trust, (ii) Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, (iii) Sheffield Children's Hospital Trust and (iv) Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Health Authority. | | (110571) | 180
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Tendring are waiting for NHS orthodontic treatment. | | (111188) | 181
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of central Government grant to local government was for social services in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (110572) | 182
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to Question 113834, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 5th January 2007. | | (111441) | 183
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal advice the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority received before making its decision on human-animal hybrid research. | | (111391) | 184
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how she defines intermediate care. | | (111010) | 185
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were carried out in the Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust area on girls aged (a) under 16 and (b) between the ages of 16 and 18 in each year since 1999. | | (111011) | 186
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire waited for more than six months from GP referral for elective operations in the last period for which figures are available. | | (111014) | 187
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of her Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether she plans to increase the use of open source software in her Department. | | (111162) | 188
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department issues on the (a) drugs and (b) hormones used in invitrofertilisation; and if she will regulate to reduce the dosages which may be used. | | (111301) | 189
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value was of payments from the public purse from her Department to Medicial Imaging (Essex) Limited in each year since 1999. | | (111219) | 190
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total amount of expenditure by her Department in Scotland was in each of the last two years, broken down by constituency. | | (111238) | 191
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which date each Minister in her Department visited (a) any part of the Maudsley Hospital and (b) the 24 hour emergency clinic at the Maudsley Hospital in Southwark. | | (111409) | 192
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is allocated to hospitals in addition to primary care trust contracted operations; and for what purposes. | | (111355) | 193
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was for South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust for 2006-07. | | (111356) | 194
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for (a) Good Hope Hospital and (b) Sir Robert Peel Hospital in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (111385) | 195
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to NHS trusts on the steps which should be taken before a decision not to resuscitate a patient is taken. | | (111082) | 196
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 11th January 2006, Official Report, column 701W, on the NHS Appointments Commission, who in her Department is responsible for monitoring the performance of the Appointments Commission; what data is supplied to enable such monitoring to take place; and what steps are taken to check the accuracy of such data. | | (111259) | 197
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to reply to the letter of 18th December 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr C Tilson. | | (111098) | 198
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the nutrient profiling model developed by the FSA for the use of Ofcom on television advertising. | | (111280) | 199
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for the Food Standards Agency traffic light labelling television advertising campaign. | | (111083) | 200
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with Type (a) 1 and (b) 2 diabetes in Braintree, Witham and Halstead Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years. | | (111350) | 201
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of food served in (a) buildings occupied by her Department and (b) NHS hospitals was of British origin in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (111125) | 202
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the productivity of surgeons who work both for the NHS and the private sector in their (a) NHS and (b) private sector work; and if she will make a statement. | | (111275) | 203
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS hospital consultants work solely for the NHS; and how many and what proportion of NHS hospital consultants also work in the private sector, broken down by estimated percentage of time spent on such work. | | (111279) | 204
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected costs are of the Medical Training Application Service in (a) 2006-07 and (b) each subsequent financial year; how many applicants are expected to use the service in each year; and how much of the costs in each year are expected to be accounted for by (i) personnel, (ii) software development and maintenance, (iii) hardware maintenance, (iv) communication networks, (v) security and (vi) archiving. | | (117376) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 205
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the introduction of the smoking ban on levels of anti-social behaviour. | | (111193) | 206
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress towards the introduction of Alcohol Disorder Zones. | | (111194) | 207
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to promote the Community Call to Action introduced under the Police and Justice Act 2006. | | (111195) | 208
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists were prosecuted for not wearing seat belts in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority. | | (111186) | 209
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions were brought against and (b) fixed penalty notices were imposed on drivers in each police authority area using mobile phones while driving in 2005. | | (111398) | 210
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) maximum, (b) minimum and (c) average penalty imposed for driving while using a hand-held mobile phone was in each month in 2005. | | (111399) | 211
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug liaison officer posts there were at the Serious Organised Crime Agency at (a) its establishment and (b) in each year since. | | (111132) | 212
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions overtime payments for intercept teams in the Serious Organised Crime Agency were (a) made and (b) refused in the last 12 months; and for what reasons payments were refused. | | (111133) | 213
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers were recruited to West Midlands police force in each year since 1997. | | (117377) | 214
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is given by the population management unit of HM Prison Service to prison officers who review category C prisoners eligible for a move to a lower security category prison. | | (111307) | 215
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ask the police to initiate an inquiry into former colonial officials resident in the UK alleged to be responsible for the deaths and torture of Kenyans during the 1950's Kenyan emergency; and if he will make a statement. | | (111332) | 216
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many street robberies were committed in Lancashire in the last 12 months; and how many were committed on 11 to 16 year olds. | | (111015) | 217
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adult prisoners absconded from prisons in Lancashire in each of the last five years, broken down by category of conviction; how many such prisoners are still at large, broken down by category of conviction; and if he will make a statement. | | (111016) | 218
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether new passport and immigration controls are being considered on visitors from the Russian Federation. | | (111050) | 219
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111168) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department and its agencies use Mosaic data. | | (111211) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have shared biometric data with private sector organisations. | | (111212) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers his Department has recorded as missing from their last registered address in each of the last five years. | | (111220) | 223
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research conducted into the location of the 69 Identity and Passport Service local offices. | | (111221) | 224
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the publication of the Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme, what quality assurance checks will be conducted on data held in existing databases which will form part of the National Identity Register. | | (111222) | 225
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was claimed in benefits by failed asylum seekers in each of the last 12 months. | | (111223) | 226
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which foreign agencies his Department has shared biometric data in the last 12 months. | | (111239) | 227
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which private organisations data held by the Identity and Passport Service have been shared in each of the last two years; and for what purpose information was shared in each case. | | (111240) | 228
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the maximum distance individuals will have to travel in order to register their biometric details at an Identity and Passport Service office. | | (111241) | 229
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what purpose offices of the Identity and Passport Service are to be equipped with panic rooms. | | (111242) | 230
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have sold data from databases which they operate to private organisations in the last three years. | | (111243) | 231
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary staff were employed in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (111244) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mean average salary is paid to full-time officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. | | (111245) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of employing temporary staff in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (111246) | 234
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were temporarily transferred to work on issues outside those covered by the IND between 8th and 12th January. | | (111247) | 235
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate were employed in the assessment of asylum claims in each of the last 12 weeks. | | (111248) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department were temporarily redeployed following the discovery of case files of criminals convicted abroad which had not been entered on the Police National Computer; and which duties they were redeployed from and to. | | (111249) | 237
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what period of notice is given to failed asylum seekers before enforcement or removal action is taken against them; and what the normal method of notification is. | | (111250) | 238
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last two years enforcement and removal officers have failed to carry out a removal due to a failed asylum seeker having left their registered address. | | (111251) | 239
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take in response to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) Complaints Audit Committee's assessment of IND complaints handling; and what assessment he has made of the reasons why IND decisions were found to be indefensible, with particular reference to asylum seekers liable for deportation. | | (111324) | 240
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the age was of each individual convicted and given a minimum five-year sentence for possessing an illegal firearm in each of the last three years. | | (111175) | 241
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were convicted and given a minimum five-year sentence for possessing an illegal firearm in each of the last three years, broken down by type of crime committed. | | (111176) | 242
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the countries of origin of the weapons which were possessed by the individuals convicted and given a minimum five-year sentence for possessing an illegal firearm in each of the last three years; and what the estimated age was of each such weapon. | | (111177) | 243
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of food served in (a) buildings occupied by his Department and (b) UK prisons was of British origin in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (111124) | 244
| Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which contractors have been responsible for operating the secure delivery of passports for the Identity and Passport Service since 1st January 2003; and what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of passports mislaid by such contractors each year since 2003. | | (111182) | 245
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether iris scans are to be included in passport chips; and if he will make a statement. | | (111276) | 246
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to increase the regulation of websites based in the UK. | | (111260) | 247
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted temporary admission to the UK in each of the last five years. | | (111405) | 248
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of trespass into school properties in the city of Leicester were reported in the last 12 months; and how many trespassers caught were aged under 10 years. | | (111088) | 249
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been (a) enforced and (b) breached in the (i) Eyres Monsell and (ii) Freemen ward of Leicester. | | (111108) | 250
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests were made and (b) convictions were obtained in (i) Leicester and (ii) Leicestershire for offences relating to organised dog fighting in each of the last five years. | | (111109) | 251
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued against people aged (a) under 18, (b) between 18 and 24 and (c) over 25 years in the City of Leicester. | | (111347) | 252
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were employed in Essex in each of the last five years; how many he expects to be employed by 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (111261) | 253
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted for offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 since the Act came into force. | | (111262) | 254
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have taken place with local authorities in Wales to provide sanctuary schemes through safe rooms in Wales for victims of domestic violence. | | (111091) | 255
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities in Wales are taking part in sanctuary schemes for those affected by domestic violence. | | (111092) | 256
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which firms of external consultants have been retained by his Department since 6th May 2005; for what purpose they were retained; and what the total cost of retaining them has been to date. | | (110578) | 257
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which internal Home Office reviews have been instigated since 6th May 2005; which of those reviews (a) have been completed and (b) are ongoing; and what the estimated cost is of conducting each review. | | (110579) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 258
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid he is giving to Indonesia following the earthquake on Sulawesi Island. | | (111439) | 259
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111169) | 260
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that efforts to address HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis are co-ordinated. | | (111208) | 261
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of his Department's budget for HIV/AIDS was spent on tuberculosis/HIV collaborative activities in each year between 2003 and 2006. | | (111209) | 262
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the provision of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. | | (111110) | 263
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111115) | 264
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that the £105 million pledged to Tanzania as direct budget support will be used efficiently and effectively for poverty alleviation. | | (111200) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 265
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111170) | 266
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the opinions on international affairs which he expressed in his interview published in the current issue of the New Statesman represent the policies of Her Majesty's Government. | | (110908) | 267
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the provisions of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 on the minimum age of candidates were not brought into effect in Northern Ireland in time for the forthcoming Assembly election; and if he will make a statement. | | (110918) | 268
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether surveys of Housing Executive tenants' homes were undertaken in the Markets area of South Belfast prior to the current refurbishment window/door replacement scheme being started. | | (111048) | 269
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the value is of the contract with NCP to manage parking enforcement throughout Northern Ireland. | | (111059) | 270
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the revenue generated by parking enforcement tickets under the new traffic attendant system will be used. | | (111060) | 271
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much revenue has been generated since the new traffic attendant system managed by NCP came into operation; and how much revenue was generated in the last comparable period under the previous parking enforcement system. | | (111061) | 272
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vacancies there are for mental health professionals specialising in the treatment of adolescents with mental health problems in each health board area. | | (111062) | 273
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department (a) has evaluated, (b) is undertaking and (c) plans (i) to evaluate and (ii) to undertake research to determine the number of young people and adolescents in Northern Ireland with mental health problems. | | (111063) | 274
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adolescents were in-patients in adult mental health wards in each health board area in each of the last five years. | | (111064) | 275
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the waiting list is for adolescent mental health beds in each health board area. | | (111065) | 276
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adolescent mental health beds are available in each health board area. | | (111066) | 277
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether external consultants were used to develop the new IT system of the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111067) | 278
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are employed under the contract with NCP to manage parking enforcement in Northern Ireland. | | (111068) | 279
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the contract with NCP to manage parking enforcement in Northern Ireland provides for performance bonuses for the (a) chief executive and (b) traffic wardens. | | (111069) | 280
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of dealing with the problems created by the new IT system of the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111073) | 281
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the new IT system in the Rates Collection Agency cost. | | (111074) | 282
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the new IT system of the Rates Collection Agency (a) to be fully operational and (b) to incorporate owner-occupier housing benefit information. | | (111075) | 283
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a problem has occurred in the migration of data between two IT systems within the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111076) | 284
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has caused the problem with the new IT system in the Rates Collection Agency that has resulted in it not being able to process owner-occupier housing benefit applications. | | (111077) | 285
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the new computer system was introduced by the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111078) | 286
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether manual payments are being paid for owner-occupier housing benefit applications within the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111079) | 287
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are for changes in the number of staff dealing with owner-occupier housing benefit applications within the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111080) | 288
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average turnaround time is to process owner-occupier housing benefit applications to the Rates Collection Agency. | | (111094) | 289
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many owner-occupiers' housing benefit claims were received by the Rates Collection Agency in Northern Ireland in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and how many have been received in 2007. | | (111095) | 290
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff are employed by the Rates Collection Agency to process owner occupier housing benefit applications. | | (111096) | 291
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people are waiting for payment of owner occupier housing benefit claims. | | (111097) | 292
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111130) | Questions to the Prime Minister 293
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Prime Minister, what visits he has made to hospitals in South London since the last general election. | | (111427) | 294
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, which individual in 10 Downing Street is co-ordinating the Government's response to police requests in relation to the police investigations into party donations and the honours system; and if he will make a statement. | | (111089) | 295
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Prime Minister, whether whaling was raised with the Japanese Prime Minister at his meeting on 9th January 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (111134) | 296
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what proportion of food served in 10 Downing Street was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111122) | 297
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to submit his resignation honours list to the House of Lords Appointments Commission for (a) advice and (b) approval. | | (111277) | 298
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to seek Parliamentary approval for major re-organisations of the machinery of government; and if he will make a statement. | | (111278) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 299
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Scotland's First Minister to discuss the removal of failed asylum seekers in Scotland. | | (111184) | 300
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many journeys (a) Scotland Office Ministers and (b) Scotland Office civil servants have made between London and Scotland on official business in each month since January 2005; and how many of these journeys were made by (i) aeroplane, (ii) train and (iii) car. | | (111187) | 301
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111171) | 302
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111131) | Questions to the Solicitor General 303
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Solicitor General, what his policy is on the prosecution of colonial officials alleged to be responsible for the deaths and torture of Kenyans during the 1950s Kenyan emergency. | | (111333) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 304
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of making funding available to agricultural businesses under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme Phase 1 (Stream 2A). | | (111113) | 305
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to participate in the Post Office Network consultation; how many people in his Department are working on the consultation; and how much has been allocated to advertise the consultation. | | (111183) | 306
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices there are in Cotswold constituency; and what support the network there receives from the Government, broken down by post office. | | (111404) | 307
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices in (a) Cotswold, (b) Cheltenham, (c) Forest of Dean, (d) Gloucester, (e) Stroud and (f) Tewkesbury fall within the access criteria. | | (111429) | 308
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111172) | 309
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he agreed to accompany the Chancellor on his trip to India in January. | | (111234) | 310
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, columns 303-4W, on flood defences, what the cost was at today's prices of building coastal defences at (a) Sizewell and (b) Dungeness nuclear sites. | | (111348) | 311
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1996. | | (111198) | 312
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many investigations Ofcom completed into the unlicensed use of radio spectrum in the UK in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (111325) | 313
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many infringements of spectrum use Ofcom policing of spectrum recorded in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (111326) | 314
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on Ofcom's policing of spectrum against unlicensed use in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (111327) | 315
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions of unlicensed spectrum use Ofcom brought in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; how many of those were successful; what penalties were imposed on offenders; and if he will make a statement. | | (111328) | 316
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111119) | 317
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many workers in Copeland have had their incomes increased as a result of the introduction of the national minimum wage. | | (111387) | 318
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of the national minimum wage has had upon income levels in Copeland. | | (111389) | 319
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the effect of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's fluctuating commercial revenues. | | (111390) | 320
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Northwest Development Agency has spent in connection with the BBC's proposed move to Manchester and Salford since the BBC first announced its intention to move. | | (111264) | 321
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) funding and (b) grant programmes are available for research into the use of tidal power; and if he will make a statement. | | (111265) | 322
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations put forward by Sir Gareth Roberts in his 2002 report SET for success. | | (111196) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 323
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of standing passengers on peak hour trains between Waterloo and (a) Fleet, (b)Winchfield, (c) Hook, (d) Liphook and (e) Bentley stations; and what projections of these figures he has made for each of the next 20 years. | | (110919) | 324
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities and (b) casualties there were in road crashes in each of the last five years where failure to wear a seat belt was recorded as a contributory factor to the injuries caused. | | (111185) | 325
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to his recently announced campaign to raise awareness of the change in penalties for using a mobile phone whilst driving. | | (111397) | 326
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trust port board members have served (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five, (e) six, (f) seven and (g) eight or more terms of office. | | (111263) | 327
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trust port board members were (a) nominated or (b) appointed by trades unions, broken down by trust port. | | (111306) | 328
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of each trust port board are nominated by local authorities. | | (111308) | 329
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trust port board members there are. | | (111309) | 330
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in the (a) review and (b) implementation of the proposed Boatmaster's Licence. | | (111394) | 331
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111155) | 332
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the zonal system for London overground railways to be introduced. | | (111051) | 333
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111118) | 334
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between a request for variable speed indicators and decision by the Secretary of State in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (111085) | 335
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department received the formal request by Essex County Council for activation of variable speed indicators near Mountnessing Primary School in Brentwood and Ongar; and on what date he approved their activation. | | (111086) | 336
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests for variable speed indicators were received in each of the last three years. | | (111087) | 337
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to synchronise vehicle registration databases across EU and non-EU nations. | | (111345) | 338
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the runway at Bristol airport has been re-surfaced with a negative textured surface. | | (111408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 339
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111157) | 340
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111116) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 341
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of his Department's computer systems use open source software; what percentage of the systems planned to be installed use such software; and whether he plans to increase the use of open source software in his Department. | | (111158) | 342
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what occasions in the last 12 months officials from his Department have met representatives from EMI Group; and what the purpose was of each meeting. | | (111224) | 343
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the training providers of the new Deal Programmes, broken down by region. | | (111226) | 344
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many New Deal training providers have had their contracts terminated; and for what reason in each case. | | (111227) | 345
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action has been taken against providers of ineffective training on the New Deal programmes. | | (111228) | 346
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used to assess the quality of the training providers used in the New Deal programmes. | | (111229) | 347
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what feedback is collected from participants in New Deal training programmes. | | (111230) | 348
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the funding received by the training providers for the New Deal programmes was spent on administration in the last period for which figures are available. | | (111231) | 349
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of leavers from New Deal for Lone Parents recommenced claiming benefits within 12 months of leaving the programme in each year since it began. | | (111232) | 350
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost per job placement of (a) the New Deal for Young People and (b) New Deal 25 plus. | | (111233) | 351
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to assess the performance of the New Deal programme. | | (111290) | 352
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of New Deal leavers entered sustained, unsubsidised jobs in each year since the scheme began. | | (111293) | 353
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to improve the (a) performance and (b) accessibility of the telephone inquiry service operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (110893) | 354
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates have lost their pension due to declaring themselves bankrupt since the Landau case of 1996. | | (111197) | 355
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of food served in buildings occupied by his Department was of British origin in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (111114) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 356
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the legal base is for budgeted EU expenditure of Euros 5,536,000 in 2007 for the Fundamental Rights Agency. | | [Transferred] (111299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 357
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what resources she has allocated to support for the Shanghai Trade Expo in 2010; which Government post will represent the UK; and which UK companies have signed up to this event. | | [Transferred] (111426) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 358
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that vehicles with overseas registration plates can be traced in order to enforce prosecutions and penalties after they are identified on cameras committing speed and red light offences. | | [Transferred] (111346) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 359
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action he is taking to reduce the amount of chemical trails from aircraft in UK airspace; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (111303) |
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