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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 2 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 2 February 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 2 February 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 Friday 2 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 2 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a communications strategy was produced to promote the Child Trust Fund. | | (118710) | 2
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on promoting the Child Trust Fund between 2003 and 2007. | | (118711) | 3
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether evaluation reports have been produced of the promotion of the Child Trust Fund. | | (118712) | 4
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what activities were recently undertaken part of Child Trust Fund week; and what the cost was of each. | | (118713) | 5
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition he uses of non-cashable savings as made following the Gershon Review. | | (118739) | 6
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the oldest remaining national debt is in terms of foreign loans. | | (118743) | 7
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of (a) hiring (i) props, (ii) locations and (iii) personnel and (b) procuring airtime for self-assessment commercials. | | (118750) | 8
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average salary multiple for mortgages taken out was by first time buyers of private homes in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. | | (118683) | 9
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he expects HM Revenue and Customs to publish the tax credit overpayment figures for the 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (118708) | 10
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the recovery of overpaid tax credits on levels of personal debt amongst people in the bottom three deciles of income distribution; and if he will make a statement. | | (118732) | 11
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) representations and (b) appeals against the credit overpayment recovery decisions by HM Revenue and Customs were received in each month from April 2005 to January 2007; how many appeals were successful in each month; and if he will make a statement. | | (118753) | 12
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayment cases were referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in each month since 1st April 2003. | | (118754) | 13
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the operation of the IT systems for tax credits between 30th September 2006 and 31st January 2007; how many payments were made manually in each month over this period; and if he will make a statement. | | (118885) | 14
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls HM Revenue and Customs has made chasing up self-assessment tax returns; how many staff are involved in such activity; at what cost; whether it is normal practice for calls to be made on a Sunday; how many people called had already returned their forms; and what system is used to inform telephonists of whether a tax payer has returned their tax return. | | (118612) | 15
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects hon. Members to be able to fill out their tax returns online. | | (118715) | 16
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost is of filling out a tax return; and what estimate he has made of (a) how many people pay accountants to do this for them and (b) how much they pay for this service. | | (118716) | 17
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who submitted tax returns in the last period for which figures are available earned (a) under £20,000, (b) under £32,500, (c) under £50,000, (d) under £75,000, (e) under £100,000, (f) under £150,000 and (g) over £250,000. | | (118717) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 18
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2006, Official Report, column 1517W, on compensation payments, what the nature was of the cases involving (a) the accident at work, (b) the purchase of land and (c) cancellation fees/expenses; and whether any of the special payments were caused by IT failure. | | (118865) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 19
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department is having with EU-based manufacturers of construction materials on the plans to introduce zero carbon housing. | | (118952) | 20
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the cost implications for the house building industry of the proposal to introduce zero carbon housing. | | (118953) | 21
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she is having with UK manufacturers of construction materials in preparation for the introduction of zero carbon homes by 2017. | | (118962) | 22
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take toward ensuring zero carbon emissions in all new housing by 2017. | | (118963) | 23
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of increased house prices on first time buyers in Chorley. | | (118944) | 24
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social rented and (b) shared ownership houses were built in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas in each year since 1990; what each figure represents (A) per 1,000 population and (B) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement. | | (118684) | 25
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total stock of affordable housing was in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1980; what each figure represents (i) per 1,000 population and (ii) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement. | | (118685) | 26
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of eligible people have participated in key worker affordable housing schemes in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) region and (b) homes that are in (i) rural and (ii) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (118686) | 27
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will break down the Government's objective for a 200,000 net increase in the number of homes by 2016 by (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (118690) | 28
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the projected number of households is in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year from 2003 to 2026; and if she will make a statement. | | (118691) | 29
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated value is of affordable housing delivered through planning obligations in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (118692) | 30
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hectares of land were registered on the Register of Surplus Public Sector Land in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997; how much has been purchased by English Partnerships; how much has been used to provide affordable housing; and if she will make a statement. | | (118693) | 31
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many compulsory purchase orders have been served to tackle land-banking since the relevant provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas were brought into force; and if she will make a statement. | | (118694) | 32
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of home ownership was in each year since 1980 in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (118695) | 33
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders have been served since April 2006 in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (118696) | 34
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many long-term empty private sector properties there were in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1980; what each figure represents (i) per 1,000 population and (ii) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement. | | (118697) | 35
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were purchased under the right to buy scheme in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year from 1980 until 1997; what each figure represents (i) per 1,000 population and (ii) per 1,000 households; and if she will make a statement. | | (118698) | 36
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) rural and (b) urban areas have a rateable value of less than £25,000; and if she will make a statement. | | (118702) | 37
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her plans are for the level of the contribution made under the Milton Keynes Tariff. | | (118737) | 38
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, why she was not able to answer Question 112258, on the Design for Manufacture competition, substantively on the day named for answer. | | (118755) | 39
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was raised for community infrastructure projects by section 106 agreements in each local authority in the last period for which figures are available; and what percentage of total capital projects this represented in each such authority. | | (118202) | 40
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that arrangements are made for an early hearing of the appeal against South Hams District Council's refusal of planning permission for a mini-village of yurts at Allaleigh and against the enforcement notice requiring the occupants of the site to move out. | | (118400) | 41
| Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many consecutive years a local authority is allowed to fail to meet its own target for the delivery of affordable housing as recorded in the Annual Monitoring Report before she will (a) call in the local plan and (b) direct the local authority to modify the plan. | | (118896) | 42
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take action to eliminate or reduce the impact on local government resource allocated by the floor damping block mechanism, with specific reference to the impact on Hartlepool Borough Council. | | (118872) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 43
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what public interest was served by the legal aid funding of MMR/MR vaccine litigation. | | (118261) | 44
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Legal Services Commission plans to recover legal aid fees paid to barristers employed in the MMR/MR vaccine litigation. | | (118262) | 45
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Legal Services Commission proposes to refer the barristers employed in the MMR/MR vaccine litigation to the Bar Council. | | (118263) | 46
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Legal Services Commission plans to recover fees paid for research funded by legal aid in connection with the MMR/MR vaccine litigation. | | (118264) | 47
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the outcome was of the Court of Appeal case Goodwill versus British Pregnancy Advisory Service (1996); which barrister acted for the claimant; and how much was spent on legal aid fees, including (a) the solicitors' fees and (b) the barrister's fee, broken down by (i) brief fee, (ii) daily refresher and (iii) rate. | | (118267) | 48
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what celebrations the Government has organised to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union. | | (118510) | 49
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many legal aid practices specialising in (a) housing, (b) family law, (c) debt, (d) benefits, (e) criminal law, (f) personal injury law and (g) asylum and immigration law there were in each year since 1997. | | [R] (118574) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 50
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with broadcasters the provision of subtitles for every television programme, including repeats available on freeview. | | (118738) | 51
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last discussed the location of the launch of the Cultural Olympiad; and if she will make a statement. | | (118189) | 52
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what response she has made to the recommendations of the Elton Review of Licensing Fees; and when she plans to implement them. | | (118195) | 53
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent to date in the recruitment of the new chairman of English Heritage, including (a) costs incurred directly by her Department and (b) costs incurred through the employment of recruitment agencies. | | (118675) | 54
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on the recruitment of (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff in each year since 1997. | | (118676) | 55
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many temporary staff were employed by her Department as a result of recruitment by recruitment agencies in each year since 1997. | | (118677) | 56
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the recent international summit on remote gambling cost; and if she will place details of the costs incurred in the Library. | | (118678) | 57
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which countries have written to confirm their agreement with the communiqué produced as a result of her Department's international summit on remote gambling. | | (118679) | 58
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under which category of award National Lottery grants have been awarded to groups promoting non-violence and peace. | | (118744) | 59
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the budgeted cost is of advertising for posts for London 2012. | | (118745) | 60
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are employed by London 2012, broken down by type of employment. | | (118746) | 61
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the 10 highest-salaried posts which have been advertised by London 2012. | | (118747) | 62
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the current wage bill is of London 2012. | | (118748) | 63
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2007, Official Report, column 1182W, on seminars, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) a list of the presentations made at and (b) the report of (i) the April 2006 Strategic Risk Seminar, (ii) the Comprehensive Spending Review and Efficiency Programme Seminar of April 2006, (iii) the November 2006 Equality and Diversity Seminar and (iv) the Conundrums of Reform Seminar of November 2006. | | (118867) | 64
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2006, Official Report, column 1594W, on Culture Online, if she will break down the number of hits by website. | | (118895) | 65
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of electricity used by the new super casino which will be generated from (a) renewable sources and (b) on-site-micro-regeneration facilities. | | (118928) | 66
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how funding from the National Lottery was granted to schemes in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas in each year since 1997, broken down by awarding body; and if she will make a statement. | | (118704) | 67
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union. | | (118977) | 68
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) merits of and (b) effect on public finances of TV Licence payments being made via PayPoint. | | (118864) | 69
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she plans to use to assess the casino pilot schemes; who will assess the pilot schemes; whether the assessment of the pilot schemes will be conducted by a body independent of government; and when the assessment is expected to (a) start and (b) end. | | (118733) | 70
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency planning her Department has conducted to meet the possibility that the casino pilot scheme is assessed as (a) unsuccessful and (b) of detrimental social impact. | | (118734) | 71
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with casino operators following the Casino Advisory Panel report of 30th January; and whether her Department has made an assessment of which casino operators will take part in the casino pilot schemes. | | (118735) | 72
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 104W, on Olympics 2012, if she will provide indicative figures for the amount set aside to cover (a) CLM's fee, (b) site mobilisation and (c) the cost of additional staff. | | (118414) | 73
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 103W, on Olympics 2012, if she will provide the indicative figures for the amounts set aside to cover (a) construction inflation and (b) additional security costs. | | (118415) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 74
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the levels of commercial investment in Scotland resulting from his Department's activities. | | (118680) | 75
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland that are reliant on the supply chain created by his Department's activities. | | (118681) | 76
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are employed by his Department in Scotland. | | (118682) | 77
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of (i) Bell Griffin HAR2 and (ii) Apache helicopters in recovering individual personnel from a battlefield. | | (118886) | 78
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what (a) rules and (b) circumstances senior Army officers may raise urgent operational requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (118887) | 79
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in respect of how many children (a) Army, (b) Air Force and (c) Royal Navy personnel received boarding school allowance in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the percentage change was in each year. | | (118888) | 80
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007 to Question 115272, on NHS treatment: war pensioners, with which health authorities his Department has taken up cases of war pensioners not receiving priority treatment in the last 12 months; what methods his Department uses to take up such cases; and whether officials in the Veterans Agency take up cases with health authorities. | | (118420) | 81
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, columns 446-8W, on the private finance initiative, whether public private partnership contracts are included in this list. | | (118980) | 82
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with negotiations with Serco on the contract for the future provision of marine services; and when he expects the contract to be finalised. | | (118931) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of each contract his Department has with Serco; what services are provided under each contract; and where services are provided in each case. | | (118965) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when bids for the Future Provision of Marine Services were first invited; and how many bids were received. | | (118966) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the award of the Future Provision of Marine Services contract. | | (118967) | 86
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) immediate and (b) long-term provisions his Department plans to put in place for soldiers returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with (i) post traumatic stress disorder, (ii) schizophrenia and (iii) psychotic disorder. | | (118937) | 87
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) immediate and (b) long-term support his Department plans to put in place for forces families upon the return of soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. | | (118938) | 88
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department offers to the families of those who are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. | | (118939) | 89
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for support for mental health issues to (a) war veterans and (b) war veterans' families over the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (118940) | 90
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many divorced couples there were in the armed forces as a percentage of all married couples in the armed forces in each of the last five years. | | (118941) | 91
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve (a) military housing and (b) married quarters. | | (118942) | 92
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many formal complaints on the condition of military housing were made by residents in each of the last 10 years. | | (118943) | 93
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK troops are stationed in Kuwait. | | (118876) | 94
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the government of Kuwait gives to the UK for the stationing of UK troops in that country. | | (118877) | 95
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deployments of troops are in place for the defence of the Falkland Islands; and what deployments are planned. | | (118975) | 96
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Army personnel on their possible use of the RAF Innsworth site; and if he will make a statement. | | (118707) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 97
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will support the establishment of a one minute silence for those who died as a result of the slave trade. | | (118632) | 98
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will support the creation of an annual day of commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade. | | (118633) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 99
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to involve further education colleges in providing vocational skills to secondary school pupils. | | (118954) | 100
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce a common reporting framework for sector skills councils to include (a) financial information, (b) governance and key management personnel and (c) business involvement. | | (118853) | 101
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of children received five A*-C GCSE grades and equivalent in each year since 1996; and what qualifications are included as an equivalent to GCSE. | | (118192) | 102
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of young people completing GCSEs only achieved five A*-C GCSE grades including English and mathematics in each year since 1996. | | (118193) | 103
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent in real terms by central government per pupil in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in each year since 1996. | | (118194) | 104
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 72W, on GCSEs, how many maintained mainstream schools did not enter any pupils for a GCSE in (a) a modern foreign language, (b) history and (c) geography in each year since 1997. | | (118399) | 105
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in special measures have been in special measures for (a) more than three terms, (b) more than six terms and (c) more than nine terms. | | (118856) | 106
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools left special measures in 2006, broken down by number of terms the school had been in special measures. | | (118857) | 107
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools (a) entered special measures and (b) left special measures in each year since 1997. | | (118858) | 108
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is available to support childcare for children (a) with disabilities and (b) without disabilities. | | (118859) | 109
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many residential specialist further education colleges for individuals with disabilities (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 1997. | | (118860) | 110
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many residential specialist further education colleges for individuals with disabilities are funded by the Learning and Skills Council. | | (118861) | 111
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2006, Official Report, column 1467W, on class sizes, which schools have class sizes of more than 50 pupils. | | (118862) | 112
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what restrictions there are on the spending of Electronic Learning Credits awarded to schools. | | (118567) | 113
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was for each age group in each local education authority in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. | | (118674) | 114
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of apprenticeships in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each sector have no formal employer involvement. | | (118741) | 115
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) rural and (b) non-rural areas (i) qualify for and (ii) receive free school meals; and if he will make a statement. | | (118703) | 116
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many social workers in England are registered with the General Social Care Council. | | (118971) | 117
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many social workers there are in England. | | (118972) | 118
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average annual pay was for teachers in further education colleges in each of the last 10 years. | | (118310) | 119
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average annual pay rise was for teachers in further education colleges in each of the last 10 years. | | (118311) | 120
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total funding has been for further education colleges from his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of total departmental expenditure each figure represents. | | (118312) | 121
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many undergraduate students resident in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997. | | (118654) | 122
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 218-9W, on looked-after children, if he will commission research to identify how many crisis or emergency accommodation places (a) in (i) family-based and (ii) care homes and (b) with other providers there are in England. | | (118884) | 123
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much public funding is planned to be made available to Darlington College of Art (a) if it remains in Darlington and (b) if it moves to Plymouth, Torbay or Falmouth; whether the college would be eligible for Objective One funding if it moved to Falmouth; and if he will make a statement. | | (118401) | 124
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make road safety a mandatory part of the national curriculum. | | (118871) | 125
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many meetings of the Shadow Academy for the Isle of Sheppey there have been; and if he will publish the minutes of the meetings. | | (118269) | 126
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding Kent County Council is providing for the proposed Academy on the Isle of Sheppey. | | (118270) | 127
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which company has been employed by the Shadow Academy group for the Isle of Sheppey to provide a valuation of the sites of the three middle schools. | | (118271) | 128
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what price per acre Kent County Council obtained for the sale of the redundant land at Danley Middle School. | | (118273) | 129
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what alternative plans have been developed for secondary schools on the Isle of Sheppey should the proposed Academy be turned down. | | (118274) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 130
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with stakeholders to discuss the forecast increase in demand for wood fibre by the renewable energy industry; and what action he plans to take in response to the situation. | | (118631) | 131
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions were held by (a) officials from his Department and its predecessors and (b) Environment Agency officials with (i) EU Commission officials and (ii) outside bodies in connection with the adoption of the EU Waste Incineration Directive prior to the adoption of the Directive on 4th December 2000. | | (118398) | 132
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have refused to co-operate in either pre-movement testing or the regular bovine tuberculosis test. | | (117987) | 133
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to consider the introduction of organic selenium into the diet of cows to reduce the impact of mastitis. | | (117988) | 134
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the rapid analysis and detection of animal-related risks (RADAR) to be complete; and how RADAR relates to the veterinary surveillance system. | | (117989) | 135
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which countries which grow genetically-manufactured crops the UK imports food. | | (117990) | 136
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the entry-level stewardship scheme, with particular reference to progress towards the target to reverse the decline in farmland bird numbers by 2020. | | (118268) | 137
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) associated bodies on the financial impact of section 68 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005; and what responses he has made. | | (118890) | 138
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the salary was of the Chief Executive of the Oil and Pipeline Agency (a) at its launch and (b) in May 1997; and what the salary will be of the new incumbent on taking up his post. | | (118749) | 139
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) Pea mining bee (Andrena Lathyri), (b) Dark guest ant (Anergates atratulus), (c) Short-haired bumble-bee (Bombus subterraneus), (d) New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana), (e) Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli), (f) Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis), (g) Nomad errans - a cuckoo bee, (h) Stenus palposus - a rove beetle and (j) Essex emerald (Thetidia smaragdaria maritima) are (i) extinct and (ii) extant in the UK. | | (118687) | 140
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that there is (a) sufficient water available at Pashford Poors, Suffolk and (b) high water quality at the Lewes Levels, East Sussex to ensure the survival of the (i) Pashford pot beetle and (ii) Sussex diving beetle. | | (118688) | 141
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the habitat quality at the locations last known to be inhabited by the Pashford pot beetle and the Sussex diving beetle remains sufficient to ensure the survival of the two species. | | (118689) | 142
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what controls are placed on the import of flowers into the UK in relation to the use of (a) pesticides and (b) environmentally unsustainable practices; and if he will make a statement. | | (118699) | 143
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had on the involvement of UK companies in the import or production of flowers produced overseas using chemicals banned in the EU; and if he will make a statement. | | (118700) | 144
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total (a) volume and (b) value of flowers imported into the UK was in each year since 1997, broken down by country of origin. | | (118701) | 145
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that changes in the available budget of his Department and its associated public bodies do not adversely affect watercourse drainage and maintenance, especially in high value agricultural areas. | | (118880) | 146
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the future of internal drainage boards. | | (118881) | 147
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of his Department's report on the future workings of internal drainage boards. | | (118882) | 148
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had, and with what groups, on the dairy industry. | | (118883) | 149
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of BSE to the economy was in each year since the disease was identified. | | (118313) | 150
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term stability of the variety of the GM blight resistant potato approved for field trials. | | (118579) | 151
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many letters his Department received from hon. Members in each week of the last 12 months; and what the target time for written response is. | | (118719) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 152
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on (a) enforcement and (b) enhancement of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. | | (118948) | 153
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) fellow UN members and (b) UN officials on reform of the United Nations. | | (118959) | 154
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the Singapore-based MPRL company channelling its new investment in Burma through the British Virgin Islands. | | (118619) | 155
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers the Government has to stop foreign companies from using British overseas territories to channel investment into Burma. | | (118620) | 156
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aid and assistance the British Embassy in Bangkok gives to (a) Burmese organisations in Thailand and (b) organisations assisting Burmese refugees. | | (118621) | 157
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of whether the human rights situation in Burma is improving or deteriorating. | | (118622) | 158
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she and Ministers in her Department have had with counterparts in (a) South Africa, (b) China, (c) Russia, (d) Qatar, (e) Indonesia and (f) Congo to request that they vote in favour of a resolution on Burma. | | (118630) | 159
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what she expects the (a) cost and (b) functions of the proposed EU European Centre in Beijing to be. | | (118709) | 160
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have applied for entry clearance to the UK from Sri Lanka in each of the last 10 years. | | (118578) | 161
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on peace talks between the Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan government held in Geneva in 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (118580) | 162
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Sri Lankan government on the Tamil population of Sri Lanka. | | (118581) | 163
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the stability of (a) democracy and (b) the rule of law in Uganda. | | (118874) | 164
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to visit Kuwait. | | (118879) | 165
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the government in Port Stanley and (b) her counterpart in Buenos Aires on the Falkland Islands' relations with Argentina. | | (118974) | 166
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reform of the UN. | | (118976) | 167
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her UN counterparts on the granting of permanent seats on the UN Security Council to other states. | | (118979) | 168
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the UK's plans for the replacement of Trident for the negotiations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on nuclear disarmament. | | (118613) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 169
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of management within NHS Trusts were made redundant in 2005; what the total paid in redundancy payments was; and how many of those individuals have been subsequently re-employed within the NHS. | | (118417) | 170
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her policy is on the re-engagement by an NHS Trust of an individual who has recently received a six-figure redundancy payment from another NHS Trust. | | (118418) | 171
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it a priority to review the financial implications of the guidelines available to NHS Trusts in respect of redundancy payment arrangements for NHS management. | | (118419) | 172
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had on extending the range of foodstuffs available by prescription to sufferers of coeliac disease. | | (118956) | 173
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts do not provide in vitro fertilisation treatment for new patients. | | (118672) | 174
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the treaty base is of EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou's proposal for an EU-wide ban on smoking in public places. | | (118614) | 175
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in each Government office region on raising awareness of carbon monoxide amongst home owners in 2005-06. | | (118796) | 176
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2006. | | (118797) | 177
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with skin cancer (a) in each year between 1987 and 1997 and (b) in the last 10 years. | | (118929) | 178
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of skin cancer there have been since the imposition of VAT on sunscreen. | | (118930) | 179
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has given to (a) NHS hospitals, (b) nursing and care homes, (c) dentists, (d) amublance trusts, (e) general practitioners and (f) other hospitals on listing clostridium difficile as the cause of death on official death certificates; and if she will make a statement. | | (118964) | 180
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post-operative excessive limb shortening complications have been dealt with by NHS hospitals involving patients initially treated at the Barlborough Independent Sector Treatment Centre in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (118403) | 181
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring is undertaken of excessive limb shortening post-operative problems of patients from the Barlborough Independent Sector Treatment Centre. | | (118404) | 182
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when an official from her Department last visited the Barlborough Independent Sector Treatment Centre. | | (118405) | 183
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which individuals are members of the NHS Partners Network. | | (118758) | 184
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints she has received from members of the NHS Partners Network on alleged breaches of procurement rules since 2005. | | (118759) | 185
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical staff Netcare (UK) employs undertaking services for the NHS. | | (118760) | 186
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of Netcare (UK) clinical staff undertaking services for the NHS have (a) UK, (b) EU and (c) South African medical qualifications. | | (118761) | 187
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision by Netcare to cover claims for clinical negligence; and if she will make a statement. | | (118762) | 188
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she expects her policy of introducing competition into the supply of healthcare will make NHS services subject to EU single market and competition rules; and if she will make a statement. | | (118763) | 189
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the health needs of elderly Irish males living in England. | | (118201) | 190
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (118653) | 191
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the performance of Serco's out-of-hours health care provision (a) in Cornwall and (b) across England. | | (118720) | 192
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart operations on children in (a) Leicester Royal Infirmary, (b) Leicester General Hospital, (c) Glenfield Hospital and (d) England were cancelled in each year since 1997. | | (118570) | 193
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the main reasons were for hospitals cancelling heart operations in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (118571) | 194
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors health authorities take into account when deciding whether a particular heart operation is urgent. | | (118572) | 195
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of late cancellations of heart operations on children; and if she will make a statement. | | (118573) | 196
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of (a) provision, (b) quality and (c) accessibility of diabetic foot care facilities in (i) Hartlepool Primary Care Trust and (ii) the area covered by the North East Strategic Health Authority. | | (118844) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 197
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions have been placed on demonstrations outside the Burmese Embassy in London; and why such restrictions have been made. | | (118623) | 198
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) the Metropolitan Police have received about demonstrations outside the Burmese Embassy in London; and from whom. | | (118624) | 199
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made during demonstrations outside the Burmese Embassy in London in each of the last five years. | | (118625) | 200
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition he uses of a mentally disordered offender. | | (117805) | 201
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the remit is of the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales. | | (117806) | 202
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary service organisations (a) bid for funding and (b) were awarded funding from the Victim Fund in each year for the last five years; and how much was awarded. | | (117807) | 203
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to police authorities in England and Wales on the implementation of victim support strategies during investigations undertaken by police. | | (117808) | 204
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to establish the eligibility of a victim of crime for the enhanced service as set out in the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime. | | (117809) | 205
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued with a fixed penalty notice and fine in Solihull in the past 12 months; what the average amount of the fines was; and how many of these fines were for being drunk and disorderly. | | (118657) | 206
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years have been issued with a fixed penalty notice and a fine in Solihull in the last 12 months. | | (118658) | 207
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to (a) improve the response by the police and Crown Prosecution Service to alleged rape victims and (b) improve the conviction rates in such cases. | | (118662) | 208
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported rapes resulted in convictions in (a) Solihull and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (118663) | 209
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported rapes were wrongly recorded and dismissed in (a) Solihull and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (118664) | 210
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent the drug naltrexone is used (a) in connection with probationary release of recidivist addict offenders and (b) to keep prisoners clean of opiates while they are in custody. | | (118714) | 211
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that local authorities are fulfilling their obligations to receive stray dogs under the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and what sanctions are available to him against those which are not fulfilling their obligations. | | (118891) | 212
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken to ensure full compliance with international human rights standards by (a) all seconded UK officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (b) the US Drugs Enforcement Agency and (c) the Colombian Department of Administrative Security during operation White Dollar. | | (118892) | 213
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the proportion of successful rape convictions in Chorley. | | (118932) | 214
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were breached in Chorley in each of the last five years. | | (118933) | 215
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued in Chorley for using hand-held mobile telephones when driving a motor vehicle in each year since the offence was introduced. | | (118934) | 216
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed on (a) buses and (b) trains in Chorley in each of the last five years, broken down by type of crime. | | (118935) | 217
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 134W, on foreign national prisoners, what data is held by his Department on the offences committed by prisoners released from HMP Peterborough; in what format the data is kept; and if he will make a statement. | | (118524) | 218
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many social workers in England have had a Criminal Records Bureau check. | | (118973) | 219
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants in England and Wales received immediate custodial sentences for offences of (a) obtaining property by deception, (b) perverting or attempting to pervert the course of justice and (c) theft in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (118875) | 220
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings he had with hon. Members to discuss the reconsideration of tribunal verdicts on the expulsion of failed asylum seekers in each month of 2006. | | (118673) | 221
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his response is to the proposal of the Independent Race Monitor that an independent element should be introduced into decision making on asylum cases; and if he will make a statement. | | (118846) | 222
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether supporting evidence from a family member and relevant documentation was obtained in the initial assessment of the asylum claim of Mr Subtain Bokhari. | | (118847) | 223
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to incentivise the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to increase the rate of deportation of failed asylum seekers. | | (118848) | 224
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time he spent considering the case against the deportation of the Bokhari family; what evidence he was given on the case by his Immigration and Nationality Directorate officials; and whom he consulted in making his decision. | | (118849) | 225
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendation from the UK Commissioner on Human Rights in the Quality Initiative Project February-August 2005 that Immigration and Nationality Directorate targets on asylum seeker cases should emphasise high quality of decision making. | | (118850) | 226
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response he has made to the conclusion of the Independent Race Monitor in her 2004-05 and 2005-06 annual reports that Immigration and Nationality Directorate officers were under pressure to meet time targets; what time targets are set; how they are determined; and whether they have been changed in the last three years. | | (118851) | 227
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Independent Race Monitor that Immigration and Nationality Directorate officials showed a tendency to disbelieve the accounts of asylum seekers because of negative perceptions about specific countries; which countries these perceptions applied to; and what steps he is taking to eradicate them. | | (118852) | 228
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of outstanding case files for asylum seekers held by his Department, (b) the number of those of whose whereabouts his Department knows and (c) the time he expects it to take to clear the backlog at present rates. | | (118863) | 229
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Bokhari family deported on 22nd January 2007 were offered Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme financial help with resettlement in return for departing voluntarily. | | (118868) | 230
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dispersal orders have been issued in each police authority area since April 2006. | | (118200) | 231
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders were issued in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118650) | 232
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic violence prosecutions were undertaken in each English police region in each year since 1997. | | (118651) | 233
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug-related offences were recorded by police forces in each county of the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (118652) | 234
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were prosecuted for failing to stop after an accident under the Road Traffic Act 1988 in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118655) | 235
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were prosecuted for offences contrary to sections (a) 3 and (b) 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118656) | 236
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have (a) opened and (b) closed in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (118665) | 237
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) convictions and (c) cautions for offences relating to (i) possession and (ii) dealing in class (A) A, (B) B and (C) C drugs there were in each police authority area in (1) 2005 and (2) 2006. | | (118666) | 238
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police time was spent on frontline duties by (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk Constabularies in each year since 1997. | | (118671) | 239
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force in England were allocated specifically to traffic duties in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006. | | (118845) | 240
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years for offences involving excessive noise from car audio systems. | | (118899) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 241
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on tackling AIDS in developing countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (118957) | 242
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much British aid reached the people displaced by the military offensive in Karen state in 2006. | | (118626) | 243
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department provides to Burmese refugees in (a) China, (b) Malaysia, (c) Bangladesh, (d) India and (e) Laos. | | (118627) | 244
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what public consultations his Department has held in Burma on implementation of the 3D fund. | | (118628) | 245
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the 3D fund for Burma will fund cross-border projects in order to reach people in areas to which the military regime refuses to allow access. | | (118629) | 246
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions representatives of the 3D fund have had with the Karen National Union on the viability of funding projects in Karen state in areas not under control of the regime in Burma. | | (118659) | 247
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Global Fund spent in Burma during the period it operated there; and how much of that amount was spent on consultants. | | (118660) | 248
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for Burma was spent on consultants in each of the past five years; and what the average daily rate is for consultants hired to provide advice on issues relating to Burma. | | (118661) | 249
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take further steps to ensure that UK aid channelled through international multilateral institutions is no longer subject to the condition of privatisation of public services including energy production following the announcement of a new policy on aid conditionality in March 2005. | | (118718) | 250
| Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps during the Liberia donor conference in February (a) to help Liberia maintain its provision of free healthcare and (b) to support the strengthening of health systems in that country. | | (118873) | 251
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated for the reconstruction and development of Iraq in each of the next three years; and through which channels the money will be distributed. | | (118728) | 252
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reconstruction and development objectives his Department set for (a) education, (b) water and sanitation, (c) healthcare and (d) microfinance in Iraq prior to the invasion of Iraq; to what extent they have been met; and if he will make a statement. | | (118729) | 253
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the levels of (a) exports, (b) imports and (c) gross domestic product of Iraq in each year from 1995 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (118730) | 254
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of levels of unemployment in Iraq in each year from 1995 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (118731) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 255
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the staff of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland are bound by the same rules of confidentiality as other public servants. | | (118513) | 256
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to make provision for the next Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland to be a person of judicial standing. | | (118514) | 257
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to appoint the next Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; what the timescale is for such an appointment; and whether it will be made under existing legislation. | | (118515) | 258
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has plans (a) to introduce additional measures and (b) to use existing procedure to effect special treatment of on-the-runs. | | (118396) | 259
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether persons convicted of terrorist offences in Northern Ireland since 1998 will be eligible for an early release scheme. | | (118397) | 260
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many outline planning applications for single houses have been made in rural areas since the implementation of draft Planning Policy Statement 14. | | (118721) | 261
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many planning applications were made for rural-located business projects in each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06; how many of those applications were refused; and what projected job losses in rural locations were cited in them. | | (118725) | 262
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many outline planning applications for single houses in rural areas in each of the last five years cited (a) special medical circumstances and consequent disability and (b) agricultural employment as their reason for application; and how many of those received planning permission. | | (118726) | 263
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many outline planning applications for single houses in rural areas were granted planning approval in each of the last five years. | | (118727) | Questions to the Prime Minister 264
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, whether any of the items held by his Office as part of the donated asset reserve have depreciated in value since they were received; and if he will make a statement. | | (118742) | 265
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Prime Minister, whether his office cleared in advance the interview given by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the New Statesman for publication in its issue of 22nd January; and if he will make a statement. | | (118265) | 266
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to reply to Question 116965, on Tanzania, tabled by the hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield for answer on 19th January. | | (118188) | 267
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Prime Minister, what his tipping point target is for deportation of failed asylum seekers; and when the target was announced. | | (118869) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 268
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to encourage the celebration of Highland 2007, Scotland's year of Highland culture, in other parts of the UK. | | (118406) | 269
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he next plans to meet Scottish Executive Ministers to discuss renewable energy programmes in Scotland. | | (118951) | 270
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2007, Official Report, columns 1768-9W, on freedom of information, where the information that was released by his Department between March to December 2006 and not published on his Department's website is available elsewhere in the public domain. | | (118266) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 271
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) employees and (b) commissioners the Electoral Commission has. | | (118615) | 272
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the average remuneration of (a) employees and (b) commissioners of the Electoral Commission was in 2006-07. | | (118616) | 273
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the highest remuneration of (a) an employee and (b) a commissioner within the Electoral Commission was in 2006-07. | | (118617) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 274
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Scottish index for multiple deprivation will be used to calculate which post offices are in deprived urban areas in Scotland. | | (118198) | 275
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 122W, on UK civil plutonium and uranium, what the name is of the operator concerned; which nuclear plant is involved; and which bodies will conduct the independent verification and peer check in future. | | (118416) | 276
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many plants there are in the UK producing biofuels. | | (118947) | 277
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses have started up on average per month in each region of the UK since January 1995. | | (118949) | 278
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many wind farms with more than two turbines there are in each region of the UK. | | (118955) | 279
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the number of overseas businesses that have relocated to the UK since 1997. | | (118958) | 280
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs created as a result of overseas firms relocating to the UK since 1997. | | (118960) | 281
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the contribution to the UK economy of the house building industry was in each year since 1997. | | (118961) | 282
| Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential for reduction of energy use in street lighting; and if he will make a statement. | | (118611) | 283
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what goods and services were exported to Burma from the UK in 2006; and what the value was of those goods and services. | | (118618) | 284
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on the renewables obligation system. | | (118736) | 285
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has received representations about doorstep selling by representatives of EEC Ltd. | | (118196) | 286
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to protect the elderly from doorstep selling. | | (118197) | 287
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2007, Official Report, columns 730-1W, on compensation payments, what the nature was of the inefficiency of the person dismissed on those grounds; in what area the dismissed person worked; and if he will make a statement. | | (118866) | 288
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2007, Official Report, columns 730-1W, on compensation payments, what property was involved in each case where a payment was made for loss or damage to personal property; and why the Department was liable in each case. | | (118894) | 289
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the amount of (a) agricultural, (b) service sector and (c) military exports from the UK to Kuwait was in 2005-06. | | (118878) | 290
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to reply to Question 109624, on UK Trade and Investment tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire. | | (118634) | 291
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had on redundancy payments for workers of Glazteknology Ltd; and what his timetable is for making a decision on the matter. | | (118402) | 292
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to close the Gloucester mail centre; what assessment he has made of the possible impact on (a) jobs and (b) mail services in the area of such a closure; and if he will make a statement. | | (118706) | 293
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed European Commission directive on specified quantities for pre-packaged goods on the UK coffee manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (118897) | 294
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Coal Authority plans to join the Information Fair Trader Scheme. | | (118898) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 295
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of when airport capacity would be reached if the rate of increase in flying continues at the present rate and airport capacity remained unchanged. | | (118191) | 296
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received any representations on the future of (a) Sea Mills, (b) Shirehampton, (c) Avonmouth, (d) St. Andrews Road and (e) Severn Beach railway stations. | | (118945) | 297
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much subisdy he expects to be paid to Virgin West Coast in each year until the end of the franchise. | | (118946) | 298
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to promote the Blue Badge map website. | | (118772) | 299
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to expand the geographical coverage of the Blue Badge map website. | | (118773) | 300
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent administering the Blue Badge map website in the last five months. | | (118774) | 301
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many user visits were recorded on the Blue Badge map website in each of the last five months. | | (118775) | 302
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects to publish his response to the Transport Select Committee's report on rail franchising. | | (118893) | 303
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the charge was to each Government department for hire of official cars in 2005-06; and what the total man hours were of the drivers in that year. | | (118740) | 304
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving (a) trains, (b) buses and (c) private hire vehicles there were in Chorley in each of the last five years. | | (118924) | 305
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on taxis to transport pupils to and from school by Lancashire County Council in each of the last five years; and how many children were transported to and from school by taxis provided by Lancashire County Council during that period. | | (118925) | 306
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent disintegration of roads from the sun's heat during the summer. | | (118926) | 307
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent rail-tracks from becoming inoperative due to the heat from the sun during the summer. | | (118927) | 308
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for completion of the A555 relief road; and if he will make a statement. | | (117974) | 309
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the Transport Innovation Fund bid from Shropshire County Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (118978) | 310
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in numbers of passengers on Virgin Trains heading south from (a) Manchester, (b) Birmingham and (c) Liverpool through Milton Keynes in each of the next 10 years. | | (118968) | 311
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what he plans the maximum permitted length of Virgin Pendolino trains to be. | | (118969) | 312
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the platforms at Milton Keynes Central train station were last extended; and for what reasons they were extended. | | (118970) | 313
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why some Virgin trains stop at Milton Keynes Central to drop off but not pick up. | | (118981) | 314
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Virgin trains stop to drop off passengers but do not allow them to get on at Milton Keynes Central Station each day, broken down by time of arrival. | | (118982) | 315
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of spare capacity on Virgin trains heading south through but not stopping at Milton Keynes Central during peak hours in the morning. | | (118983) | 316
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the figures for population growth in St Albans and the surrounding area that the Government is using to assess the need to fund the Thameslink Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (118984) | 317
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans other than the Thameslink Programme his Department is considering to increase rail capacity from St Albans to London during morning and evening peak hours. | | (118985) | 318
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the roles of (a) Network Rail, (b) train operators and (c) his Department are in determining the frequency and stopping patterns of train services operating on (i) the present and (ii) a future Thameslink route. | | (118986) | 319
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the powers granted to Network Rail for the Thameslink Programme would enable any part of the scheme to proceed without the assurance from government that the necessary funding will be in place for the full scheme to be completed. | | (118987) | 320
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 75, on Thameslink, in which year the decision will be made in the context of the high level output specification. | | (118988) | 321
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers under the age of 21 in each year since 1997. | | (118667) | 322
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were involving drivers under the age of 21 in (i) the Bury St Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118668) | 323
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were on the A14 in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118669) | 324
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there have been in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (118670) | 325
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set targets on reducing death and injury by young and novice drivers as part of his Department's road safety strategy. | | (118870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 326
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the review of the Welfare to Work programmes being conducted by David Freud is intended to deliver specific recommendations for structural changes to the benefits system; and if he will make a statement. | | (118407) | 327
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many constituencies more people claimed job seeker's allowance at the end of 2006 than at the end of 1997. | | (118900) | 328
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the flat rate accrual amount of £72.80 proposed for the state second pension in Schedule 2 to the Pensions Bill was calculated. | | (118722) | 329
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors he intends to take into account in deciding the date from which state second pension accruals will become flat-rate; and within what period of years he expects this to occur. | | (118723) | 330
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the annual loss to the National Insurance Fund from the reduction of employers' contributions on the introduction of the aggregates levy and other environmental taxes; and what the yield of each of those was taxes in each year since their introduction. | | (118724) | 331
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the possible effect of the centralising of Jobcentre Plus Benefit Delivery Centres on the time taken to process bereavement benefit claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (118568) | 332
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process bereavement benefit claims in each month since January 2006, broken down by region. | | (118569) | 333
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Deprived Areas Fund allocation his Department has made to Wandsworth, Southward and Lambeth District in 2007-08, broken down by ward; and if he will make a statement. | | (118421) | 334
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Deprived Areas Fund allocation his Department has made to Wandsworth, Southward and Lambeth Jobcentre Plus District in 2006-07, split by ward; and if he will make a statement. | | (118422) | 335
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Deprived Areas Fund spend allocated by his Department to Wandsworth, Southward and Lambeth District in 2006-07 has been spent in the year to date, broken down by ward; and if he will make a statement. | | (118423) | 336
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiries Jobseeker Direct received from people interested in short-term festive season work in the period 1st October to 31st December in each year since 1998. | | (118756) | 337
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiries Jobseeker Direct received from people interested in short-term festive season work in (a) October, (b) November and (c) December 2006. | | (118757) | 338
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in (a) staff and (b) staff with disabilities in his Department has been since 1st April 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (118764) | 339
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change in the proportion of his Department's staff with disabilities has been since 1st April 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (118765) | 340
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have responded to the Personal Accounts Consultation process. | | (118766) | 341
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people completed the online quiz `myths and facts about Pensions in the UK' on the Pensions Reform website in the last six months. | | (118767) | 342
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many users registered their details to receive email updates from the Pensions Reform website in each of the last six months; and how many people are registered to receive such updates. | | (118768) | 343
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Reform blog has cost to administer since it was established. | | (118769) | 344
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many user visits were recorded on the Pensions Reform blog in each of the last six months. | | (118770) | 345
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many user visits were recorded on the National Pensions Debate website in each month in 2006. | | (118771) | 346
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the eight Link Age Plus pilots launched in August 2006; and whether he plans to roll out the scheme further. | | (118776) | 347
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to promote improved internet access for disabled people. | | (118777) | 348
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on administering the imageofdisability.gov.uk website in the last five months. | | (118778) | 349
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the launch of the imageofdisability.gov.uk website. | | (118779) | 350
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many user visits were recorded on the imageofdisability.gov.uk website in each of the last five months. | | (118780) | 351
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from employers in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector on the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations. | | (118781) | 352
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on each scheme to promote the UN Convention on disability. | | (118782) | 353
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote the UN Convention on disability. | | (118783) | 354
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce charges for employers posting adverts on the JobCentre Plus website. | | (118784) | 355
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many JobCentre Plus staff were involved in administering the JobCentre Plus website in each of the last 24 months. | | (118785) | 356
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job searches the JobCentre Plus website handled in each of the last 24 months. | | (118786) | 357
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what target he has set for JobCentre Plus website user visits for 2006-07. | | (118787) | 358
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it has cost to administer the JobCentre Plus website in each of the last five years. | | (118788) | 359
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many user visits were recorded on the JobCentre Plus website in each week of the last five years. | | (118789) | 360
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which areas the 0800 number to contact JobCentre Plus is available to claimants of working age benefit. | | (118790) | 361
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to advise members of the public of the changes to the JobCentre Plus dialling code. | | (118791) | 362
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of each stage of the roll out of the 0800 number for JobCentre Plus. | | (118792) | 363
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance and Incapacity Benefit to undertake voluntary work. | | (118793) | 364
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on (a) Jobseeker's Allowance and (b) Incapacity benefit were involved in voluntary work in each of the last 24 months. | | (118794) | 365
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure was on each New Deal programme for each year since 1997-98. | | (118798) | 366
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per person moving into unsubsidised employment was of each New Deal programme in each year since 1997-98. | | (118799) | 367
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes his Department carries out to stop payment of basic state pension on the death of a claimant; and if he will make a statement. | | (118800) | 368
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance was underpaid in each year since 2001. | | (118801) | 369
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on initiatives to reduce housing benefit fraud in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (118802) | 370
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in income-related benefits in respect of dependent spouses and children to claimants in polygamous marriages in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. | | (118803) | 371
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pension scheme arrangements are planned for staff of the proposed Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission. | | (118804) | 372
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information technology projects have (a) been cancelled and (b) placed under review by his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (118805) | 373
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) all leavers, (b) female leavers and (c) male leavers from New Deal 50 Plus (i) found unsubsidised jobs and (ii) returned to jobseeker's allowance on leaving the programme in each year since 2000. | | (118806) | 374
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff of the new Personal Accounts Delivery Authority will be eligible to join the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (118807) | 375
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department has been of developing the Eligible Loans Deduction Scheme. | | (118808) | 376
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish his Department's strategy for information technology to 2015. | | (118809) | 377
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) pension credit, (b) income support and (c) jobseeker's allowance was overpaid to claimants due to the claimant in question moving abroad in each of the last five years; and how much in each category was overpaid due to (i) fraud and (ii) error. | | (118810) | 378
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) people with disabilities of working age and (b) children with disabilities were living in poverty in each Government office region in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2004-05. | | (118811) | 379
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has commissioned into the operation of non-dependent deductions from housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (118812) | 380
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had the maximum default rate of non-dependent deduction applied to them due to non-disclosure of the income of non-dependents in each of the last five years. | | (118813) | 381
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of housing benefit that was (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid due to the incorrect application of non-dependent deductions in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (118814) | 382
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total amount in disability premiums underpaid to income support claimants in each of the last five years. | | (118815) | 383
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total amount of social security benefits overpaid to claimants due to (a) fraud and (b) error who were ineligible for benefits (i) because they lived abroad, (ii) due to long-term hospitalisation, (iii) due to prison detention, (iv) because the claimant had a partner and claimed as a single person, (v) because of claimant identity discrepancies and (vi) because of false claimant documentation in each of the last five years. | | (118816) | 384
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people without accommodation had their (a) income support and (b) contribution-based jobseeker's allowance stopped in each of the last five years. | | (118817) | 385
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the businesses owned and run by Remploy; and what their (a) value and (b) annual profit was according to the most recently available figures. | | (118751) | 386
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total workforce is of Remploy; what proportion of the Remploy budget in 2006-07 is being spent on supporting those jobs; and what his policy is on redundancies in Remploy businesses. | | (118752) | 387
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Edinburgh North and Leith have received the In Work Credit. | | (118854) | 388
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Edinburgh North and Leith have received the Lone Parent Work Search Premium. | | (118855) | 389
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 98W, on pensions, for what reason UK pensioners are index linked for UK citizens living in (a) Bermuda, (b) Gibraltar and (c) Sovereign bases on Cyprus and not in the other countries mentioned in the Answer. | | (118190) | 390
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action the Government has taken to take forward the Health, Work and Wellbeing strategy. | | (118705) | 391
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether gap year students are included in the calculation for those not in employment, education or training. | | (118199) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 392
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce property repossessions. | | [Transferred] (118936) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 393
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many visa application cases which were refused in the last 24 months the applicant has cited bad advice from British Overseas Missions. | | [Transferred] (118950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 394
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members there are of the Ministerial Group reviewing industry policy on carbon monoxide poisoning; how many times this group has met; how much the group has cost to run; and when it is due to report. | | [Transferred] (118795) |
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