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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 6 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 6 February 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 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 Tuesday 6 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 6 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received correspondence from HM Revenue and Customs threatening court action over the repayment of tax credit overpayments; and how many have (a) subsequently become the subject of a court case and (b) been convicted. | | (118635) | 2
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on recovering tax credit overpayments from individuals and households who are no longer in receipt of credits when the overpayment is identified; and if he will make a statement. | | (118636) | 3
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Mr Richard Summersgill, the Director of the Tax Credit Office, received a bonus in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (119281) | 4
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct Mr Richard Summersgill, Director of the Tax Credit Office, to take telephone calls from hon. and right hon. Members, and to respond personally to their letters. | | (119282) | 5
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many inquiries the Tax Credit Hotline has received in each month since its inception. | | (119283) | 6
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people made voluntary contributions as a supplement to income tax in the tax year 2004-05; and what the total value of these contributions was. | | (119372) | 7
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the balance of the National Insurance Fund at 31st March 2012; and what percentage of annual benefit expenditure this will represent, taking into account the changes proposed in the Pensions Bill. | | (119487) | 8
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on consulting on and preparing for a Planning-gain Supplement tax. | | (119431) | 9
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Office of National Statistics' estimate is of the total registered electorate eligible to vote in UK general elections in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (119477) | 10
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults in the UK paid (a) income tax and (b) national insurance contributions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (119479) | 11
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on photography in the last year for which figures are available. | | (119481) | 12
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) the Office of Government Commerce has made of the annual cost of external consultants in the public sector. | | (119483) | 13
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department or its agencies have provided funding to individual trade unions in the last three years. | | (119484) | 14
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost in terms of forsaken revenue of exempting foreign dividends from tax. | | (119172) | 15
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish draft legislation on changes to (a) pension term assurance, (b) alternatively secured pensions and (c) scheme pensions. | | (119432) | 16
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Chesterfield of (a) 27th November 2006, (b) 28th December 2006 and (c) 12th January 2007 on the future of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Chesterfield. | | (119380) | 17
N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the legislation used to give legal effect to the change in air passenger duty from 1st February 2007. | | (119029) | 18
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in her report Tax Credits: Putting Things Right (June 2005); whether the Government has (a) accepted and (b) implemented each recommendation; and if he will make a statement. | | (118841) | 19
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the scope is of the Sub National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration; with which Government departments he has held discussions on the Review; and when the Review will (a) conclude and (b) publish its findings. | | (119511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 20
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on social housing, for what reason most rates of grant have declined between the 2004-06 and 2006-08 programmes; and what measures are in place to ensure that future occupants of subsidised homes receive the benefit of the initial subsidy. | | (119456) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 21
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which of the local election pilot schemes taking place in 2007 have held a similar pilot scheme in previous elections. | | (119485) | 22
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to collate information from the Crown Prosecution Service on the level of electoral fraud and the number of investigations into alleged fraud. | | (119499) | 23
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department takes into account loans previously received on (a) a commercial basis and (b) by private arrangement when adjudging the potential income of applicants for legal aid. | | (119294) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 24
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the order relating to the casino advisory panel's recommendations for the location of the new casinos to come before the House. | | (119471) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 25
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps (a) have been taken and (b) are planned to prepare 1 Rifles for its attachment to the 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. | | (119025) | 26
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational roles 1 Rifles will play within 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. | | (119026) | 27
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether personnel in 1 Rifles will be required to complete the (a) pre- and (b) full all arms commando course prior to their attachment to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. | | (119027) | 28
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what way the attachment of 1 Rifles to the 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines (3 CBRM) will increase the (a) (i) organisational and structural depth and (ii) capability of 3 CBRM, (b) delivery of military capability and (c) depth of relationship between the Royal Navy and the Army. | | (119286) | 29
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors were taken into account in reaching the conclusion in the White Paper on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent that the upper limit on the number of operationally available warheads should be 160; and what (a) methodology and (b) calculations were used in reaching that conclusion. | | (119285) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 30
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library copies of the letters of appointment of each of his special advisers. | | (119473) | 31
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether civil servants in his Office have been given permission to attend the Labour Party conference to carry out official business. | | (119474) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 32
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local authorities in England included references to runaway children in their current children and young people plans. | | (119111) | 33
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the (a) increase in child performance licences issued and (b) reform of this licensing system; and if he will make a statement. | | (119112) | 34
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to education authorities on the wearing by school pupils of purity rings. | | (119374) | 35
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the number of mature students in further education. | | (118411) | 36
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of children received five A* to C GCSE grades in each year since 1996, not including (a) GNVQs and (b) other qualifications previously included as equivalent to GCSEs. | | (119030) | 37
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school leavers at Key Stage 4 in England left with (a) no passes, (b) one pass, (c) two passes, (d) three passes, (e) four passes, (f) five passes and (g) five passes or more in GCSE examinations in each year since 1997. | | (119185) | 38
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will consider introducing the teaching of safe driving into the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement. | | (118901) | 39
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) applications there were for and (b) places there were at each secondary school in Castle Point in each of the last three years. | | (117716) | 40
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in England were entered for at least one GCSE in 2006; and how many and what percentage of those were entered for GCSE History. | | (119434) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 41
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what planned winter maintenance work and repairs British Waterways has (a) cancelled and (b) postponed in the winter of 2007 as a result of reductions to its grant in aid; and what the locations and value of these works were. | | (118277) | 42
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to British Waterways of repairing the breach on the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal that occurred on 17th January. | | (118278) | 43
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the likely cost to British Waterways is of repairing damage to its waterways caused by the January 2007 storms; and what additional financial assistance is planned to be provided by the Government to enable this work to be carried out. | | (118279) | 44
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which year British Waterways expects to clear its backlog of statutory maintenance work and to comply with its statutory duties; and whether this date has changed as a result of reductions in grant-in-aid during 2006-07. | | (118280) | 45
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of whooper swans that settle in England each year; where they stay; whether any of the sites are potentially affected by road schemes; and if he will make a statement on the protections afforded to the swans. | | (119454) | 46
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what acreage of biofuels was grown in England in each of the last five years. | | (119376) | 47
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the carbon emissions generated by the electricity requirements of Christmas lights; and if he will make a statement. | | (119498) | 48
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the 50 largest single farm payments made by 31st January 2007 in relation to applications made in 2005. | | (119028) | 49
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homeowners have declined a Warm Front grant when the total cost proposed exceeded the grant maxima; what steps his Department takes to secure funding from other sources when such homeowners are asked to pay the excess; and if he will make a statement. | | (119496) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 50
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the projected annual cost is of the proposed Band D assessment and development centres, including the cost of consultants. | | (119444) | 51
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) programmes, (b) projects, (c) courses and (d) other activities her Department undertakes under her Department's Positive Action strategy for (i) women and (ii) ethnic minorities. | | (119445) | 52
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in her Department are on temporary promotion to (a) Band B, (b) Band C and (c) SMS grades. | | (119467) | 53
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average length of time taken to process a visa by the British Consulate in Jamaica was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (119510) | 54
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the UN on their future operations in the Western Sahara; and whether there are plans for a referendum on the future political status of the Western Sahara. | | (119194) | 55
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Transitional Government in Somalia on future security and the possible role of African Union forces. | | (119195) | 56
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK (a) embassies and (b) consulates have closed since May 1997. | | (117906) | 57
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many personnel from her Department are based in Kurdish North Iraq. | | (117907) | 58
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to visit Iraq in the near future. | | (117908) | 59
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many regions of Iraq previously under British responsibility have been handed back to Iraqi control. | | (117909) | 60
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of UN efforts to decide the final status of Kosovo; and if she will make a statement. | | (119468) | 61
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's decision to impose martial law in those areas under its control; and if she will make a statement. | | (119469) | 62
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the African Union's efforts to reinforce peacekeeping in the Darfur region of Sudan; and if she will make a statement. | | (119470) | 63
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's EU entry talks to start; and if she will make a statement. | | (119512) | 64
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have applied for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal; how many Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medals have been awarded; what the average timeframe was from application to issuance of the medal since its introduction; and if she will make a statement. | | (119495) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 65
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to issue guidelines on (a) the monitoring of patient outcomes for patients referred to clinical assessment teams, particularly for patients with serious inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and (b) the training of staff being recruited to clinical assessment teams to ensure that health professionals are able to identify inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. | | (119492) | 66
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS administrative staff in each year since 1990. | | (119186) | 67
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS reorganisation in each of the last 10 years. | | (119187) | 68
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Government funding was given to the NHS in each year since 1990; and how much was spent by the NHS in each year. | | (119188) | 69
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were employed by the NHS in each year since 1990; and how many were (a) medical and (b) administrative staff. | | (119189) | 70
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts are receiving funding below the National Capitation Formula in each year between 2002-03 and 2006-07; and by what percentage each was below its prescribed capitation amount in each year. | | (119190) | 71
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the National Burn Care review to conclude its resourcing evaluation. | | (119491) | 72
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have imposed restrictions on NHS dental activities as a result of budgetary pressures; and what restrictions have been imposed by the primary care trust in each case. | | (119503) | 73
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have served notice to terminate their NHS contracts in each of the last four months. | | (119504) | 74
N | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's stroke strategy. | | (118602) | 75
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have withdrawn from NHS practice since the inception of the new NHS Dentists' Contract in each primary care trust area. | | (119284) | 76
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to announce the national framework criteria for access to NHS continuing care. | | (118560) | 77
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to reach agreement with orthopaedic hospitals on a national tariff structure for specialist treatments. | | (118561) | 78
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on progress in implementing practice based commissioning. | | (118562) | 79
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust's application for Foundation Status. | | (118563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 80
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners aged under 18 were in prisons in England and Wales on 1st December 2006. | | (119292) | 81
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals prisoners in prisons were (a) aged over 65 and (b) classified as mentally disordered as at 1st December 2006. | | (119435) | 82
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants convicted in courts in Wales received a custodial sentence of six months or more in each of the last six months; and to which prisons those convicted were sent to serve their sentences. | | (118205) | 83
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the use of metal detector gloves by police forces to detect weapons on suspects; and if he will make a statement. | | (118638) | 84
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether North Wales Police recorded the details, including serial numbers, of the 1,817 firearms handed in following the handgun ban in accordance with the provisions of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997. | | (119451) | 85
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms were surrendered in each police authority area in accordance with the provisions of the Firearms (Amendment) Acts 1997. | | (119501) | 86
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances the Independent Police Complaints Commission would require an investigation into the conduct of (a) police officers and (b) police employees to be carried out by a police service other than that which employs those subject to investigation; and if he will make a statement. | | (119502) | 87
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, columns 1705-6W, on prisons, how many prisoners were identified as suffering from mental illness in each year since 1997. | | (118995) | 88
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fully qualified and substantive Criminal Investigation Department officers are employed by each police force; and how many were employed by each in each of the last 10 years. | | (118996) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 89
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House dining rooms have been booked by (a) the United and Cecil Club, (b) hon. Members' patrons clubs, (c) Churchill clubs and (d) Portcullis clubs in the last three years. | | (119168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 90
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) higher education institutions there were in Iraq in each year between 1995 and 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (119446) | 91
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) local healthcare clinics and (b) hospitals there were in Iraq in each year between 1995 and 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (119447) | 92
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent progress has been made in meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (119448) | 93
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Emergency Public Administration Reform Programme in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (119449) | 94
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Political Participation Fund in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (119450) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 95
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of whooper swans that settle in Northern Ireland each year; where they stay; whether any of the sites are potentially affected by road schemes; and if he will make a statement on the protections afforded to the swans. | | (119455) | 96
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many laptops and computers were stolen from each of the Northern Ireland departments in each of the last nine years; and what the total value was of such stolen computers. | | (119433) | 97
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average waiting time is in Northern Ireland for people with an alcohol addiction for an appointment with a psychiatric nurse. | | (119377) | 98
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding is available in Northern Ireland for (a) treatment of people with alcohol addiction and (b) families coping with alcohol addiction. | | (119378) | 99
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) support and (b) counselling is available for families in Northern Ireland coping with alcohol addiction. | | (119379) | Questions to the Prime Minister 100
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will (a) meet the British Gurkha Welfare Society and (b) place in the Library his response to the Society's petition accepted at 10 Downing Street on 14th December 2006. | | (119453) | 101
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Prime Minister, how many letters of condolence he has sent to the next of kin of personnel who have died in action in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each year since 2001. | | (119015) | 102
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has terminated the employment of special advisers by withdrawing consent to their appointment. | | (119500) | 103
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library copies of the letters of appointment of each of his special advisers. | | (119505) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 104
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to promote effective relations between employers and employees. | | (118412) | 105
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that procurement by Government Departments supports innovation within UK manufacturing; and if he will make a statement. | | (118413) | 106
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, why his Department has removed community projects from Phase One of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (119475) | 107
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to increase grant funding for household projects under Phase One of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. | | (119476) | 108
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the carbon emissions generated through the electricity requirements of backlit advertising poster sites; and if he will make a statement. | | (119497) | 109
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the consultation document on the future of the Post Office network, what the definition is of (a) urban, (b) rural and (c) remote rural areas; and if he will list the post offices classified as remote rural, indicating in which (i) local government area and (ii) county each is located. | | (119287) | 110
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which post offices in the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk are classified as (a) urban, (b) rural and (c) remote rural. | | (119288) | 111
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which post code districts will be exempt from the proposed access criterion that 95 per cent. of the population should live within six miles of a post office; in which (a) local government area and (b) county each district is located; what the size in (i) square miles and (ii) square kilometres is of each; what the estimated population is of each; what the location is of existing post offices in each district which will be exempt; and what the location was of post offices in each district which have closed since 1997. | | (119289) | 112
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which post offices are involved in the rural pilot programme for the future of the Post Office network; in whic local government area and county each is located; what the Post Office classification as urban, rural or remote rural is of each; what the nature is of the pilot being conducted at each; when each pilot started and finished or is expected to finish; and what the findings are of the pilot programme so far. | | (119290) | 113
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many trials of the proposal to allow sub-post offices to act as collection points for mail order and internet delivery services referred to on page 6 of the consultation document on the future of the Post Office network are (a) planned and (b) underway; where they are, or will be, taking place; and how long they will last. | | (119291) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 114
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to electrify the North London railway line between Barking and Gospel Oak; and if he will make a statement. | | (119192) | 115
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the refurbishment of the interior of Finsbury Park Station; and if he will make a statement. | | (119193) | 116
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of the introduction of park and ride facilities on the outskirts of Greater Manchester. | | (119489) | 117
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the scope for increasing commuter use of local rail services in Greater Manchester. | | (119490) | 118
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of the introduction of red route measures to key transport corridors in the cities outside London; and if he will make a statement. | | (119493) | 119
| Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how frequently the verges and carriageway of the M60 from Stockport - J24 Denton are cleaned of litter and detritus. | | (119494) | 120
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aircraft journeys were made from UK airports for the purpose of (a) holiday, (b) other personal (non-work), (c) commercial business and (d) Government business travel in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the carbon emissions of each category. | | (119472) | 121
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission and subsequently publish research on the relationship between vehicle flows and accident rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (118637) | 122
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the methodology for the calculation of the optimum speed limit for a particular road; and if he will make a statement. | | (118639) | 123
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the platforms at Milton Keynes Central Train Station were last extended; to what length they were extended; and why the platforms were extended. | | (119293) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 124
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the take up of pension credit in Edinburgh. | | (119169) | 125
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the take up of pension credit in Scotland. | | (119170) | 126
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Scotland he estimates are eligible for pension credit, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (119171) | 127
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to reduce the (a) time spent and (b) cost of making a personal capability assessment to determine continuing entitlement to incapacity benefit. | | (119443) | 128
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the efficiency of process for conducting a personal capability assessment to determine continuing entitlement to incapacity benefit. | | (119452) | 129
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per customer was of a personal capability assessment in the most recent year for which figures are available, including any subsequent costs involved in assessing continuing entitlement to incapacity benefit. | | (119460) | 130
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average number of working hours was required to conduct a personal capability assessment in the most recent year for which figures are available, including any subsequent hours involved in assessing continuing entitlement to incapacity benefit. | | (119461) | 131
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the application for reconsideration and appeal of the claim for disability living allowance submitted by Dawn Phillips of Christchurch on 27th November will be actioned. | | (119371) | 132
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many special payments have been made to customers of Jobcentre Plus in compensation for the poor performance of Jobcentre Plus in each of the last six months for which figures are available; and what the total amount of such special payments was. | | (119373) | 133
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that Northstar House, London N7, a former Job Centre, remains in public ownership for community use; and if he will make a statement. | | (119191) | 134
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Coventry have participated in (a) the New Deal for Lone Parents and (b) the New Deal for Partners since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (118410) | 135
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Yeovil on 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 90-2W, on benefit claimants, what the reasons were for the decline in expenditure on incapacity benefit since 2001-02. | | (119184) | 136
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (119375) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 137
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles which had been used for cross border fuel smuggling were seized by the authorities in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available; how much fuel was seized; and what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue which would have been lost as a result of the attempted smuggling. | | [Transferred] (119478) | 138
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many illegal fuel laundering plants were detected in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years, broken down by district command unit. | | [Transferred] (119480) | 139
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles in Northern Ireland were detected running illegally on red diesel in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (119482) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 140
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department proposes to amend the Environmental Information regulations analogously to its proposed amendments to Freedom of Information provisions. | | [Transferred] (119486) | 141
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to amend the provisions for the calculation of fees and the fees-ceiling for requests made under the Environmental Information Regulations. | | [Transferred] (119488) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 142
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the objective value of medicinal drugs trials undertaken by (a) pharmaceutical companies and (b) independent bodies. | | [Question Unstarred] (118597) | 143
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to palliative care for 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (118586) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 144
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions were brought in each of the last five years by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown Court; in what proportion the pleas were guilty; and in how many cases where the plea was not guilty the defendants were convicted. | | [Transferred] (119457) | 145
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) longest period was between the date of an incident relating to health and safety and the date on which a health and safety prosecution was instituted in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown Courts in each of the last five years . | | [Transferred] (119458) | 146
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many defendants in prosecutions brought in each of the last five years by the Health and Safety Executive were (a) individuals, (b) corporate bodies and (c) individuals prosecuted by virtue of being trustees of a charitable body; and whether any of the corporate or unincorporated bodies were charities. | | [Transferred] (119459) |
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