Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 7 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.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 7 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 7 February 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 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 Wednesday 7 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 7 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net income would be of (a) a single parent and (b) a married couple with one earner on one half to two thirds of average earnings, with the same rent payment, assuming that each is entitled to the (i) working tax credit, (ii) the child tax credit, (iii) child benefit, (iv) housing benefit and (v) council tax benefit.

(119508)

2
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Sir Nicholas Stern is continuing to work for his Department on climate change; and whether he plans to commission Sir Nicholas to undertake further such work.

(119521)

3
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell has been appointed to a Government climate change taskforce.

(119593)

4
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the dates of meetings involving the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Home Office Ministers since 21st July 2006.

(119995)

5
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults in the UK paid National Insurance contributions and not income tax in 2005-06.

(119520)

6
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was, including staff time, of action by (a) his Department, (b) solicitors working for his Department and (c) the Office of Government Commerce in challenging Freedom of Information (FOI) requests relating to Gateway reviews of the National Identity Card programme, broken down by stage of FOI process.

(119973)

7
N Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he expects HM Revenue and Customs to introduce the automatic limits on in-year recovery of overpaid tax credits which were announced in the 2005 Pre-Budget Report; and if he will make a statement.

(118902)

8
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119847)

9
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) presentation, (b) handout and (c) speech made by the Valuation Office Agency representative to the Korea Appraisal Board's International Conference on The Present and Future of the Real Estate Tax Assessment System in October 2005.

(119540)

10
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from capital gains tax arising from the development of land in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(119541)

11
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on capital gains tax revenues of the introduction of Planning Gain Supplement.

(119542)

12
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) presentation, (b) handout and (c) speech made by the Valuation Office Agency representative to the International Co-operative Banking Association Commercial Forum in London on 4th October 2006.

(119543)

13
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the meetings the Valuation Office Agency has had with representatives of Scottish Assessors in the last 24 months.

(119544)

14
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, column 724W, on Home Condition Reports, whether his Department made representations to the Department for Communities and Local Government in the calendar year 2006 which related to home condition reports or home information packs.

(119792)

15
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2006, Official Report, column 845W, on the Valuation Office Agency, what the cost was of each foreign visit made by Valuation Office Agency staff in the last 12 months; how many staff attended each; what the purposes was of each visit; and what the name was of each conference attended.

(119794)

16
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings of 30th November 2006, Official Report, column 838W, on party political funding, whether funds donated from councillors' allowances direct from the council payroll to (a) a political party and (b) a political group of the council are (i) tax deductible and (ii) liable for income tax and National Insurance.

(119795)

17
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the letters from HM Revenue and Customs of (a) 22nd November 2006 (ref HMRC 2006/08 006309KH) and (b) 22nd January 2007 (ref HMRC 2007/01 005703KH) to the hon. Member for Totnes, on the case of constituent Oliver Tringham of Dartington, what technical problem has prevented the settlement of Mr Tringham's tax credit claim; what steps he is taking to ensure the problem is tackled; and what the reasons are for the time taken to conclude this matter.

(119436)

18
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women have (a) been diagnosed with cervical cancer and (b) died from the disease in each year since 1997.

(119807)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

19
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 383W, what the (a) set-up and (b) annual running cost is of making Directgov available via (i) Sky, (ii) Ntl, (iii) Telewest and (iv) mobile phone.

(119786)

20
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what datasets are logged on the Government's Information Asset Register.

(119965)

21
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what datasets maintained by the Cabinet Office are on the Information Asset Register.

(119966)

22
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Cabinet Office undertakes employee exit surveys.

(119967)

23
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which external consultancy firms are working for 10 Downing Street.

(119968)

24
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will initiate a capability review of 10 Downing Street.

(119910)

25
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the proposed Local Better Regulation Office will (a) set targets for and (b) inspect local authorities' environmental health and trading standards services.

(119545)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

26
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reason is for the time taken for Enfield Homes to receive the grant to set up the arm's length management organisation in the Borough of Enfield.

(119533)

27
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received from the Ministry of Defence on the housing needs of serving and former members of the armed forces; and if she will make a statement.

(119671)

28
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any young people over the age of 18 years are in residential care designed for those under 18 years.

(119823)

29
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department, or its predecessors commissioned (a) the company Talent Drain and (b) another company to examine staff turnover in her Department.

(119519)

30
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd Janaury 2007, Official Report, column 1516W, on advertising, how much of the expenditure was spent solely on (a) sponsoring supplements and (b) advertorials; and what the topic of each advertorial and supplement was.

(119838)

31
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to her Department; and what her Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119849)

32
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of writing off the housing debt of local authorities (a) still maintaining their housing stock on historic terms and (b) which have carried out large scale voluntary transfers.

(119828)

33
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount of gap funding for housing transfers was in each of the last six years; and what estimate she has made for 2007-08.

(119829)

34
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of council housing debt write off for large scale voluntary transfers for each of the last six years; and what estimate she has made for 2007-08.

(119830)

35
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of council houses in local authority control at the end of the 2006-07 financial year and (b) the value of the stock; and what estimate she has made of the cost in (i) gap funding and (ii) debt write offs of transferring such stock to the private sector.

(119831)

36
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of achieving her target for rented housing to be brought in line with decent homes standards.

(119832)

37
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing new houses for key workers by (a) purchase assistance, (b) purchase from housing associations and (c) construction of (i) social housing and (ii) council housing.

(119833)

38
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will encourage local authorities seeking unitary status to consult local people in a referendum.

(119899)

39
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account she plans to take of population size in considering proposals for new unitary authorities; and whether she has set an optimum population size for a unitary authority area.

(119900)

40
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to assess the level of public support for proposals for unitary status in local authority areas.

(119908)

41
N Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which minority groups are recognised by her Department under the terms of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

(119513)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

42
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 337W, on Parliamentary Boundaries, how much in compensation was paid to the Boundary Commission by the failed claimants.

(119695)

43
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2007, Official Report, column 689W, on Freedom of Information requests, if her Department will publish guidance for use by public authorities in using their discretion to decide whether a person is acting in concert or in pursuance of a campaign.

(119822)

44
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 875W, on magistrates' courts, whether the type of work a magistrates' court is expected to undertake is given consideration when assessing whether it is accessible to persons resident in each local justice area.

(119824)

45
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether civil servants working for the Legal Services Commission on legal aid receive additional remuneration dependent on achieving reduced spending on legal aid.

(119911)

46
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many legal aid representation orders were granted in magistrates' courts in each of the last 12 months.

(119912)

47
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the predicted volume of criminal legal aid cases in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.

(119913)

48
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the expected annual running costs of the planned Supreme Court.

(119914)

49
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what staff and facilities will be provided for the planned Supreme Court.

(119915)

50
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce a proof of identity requirement under the proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regulations.

(119916)

51
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what her plans are for the Public Defender Service; and if she will make a statement.

(119917)

52
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the cost of the provision of criminal defence services by the Public Defender Service will be considered in deciding fee levels under the proposed legal aid reforms.

(119918)

53
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many magistrates there were in each year since 1997.

(119919)

54
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many training days were offered at magistrates' courts in each year since 1997.

(119927)

55
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many justices' clerks there were in each year since 1997.

(119928)

56
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the annual retention rate for administrative staff in magistrates' courts was in each year since 1997.

(119929)

57
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what projections she has made of expenditure on legal aid in each of the next five years.

(119930)

58
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what estimate she has made of the costs to the Government of closures of magistrates' courts over the last 10 years; whether she has made an assessment of the effect of closures on the costs to the public of attendance at such courts; and if she will make a statement.

(119975)

59
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what projection she has made of the proportion of legal aid work to be undertaken by the not for profit sector under proposed reforms.

(119976)

60
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many firms her Department expects to bid in a second round of legal aid contracts under proposed reforms.

(119977)

61
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if the Government will support repealing the residual discriminations in UK law and constitution in respect of (a) dissenters, (b) non-conformists and (c) Roman Catholics when a legislative opportunity arises.

(119001)

62
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to her Department; and what her Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119858)

63
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 350W, on data protection, for what purpose the Information Commissioner is undertaking a review of his guidance on the use of personal information held for the collection and administration of council tax.

(119528)

64
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much funding was made available under the pilots Delivering Simple, Speedy Summary Justice in (a) Coventry, (b) West Cumbria, (c) Thames and (d) Camberwell; to whom it was provided; and if she will make a statement.

(119892)

65
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the (a) maintenance, (b) operational, (c) refurbishment and (d) total running costs were for each magistrates' court in Wales in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(119905)

66
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which magistrates' courts in Wales have (a) closed and (b) opened in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(119906)

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

67
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of introducing small, limited sections of safe standing areas at football grounds; and if she will make a statement.

(119580)

68
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) television and (b) radio coverage is provided by each transmitter in Shropshire; and when each is planned to be upgraded to digital.

(119586)

69
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Report of the Independent Fees Review Panel, whether she plans to introduce a licence fee for community amateur sports clubs based on 20 per cent. of their rateable value.

(119603)

70
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated costs to local authorities would be of setting a licence fee for community amateur sports clubs based on 20 per cent. of their rateable value.

(119604)

71
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many sports clubs she estimates fall outside rate bands A and B.

(119605)

72
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total annual cost of licence fees to (a) sports clubs and (b) community amateur sports clubs.

(119606)

73
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the purpose was of the grant-in-aid arts awards made to the BBC in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement.

(120221)

74
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the purpose was of the grant-in-aid arts award of £10,000 to the British Antarctic Survey; and if she will make a statement.

(120222)

75
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what she was first informed of the Casino Advisory Panel decision on the location of the Supercasino in Manchester.

(119901)

76
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in which locations the Casino Advisory Panel held its last five meetings.

(119902)

77
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Chief Executive of Manchester City Council has met Casino Advisory Panel member James Froomberg in the last eight weeks.

(119903)

78
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will introduce a statutory limit on the maximum liability of London council tax payers for the cost of the 2012 Olympics.

(119567)

79
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the proportion of any cost-overruns that will be borne by the London council taxpayer in the event of the costs of the Olympics exceeding the revenues.

(119568)

80
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the change in the Olympics precept on London council tax bills as a result of the recently announced cost increases.

(119569)

81
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many voluntary organisations in the East of England have received funding from (a) her Department and (b) the National Lottery in each of the past five years; and how much each organisation received.

(120220)

82
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the Cultural Olympiad budget will be spent on the opening and closing ceremonies.

(119616)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

83
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on each of the 13 practical steps towards nuclear disarmament agreed at the 2000 non-proliferation treaty review conference.

(118565)

84
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the housing needs of serving and former members of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

(119670)

85
N Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates land owned by Strathmore Estates adjacent to the Warcop Training Area was used for exercises using AS320 heavy weapons since 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(118318)

86
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance is available to children of servicemen killed or seriously injured while on operations.

(119798)

87
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reconsider the decision on deploying the Panther vehicle in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(120205)

88
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel will be carried in the Panther vehicle when used as a command vehicle and fitted with Bowman.

(120206)

89
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Bowman operator will (a) face the equipment or (b) be at right angles to the equipment when the Panther vehicle is used as a command vehicle.

(120207)

90
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Panther vehicle will have an overhead weapon station when used as a Command vehicle and fitted with Bowman.

(120208)

91
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he uses to determine the level of funding for a Territorial Army unit.

(120209)

92
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formula is used to determine the maximum number of training days allotted to a Territorial Army unit between strength and place in operational cycle.

(120210)

93
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum amount of Territorial Army training days allowed in relation to the operations cycle is; and if he will make a statement.

(120211)

94
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feedback from (a) ground commanders, (b) vehicle operators and (c) senior officers on the deployment of the Bulldog vehicle.

(120212)

95
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles by British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(120213)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

96
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department undertakes employee exit surveys.

(119969)

97
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department has set any performance targets.

(119970)

98
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Office; and what his Office's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119842)

99
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how often the (a) Prime Minister's Decision Unit and (b) Cabinet Office Impact Review Team visit each primary care trust; and whether the reports resulting from their visits are made public.

(119821)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

100
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to raise standards in secondary schools.

(119851)

101
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, with which provisions of the school admissions code academies are not required to comply; and if he will make a statement.

(118564)

102
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) young people and (b) adults participated in further education in Coventry in each year since 1992.

(118997)

103
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people were not in education, employment or training in the Coventry local authority area in the last year for which figures are available.

(118998)

104
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Coventry offer extended hours; and if he will make a statement.

(118999)

105
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his plans are for future capital expenditure on schools in Coventry; and if he will make a statement.

(119000)

106
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands have received an educational maintenance allowance; and if he will make a statement.

(119583)

107
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the dedicated schools grant was for the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.

(119889)

108
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons the figure given for the percentage of children leaving school with no Key Stage Four qualification in England in 2005 in the data set published by his Department on 19th January 2006 is different from that given in the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 212W, on educational attainment; and if he will make a statement.

(119464)

109
Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will break down the number of children in care receiving support from mental health services by age group.

(119825)

110
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1486W, on schools, how many of the 370 targeted schools reached their absence targets for the year in which they were being assessed; and what the average ultimate reduction percentage in absenteeism of these targets was in the relevant period.

(120217)

111
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1488W, on consultants, what the total cost was of hiring the consultants to whom he refers; and what the estimated number of regular viewers of Teachers TV was in 2006.

(120218)

112
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many state-funded programmes within his Department's responsibilities have had members of staff awarded Nobel prizes in the last 30 years.

(120223)

113
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119856)

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

114
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the quality standards of tap water.

(119853)

115
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been allocated to Envirowise for the year 2006-07.

(119839)

116
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 768W, on Envirowise, what measurements are used to evaluate the effect of the Envirowise programme; and what the outcomes of the programme have been in relation to (a) increased business profits, (b) minimising business waste and (c) reducing environmental impact of businesses.

(119865)

117
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans have been drawn up in the event of Bournemouth flooding.

(119925)

118
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for individual carbon limits for individuals; how he envisages such carbon limits would be enforced; and if he will make a statement.

(119587)

119
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department paid to the Centre for Sustainable Energy to commission research on individual carbon allowances; and what funding is planned.

(119590)

120
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of feasibility study carried out by the Centre for Sustainable Energy for his Department into individual carbon allowances.

(119591)

121
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on domestic tradable quotas submitted to the Climate Change Programme Review.

(119598)

122
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have provided to the Tyndall Centre for research projects in each of the last five years.

(119599)

123
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2007, Official Report, column 1793W, on advertising, how much of the spending on advertising was spent on (a) sponsoring supplements and (b) advertorials; and what the topic of each (i) advertorial and (ii) supplement was.

(119862)

124
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action his Department is taking to promote the recycling of obsolete technological equipment.

(119817)

125
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119859)

126
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what preventative measures his Department is undertaking to restrict the possibility of an outbreak of the H5N1 virus.

(119953)

127
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department is issuing to local government to assist measures to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus.

(119954)

128
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of (a) poultry imports, (b) egg imports and (c) other relevant imports in spreading the H5N1 virus; and if he will make a statement.

(119955)

129
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the EU and (b) relevant government departments in non-EU countries on the H5N1 virus.

(119956)

130
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what systems are in place to screen relevant products imported into the UK for the H5N1 virus.

(119957)

131
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the export of (a) poultry, (b) eggs and (c) other relevant agricultural produce for the containment of H5N1.

(119958)

132
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the challenges of effective methods of preventing the spread of the H5N1 virus across the country.

(119959)

133
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of those areas most at risk from the H5N1 virus spreading from Suffolk.

(119960)

134
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Audit Commission has published since 1997 on municipal waste collection.

(119574)

135
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the (a) recommendations and (b) targets in the 2000 Rural White Paper (i) have yet to be met and (ii) are no longer being pursued.

(119575)

136
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and its agencies and (b) the Waste Resources Action Programme have provided to local authorities on the use of CCTV to monitor (i) recycling and (ii) municipal waste disposal.

(119576)

137
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been published for the implementation of EU Directive 2006/012/EC.

(119577)

138
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of EU Directive 2006/012/EC for municipal waste collection and disposal; and if he will make a statement.

(119578)

139
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the cost of emissions trading to local authorities; and whether this cost will be funded under the New Burdens principle.

(119579)

140
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of total waste was household waste in the latest period for which figures are available.

(119584)

141
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on whether local authorities should be compensated under the New Burdens directive for the cost of new or higher environmental taxes or levies introduced by central government under the Pollutor Pays principle.

(119585)

142
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2006, Official Report, column 57W, on water bills, what the average domestic water bill including sewerage in England and Wales was in actual prices in each year since 1996-97.

(119677)

143
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2006, Official Report, column 490W, on landfill, how much funding was provided via central government grants to local authorities to compensate for landfill tax in the last year for which figures are available.

(119700)

144
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to change the way in which fishing quotas are allocated; and if he will make a statement.

(119570)

145
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list those who have been in receipt of the UK allocation of fishing quota in each year since 1997.

(119571)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

146
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with the government of Algeria on the detention in Algeria of two men removed from the UK on 20th and 24th January 2007.

(119932)

147
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions her Department has taken steps to provide a double-decker bus to a foreign government as part of a campaign since May 1997; at what cost on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.

(120214)

148
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which individual subject to an EU travel ban she received a formal representation as referred to in the Answer of 31st October 2006, Official Report, columns 387-8W, on EU travel bans; what mechanism is used to determine whether to grant informal requests to travel by those subject to bans; and whether ministers are involved in the decision.

(120216)

149
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the draft declaration marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.

(120224)

150
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which articles of the EU treaties require membership of the EU.

(119997)

151
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to visit Libya; and if she will make a statement.

(119675)

152
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Ugandan authorities on their refusal to release the civilian People Redemption Army suspects granted bail in the High Court; and if she will make a statement.

(119791)

153
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British embassies held St David's Day celebrations in each of the last five years; and how many are planning celebrations for St David's Day 2007.

(118647)

154
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration has been given to reciprocal pension arrangements for nationals of Commonwealth countries at the last three Commonwealth Heads of Government conferences; and what plans she has to place the matter on the agenda of the next conference.

(120031)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

155
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on whether pregnant women who take folic acid supplements reduce the risk of having a baby with cleft lip or palate; and if she will make a statement.

(119949)

156
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fertility clinics in (a) London, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales were investigated by (i) regulators and (ii) police following allegations of malpractice in each year since 2000; and how many are being investigated in such circumstances.

(119950)

157
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) women, broken down by age group, and (b) babies in England died from pre-eclampsia in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what recent research she has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on this condition; what recent discussions she has had with members of the medical profession on pre-eclampsia; and if she will make a statement.

(119951)

158
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has made an assessment of the effect on cigarette sales of the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places in Scotland.

(119820)

159
N Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions are applied to primary care trusts which use agencies for nursing staff which are not part of the multi regional framework agreement; and if she will make a statement.

(119514)

160
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate of the numbers of problematic drug users and those accessing treatment formed the basis of the drug pooled treatment budget allocation for 2007-08 in Enfield; and what the latest estimate is following the research commissioned from the University of Glasgow produced in 2006.

(119534)

161
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to Enfield Primary Care Trust for alcohol treatment for 2007-08.

(119535)

162
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of harrassment or bullying have been made by employees of the NHS; and what steps have been taken (a) to deal with and (b) to eradicate it.

(119840)

163
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2006, Official Report, column 1939W, on residential rehabilitation, which (a) nine services provide residential rehabilitation beds for single parents with children and (b) five services provide beds for couples with children; and how many beds of each type are provided by each service.

(119861)

164
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has made to the representations sent to her by English NHS patients on the decision by the Welsh Assembly Government to fund free prescriptions in Wales.

(119518)

165
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect the recent decision by the Welsh Assembly Government to fund free prescriptions will have on (a) English NHS patients accessing NHS services in Wales and (b) Welsh patients accessing NHS services in England; and if she will make a statement.

(119678)

166
Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether funding allocated specifically for major burn care services cover the entire running costs of any of the major burn care services in England.

(119679)

167
Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the adequacy of current tariffs for major burns care services has been considered as part of the National Burn Care review.

(119680)

168
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency admissions were received at Bournemouth Hospital in each of the last five years.

(119921)

169
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many casualties were admitted to Bournemouth Hospital due to drink-related injuries in 2006.

(119922)

170
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has made to the recommendation made by Sir Derek Wanless in his report of March 2006, Securing Good Care for Older People, that elderly care should receive an increase in funding equal to one per cent. of gross domestic product.

(119666)

171
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the expected increase in the over 85 year old population on demand for elderly care; and what steps her Department plans to take to meet this demand.

(119668)

172
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's expenditure was on residential care for (a) the elderly, (b) children and (c) disabled people in each of the last 10 years; and what factors underlay decisions on expenditure for each group.

(119669)

173
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from Wales have been treated in English hospitals as a result of the Welsh Assembly Goverment's second offer scheme, broken down by (a) health authority area and (b) hospital in which treatment was provided.

(119016)

174
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each English health authority has received in payment under the Welsh Assembly Government's second offer scheme since its inception.

(119017)

175
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of follow-up treatment required for patients treated at Weston-super-Mare Hospital under the Welsh Assembly Government's second offer scheme who have been recalled following knee surgery; and how the costs of the follow-up treatment will be met.

(119018)

176
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks the English NHS hospitals in which Welsh patients were treated under the Welsh Assembly Government's second offer scheme made as to whether adequate facilities were available in Wales for any follow-up or remedial surgery required; and what steps the hospitals took to discuss each patient's case with their consultants in Wales before operations were undertaken under the scheme.

(119024)

177
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much compensation has been awarded by her Department to its staff since May 1997.

(120219)

178
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) she, (b) her Ministers and (c) her officials have had with (i) the chairman of the Labour party and (ii) Labour party employees on potential hospital closures and cuts in services.

(119596)

179
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid by her Department to The Guardian newspaper in 2005-06.

(119597)

180
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 2029W, on advertising, how much of the spending on campaign advertising was spent on (a) sponsoring supplements and (b) advertorials; and what the topic was of each advertorial.

(119860)

181
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were in receipt of direct payments in each of the last five years.

(119465)

182
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in the form of direct payments to people with disabilities in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

(119466)

183
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the financial position of the primary care trust in North Yorkshire.

(119855)

184
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to her Department; and what her Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119848)

185
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the personal expenses allowance is calculated; what evidence is used in the calculation; and what the allowance is expected to cover.

(119553)

186
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Food Standards Agency made of (a) barcode scanners, (b) calorie calculators and (c) other electronic devices in its approach to food labelling.

(119554)

187
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statutory responsibilities (a) she and (b) the NHS Director of IT has in the sale of (i) any NHS IT supplier and (ii) iSoft.

(119555)

188
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the future availability targets are for choose and book; what the March targets are; and whether choose and book is on track to achieve all those targets.

(119556)

189
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have smartcards to access the Care Records database; and how many it is estimated will have smartcards when the database is fully rolled out.

(119557)

190
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which non-NHS staff will have access to the NHS Care Records database.

(119558)

191
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) clinical and (b) administrative staff codes will have access to the NHS Care Records database.

(119559)

192
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what penalties are in place for (a) hospitals and (b) NHS staff who breach smartcard rules regarding access to the Care Records database.

(119560)

193
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times a day the Care Records database was accessed in the last period for which figures are available; and how many times a day she expects it to be accessed when it is fully rolled out.

(119561)

194
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether accident and emergency staff will have access to (a) sealed envelopes and (b) sealed and locked envelopes in the patient record.

(119562)

195
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) the audit trail, (b) role-based access and (c) legitimate relationships operate when smartcards are shared between NHS personnel; and what security measures are in place to protect patient confidentiality when smartcard access is shared.

(119563)

196
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for the conclusion of the Care Record Development Board in its paper Sealed Envelopes Briefing Paper: Selective Alerting Approach that access to sealed envelopes will be relatively rare; and how many times a day the Board expects sealed envelopes to be accessed in the average NHS Trust.

(119564)

197
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why Torbay Primary Care Trust (PCT) reimbursed care home fees to Mr Mike Pearce; what precedent has been set by the PCT's decision; what estimate she has made of the liabilities of the NHS for future repayments of denied continuing care funding; what framework Torbay used to re-assess the case; and what the total NHS expenditure was in England in 2005-06 on (a) care homes and (b) care home places for those with Alzheimer's disease.

(119803)

198
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many electronic patient records she expects there to be; and how many she expects to have (a) sealed and (b) sealed and locked data on them.

(119873)

199
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Deprtment spent on sending Christmas cards in 2006.

(119947)

200
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for each primary care trust in (a) East of England Strategic Health Authority and (b) South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust for audiology-related treatment in the last period for which figures are available.

(119991)

201
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for audiology-related treatment in (a) East of England Strategic Health Authority and (b) South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust in the last period for which figures are available.

(119992)

202
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of waiting times for routine MRI scans in Hemel Hempstead constituency.

(119993)

203
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) dentists and (b) patients were registered in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997.

(119994)

204
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in signing the contract for the private finance initiative scheme at Watford Hospital; and if she will make a statement.

(120012)

205
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she allocated to the external commercial turnaround team sent to the South West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust; from what budget this funding will be drawn; what the remit of the team is; and by what criteria she will judge its success.

(120013)

206
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to increase the quality of treatment available for those diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(120014)

207
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Government is taking to enhance the skills and training of community matrons in Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement.

(120015)

208
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Parkinson's disease specialist nurses there were in Hertfordshire in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(120016)

209
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Hertfordshire in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(120017)

210
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the funding required for Parkinson's disease nurse specialists in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) East of England strategic health authority; and if she will make a statement.

(120018)

211
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women were examined by a breast cancer specialist within two weeks of a referral from their general practitioner in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

(120019)

212
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from clinicians in (a) Lancashire and (b) Cumbria on the possibility of a contract for Capture, Assess, Treat and Support clinical services being awarded to Netcare.

(119896)

213
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department has issued on administering the tamiflu anti-viral drug to (a) poultry workers, (b) farm workers and (c) workers in other related industrial sectors; and if she will make a statement.

(119939)

214
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish her Department's emergency response plan in the event of a H5N1-related outbreak of influenza amongst humans.

(119952)

215
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the company Patientline paid to the National Health Service in the 2005-06 financial year for the right to provide non-medical services for patients.

(120023)

216
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to encourage the formation of not-for-profit organisations to run non-medical services for patients; and if she will make a statement.

(120024)

217
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines she has issued to hospital trusts on (a) the provision by private companies of non-medical services for patients and (b) the level of charges imposed.

(120032)

218
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much profit Patientline made from the provision of non-medical services for NHS patients in 2005-06; what percentage of turnover this represented; and if she will make a statement.

(120033)

219
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra funding is being provided to local authorities to support (a) the introduction of the smoking ban to be implemented in July and (b) ongoing costs related to it under the New Burdens principle.

(119525)

220
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first adverse liver result related to the use of blood products with haemophilia was reported under the terms of the Medicines Act 1974 and subsequent legislation; and if she will make a statement.

(119893)

221
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transplant operations have been carried out since 2000 in people with haemophilia who had been informed they were at risk for public health purposes in relation to vCJD; and if she will make a statement.

(119894)

222
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expert advice was received by the Department of Health about the psychological impact of informing people with haemophilia (a) of their increased risk of developing vCJD and (b) that they were considered an at risk group for public health purposes; what steps were taken to ensure that psychological support would be available to those affected; and if she will make a statement.

(119895)

223
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of documents relating to the infection of haemophiliacs with contaminated blood products which have been returned to the Department of Health by Blackett, Heart and Pratt Solicitors have (a) undergone independent legal examination and (b) been passed to the Haemophilia Society.

(119897)

224
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many documents relating to the infection of haemophiliacs with contaminated blood products have been returned to the Department by Blackett, Heart and Pratt solicitors; and if she will make a statement.

(119898)

225
Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stoma care nurse posts are sponsored by the ostomy industry; and what the annual value is to NHS trusts of the sponsorship.

(119589)

226
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of telephone calls lost per week by the call reception system at Medway Maritime Hospital.

(119804)

227
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who (a) records and (b) audits telephone call system usage data at Medway Maritime Hospital.

(119805)

228
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were postponed at Medway Maritime Hospital in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

(119806)

229
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cervical smears have been undertaken in the East Kent and Coastal Primary Care Trust (PCT) and its previous incarnations in each year since 2004; and how many reminders of the need for a cervical smear were sent to women by the PCT in each such year.

(119808)

230
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for breast cancer treatment at Maidstone oncology department.

(119809)

231
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to community care in (a) Sittingbourne and (b) the Isle of Sheppey for 2006-07.

(119810)

232
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued on hospital opening hours over holiday periods; and which community hospitals were open on Christmas Day 2006 in Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

(119811)

233
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the most recent dermatology clinic was held at Sheppey Community Hospital.

(119812)

234
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of a telephone call to a patient in Medway Maritime Hospital per minute.

(119813)

235
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects the wound clinics to be re-opened at Sittingbourne Memorial and Sheppey community hospitals.

(119814)

236
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to community care for each district in the new East Kent and Coastal Primary Care Trust area.

(119815)

237
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are in (a) Sittingbourne and (b) Sheppey.

(119816)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

238
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is provided for the development of restorative justice in England and Wales.

(119837)

239
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated (a) at a national level for the Restorative Justice Consortium and (b) to local victim care units.

(119841)

240
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of work permits were granted for public sector employment in each of the last five years.

(119610)

241
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods employers will be expected to use to verify the identity of workers holding a biometric immigration document.

(119611)

242
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services and information will be accessible to Identity Card holders online with the use of the identity registration number and the personal identification number.

(119612)

243
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements will be made of organisations accredited for the identity verification service.

(119613)

244
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the contribution of business improvement districts to tackling crime and community safety.

(119614)

245
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether representatives of his Department's premises in London N1 will be voting in favour of the introduction of a business improvement district in the area.

(119665)

246
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines have been issued to managers of his Department's buildings on business improvement districts.

(119667)

247
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 12WS, on the Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council, if he will place in the Library a copy of the joint paper on migration submitted to the Finnish Presidency of the European Union by G6 Member States.

(119527)

248
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue was received from fines related to speed cameras in Bournemouth in each of the last five years.

(119920)

249
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much overtime was paid to police officers in the Bournemouth area in 2006.

(119923)

250
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of how many 999 calls the target response time was missed in 2006.

(119924)

251
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances were sought from the government of Algeria before the removal to Algeria on 20th and 24th January 2007 of two men who had been detained in the UK under anti-terrorism powers.

(119931)

252
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Offender Management Service in Wales is actively pursuing the establishment of a new prison facility in Wales.

(119850)

253
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119857)

254
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of the (a) deportation of failed asylum seekers and (b) financial support for voluntary deportation in the last financial year for which figures are available.

(119826)

255
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the deportation of failed asylum seekers (a) while representations are still in process and (b) before requested meetings with hon. Members have been held; and if he will make a statement.

(119827)

256
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is notified of planned early morning immigration enforcement visits to asylum seekers before they occur.

(119834)

257
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received about the performance of police in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each of the last seven years.

(120020)

258
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners sentenced for crimes involving violence have been granted home detention curfews in the last 12 months.

(120021)

259
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many letters of complaint he has received concerning the Probation Service in (a) England, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Hemel Hempstead in each month of the last five years.

(120022)

260
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when officials in the Immigration and Nationality Directive will reply to the letter of 14th June 2006 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham Ladywood on behalf of Shelley Riley (nee Morgan), Home Office Reference M1047313.

(119797)

261
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much total Government grant was given to police forces in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07, broken down by police authority; and what the per capita allocation was in each case.

(119572)

262
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total revenue raised from police precepts in police authorities in (a) England and (b) Wales was in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07, broken down by police authority.

(119573)

263
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outturn band D council tax (a) precepts were for England in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07 and (b) precept was for each police authority in England and Wales in 2006-07.

(119937)

264
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many publicly-funded CCTV cameras (a) there are in Suffolk and (b) there were in each of the last five years.

(119530)

265
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences committed in Suffolk in each of the last five years resulted in (a) a prison sentence and (b) a suspended prison sentence.

(119531)

266
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the police have to force broadcasters to disclose unbroadcast edited material as part of a criminal investigation.

(119926)

267
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Department has to hold a national firearms amnesty; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which such measures are effective in reducing the level of firearms offences.

(119789)

268
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has held on tackling gun crime in (a) England and Wales and (b) the West Midlands.

(119790)

269
Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Somali nationals have been returned to Somalia from the UK over the last two years, broken down by (a) those who voluntarily returned to Somalia and (b) those who were forcibly removed to Somalia.

(119890)

270
Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Somali nationals in the UK who do not have leave to remain.

(119891)

271
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) maintenance, (b) operational, (c) refurbishment and (d) total running costs were for each police station in Wales in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(119904)

272
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in Wales (a) closed and (b) opened in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(119907)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

273
N Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects to reach the 0.7 per cent. of gross national income aid target by (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.

(119462)

274
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 740W, on advertising, how much of that spending was spent on (a) sponsoring supplements and (b) advertorials; and what the topic of each (i) advertorial and (ii) supplement was.

(119863)

275
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will clarify his Answer to the hon. Member for North Devon to Question 98013 of 6th November 2006, Official Report, column 902W, on Afghanistan.

(119793)

276
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of public sector utilities in developing countries to deliver clean and safe water.

(119938)

277
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119843)

Questions to the Leader of the House

278
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Leader of the House, what the running costs are of the Judicial Committee, Privy Council Office in 2006-07.

(120011)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

279
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which individuals were sent copies of the draft guidelines on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland; what the cost was per copy of the guidelines; and for what reason the draft guidelines were not subject to public consultation.

(119961)

280
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public may submit comments on the draft guidelines on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland; and what changes the draft guidelines make to current practice.

(119962)

281
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials were responsible for drafting the draft guidelines on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland; at what cost; whom they consulted; and which (i) organisations and (ii) individuals were asked to comment on the draft guidelines who are known to his Department to take (A) a pro-life and (B) a pro-choice view on abortion.

(119963)

282
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the number of abortions that will be performed in Northern Ireland each year once the draft guidelines on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland have been implemented; whether additional funding is being made available to health authorities in Northern Ireland to implement the draft guidelines; and if he will make a statement.

(119964)

283
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2006 to the hon. Member for Meriden, Official Report, columns 793-4W, on local government reorganisation, whether a more detailed estimate of the costs associated with implementation of the Review of Public Administration's decisions in relation to local government has now emerged.

(119866)

284
N David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of underage drinking in public places were reported to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by district command unit.

(119506)

285
N David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of policies in place in schools in Northern Ireland to tackle bullying.

(119507)

286
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2006, Official Report, column 836-7W, on local government finance, whether a material change to a domestic property that changed the capital value of the property where the property ownership has not changed would change the domestic rates bill before the time of the next rates revaluation.

(119526)

287
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2006, Official Report, column 94W, on local government reorganisation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the consultants' report.

(119529)

288
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the co-efficient values given to the property attributes for conservatories are in the Valuation and Land Agency's calibrated multiple regression formula used in the domestic rates revaluation in Northern Ireland in each of the 25 market areas.

(119537)

289
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which local authorities fall in each of the 25 market areas defined by the Valuation and Lands Agency in the recent domestic rates revaluation process.

(119538)

290
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what expenditure the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies have made relating to the use or trial of microchips in rubbish bins for domestic waste collection; and what funding has been provided to councils for this purpose.

(119546)

291
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding or support the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies have provided to (a) Antrim, (b) Belfast, (c) Lisburn, (d) Newtonabbey and (e) North Down councils for the installation of microchips in domestic rubbish bins.

(119547)

292
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, from which bodies the Valuation and Lands Agency obtained data on the location and scope of conservation areas as part of the domestic rates revaluation exercise.

(119548)

293
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many images are held in the Valuation and Lands Agency's Photoviewer database; in what graphic format they are held; how much was spent on building the database; and what the maximum number is of images that can be stored.

(119550)

294
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the co-efficient values given to each of the property attributes for conservation area status are in the Valuation and Lands Agency's calibrated multiple regression formula used in the domestic rates revaluation in Northern Ireland.

(119551)

295
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) average standing charge and (b) average effective tax rate to be levied as part of the house price tax element is under the new system of water rates from April.

(119552)

296
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Northern Ireland Administration is taking to provide the option of water metering for households that wish to opt in to a meter.

(119565)

297
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, column 714W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation given by (a) the Chief Executive of the Agency and (b) the Director of Domestic Rating and Assessment to the annual conference of the International Association of Assessing Officers in Milwaukee in October 2006.

(119676)

298
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, column 714W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, what the technical definition is of a value neighbourhood.

(119694)

299
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, columns 716-7W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, what the average numerical value is of the constant (`a' variable) used in the calibrated multiple regression formula in each of the 25 market areas.

(119697)

300
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, columns 716-7W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, which property attribute variables had co-efficients of greater than +/- zero in the calibrated multiple regression formulae in (a) some of and (b) all the market areas.

(119698)

301
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, columns 716-7W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency, what the average capital value was of the average domestic property in each of the 25 market areas calculated as part of the rates revaluation.

(119699)

302
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings the Valuation and Land Agency had with representatives of Scottish Assessors in the last 24 months.

(119785)

303
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Valuation and Lands Agency's technical definition is of an estate code.

(119974)

Questions to the Minister without Portfolio

304
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if she will place in the Library copies of the letters of appointment of each of her special advisers.

(119607)

305
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister without Portfolio, whether her civil servants have been given permission to attend the Labour Party conference to carry out departmental business since 1997.

(119608)

Questions to the Prime Minister

306
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse of each of his special envoys has been since establishment of each such post; and if he will make a statement.

(120215)

307
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether his Office undertakes employee exit interviews.

(119799)

Questions to the Solicitor General

308
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Solicitor General, when he expects to issue new guidelines to the Crown Prosecution Service on the treatment of victims of human trafficking taking account of the UK signature of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking.

(119852)

309
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Solicitor General, what youth matters he has considered recently.

(119854)

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

310
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to collate information from the Crown Prosecution Service on the level of electoral fraud and the number of investigations into alleged fraud.

(119594)

311
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent on commissioning MORI to conduct a review into attitudes to party funding in 2006.

(119595)

312
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has considered the use of remote electronic voting in local elections.

(119972)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

313
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to encourage industry to offer flexible working schemes to employees.

(119582)

314
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the purpose was of the six payments to ACAS, referred to in the Answer of 9th March 2006, Official Report, column 1727, on spending; and what items of stock were stolen.

(120225)

315
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1560W, on advertising, how much of the spending on advertising was spent solely on (a) sponsoring supplements and (b) advertorials; and what the topic of each (i) advertorial and (ii) supplement was.

(119864)

316
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the World Trade Organisation Doha Round talks; and if he will make a statement.

(119673)

317
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level was of (a) service sector and (b) agricultural exports to Libya in 2005-06.

(119674)

318
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) discussions and (b) studies his Department has undertaken on the impact of nuclear power stations upon climate change; and if he will make a statement.

(119819)

319
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119846)

320
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which banks are participating in the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme; how many applications for a loan each has received; and how many applications were approved in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.

(119835)

321
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many loans were issued by each of the banks participating in the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.

(119836)

322
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to small and medium sized enterprises in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions made by SMEs qualifying for Technology Strategy Board grants in each of those years.

(119946)

323
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided to the (a) micro projects, (b) research projects, (c) development projects and (d) exceptional development projects categories in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006; and what the total value was of the contributions to project costs made by companies which qualified for grants under each category in each year.

(119948)

324
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided under the EU Frameworks Programme to UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions to project costs made by those SMEs in each year.

(120025)

325
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided under the EU Frameworks Programme to UK companies which are not small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions to project costs made by those companies in each year.

(120026)

326
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to companies other than small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions to project costs made by those companies in each year.

(120027)

327
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided by the Technology Strategy Board to universities in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions to project costs made by those universities in each year.

(120028)

328
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total value was of grants provided under the EU Frameworks Programme to UK universities in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the total value was of contributions to project costs made by those universities in each year.

(120029)

329
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what will replace the small grants for community projects in phase 1 of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.

(119609)

330
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where each of the offices of the regional development agencies which are located outside the United Kingdom are based; and what the cost of running each office was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(119539)

331
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will investigate the level of activity of Radio UK Holdings Limited (Diamond FM) in Plymouth since receiving their licence.

(119978)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

332
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing vehicle access barriers at all major train stations in England and Wales.

(119600)

333
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to install vehicle access barriers at public transport hubs.

(119601)

334
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the installation of vehicle access barriers at railway stations.

(119602)

335
Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which regulations govern average speed direction cameras; whether transport authorities are required (a) to notify the public of their intentions to install them and (b) to erect signs warning drivers who are approaching a stretch of road where they are in use; and if he will make a statement.

(120034)

336
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department paid to The Guardian newspaper in 2005-06.

(119522)

337
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119845)

338
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of delays and disruptions on the railway caused by the theft of copper signal cabling and other equipment in the last 12 months.

(119909)

339
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account he intends to take of changes in the prospects for the development of Heathrow Airport in deciding whether to build a new runway at Stansted.

(119996)

340
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of electric bicycle use on reducing road congestion; and if he will make a statement.

(119818)

341
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred on the A14 in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by the day of the week on which the accident occurred.

(119933)

342
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by the day of the week on which the accident occurred.

(119934)

343
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities occurred on the A14 in Suffolk between the hours of 8 pm and 8 am in each year since 1997.

(119935)

344
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities occurred in Suffolk between the hours of 8 pm and 8 am in each year since 1997.

(119936)

345
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to facilitate the creation of regional transport boards in addition to the South East and Yorkshire and Humber boards.

(119566)

346
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails his Department has received on the First Great Western rail services since December 2006.

(119615)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

347
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on methods of calculating income in assessing eligibility for housing benefit.

(119787)

348
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors underlay the decision not to disregard child benefit when assessing eligibility for housing benefit.

(119788)

349
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of extending the carer's credit to cover all carers who provide 20 or more hours or care per week.

(119581)

350
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received in respect of reductions in occupational pensions.

(119888)

351
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of the subsidy paid to employers participating in the New Deal programme in each year since 1997.

(119442)

352
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of payments to (a) single parents receiving benefits and (b) single parents in work in each year since 1997; and on what basis the figures are calculated.

(119509)

353
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants there were in the (a) New Deal for Lone Parents and (b) New Deal for Disabled People in each month since January 1998; how many of those people found work in each month; and how many people had been on the New Deal for Lone Parents for more than a year in each month.

(119515)

354
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults have a National Insurance number in the UK.

(119523)

355
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a York city strategy along the lines of his Department's Dundee City Strategy.

(119696)

356
Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions special advisers have been consulted in replying to Freedom of Information requests to his Department; and what his Department's policy is on the role of special advisers in the answering of Freedom of Information requests.

(119844)

357
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total expenditure by (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the Health and Safety Commission was in each year since 1996-97; and what it is expected to be in 2006-07.

(119524)

358
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Suffolk were charged with offences under health and safety legislation enforced by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years.

(119532)

359
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to (a) the letter of 27th March 2006 (ref CSA PCV 154092/SR/JG), (b) subsequent correspondence and (c) the letter of 9th January 2007 (ref CSA PCV 161732/SM/JG) to the hon. Member for Totnes, on the case of constituent Mrs N. Beardsmore of Paignton, what technical difficulties have prevented progression of Mrs Beardsmore's case regarding child maintenance; what steps he is taking to tackle these difficulties; and what the reason is for the time taken to conclude this case.

(119437)

360
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made or received of the amount of (a) state and (b) occupational pension entitlements accrued by people aged (i) 16 to 30, (ii) 30 to 40, (iii) 40 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 75, (vi) 75 to 85 and (vii) over 85 in (A) the last year for which data are available, (B) 1985 and (C) 1995.

[R] (119517)

361
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received in the last three years from the governments of (a) Canada and (b) Australia on the uprating of the frozen pensions of British nationals living in those countries.

(120030)

362
Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of winter fuel payments were calculated wrongly due to failures of the Data Matching System in the last year for which figures are available.

(119588)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

363
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the European Union's plans for EU data-sharing will entail the sharing of data held (a) in the National Identity Register, (b) on the National DNA database, (c) on the NHS Spine and (d) by the Valuation Office Agency.

[Transferred] (119971)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

364
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 165W, on development aid, what spending by HM Treasury counted as Official Development Assistance in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) programme and (b) agency.

[Transferred] (119536)

365
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 165W, on development aid, what spending by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was counted as Official Development Assistance in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) programme and (b) agency.

[Transferred] (119549)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

366
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people were declared insolvent in Suffolk in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.

[Transferred] (119592)

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