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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 February 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 5 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 5 February 2007


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 5 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 Monday 5 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 5 February see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 232W, on mortality statistics, how many people died as a result of a stroke in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006 in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales.
(119232)
2
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 232W, on mortality statistics, how many people died as a result of a stroke in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2006.
(119233)
3
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax credit was overpaid in each of the last three financial years; what percentage of the value of total payments made this represented; how many overpayments were made in each year; and what percentage of payments made this represented.
(119430)
4
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which religions and other groups' representatives are empowered to perform marriages; what the process is for such empowerment; what account is taken of human rights legislation on discrimination in this process; and what representations he has received on this subject.
(119004)
5
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many (a) ports, (b) airports, (c) landing stages and (d) airfields HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers were (i) permanently and (ii) regularly located in (A) 2004, (B) 2005 and (C) 2006; and in how many such locations HMRC officers made at least one visit in each year.
(118044)
6
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change in the number of employees in each (a) region and (b) county there has been for his Department, its agencies and public bodies, in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; what percentage of the total change was accounted for by each (A) region and (B) county; and what share of total employment in each (1) region and (2) county his Department's employees represented at (y) 1st April 2004 and (z) 31st March 2006.
(119421)
7
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the HM Revenue and Customs tax credit system allows a risk assessment of the claim to be made; what the average time taken was from claim to first payment in the latest period for which figures are available; and whether the time taken varies by risk category status.
(119425)
8
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new cases of colorectal cancer there were in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 in (i) men and (ii) women in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(119211)
9
N
Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what weighting for electrical goods is used by the Office of National Statistics when it calculates (a) the Consumer Price Index and (b) the Retail Price Index.
(118918)
10
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income tax threshold for (a) single and (b) married couples would be if it had been increased in line with (a) the Consumer Price Index and (b) the Retail Price Index since 1997.
(119019)
11
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, columns 344-5W, on self-employed taxpayers, what proportion of self-employed taxpayers' tax returns for 2004-05 in (a) the South East and (b) the UK were investigated.
(119411)
12
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library papers on social demographics produced by HM Revenue and Customs strategy group since 2005.
(119412)
13
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time was between the receipt of a tax return and the commencement of an HM Revenue and Customs inquiry in the latest period for which figures are available.
(119413)
14
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) an individual taxpayer, (b) a partnership taxpayer and (c) a trust taxpayer of filing their tax return online if they are required to file all the additional supplementary pages.
(119414)
15
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on developing the HM Revenue and Customs brand since 2005.
(119415)
16
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on services from SCC Technology since 2005.
(119416)
17
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by taxpayers on purchasing software necessary to file their tax returns online.
(119417)
18
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has to produce data for the new constituency areas once the order implementing the Boundary Commission's recommendations has been laid; and whether he has issued guidance to the ONS on the production of statistics for the new constituencies.
(119197)
19
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the level of UK carousel VAT fraud in (a) 2006-07 and (b) the most recent two previous years for which data is available.
(119199)
20
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of GDP the total amount of defence expenditure represented excluding military operations in each year since 1997.
(119076)
21
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to the Ministry of Defence on preparation and submissions for the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
(119086)
22
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of child benefit; and how many are (a) single fathers and (b) single mothers.
(119087)
23
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of gross annual income was taken in tax and national insurance contributions for each decile of the taxable income distribution in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1997.
(119388)
24
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Director-General of the National Trust; and what was discussed.
(119123)
25
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax credit overpayments have involved one or more errors by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
(118910)
26
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayments have been caused by (a) an individual's income being incorrectly recorded by HM Revenue and Customs as zero and (b) IT failure; and if he will make a statement.
(118911)
27
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people from the UK are estimated to have emigrated in each of the last five years.
(119064)
28
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the average value of a migrant worker from each country of origin to the British economy.
(119128)
29
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme on the British economy.
(119133)
30
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with counterparts in the Home Office regarding recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme.
(119134)
31
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme on British economic relations with India; and if he will make a statement.
(119135)
32
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he held with officials in India regarding the impact of recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme during his recent visit; and if he will make a statement.
(119136)
33
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the economic relationship between the UK and India.
(119137)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
34
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance or advice has been issued to the Civil Service on the (a) use and (b) availability of Dorneywood for Government meetings and seminars.
(119173)
35
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, columns 1980-81W, on Cabinet Office grants, how much was paid to the (a) Civil Service Sports Council, (b) Chequers Estate, (c) Whitehall and Industry Group, (d) Windsor Leadership Trust, (e) Silver and Cream Ltd and (f) BBC Accounts Receivable; and what the purpose was of each grant.
(119174)
36
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on the (a) Delivery Unit, (b) Strategy Unit and (c) Office of Public Service Reform in each year since its creation; whether each unit forms part of 10 Downing Street; and what the remit and function of each unit is.
(119316)
37
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what payments will be made by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office to the Cabinet Office for the use of the Ripley Building in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
(119319)
38
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers was originally drafted; and what changes were made in the July 2005 edition.
(119320)
39
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions since May 1997 civil servants in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) 10 Downing Street have been given permission to attend the Labour Party conference to carry out departmental business.
(119322)
40
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place copies of the letters of appointment of each of her Special Advisers in the Library.
(119323)
41
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions since May 1997 the Accounting Officer in the Cabinet Office has indicated that a course of action being considered would breach the requirements of propriety and regularity set out in section 3.3 of the Ministerial Code.
(119324)
42
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many instances there have been under section 5.17 of the Ministerial Code of a Minister in the Cabinet Office having duties removed to avoid a potential conflict of interest since May 1997.
(119325)
43
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether preparations are underway to plan to refurbish (a) the Downing Street offices and (b) the 11 Downing Street flat when the current Prime Minister leaves office.
(119326)
44
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the estimated total expenditure is by the Central Office of Information on public relations, marketing and advertising in 2006-07.
(119327)
45
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what level of grant the Cabinet Office made to each external organisation, including staff organisations, in the last year for which figures are available.
(119328)
46
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what use the Cabinet Office has made of (a) people retention companies and (b) the company Talent Drain in each of the last five years.
(119407)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
47
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the consultation paper following the Discrimination Law Review will be published.
(118408)
48
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the London Borough of Islington on their proposed sale of properties, the value of properties proposed for sale and the future of their social housing programme.
(119182)
49
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of financial support to lease holders of (i) councils and (ii) housing associations and (b) the case for improvements to the statutory right to a service charge loan; and if she will make a statement.
(118525)
50
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Decent Homes Standard funding and (b) other Government funding can be used to assist leaseholders of (i) council and (ii) housing association properties in areas where Decent Homes Standard spending programmes are underway.
(118528)
51
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure housebuilding programmes take into account the needs of older people.
(117902)
52
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to provide local authorities with additional support for parents with learning difficulties to care for their children.
(119350)
53
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on social housing in Chorley constituency in each year for the last 20 years.
(119351)
54
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to consult the residents of Somerset before making a decision on local government reorganisation in the county; and if she will make a statement.
(119298)
55
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to consult the people of Somerset on all the proposals for local government organisation made in 2007 to her Department by the (a) district councils and (b) County Council in Somerset; and if she will make a statement.
(119299)
56
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the reduction of £4.3 billion in the total debt on council housing mentioned in her Answer to parliamentary question no. 49736 includes (a) repayments from Right to Buy receipts and (b) capital receipts from housing transfers.
(119210)
57
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2006, Official Report, column 978W, on housing, whether her estimate of £12 billion took into account (a) the higher costs of work undertaken by registered social landlords, (b) that transfer prices assume a 30 year life of the asset and (c) gap funding; why no allowance was made for the reduction in local authority homes since 2004-05; and why it was assumed 100 per cent. of the cost of retained homes would have to be found from additional resources rather than existing council budgets.
(119217)
58
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change is in the number of households on council waiting lists for social housing since 1997.
(118833)
59
N
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from (a) Jewish and (b) Muslim community representatives on the effect of the implementation of the Equality Act 2006 on Jewish and Muslim adoption agencies; and if she will make a statement.
(118641)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
60
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average length of time is between the filing of a defence and the hearing of a case in the High Court in cases where a local authority's local plan is challenged; and if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to hear such cases.
(119242)
61
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans to review the operation of the family justice system.
(119408)
62
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, who the members of the Minsiterial Steering Group on Compensation Culture are.
(118824)
63
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what action her Department is taking (a) to improve the system for those with a valid claim for compensation and (b) to find ways to discourage and resist fraudulent claims.
(118825)
64
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment her Department has undertaken of other countries' personal injury compensation systems; what conclusions have been drawn; and if she will make a statement.
(118826)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
65
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the role of Ofcom is in circumstances where an existing television signal is lost or badly impaired due to new construction.
(119231)
66
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of (a) the number of amateur cricket clubs in England and (b) the number of playing members belonging to such clubs' (i) adult and (ii) junior sections.
(119409)
67
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the English Cricket Board spent on providing services for amateur cricket clubs in 2005-06; and what proportion of the Board's total budget this represented.
(119418)
68
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when an estimate will be made of the potential number of people who might require treatment for gambling addiction arising from the development of a large casino in Solihull.
(119007)
69
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to promote the West Midlands as a venue for the UK film industry.
(117903)
70
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle obesity through sport.
(117904)
71
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment has been made of the role of cultural activities in urban regeneration.
(117905)
72
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of homophobic-related incidents at football grounds.
(119105)
73
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides towards campaigns to prevent racism in football.
(119107)
74
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department provides for campaigns to prevent homophobia in football.
(119108)
75
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions she has met the Football Association to discuss action to be taken against homophobia in football.
(119109)
76
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money has been spent for the administration of National Lottery good causes under section 29 of the Horse Racing, Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 as (a) a total and (b) broken down by (i) staffing, (ii) IT and (iii) other costs; and if she will make a statement.
(119219)
77
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many casinos in total there have been in the UK in each quarter since the Budd report in 2001; and if she will make a statement.
(119222)
78
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many casinos have (a) applied for and (b) had approved operating licenses from the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 1968 since May 2005; how many of these have applied for premises licenses that have been (i) approved, (ii) rejected and (iii) not yet determined, broken down by those with gross gaming yield of (A) up to £5 million, (B) £5 million to £100 million and (C) above £100 million; and if she will make a statement.
(119223)
79
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (a) in total, (b) in each division and (c) in the finance department; and at what cost; and if she will make a statement.
(119224)
80
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff work for the Olympic Lottery Distribution (a) in total and (b) as full-time equivalents; and if she will make a statement.
(119225)
81
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received on reviewing the regulations relating to standing areas at football grounds; and if she will make a statement.
(119102)
82
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the regulations governing standing areas at football grounds with a view to allowing standing in certain areas.
(119321)
83
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money was paid to (a) English Heritage, (b) the Arts Council and (c) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in each year since 1997, broken down into grant-in-aid and lottery funding.
(118990)
84
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money has been spent on (a) libraries, (b) archives and (c) museums and galleries in each year since 1997, broken down into grant-in-aid and lottery funding.
(118991)
85
N
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money has been spent on heritage, excluding museums and galleries, in each year since 1997, broken down into grant-in-aid and lottery funding.
(118992)
86
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effects of using the National Lottery to support the Olympics on other charities supported by the National Lottery; and if she will make a statement.
(119357)
87
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the selection of a new Chairman for English Heritage.
(119117)
88
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) English Heritage, (b) the National Trust and (c) HM Treasury on the future of the Stonehenge Visitors Centre; and what was discussed.
(119118)
89
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new DAB digital radio transmitters were built in the period (a) 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2004, (b) 1st January to 31st December 2005 and (c) 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2006; and what the location is of each transmitter built in each period in Scotland.
(119183)
90
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in establishing the London Olympic Institute; and if she will make a statement.
(118821)
91
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with prospective key tenants for the London Olympic Institute.
(118822)
92
N
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs to be created as a result of the casino licence issued for Torbay; and what proportion of those jobs will be (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) short-term and (d) seasonal.
(118608)
93
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the proposals to end the provision of golf in Regents Park; what process the Royal Parks adopted before GOALS were appointed; when she last met the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Parks; and what consultation was undertaken before the change of use from golf to football in Regents Park.
(119214)
94
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis her Department calculated that £600 million will be needed from the licence fee for digital switch-over; and if she will place the calculations in the Library.
(118832)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
95
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Banbury of 15th November 2006 in relation to 23 Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, based in Bicester.
(119013)
96
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the evidence that has emerged from the French judicial inquiry into the sinking of the Bugaled Breizh for the purposes of clarifying the Answers of (a) 7th April 2005, Official Report, column 1724W and (b) 17th March 2005, Official Report, column 411W, on the Bugaled Breizh trawler.
(119336)
97
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sets of body armour have been issued to British troops and then recalled for the purpose of distribution to other personnel in the last five years.
(119196)
98
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational requirements have affected the decision not to send Bell Griffin HAR2 helicopters from Cyprus to Afghanistan.
(119066)
99
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to base the contribution from parents of children receiving boarding school allowances on salaries rather than being 10 per cent. of earnings.
(119084)
100
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice his Department issues to members of the armed forces on their personal protection when off duty; and whether he has any plans to update this guidance.
(118582)
101
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) Armed Forces, (b) Army, (c) Navy and (d) RAF undertook military operations or other military tasks in each year since 1997.
(119055)
102
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) location and (b) number of personnel was for each operational deployment in 1997.
(119056)
103
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) location and (b) total number of personnel was for each current operational deployment since 1997.
(119057)
104
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of single living accommodation in (a) Scotland, (b) northern and central England, (c) south east England, (d) south west England and (e) Greater London have been classified at (i) Standard 1, (ii) Standard 2, (iii) Standard 3 and (iv) Standard 4.
(119069)
105
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel there are working in the military-managed ward at Selly Oak hospital; and what their roles are.
(119070)
106
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of one Herman Miller Aeron chair for his Department's civilian headquarters.
(119071)
107
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the key reasons were for his Department's decision to choose the Metrix consortium's bid for (a) package 1 and (b) package 2 for the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(119072)
108
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's criteria were that determined the winning bidders for (a) package 1 and (b) package 2 of the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(119073)
109
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals his Department is considering for the maintenance of a defence function for the training sites at Cosford and Blandford; and if he will make a statement.
(119074)
110
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by how much the Metrix consortium's current proposals for (a) package 1 and (b) package 2 for the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme has exceeded the planned budget for the programme.
(119075)
111
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court has received in each year since 2001; and from which top level budget holder the funding came.
(119079)
112
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what physical rehabilitation is available to reservists injured on operations.
(119080)
113
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the military-managed ward at Selly Oak hospital reached initial operating capability; on what date he estimates that it will reach full operating capability; and if he will make a statement.
(119081)
114
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what facilities are provided for injured service personnel treated in the military-managed ward at Selly Oak hospital.
(119082)
115
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will revise the Defence Planning Assumptions prior to the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
(119088)
116
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department is undertaking in preparation for the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
(119089)
117
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidelines his Department has issued to (a) service personnel and (b) civilian staff on interviews and meetings with (i) journalists and (ii) hon. Members; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
(119090)
118
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December, Official Report, column 448W, on spare parts, how many losses in transit there were in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.
(119159)
119
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2006, Official Report, columns 625-6W, on Mental Health, how many occupational psychologists his Department employs; where they are based; how many of them are uniformed; and what assessment he has made of the number required.
(119212)
120
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2006, Official Report, column 625W, on Mental Health, how many (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists, (c) mental health nurses and (d) occupational therapists each service employed; and what assessment he has made of how many are required in each year since 1997.
(119213)
121
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 1944W, on RAF Coltishall and RAF Scampton, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Department regarding the disposal of RAF Coltishall.
(119226)
122
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 78W, on Armed Forces casualty reporting, when the casualty information for Afghanistan prior to 2006 will be reconciled.
(119227)
123
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of each type of helicopter there were in the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(119244)
124
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of the most recent defence estate health and safety inspection in the Library.
(119245)
125
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Service personnel have died as a result of injuries sustained during training in each year from 2003 to 2006.
(119246)
126
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises have been cancelled in each year from 2003 to 2006; and what the reasons were for each cancellation.
(119247)
127
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises that were originally scheduled for 2007 have been cancelled.
(119248)
128
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service families accommodation is occupied by (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF personnel.
(119249)
129
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF personnel live in Ministry of Defence accommodation.
(119250)
130
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers claim (a) tax credits and (b) other benefits.
(119251)
131
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing the air-conditioning systems inside the Warrior fighting vehicles.
(119252)
132
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daytime temperature was inside a Warrior fighting vehicle in Iraq with the air-conditioning turned on in each of the last 12 months.
(119253)
133
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to (a) replace and (b) upgrade air-conditioning systems in the Warrior fighting vehicle.
(119254)
134
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which procurement projects have been cancelled since 1997; and what total losses were incurred following each cancellation.
(119255)
135
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF bases (a) have been closed since 1997 and (b) are due to be closed.
(119256)
136
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the in-house staff magazine of his Department from the last 24 months.
(119257)
137
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were serving in the Royal Marines on 1st April in each year from 1997 to 2006.
(119258)
138
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel received the Long Service Advance of Pay for house purchase in each of the last five years; and what the budget for Long Service Advance of Pay is in 2006-07.
(119261)
139
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of (a) maintaining and (b) refurbishing the Defence Housing estate at Brize Norton was in each year since 1997.
(119262)
140
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of his Department's Service Housing Strategy in the Library.
(119263)
141
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many void (a) single living and (b) service family units there are; and what proportion of the total stock they form.
(119264)
142
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties his Department leases from Annington Homes; where they are located; and how much his Department spent on (a) leasing and (b) maintaining and refurbishing them in each year since 1996.
(119265)
143
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs of (a) stationery and (b) other promotional merchandise branded with his Department's name was in each of the last three years.
(119266)
144
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total expenditure on managing his Department's corporate identity and branding was in each year since 1997-98.
(119267)
145
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people leaving the Armed Forces in each of the last two years were (a) entitled to the full resettlement programme, (b) entitled to the employment support programme and (c) early service leavers.
(119268)
146
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what percentage of occasions the time taken for the transfer of student records between UK schools and service children's education schools exceeded 15 days in each year in the last three years.
(119269)
147
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage of pupils achieving at least five GCSE grades A* to C was in each service children's education secondary school in each of the last five years.
(119270)
148
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the mobility index is of each service children's education (a) primary and (b) secondary school.
(119271)
149
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planning assumption date is for the future rapid effect system.
(119272)
150
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the trained (a) requirement and (b) actual strength was for personnel in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(119273)
151
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total personnel (a) inflow into and (b) outflow from the Scottish infantry has been in each year since 1997.
(119274)
152
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the divorce rate was for personnel serving in the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF for each year since 1997.
(119275)
153
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions a ship at sea recorded the percentage of gapped posts higher than five per cent. in the past 12 months.
(119276)
154
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been made by personnel serving in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq about the (i) SA-80 rifle, (ii) Light machine gun, (iii) general purposes machine gun and (iv) heavy machine gun in the last 12 months.
(119277)
155
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total (a) required and (b) actual personnel has been for each regiment in the Royal Logistics Corps since 1997.
(119278)
156
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total (a) required and (b) actual personnel in the (i) 40 Commando, (ii) 42 Commando and (iii) 45 Commando for each year since 1997.
(119279)
157
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th December 2006, Official Report, column 1256-7W, on Mental Health, how many mental health social workers his Department employed in each year since 1997; what the establishment was; where they were based; and how many were uniformed.
(119280)
158
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has signed a contract with BAE Systems to produce the 72 Eurofighters for Saudi Arabia; whether it includes replacing the 24 originally due to be supplied to the Royal Air Force; and what the delivery schedule is.
(119138)
159
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration is given by (a) his Department and (b) the armed forces to their carbon footprint.
(119162)
160
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role he expects the UK to play in the planned European Rapid Reaction Force; and what (a) military and (b) financial contribution he expects the UK to make.
(119163)
161
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the decision to commit £1 billion to buying 72 Super Lynxes in 2012.
(119164)
162
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential for the use of small light assault helicopters in (a) Afghanistan and (b) other combat zones.
(119165)
163
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel are being treated in civilian hospitals.
(119166)
164
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision is being made for the early identification and treatment of post-traumatic stress in personnel in and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
(119389)
165
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether facilities are being made available for treatment of Iraq and Afghanistan military casualties in addition to those at Selly Oak Hospital.
(119390)
166
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many expert prosthetic therapists have been allocated to work with ex-service personnel.
(119391)
167
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where ex-servicemen and women with prosthetic limbs will be treated.
(119392)
168
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated long-term cost is of caring for military amputees; and whether provision was made in his Department's budget to cover these costs.
(119393)
169
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medical, therapeutic or support provision has been made for members of the armed forces who have had to undergo amputation of one or more of their limbs.
(119394)
170
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have suffered amputations as a result of wounds received on active service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
(119395)
171
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 323W, on Christmas travel, if he will provide a breakdown of the 75 per cent. of flights between the UK and Afghanistan that were on time or delayed by less than three hours into those that were (a) on time and (b) delayed less than three hours.
(118828)
172
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an RAF air transport flight rescheduled (a) 24 hours or fewer, (b) 12 hours or fewer and (c) six hours or fewer before its departure is considered to have departed on time if it subsequently departs at its rescheduled time.
(118830)
173
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 323W, on Christmas travel, if he will provide a break down of the flights between Afghanistan and the UK that were on time or delayed by less than three hours into those that were (a) on time and (b) delayed less than three hours.
(118915)
174
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a veterans' card will be available; what the attributes of the proposed veterans' card are; why there has been a delay in producing a veterans' card; and what companies and organisations he has met to discuss the production of the card.
[R] (119235)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
175
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many secondary schools less than 25 per cent. of pupils achieved (a) five A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent and (b) five A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and mathematics in each local education authority in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006.
(119295)
176
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many secondary schools 70 per cent. or more pupils achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent in each local education authority in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006.
(119296)
177
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in how many primary schools less than 65 per cent. of pupils achieved level four in (a) English and (b) mathematics in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 2006 in each local education authority.
(119297)
178
Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teachers and (b) support staff there were in schools in each local education authority in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006.
(119381)
179
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many state schools in England and Wales have an established relationship with a cricket club.
(119230)
180
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities which spend 20 per cent. of their carers' grant allocation on young carers' support, according to the formula recommended by Government.
(118829)
181
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the funding of young carers' services by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
(118834)
182
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the regulations made under Part Three of the Equality Act 2006 will contain provisions exempting the National Curriculum.
(119384)
183
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what data was used as evidence to support the commissioning of the Blueprint research programme.
(119426)
184
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on the Blueprint research programme since its inception.
(119427)
185
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on drugs and alcohol education in schools in each of the last five years.
(119428)
186
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent on commissioning Drugscope to produce its guidance on drugs and alcohol education.
(119429)
187
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in England achieved five A to C grade GCSEs including mathematics and English for less than 20 per cent. of their students in 2006; and which such schools are in each local education authority in Tyne and Wear, Durham and Northumberland.
(118049)
188
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2006, Official Report, column 130-1W, on school meals, what proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4, attending secondary schools falling within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils attending the school who are eligible for free school meals, achieved five or more GCSEs at A*-C including English and mathematics in 2006.
(119176)
189
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the recruitment process for academy principals was conducted; and how many principals have been appointed.
(119204)
190
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average percentage of students gained at least five GCSE grades A* to C for schools with mobility indexes (a) between 0 to five per cent., (b) between six to 10 per cent., (c) between 11 to 15 per cent. and (d) above 15 per cent. in each year of the last five years.
(119091)
191
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the mobility index is for each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Catterick, (ii) Colchester and (iii) Aldershot.
(119092)
192
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have mobility indexes (i) between 0 to 5 per cent., (ii) between six to 10 per cent., (iii) between 11 to 15 per cent. and (iv) above 15 per cent.
(119093)
193
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to encourage reading among children over the next five years.
(119359)
194
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools failed Ofsted inspections in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(119360)
195
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure all schools attain the standards of education set by Ofsted.
(119361)
196
N
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students attained at least three As at (a) AS and (b) A-level in the years 2004-05 and 2005-06, broken down by school or further education college.
(118913)
197
N
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applicants applied to (a) Oxford, (b) Cambridge and (c) another Russell Group University, broken down by secondary school in 2005-06.
(118914)
198
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the number of children who received debriefing interviews after running away from home or care in the last 12 months.
(118819)
199
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the number of local authority children's services that have a named lead officer for safeguarding children who run away from home or care.
(118838)
200
N
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 219W, on looked after children, when he expects to disseminate the key lessons learned from the six community-based refuge pilots; and if he will take steps to ensure that children who have run away, need refuge and currently access the refuge pilot projects will have somewhere safe to go from April 2007.
(118916)
201
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of educational maintenance allowances on the number of young people staying in full-time education beyond 16 years.
(118835)
202
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures his Department has in place to monitor trends in the allocation of teaching and learning responsibility points within schools as a result of (a) staffing reviews and (b) decisions on movement on the upper scale to ensure that minority ethnic groups are not disadvantaged.
(118837)
203
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many maintained schools did not enter any pupils for a GCSE in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) history, (d) geography, (e) biology, (f) chemistry and (g) physics in each year between 1997 and 2006.
(119021)
204
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applications for statements for special educational needs there were in each year since 1997.
(119121)
205
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many permanent and fixed period exclusions took place in schools (a) with less than 1,000 pupils, (b) with more than 1,000 pupils and (c) with more than 1,500 pupils in each year since 1997.
(119122)
206
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) all pupils and (b) pupils receiving free school meals achieved level five in mathematics, English and science combined at Key Stage three in each year since 1997.
(119142)
207
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of (a) all pupils and (b) pupils receiving free school meals achieved level four in reading, writing and arithmetic combined at Key Stage two in each year since 1997.
(119143)
208
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have made applications to purchase land in each year since 1997; and how many were successful.
(119144)
209
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many successful applications for statements of special educational needs were made in each year since 1997.
(119145)
210
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many maintained schools owned a swimming pool in each year since 1997.
(119215)
211
N
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from Jewish and Muslim community representatives on the effect on the operation of Jewish and Muslim adoption agencies of the Equality Act 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(118642)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
212
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to advertise for applicants for the new Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.
(118516)
213
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of EC Council Regulations 1/2005 on (a) country shows, (b) horse trials, (c) dog shows and (d) other animal fairs.
(119259)
214
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for which groups exceptions will be made under EC Council Regulations 1/2005; and if he will make a statement.
(119260)
215
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) reported incidents of fly-tipping and (b) convictions relating to incidents of fly-tipping there have been in the last five years.
(119358)
216
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) public and (b) other bodies must (i) be consulted and (ii) give their approval before building an offshore wind farm; what the average approval and consultation times are; and if he will make a statement.
(119387)
217
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used by his Department in selecting companies providing carbon offsetting services; and if he will make a statement.
(119405)
218
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies providing carbon offsetting arrangements his officials examined in making a choice for his Department's offsetting arrangements.
(119406)
219
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 221W, on the Single Payment Scheme, what the average length of time taken by the Rural Payments Agency was to validate English land details on applications received from Scottish area offices for the application periods (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.
(119330)
220
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 221W, on the Single Payment Scheme, how many Single Payment Scheme applications have been received by the Rural Payments Agency from (a) farmers with cross-border holdings in England and Scotland where most of the land lies in England and (b) Scottish area offices for validation of applications from farmers with cross-border holdings in England and Scotland where most of the land lies in Scotland in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
(119331)
221
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 221W, on the Single Payment Scheme, how many applications sent to the Rural Payments Agency from Scottish area offices for validation of English land details were outstanding at 1st July 2006; how many of these have now been processed; and what the total value is of interest paid on these claims due to late processing.
(119332)
222
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 221W, on the Single Payment Scheme, what the average length of time taken was (a) by the Rural Payments Agency to pass a claim to Scotland for validation of Scottish land details, (b) by a Scottish area office to validate Scottish land details and process the application and (c) to process the entire claim in respect of claims made by farmers with cross-border holdings in England and Scotland where most of the land lies in England in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
(119333)
223
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial cost was incurred by local authorities that rejected waste management planning applications which were subsequently accepted at appeal in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06.
(119077)
224
N
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership report; and if he will make a statement.
(118640)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
225
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Uganda regarding those people held prisoner accused of being members of the People's Redemption Army; and if she will make a statement.
(119053)
226
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her current assessment is of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Uganda.
(119054)
227
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of oil revenues lost to smuggling in Iraq over the last two years.
(119202)
228
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has held with (a) the UN Secretary General and (b) others on the final report of the Timor-Leste Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(119100)
229
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will ask the UN Secretary General to convene a meeting of the Security Council to consider the final report of Timor-Leste's Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Commission; and if she will make a statement.
(119101)
230
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made by or on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia to the Government of the United Kingdom on the continuation of the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the Al Yamamah deal; and when and to whom such representations were made.
(119160)
231
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings officials from her Department have held with international oil companies since January 2003 to discuss Iraq; and what subjects were discussed.
(119364)
232
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the British Ambassador made to the Iraqi Finance Minister in late 2004 on (a) behalf of the International Tax and Investment Center and (b) production-sharing agreements for the development of Iraq's oil.
(119365)
233
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Israeli government on its plans to change the route of the separation wall eastwards away from the green line.
(118827)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
234
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been made by the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health to the National Voices Project being sponsored by her Department; and what progress the Commission has made in each year since its inception towards establishing a national network of patients' forums.
(118818)
235
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget is for education programmes on (a) drugs and (b) alcohol in each year since 2004.
(119383)
236
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings she has had with the strategic health authority for the Eastern Region.
(119385)
237
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to provide additional services to treat gambling addiction in areas approved for the licensing of a large casino, with particular reference to Solihull.
(119005)
238
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of alcohol dependence was identified in each region of England in the alcohol needs assessment report; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who are alcohol-dependent in each region.
(118520)
239
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultants, (b) registrars, (c) junior doctors and (d) nurses were employed by Gloucestershire Acute Trust and its predecessor organisations in (i) 1995, (ii) 1998, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2003 and (v) the latest year for which figures are available; and what the full-time equivalent numbers were in each category in each year.
(118276)
240
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions via accident and emergency to NHS hospitals in England for alcohol-related conditions there were in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(119220)
241
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what conditions primary care trusts are permitted to attach to contracts with ambulance trusts in respect of the (a) operation and (b) funding of (i) first responder, (ii) co-responder and (iii) other non-ambulance based first response to Category (A) A and (B) call-outs in rural and island communities.
(119382)
242
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the (a) Office of Fair Trading and (b) Competition Commission was consulted in drawing up the proposed pricing model in the Department of Health's Consultation Paper Arrangements for the remuneration of services relating to appliances under Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
(119205)
243
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Welsh patients were treated in NHS hospitals in England in 2006, broken down by (a) type of treatment and (b) hospital; and how much funding was received by each hospital in payment by the Welsh Assembly Government, broken down by type of treatment.
(119009)
244
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visiting surgeons from Sweden carried out knee operations in NHS hospitals in Somerset in each of the last five years; how much they were paid; and how many operations they performed.
(119010)
245
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are made of the (a) qualifications and (b) records of visiting surgeons performing operations in the NHS.
(119011)
246
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many visiting surgeons operated in the NHS in each of the past five years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) surgeons' country of origin, (b) type of operations conducted and (c) employing hospital.
(119012)
247
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the overall cost to NHS trusts of upgrading older versions of the software for the Connecting for Health IT System.
(119200)
248
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are waiting for the outcome of police checks through the Criminal Records Bureau.
(119201)
249
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of children in Chorley constituency are registered with an NHS dentist.
(119355)
250
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was raised from parking fees by each health authority in Chorley constituency in each of the last five years.
(119356)
251
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged 50 to 70 years participated in a breast screening programme in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(119175)
252
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cochlear implant operations were performed on patients resident in England in (a) English and (b) Welsh hospitals in each of the last three years.
(119329)
253
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for MRI scans in the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospital Trust.
(118907)
254
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the performance of Lodestone Ltd in providing MRI scanning services at (a) Darlington Memorial Hospital and (b) Bishop Auckland General Hospital.
(118908)
255
N
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of MRI scanning capacity in the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospital Trust; and what she expects future capacity to be.
(118909)
256
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding the Government provided to the NHS Confederation in each of the last 10 years.
(118919)
257
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which reports addressing homicides by mentally ill patients her Department produced in each of the last 20 years.
(118920)
258
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for Gulf War syndrome in each of the last 10 years.
(118921)
259
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute mental health beds were available in each of the last 10 years.
(118922)
260
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which projects the Government is co-operating with the NHS Confederation.
(118923)
261
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the centrally funded initiatives and services and special allocations budget was spent on (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) general practitioners and (e) private companies operating in the health service in each of the last five years; and on what services the money was spent.
(119334)
262
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of general practitioners who (a) opted to work out of hours and (b) opted not to work out of hours in each of the last three years.
(119335)
263
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the Fibroscan test for liver stiffness to be available in the NHS.
(119177)
264
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of (a) the efficacy and (b) the cost-effectiveness of the Fibroscan test for liver stiffness.
(119178)
265
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the effect of the new dental contract on (a) numbers of people with access to NHS dentistry, (b) levels of NHS dental activity, (c) numbers of patients treated and (d) levels of inequality in oral health.
(119179)
266
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) dentists and (b) whole-time equivalent dentists provided NHS services in each month since 1997.
(119180)
267
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are in dispute with the Department of Health over their contracts.
(119181)
268
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of the banding introduced by the new dental contract on the (a) cost and (b) complexity of treatments given.
(119236)
269
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with (a) the Dental Laboratories Association and (b) other dental organisations on the effect of the new dental contract on treatment prescribed.
(119237)
270
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people over the age of (a) 65, (b) 75 and (c) 85 have a dual sensory impairment.
(119398)
271
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Single Assessment Process for older people with dual sensory impairments.
(119399)
272
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to require that Commission for Social Care inspections will ensure that elderly deafblind people are offered (a) assessments by people suitably qualified or experienced in dual sensory impairment and (b) appropriate packages of care.
(119400)
273
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the value for money offered by social services provision for elderly people with dual sensory impairments.
(119401)
274
Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the projected numbers of deafblind people over 65 who will require services over the next 10 years; and what assessment she has made of the impact this will have on future social care planning.
(119402)
275
Mr Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the prevalence of myasthenia gravis; what steps the Government is taking to support those who are diagnosed with the disease; and if she will make a statement.
(119167)
276
Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many circumcisions were funded by the NHS in each primary care trust in each year since 1997, broken down by age; and what the average cost to the NHS was of a circumcision in each year, broken down by age group.
(119367)
277
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department expects to give guidance to the Association of Children's Hospices on the distribution of (a) year two and (b) year three funding of the monies allocated to children's hospices to replace the loss of Lottery funding; and if she will make a statement.
(119140)
278
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a firm Government commitment to have a new private finance initiative-funded hospital at Pembury; and if she will make a statement.
(118903)
279
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date she expects the main construction contract for the planned new private financial initiative-funded hospital at Pembury to be let; and by what date she expects the hospital to be fully functioning.
(118904)
280
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that the closed beds at Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital are reopened; and if she will make a statement.
(118905)
281
N
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that the closed beds at Tonbridge Hospital are reopened; and if she will make a statement.
(118906)
282
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to increase public understanding and awareness of (a) healthcare regulation and (b) healthcare regulatory bodies.
(119050)
283
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have submitted responses to her Department's review of the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions.
(119051)
284
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have submitted responses to the Chief Medical Officer's report Good doctors, safer patients: Proposals to strengthen the sytem to assure and improve the performance of doctors and to protect the safety of patients.
(119052)
285
Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on funding for palliative care in (a) Upminster and (b) England.
(119058)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
286
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners released on licence were recalled to prison in each year since 2001.
(119083)
287
N
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on plans for the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, with particular reference to the (a) detection of trafficking through border control, (b) regime for defining victims of trafficking, (c) immigration status of victims during the recovery and reflection period, (d) issue of renewable residence permits, (e) compensation of victims from the assets of perpetrators, (f) arrangements for repatriation and return of victims, (g) access to health and education while temporarily admitted, (h) prosecution of traffickers, (i) appropriate training and (j) involvement with the Group of Experts monitoring process.
(118609)
288
N
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for formal United Kingdom accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
(118610)
289
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research his Department has conducted to ensure that the regulatory regime takes account of developments in animal testing.
(119209)
290
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the licensing process for permission to conduct experiments on animals.
(119234)
291
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for (a) harassment, (b) sex discrimination, (c) breach of human rights legislation and (d) malicious communication where unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature was a significant feature of the case in each of the last 10 years; and whether convicted offenders in such cases will be placed on the Sexual Offenders Register.
(119008)
292
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether non-geographic police forces are governed by the same complaints procedures as national police forces.
(119130)
293
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed in non-geographic police forces; and what the total budget was for all such forces in the last period for which figures are available.
(119131)
294
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when details of Dale Miller's convictions in (a) Switzerland and (b) Germany were entered on the police national computer; and which agency entered the details.
(119022)
295
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Dale Miller was the one of the prisoners identified by the Association of Chief Police Officers as a priority in dealing with the backlog of files of British convictions abroad.
(119023)
296
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many (a) ports, (b) airports, (c) landing stages and (d) airfields the Immigration and Nationality Directorate had uniformed immigration officers (i) permanently and (ii) regularly located in (A) 2004, (B) 2005 and (C) 2006; and in how many such locations officers made at least one visit in each year.
(118045)
297
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) south and central Iraq, (b) northern Iraq and (c) the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government within Iraq are presently regarded as safe places to which forced removals from the UK can take place; and whether it is his policy to remove to northern Iraq Iraqi citizens whose original residence was in the south and centre.
(119422)
298
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forced removals from the UK took place in each of the last four years; in which regions and counties of the UK those forcibly removed were resident prior to the removal process; and in how many cases working illegally was the principal reason for the forced removal process.
(119423)
299
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made by the Inter-departmental Group on the 3Rs (reduction, replacement and refinement) on the merits of accelering progress in implementing non-animal techniques in toxicology.
(119314)
300
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish material which takes account of the recommendations and factors identified as relevant within the Animal Procedures Committee's Review of Cost Benefit Assessment.
(119315)
301
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures his Department (a) has introduced and (b) is planning to introduce to record and report the number of incidences of homophobic abuse at football matches.
(119106)
302
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic-related offences were committed at football grounds in each year since 1997.
(119110)
303
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Romford of 9th February 2006, Official Report, column 143W, on race-related crime, what policy proposals have been made following the meetings with key stakeholders to tackle homophobic hate crime more effectively.
(119218)
304
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent offences committed in connection with licensed premises there have been in each year since 2002-03, broken down by police force area; and if he will make a statement.
(119221)
305
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any changes have been made to the criteria for acceptability for passport photographs submitted to the Identity and Passport Service since the publication of the most recent version of information leaflet PLE/04, on passport photographs.
(118316)
306
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders are registered in Wales, broken down by police force; how many in each force area are being monitored; and how many are missing from their registered addresses.
(117991)
307
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding claims by victims of the 7th July London terrorist attack are being considered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
(119198)
308
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken to ensure that seconded UK Serious Organised Crime Agency personnel did not work with members of the Colombian Department of Administrative Security during Operation White Dollar, with particular regards to (a) human rights abuses and (b) collusion with paramilitaries; and if he will make a statement.
(119085)
309
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the nationality of asylum applicants is determined in circumstances where the applicant asserts they are not lawfully entitled to the passport on which they entered the United Kingdom.
(119206)
310
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are made with the Malawian authorities to ascertain that failed asylum seekers being deported to their country are (a) entitled to a Malawian passport and (b) will not be deported from Malawi to a third country.
(119207)
311
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers claiming to be Zimbabwean nationals have been removed to Malawi since January 2003.
(119208)
312
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th November 2006, Official Report, column 1425W, on prisons, how many prison places have been provided under contracts signed by this administration; and if he will make a statement.
(118823)
313
N
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison places were classed as crowded accommodation in each year since 1997.
(118836)
314
Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 7th November 2006, Official Report, columns 1425-26W, on prisons, what proportion of the figure provided for (a) increased prison capacity and (b) planned additional prison places is accounted for by crowded accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
(119020)
315
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners have learning difficulties.
(119352)
316
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of an offence in the last five years had parents who have been previously convicted of a crime.
(119353)
317
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations following court orders have taken place in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(119354)
318
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are employed in the investigation and prosecution of wildlife crime, broken down by constabulary.
(119386)
319
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what capacity Oakhill secure training centre in Milton Keynes is operating.
(118831)
320
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been considered by his Department under the one-off exercise concerning asylum seekers with children which was announced on 24th October 2003; how many people have been given indefinite leave to remain under the scheme; how many cases have been rejected; and how many cases have yet to be determined.
(119369)
321
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants whose application was made before (a) 1st January 2001, (b) 1st January 2002 and (c) 1st January 2003 have yet to have their case determined by his Department.
(119370)
322
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's strategy is for the deportation of non-UK citizens convicted of a criminal offence.
(119063)
323
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported from the UK because of visa irregularities since 5th May 2005.
(119067)
324
Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people legally entering the UK for (a) employment and (b) residential purposes in each of the last three years.
(119068)
325
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of failed asylum seekers deported in the last 12 months were families with children.
(119094)
326
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of asylum claims (a) made and (b) granted in the last 12 months involved families with children.
(119095)
327
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his response is to the recommendations of the Independent Race Monitor in his 2005-06 Annual Report that initial decisions on asylum cases should be made after an informed inquisitional hearing at which the claimant's legal advisors could appear and argue the facts of the claim directly; and if he will make a statement.
(119096)
328
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a case manager (a) advised on and (b) managed the asylum application of Mr Sibtain Bokhari and his family.
(119097)
329
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recommendations the Independent Race Monitor made in each annual report between 2002-03 and 2005-06; and how many have been implemented.
(119098)
330
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what percentage of cases where he ordered deportation in the last 12 months he later reversed his decision; and how many cases involved families with children.
(119099)
331
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have received deportation orders from Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many of them are still in the Province.
(119156)
332
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lost passports have been reported in Northern Ireland in each of the last 15 years.
(119157)
333
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Omed kadir Hamzak, Home Office Ref: O 1054841, a constituent of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, will be informed of the content of the decision that was made on his case on 6th December 2006.
(119048)
334
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ahmed Omar Maruf, Home Office Ref: A1043799, a constituent of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, will receive a decision on his application for indefinite leave to remain following his in time application in August 2006.
(119049)
335
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many missing persons reports were made to the police in 2006; and how many related to children or young people.
(118839)
336
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 18 were victims of crime whilst running away or missing from care or home in the last 12 months.
(118840)
337
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases involving human trafficking or suspected trafficking have been prosecuted under the charge of facilitation of illegal entry since the beginning of Operation Reflex.
(118556)
338
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the report from the Child Exploitation and On-line Protection Centre national scoping study on child trafficking was received by his Department; and when will it be available to Parliament.
(118557)
339
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the responsibilities are of (a) the Child Exploitation and On-line Protection Centre and (b) the Human trafficking Centre on child trafficking issues; and in what ways the organisations inter-relate.
(118558)
340
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the number of skilled workers in the UK of the most recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme.
(119129)
341
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Indian government and (b) other governments regarding recent changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants programme; and if he will make a statement.
(119216)
342
N
Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police man-hours were involved in the most recent Hampshire constabulary investigation into alleged unlawful killings at Gosport War Memorial Hospital; and at what cost.
(117612)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
343
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House authorities will ensure that tap water is provided in (a) committee and (b) meeting rooms as an alternative to bottled water.
(119139)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
344
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2007, Official Report, column 1779W, on Afghanistan, if he will break down how the 70 per cent. of aid given direct to the Afghanistan government has been spent; and what steps he is taking (a) to audit the spending and (b) to ensure it has been well spent.
(118989)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
345
N
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many adoption agencies in Northern Ireland are allowed to exclude homosexual couples from their services through reference to their charitable instrument.
(118409)
346
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, column 1276W, on departmental equipment, whether the computers stolen from his Department held information about the names and addresses of government employees and other Crown servants in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the security implications of the thefts.
(119404)
347
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will invite the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to monitor the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly election; and if he will make a statement.
(118994)
348
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when weekly monitoring of radiology waiting lists across all trusts in the Province is planned to commence.
(119146)
349
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to limit the working hours of junior doctors in the Province; and what restrictions there are on the maximum periods of time for which junior doctors can work without a break.
(119147)
350
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what provision is available in the Province for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration; and whether pegaptanib sodium injections may be used within the NHS in Northern Ireland for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.
(119148)
351
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many clinical negligence cases are pending in each health trust in the Province; how many negligence cases have been made against each health trust in the Province in each of the last 10 years; how many were upheld; and what the total estimated cost incurred as a result of clinical negligence in the Province was in each of the last 10 years, broken down by health trust.
(119149)
352
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his estimate is of the funding required to cover clinical negligence costs in the Province in 2007-08.
(119150)
353
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many patients in each health trust area received (a) an ultrasound scan, (b) an X-ray and (c) a CT scan in each of the last five years; and how many patients are waiting to have (i) an ultrasound scan, (ii) an X-ray and (ii) a CT scan performed in each health trust in the Province.
(119151)
354
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many whole-time equivalent educational psychologists are employed by each education and library board in the Province.
(119152)
355
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time to see an educational psychologist was in each education and library board area in the Province in the last period for which figures are available; and what the longest time is for which an individual has been waiting to see an educational psychologist in each area.
(119153)
356
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils are being seen by educational psychologists in each education and library board area.
(119154)
357
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to assist thalidomide victims in the Province.
(119155)
358
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to reduce the number of acute mental health in-patient beds at Knockbracken Health Care Park.
(119303)
359
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects bowel screening to be available in the Province; and if he will make a statement.
(119304)
360
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the pilot project to provide complementary and alternative medicine within the NHS in Northern Ireland will be administered.
(119305)
361
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether members of the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners will have to apply to be recognised as a Get Well UK therapist operating in Northern Ireland.
(119306)
362
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what experience of (a) delivering complementary and alternative medicine and (b) operating in Northern Ireland Get Well UK has.
(119307)
363
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultation with (a) patients, (b) carers and (c) health professionals has been conducted into proposals to reduce the number of acute mental health in-patient beds at Knockbracken Health Care Park.
(119308)
364
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2006, Official Report, column 1204W, on Audiology, if he will provide a break down by health (a) trust and (b) board area of the numbers of patients in the Province awaiting hearing assessment or reassessment.
(119309)
365
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to restructure actute mental health beds within the Eastern Health and Social Services Board area.
(119310)
366
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many post-primary educational facilities there are in Northern Ireland.
(119311)
367
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers are serving in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, broken down by ethnic origin.
(119312)
368
Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the recommendations of the Patten Report in 1999 have been implemented.
(119313)
369
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recommendation the District Commander of Armagh District Command Unit of the Police Service of Northern Ireland made to the Northern Ireland Office on the application for a personal protection weapon made by Mr William Frazer of Families Acting for Innocent Victims.
(118912)
370
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, why his Department gave prior approval to the Northern Ireland Police Fund to make a severance payment to Mr Desmond Clayton.
(119339)
371
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department approved for payment by the Northern Ireland Police Fund by way of severance payment for Mr Desmond Clayton.
(119340)
372
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what details were passed to his Department by the Northern Ireland Police Fund regarding the dismissal of Mr Desmond Clayton.
(119341)
373
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reason the Northern Ireland Police Fund gave to his Department for their request to approve a severance payment for Mr Desmond Clayton.
(119342)
374
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted for benefit fraud on more than one occasion in the last five years.
(119343)
375
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are taken to ensure that fines imposed for benefit fraud in Northern Ireland are paid.
(119344)
376
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) art and (c) new vehicles by (i) each department in Northern Ireland and (ii) his Department in each of the last five years.
(119345)
377
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of crimes in which alcohol has been a contributory factor in each of the last three years.
(119346)
378
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted of assault in which the victim was (a) a female partner, (b) a male partner and (c) a child of the convicted person in each of the last three years.
(119347)
379
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether details of severance packages paid to members of staff at the Northern Ireland Police Fund are among the issues his Department discusses with the Fund as part of standard Corporate Governance arrangements.
(119348)
380
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on the police raid at the home of Declan Murphy in Camlough in December 2006.
(119349)
Questions to the Prime Minister
381
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the computers used at 10 Downing Street are networked on a unitary system.
(119397)
382
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what guidance his Office gives on which issues are the responsibility of (a) his official spokesman and (b) the Labour Party press office.
(119419)
383
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether his official spokesman was informed of his interview with the Metropolitan Police on 26th January prior to his official briefing of lobby correspondents in (a) the morning briefing and (b) the afternoon briefing on 31st January.
(119420)
384
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to postal interception by the security services.
(119317)
385
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine applies to surveillance by foreign states or foreign security services, which operate with the permission and knowledge of the UK Government.
(119318)
386
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates he met Lord Levy, his personal representative to the Middle East, in the last six months; and what was discussed at each meeting.
(118559)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
387
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the introduction of zero carbon homes in Scotland.
(119006)
388
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met Scottish Executives Ministers to discuss progress in reducing carbon output from Scottish Executive departments.
(119047)
Questions to the Solicitor General
389
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Solicitor General, what advice (a) his Department and (b) other departments gave the Director of the Serious Fraud Office with regard to his investigation into the Al Yamamah deal with Saudi Arabia; and when the advice was given.
(119161)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
390
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many men with childcare responsibilities have requested flexible working arrangements in his Department since 6th April 2006; and what estimate he has made of the number of such men making such requests in England.
(119014)
391
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of subsidy per megawatt hour produced is applied to renewable energy, broken down by type.
(119126)
392
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice he has received about the efficacy of wind power by comparison with renewable alternatives in terms of megawatt per hour produced.
(119127)
393
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the progress towards the targets for the proportion of energy to be produced from renewable sources.
(119132)
394
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has commissioned into the significance of location in determining the optimum amount of electricity produced.
(119141)
395
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it the policy of the Government to promote the long-term low carbon sustainability of electric heating.
(119337)
396
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it the policy of the Government to promote the installation of low carbon flexible electric heating systems in (a) private homes and (b) public buildings.
(119338)
397
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance his Department provides to companies planning to open new coal mines for training of miners with appropriate skills.
(119403)
398
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has made an assessment of the scale of financial support and investment by UK companies in Zimbabwe.
(119203)
399
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem has taken to encourage energy suppliers to develop industry-wide Codes of Practice in relation to (i) the billing of and (ii) selling to small business consumers.
(119158)
400
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 181W, on the Low Carbon Building Programme, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the non-grant measures will be effective in sustaining demand for microgeneration after June 2008.
(119362)
401
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 318W, on Wind Microgenerators, what has been the total Government expenditure on suport for domestic wind turbines; and what assessment he has made of the value for money of this expenditure in terms of electricity generated and CO2 emissions avoided.
(119363)
402
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria he will use to determine whether householder grants are no longer necessary to promote microgeneration.
(119366)
403
N
Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Government has (a) undertaken and (b) asked the Low Pay Commission to undertake research into the possible effect on youth unemployment of an equalisation of the minimum wage for those aged 18 to 21 years with that for those aged over 21 years.
(118275)
404
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on whom the obligation to ensure convenient access for communities with real special need referred to in section 3.4 of the consultation document on the future of the Post Office network is to be placed.
(119238)
405
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates the Ministerial Committee on the Post Office Network has met.
(119239)
406
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what formal role (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) Postwatch Scotland have in the consultation on the future of the Post Office network.
(119240)
407
N
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of businesses awarded loans under the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme in 2004-05 were more than five years old.
(118314)
408
N
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure was of the Regional Venture Capital Fund Programme in each English region in each financial year since 2000-01.
(118315)
409
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to reduce the reliance in the UK on the use of chloroflourocarbons permitted under the Montreal Protocol.
(119078)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
410
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving taxis with children as passengers there have been in (a) Scotland and (b) Great Britain in the last 10 years.
(118203)
411
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors were taken into account when deciding to exempt taxis from the new regulations governing the use of child car seats.
(118204)
412
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will break down the number of accidents involving taxis with children as passengers in the last 10 years in (a) Scotland and (b) Great Britain by the vehicle body type.
(118820)
413
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many (a) airports, (b) airfields, (c) ports, (d) harbours and (e) landing points on tidal rivers the unloading of goods was possible in each region and country of the UK in 2006.
(118043)
414
N
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the consultation closed on his proposals to extend the powers of the London Mayor beyond the London boundary; and when he expects to announce a decision.
(118917)
415
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the consequences to customers using (a) Portsmouth and Southsea and (b) Portsmouth Harbour railway stations of delays with the re-signalling project.
(119103)
416
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent commissioning date is for the Portsmouth railway re-signalling project; and what the reasons are for the delay.
(119104)
417
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) children living within 500 metres of a motorway, broken down by constituency.
(119396)
418
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his officials have to meet (a) Opportunity Peterborough, (b) East of England Development Agency and (c) Peterborough City Council to discuss future transport infrastructure in the Greater Peterborough area; and if he will make a statement.
(118517)
419
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage Central Trains to respond to (a) customer complaints and (b) communications from hon. Members sent on behalf of their constituents in a timely and professional manner; and if he will make a statement.
(118519)
420
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A344 between Airmans Corner and Stonehenge Bottom is planned to be closed whether or not the proposed A303(T) bored tunnel is constructed.
(119119)
421
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work his Department has commissioned on the options for upgrading the A303(T) near Stonehenge in the event of a decision not to proceed with a bored road tunnel.
(119124)
422
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work (a)his Department and (b) English Heritage has commissioned on the future of the Stonehenge Visitors Centre project in the event of a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport not to proceed with the proposed A303(T) bored tunnel and associated roadworks near Stonehenge; and if he will make a statement.
(119125)
423
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements exist in rail franchise agreements on the publication of information on trains that stop at stations, with particular reference to Virgin trains that stop at Milton Keynes station during peak periods to allow passengers to alight but not board.
(119243)
424
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the procedure for the allocation of franchises to train operating companies.
(119410)
425
N
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Lancashire County Council carried out an integrated transport solution study for the Lancaster district before submitting the business case for the M6 Link Northern Route.
(118993)
426
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of rail passengers travelling between (a) 7 am and 9 am and (b) 5 pm and 7 pm (i) from (A) Bletchley, (B) Wolverton and (C) Milton Keynes Central to (1) London Euston, (2) Birmingham and (3) other northern destinations and (ii) to (x) Bletchley, (y) Wolverton and (z) Milton Keynes Central from (X) London Euston, (Y) Birmingham and (Z) other northern destinations.
(119120)
427
N
Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of section 10 of the Transport Act 2000 on the co-operation of bus operators on fare-setting and timetabling.
(118643)
428
Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements have been made to consult and inform (a) neighbouring local authorities, (b) private motorists and (c) commercial users on plans to increase charges for using the M25 Dartford Crossing.
(119059)
429
Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what increase he plans to introduce for users of the M25 Dartford Crossing.
(119060)
430
Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how long he plans to charge motorists for using the M25 Dartford Crossing.
(119061)
431
Angela Watkinson (Upminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the number of vehicles using the M25 Dartford Crossing of increasing the toll charge.
(119062)
432
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available from his Department to (a) renovate and (b) re-open railway stations and station halts.
(119228)
433
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to re-open railway station halts, with particular reference to stations between Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
(119229)
434
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of motor vehicles being used on the road without (a) road tax and (b) insurance.
(119301)
435
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents involving death or injury have involved drivers who have no tax or insurance in each of the last five years.
(119302)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
436
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children with disabilities are in receipt of disability living allowance, broken down by component.
(118644)
437
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with children with disabilities there are in each income decile.
(118645)
438
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) severe disablement allowance and (c) disability living allowance there were in each ward of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne between May 2000 and May 2006.
(118526)
439
N
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received pension credit in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in each year in (a) May 2005 and (b) May 2006; and what the annual pension credit expenditure was in each ward in each year.
(118527)
440
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether personal pension accounts will be disregarded for capital assessments in income-related benefits; at what age income from personal pension accounts will be attributed in the assessment of income-related benefits; and what the method of assessment will be of proposed rate of income attribution.
(119424)
441
N
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department gives to low income households with children with disabilities.
(118081)
442
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of direct payments in each of the last five years.
(118575)
443
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent in the form of direct payments to disabled people in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
(118576)
444
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received carer's allowance in (a) Peterborough in each year since 1997 and (b) in England in each year since 2004.
(119368)
445
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list by date all statistical releases and reports due for publication by his Department and its agencies in 2007.
(119300)
446
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the state pension age addition is calculated; and what plans his Department has to increase its current value.
(119241)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
447
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information from the 1921 Census may be released following the recent ruling by the Information Commissioner; and who makes decisions about what information may be released.
[Transferred] (119065)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
448
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will allow smart meters to be included on the list of products that can be used by the Energy Saving Trust for the energy efficient commitment (EEC3); and when he will make a decision on which products may be allowed.
[Transferred] (118577)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
449
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children of prisoners who are living in poverty.
[Transferred] (118646)

 
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