Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 25 January 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 25 January 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 25 January 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 25 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 Thursday 25 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 25 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
N Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of overpayments of tax credits reclaimed by the Government in each of the last three years.

(111201)

2
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on stakeholder pensions in each of the last four years.

(111017)

3
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of stakeholder pensions in each of the next 20 years.

(111018)

4
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers he has to secure the reimbursement of funds paid to the European Union but spent without proper legal authority under the EU treaties.

(111321)

5
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what controls his Department has to ensure that revenue paid to the European Union is spent under a legitimate legal base provided for in the EU treaties.

(111322)

6
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken by HM Revenue and Customs management to improve the process for estimating expenditure of incentive payments for electronic filing of PAYE information; and if he will make a statement.

(111887)

7
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason is for the delay in posting electronically submitted Pay As You Earn (PAYE) end of year submissions to individuals' PAYE and National Insurance Accounts for the year ended 5th April 2005; and whether deficiency notices have been sent to individuals as a consequence of the delay.

(111888)

8
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to offer compensation to traders of the mobile phone and computer-chip industries who suffer financial hardship due to their VAT repayments claims being under extended review.

(111890)

9
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on large bonuses being paid to people employed in the financial services industry.

(111837)

10
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department collects on trends in the levels of remuneration of people employed in the financial services industry in London compared with other (a) sectors and (b) regions of the UK.

(111838)

11
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on the potential effects of large bonus payments to people employed in the financial services industry on levels of inflation.

(111839)

12
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of bonuses in excess of £100,000 on retail prices.

(111840)

13
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of London house prices on house prices in the rest of the UK.

(111841)

14
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of local street markets.

(111757)

15
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances a self-catering holiday cottage may benefit from business relief for inheritance tax purposes.

(111754)

16
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the application of business relief for inheritance tax purposes in respect of self-catering holiday cottages.

(111755)

17
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of self-employed taxpayers' tax returns for 2005-06 in (a) the South East and (b) the UK are planned to be investigated.

(111595)

18
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed taxpayers there are in the South East.

(111596)

19
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the backlog is of unopened letters in HM Revenue and Customs processing offices in the South East.

(111597)

20
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters to HM Revenue and Customs from individual taxpayers have yet to be answered.

(111598)

21
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average time HM Revenue and Customs took to respond to a taxpayer's letter in the latest period for which figures are available.

(111599)

22
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has recently changed its policy of providing home visits to taxpayers under its Targeted Education, Enabling and Leverage scheme.

(111600)

23
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the levels of tax collection resulting from the centralisation of HM Revenue and Customs's Risk team.

(111601)

24
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings have been identified as a direct result of the HM Revenue and Customs scheme Angels and Demons; and how much has been spent on the scheme.

(111602)

25
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of (a) HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors and (b) the Valuation Office Agency have been investigated for tax evasion in each of the last three years.

(111876)

26
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) external consultants were security vetted to work in his Department in the last 12 months.

(111883)

27
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) destination, (b) purpose and (c) cost was of each overseas visit made by members of the Performance and Efficiency Team in his Department in the last two months.

(111884)

28
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of mileage allowances for travel on official business claimed by Ministers in his Department was in each of the last two years.

(111885)

29
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid special advisers he has appointed since the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Prime Minister on 24th July 2006, Official Report, column 87WS, on special advisers.

(111886)

30
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1344W, on reviews, how many copies of the report of each review which published a report were (a) printed and (b) distributed; which companies were involved in the design, publishing, printing and distribution of each report; what the (i) commissioning and development costs, (ii) publishing and printing costs, (iii) distribution costs and (iv) other media costs associated with each report were; and how many pages comprised the (A) interim and (B) final report of each review.

(111911)

31
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1341W, on ministerial visits, what the total cost was of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury's trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on 19th to 20th December 2006.

(111912)

32
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1340W, on Freedom of Information requests, what role special advisers have in determining which Freedom of Information Act requests are selected for publication on his Department's website.

(111913)

33
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1339W, on the employee exit survey, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on open ended responses to the exit survey referred to in the exit questionnaire report.

(111914)

34
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1009W, on child benefit, whether the estimated cost of the extension of child benefit was published in documents relating to the 2006 pre-budget report.

(111286)

35
N Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact of the increase in Air Passenger Duty on the development of the aviation industry in the UK.

(111253)

36
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on the production of the Treasury staff magazine in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07.

(111922)

37
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits to India (a) HM Treasury civil servants and (b) special advisers took in preparation for his recent visit to India; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each visit.

(111924)

38
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments have been made by HM Revenue and Customs for opinion polling in the last three years; which company received each payment; on what date; and what the purpose was of the polling concerned in each case.

(111925)

39
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down by government department the estimate and projection for central government asset sales in 2006-07 and 2007-08 in table B21 of his 2006 Pre-Budget Report.

(111929)

40
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the settlement letter sent by his Department to the Home Office agreeing its budget for the years covered by the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review following the 2006 Pre-Budget Report.

(111935)

41
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the settlement letter sent by his Department to the Department for Education and Skills agreeing its capital budget for the years covered by the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review following the announcement in the 2006 Pre-Budget Report.

(111936)

42
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role Rod Aldridge, Chairman of the National Youth Volunteering Organisation `V', had in producing the Policy Review on Children and Young People Discussion Paper published on 9th January 2007.

(111937)

43
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2007, Official Report, column 1134W, on Departmental Projects, which individuals have given (a) donations and (b) bequests to the Treasury that have exceeded £100,000 since 2001-02.

(111959)

44
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many young people aged 16 to 19 years of age resident in the Peterborough City Council area were not in employment, education or training as at (a) 31st December 2006, (b) 31st December 2005 and (c) 31st December 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(110735)

45
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of youth unemployment was in the Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(110736)

46
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female Irish people aged (i) 65 to 69, (ii) 70 to 74, (iii) 75 to 79 and (iv) 80 to 85 and (v) over 85 years are living in each local authority area.

(111801)

47
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111581)

48
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on the regions of the City of London and the financial markets.

(111949)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

49
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment she has made of the potential role of local markets as social spaces in delivering the Government's social inclusion policy objectives.

(111724)

50
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Department is taking to support and develop the role of local markets in helping deliver its social inclusion policy objectives; and if she will make a statement.

(111725)

51
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate she has made of the cost of administration for the charity v to date.

(111923)

52
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2007, Official Report, column 1207W, on the v charity, whether the figures for (a) marketing and communications and (b) web portal development are for youth volunteering projects or the administration of the charity v.

(111958)

53
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements are in place to allow civil servants facing redundancy in one Government department to transfer to another; and if she will make a statement.

(111655)

54
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what changes have been made to record keeping and minuting of meetings since the publication of the Butler Report; and if she will make a statement.

(111953)

55
Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what role the Cabinet Office plans for the third sector in the delivery of public services; and if she will make a statement.

(111689)

56
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much social enterprises were worth to the UK economy in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by region.

(111796)

57
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps she has taken to highlight and spread best practice in the promotion of social enterprises.

(111798)

58
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which (a) schools and (b) local authorities she has identified as having adopted best practice in engaging young people in social enterprises.

(111799)

59
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what Government assistance is available to establish social enterprises.

(111800)

Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners

60
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the annual change in stipend was for members of the clergy in each of the last three years.

(111528)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

61
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Homebuy loans were issued to support key workers in (a) Dorset and (b) Hampshire in the last period for which data is available.

(111319)

62
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the ratio of house prices to wages in (a) Dorset and (b) Hampshire.

(111320)

63
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to support and develop the role of local street markets in helping deliver its policy objectives on regenerating and sustaining communities; and if she will make a statement.

(111720)

64
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what policies are being developed to enhance and support the development of street markets as part of out-of-town developments.

(111721)

65
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential role of local street markets in town centre regeneration and in providing opportunities for local economic development and employment; and if she will make a statement.

(111723)

66
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that house building programmes take into account the long term needs of older people.

(110646)

67
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to link policy on poor housing conditions and fuel poverty.

(110647)

68
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers exist to prosecute developers if they cut down trees for which they have no planning permission to fell; and what sanctions apply in cases where such trees have tree preservation orders attached to them.

(111445)

69
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of properties let by housing associations are owned by private landlords in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Surrey Heath Borough, (d) Guildford Borough, (e) Surrey Heath constituency and (f) Waverley Borough.

(111510)

70
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to review the electoral process for local government in England.

(111688)

71
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion will list his official engagements from 26th October 2006 to 25th January 2007.

(111718)

72
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list her official engagements from 26th October 2006 to 25th January 2007.

(111719)

73
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the employee contribution rate is to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Firefighters' Pension Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(111511)

74
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will provide a breakdown of programme expenditure for the (a) Growth Areas initiative in the (i) East Midlands, (ii) South East and (iii) London regions and (b) the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund initiative in the (A) York and Humberside, (B) West Midlands, (C) South West and (D) South East regions in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(111697)

75
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the National Association of Local Councils about enhancing the powers of parish councils.

(111713)

76
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parish councils in England have had vacancies for a councillor of more than six months in the last three years.

(111714)

77
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support is available for parish councils wishing to obtain Quality Parish Council status.

(111715)

78
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on increasing the number of parish council representatives on the East Midlands Regional Assembly.

(111716)

79
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average turnout was in parish council elections in England in the last five years.

(111717)

80
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the latest estimate is of the average sale price of an affordable home produced in each of the areas participating in the Design for Manufacture competition.

(111939)

81
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Minister gave approval in October 2005 to continue development of the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model.

(111940)

82
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to amend planning (a) regulations, (b) guidance and (c) circulars in relation to (i) casinos and (ii) gambling.

(111941)

83
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is assessing the implications of the introduction of the discrete capital values system of local taxation and the conduct of the rates revaluation in Northern Ireland for policy-making in England.

(111942)

84
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new build domestic properties in England were flats in each year since 1997.

(111943)

85
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what purpose the Audit Commission purchased Mosaic data from Experian; and how much was spent on the data.

(111944)

86
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason her Department decided to delete Best Value Performance Indicator 180, on energy consumption.

(111945)

87
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Best Value Performance Indicators were collected in total in each year since the introduction of Best Value; and how many will be collected for 2006-07.

(111946)

88
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times she has visited the constituency of Bolton South East in a Ministerial capacity in the last 12 months; and what plans she has for such visits in the future.

(111948)

89
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Valuation Office Agency's definition is of a market information unit.

(111961)

90
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local authorities about whether residents may pay for their yearly council tax bill in 10 or 12 instalments.

(111962)

91
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the Valuation Office Agency's electronic image management bespoke application went live for operational use.

(111963)

92
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic properties have photographs allocated to their property recorded by the Valuation Office Agency as part of their council tax valuation records.

(111964)

93
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) remit, (b) membership and (c) reporting date is of the inquiry into private sector contracts with local authorities; and if she will make a statement.

(111965)

94
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total estimated expenditure has been by the Valuation Office Agency on its Automated Valuation Model on (a) consultancy costs, (b) payments to CapGemini and CLT, (c) hardware costs, (d) staffing costs and (e) other costs.

(111966)

95
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on whether local polls held by a local authority further to the Local Government Act 2003 may be held on any day of the local authority's choosing; and if she will make a statement.

(111967)

96
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic properties there are in each council tax valuation band in each local authority ward in England.

(111970)

97
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Minister in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister took the decision not to call in the planning application for the Minerva Park Place shopping development in Croydon.

(111971)

98
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) destination and (b) total costs were of each occasion when special advisers in the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2002.

(111972)

99
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what commercial (a) lease agreements and (b) contracts her Department and its predecessors have made with Minerva plc. since 1997.

(111973)

100
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) destination and (b) total cost was of each visit abroad by a special adviser in her Department in an official capacity since the creation of her Department.

(111974)

101
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities she expects not to receive sufficient additional funding to cover costs they have incurred in relation to the concessionary bus travel scheme.

(111975)

102
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of Best Value Performance Indicator 202, on rough sleeping, as an indicator of the actual level of rough sleeping.

(111976)

103
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by what means the Valuation Office Agency assesses whether a domestic property has an outbuilding for the purposes of its maintenance of council tax valuation lists; and by what means it did so during the Welsh council tax revaluation.

(111977)

104
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will introduce an exemption for business rates for automatic telling machines in rural areas.

(111978)

105
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the charges levied by individual local planning authorities for high hedge dispute applications.

(111979)

106
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes the new version of Planning Policy Statement 3 made to the planning regulations for development on (a) former and (b) existing airfields.

(111980)

107
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) existing and (b) former airfields are considered to be brownfield land under the new Planning Policy Statement 3.

(111981)

108
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department maintains a list of councils that have moved to alternate weekly collection of domestic waste.

(111982)

109
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, column 474W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many domestic properties in the local authority area of (a) Epping Forest District Council and (b) Brentwood Borough Council are classified with a dwellinghouse code of FC.

(111983)

110
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, column 475W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many domestic dwellings in England are recorded by the Valuation Office Agency as having the property attribute of having (a) one bathroom and (b) more than one bathroom.

(111984)

111
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total expenditure on Planning Delivery Grant was in each year since its creation; and what expenditure is forecast in future years.

(111987)

112
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have officially indicated their intention to explore seeking unitary status following the publication of the Local Government White Paper.

(111730)

113
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions have taken place between her Department and Leicester City Council regarding the local government finance settlement for 2007-08.

(111731)

114
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average rental price for social housing in Essex was in each of the last 10 years.

(111821)

115
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been generated within Essex in the last 10 years from agreements made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; and what percentage of this revenue has been used to fund community projects.

(111822)

116
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement.

(111542)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

117
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed changes to the lower limit for personal injury claims in the small claims procedure on victims of road traffic accidents.

(110645)

118
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 870W, on court televisions, how many television displays in court rooms were paid for by the police; and when she expects all magistrates courts to have television displays.

(111533)

119
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the employee contribution rate is to the Judicial Pensions Scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(111514)

120
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, in what circumstances a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may be considered vexatious.

(111988)

121
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement.

(111572)

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

122
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has consulted industry representatives on the time period between publication of the final proposals for the Digital Dividend Review and its implementation.

(111744)

123
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of likely trends in levels of inbound tourism over the next three years.

(111736)

124
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist churches on the decision to allow evangelists to raise money through broadcasting activities.

(111143)

125
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the revenue from the BBC licence was in each of the last 10 years; and how much of the increase in revenue is accounted for by an increase in the number of licence payers.

(111205)

126
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Big Lottery Fund is expected to contribute to (a) the 2012 Olympics and (b) voluntary and community groups in each year to 2012; and if she will make a statement.

(111692)

127
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of each meeting of the Olympic cost review steering group.

(111919)

128
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the date was of each meeting of the Olympics cost review steering group which held its first meeting on 31st October 2005; and what latest estimate for Olympic cost overruns was discussed at each meeting.

(111920)

129
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her decision to commission a cost review by KPMG into the London Olympics required approval by the Treasury.

(111921)

130
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Games reports prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the costs of the 2012 Olympics in 2004.

(111931)

131
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice PriceWaterhouseCoopers provided on (a) VAT and (b) the level of contingency for the Games in their Olympics Cost Review in 2004.

(111932)

132
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice PriceWaterhouseCoopers provided on the costs of security and policing in their Olympics Cost Review in 2004.

(111933)

133
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a steering group was set up to consider the advice provided by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on Olympic costs in 2004.

(111957)

134
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there were any differences between the cost estimates provided by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in their Olympics Cost Review in 2004 and the cost estimates included in London's 2012 Olympic bid; and if she will make a statement.

(111960)

135
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had on Chorley Borough Council's application for a sporting village; and if she will make a statement.

(111529)

136
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the availability of dedicated treatment, counselling and advice for problem gamblers; and if she will make a statement.

(111672)

137
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds any data on the prevalence of problem gamblers in different age groups; and if she will make a statement.

(111673)

138
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has held with the Department of Health about gambling addiction; and if she will make a statement.

(111674)

139
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the prevalence of gambling addiction; and if she will make a statement.

(111675)

140
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of services designed to tackle problem gambling.

(111676)

141
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the regional breakdown of spending by overseas visitors to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(111702)

142
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many trips to the UK were made by tourists from overseas in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(111704)

143
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the UK internationally as a tourist destination; and if she will make a statement.

(111705)

144
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote domestic tourism within the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(111706)

145
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is planning an awareness campaign highlighting the problem of gambling addiction prior to implementation of the Gambling Act 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(111737)

146
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of tourist visits abroad made by UK nationals in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(111874)

147
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of new casinos on other entertainment venues.

(111968)

148
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to promote British culture as part of the 2012 Olympics.

(111951)

149
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 1043W, on the Union Flag, if she will make arrangements to fly the Union Flag on Government buildings every day of the year.

(111889)

150
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1043W, on Trooping the Colour, what factors were taken into account when deciding to fly only the flags of the Commonwealth in Horse Guards Road.

(111891)

151
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to encourage swimming; and if she will make a statement.

(111797)

152
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available for companies investing in film production in the East Midlands region.

(111732)

153
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement.

(111576)

154
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to preserve buildings and monuments of historic significance in those cases where the building is the last remaining example of (a) a particular style of architecture and (b) work by a particular architect.

(111947)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

155
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the US authorities contributed towards the cost of security on the roads around Menwith Hill in each year since 2000.

(111523)

156
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th January 2007, Official Report, column 1372W, on works of art, whether information on works of art stolen has been provided to the Arts Loss Register to assist recovery.

(111534)

157
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many firearms were stolen from the armed forces in each of the last 10 years; what the value was of the firearms stolen; and what measures were taken to recover them.

(111761)

158
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer Question (a) 101936, on the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, and (b) 101935, on biological research, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South for answer on 20th November 2006.

(111707)

159
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from military commanders in Afghanistan on the provision of (a) mine protected vehicles, (b) Chinook helicopters and (c) other equipment; and if he will make a statement.

(111833)

160
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to purchase CH-146 Griffon helicopters.

(111836)

161
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Mine Protected Vehicles and (b) Chinook helicopters are allocated for use by British forces in Afghanistan; how many of those vehicles are in working order; and if he will make a statement.

(111865)

162
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what functions Bell Griffin HAR2 helicopters are performing in Cyprus.

(111866)

163
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide all troops in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan with hardened living accommodation as protection against mortar fire; and if he will make a statement.

(111875)

164
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which schools were visited by the Defence Schools Presentation Team in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the future of the Defence Schools Presentation Team.

(111735)

165
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recruitment activity is carried out by the UK armed forces in (a) Bermuda, (b) Gibraltar and (c) other overseas territories; whether recruits to the UK armed forces from Bermuda are exempt from conscription to the Bermuda Regiment; and if he will make a statement.

(111517)

166
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the evidential basis was for Colonel Baxter's statement in his Fitness for Role Inspection Report of November 2005 into the Bermuda Regiment that it was readily apparent to the Royal Party that the Regiment were seven minutes late at the ceremony convening the Bermuda Legislature in 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(111608)

167
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1260W, on the annual personnel weapons test, what figures for shooting standards in part-time military organisations in the UK Colonel Baxter used to reach his conclusion in paragraph 9 of the Fitness for Role Inspection Report of November 2005 relating to the Bermuda Regiment that the shooting standards in the Regiment were consistent with other part-time military organisations in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(111613)

168
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Military Police co-operate with the Bermuda Regiment in enforcing male conscription to the Regiment (a) in Bermuda and (b) amongst Bermudians resident in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(111633)

169
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the impact on arms training of the current operational tempo.

(111203)

170
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many battle group and above formation training exercises were cancelled in each of the last four years; and where each was due to take place.

(111415)

171
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officer cadets are in training at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell; what the service personnel establishment is; what the civilian establishment is; and what the annual costs were in each of the last five years.

(111416)

172
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officer cadets are in training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; what the service personnel establishment is; what the civilian establishment is; and what the annual running costs were in each of the last five years.

(111417)

173
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) soldiers in the Army and (b) soldiers serving in Iraq have been diagnosed with a mental health condition in the last 12 months.

(111820)

174
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111539)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

175
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether records have been kept of action points from his telephone conversations with (a) casino operators, (b) Anshutz Entertainment Group, (c) Mr Anshutz and (d) companies with interests in a casino licence in each of the last five years.

(111842)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

176
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Consultation in relation to the consultation on the Definition of Full-Time Education in Independent Schools; and if he will make a statement.

(111793)

177
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what informal consultation with stakeholders took place prior to the publication of the consultation document on the Definition of Full-Time Education in Independent Schools; and if he will make a statement.

(111794)

178
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why a draft Regulatory Impact Assessment was not attached to the consultation paper on the Definition of Full-Time Education in Independent Schools; and if he will make a statement.

(111795)

179
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will ask local authorities to take steps to identify child protection cases to which they have been party since 1997 where requests for medical records were made by any party to the case of Gene Morrison, and to report to him any such cases.

(111593)

180
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children under the age of five were taken into care in each year ended 31st March since1990, broken down by (a) ethnic origin and (b) age.

(111812)

181
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children under five years of age were adopted from care in each year ending 31st March since 1990, broken down by (a) ethnic origin and (b) the age at which they entered care .

(111813)

182
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions are planned with Peterborough City Council prior to the allocation of the dedicated schools grant for 2007-08, with particular reference to funding for children in maintained schools (a) whose first language is not English and (b) who are from ethnic minorities and are underachieving; and if he will make a statement.

(110737)

183
N Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many part-time (a) undergraduates and (b) postgraduates entered higher education in each academic year between 1997-8 and 2006-7, broken down by socioeconomic background.

(111315)

184
N Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children aged (a) 13, (b) 14, (c) 15, (d) 16 and (e) 17 years received careers advice at school in the last period for which figures are available.

(111316)

185
N Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time students undertook higher education programmes funded by (i) the Higher Education Funding Council for England and (ii) the Learning and Skills Council in further education colleges in each academic year between 1996-7 and 2006-7.

(111317)

186
N Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of careers advisers employed by schools in each year between 1996-7 and 2005-6, broken down by school type.

(111318)

187
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what procedures will be put in place to assess how specialist diplomas are working after their introduction in 2008.

(111342)

188
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to assess the training needs of school and college staff before the introduction of specialist diplomas.

(111343)

189
N Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the timescale of the introduction of specialised diplomas.

(111344)

190
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of co-ordination of 14 to 19 year old education in local authorities in England prior to the introduction of specialised diplomas.

(111480)

191
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been given to local authorities on the co-ordination of school and college timetables prior to the introduction of specialised diplomas.

(111481)

192
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to (a) schools, (b) Early Years settings and (c) local education authorities of (i) compiling and (ii) publishing the Foundation Stage Profile national results.

(111985)

193
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the Foundation Stage Profile national results; and if he will make a statement.

(111986)

194
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the educational attainment levels of (a) gypsy, (b) traveller, (c) white British and (d) UK Irish pupils were in each of the last 10 years.

(111802)

195
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire employ a teacher with (i) a Citizenship PGCE and (ii) other citizenship education or citizenship teaching qualifications.

(111726)

196
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schoolchildren in Essex have learning disabilities; and what percentage of such children are taught in mainstream schools.

(111829)

197
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Essex were scheduled to be refurbished over the last five years; and how many were refurbished.

(111830)

198
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from organisations based primarily outside the United Kingdom about sponsoring (a) an academy and (b) a foundation school with a foundation.

(111814)

199
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from sponsors of charter schools in America about sponsoring (a) academies and (b) trust schools in England.

(111846)

200
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what Government funding is available to help schools take part in (a) energy saving schemes to reduce their carbon footprint and (b) initiatives to increase the amount of waste they recycle.

(111495)

201
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111541)

202
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether all types of schools can be granted Building Schools for the Future funding.

(111585)

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

203
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the transposition of the EC Environmental Liability on the capacity of environmental protection to deliver overall benefit.

(111506)

204
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the transposition of the EC Environmental Liability Directive conforms with the Government's policy that the polluter should pay.

(111530)

205
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many consultants were employed by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years.

(111019)

206
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on how catchment areas will work under the new waste framework directive.

(111535)

207
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the above budget cost was of administering the Single Farm Payment scheme during 2006; and from where the extra resources will be drawn.

[R] (111603)

208
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many valid claims for 2005 Single Farm Payment remain to be paid in full; and when he expects these to be paid.

[R] (111604)

209
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure was on research and development in financial year 2006-07; and what his estimate is of expenditure in 2007-08.

[R] (111605)

210
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors were taken into consideration when appointing the agency to pay sugar beet compensation following reform of the EU sugar regime; whether British Sugar was considered as a candidate; whether consideration was given to making a request to the European Commission that British Sugar become a registered European payment agency for this purpose; and whether he made an estimate of the effect on costs of administration of appointing British Sugar to make sugar beet compensation payments to farmers.

(111621)

211
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the way in which farmers' fields were identified and set out in information supplied for the purposes of the single farm payment scheme has been changed in comparison to previous years.

(111627)

212
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the objectives are of the cost sharing of crop and animal diseases.

[R] (111628)

213
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many new entrants to the (a) entry and (b) higher level stewardship schemes there is funding available in 2007.

(111629)

214
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Transport introducing a compulsory element to air passenger safety films on board aircraft to tackle the dangers of illegal meat imports.

(111630)

215
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the order on the 42 days premovement testing for TB to come into effect; whether the order applies to all cattle inspections; what consultation took place with the industry prior to the order's introduction; what the objectives of the order are; and what plans there are (a) to review its implementation and (b) to assess its efficacy and proportionality.

(111631)

216
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of disposed packaging of people purchasing unpackaged food from local street markets.

(111764)

217
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the sale of fruit and vegetables in loose rather than pre-packaged form.

(111765)

218
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the contribution to landfill is of (a) all food packaging and (b) packaging materials for fresh fruit and vegetables.

(111766)

219
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage individuals to use carbon offsetting schemes.

(110648)

220
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish benchmarks to assist those interested in choosing the most environmentally beneficial carbon offsetting schemes.

(111482)

221
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with British Waterways about the lock and water-control structure on the Bow Back Rivers required to allow water freight access to the Olympic Park site; and if he will make a statement.

(111808)

222
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when British Waterways expects to announce its decision on the funding of the lock and water-control structure on the Bow Back Rivers required to allow water freight access to the Olympic Park site.

(111809)

223
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) the environment and (b) congestion of allowing water freight access to the Olympic Park site through the construction of the new lock and water-control structure on the Bow Back Rivers.

(111810)

224
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the funding for the lock and water-control structure on the Bow Back Rivers required to allow water freight access to the Olympic Park site.

(111811)

225
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with European colleagues to discuss the implementation of the 1999 EU Laying Hens Directive.

(111708)

226
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the implementation of the 1999 EU Laying Hens Directive from 2012.

(111709)

227
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that local authorities are fulfilling their obligations to receive and collect stray dogs under the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and what sanctions his Department can impose on local authorities who fail to fulfil their obligations.

(111834)

228
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations his Department has had with (a) local authorities and (b) associated bodies on the financial impact of section 68 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.

(111867)

229
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the application in two tier local authorities of fines under the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme.

(111641)

230
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the rat population.

(111650)

231
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the efficacy and timeliness of the supply of compost bins under the Waste and Resources Action Programme campaign Recycle Now.

(111651)

232
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the landfill capacity available for local authorities in areas covered by the Sustainable Communities Plan; and if he will make a statement.

(111638)

233
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have visited inland waterways since their appointment.

(111516)

234
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to meet the President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association to discuss the Government's plans for tackling bovine TB.

(111687)

235
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what improvements are planned to be made to the infrastructure enabling rainwater falling during winter months to be stored for use during the summer; what expenditure is planned on that infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.

(110922)

236
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to raise the issue of the sale of endangered animals on the internet at the forthcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora conference.

(111952)

237
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the wood fibre and supply industry to identify sources of wood fibre other than coniferous roundwood and sawmill co-products.

(111870)

238
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Department is offering to the wood fibre and supply industry to develop new and sustainable wood supply chains.

(111871)

239
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the potential demand for wood fibre balance in the UK in each of the next two years.

(111872)

240
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111537)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

241
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the indefinite detention of British residents in Guantanamo Bay on the UK's foreign relations.

(111488)

242
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of recent ASEAN criticism of the Burmese regime for achieving (a) national reconciliation and (b) the release of political prisoners; and what representations she has made to counterparts in ASEAN member states on a charter for the Association establishing common standards of governance among members.

(111536)

243
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on the Kenyan government's decision to seal its border with Somalia.

(111587)

244
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of comments of the Pakistani Prime Minister on Afghan refugees living in Pakistan on the achievement of aims of the London compact.

(111590)

245
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the commitment by the French government of ground troops in Afghanistan; and what representations she has made to NATO partners on maintaining their commitments to the Alliance.

(111614)

246
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the flow of illegal drugs to the (a) UK and (b) EU of Venezuela's lack of co-operation in counter-narcotics operations with (i) neighbouring countries and (ii) the United States.

(111615)

247
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the possible effect on freedom of the press in Venezuela of the decision of the Venezuelan government not to renew broadcast licenses for television stations.

(111617)

248
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the freedom of the press in Bangladesh and its implications for the observance of human rights by the government of that country.

(111623)

249
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has received on Indonesian military and police operations in the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua, Indonesia.

(111202)

250
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the recent displacement of West Papuan civilians caused by Indonesian military and police operations in the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua.

(111252)

251
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Indonesian government on Indonesian military and police operations in the Puncak Jaya region of West Papua.

(111254)

252
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when her Department received copies of the report prepared by Dr Hans Blix entitled Weapons of Terror - Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms; and if she will make a statement.

(111789)

253
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2006, Official Report, column 1509W, on EU fines, on how many occasions the UK was fined by the European Commission in each of the last five years; and how much this amounted to in each year.

(111532)

254
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1003W, on Scotland, what assessment she has made of whether, if an independent Scotland were to leave the EU, the remainder of the UK would have to renegotiate its EU membership.

(111589)

255
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the US Administration asking for the immediate release of British residents who remain detained in Guantanamo Bay.

(111696)

256
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Ugandan government on its refusal to release People Redemption Army suspects who have been granted bail by courts in Uganda; and if she will make a statement.

(111693)

257
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) respect for the constitution, (b) the independence of the judiciary, (c) the rule of law and (d) human rights in Uganda; what assessment she has made of the likely effect on stability in Uganda of the refusal of the authorities to release the 19 Peoples Redemption Army suspects on bail; and if she will make a statement.

(111877)

258
N Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of unexploded (a) cluster bombs and (b) other ordnance remaining in the region of southern Lebanon following the conflict of August 2006.

(111447)

259
N Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) children under the age of 16 and (b) others have been killed in southern Lebanon by unexploded ordnance since the conflict of August 2006.

(111448)

260
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest figures received by her Department from the Iraqi Ministry of Health are on the number of Iraqi civilians who have been (a) violently killed and (b) injured through violence since May 2003; and if she will make a statement.

(111683)

261
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the latest figures available to her Department on the population of Iraq are in each year from 1998-99 to January 2007; and if she will make a statement.

(111684)

262
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the basis was for Governor Sir John Vereker's statement on 22nd January that there was no public support for an end to male conscription to the Bermuda Regiment; and if she will make a statement.

(111489)

263
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will investigate complaints of abuse of conscript recruits by non-commissioned officers in the Bermuda Regiment; and if she will make a statement.

(111490)

264
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of her Department's officials met (a) individuals and (b) groups party to the conflicts in (i) the Horn of Africa and (ii) Sudan in London in the last 12 months; what the purpose was of each meeting; and which individuals were met in each case.

(111518)

265
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when each police force in each Overseas Territory was subject to inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in the past 10 years; what the level of inspection was in each case; and if she will place in the Library copies of each report.

(111531)

266
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the next fitness for role inspection review into the Bermuda Regiment to be carried out; if she will ensure that the next review is programmed far enough ahead to allow full Bermuda Police Service and BFS participation, as recommended in Colonel Baxter's report of 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(111588)

267
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions on independence for Bermuda; what the Government's policy is on independence for Bermuda; and if she will make a statement.

(111632)

268
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost of the Governor of Bermuda and his staff met by her Department, including the Residence and Government House and other offices and residential accommodation used by staff, was in the last year for which figures are available; how much and what proportion of these costs are met by the Finance Ministry of Bermuda; and if she will make a statement.

(111698)

269
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used to determine the (a) pay structure and (b) revisions to the pay structure of soldiers in (i) the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, (ii) the Royal Bermuda Regiment and (iii) military units of other Overseas Territories; what the (A) rates of pay and (B) conditions are of (1) soldiers in those regiments and (2) soldiers in the UK armed forces at equivalent ranks; and if she will make a statement.

(111767)

270
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her policy is on a referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

(111498)

271
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to her Chinese counterpart on the recent Chinese missile tests.

(111204)

272
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement.

(111580)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

273
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were for adverse drug reactions in East Sussex in each year since 2004; and if she will make a statement.

(111519)

274
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research her Department has conducted into the impact upon (a) indoor air quality and (b) human health of the use of air fresheners.

(111520)

275
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the consumption of antibiotics in England for medical purposes was in each year since 2004.

(111521)

276
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults were admitted to hospital in East Sussex as a result of malnutrition in each year since 1997.

(111522)

277
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were reported to have had a stroke and received treatment from the NHS in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2006.

(111815)

278
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is made available to (a) patients and (b) patient groups on their rights to complain to strategic health authorities about the performance of primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement.

(111749)

279
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which prisons provide on-site screening for blood-borne viruses; and if she will make a statement.

(111750)

280
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department is taking to support and develop the role of local street markets in helping deliver its healthy eating policy.

(111733)

281
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential role of local street markets in the Government's healthy eating strategy.

(111734)

282
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on service changes to (a) speech and language therapy, (b) incontinence pads, (c) district nursing, (d) family planning, (e) podiatry, (f) pharmacy services and (g) chiropody services provided by Bexley Care Trust.

(111500)

283
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations her Department has received regarding NHS cuts in Bexley.

(111501)

284
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Bexley were diagnosed with (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes in Bexley in each of the last five years.

(111645)

285
N Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2007, Official Report, column 1230W, on public health, what the figures were in each of the previous three years.

(110925)

286
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1583W, on the Capture, Assess, Treat and Support Service, what steps she has taken to ensure value for money in the Capture, Assess, Treat and Support system.

(111722)

287
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bidders have tendered for the Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support (CATS) service in Preston; what contracts have been signed for such provision; and what guarantees have been given to private providers bidding for the CATS service in relation to patient referrals.

(111739)

288
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Southampton General Hospital has signed an exclusivity agreement with a company to provide food from two outlets on the site; and if she will make a statement.

(111652)

289
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to discuss the budget reductions at the NHS Walk-in Centre at Rivergate, Peterborough in 2007-08 with officials of the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement.

(110926)

290
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Clostridium difficile were reported in each NHS hospital trust in the Eastern Region in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(111637)

291
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) pensioners, (b) low income families and (c) children under 16 years of age who are not registered with an NHS dentist in Peterborough constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(111786)

292
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average bed occupancy rate and (b) total number of clinical beds available was in each month since May 2005 at (i) Edith Cavell Hospital and (ii) Peterborough District Hospital; and if she will make a statement.

(111787)

293
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the likely number of winter deaths amongst elderly people in the Eastern Region in 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

(111788)

294
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide extra help to the NHS in Shropshire to clear the waiting list for the fitting of digital hearing aids.

(111873)

295
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the employee contribution rate is to the NHS pension scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(111513)

296
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will set targets for improving the (a) total cholestorol and (b) low density lipopropein cholestorol levels among patients at high risk of coronary heart disease in England; and if she will make a statement.

(111685)

297
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information she collects on the (a) total cholestorol and (b) low density lipopropein cholestorol levels of (i) patients at high risk of coronary heart disease and (ii) patients suffering from diabetes; and if she will make a statement.

(111686)

298
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to set targets for the identification of those infected with hepatitis C; and if she will make a statement.

(111690)

299
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the population in England has been identified by the NHS as infected with hepatitis C; and if she will make a statement.

(111691)

300
Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Department calculates the maximum dose of Plutonium-239 provided for under Article 13 of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13th May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation.

(111816)

301
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies are participating in the Food Standards Agency traffic light labelling scheme; and how the Food Standards Agency television awareness campaign is being funded.

(111969)

302
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to improve (a) country of origin and (b) country of packaging labelling on food products.

(111950)

303
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed introduction of Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support Services in Cumbria will lead to more consultants, nurses and doctors working in (a) West Cumbria and (b) Cumbria.

(111635)

304
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) capital and (b) running costs are of each of the proposed Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support Services centres for Cumbria and Lancashire.

(111636)

305
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support Services centres in Cumbria on (a) the review being undertaken by Cumbria Primary Care Trust, (b) services provided by the West Cumberland Hospital and (c) proposals for a new acute hospital to replace the West Cumberland Hospital.

(111639)

306
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what record of involvement Netcare has in the provision of health services in England.

(111640)

307
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department first held discussions with Netcare on the provision of Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support Services centres in Cumbria.

(111642)

308
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body was responsible for the selection of the sites for the proposed Clinical Assessment, Treatment and Support centres for Cumbria; and when such sites were selected.

(111660)

309
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) waiting times for treatment by and (b) capacity of the departments of the (i) orthopaedics, (ii) rheumatology, (iii) ear, nose and throat, (iv) general surgery, (v) urology and (vi) gynaecology departments of (A) West Cumberland Hospital and (B) Cumberland Infirmary; and if she will make a statement.

(111661)

310
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed clinical assessment, treatment and support centres for Cumbria will be funded from new monies or existing budgets.

(111682)

311
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the low level radioactive waste produced by hospitals in the last period for which figures are available was sent to the national low level waste repository.

(111712)

312
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will undertake research on the influence on vulnerable people of material on websites encouraging anorexia and suicide.

(111609)

313
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of obesity was in (a) children and (b) adults in Essex in each of the last 10 years.

(111823)

314
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors her Department took into account when deciding to withdraw funding from BestTreatments, the health information resource for patients which has been available online on the NHS Direct website; and if she will make a statement.

(111917)

315
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what major hospital building projects have been approved in the last 12 months, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(111762)

316
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's definition is of a community hospital; and if she will make a statement.

(111763)

317
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what occasions (a) she and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if she will make a statement.

(111577)

318
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deliveries as a proportion of total births required assistance from a consultant in Hartlepool constituency in each of the last 10 years.

(111483)

319
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many births as a proportion of total births were categorised as (a) low risk, (b) medium risk and (c) high risk in Hartlepool constituency in each of the last 10 years.

(111484)

320
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the merits of abolishing strategic health authorities; and if she will make a statement.

(111485)

321
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice was provided to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel by the North East Strategic Health Authority on the issue of a single hospital site north of the Tees.

(111486)

322
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department provides to (a) health trusts and (b) strategic health authorities on taking steps to ensure that services provided in a hospital setting could not be provided in a community setting.

(111487)

323
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure above that already allocated for 2006-07 her Department plans in Hartlepool constituency to improve community and primary care facilities.

(111845)

324
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to increase spending for Hartlepool Primary Care Trust (a) to match and (b) to exceed the English average for spending per capita for primary care trusts.

(111892)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

325
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were housed in police cells during the recent activation of Operation Safeguard; how many have been housed in police cells since Operation Safeguard ended; what the cost of detaining inmates in police cells has been since the end of the activation of Operation Safeguard; and if he will make a statement.

(111743)

326
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether steps are taken during the recruitment process for (a) staff, (b) officers and (c) governors of HM Prison Service to establish whether Prison Service job applicants are membes of extreme right-wing organisations; and if he will make a statement.

(111745)

327
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of HM Prison Service were been disciplined for racist behaviour in each of the last five years, broken down by grade of staff member; and if he will make a statement.

(111746)

328
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of HM Prison Service staff were dismissed for racist behaviour in each of the last five years, broken down by grade of staff member; and if he will make a statement.

(111747)

329
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the Prison Service London Area Office received bonus payments between April 2005 and March 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(111748)

330
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) the previous governor of HM Prison Wandsworth, (b) the Area Manager for London, (c) the Performance Test team leader and (d) the Performance Test deputy team leader received bonus payments on completion of the Performance Test bid for HM Prison Wandsworth; and if he will make a statement.

(111751)

331
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the assessment of the Service Level Agreement at HM Prison Wandsworth after the first six months of its implementation; who undertook the assessment; who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Service Level Agreement at HM Prison Wandsworth; and if he will place a copy of the report of the assessment in the Library.

(111752)

332
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all new prisoners at each prison establishment have their fingerprints taken on entry; and if he will make a statement.

(111753)

333
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th January 2007 to the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire, Official Report, column 658W, on prisons, how many years' experience the previous head of operations at HM Prison Pentonville had working in operations departments at prison establishments; at what grade this experience was gained; and if he will make a statement.

(111804)

334
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January 2007 to the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire, Official Report, column 630W, on the Prison Service, who the investigating officer is required to notify of any concerns relating to the Commissioning Authority that he may have during the course of an investigation; and if he will make a statement.

(111843)

335
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January 2007 to the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire, Official Report, column 629W, on the Prison Service, whether a commissioning authority aware of a personal conflict of interest is obliged (a) to consult his own line manager, (b) to inform the Professional Standards Unit and (c) to inform another appropriate body; and if he will make a statement.

(111844)

336
Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time is which a failed asylum seeker has spent in a detention centre before either deportation or release.

(111677)

337
Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been held in detention centres without deportation or release for (a) more than one year, (b) more than two years and (c) more than three years.

(111678)

338
Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed Chinese asylum seekers are being held in detention centres pending deportation to China.

(111679)

339
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the case of the whistleblower Trevor Cross.

(111206)

340
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to increase the consistency of the sentencing of those convicted of drink-driving offences.

(111140)

341
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were employed in (a) Bexley and (b) Greater London in each year since their introduction; and how many he expects to be employed in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-9.

(111646)

342
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been cleared by a Criminal Records Bureau check and subsequently found to have committed an offence which should have been disclosed in that check in each of the last nine years.

(111878)

343
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers have had their tariff set after sentencing since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

(111144)

344
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers who have been sentenced are waiting for their tariff to be set by a High Court judge.

(111145)

345
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average period elapsed between sentencing and tariff setting in each year since 1997.

(111146)

346
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted murderers have been sentenced since the implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

(111147)

347
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what standards are set out for kennelling facilities at police stations in England and Wales; and which body is responsible for ensuring that such standards are met.

(111835)

348
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations in England and Wales have kennelling facilities; and which of these are open to accept dogs 24 hours a day.

(111868)

349
N Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his policy to treat attacks on property by animal extremists as terrorist attacks under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.

(110924)

350
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1544W, on the police, if he will place in the Library a list of the police forms which have been eliminated.

(111785)

351
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of police force pensions in each of the last nine years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of police force pensions in each of the next five years.

(111927)

352
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department will determine who is liable for a civil penalty under sections 10 and 11 of the Identity Cards Act 2006; and which subsection of his Department will be responsible for the administration of those penalties.

(111928)

353
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, whether data forming part of the National Identity Register will be drawn from data held on existing databases.

(111938)

354
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints the police received about the activities of illegal street traders in each of the last 10 years.

(111741)

355
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions against illegal street traders there were in each of the last 10 years.

(111742)

356
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders issued to residents of (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire were breached in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(110738)

357
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, columns 781-2W, on foreign prisoner releases, what offences were committed by those foreign national prisoners released from HMP Peterborough in the 12 months to 31st March 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(110895)

358
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) extent of and (b) reasons for (i) staff transfer, (ii) staff turnover and (iii) staff departure from posts within the Prison Service as a consequence of stress; and if he will make a statement.

(110920)

359
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist to monitor the implementation of the Service Level Agreement at HM Prison Wandsworth; and if he will make a statement.

(110921)

360
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the employee contribution rate is to the Police Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(111512)

361
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) United Kingdom police and (b) the Immigration and Nationality Department co-operate with the Bermuda Regiment in enforcing male conscription amongst Bermudians resident in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(111634)

362
N Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Mr and Mrs Bokhari of Grimsby, detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, were taken out handcuffed to Heathrow Airport for deportation before the Minister had reached a decision on deportation.

(111281)

363
N Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date and at what time he (a) received the representations of the hon. Member for Grimsby that the Bokhari family should be allowed to remain in Grimsby, (b) decided that the family should be deported and (c) communicated his decision on the deportation to the hon. Member for Grimsby; on what date and at what time the family were handcuffed and taken to the airport; at what time they were deported; and on which flight.

(111446)

364
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the location is of each Immigration and Nationality Directorate regional office; how many staff are employed in each office; how many of the staff in each office have been trained in the procedures for dawn raids; and how many dawn raids were carried out from each regional office in the last 12 months.

(111760)

365
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account he took of the (a) psychological and (b) educational effects of deportation to Pakistan on the children in the Bokhari family, recently deported from Grimsby.

(111893)

366
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors are taken into account when deciding to use dawn raids to detain failed asylum seekers with families; whether he authorises dawn raids; and whether he is notified in advance that such dawn raids are to be made and on whom.

(111894)

367
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applications made to Ministers by hon. Members to reconsider asylum decisions are dealt with by his (a) Ministers and (b) officials.

(111895)

368
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign documents submitted to his (a) Ministers and (b) officials by hon. Members in respect of asylum cases are translated.

(111896)

369
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) educational support, (b) counselling and (c) opportunities for sport are available to young children detained at Yarl's Wood.

(111897)

370
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his response is to the proposal by the Chairman of the Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Immigration that there should be an independent element in asylum decisions.

(111898)

371
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been taken from detention centres to (a) Heathrow, (b) Stansted and (c) other airports and then taken back to the detention centre in each of the last 24 months; why the decision was made to return the individual to a detention centre in each case; and what the cost was of each such incident.

(111899)

372
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Mr Bokhari, deported on 23rd January, was accompanied on his journey to Pakistan by a doctor or nurse.

(111900)

373
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the medical needs of failed asylum seekers are examined by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate before a dawn raid is authorised.

(111915)

374
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the instructions given to Immigration and Nationality Directorate officers on the use of dawn raids as a method of detaining asylum seekers.

(111916)

375
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many preferred suppliers his Department has; how many such suppliers provide goods or services to the Prison Service; what checks are carried out on putative preferred suppliers to ensure the quality and reliability of their services; what criteria companies and sole traders have to meet in order to become preferred suppliers; and for how long the status of preferred supplier lasts.

(111930)

376
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department provides guidance to police forces on the suitability of recruits who follow cultural practices which require them not to shake hands with certain members of the public or otherwise behave in a way which makes it difficult for them fully to engage with members of the public; and if he will make a statement.

(111610)

377
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of offences related to taking goods and other material washed up from a wreck in each year since 1981.

(111647)

378
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will discuss with police forces ways to identify and close down websites which advocate anorexia and suicide.

(111607)

379
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on EU co-operation on the regulation and control of inappropriate websites.

(111654)

380
N Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for granting Iraqi nationals arriving in the UK refugee status; and what percentage of those applying were successful in the last period for which figures are available.

(111141)

381
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines were issued for breaches of firework regulations in Leicester in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.

(111727)

382
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cautions were issued by police in Essex in 2006, broken down by offence for which the caution was issued.

(111824)

383
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts were issued in Essex in 2006.

(111825)

384
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners escaped from each Essex prison in each of the last 10 years.

(111826)

385
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in jails in England and Wales have (a) a mental illness and (b) learning disabilities.

(111827)

386
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were held (a) in each prison and (b) in police cells in Essex in each of the last 10 years.

(111828)

387
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK ratified the Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

(111418)

388
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111578)

389
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sittings took place and (b) cases were heard in Llandrindod Wells and Brecon Magistrates Courts in each year since 2001.

(111648)

390
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody cells are available in Brecon and Radnorshire; and where they are situated.

(111656)

391
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department pays insurance premiums to cover payments made from the Discretionary Compensation Scheme.

(111831)

392
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police vehicles have been damaged in incidents relating to the closure of Sheppey Crossing.

(111606)

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

393
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will arrange for signs to be mounted next to the recycling bins in communal spaces informing staff of the toner cartridge recycling facility provided by the Serjeant at Arms.

(111524)

394
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what amounts of (a) glass, (b) metal, (c) plastic and (d) paper was recycled by the parliamentary estate in each year since 2004.

(111525)

395
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what volume of water was consumed by the parliamentary estate in each year since 2004.

(111526)

396
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much energy in kwh per square metre has been used on the parliamentary estate in each year since 2004.

(111527)

397
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many cases of theft inside the House of Commons estate were reported in each of the last five years.

(111323)

398
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2007, Official Report, columns 504-5W, on the Union Flag, what health and safety grounds prevent the use of the flagpole on Portcullis House; and what the cost would be of making access to the flagpole safe.

(111869)

399
N Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many complaints about noise on the roof terrace were received in each of the last five years.

(111412)

400
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much water is used on average each day on the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate.

(111515)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

401
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to reduce infant mortality in Zimbabwe.

(111618)

402
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) life expectancy and (b) child mortality rates in Zimbabwe in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2006.

(111624)

403
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations to the UN (a) to take a stronger line on natural resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) to deal with the activities of armed groups.

(111139)

404
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government funding the Commonwealth Education Fund received in each year since its foundation.

(111879)

405
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK Government funding was allocated to educational facilities and activities in (a) Kenya, (b) Tanzania, (c) Ghana and (d) The Gambia by the Commonwealth Education Fund in each year since 1998.

(111880)

406
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the establishment of a World Bank fund for developing countries to invest in alternative energy funds.

(111881)

407
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government funding has been allocated to the Global Purchase Fund for the development of affordable treatments of disease announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2001.

(111882)

408
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Government funding has been allocated to help finance African countries' 10-year education plans to be produced as a result of the Gleneagles Implementation Plan for Africa.

(111910)

409
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK gave (a) bilaterally and (b) through multilateral institutions, broken down by institution, to Tanzania in 2005-06; and what form the bilateral aid took.

(111699)

410
N Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance is being given by his Department to the refugees from Iraq who have crossed Iraqi borders into neighbouring countries.

(111142)

411
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111540)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

412
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 951W, on the Northern Ireland Children's Commissioner, if he will break down the number of applicants by (a) gender and (b) religious affiliation; and how many of the applicants were (i) shortlisted and (ii) interviewed.

(111369)

413
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 935W, on car parks, how many of the newly installed machines were reported as not operating properly in the first month after installation.

(111370)

414
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many elderly people requested that water meters be installed at their homes in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available.

(111371)

415
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in each health board area have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease in each of the last five years.

(111662)

416
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what arrangements are in place for people with Parkinson's disease in the Western Health and Social Services Board area to see consultants; how many consultants trained to address the needs of people with Parkinson's disease are employed in the Western Board area; and how long, on average, patients with Parkinson's disease in the Western Board area have to wait before seeing a consultant.

(111663)

417
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultants trained to address the needs of people with Parkinson's disease were employed in the Western Health and Social Services Board area in each of the last five years.

(111664)

418
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent policy initiatives and activities the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development has undertaken on (a) the production of energy crops and (b) the use of farming waste materials for the production of biomass.

(111665)

419
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of farm-based activity in renewable energy production in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(111666)

420
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Housing Executive houses in Northern Ireland are unoccupied; and how many of those houses are located in (a) West Belfast, (b) South Belfast, (c) North Belfast and (d) East Belfast.

(111667)

421
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to use public transport fuel procurement as a means of creating a market in Northern Ireland for bio-diesel and bio-ethanol for transport purposes.

(111668)

422
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many housing association houses in Northern Ireland are unoccupied; and how many of those houses are located in (a) West Belfast, (b) South Belfast, (c) North Belfast and (d) East Belfast.

(111669)

423
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many beds are expected to be available at the new-build at Mid-Ulster Hospital; and whether a consultation exercise will be undertaken (a) before and (b) after the building has been designed.

(111670)

424
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111574)

Questions to the Prime Minister

425
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has considered the merits of the transfer of responsibility for trade promotion and securing foreign direct investment from the Department for Trade and Industry to another Government department.

(111584)

426
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, how many e-mails have been passed to the police by staff at 10 Downing Street since 1st June 2006 in relation to the investigations into party political donations and the awarding of honours; and if he will make a statement.

(111148)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

427
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111583)

Questions to the Solicitor General

428
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Solicitor General, how many investigations were begun by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in each year since 1996; how many such investigations were completed by the SFO and followed by an (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful prosecution; and how many such investigations were discontinued before they were completed.

(111989)

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

429
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the (a) salary scale and (b) term of appointment is for a local government boundary commissioner for England.

(111790)

430
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what experience and qualifications are required for candidates for appointment as local government boundary commissioners for England.

(111791)

431
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what percentage of local government boundary commissioners for England are qualified lawyers.

(111792)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

432
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what legislation regulates service charges added on to a bill at restaurants; when this legislation was last amended; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(111703)

433
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his written statement of 10th January 2007, Official Report, column 15WS, on UK civil plutonium and uranium figures, what procedures he has instituted to ensure the type of error discovered is not repeated in future.

(111918)

434
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the EU Trade Commissioner on the likely success of the Doha trade round.

(111586)

435
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of Venezuela's rate of inflation for (a) British investment in Venezuela and (b) foreign direct investment in the UK from Venezuela; and if he will make a statement.

(111616)

436
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications for Ukrainian trading relations with the (a) UK and (b) EU of Ukraine's possible accession to the World Trade Organisation in 2007.

(111619)

437
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the implications of Thailand's potential plans to change its commitments to the World Trade Organisation for Thailand's trading relations with the (a) UK and (b) EU.

(111620)

438
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the balance of trade between the UK and Laos was in each of the last five years.

(111622)

439
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many working days were lost to trade union strikes in each of the last nine years.

(111926)

440
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many working days were lost to trade union strikes in each of the last 12 months.

(111934)

441
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what monitoring his Department undertakes of the eventual disposal of materials exported to China for recycling.

(111649)

442
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the role of street markets in ensuring competition in the food industry.

(111657)

443
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect on local street markets of the market position of large supermarkets.

(111658)

444
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to support and develop the role of local street markets; and if he will make a statement.

(111659)

445
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many certificates were issued by police authorities to pedlars in each of the last 10 years.

(111710)

446
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many street trading licences were issued by local authorities in each of the last 10 years.

(111711)

447
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints local authorities received about the activities of illegal street traders in each of the last 10 years.

(111740)

448
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value was of (a) exports from the UK to Tanzania and (b) imports to the UK from Tanzania in the last period for which figures are available.

(111700)

449
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the aims and objectives sent to Michael Gibbons when asked to conduct his independent review on dispute resolution.

(111643)

450
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regular monitoring is carried out by (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem to assess whether there is sufficient competition in the retail energy market for small business consumers.

(111694)

451
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem have any plans to require energy suppliers to become members of alternative dispute resolution schemes which can investigate complaints on behalf of small business consumers; and if he will make a statement.

(111695)

452
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 815W, on renewable installations, how companies may be placed on the framework as suppliers; and if he will make a statement.

(111509)

453
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 815W, on renewable installations, what process was used to select the companies chosen as suppliers on the framework; and if he will make a statement.

(111644)

454
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps are being taken to encourage business and trade links between the East Midlands and India.

(111728)

455
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Chief Executive or senior directors of the East Midlands Development Agency last received a request for an official meeting with Leicester City Council.

(111729)

456
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has held with colleagues in other Departments regarding the possible development of a liquid natural gas importation facility on Canvey Island; and if he will make a statement.

(111817)

457
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will meet the hon. Member for Castle Point at the earliest possible time in the event of an appeal being submitted in respect of an application to import liquid natural gas via Canvey Island.

(111818)

458
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the consortium of companies seeking to develop a facility to import liquid natural gas on Canvey Island regarding a possible appeal; and if he will make a statement.

(111819)

459
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111579)

460
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much One NorthEast spent in each local authority in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(111756)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

461
N Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much local transport grant was given to City of York unitary council in each year since the council's creation; and what criteria are used to assess how much each local authority receives.

(111282)

462
N Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department assesses the quality and performance of local authorities' local transport plans; what assessment his Department has made of City of York Council's plans; and if he will make a statement.

(111283)

463
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to change the Blue Badge Scheme to meet the needs of upper limb damaged individuals; and when these changes will come into effect.

(111701)

464
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency spent on programme expenditure in Tunbridge Wells local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(111367)

465
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to begin the tender process for the dualling of the A21 (a) between Tonbridge and Pembury and (b) between Kippings Cross and Lamberhurst.

(111368)

466
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the UK to meet its obligations under the Renewable Transport Fuel directive from home produced markets up to 2010; and how many hectares of land will be required to meet such obligations.

[R] (111625)

467
Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of possible measures to improve transport to and from local street markets to encourage sustainability.

(111758)

468
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) local authorities and (b) trust ports are required to take to ensure that appointments of counsellors to trust board boards are made through transparent and competitive process.

(111680)

469
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of the plans received from trust ports for achieving compliance with the corporate governance as required by Modernising Trust Ports.

(111681)

470
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will urgently convene a meeting of the prospective funding partners for the lock and water-control structure on the Bow Back Rivers required to allow water freight access to the Olympic Park site in order to secure agreement that it will be built; and if he will make a statement.

(111759)

471
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) original planned date was and (b) revised date is for centralising licensing works to the Leeds Traffic Area Office.

(111805)

472
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legal advice was obtained by the Vehicle and Operating Services Agency in advance of centralising licensing work to the Leeds Traffic Area Office; from whom the legal advice was obtained; when it was obtained; at what cost; and if he will make a statement.

(111806)

473
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the legality of centralising licensing work to the Leeds Traffic Area Office has been challenged by a Traffic Commissioner.

(111807)

474
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on rail network overcrowding.

(111499)

475
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve the accessibility of taxis for disabled people.

(111738)

476
N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a number of cameras on tall yellow-painted poles have been sited on the M1 motorway near to the junction with the M18 and on the M18 carriageway verge near to the M1; whether these cameras are permanent; and if he will make a statement.

(110923)

477
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers were carried between Glasgow Airport and (a) London Gatwick, (b) London Stansted and (c) Luton Airport in the last 12 months, broken down by economy and business class.

(111491)

478
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers were carried between Prestwick Airport and London Stansted Airport in the last 12 months, broken down by economy and business class.

(111496)

479
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans all tankers entering UK waters to be required to have double hulls.

(111653)

480
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed new timetable for the Cross Country Franchise will require the splitting up of any services.

(111507)

481
Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the platforming arrangements at New Street station are adequate to accommodate the December 2008 timetable for (a) peak and (b) off-peak times.

(111508)

482
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) statutory provisions and (b) custom and practice apply to the display of port letters and numbers on historic vessels which are not fishing for profit; and if he will make a statement.

(111410)

483
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce pedestrian/motorcycle collisions; and if he will make a statement.

(111494)

484
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether school transport proposals are eligible for funding awards under the Challenge Schemes.

(111497)

485
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of services between (a) Preston and London, (b) Lancaster and London and (c) Scotland and Birmingham between when the present Cross County Franchise ends in November 2007 and the new West Coast Enhanced Service starts in December 2008.

(111502)

486
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much bus subsidy operators grant has been given to bus operators in Lancashire since 2000.

(111503)

487
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been given as part of the subsidised service spending for buses to Lancashire County Council since 2000.

(111504)

488
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has given to concessionary fares schemes for (a) pensioners and (b) disabled people in Lancashire by (i) borough councils and (ii) county councils.

(111505)

489
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111582)

490
N Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement of the Minister of State for Transport of 10th January 2007, Official Report, column 97WH, what the evidential basis was for the statement that no test of local knowledge is necessary for certification of boatmasters of vessels navigating the Thames downstream of the Thames Barrier.

(111413)

491
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Sheppey crossing has been closed since it was opened in July 2006.

(111414)

492
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how many drivers ignored closure signs at the Sheppey crossing and attempted to use the crossing in 2005-06.

(111591)

493
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that dot matrix signs are installed on both sides of the Sheppey crossing to warn motorists of high winds and dangerous driving conditions.

(111592)

494
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when lighting will be put in place on both sides of the Sheppey crossing.

(111594)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

495
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111573)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

496
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who has responsibility for monitoring the quality of New Deal programmes.

(111479)

497
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the target audience for personal accounts who can be expected to receive a return greater than £2 in real terms for every £1 invested; and if he will make a statement.

(111492)

498
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the target audience for personal accounts who will be subject to means-testing in retirement in (a) 2020, (b) 2030, (c) 2040, (d) 2050 and (e) 2060; and if he will make a statement.

(111493)

499
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

(111538)

500
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January 2007, Official Report, column 1437W, on state pension national insurance contributions, what estimate he has made of how many women, to the nearest 10,000, began to receive state pension in each financial year from 1979-80 to 2004-05; and how many of those women had the number of qualifying years of National Insurance contributions needed to earn a full basic state pension reduced by the operation of home responsibilities protection in respect of past receipt of child benefit.

(111284)

501
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average number of years of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) claimed by women who retired in (a) 1985-86, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 2005-06, excluding those women who did not receive HRP.

(111285)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

502
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died as a result of a stroke in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006.

[Transferred] (111832)

503
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to offset the increase in Air Passenger Duty in February with a reduction in revenue elsewhere in the tax system.

[Question Unstarred] (111027)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

504
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) morbidity and (b) infant mortality rates for (i) gypsy, (ii) traveller and (iii) white British populations were in (A) 1987, (B) 1997 and (C) 2007.

[Transferred] (111803)

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