Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 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 Thursday 8 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 February 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 8 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 Thursday 8 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 8 February see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs was notified by the European Court of Justice of the Werner Haderer referral; and whether HM Revenue and Customs made representations in response to this notification.

(118497)

2
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact the changes in vehicle excise duty announced in 2005 have had on UK carbon dioxide emissions.

(118498)

3
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120627)

4
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120637)

5
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there has been any change by HM Revenue and Customs regarding individual members of the public seeking on site advice and support services available from the small business support team.

(120230)

6
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many illegal fuel laundering plants were estimated to be operating in Northern Ireland during 2006; and how many were uncovered in that period.

(120231)

7
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of each helicopter flight he has taken within the UK on official business in the last three months.

(120682)

8
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of cost savings resulting from services supplied by SCC Technology to his Department and its agencies since 2005.

(120683)

9
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 412W, on the Smith Institute, how many events were held by each charity listed on the Treasury website at Number 11 Downing Street in each year since 1997.

(120684)

10
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 412W, on the Smith Institute, how many Smith Institute events were held at Number 11 Downing Street between 1997 and 2005.

(120685)

11
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of future tax revenues from the gaming industry for the next five years.

(120686)

12
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many functions held at Number 11 Downing Street in the last two years have been attended by (a) Sir Christopher Evans and (b) Rod Aldridge.

(120688)

13
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hard copies of the National Asset Register published in January 2007 were (a) printed and (b) sold.

(120694)

14
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many instances there have been under Section 5.17 of the Ministerial Code of a Minister in his Department having duties removed to avoid a potential conflict of interest in the last five years.

(120695)

15
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conferences funded by his Department had between 20 and 150 attendees in January 2007.

(120696)

16
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints from HM Revenue and Customs staff about the tax credits system have been recorded in the last 12 months.

(120697)

17
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions civil servants in his Department and its agencies have been given permission to attend the Labour Party conference to carry out departmental business in the last three years.

(120698)

18
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of appointment of his unpaid special adviser, Sue Nye.

(120699)

19
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has disciplined special advisers in his Department in the last three years.

(120700)

20
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120702)

21
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 412W, on the Smith Institute, how many charities had a request for access to facilities at Number 11 Downing Street on a specified date rejected in each year since 1997.

(120720)

22
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 412W, on the Smith Institute, what criteria are used for determining which charities are granted access to facilities at Number 11 Downing Street.

(120721)

23
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 412W, on the Smith Institute, how much the Smith Institute has reimbursed to his Department for functions held at Number 11 Downing Street in each year since 1997.

(120744)

24
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, columns 342-3W, on HM Revenue and Customs, if he will break down the £850,000 expenditure on implementation of proposals and projects arising from the Angels and Demons scheme by proposal or project.

(120745)

25
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1342W, on public appointments, on which appointments the Prime Minister's approval was sought.

(120761)

26
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 339W, on the employee exit survey, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on open ended responses, with any personal information edited from it.

(120762)

27
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the peak oil concept; and what planning his Department has undertaken on the basis of estimates of oil reserves in (a) 25, (b) 50 and (c) 100 years time.

(120525)

28
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2007, Official Report, column 1856W, what the evidential basis was for his estimate that over half of all first time home buyers are exempt from stamp duty.

(120258)

29
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credit and (c) guardian's allowance to parents in respect of children living in (i) Poland, (ii) the Czech Republic, (iii) Estonia, (iv) Hungary, (v) Latvia, (vi) Lithuania, (vii) Slovakia and (viii) Slovenia in the last year for which figures are available.

(120304)

30
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the HM Revenue and Customs announcement of 24th January Employers: The Tax and National Insurance Treatment of Employer Cash Inducement Payments to Pension Scheme Members, how many employers have been advised by HM Revenue and Customs, based in past interpretation of the law, that inducement payments would not be subject to tax and national insurance; and if he will estimate how much extra tax and national insurance would have been due on such payments in each of the last two financial years if the interpretation of the law set out in that announcement had been applied.

(120454)

31
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fiscal impact of people choosing to take alternatively secured pensions rather than traditional annuities.

(120581)

32
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2006, Official Report, column 209W, on special advisers, what the titles were of each of the DVDs; and what the name was of the donor of each gift.

(120333)

33
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of producing the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

(120362)

34
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cost benefit analysis (a) has been conducted by his Department and (b) is planned of the recommendations in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

(120363)

35
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation he has held with (a) other Government departments and (b) other stakeholders on the implementation of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.

(120364)

36
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of implementing the recommendations in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property; and what funds have been committed to its implementation.

(120365)

37
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the membership will be of the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property.

(120366)

38
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost claimed by his Department and its agencies was for use of Ministerial cars from the Government Pool Service in the last 12 months.

(120367)

39
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has used a non-scheduled flight within the UK on official business in the last 12 months; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each such flight.

(120368)

40
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the titles were of each training course offered to (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months.

(120369)

41
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's evaluations of media coverage since May 2005.

(120370)

42
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times his Department's website has been redesigned since 1997; and what the cost was of each such redesign.

(120371)

43
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's staff handbook.

(120372)

44
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance, in addition to the Code of Conduct, has been issued to Special Advisers in his Department in relation to party political activities in the last six months.

(120373)

45
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were working in the indirect taxes team in each of the last six months.

(120374)

46
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to his Department's Directorate structure in the last 12 months.

(120375)

47
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a representative of his Department attended the selection interviews held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in October 2005 for the contract for the Olympics cost review.

(120382)

48
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs officers are deployed at entry points to the UK.

(120409)

49
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) date, (b) value and (c) purpose was of each payment by his Department to Electronic Data Systems since 2001.

(120411)

50
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the percentage of income tax payable which was collected in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in 2006.

(120737)

51
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to stabilise the level of increases in house prices over the next five years.

(120492)

52
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what receipts were paid to HM Revenue and Customs in respect of (a) interest and (b) penalties imposed on income tax payers in each of the last three financial years.

(120412)

53
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer Question 113824, on public sector pensions, tabled on 5th January 2007 by the hon. Member for Yeovil.

(120259)

54
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the decision by the US Administration to impose sanctions on the UK-based Bank Sepah International.

(120246)

55
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of working age people in Leeds East constituency were unemployed on 1st May in each year since 1997.

(120723)

56
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Valuation Office Agency is making to the firm CLT to finance research and development of applying an automated valuation model for business rate valuations.

(120814)

57
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Valuation Office Agency has had with (a) Government departments and (b) their agencies on reviewing the rateable values used to assess water rates for domestic properties in England and Wales.

(120815)

58
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government agency will conduct the valuations for planning gain supplement in Scotland.

(120817)

59
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Valuation Office Agency has had with (a) the Valuation and Lands Agency, (b) the Scottish Assessors' Association and (c) the Republic of Ireland Valuation Office in the last 24 months.

(120821)

60
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency operates an incentive scheme for staff to meet targets.

(120822)

61
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Valuation Office Agency has to use automated valuation technology and methods to calculate Planning Gain Supplement liability.

(120824)

62
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Valuation Office Agency's estimated total expenditure is on preparing for Planning Gain Supplement.

(120825)

63
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) Departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies have had access to Valuation Office Agency dwellinghouse coding data in the last five years.

(120826)

64
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the discrete capital values system of domestic taxation in Northern Ireland on house prices.

(120846)

65
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long the Valuation Office Agency has published an in-house staff magazine; how often the magazine is published; and what the cost of the publication was in each year since its inception.

(120847)

66
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2006, Official Report, column 529W, on council tax, what steps (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) the Valuation Office Agency is taking to facilitate data-sharing with local authorities on issues relating to taxation and valuation for taxation purposes.

(120849)

67
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been set for the Valuation Office Agency.

(120863)

68
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that no staff at Accrington HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Office are moved to any other HMRC office prior to the completion of the review of the Office scheduled to take place in the summer.

(120527)

69
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120605)

70
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Eastbourne were registered as self-employed in each of the last 10 years.

(120556)

71
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average household income was in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex, (c) the South East and (d) the UK in the last year for which figures are available.

(120557)

72
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HM Revenue and Customs will be contacting pensioners who receive retirement annuities to explain the changes to the way they are taxed on their annuity income.

(120558)

73
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued since 25th May 2006 to individuals on obtaining a pensions forecast before paying voluntary National Insurance contributions.

(120559)

74
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken by HM Revenue and Customs to alert contributors who have already amassed the 30 years of National Insurance contributions necessary to gain a full basic state pension to the potential impact of the proposed changes.

(120560)

75
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the most recent review of the National Insurance Contribution Office was undertaken; and what the findings of the review were.

(120576)

76
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters relating to non-payment of national insurance contributions have been sent to contributors in (a) the Eastbourne constituency and (b) England for the 2004-05 tax year.

(120577)

77
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters relating to non-payment of national insurance contributions sent to contributors in the 2004-05 tax year were sent in error.

(120578)

78
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking a publicity campaign to alert pensioners who receive retirement annuities to explain the changes to the way they are taxed on their annuity income.

(120579)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

79
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what discussions her Department has had with the Smith Institute in the last 12 months; whether Ministers were present at these meetings; and what the purpose was of each such meeting.

(120687)

80
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the timetable is for the Charity Commission investigation into the Smith Institute; and if she will make a statement.

(120689)

81
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which fixed assets her Department sold for £10,000 or less in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and what the (i) sale value, (ii) purchaser and (iii) date of sale was of each asset.

(120691)

82
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many items of furniture have been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120705)

83
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2129W, on policy review working groups, when the Policy Review working groups on (a) Britain and the World, (b) Environment and Energy, (c) Public Services, (d) the Role of the State and (e) Crime and Security last met; and who attended each meeting.

(120334)

84
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many times the Minister for the Third Sector has (a) spoken at and (b) attended meetings of the Smith Institute in the last 12 months.

(120380)

85
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much Government funding has been provided to the Experience Corps in each year since its formation; and if she will make a statement.

(120381)

86
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2129W, on policy review working groups, how many full-time equivalent civil servants have been allocated to the policy review working groups.

(120561)

87
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what cost savings will be brought about by the closure of Government websites under the Transformational Government strategy; and what costs will be associated with migrating services to other websites.

(120413)

88
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was to the public purse of the Committee on Standards in Public Life in the latest year for which figures are available.

(120851)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

89
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April 2007.

(120642)

90
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120645)

91
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors were taken into account when deciding (a) to include religion as an equality strand covered by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and (b) not to include political belief or expression as a equality strand.

(120652)

92
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to end the ringfencing of the Supporting People budget.

(120249)

93
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was provided by her Department to support the Quality Parishes Scheme in each year since 2003.

(120267)

94
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was provided by her Department to support the National Training Strategy for Parish and Town Councils in each year since 2001.

(120268)

95
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to provide financial support for the development of parish and town councils in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(120269)

96
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support was provided by her Department to the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government in each year since 1999; and how much was directed towards improvement and development programmes for parish and town councils.

(120270)

97
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support was provided by her Department to the Leadership Centre for Local Government in each year since 2003; and how much of this was directed towards leadership programmes for parish and town councils.

(120271)

98
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what effect the addition of (a) solar panels, (b) micro wind turbines, (c) double glazing and (d) cavity wall insulation has on the council tax banding of a property.

(120279)

99
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with other Government Departments on a cross-departmental response to the possible effect of European Union enlargement on homelessness services.

(120264)

100
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which fixed assets her Department sold for £10,000 or less in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and what the (i) sale value, (ii) purchaser and (iii) date of sale was of each asset.

(120692)

101
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120704)

102
N Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October 2006, Official Report, column 2036W, on the Supporting People programme, when she expects to publish the report on housing-related support through the Supporting People programme.

(120005)

103
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount available from her Department to local authorities in the North West for disabled facilities grants was in 2006-07; how much was bid for by each local authority; how much has been allocated to each local authority; and what use will be made by her Department of any under spend.

(120519)

104
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by Yorkshire Forward in Leeds East constituency in each of the last six years, broken down by scheme.

(120724)

105
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use her Department makes of automated valuation techniques.

(120818)

106
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many photographs of domestic properties in (a) England and (b) Wales the Valuation Office Agency holds on its photograph database.

(120819)

107
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual percentage change in average Band D council tax was in England in real terms in each year since its introduction.

(120820)

108
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent from the public purse by the Lyons Inquiry into local government on purchasing consultancy services by LLM Communications; and for what purpose such services have been purchased.

(120823)

109
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2006, Official Report, column 529W, on council tax, what steps her Department and its agencies are taking to facilitate data-sharing between local authorities and the Valuation Office Agency.

(120850)

110
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by her Department in the years up to 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(120603)

111
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many submissions she received before 31st January 2007 seeking unitary or enhanced two-tier status from councils within the county of Devon; and over what timescale she intends to consider them.

(120319)

112
N Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government grant each local authority delivering social services would have received if (a) floors and ceilings had not been applied and (b) if damping had not been applied to the children and young adults element of the grant.

(112523)

113
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedroom, (c) three bedroom and (d) four bedroom or more properties for social housing were built in (i) the Eastbourne constituency and (ii) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

(120566)

114
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the progress being made in bringing 70 per cent. of private rented sector housing up to the decent homes standard by 2010.

(120528)

115
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social rented homes and (b) low cost home ownership properties have been built or acquired in each local authority in the West Midlands in each year since 1997; and how many included a contribution from section 106 planning gain.

(120529)

116
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households were placed in temporary accommodation in each year since 1997.

(120530)

117
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes for sale on the open market have been built in (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 1997.

(120531)

118
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) households and (b) children are living in overcrowded housing in (i) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and (ii) the West Midlands.

(120532)

119
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of long-term empty homes in (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) the West Midlands.

(120533)

120
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) voluntary sector organisations in Sandwell have received from the Homelessness Directorate under the Hostels Improvement Programme.

(120534)

121
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department has commissioned into tenant satisfaction with the Choice Based Lettings schemes; and if she will make a statement.

(120535)

122
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total number of lettings in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council was (a) in each year between 1997 and the introduction of choice-based letting (CBL) and (b) in each quarter since the introduction of CBL.

(120536)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

123
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120629)

124
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April 2007.

(120641)

125
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120706)

126
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of people on the electoral registers in each London borough are (a) EU nationals and (b) not nationals of (i) the UK and (ii) the Republic of Ireland.

(120238)

127
Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what factors she took into account when deciding not to include proposals for the regulation of bailiffs in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill; and if she will make a statement.

(120538)

128
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether (a) she, (b) other Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have been consulted by hon. Members over the drafting of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement.

(120254)

129
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will request a breakdown of the claims made on the legal aid fund by lawyers acting for Abu Hamza; and if she will make a statement.

(120541)

130
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects to announce her response to the consultation paper on improving transparency and privacy in family courts.

(119988)

131
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by her Department in the years up to 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(120606)

132
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many professionals undertake the preparation of psychiatric reports for use by HM Courts Service throughout the UK; and what the average cost is of each report.

(118282)

133
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the waiting time is for a psychiatric report for use by HM Courts Service.

(118283)

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

134
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120626)

135
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120636)

136
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Greater London Assembly on the Olympic levy.

(120235)

137
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of furniture have been (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120707)

138
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2057W, on departmental fixed assets, what the floor area in square metres was of each of the buildings sold in Windsor.

(120742)

139
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2057W, on departmental fixed assets, who the lessees are of the three buildings in Windsor to whom the buildings were sold.

(120747)

140
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 104W, on the Olympics, what each cost saving identified between July and October 2004 was; and what the value of each saving was.

(120562)

141
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that newly proposed casinos are constructed in an environmentally friendly manner.

(120537)

142
Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to extend free television licensing to those of basic state pension age in addition to those aged over 75 years.

(120313)

143
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the benchmark indicators are on which local authorities are assessed as to whether they are compliant with Public Library Service Standards.

(120791)

144
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the second stage review of the Secretary of State's guidance on the Licensing Act 2003.

(120792)

145
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by her Department in the years up to 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(120751)

146
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Sport England on the future of Lilleshall National Sports Academy.

(120600)

147
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a UK bid for the 2018 World Cup will be made on a cross party basis.

(119684)

148
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Licensing Act 2003 on sports clubs; and if she will make a statement.

(119685)

149
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many independent schools took part in the 2006 UK School Games.

(119686)

150
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made with the Home Office on the training of Olympic target pistol shooters; and if she will make a statement.

(119687)

151
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the number of UK Olympic medallists at (a) Sydney and (b) Athens who were (i) wholly and (ii) partially educated at independent schools.

(119688)

152
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many holiday trips were made to each of the 30 most visited towns and cities in the latest year for which figures are available (a) in total and (b) broken down by age group of visitor.

(119516)

153
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the full itinerary was for the visits of the Minister for Media and Tourism to (a) New York and Los Angeles between 29th October and 6th November, (b) New York and Washington between 9th and 15th May and (c) San Francisco between 30th September and 3rd October 2006; what the dates and times were of the meetings held during each visit; with whom each meeting was held; and if she will publish the minutes of the meetings.

(120593)

154
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions have been made to facilitate digital switchover in Eastbourne.

(120565)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

155
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120625)

156
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120632)

157
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were seconded from his Department to (a) private and (b) public sector organisations in each year since 2002.

(120272)

158
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which organisations his Department has reciprocal secondment arrangements.

(120273)

159
N Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the public consultation on the replacement for the Trident system.

(119983)

160
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department intends to allocate to the mental health charity Combat Stress in each of the next five years.

(120355)

161
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department provided to (a) the mental health charity Combat Stress and (b) Hollybush House in each year between 2001 and 2006.

(120460)

162
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first A400M transport aircraft will be operational within the RAF.

(119884)

163
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are (a) to order and (b) to lease additional Boeing C17 Globemaster aircraft.

(119885)

164
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect he expects the transfer of leadership of the NATO campaign in Helmand province to the US to have on (a) poppy eradication activities, (b) numbers of UK casualties and (c) relations between NATO troops and Afghan civilians.

(119878)

165
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the process is for the management and control of classified information; and which Minister is responsible for classified information.

(120318)

166
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which fixed assets his Department sold for more than £50,000 in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and what the (i) sale value, (ii) purchaser and (iii) date of sale was of each asset.

(120693)

167
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many items of furniture have been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120708)

168
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 27W, on departmental fixed assets, what information his Department holds centrally on its asset sales.

(120741)

169
N Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help servicemen on operations overseas to comply with the Electoral Administration Act 2006 by providing a signature and date of birth within 21 days of it being requested; what recent assessment he has made of levels of voting eligibility in the armed services; and if he will make a statement.

(120007)

170
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, columns 22-3W, on boarding school allowance, how many officers in the armed services are claiming continuity of education allowance whilst living in their family home in their home town; and if he will make a statement.

(120257)

171
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by contractors at (a) HM Naval Base, Clyde, (b) AWE Aldermaston and (c) AWE Burghfield.

(120589)

172
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by Babcock Naval Systems at (a) Faslane Naval Base and (b) Royal Naval Armament Depot, Coulport.

(120590)

173
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by AWE Management Ltd at (a) AWE Aldermaston and (b) AWE Burghfield.

(120591)

174
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) Royal Navy warships and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels (i) on which design work began and (ii) for which orders have been placed since the 1997 general election.

(119984)

175
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120614)

176
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has (a) to purchase and (b) to lease helicopters from the US military for operations in (i) Afghanistan and (ii) Iraq.

(120601)

177
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the locations of the garrisons for the logistics brigades returning to the UK from Germany.

(120607)

178
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been injured in Iraq to the extent that they required hospitalisation in each year since 2003.

(120567)

179
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been injured in Afghanistan to the extent they required hospitalisation in each year since 2001.

(120568)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

180
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many items of furniture have been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since its formation; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120703)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

181
N Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to develop skills to make the economy of the UK more competitive; and if he will make a statement.

(118842)

182
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) placement orders and (b) adoption orders were made in 2006.

(118648)

183
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1054W, on parents in prison and 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 226W, on young carers, if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities make reference to groups of vulnerable children in their Children and Young People's Plans.

(120003)

184
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120618)

185
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120646)

186
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to prevent homophobic and transphobic abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teachers.

(120655)

187
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress the Government has made towards the targets within its 10 year childcare strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(120657)

188
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of people of working age in Coventry South hold a qualification at degree level or equivalent or above.

(119440)

189
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding his Department will make available to schools in Coventry South to improve school meals over the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(119441)

190
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120709)

191
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding formula his Department uses to determine the annual budget for the free early years entitlement.

(120001)

192
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether guidance on good campus relations has been issued to universities, as referred to in the Answer of 24th October 2006, Official Report, columns 1758-9W, on Islamist extremists (monitoring).

(120002)

193
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, columns 800-1W, on English language teaching, if he will assess the merits of using the skills and materials available in the learning English section of the BBC World Service to maintain the accessibility of online/distance learning English for Speakers of Other Languages courses; and if he will make a statement.

(120255)

194
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will commission comparative research into the cost of childcare in the UK and other European Union member states; and if he will make a statement.

(120486)

195
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by his Department in the last five years to assist families in meeting the costs of childcare for pre-school children in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.

(120491)

196
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research his Department is undertaking into (a) class sizes and (b) co-education.

(120500)

197
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Learning and Skills Agency spent on programme expenditure in Peterborough City Council area in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(120323)

198
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will answer Question 113816, on public sector pensions, tabled on 5th January 2007 by the hon. Member for Yeovil.

(120260)

199
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of the education maintenance allowance scheme in encouraging 16 to 18 year olds to stay on in further education.

(120481)

200
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to implement the agreements reached at the Barcelona European Council in 2002; and what percentage of children (a) between three and six years old and (b) under three years old he estimates will have access to childcare by 2010.

(120324)

201
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average amount spent by his Department was on each full-time undergraduate student attending a (a) university and (b) place of higher education in England in each year from 2003-04 to 2006-07.

(110707)

202
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average amount spent by (a) his Department and (b) local education authorities was on each full-time pupil attending secondary school in England in each year from 2003-04 to 2006-07.

(110708)

203
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of the Connexions card programme has been; and how many Connexion cards have been issued.

(119690)

204
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been allocated to Millennium Volunteers to September 2007; how much funding will be provided in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(119691)

205
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120611)

206
N Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2006, Official Report, column 1155W, what steps have been taken to ensure that vulnerable young people at Thorn Cross Young Offender Institute will continue to receive their entitlement to services under the Children's Act 1989 after March 2007.

(118566)

207
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services are subject to .

(120357)

208
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in what timescale he expects a decision to be made on a new secondary school at Sherford, Devon.

(120320)

209
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers qualified in each region in England in 2004-05; and how many of those who qualified in each region are not working in teaching.

(120277)

210
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people over the age of 60 years were enrolled in (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) vocational and (ii) non-vocational courses in colleges of further education in Eastbourne in 2005-06.

(120569)

211
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of 18-year-olds having successfully completed (a) at least two non-vocational A-levels, (b) at least two vocational A-levels and (c) NVQ Level Three qualifications took up places in (i) full-time university, (ii) part-time university, (iii) full-time other higher, (iv) part-time other higher and (v) further education in each year since 1997.

(119981)

212
N Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many UK domiciled students at British universities studying for an (a) full-time and (b) part-time undergraduate honours degree there were in each year since 1997, broken down by socio-economic category.

(119982)

213
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make inquiries into allegations of racism and religious extremism at the King Fahad Academy, Acton; and if he will make a statement.

(119683)

214
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Academy head teachers in Kent have previously been employed by Oxfordshire County Council.

(119871)

215
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many secondary head teachers in Kent have previously been employed by Oxfordshire County Council.

(119872)

216
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the children's family centres in the most deprived areas in Kent receive proportionally more funding from 2008 onwards.

(119874)

217
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of each childrens family centre in Kent from April 2008.

(119875)

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

218
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the economic value of unpaid family labour to the farming industry.

(119682)

219
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage change in UK emissions was of (a) carbon dioxide and (b) the Kyoto basket of six greenhouse gases between (i) 1990 and (ii) 1997 and the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this compares to other Kyoto Annex 1 countries.

(118500)

220
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much UK carbon dioxide emissions have changed in the UK in each year since 1990, when the UK's share of international shipping aviation emissions are included in the figures.

(118501)

221
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government's target for cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent. by 2050 includes cuts in the UK's share of international aviation emissions.

(118502)

222
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120620)

223
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120633)

224
N Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what method of calculation his Department uses to relate its 60 per cent. cut in UK carbon emissions target by 2050 to its aim to contain a temperature rise to two degrees celsius.

(120000)

225
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the recycling of mobile phones.

(119439)

226
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120710)

227
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the peak oil concept; and what planning his Department has undertaken on the basis of estimates of oil reserves in (a) 25, (b) 50 and (c) 100 years time.

(120522)

228
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on environmental awareness and activity of the proposed closure of the Climate Challenge website; and if he will make a statement.

(120410)

229
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has amended its communications (a) strategy and (b) budget in response to the recommendations of the Transformational Government strategy, with particular reference to environmental communications websites.

(120414)

230
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors he took into account when deciding to close the Sustainable Development Commission's website under the Transformational Government strategy; what plans he has for the future internet presence of the Commission's services; and if he will make a statement.

(120415)

231
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many monthly users there were of the websites for (a) the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, (b) Climate Challenge, (c) the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, (d) the Sustainable Development Commission, (e) the Drinking Water Inspectorate, (f) Sustainable Development, (g) Waste Matters, (h) Netregs, (i) Tomorrow's England (climatechangeandme.net), (j) the National Non-Food Crops centre (nnfcc.co.uk), (k) the English Food and Farming Partnership (effp.org.uk) and (l) the Waste and Resources Action Programme (wrap.org.uk) in the last month for which figures are available; whether these figures were taken account of in the decision to close of sites under the Transformational Government Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(120416)

232
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the services provided by the websites for (a) the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, (b) Climate Challenge, (c) the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, (d) the Sustainable Development Commission, (e) the Drinking Water Inspectorate, (f) Sustainable Development, (g) Waste Matters, (h) Netregs and (i) Tomorrow's England which have been identified for closure under the Transformational Government strategy will (i) continue to be provided through alternative websites and (ii) be suspended; and if he will make a statement.

(120417)

233
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, columns 454W on the Environment Agency, what factors were taken into account when deciding to close the website under the Transformational government strategy.

(120425)

234
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's (a) immediate and (b) long-term plans are to improve bio-security on poultry farms.

(120501)

235
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many wild birds were reported dead to his Department in each month since February 2005.

(120502)

236
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of workers in the poultry industry have been vaccinated against avian influenza.

(120503)

237
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of people in the United Kingdom could be vaccinated against avian influenza with the stock his Department holds.

(120504)

238
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures his Department is taking to avoid a ban on UK poultry exports.

(120505)

239
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department is providing to the public on the avian influenza outbreak.

(120506)

240
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he plans to provide to people within a future quarantine danger zone in the event of an outbreak of avian influenza.

(120507)

241
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the dairy industry; and with what groups such discussions were held.

(120509)

242
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in Chorley constituency have not received any single farm payment for (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.

(120510)

243
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on subsidies paid by the Government to British milk producers.

(120511)

244
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outstanding single farm payments were due to farmers in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Chorley constituency in each month since January 2005.

(120512)

245
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the interest to be paid to farmers in Chorley constituency as a result of late payment of single farm payments for the period of 2005 to 2007.

(120513)

246
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's plans are for the next five years to provide help to the dairy industry.

(120514)

247
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that future incidents of avian influenza are reported immediately.

(120515)

248
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that all owners of poultry are registered, including those with a stock of 50 or less.

(120516)

249
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure avian influenza does not spread via employees working on poultry farms.

(120517)

250
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure avian influenza does not spread via migratory birds.

(120518)

251
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a white paper on the proposed Marine Bill.

(120816)

252
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will answer Question 113823, on public sector pensions, tabled on 5th January 2007 by the hon. Member for Yeovil.

(120261)

253
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he expects the regulations to give effect in UK law to the EU Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations to be enacted by the end of April.

(120498)

254
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dairy farmers there are in England; and what the corresponding figure was in 1997.

(120471)

255
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on regions classified as biodiversity hotspots.

(120526)

256
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on (a) rare and threatened species and (b) the threat posed to wildlife in the UK by invasive species.

(120648)

257
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) Ofwat has made of the merits of reviewing the rateable values used to assess water rates for domestic properties.

(120774)

258
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average change in domestic water bills in England was in each year since 1997.

(120775)

259
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) his Department, (b) its executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies which it sponsors have (i) carried out and (ii) commissioned into variable waste charging.

(120776)

260
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department maintains a list of councils which have moved to alternate weekly collection of rubbish.

(120777)

261
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the relative contribution of (a) the recycling process and (b) landfill to climate change emissions.

(120778)

262
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of councils which have introduced alternate weekly waste collections which have consequently cut council tax.

(120780)

263
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120608)

264
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services.

(120356)

265
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 5th February 2007, Official Report, columns 573-5, on the avian influenza outbreak, if he will issue guidance to the regional offices of his Department to ensure that public falconry displays are permitted to continue during February.

(120226)

266
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether areas are accepted as having Higher Level Stewardship status; if he will commission research into the consistency with which evidence is collected and assessed against those criteria; and if he will make a statement.

(120725)

267
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next intends to discuss the international moratorium on whaling with representatives of the governments of (a) Dominica, (b) Gabon, (c) Gambia, (d) Grenada, (e) Kiribati, (f) Mali, (g) the Marshall Islands, (h) Mauritania, (i) Mongolia, (j) Morocco, (k) Nauru, (l) Nicaragua, (m) Norway, (n) Palau, (o) the Russian Federation, (p) St Kitts and Nevis, (q) St Lucia, (r) St Vincent and the Grenadines, (s) Senegal, (t) the Solomon Islands, (u) Suriname, (v) Togo, (w) Tuvalu, (x) Korea, (y) Iceland and (z) Guinea.

(120520)

268
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many mobile incinerators he has available to incinerate animals for the purposes of disease control; and if he will make a statement.

(120582)

269
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on transporting animals culled for disease control; and if he will make a statement.

(120583)

270
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what bio-security measures are in place for the transportation of animals culled for the purposes of disease control.

(120584)

271
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles were used during the Suffolk H5N1 outbreak to transfer culled birds to be incinerated; and what vehicle types were used.

(120585)

272
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of other governments on whaling since the last meeting of the International Whaling Commission; when he next plans to discuss whaling with foreign counterparts; and with whom.

(120586)

273
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next plans to discuss the international moratorium on whaling with (a) his Japanese counterpart and (b) representatives of the governments of (i) Antigua and Barbuda, (ii) Benin, (iii) Cambodia, (iv) Cameroon, (v) Côte d'Ivoire and (vi) Denmark.

(120587)

274
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministers, (b) officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (c) Cabinet colleagues on whaling over the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(120588)

275
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Heugh Breakwater to coastal sea defences for Hartlepool and the North Sea coast.

(120354)

276
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase the proportion of (a) technological and (b) white goods recycled.

(120771)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

277
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120628)

278
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120638)

279
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) investigations she has undertaken into and (b) reports she has received on the detention of the Algerian nationals known as Q and K in Algeria following their deportation from the UK; whether access is permitted to the two men; and if she will make a statement.

(120848)

280
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Uganda and (b) Sudan on the incursions of the Ugandan Peoples' Defence Force into Southern Sudan.

(120468)

281
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the governments of (a) Uganda and (b) Kenya on pursuing a peace initiative in Karamojo with the warring tribes in that area.

(120469)

282
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance she is offering to the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(120470)

283
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Afghan government on the dismissal of Mohammed Daud as provincial governor of Helmand Province.

(119887)

284
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Afghan government on the dismissal of Mohammed Daud, provincial governor of Helmand Province.

(119980)

285
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of providing (a) accommodation and (b) expenses for overseas trips by Lord Levy was in each year since his appointment.

(120690)

286
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120711)

287
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 1951W, on Lord Levy, why the Foreign Office website states that Lord Levy was present in Kazakhstan in August 2003; on what date he flew to Kazakhstan; and whether his outbound flight was paid for from the public purse.

(120740)

288
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 113806, on public sector pensions, tabled on 5th January 2007.

(120262)

289
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Ugandan government following the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruling on the immediate release of 19 members of the People's Redemption Army.

(120351)

290
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last had discussions with members of the government of Uganda on (a) human rights, (b) judicial independence and (c) the rule of law in that country; and if she will make a statement.

(120353)

291
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, columns 1954-5W, on Somalia, what factors she took into account when deciding not to recognise Somaliland; and in what circumstances she would review government policy and recognition.

(120797)

292
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of diplomatic representation her Department maintains in (a) Somalia and (b) Somaliland.

(120798)

293
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often (a) she and (b) her officials are in contact with the Somaliland authorities.

(120799)

294
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) she and (b) her officials last met her counterpart in Somaliland.

(120800)

295
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the discussions on Somaliland at the recent African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

(120801)

296
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Minister and (b) official represented the UK at the recent African Union summit in Addis Ababa which discussed Somaliland; in what discussions on Somalia the Minister or official took part; and what the outcome was of these discussions.

(120802)

297
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the state of democracy in Somaliland; and if she will make a statement.

(120803)

298
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government maintains video recordings of video conferences held between (a) the Prime Minister and (b) her and foreign counterparts.

(120804)

299
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect in the Palestinian territories of the European Union's decision to withdraw humanitarian aid to the civilian population.

(119800)

300
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information she has received on which countries have supplied weapons and ammunition to the military wings of (a) Hamas and (b) Fatah in (i) the West Bank and (ii) the Gaza Strip since August 2006.

(119941)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

301
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the impact of the human papillomavirus vaccination on the incidence of genital warts.

(120477)

302
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of women attending cervical screening.

(120478)

303
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) paid for and (b) free prescriptions were issued in each primary care trust in (i) Essex, (ii) Herefordshire, (iii) Inner London and (iv) Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(120496)

304
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors are projected to qualify through Modernising Medical Careers in 2007.

(120487)

305
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were in the NHS for (a) junior doctors, (b) consultants and (c) nurses in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006; and how many there are predicted to be in 2007.

(120488)

306
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is accountable to (a) the chiropractic profession, (b) Ministers and (c) the general public; how much public money the GCC received in the last year for which figures are available; whether the GCC operates a filtering system for trivial or vexatious complaints; and what use is made by the GCC of arbitration before cases are brought before the Professional Conduct Committee.

(119868)

307
Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120671)

308
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120623)

309
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Mental Health Bill on (a) transgender people and (b) lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

(120743)

310
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding the Department of Health provided to (a) the mental health charity Combat Stress and (b) Hollybush House in each year between 2001 and 2006.

(120447)

311
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department plans to allocate to the mental health charity Combat Stress in each of the next five years.

(120459)

312
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by NHS trusts in England to authorised verification companies in relation to the Carbon Credits Scheme in the last 12 months.

(120331)

313
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on the Choose and Book system in the London Borough of Bexley.

(120234)

314
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons she refused the offer of funds from Virgin Group Ltd to support an NHS cord blood bank.

(119693)

315
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120712)

316
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds from (a) her Department's central budget and (b) the NHS were provided to Casualty Plus Ltd in the last two years; and what the (i) date and (ii) purpose was of each payment.

(120385)

317
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research into the relationship between levels of air pollution from motor vehicles and rates of heart attack amongst women; and if she will make a statement.

(120485)

318
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research into the relationship between the cost of sunscreen and the prevalence of its use.

(120489)

319
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will (a) issue guidance on the maximum strength of tanning beds available for hire or sale and (b) propose legislation prohibiting the use of tanning beds by under 16s.

(120490)

320
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1583W, on the Capture, Assess, Treat and Support Services, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the process to determine how such services will be provided entails (a) fair and open competition and (b) value for money in the provision of the service; and when she expects (i) the ongoing commercial negotiations to be completed and (ii) to be able to provide the (A) set-up and (B) total first year costs of the service.

(120539)

321
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consequences for public health of entry into the UK of a person carrying a virulent influenza strain that is transmissible between humans; and what action the Government is taking to help prevent such an eventuality.

(120609)

322
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the preparedness of (a) countries where humans have died from infection with avian influenza for the consequences of humans becoming infected with a potent mutated strain of virus that is transmitted between humans and (b) the UK and other developed countries; and if she will make a statement.

(120610)

323
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for her Department's statement that (a) NHS foundation trusts are more likely to demonstrate innovative thinking than other NHS organisations, (b) foundation trusts are accountable to local people and (c) the financial autonomy of NHS foundation trusts brings about improved financial management and rigour.

(120853)

324
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer Question 113817, on public sector pensions, tabled on 5th January 2007.

(120263)

325
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times in the last 10 years an inquiry has been carried out into a suicide by a mental health patient where the patient was first treated on an adult mental health ward when they were under the age of 18.

(120649)

326
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times in the last 10 years an inquiry has been carried out into a homicide by a mental health patient where the patient was first treated on an adult mental health ward when they were under the age of 18.

(120650)

327
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which mental health trusts have bid for capital funding for (a) new facilities for child and adolescent mental health services and (b) to adapt existing facilities; and how many bids for each were successful.

(120651)

328
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was for the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Special Allocations fund in 2005-06; and how much of the budget was spent.

(120281)

329
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the budget for the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Special Allocations fund was allocated to (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts in each of the last three years; and what the money was used for.

(120282)

330
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will extend the period during which doctors can apply for posts via the Medical Training Application System.

(119943)

331
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the medical training application system was available during the application period.

(119989)

332
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which trusts have (a) (i) permitted and (ii) endorsed the use of smart cards for the storage of patient records and (b) shared patient records with other parties through the use of smart cards.

(120300)

333
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by her Department in the years up to 2010; and if she will make a statement.

(120604)

334
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services.

(120358)

335
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer requesting that he reverse the recent classification of diet foods recommended as a means of reducing obesity as in a category of food which attracts VAT.

(120227)

336
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the merits of raising the duty on alcohol sold by (a) supermarkets and (b) off-licences.

(120245)

337
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the public health effects of a rise in the average per unit cost of alcohol sold by (a) supermarkets and (b) off-licences.

(120248)

338
N Mr Neil Turner (Wigan):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial position is of each (a) hospital trust and (b) foundation trust; what percentage of the market forces factor (MFF) was applied to income for tariff payments in each case; and what the value above the mean was that each trust gained as income as a result of the application of the MFF.

(112524)

339
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions were performed in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in 2005-06.

(120570)

340
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on health care per capita in Eastbourne in each of the last 10 years.

(120571)

341
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the Hospital Travel Cost Scheme in each region.

(120572)

342
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the process is for claiming under the Hospital Travel Cost Scheme.

(120573)

343
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the low income criteria are for qualification for the Hospital Travel Cost Scheme.

(120574)

344
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations her Department has received about the possible reconfiguration of services at Eastbourne District General Hospital.

(120575)

345
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Hospital Travel Cost Scheme has been expanded to cover referrals by health care professionals in a primary care setting.

(120580)

346
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the funding allocation of the Pooled Drug Treatment Budget was in real terms in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Sandwell in each of the last three years.

(119881)

347
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected funding allocation of the Pooled Treatment Budget will be in real terms for (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Sandwell in the next three years.

(119882)

348
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of reducing the Pooled Treatment Budget allocation for Sandwell in 2007-08.

(119883)

349
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many documents held in Government records which relate to the infection of haemophiliacs by contaminated blood products and which were thought to have been inadvertently destroyed have been rediscovered; and if she will make a statement.

(120746)

350
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which dates her Department sought legal advice on the extent of its liability for the administration of contaminated blood products to people with haemophilia and subsequent infection with hepatitis C and HIV; and if she will make a statement.

(120749)

351
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body in her Department (a) funded and (b) carried out research into haemophilia blood products prior to the introduction of viral inactivation technology including the taking of liver enzyme samples; for what purpose this research was carried out; and if she will make a statement.

(120757)

352
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether blood taken from people with haemophilia has been used at any time since 1977 to measure the pathogenic potential of the UK blood supply; and if she will make a statement.

(120758)

353
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records her Department holds of meetings conducted in 1976 on the need for or production of factor XIII for people with haemophilia in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(120759)

354
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was made of the likely effect on affected people with haemophilia of receipt of the information before the decision was taken to write to them informing them of their at risk status for public health purposes in relation to vCJD; and what alternatives were considered before it was decided to write to them in the terms which were used.

(120760)

355
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that women whose treatment for breast cancer is delayed at Maidstone oncology department do not develop other cancers during the wait.

(120280)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

356
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have been accepted on to the Poppy project since its introduction.

(119002)

357
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women accepted into the Poppy Project have (a) accepted voluntary return to their country of origin and (b) refused to accept voluntary return and consequently been deported.

(119031)

358
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 112034, on the company Veritas, and (b) 112035, on contracts held between English police forces and Veritas, tabled on 24th January by the hon. Member for Taunton.

(120475)

359
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners are diagnosed as having a mental illness.

(120495)

360
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an offender medically diagnosed as having a personality disorder is classified as having a mental illness.

(120592)

361
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120622)

362
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120635)

363
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle homophobic hate crime.

(120653)

364
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been of those under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 16 years for the possession of child pornography.

(120654)

365
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police have received evidence of members of the Tamil community in the UK being intimidated by representatives of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in order to raise funds for that organisation; and if he will make a statement.

(120278)

366
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120701)

367
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 133W, on Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayiira, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Scotland Yard report into the murder of Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayiira in Uganda was amended by the Ugandan government before publication.

(120256)

368
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 2013W, on the DNA database, why the number of individuals on the database registered in the City of London exceeds the number of residents.

(120332)

369
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by his Department on staff pay in each year since 1997-98; and how many staff were employed in each year.

(120383)

370
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost of pay in the police service was in each year since 1997-98; and how many staff were employed in the police service in each year.

(120384)

371
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of identity cards which will be issued in the first (a) five and (b) 10 years of the scheme.

(120386)

372
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of card readers which will be used by (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector as part of the identity cards scheme.

(120387)

373
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions he plans to impose on the purchase of identity card readers by (a) public and (b) private sector organisations.

(120388)

374
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of an identity card reader.

(120389)

375
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements his Department is making for disabled first-time passport applicants to attend interviews at Identity Passport Service offices; and if he will make a statement.

(120390)

376
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to section 6 (7) of the Identity Cards Act 2006, whether applicants for passport renewal who apply solely for a passport prior to 1st January 2010 will be required to attend an interview centre.

(120391)

377
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to section 6 (7) of the Identity Cards Act 2006, whether applicants for passport renewal who apply solely for a passport prior to 1st January 2010 will have their details entered on the National Identity Register.

(120392)

378
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recreational facilities are available to prisoners at HMP Wandsworth.

(120393)

379
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recreational facilities are available to prisoners at HMP Holloway.

(120394)

380
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of all internal memoranda he sent to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate between 15th January 2007 and 26th January 2007.

(120395)

381
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1st January 2007 on the detention of illegal immigrants or convicted foreign nationals in prisons.

(120396)

382
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the net change in the number of police reporting forms since 1997.

(120397)

383
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether illegal immigrants who have not been convicted of a crime in the UK are held in prisons in England and Wales.

(120398)

384
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether failed asylum seekers are held in prisons prior to deportation.

(120399)

385
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British passports were reported lost or stolen (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each year since 1997.

(120400)

386
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent immigration officers there are in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

(120401)

387
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent removals and enforcement officers there are in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

(120402)

388
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers in the Metropolitan Police's Security Command are deployed at entry points to the UK.

(120403)

389
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency are working on tackling organised immigration crime.

(120404)

390
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent officers there are in each of the ports police forces.

(120405)

391
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of data stored on the Police National Computer.

(120406)

392
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an audit of the accuracy of data held on the Police National Computer has been conducted in the last five years.

(120407)

393
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of policing the UK's borders and entry points in the last year for which figures are available.

(120408)

394
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in each of the East Midlands police forces in (a) 2001 and (b) 2006.

(120733)

395
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in total Government funding for each of the five East Midlands police forces was over the last three years.

(120734)

396
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions restraint techniques were used in each of the four secure training centres in each of the last three years.

(120735)

397
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions handcuffs have been used on trainees in each of the four secure training centres in the last 12 months.

(120736)

398
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the content of the Channel Four Dispatches programme on extremism in some mosques, broadcast on 15th January 2007; and what decision has been made about whether criminal offences have been committed by any of the individuals featured.

(119985)

399
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal safeguards are in place to prevent (a) the preaching of hatred and (b) incitement to commit criminal acts in religious communities.

(119986)

400
N Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Offender Management Service in Wales has actively tested any of the locations suggested in the business case presented by the North Wales Criminal Justice Board for suitability for a new prison facility.

(119867)

401
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Neighbourhood Watch schemes are in operation in Bristol East constituency.

(120480)

402
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders tested positive for (a) opiates and (b) crack cocaine in Bristol between January and December 2006.

(120631)

403
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) cautions and (b) fixed penalty notices were issued in each of the last three years for (i) burglaries, (ii) theft and (iii) other offences; and if he will make a statement.

(120283)

404
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Immigration and Nationality officers who take part in early morning immigration enforcement visits or other out of office hours enforcement visits are paid overtime or any kind of additional benefit.

(120244)

405
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2006, Official Report, column 701W, on leave to remain, what process was used to provide the substantive Answer of 29th November 2006, Official Report, column 777W, on leave to remain.

(120446)

406
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding allocated to local authorities for respect zones will be ring-fenced specific grants.

(120779)

407
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional obligations and responsibilities will be placed on local authorities with respect zones.

(120781)

408
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long local authorities will be funded centrally if they are given respect zone status.

(120782)

409
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what criteria funding will be allocated to local authorities for respect zones.

(120783)

410
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many planning applications have been made by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies for identity interview centres; and in which such local authorities applications have been made.

(120784)

411
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120602)

412
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes his Department undertakes in relation to applications for adoption made by UK citizens for children from abroad.

(120739)

413
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects a visa to be issued by UK visa officials in Islamabad to Mr Ahmad Hussein Saeed Abad of Dalazag Road, Peshawar (Home Office reference H1172569, appeal reference OA/29675/2005) to visit the UK.

(120322)

414
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to remove asbestos from buildings at North Sea Camp prison, Lincolnshire.

(120418)

415
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to improve (a) buildings and (b) staff facilities in North Sea Camp prison, Lincolnshire in each of the next three years.

(120419)

416
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what capital expenditure there was on North Sea Camp Prison, Lincolnshire in each of the last 10 years.

(120420)

417
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter of 13th October from the hon. Member for Warley on Mrs Williams of Smethwick.

(120738)

418
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services.

(120359)

419
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it took for casework papers to be transferred from the Ministerial Correspondence Unit to the relevant section at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in the latest period for which figures are available.

(120274)

420
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from UK law enforcement agencies on the operation of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since 2000; and whether he plans to review the operation of the Act.

(119796)

421
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the effects of Operation Safeguard on front line policing.

(120554)

422
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cells have been taken over for use as part of Operation Safeguard; and on how many occasions each cell has been so used.

(120555)

423
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms offences were committed in England and Wales in each of the last three years.

(119879)

424
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many authorised firearm officers were employed in (a) England and Wales and (b) the West Midlands police authority area in each year since 1997.

(119880)

425
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from police forces indicating that individual cases of anti-terrorism inquiries since the period of detention was increased to 28 days would have been assisted if there had been a longer period of detention without charges being made.

(119689)

426
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with mental health problems are (a) in prison and (b) held on remand; and if he will make a statement.

(118281)

427
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are awaiting transfer to secure mental hospital accommodation.

(119113)

428
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Court Diversion Schemes are in operation.

(119114)

429
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are being treated on detoxification programmes.

(119115)

430
N Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment has been made of the effect of (a) drug misuse and (b) alcohol abuse on criminal behaviour; and if he will make a statement.

(119116)

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

431
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps he is taking to achieve a co-ordinated approach with the House of Lords to lessen the environmental footprint of the parliamentary estate.

(120335)

432
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent external audits the Commission has commissioned to determine whether spending decisions taken by the Commission represent good value for money.

(120444)

433
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Commission spent on (a) acquisitions of office space, (b) refurbishment and (c) maintenance on the House of Commons estate in each year since 1990.

(120445)

434
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 147W, on energy usage, what the energy consumption of each building on the parliamentary estate was in each of the last three years.

(120472)

435
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 147W, what percentage of energy used on the parliamentary estate was derived from renewable resources in each year; and what targets there are for the future use of such energy.

(120473)

436
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the policy of the Refreshment Department is on the disposal of food waste by composting.

(120542)

437
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bottles of water for consumption (a) in restaurants and cafeterias and (b) elsewhere on the parliamentary estate were purchased in each of the last five years; and what the cost was in each year.

(120544)

438
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent by the Refreshment Department on organic produce in each of the last five years; and what percentage of total food costs this represents.

(120545)

439
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are being taken to increase further the amount of (a) glass, (b) metal, (c) plastic and (d) paper on the parliamentary estate which is recycled.

(120546)

440
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many paper copies of the (a) Official Report and (b) Order Paper are (i) produced, (ii) distributed to hon. Members and staff and (iii) unused on an average sitting day; and what the (A) total cost and (B) cost per copy was of producing the (1) Official Report and (2) Order Paper in each of the last three years.

(120547)

441
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total cost of heating the buildings on the House of Commons Estate was in each of the last three years; and what targets are in place for future years.

(120548)

442
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the annual absolute carbon emissions of the parliamentary estate were in each of the last five years.

(120553)

443
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment has been made of the potential for the generation of energy from solar panels on the roofs of the the House of Commons Estate.

(120728)

444
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House authorities have made of the volume of (a) carbon dioxide, (b) methane, (c) perfluorocarbons, (d) nitrous oxide and (e) carbon equivalent released by the incineration of waste from the the House of Commons Estate when calculating the Estate's carbon footprint.

(120729)

445
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures are (a) being taken, (b) planned and (c) being considered to increase the energy efficiency of the the House of Commons Estate.

(120730)

446
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what percentage of waste from the the House of Commons Estate for (a) recycling and (b) incineration was exported for processing in each of the past three years.

(120731)

447
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the House was of printing and publishing Early Day Motions in each of the last three years.

(120732)

448
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the last occasion was when the Commission decided not to proceed with a hitherto agreed item of expenditure following receipt of the estimates for that expenditure; and what the item of expenditure was.

(120443)

449
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the House authorities (a) have been received, (b) have been fully answered, (c) have been partially unanswered with exemptions applied, (d) remain unanswered and (e) were considered vexatious.

(120250)

450
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on which minuted occasions the Commission has discussed (a) the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and hon. Members' correspondence and (b) the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(120252)

451
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether representatives from the Department of Constitutional Affairs have attended meetings of the House of Commons Commission in the last two years.

(120253)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

452
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take during the donor conference for Liberia in February to (a) help Liberia maintain its provision of free healthcare and (b) support the strengthening of health systems in Liberia.

(120493)

453
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120630)

454
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April 2007.

(120640)

455
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120713)

456
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department committed in each year since the invasion to (a) water and sanitation projects and (b) electrification projects in Iraq.

(120236)

457
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has committed to microfinance in Afghanistan.

(120237)

458
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of microfinance projects in Afghanistan.

(120338)

459
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcome has been of spending by his Department in Iraq since the invasion in (a) education, (b) water and sanitation, (c) healthcare and (d) the microfinance sector; and if he will make statement.

(120339)

460
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department had for (a) water and sanitation projects and (b) electrification projects in Iraq prior to the invasion.

(120340)

461
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Andean Unit; and if he will make a statement.

(120421)

462
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had on the future of his Department's Andean Unit.

(120422)

463
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff from his Department were based in each Latin American country in each of the last three years; and how many are expected to be based in each country in each of the next three years.

(120423)

464
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been provided by his Department to each Latin American country in each of the last three financial years; and what funding is planned in each of the next three financial years.

(120424)

Questions to the Leader of the House

465
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members claimed over £10,000 in motor mileage allowance in the last year for which figures are available; what the total amount claimed by all hon. Members was in that year; and at what rate the allowance was calculated in each of the last five years.

(120543)

466
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Leader of the House, whether (a) he and (b) officials from his office have been consulted by hon. Members on the drafting of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill.

(120251)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

467
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120624)

468
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120672)

469
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the multi-storey car park facilities in Coleraine to be completed.

(120229)

470
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to protect the poultry industry in Northern Ireland following the reported outbreak of an H5N1 virus infection in Suffolk; and whether the Northern Ireland Influenza Pandemic Control Committee met in relation to the latest outbreak.

(120232)

471
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many injury collisions occurred on the Ballyquin Road, Limavady between January 2006 and January 2007; and whether any further safety works are being considered for the road.

(120233)

472
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1713W, on digital switchover, if he will take steps to ensure the take-up of digital television in Northern Ireland is equivalent to the take-up in the rest of the United Kingdom.

(120563)

473
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost to the public purse was of the legal action undertaken by the City Council in Londonderry regarding the name of the City.

(120564)

474
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether funding was provided by his Department for the McCord investigation and other similar investigations.

(120497)

475
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120714)

476
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, column 1089W, on ambulance stations, what assessment he has made of whether the current coverage at Castlederg Ambulance Station is adequate.

(120379)

477
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether an economic appraisal has been undertaken to estimate the cost implications across all Northern Ireland government departments if the Irish Language Bill, envisaged in the St Andrews Agreement is enacted.

(120426)

478
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a Minister from his Department has visited the North Down and Ards Institute in each of the past three years.

(120427)

479
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many third level education institutions the Minister for Higher and Further Education has visited since her appointment to the Department.

(120428)

480
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many schools the Minister for Higher and Further Education has visited since her appointment to the Department, broken down by (a) management type and (b) education and library board; and if he will make a statement.

(120429)

481
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment his Department has made of the merits of funding an air ambulance for Northern Ireland.

(120430)

482
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many passengers used (a) the Belfast to Larne railway line and (b) the Belfast to Bangor railway line in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(120431)

483
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding is planned for the Belfast to Larne railway line in the next three years.

(120432)

484
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has made to the Scottish Executive in relation to the upgrading of (a) the A75 Stranraer to Dumfries Road and (b) the A77 Stranraer to Ayr Road.

(120433)

485
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made with the upgrading of (a) the A8 Belfast to Larne Road and (b) the A72 Belfast to Carrickfergus Road; and if he will make a statement.

(120434)

486
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what financial support is available from his Department for the regeneration of town centres on the east coast of the Province; and how much such support has been provided by his Department in each of the past three years.

(120435)

487
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the authorities at (a) the Port of Belfast and (b) the Port of Larne on their future plans for development; and what meetings he has had with representatives from these ports in each of the past five years.

(120436)

488
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment has been made of the likely impact on trade at the Ports of Belfast, Larne and Warrenpoint of the proposed ports development on the east coast of the Irish Republic; and what discussions he has had with the government of the Republic of Ireland on these developments.

(120437)

489
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Bain Report on future school building projects in Northern Ireland.

(120438)

490
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the child safety implications of housing children with learning disabilities in close proximity to convicted sex offenders at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

(120552)

491
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms will be introduced to ensure that monies raised through the implementation of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund are allocated to projects which will result in environmental benefits in Northern Ireland.

(120336)

492
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Government plans to implement the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund in Northern Ireland.

(120337)

493
N Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, columns 1503-5W, on Translink, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of the settlement for the former chief executive of Translink.

(119876)

494
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many photographs of domestic properties in Northern Ireland the Valuation and Lands Agency holds on its Photoviewer database.

(120768)

495
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether representatives of the Valuation and Lands Agency will be attending the Integrating Geographical Information System and Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Conference in Las Vegas in March 2007.

(120770)

496
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how long the Valuation and Lands Agency has published an in-house staff magazine; what the frequency of publication is; and what the cost of the publication was in each year since its inception.

(120786)

497
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many domestic properties in Northern Ireland have photographs allocated to their property record by the Valuation and Lands Agency as part of their domestic rates valuation records.

(120787)

498
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what use Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland makes of (a) variography and (b) pictometry techniques.

(120788)

499
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many aerial photographs Ordnance Survey Nothern Ireland has (a) purchased and (b) taken in-house in each of the last five years.

(120789)

500
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what satellite photography Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland has (a) used and (b) purchased in the last five years; and what high resolution satellites were used.

(120790)

501
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what use the Valuation and Lands Agency makes of automated valuation techniques with regard to each of the taxes for which it has a statutory responsibility for valuing.

(120793)

502
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 30th November 2006, Official Report, column 872W, on local government finance, whether non-structural changes may count as material changes when determining changes in the capital value of the property.

(120827)

503
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding the Valuation and Lands Agency has provided to (a) the University of Ulster, (b) MineIt and (c) Lumio for the development of mass appraisal software or techniques since 1997.

(120828)

504
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency operates an incentive scheme for staff for (a) domestic rate valuations, (b) non-domestic rate valuations and (c) meeting other targets.

(120829)

505
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which organisation will consider appeals against the new domestic capital value ratings; and whether there is a further appeal stage thereafter.

(120830)

506
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings the Valuation and Lands Agency has had with the Republic of Ireland Valuation Office in the last 24 months.

(120831)

507
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what criteria the neighbourhood geo-codes in Northern Ireland were drawn up by the Valuation and Lands Agency.

(120832)

508
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimated yearly cost to the Valuation and Lands Agency is of maintaining the domestic property valuation list under the new capital values system; and what the yearly cost of maintenance was under the rental values system.

(120833)

509
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether an additional (a) bedroom, (b) bathroom and (c) outbuilding would (i) constitute a material change in a domestic property under the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation and (ii) be considered in any valuation of the property for local taxation purposes.

(120834)

510
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) gross and (b) net revenue from dometic rates in Northern Ireland was in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; and what the estimated level is for 2006-07.

(120835)

511
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total monetary value of the transitional relief for the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation is in each year of its operation.

(120836)

512
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether (a) empty homes, (b) homes empty due to the death of the resident owner, (c) second homes and (d) homes with only one adult receive any form of discount under the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation.

(120837)

513
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the tax liability is under the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation for (a) households made up solely of full-time students, (b) households made up solely of working student nurses and (c) households with some full-time students and some adults not on benefits.

(120838)

514
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the tax liability is under the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation for residents who are away from their main residence due to being in long-term residential care or long-term healthcare.

(120839)

515
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the tax liability is under the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation for (a) members of the Armed Services who permanently reside in Northern Ireland in non-Ministry of Defence accommodation, (b) members of the Armed Services who permanently reside in Northern Ireland in Ministry of Defence (MOD) accommodation, (c) members of the Armed Services on active duty in Northern Ireland in MOD accommodation, (d) members of the Armed Services on active duty in Northern Ireland in non-MOD accommodation and (e) members of the Armed Forces who reside in Northern Ireland but are on active duty overseas.

(120840)

516
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for the introduction of a cap on the maximum capital value for the purposes of the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation; and what effect such a cap would have on the estimated average effective tax rate if introduced for 2007-08.

(120841)

517
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) the new discrete capital values system of domestic local taxation, (b) the change in local taxation on property due to changes in the regional and district rates and (c) the introdution of a capital-based system of water charging on long-term house prices in Northern Ireland.

(120842)

518
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by what means the Valuation and Lands Agency assessed whether a domestic property has (a) central heating and (b) an outbuilding in the recent revaluation.

(120843)

519
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets have been set for the Valuation and Lands Agency.

(120844)

520
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Valuation and Lands Agency has purchased (a) Mosaic datasets and (b) ACORN datasets.

(120845)

521
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency for the February 2006 Integrating Geographical Information System and Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Conference in Orlando.

(120854)

522
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of existing domestic properties in Northern Ireland will be able to volunteer to have a water meter installed from April 2007 rather than pay the unmetered rate.

(120855)

523
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate has been made of the number of appeals against the new domestic capital value ratings (a) prior to 1st April 2007, (b) in the 12 months from 1st April 2007 and (c) in 2008-09.

(120856)

524
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the new capital value for local domestic taxation purposes is of the minsterial residences at (a) Hillsborough Castle and (b) Stormont; and who will pay the (i) domestic rates and (ii) domestic water bills.

(120857)

525
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the proposed cap on capital values for domestic properties will apply to water bills.

(120858)

526
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the estimate is of the highest domestic water bill in Northern Ireland under the new capital value system once transitional relief has been phased out.

(120859)

527
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) purpose and (b) function is of the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland's STAR computer system.

(120860)

528
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Valuation and Land Agency's estimated expenditure is on preparation required to implement the planning gain supplement.

(120861)

529
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) clinical biochemistry, (b) haematology, (c) histopathology, (d) cytopathology and (e) microbiology tests and investigations were conducted at each health service laboratory in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

(120341)

530
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many autopsies were conducted in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

(120342)

531
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the costs were of operating each health service laboratory in the Province in each of the last five years; and how much was spent on staffing each laboratory.

(120343)

532
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of pathology and laboratory services provision in the Northern Ireland health service in each of the last 10 years.

(120344)

533
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many blood transfusions were required in the Province in each of the last 10 years.

(120345)

534
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what forms of treatment for depression are available throught the NHS in Northern Ireland.

(120346)

535
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to enhance the provision of psychological therapies in the Province.

(120347)

536
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans there are to enhance the range of services and treatments available for people with depression in the Province.

(120348)

537
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many press statements his Department has released in each of the last 12 months.

(120035)

538
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many letters were (a) sent and (b) received by his Department in each of the last 12 months.

(120037)

Questions to the Prime Minister

539
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Prime Minister, when he will respond to the letter of 3rd February 2007 to him from Meeting for Sufferings, on the proposed replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

(120661)

540
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those who have been stripped of an honour previously bestowed upon them; and what the reason was in each case.

(120852)

541
N Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to attend the funerals of future UK casualties of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(119886)

542
N Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what measures he plans to use to assess the performance of e-petitioning on the Downing Street website.

(119998)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

543
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April 2007.

(120639)

544
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120715)

Questions to the Solicitor General

545
N Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Solicitor General, how many criminal prosecutions were discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service because pursuing the cases was deemed not to be in the public interest in 2006.

(119619)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

546
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the reasons are for the exclusion of (a) debit and (b) charge card transactions from protection under the consumer credit acts of 1974 and 2005.

(118843)

547
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contribution to the UK economy was made by the construction industry in each year since 1997.

(119003)

548
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April 2007.

(120643)

549
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120644)

550
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the full version of the third Work-Life Balance Survey will be published.

(120656)

551
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) manufacturing and (b) research and development in (i) Coventry South and (ii) the West Midlands region.

(119438)

552
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120717)

553
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's policy is on the peak oil concept; and what planning his Department has undertaken on the basis of estimates of oil reserves in (a) 25, (b) 50 and (c) 100 years time.

(120523)

554
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for (a) the market in television sports rights, (b) competition in the television advertising market, (c) competition in programme scheduling, (d) broadcast new services, (e) competition in the retail provision of multi-channel television and (f) the public interest of BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV plc.

(120722)

555
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV plc.

(120726)

556
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings with (a) Ministers and (b) officials have taken place with representatives of BSkyB since BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV plc.

(120727)

557
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the average change in domestic (a) gas and (b) electricity bills in each year since 1997.

(120769)

558
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by each regional development agency in England.

(120785)

559
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120613)

560
N Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many loans have been issued by each of the participating banks in the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme since the scheme came into existence.

(119877)

561
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in the construction of an energy park at Langage, Devon, following the issuing of a licence by his Department.

(120321)

562
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the construction of Langage power station to date; and when it will be completed.

(120499)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

563
N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change has been in UK carbon dioxide emissions from aviation, including the UK's share of international aviations emissions, in each year since 1990.

(118499)

564
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which port authorities have applied for an increase in capacity in each of the last 10 years; which of those applications were successful; how many applications were successful following an appeal; what the infrastructure costs were of such projects which were implemented; and how those costs were met.

(118649)

565
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120621)

566
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120634)

567
N Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was to public funds of the multi-modal study into transport links along the A52 corridor between Nottingham and Grantham; which of the recommendations he plans to implement; and when he expects the implementation to take place.

(119940)

568
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety of passenger vessels on the River Mersey; and if he will make a statement.

(120474)

569
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received a report on the Seacat collision on the River Mersey on Saturday 2nd February; and if he will make a statement.

(120476)

570
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120718)

571
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2007, Official Report, column 247W, which Minister used the Jaguar XJ 4.2 which was sold on 26th May 2005.

(120767)

572
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the peak oil concept; and what planning his Department has undertaken on the basis of estimates of oil reserves in (a) 25, (b) 50 and (c) 100 years time.

(120521)

573
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce noise pollution caused by vehicle exhausts; and if he will make a statement.

(120276)

574
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the long-term effects of climate change on (a) road disintegration caused by heat and (b) the safety of rail tracks subjected to greater heat.

(120540)

575
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the lifts at Milton Keynes Central railway station multi-storey car park will be repaired.

(119869)

576
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions for disabled car drivers have been put in place whilst the lifts at Milton Keynes Central railway station multi-storey car park are not working.

(119870)

577
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the (a) commencement and (b) completion dates of the scheme to upgrade the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.

(120615)

578
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to announce the preferred route for the proposed upgrade of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.

(120616)

579
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of the proposed improvement of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey; and when the project is expected to be included in the Targeted Programme of Improvements.

(120617)

580
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered granting an exemption from Regulation EC 561/2006 to any group of vehicles or their users.

(120753)

581
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate how many of the vehicles used in the UK recovery industry are fitted with tachographs which conform to Regulation EC 561/2006.

(120754)

582
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Regulation EC 561/2006 will come into force in the UK.

(120755)

583
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research he has undertaken into vehicle inspection regimes in other EU countries.

(120756)

584
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many MOT tests were carried out in each year since 1997.

(120763)

585
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the MOT testing system for cars; and if he will make statement.

(120764)

586
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the main causes are of MOT failures.

(120765)

587
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage failure rate of cars that were three years old when presented for their MOT testing was in each year since 1997.

(120766)

588
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in each year up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120750)

589
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on ensuring that private companies performing public services are subject to Freedom of Information regulations.

(120360)

590
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with First Great Western about post-December 2006 (a) reliability and (b) staff shortages on trains to the far South West.

(120376)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

591
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120716)

592
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has met Ministers in the Department for Constitutional Affairs to discuss the effects of the Carter reforms on the provision of publicly funded legal services in Wales.

(120349)

593
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date he last met Ministers in HM Treasury to discuss the effects of Gershon job cuts on the Objective One area of Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(120350)

594
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last visited a constituency in North West Wales.

(120352)

595
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press statements the Wales Office released in each of the last 12 months.

(120036)

596
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many letters were (a) sent and (b) received by his Department in each of the last 12 months.

(120038)

597
N Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many letters he (a) sent to and (b) received from the First Minister for Wales in each of the last 12 months.

(120041)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

598
N Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of sending out payment advice and documentation for the state pension via e-mail.

(120004)

599
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to implement the gender equality duty due to come into force on 6th April.

(120619)

600
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to implement the Race Equality Duty since 2000.

(120647)

601
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women in each age group who are employed and contracted in to the state second pension.

(120377)

602
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women who had previously contracted out contracted back in to S2P/SERPS in each of the last five years.

(120378)

603
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many weeks linking rules apply to housing benefit for those claimants who might be eligible under the Government's 104 week linking rules applying to incapacity benefit when returning to work.

(119692)

604
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants there were in the New Deal for Lone Parents each month since 1998; and how many in each month successfully found employment.

(119987)

605
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants there were on the New Deal for Disabled People each month since 1998; how many in each month successfully found employment; and how many of those people have remained in employment for longer than six months.

(119990)

606
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) of working age and (b) aged under 25 years claimed jobseeker's allowance in each month since 1996; and how many re-applied for the allowance within six months of having previously ceased drawing the benefit.

(119999)

607
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what UK benefits A2 and A8 nationals who become unemployed are entitled .

(120266)

608
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many items of furniture were (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value was of those items in each year.

(120719)

609
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients requested that his Department refund bank penalty charges which have arisen as a result of benefit payments being late because of an error on the part of his Department in each year since 2002.

(120275)

610
N Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Public Procurement Regulations 2006 on the ability of public authorities to meet their disability equality duty through the award of contracts.

(119942)

611
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) the customer satisfaction surveys and (b) the results of mystery shopper exercises conducted since 2001 for (i) Jobcentre Plus, (ii) the Pension Service, (iii) the Child Support Agency and (iv) the Disability and Carers Service.

(120239)

612
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face-to-face customer interviews were conducted by staff at the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years.

(120240)

613
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days training on average were provided to each member of staff at the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years.

(120241)

614
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he uses to assess the productivity of staff at the Child Support Agency.

(120242)

615
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have registered for assistance under the Financial Assistance Scheme.

(120243)

616
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training courses were offered to (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months.

(120301)

617
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's staff handbook.

(120302)

618
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the gifts received by special advisers and declared to his Department in 2005-06; on what date each gift was given; what the estimated cost of each gift was; what the reason was for giving each gift; and what the name of the donor was.

(120303)

619
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) 16 to 24, (b) 25 to 49 and (c) over 50 years terminated their claim for jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.

(120305)

620
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid out by the Financial Assistance Scheme.

(120306)

621
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme.

(120307)

622
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what staffing projections he has made for the Pension Service local service teams.

(120308)

623
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed by the Pension Service local service teams in each of the last four years, broken down by region.

(120309)

624
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Information and Communication Technology systems for the new Full Employment Agency in Scotland.

(120310)

625
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of staff who will be employed by the new Full Employment Agency in Scotland.

(120311)

626
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) set-up and (b) annual running costs of the new Full Employment Agency in Scotland.

(120312)

627
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what notices of external employment have been given by special advisers in his Department in the last two years.

(120314)

628
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the last 12 editions of his Department's staff magazine.

(120315)

629
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's evaluations of media coverage since May 2005.

(120316)

630
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the opinion polls his Department has commissioned in the last 12 months; and what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of each poll.

(120317)

631
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on (a) managing his Department's corporate identity in each year since 1997-98 and (b) branding in the last 12 months.

(120330)

632
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the conferences which were funded in whole or part by his Department in the last 12 months; how many people attended each; and what the cost to his Department was of each conference.

(120448)

633
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many trips by Eurostar were undertaken by staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what total cost.

(120449)

634
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost was of visits abroad by staff in his Department in the last 12 months.

(120450)

635
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 10 most valuable works of art owned and held by his Department are; what the estimated value is of of each; and whom the owner is of each not owned by his Department.

(120451)

636
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on works of art in each year since 1997.

(120452)

637
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost was of advertising positions in his Department in each year since 1997-98.

(120453)

638
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the aggregate amount of payments made by employers as an inducement to members of defined benefit occupational pension schemes to agree to a reduction in their benefits or to a transfer out of the defined benefit scheme to a defined contribution scheme in each of the last three years.

(120456)

639
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure on information technology systems, hardware and software was written off by his Department in each of the last five years.

(120457)

640
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per unsubsidised job sustained for at least six months was of the (a) New Deal for Young People, (b) New Deal 25 Plus, (c) New Deal 50 Plus and (d) New Deal for Disabled People in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(120458)

641
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to answer Questions 113803 and 101303, on public sector pensions, tabled on 16th November 2006 by the hon. Member for Yeovil.

(120265)

642
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bristol East are in receipt of disability living allowance high rate case component as well as high rate mobility.

(120479)

643
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Bristol East constituency are in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) carer's allowance.

(120482)

644
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the resident working age population in each ward in Bristol East constituency is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.

(120483)

645
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the state retirement pension there are in Bristol East.

(120484)

646
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued to local authorities on headstones in cemeteries.

(120772)

647
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Health and Safety Executive's most recent estimate is of the number of deaths in a year in cemeteries due to falling headstones.

(120773)

648
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure is planned to be carried out in Pendle by his Department in the years up to 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(120612)

649
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs on the application of Freedom of Information regulations to private companies performing public services.

(120361)

650
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes were made to the mobility needs assessment required for the (a) lower, (b) middle and (c) higher rate of care component of incapacity benefit to be paid in each of the last three years.

(119463)

651
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his letter of 1st February 2007 reference POS(5)10535/102 regarding Miss Hinkley of Totnes, if he will list the documents which were incorrectly filed; what effect the misfiling of the documents had on the refund due to Miss Hinkley; if he will take steps to ensure that such filing errors are avoided in future; and if he will repay the interest forgone by Miss Hinkley and compensate her for her loss and inconvenience.

(120228)

652
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the proportion of pensioners who will own their own homes in (i) 10, (ii) 20, (iii) 30, (iv) 40 and (v) 50 years' time and (b) the number of pensioners who will not own their own home in retirement in each year.

(120549)

653
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis was for the assumption in The Gender Impact of Pensions Reform that individuals with different working and caring patterns will receive more in retirement income under the reformed system.

(120550)

654
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions underlay the estimate of the number of women likely to participate in personal accounts in the report The Gender Impact of Pensions Reform.

(120551)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

655
Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit claims were found to be fraudulent in the last year for which records are available.

[Transferred] (120247)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

656
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what her policy is on the peak oil concept; and what planning the Strategy Unit has undertaken on the basis of estimates of oil reserves in (a) 25, (b) 50 and (c) 100 years time.

[Transferred] (120524)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

657
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will delay a decision to replace Trident to allow time for a more thorough strategic analysis of the issues and for a wider public debate.

[Transferred] (120658)

658
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the replacement of Trident on the nuclear weapons proliferation regime.

[Transferred] (120659)

659
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government has taken since the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to pursue good faith negotiations for nuclear disarmament.

[Transferred] (120660)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

660
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress his Department has made on implementing recommendations in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report on Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People.

[Question Unstarred] (119660)

661
N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in delivering the Government's strategy to combat teenage pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (119654)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

662
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual work permits for doctors and nurses were issued in 2006; how many were (a) long-term permits of a year or more duration and (b) short-term permits; and how many (i) long-term and (ii) short-term permits have been renewed to date.

[Transferred] (120494)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

663
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce legislation to provide the Police Ombudsman with powers to investigate the activities of M15 officers in Northern Ireland equivalent to the powers in section 55 of the Serious Organised Crime Act giving that office the power to investigate Serious Organised Crime Agency staff in Northern Ireland.

[Transferred] (120467)

664
Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's plans are with regard to On the Runs; and whether he has given assurances to any political party about On the Runs.

[Transferred] (120508)

Questions to the Solicitor General

665
Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 19th December 2006, Official Report, column 1737W, on HM Revenue and Customs: Prosecution Office when HM Revenue and Customs' Prosecution Office expects to publish its resource accounts for 2005-06.

[Transferred] (120748)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

666
Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what proportion of road traffic accidents the police called recovery vehicle services on (a) motorways and (b) all other roads in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (120752)

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