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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 27 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 27 February 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 27 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124025) | 2
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many whole-time equivalent staff HM Revenue and Customs employed on minimum wage compliance in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (123356) | 3
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the level of carousel fraud in each year since 2003-04. | | (123357) | 4
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure on external advice and consultancy was incurred by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; how much has been incurred in 2006-07; which consultants were engaged; and on what projects. | | (123358) | 5
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many whole-time equivalent VAT compliance and enforcement staff there were in each year between 2003 and 2006. | | (123373) | 6
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what portion of the UK's contribution to the budget of the UN Commission for Human Rights is earmarked for (a) particular regions and (b) particular activities; and if he will make a statement. | | (124010) | 7
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which performance indicators HM Revenue and Customs records on the (a) receipt, (b) opening, (c) acknowledgement and (d) answering of taxpayers' correspondence. | | (124063) | 8
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to acknowledge receipt of a tax return was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (124064) | 9
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in (i) his Department and (ii) each agency of the Department in each year since 1997-98; how much is planned to be spent in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (123872) | 10
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials have had with their counterparts in the Department for Education and Skills on the funding of children's centres. | | (124014) | 11
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs provided him with in each month since January 2006 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' contingent liabilities for provisions for disallowance arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes, notably the single farm payment and the possible financial correction which may be demanded by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (124049) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 12
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124037) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 13
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what databases are controlled by the Commissioners; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124050) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 14
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124034) | 15
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes in Warrington North have been included in the Government's decent homes scheme. | | (123835) | 16
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about expenditure on affordable housing in the next Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (123885) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 17
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of requests received by central government in 2006 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were refused on the grounds of disproportionate cost; and how many and what percentage she estimates would have been refused had the fee structure changes presently proposed been in force throughout 2006. | | (123794) | 18
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124035) | 19
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle electoral fraud; and if she will make a statement. | | (124092) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 20
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124036) | 21
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates (a) she and (b) officials in her Department held meetings with representatives from the UK casino industry on a possible increase in the number of category B1 machines allowed in casinos licensed under the Gambling Act 1968 since the enactment of the Gambling Act 2005; who attended such meetings; and if she will make a statement. | | (124088) | 22
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates (a) she and (b) her officials met (i) representatives of the gambling industry and (ii) others to discuss the number of gaming machines in casinos licensed under the Gambling Act 1968; who attended such meetings; and if she will make a statement. | | (124105) | 23
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees her Department has on secondment to outside organisations, broken down by salary grade. | | (124016) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 24
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124022) | 25
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first contracts were placed with US contractors on behalf of his Department, under the Polaris Sales Agreement, for work related to the Trident D5 Life Extension programme; and what the total value was of those contracts. | | (123985) | 26
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the additional costs are of (a) maintaining and protecting Continuous At Sea Deterrence and (b) keeping a submarine-based nuclear force without Continuous At Sea Deterrence. | | (123986) | 27
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision was made for the operating cost of conventional forces protecting the nuclear deterrent within the current and projected in-service costs of the UK's nuclear deterrent published in paragraph 5-14 of the White Paper on the Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent. | | (123987) | 28
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual in-service cost of the UK's nuclear deterrent, including the Atomic Weapons Establishment, was in each year from 1998 to 2005, calculated using the method applied to calculate the in-service costs quoted in paragraph 5-14 of the White Paper on the Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent. | | (123988) | 29
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the costs of building a new uranium processing facility, warhead assembly and disassembly facility, core punch facility, explosives handling facility and material science facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment are included in the estimates for (a) the procurement costs in paragraph 5-12 and (b) the in-service costs in paragraph 5-14 of the White Paper on the Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent. | | (124011) | 30
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the work detailed in the breakdown of nuclear liabilities outlined in the Answer to the hon. Member for Newport West of 24th July 2006, Official Report, columns 778-9W, on nuclear liabilities, is likely to be carried out before 2055; and which of the items in that Answer are included in the projected in-service costs for Trident and its replacement in paragraph 5-14 of the White Paper on the Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent. | | (124012) | 31
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will update the committed and contingent figures in table 7 of Annex B to Supporting Essay 6 of the Strategic Defence Review 1998. | | (124047) | 32
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated annual operating cost is of conventional forces (a) committed to the protection of Trident and (b) with a contingent role in the protection of Trident, calculated on the same basis as the figures provided in the Answer to the hon. Member for Crawley of 2nd November 1998, Official Report, columns 349-50W, on Trident. | | (124048) | 33
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed by the Defence Export Services Organisation; and what its budget is for 2006-07. | | (123685) | 34
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many problems with service families accommodation at Blandford Camp were reported to Modern Housing Solutions in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and how many of these were satisfactorily rectified within three months of notification. | | (122778) | 35
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel were deployed to (a) EU military missions and (b) administrative functions within EU institutions on 1st January 2007; and how many personnel were deployed at each location. | | (122782) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 36
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what databases are controlled by his Department; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124041) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 37
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the impartiality of decision-makers in local authorities judging (a) whether a child should receive a statement of special needs and (b) whether to pay for statemented children's education. | | (123793) | 38
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many part 8 reviews took place in England in the last year for which figures are available; and what conclusions his Department has drawn from these reviews. | | (123836) | 39
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124040) | 40
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Government colleagues on the role of adult education for those without level 2 qualifications in overcoming poverty and social exclusion; and if he will make a statement. | | (123834) | 41
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of young people in (a) Penrith and The Border constituency, (b) Cumbria, (c) the North West and (d) England received education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme's inception; and how many received (i) £30, (ii) £20 and (iii) £10 a week in each case in each year. | | (124005) | 42
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) Sure Start, (b) children's centres, (c) nursery provision and (d) childminder networks in Cumbria in each year between 2001 and 2004. | | (124006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 43
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost per tonne of each of the waste disposal recovery and recycling methods available to local authorities. | | (123560) | 44
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are applied when a local authority is considering a private finance initiative response to cope with landfill diversion. | | (123561) | 45
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of municipal waste private finance initiatives in (a) the last year and (b) since 2000 have been awarded to projects (i) solely based on recycling, (ii) solely based on energy via waste and (iii) based on a mix of recycling and energy recovery. | | (123562) | 46
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average contract length is for a private finance initiative funded energy from waste plant; and whether a minimum tonnage of waste is usually guaranteed across this period. | | (123563) | 47
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124039) | 48
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the exclusion of the (a) Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill, (b) Iffley Meadows, (c) Littlemore Railway Cutting, (d) Lye Valley, (e) Magdalen Quarry, (f) New Marston Meadows and (g) Rock Edge sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxford East from the application of the Environmental Liability Directive. | | (121944) | 49
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of flood risk and (b) adequacy of flood defences. | | (123219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 50
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124038) | 51
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made on the Darfur talks in Tripoli between President Deby, President al-Bashir and Darfur rebels. | | (124058) | 52
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made is of the level of Islamic terrorist activity in Thailand. | | (124059) | 53
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what report she has received on the proposal by the Venezuelan authorities to allow officials to take control of food distribution. | | (124060) | 54
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the Zimbabwean government's plan to nationalise the country's diamond resources on UK interests in Zimbabwe. | | (124061) | 55
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of political prisoners in West Papua. | | (124062) | 56
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK has pledged to the African Union to establish AMISOM in Somalia; and what assistance the UK is planning to provide to (a) the National Security and Stabilization Plan and (b) the part of the plan relating to the re-establishment and training of all-inclusive Somali security forces. | | (124065) | 57
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects to reply to the letter of 15th January from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr M. G. Atiq. | | (124056) | 58
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Lithuanian Foreign Minister on Lithuania's possible membership of the International Whaling Commission; and if she will make a statement. | | (124009) | 59
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the export from the UK of equipment to Indonesia for use by police, civil and military authorities for internal security purposes. | | (122936) | 60
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress towards the autonomy of Papua within the Republic of Indonesia. | | (122937) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 61
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the waiting times for episodes of NHS care for which measurement by her Department has been discontinued in each of the last five years. | | (123796) | 62
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the waiting times for episodes of NHS care measured by her Department; whether each is subject to a target set by her Department; and what the target is in each relevant case. | | (123797) | 63
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 30th November 2006, Official Report, columns 916-7W, on Lyme Disease, what strategies her Department has in place to deal with the increase in the number of people contracting Lyme Disease. | | (124013) | 64
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what databases are controlled by her Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database she estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124033) | 65
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 403W, on care homes: disabled, what information is available on physically disabled young adults living in care homes designed for (a) the elderly and (b) other groups in (i) Southend-on-Sea and (ii) Essex. | | (123792) | 66
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for the establishment of an independent sector treatment centre in Essex; when she expects the centre to open; how many staff the centre plans to employ; how many operations she expects the centre to carry out each year; and when she expects the contract to establish the new centre to be signed. | | (123704) | 67
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. | | (124017) | 68
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effect of closure of specialist family planning clinics on the availability to general practitioners of training in contraceptive services. | | (124018) | 69
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist family planning clinics there were in each of the last five years. | | (124019) | 70
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take into account the extent to which economies of scale can be generated in the management of disparate specialist services in making her assessment of NHS Blood and Transport's strategic outline case for the consolidation of blood production facilities at three sites. | | (123701) | 71
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the decision was taken not to continue to fund the Best Treatments website; and if she will make a statement. | | (123567) | 72
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of clostridium difficile were reported between January and December 2006 in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (123600) | 73
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that all health authorities and trusts produce integrated plans for learning and service development as recommended in the recent report by Professor Fryer. | | (123833) | 74
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have bought new computer services outside the NHS national programme for IT during the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (123989) | 75
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the security implications of housing patient data in a central database. | | (123990) | 76
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) Government agencies and (b) other public bodies will have access to a centrally held NHS patient database. | | (123991) | 77
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to allow patients to opt-out of the centrally held NHS database; and what the conditions for opt-out are. | | (123992) | 78
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are being put in place to ensure that patients have access to their records for the purpose of allowing mistakes to be discovered and corrected. | | (123993) | 79
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to local service providers on delivering the integrated NHS national programme for IT; and what requirements have been placed on such providers. | | (123994) | 80
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local service providers have indicated that they will not be delivering the national integrated programme for IT; and if she will make a statement. | | (123995) | 81
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria her Department is employing to determine whether the NHS national programme for IT is successful; and if she will make a statement. | | (123996) | 82
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs of (a) the Personal Demographic Service, (b) the Personal Spine Information Service, (c) the Transaction Messaging Service, (d) the Secondary Uses Services, (e) the Clinical Spine Application, (f) the Spine Directory Service and (g) the Access Control Framework; and what the projected costs are in each year until implementation is complete for each. | | (123997) | 83
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an assessment has been carried out of (a) the implications and cost of removing the NHS Spine system and (b) the impact of doing so on existing (i) patient care and (ii) patient records. | | (123998) | 84
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of alternatives to a central database for storing patient records. | | (123999) | 85
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the compatibility of the new NHS IT system with hospitals' present IT systems. | | (124000) | 86
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of how long it will take hospitals to transfer all information from their present IT systems onto the new NHS IT system. | | (124001) | 87
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of their budget each hospital is expected to spend implementing the new NHS IT system; and what assessment has been made of the impact of implementing the new NHS IT system on hospital budgets. | | (124002) | 88
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were employed by her Department on 1st January of each of the last five years; and how many of these staff were (a) permanent employees, (b) temporary staff and (c) contractors. | | (124003) | 89
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to prevent the NHS from using 0870 premium rate telephone numbers for patient hotlines. | | (123873) | 90
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of converting to clinical assessment, treatment and support centres premises in (a) Whitegate Drive Primary Care Centre, FY3, (b) South Shore Hospital, FY4 1HX, (c) Fleetwood Community Hospital, FY7 6BE, (d) Queen Victoria Site, Morecambe, LA4 5NN, (e) Preston Healthport, PR2 8DW, (f) Ormskirk District General Hospital, L39 2AZ, (g) Beardwood Hospital, Blackburn, BB2 7AE, (h) St Peter's Centre, Burnley, BB11 2DL, (i) Hilltop Heights, Carlisle, CA1 2NS, (j) Workington Community Hospital, CA14 2RW and (k) Ulverston Health Centre, LA12 7BT. | | (124004) | 91
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect she expects the recommendations in the report by Dr Sheila Shribman, Making it Better: For Mother and Baby, commissioned by her Department, to have on maternity services in areas of urban and rural deprivation. | | (124106) | 92
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the recommendations of the report by Dr Sheila Shribman, Making it Better: For Mother and Baby, commissioned by her Department, will inform the work of primary care trusts in redesigning maternity services. | | (124107) | 93
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rules govern the purchase of health services from hospitals by primary care trusts with more than one hospital from which to commission services. | | (124108) | 94
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has made to Cumbria Primary Care Trust prior to its announcement that no community hospitals within Cumbria will close. | | (124109) | 95
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will extend the scope of the Advance Service Medicine Use Review to cover people who are cared for by carers and members of their family; and if she will make a statement. | | (123703) | 96
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were conducted in each operating theatre in England in each of the last five years; how many hours per week each theatre was in use in each year; and what the net cost per theatre hour used was in each year. | | (124110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 97
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124032) | 98
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to tackle gun-related crime. | | (122709) | 99
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people suspected of being in the United Kingdom illegally have been taken into custody by each of the police forces in Wales since April 2006. | | (123875) | 100
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the five individuals apprehended by North Wales Police and then released on Immigration and Nationality Directorate instructions to attend the Liverpool offices reported to those offices or any other immigration facility. | | (123876) | 101
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons taken into custody by the police forces in Wales as suspected illegal immigrants have been released on Immigration Service instructions and failed to report to the destination indicated by the immigration services since April 2006. | | (123877) | 102
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested in the joint operation between police and the Immigration Service at the LNG terminal in Pembrokeshire to arrest potentially illegal immigrants earlier in 2007; how many were found to be in the UK without the necessary paperwork; how many were released to attend the Swansea Immigration Office and arrived at that Office; how many were released on police bail and failed to answer that bail; and what the (a) location and (b) status is of the remainder of those taken into custody. | | (123878) | 103
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department were first made aware of the case of the five men in North Wales whom the Immigration and Nationality Directorate office in Liverpool instructed to be released; and what actions he took in consequence. | | (123879) | 104
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Iraqi, (b) Afghan and (c) Somali nationals have been waiting for determination of their application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK for more than (i) six, (ii) 12 and (iii) 24 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (123359) | 105
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who had their initial application for asylum refused were subsequently granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (123360) | 106
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Cumbria Constabulary in each year since 1997; and what the projected figures are for 2007 and 2008. | | (124008) | 107
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to all Chief Constables in England and Wales advising them of the benefits of stab vests for police community support officers. | | (123882) | 108
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife-related offences were committed in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (123883) | 109
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 105W, on firearms crime, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting held on 7th February. | | (123888) | 110
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 94W, on community support officers protective clothing, what representations he has received from representatives of police community support officers on the issuing of protective equipment. | | (123889) | 111
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he defines binge drinking; what assessment he has made of the impact of binge drinking on crime levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (123795) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 112
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what databases are controlled by the House authorities; and what percentage of the data in each database is estimated to be inaccurate or out of date. | | (124042) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 113
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124031) | 114
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of statements by the Madagascan Foreign Minister that Madagascar needs more than $242 million to recover from cyclone damage; and what funds he has pledged to aid this recovery since November 2006. | | (124057) | Questions to the Leader of the House 115
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Leader of the House, what databases are controlled by the Privy Council Office; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124043) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 116
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the remuneration will be for those elected to the shadow councils in Northern Ireland in 2008. | | (123564) | 117
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles per day on average use the Lodge Road roundabout in Coleraine in the last period for which figures are available. | | (123565) | 118
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average absence rates were for staff in each district council in Northern Ireland in (a) 2001 and (b) 2006. | | (123566) | 119
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to protect vulnerable consumers from the aggressive marketing techniques of finance companies offering credit card faclities in Northern Ireland. | | (123568) | 120
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124030) | Questions to the Prime Minister 121
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Prime Minister, what databases are controlled by his Office; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124029) | Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission 122
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what databases are controlled by the National Audit Office; and what percentage of the data in each database is estimated to be inaccurate or out of date. | | (124044) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 123
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what databases are controlled by his Department; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124028) | Questions to the Solicitor General 124
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Solicitor General, what databases are controlled by the Law Officer's Departments; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124045) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 125
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what databases are controlled by the Electoral Commission; and what percentage of the data in each database is estimated to be inaccurate or out of date. | | (124046) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 126
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124027) | 127
N | David Howarth (Cambridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effects on universities of the change in budgets of the research councils consequent on the Spring Supplementary Estimates of his Department. | | [R] (123702) | 128
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what areas of Penrith and The Border constituency are considered to be (a) urban, (b) rural and (c) remote under the access criteria for the post office network. | | (124007) | 129
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation he is planning with interested stakeholders on directors' reporting of social and environmental matters in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. | | (121945) | 130
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he proposes to publish advice on directors' interpretation of their duties in relation to the reporting of social and environmental matters in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. | | (121946) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 131
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124026) | 132
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A1 from the New Tyne Crossing to the Ponteland Road interchange is capable of being widened from four to six lanes with slip roads within its existing embankments. | | (123355) | 133
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many noise monitors have been put in place for monitoring the noise of aeroplanes entering and exiting Heathrow Airport in the last 12 months; where such monitors have been placed; and if he will make a statement. | | (123869) | 134
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions BAA imposed fines when aeroplanes exceeded noise limits when (a) entering and (b) exiting Heathrow Airport in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (123870) | 135
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what noise monitor procedures are in place in relation to aeroplanes landing at Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement. | | (123871) | 136
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monitoring there was of noise in the London Borough of Wandsworth caused by aeroplanes entering and exiting Heathrow Airport in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; what monitoring has taken place in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (123874) | 137
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the affordability of unregulated rail fares for First Great Western journeys between Oxford and Reading; and what steps he is able to take to ensure that these do not rise disproportionately. | | (122779) | 138
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for discrepancies in peak time return rail fares between Oxford and Reading and Oxford and Banbury. | | (122780) | 139
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the structure of rail season ticket prices in relation to their affordability for people working from home for one or more days a week. | | (122781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 140
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what databases are controlled by his Department; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124024) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 141
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to speed up execution of arrest warrants in cases of persistent failure to pay child support. | | (123984) | 142
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is for the period between the issuance and execution of arrest warrants in cases of persistent failure to pay child support; and what the average time was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (124015) | 143
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to reply to Question 104707, on wheels to work, tabled by the hon. Member for Daventry for answer on 4th December 2006. | | (124093) | 144
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what databases are controlled by his Department and its agencies; and what percentage of the data in each database he estimates is inaccurate or out of date. | | (124023) | 145
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the means-testing of council house tenants. | | (122708) | 146
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what led to the sending of the personal pension details of 26,000 people to incorrect recipients; what assessment he has made of the extent to which the mistake was the result of (a) human and (b) computer error; and what steps he is taking to prevent similar mistakes in the future. | | (123354) | 147
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants under the (a) New Deal for Lone Parents, (b) New Deal for Young People, (c) New Deal 25 Plus, (d) New Deal for Disabled People and (e) StepUP have been subject to sanctions (i) once, (ii) twice and (iii) three times or more in each year since the introduction of the scheme, broken down by reason for sanction; and how many claimants sanctioned subsequently had their benefit reinstated. | | (124076) | 148
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated on-flows for incapacity benefits are for each year to 2019-20, broken down by (a) region and (b) the age groups (i) 18 to 29, (ii) 30 to 39, (iii) 40 to 49, (iv) 50 to 59 and (v) 60 years and over. | | (124077) | 149
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Department is making in implementing the modernisation of housing benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (124078) | 150
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned expenditure is for the Jobcentre Plus Change Programme; what the aims of the Programme are; what the targets are for the Programme; and how many staff the Programme employs. | | (124079) | 151
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals who would otherwise qualify for incapacity benefit are affected by (a) whole and (b) partial withdrawal of benefit owing to their receipt of an occupational pension; and what the total annual benefit foregone from this clawback was in each of the last five years. | | (124080) | 152
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit recipients in each Government region experienced (a) mental and behavioural and (b) physical disorders in each year since 1997, broken down by type of disorder. | | (124081) | 153
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many and what percentage of eligible but not receiving claimants for (a) pension credit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) council tax benefit are (i) living below the 60 per cent. relative poverty line and (ii) in each income decile. | | (124082) | 154
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases were referred to the National Identity Fraud Unit in each year since 1997; how many of these cases were investigated in each year; and how many of these cases resulted in a conviction in each year. | | (124083) | 155
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget was of the National Identity Fraud Unit and its forerunners in each year since 1997; how many staff the unit employed in each year; and what the Government's performance targets were for the unit in each year. | | (124084) | 156
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of benefit sanctions. | | (124085) | 157
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) other income-related benefits took up the offer of free English provision in each year since 1997; how many places for English provision were available in each year; and what the budget was for the provision of free English lessons in each year. | | (124086) | 158
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the guidelines given to jobcentres for improving the take-up of English courses. | | (124087) | 159
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20th February 2007, Official Report, columns 43-4WS, on the Spring Supplementary Estimates, what functions are being transferred from the Government Actuary's Department to the Department for Work and Pensions. | | (124089) | 160
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 8th November 2006, Official Report, column 1630W, on Jobcentre Plus, what methodology the Department used to generate the estimates. | | (124090) | 161
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate, for each financial year since 1978-79, the number of women who were born in 1945 and who in the year in question were recorded (a) with a qualifying year for retirement pension on the basis of National Insurance contributions or credits and (b) without a qualifying year, showing separately in each case (i) the number receiving Home Responsibility Protection and (ii) the number with a Class 1 reduced rate election. | | (123886) | 162
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women reaching age 60 in 2005 are recorded as having at least one year of Home Responsibilities Protection which (a) did not coincide with a year which qualified for a retirement pension on the basis of contributions or credits, (b) did coincide with such a year and (c) coincided with a year in which there was a Class 1 reduced rate National Insurance election. | | (123887) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 163
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have come to the UK to reside from (a) the Czech Republic, (b) Estonia, (c) Cyprus, (d) Latvia, (e) Lithuania, (f) Hungary, (g) Malta, (h) Poland, (i) Slovenia, (j) Slovakia, (k) Bulgaria and (l) Romania since the accession to the EU of the country concerned. | | [Transferred] (124091) | 164
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manufacturing jobs were lost in Wales in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (123635) | 165
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in the manufacturing sector in Wales in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (123636) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 166
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which London boroughs have sold their trade waste portfolios to the private sector; and what the estimated annual tonnage is of each such borough. | | [Transferred] (124055) |
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