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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 28 February 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 28 February 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 28 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 28 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 28 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average life expectancy was in (a) the UK, (b) Lancashire and (c) Ribble Valley in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. | | (124307) | 2
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many projects in the London Borough of Bexley received research and development tax credits in each of the last five years. | | (124198) | 3
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1131W, on the census, what the most recent date was when the Office for National Statistics rejected an application for an extract from the 1921 Census for England and Wales on the grounds that Exemption 41 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applied to the records. | | (124113) | 4
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the British film industry of the tax breaks for films made in the UK announced in 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (124151) | 5
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department sets a target time limit in which to reply to Members' enquiries about tax credits on behalf of their constituents; and if he will make a statement. | | (124270) | 6
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credits recipients have encountered problems with (a) payments being transferred into their bank accounts and (b) receiving manual payments due to technical problems with the Tax Credit Office computer system since 1st April 2005. | | (124271) | 7
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times Tax Credit Office staff reported technical problems with the computer system in each month since January 2006. | | (124272) | 8
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayments have been (a) caused and (b) written off due to the original problems being caused by technical problems on the Tax Credit Office computer system. | | (124273) | 9
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many miles were travelled by his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials on Government business by (i) air, (ii) rail and (iii) road in 2006. | | (124516) | 10
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate has been made of the carbon footprint of his Department. | | (124517) | 11
N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether air passenger tax which has been pre-paid should be refunded to customers who cancel their flight. | | (123576) | 12
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce the VAT liability of schools which encourage use of their premises by their local community. | | (124252) | 13
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether tax officials from HM Revenue and Customs have legal rights of access to the property database provided by Rightmove for the Valuation Office Agency. | | (124476) | 14
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the funding for the Defence Export Services Organisation through the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (124236) | 15
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was informed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that contingent liabilities for provisions for disallowance arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes, notably the single farm payment, and the possible financial correction the European Commission may apply would be (a) £131 million and (b) £305 million; and if he will make a statement. | | (124335) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 16
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2007, Official Report, column 876W, on advertising, how much of the sum was spent on (a) advertorials and (b) sponsoring supplements. | | (124345) | 17
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reason her Department's Openness Team was renamed the FOI Team. | | (124346) | 18
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment the Charity Commission has made of the effect of the extension of Gift Aid tax relief on levels of charitable giving. | | (124348) | 19
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) presentation and (b) handouts produced for her Department's seminar on information sharing on 7th February 2007. | | (124350) | 20
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2007, Official Report, column 1009W, on 10 Downing Street: repairs and maintenance, what the schedule is for refurbishment and maintenance in 2007. | | (124368) | 21
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2007, Official Report, column 1009W, on 10 Downing Street: repairs and maintenance, how much was spent on the refurbishment and maintenance of (a) the Downing Street offices and (b) the 11 Downing Street flat in each year since 1997-98. | | (124548) | 22
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what rules govern requests by hon. Members of the Cabinet Secretary to investigate the conduct of ministers in the light of the Ministerial Code; and what changes have been made to those rules since 1997. | | (124525) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 23
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on roadside advertisements, what (a) meetings have been held and (b) correspondence has been conducted by officials with local authorities regarding the removal of unauthorised roadside advertisements in the last 12 months. | | (124246) | 24
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on roadside advertisements, how many unauthorised roadside advertisements have been removed as a result of local authority intervention; and what their locations were. | | (124247) | 25
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on roadside advertisements, how many people have been prosecuted for displaying or refusing to remove unauthorised roadside advertisements in the last period for which figures are available. | | (124248) | 26
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has received evidence of advertising companies continuing to solicit business using unauthorised roadside sites. | | (124341) | 27
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that consideration of child welfare issues is made when evaluating the benefits of policy proposals on social cohesion. | | (124190) | 28
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will amend building regulations to prohibit the use of lightweight non-lockable covers for septic tanks. | | (124461) | 29
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of affordable homes were built as a result of section 106 planning agreements in (a) England, (b) Hampshire and (c) each (i) district, (ii) borough and (iii) unitary authority in Hampshire in each year since 2003. | | (124114) | 30
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to provide accessible housing mobility services for social housing tenants; and if she will make a statement. | | (123519) | 31
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons were for the termination of her Department's contract with Scout Solutions Project Ltd; what the annual value was of that contract in each of the three years prior to its termination; and if she will make a statement. | | (123520) | 32
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England impose council tax on second homes; at what rate each authority has set the council tax; and for what purposes they have used the additional revenue generated. | | (124336) | 33
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, columns 314-5W, on religious groups, which (a) Hindu, (b) Sikh and (c) Muslim organisations received funding from the Communities Capacity Building Fund in each of the last five years; and how much has been allocated to each organisation for 2006-07. | | (124538) | 34
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2006, Official Report, columns 93-6W, on deprivation (Somerset), what the population is of each of the lower layer super output areas listed in the table; what the 10 most deprived lower layer super output areas are in (a) England and (b) the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (124229) | 35
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) original budget was and (b) current expected outturn is for the Bath Spa project; what proportion of the budget has been provided from Millennium Commission funding; what assessment she has made of the cost-effectiveness of the use of public funds on the project; who will be responsible for meeting any budget overspend; and if she will make a statement. | | (124116) | 36
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect on (a) energy efficiency and (b) carbon emissions of using electric heating twinned with microgeneration in new building developments. | | (124462) | 37
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration she is giving to electric heating as part of requirements to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings. | | (124463) | 38
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, how many domestic properties in the local authority area of (a) Epping Forest District Council and (b) Brentwood District Council are classified with a Value Significant Code of FC. | | (124362) | 39
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, if she will list the mechanisms by which the Agency gathers and obtains information on whether a property has an outbuilding. | | (124363) | 40
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 313-4W, on local polls, whether local polls may take place on the same day as a local government election should the local authority wish. | | (124364) | 41
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1731W, on the Valuation Office Agency, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's guidance manual for staff on using the Market Comparable Reporting Tool. | | (124365) | 42
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18th January 2007, Official Report, column 1327W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the photographs of properties which are provided by Rightmove include internal photographs of the property. | | (124366) | 43
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2007, Official Report, column 1W, on energy performance certificates, whether she expects their cost to vary according to the size of a domestic property. | | (124367) | 44
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency has valued for council tax banding purposes the residential development of 68 apartments and houses on the land at the former Renny Lodge Hospital, London Road, Newport Pagnell. | | (124412) | 45
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the laying and ratification of revised secondary legislation on Home Information Packs. | | (124413) | 46
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) post-capping and (b) pre-capping average rate in pence of Band D council tax was in each year in England since 1997-98. | | (124414) | 47
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the Local Government Association concerning fee setting and access to property information in the context of Home Information Packs; whether areas of disagreement remain; and if she will make a statement. | | (124415) | 48
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will amend planning regulations to require Network Rail telecommunications masts to receive planning permission. | | (124416) | 49
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what media evaluation reports her Department has produced on council tax in the last 12 months. | | (124417) | 50
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the property performance indicators which are collected from local authorities. | | (124418) | 51
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed Right to Manage on local authority finances. | | (124419) | 52
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) average per dwelling and (b) average Band D council tax was in (i) two-tier areas, (ii) London boroughs, (iii) metropolitan areas and (iv) unitary areas in (A) 1997-98 and (B) 2006-07. | | (124420) | 53
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been produced for local authorities on the use of personal information held for collecting and administering council tax for purposes other than council tax collection. | | (124424) | 54
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, why the Lyons Inquiry into Local Government Funding is included in the list of Government websites to be closed. | | (124426) | 55
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, how many properties in each local authority billing area in England are recorded by the Valuation Office Agency as having the property attribute of (a) one bathroom and (b) two or more bathrooms. | | (124428) | 56
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, how many domestic dwellings in England are recorded by the Agency as having the property attribute of (a) one parking space, (b) two parking spaces, (c) three parking spaces and (d) four or more parking spaces. | | (124429) | 57
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, how many domestic dwellings in England are recorded by the Agency as having the property attribute of (a) one bedroom, (b) two bedrooms, (c) three bedrooms and (d) four or more bedrooms. | | (124430) | 58
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 315W, on the Valuation Office, what the Valuation Office Agency's definition is of a bathroom; and whether a room with a shower but not a bath is classified as a bathroom. | | (124431) | 59
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract between the Valuation Office Agency and Rightmove. | | (124472) | 60
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Valuation Office Agency decided to sign the contract with Rightmove for a specific period of 34 months with the 12 month option to extend. | | (124473) | 61
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the likely income to local authorities from Section 106 agreements as a result of obtaining an (a) small, (b) large and (c) regional casino licence and subsequently allowing a casino development to go ahead. | | (124474) | 62
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether information held by Rightmove from home condition reports and home information packs will be included within the current and historic database that the Valuation Office Agency has access to under its ongoing contract with Rightmove. | | (124475) | 63
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Valuation Office Agency paid to Rightmove.co.uk plc in each year since 2004-05. | | (124477) | 64
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what area of the UK Rightmove is supplying the Valuation Office Agency with property information. | | (124478) | 65
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average business rates bill in England was in each year since 1997-98. | | (124479) | 66
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) solar panels and (b) a small wind turbine would be considered by the Valuation Office Agency when assessing the capital value of a domestic dwelling for a council tax valuation or revaluation. | | (124480) | 67
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public funding has been provided to the Arc Manche Regional Assembly from (a) central government and (b) the EU Interreg programme. | | (124481) | 68
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2007, Official Report, column 1894W, on EU Directive 2002/91/EC, whether her Department holds a copy of a European (a) Commission and (b) Parliament Impact Assessment. | | (124482) | 69
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency collates information on whether domestic dwellings have (a) double glazing, (b) solar panels and (c) wind turbines. | | (124534) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 70
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average jail term is for people imprisoned for electoral fraud in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (124238) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 71
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Independent Committee for the Supervison of Standards of Telephone Services with regard to (a) the legality of and (b) the regulation of Call-TV quiz shows; when these discussions took place; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current regulation; and if she will make a statement. | | (124260) | 72
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding she has provided to the Cotswold Academy to develop skills-based training for those wanting to work in the heritage industry. | | (124467) | 73
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department makes available to community radio. | | (124199) | 74
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the revised Olympic budget to be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (124138) | 75
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department issues to those local authorities which charge for internet access from People's Network computers in public libraries on the model of charging used. | | (124117) | 76
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of local authorities which charge local residents for internet access from People's Network computers in public libraries. | | (124118) | 77
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice her Department has issued to local authorities in determining whether to charge for internet access from People's Network computers in public libraries. | | (124126) | 78
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been provided from the public purse for the provision of the People's Network programme to (a) Bath and North East Somerset, (b) South Gloucestershire, (c) Cornwall, (d) Torbay and (e) Devon councils since 2002. | | (124127) | 79
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of those local authorities which only allow full internet access from People's Network computers in public libraries through the levy of a fee which do so without any free time being made available. | | (124128) | 80
| Dan Norris (Wansdyke):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what social inclusion criteria guidance her Department has issued to local authorities that charge for internet access from People's Network computers in public libraries. | | (124129) | 81
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) purpose and (b) expected cost is of the Minister for Culture's forthcoming visit to Australia and New Zealand. | | (124144) | 82
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to finalise the contractual arrangements for the delivery of the digital help scheme. | | (124253) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 83
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what facilities are available to the EU in the Operations Centre for European Security and Defence Policy; what the budgeted cost is of those facilities for the 2007-08 financial year; and what proportion of the resources and budget are provided by the UK. | | (124328) | 84
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Apache helicopters in Afghanistan have been taken out of operation due to problems with the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor system; and what the average time to repair the malfunction has been. | | (123035) | 85
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are there to replace the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor system on the Apache helicopters. | | (123036) | 86
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many A400M aircraft are to be procured for the British military; and at what cost. | | (123037) | 87
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to recruit and train paramedics to serve with the front lines in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (123445) | 88
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Devon of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 98W, on nuclear disarmament, what progress the UK has made on Step (a) 6 and (b) 9 of the 13 Steps agreed at the 2000 Nuclear non-proliferation Treaty review conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (124111) | 89
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Devon of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 98W, on nuclear disarmament, what the (a) evidential and (b) treaty basis is for describing the UK's announced reduction to 160 operational nuclear warheads as disarmament. | | (124112) | 90
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the (a) reporting and (b) publication of the Board of Inquiry Report into the destruction of the Hercules Aircraft on a landing strip in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (124205) | 91
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has received from Annington Homes, under the profit-sharing scheme, from the proceeds of sales of former Ministry of Defence (a) housing and (b) land in each (i) district and (ii) unitary authority in Hampshire in each year since the scheme began; what estimate he has made of revenues in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (124206) | 92
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which officials in his Department are involved in reviewing the need for further research using live goats, as part of the contract renewal process. | | (124243) | 93
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2006-07 (HC294), if he will break down the (a) current and (b) revised request for resources one, two and three provision for each subhead by (i) near cash Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL), (ii) non-cash DEL and (iii) capital DEL. | | (124456) | 94
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of creating the 2007 Royal Air Force desktop calendar. | | (124457) | 95
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2006-07 (HC293), if he will break down the (a) current and (b) revised request for resources one, two and three provision for each subhead by (i) near cash annual managed expenditure, (ii) non-cash annual managed expenditure, (iii) capital annual managed expenditure, (iv) near cash non-budget and (v) non-cash non-budget. | | (124458) | 96
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on the Golden Hello programme in each year since 1997. | | (124459) | 97
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Golden Hello programme has been (a) suspended and (b) partially suspended at any time. | | (124471) | 98
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 314W, on Armed Forces: security, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest briefing. | | (124528) | 99
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 312W, on NATO, what assessment he has made of progress in the continuing transformation of NATO's capabilities. | | (124529) | 100
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcomes of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions were; how his Department plans to implement the agreement reached at the conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (124539) | 101
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects the effects of the outcome of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions to be on the Government's maintenance of stockpiles of (a) dumb and (b) not-dumb cluster munitions; and if he will make a statement. | | (124540) | 102
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd February 2007, Official Report, column 960W, on bombs, what he expects the effects of the outcome of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions to be on the Government's procurement of the (a) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System and (b) the Brimstone advanced anti-armour weapon; and if he will make a statement. | | (124541) | 103
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) United States, (b) Chinese, (c) Russian and (d) Israeli counterparts on the outcome of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions; what the outcome was of those discussions; and if he will make a statement. | | (124542) | 104
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will increase the number of (a) fixed wing and (b) rotary heavy lift aircraft deployed to Afghanistan. | | (124134) | 105
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce missile-to-missile defences in the United Kingdom in 2007 to 2012. | | (124310) | 106
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1046W, on the MOD Police, what the reason is for the level of reduction in the number of his Department's police officers at the Colchester Garrison. | | (124449) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 107
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) supported research into the impact on governing bodies and their chair of a school being put into special measures. | | (124453) | 108
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) unauthorised and (b) authorised absences were recorded at (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Lancashire in each year from 1997 to 2006. | | (124308) | 109
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what policy considerations affected the decision to include the study of pre-20th century English literature on the Key Stage 3 English curriculum. | | (124320) | 110
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in (a) England and (b) Northamptonshire had at least one unauthorised absence in the last year for which figures are available. | | (124504) | 111
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university applications there were in each of the past seven years by people living in (a) England, (b) the North East region and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (124224) | 112
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures have been taken in the last five years to help teachers to tackle homophobic bullying of (a) pupils and (b) teachers in schools. | | (124226) | 113
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special educational needs schools there are in Hertfordshire; and how many school places there were in each year since 1997. | | (124406) | 114
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is in place in relation to a child who runs away from their home local authority area into another authority area. | | (124095) | 115
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the Missing Persons Strategic Oversight Group since May 2004; and on what dates this occurred. | | (124097) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which inspection régimes monitor local authorities' activities regarding adoption. | | (124530) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets have been set for local authorities by central government regarding adoption; and when each target was introduced. | | (124532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 118
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a system of fines for the production of excess packaging. | | (124451) | 119
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the enforcement capability of the Environment Agency as new waste regulations come into force. | | (124465) | 120
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will advance the payment of support to those landowners who use their land for forestry for the purposes of developing carbon sinks. | | (124466) | 121
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that legally docked working dogs continue to be allowed to take part in agility, working trials and obedience shows where the public is admitted on the payment of a fee. | | (124546) | 122
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that dogs with tails that have been shortened or amputated for medical reasons may continue to be shown at all events. | | (124547) | 123
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the remit is of the inquiry by his Department into the recent events at Bernard Matthews at Holton in Suffolk; and how the (a) proceedings and (b) conclusions of the inquiry will be communicated to the public. | | (124186) | 124
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how avian influenza was spread from one shed to others at Bernard Matthews' Holton plant; and what the time period was between first identification of the virus and later identification in other sheds. | | (124321) | 125
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department first learnt that Hungarian poultry meat was being transported to Bernard Matthews at Holton, Suffolk. | | (124322) | 126
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is an EU-wide agreement on the payment of compensation to workers who are laid off following an outbreak of animal disease. | | (124323) | 127
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures his Department put in operation to effect a rapid cull of turkeys at Holton; and what alternative options were considered. | | (124324) | 128
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what biosecurity methods are in operation at Holton; and what methods are in use at other poultry units in England. | | (124325) | 129
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the time period was between the first contact with his Department of the veterinary surgeon who discovered the avian influenza outbreak at the Bernard Matthews plant at Holton and his Department's first subsequent visit to the plant. | | (124326) | 130
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding (a) his Department and (b) its predecessor provided to (i) the IPPR and (ii) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since May 1997; and for what purpose funding was provided. | | (124212) | 131
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Environment Agency provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since May 1997; and for what purpose funding was provided. | | (124213) | 132
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Energy Saving Trust provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since its creation; and for what purpose funding was provided. | | (124214) | 133
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend the duty of care towards an animal for which a person is responsible under section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to birds of prey used in fox hunting; and if he will make a statement. | | (124146) | 134
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles were travelled by his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials on Government business by (i) air, (ii) rail and (iii) road in 2006. | | (124522) | 135
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate has been made of the carbon footprint of his Department. | | (124523) | 136
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to phase out the use of animals in circuses. | | (124133) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 137
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many man hours have been spent by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department in the discussions with the German EU presidency regarding the future of Europe referred to in paragraph 41 of Prospects for the European Union in 2007 (Cm 7024). | | (124329) | 138
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1125W, on Algeria: deportation, what the most recent information is which she has received on the four individuals; what further steps embassy officials have taken; and if she will make a statement. | | (124380) | 139
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage improved human rights in China. | | (123624) | 140
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Chinese counterparts on China's environmental record and meeting carbon emission targets. | | (123625) | 141
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the Minister for Europe has made to the European Commission's review of the Single Market. | | (124506) | 142
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints from the public were received by (a) the (i) corporate affairs, (ii) consular services, (iii) protocol, (iv) defence and intelligence, (v) globalisation and (vi) political sections of her Department, (b) UK Trade and Investment , (c) UK Visas, (d) each embassy overseas and (e) each consulate overseas in (A) 1997-98, (B) 2001-02 and (C) 2005-06; and how many have been received by each in 2006-07. | | (124460) | 143
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions; and how her Department plans to implement the agreement reached at the conference. | | (124549) | 144
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) US, (b) Russian, (c) Chinese and (d) Israeli counterparts on the outcome of the Oslo conference on cluster munitions; what the outcome was of those discussions; and if she will make a statement. | | (124550) | 145
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi civilians died in Iraq as a consequence of (a) military action by coalition forces, (b) sectarian violence and (c) acts of violence from insurgents in 2006. | | (124317) | 146
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the UK Public Strategy Paper on Latin America; and if she will make a statement. | | (124344) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 147
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential health benefits of compulsory fortification of flour with folic acid, with particular reference to spina bifida and other neural tube defects; and if she will make a statement. | | (124140) | 148
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her written statement of 21st February 2007, Official Report, column 49WS, on the New Deal for Carers, how much of the additional £25 million available to local authorities in England for the provision of short term home-based respite care she expects to be allocated to Oxfordshire County Council. | | (124263) | 149
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of all cancers for which skin cancer will account in 2022. | | (124256) | 150
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent of the under-reporting of skin cancer cases; and what estimate she has made of the actual figure for such cases. | | (124257) | 151
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the rate of change in the number of skin cancer cases over the next 15 years. | | (124258) | 152
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the potential annual cost of treating skin cancer by 2022. | | (124259) | 153
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of skin cancer cases attributable to the use of sun beds by people under the age of 18 years; and what steps she is taking to limit the use of sun beds by under-18s. | | (124261) | 154
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated to skin cancer education awareness. | | (124262) | 155
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for recent trends in attendance levels for cervical screening by 25 to 29 year olds. | | (124395) | 156
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust (i) were called for and (ii) attended cervical screening in each of the last five years, broken down by age. | | (124396) | 157
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will direct the Joint Committee on Vaccinations to meet to consider recommendations from its sub-group on Gardasil to ensure that the vaccine is rolled out during 2007-08. | | (124397) | 158
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of progress by NHS organisations in rolling out the new screening procedure for cervical cancer. | | (124398) | 159
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her assessment is of the policy implications of the judgement in the 2004 case of Goldsmith v. the London Borough of Wandsworth on the funding of care in nursing homes. | | (124191) | 160
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of violent and abusive patients to West Midlands Strategic Health Authority in terms of extra security, absenteeism, training of staff and legal bills. | | (124210) | 161
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to minimise risks during pregnancy for women with diabetes. | | (124211) | 162
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for (a) inpatient, (b) day cases and (c) outpatient appointments in Royal Preston Hospital in each year since 1992. | | (124305) | 163
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was raised from parking fees by each health authority in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (124306) | 164
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hepatitis C there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (124400) | 165
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis were reported (a) in England, (b) the area covered by the East Kent Hospitals Trust and (c) at the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Margate in each of the last 10 years. | | (123444) | 166
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on a human papilloma virus national immunisation programme are implemented within the school year 2007-08. | | (124115) | 167
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on NHS spending of a national human papilloma virus types 6, 11, 16 and 18 immunisation programme for (a) 12 year old girls, (b) 12 to 16 year old girls and (c) 12 to 16 year old girls and boys. | | (124121) | 168
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, columns 57-8W, whether the Government's commitment to patient choice will enable patients to choose homeopathy from a local NHS homeopathic clinic or NHS homeopathic hospital. | | (124193) | 169
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, columns 672-3W, on NHS foundation trusts, if she will list references to the growing body of evidence that performance and responsiveness has improved across the National Health Service foundation trust sector. | | (124535) | 170
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, columns 672-3W, on NHS foundation trusts, what proportion of residents in foundation trust catchment areas are members of foundation trusts. | | (124536) | 171
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses are employed by local education authorities in the East Midlands Health Region. | | (124381) | 172
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many school nurses were employed in each health region in England in each of the last three years. | | (124382) | 173
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places there were for health visitors in each health region in each of the last three years. | | (124383) | 174
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places there were for midwives in each health region in England in each of the last three years. | | (124384) | 175
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the future need for (a) midwives, (b) school nurses and (c) health visitors; and if she will make a statement. | | (124452) | 176
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the availability of fresh drinking water in public places; and if she will make a statement. | | (124147) | 177
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will commission research into the optimum proportion of the daily recommended intake of fluids which should be taken as water. | | (124148) | 178
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the public follow the Government's guidelines on how much water to drink; and if she will make a statement. | | (124149) | 179
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research she has examined on the use of eggs from genetically modified hens in research into treatment for cancer; and if she will make a statement. | | (124150) | 180
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts she expects to be in financial deficit at the end of the 2006-07 financial year. | | (124405) | 181
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library the latest findings of the turnaround teams within West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. | | (124407) | 182
| Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department expects to publish the findings of the Contraceptive Services Audit; and if she will make a statement on the findings of the audit. | | (124454) | 183
| Laura Moffatt (Crawley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to promote awareness of long acting contraceptives; and if she will make a statement. | | (124455) | 184
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) representations and (b) other information she has received on the financial impact on nurseries and playgroups suffering from delayed payments for reimbursement of the cost of milk from the Welfare Food Reimbursement Unit. | | (124267) | 185
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what value of claims by nurseries or playgroups for reimbursement of the cost of milk from the Welfare Food Reimbursement Unit are awaiting payment; and what the average value was of claims outstanding at any one time in 2006. | | (124268) | 186
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims by nurseries and playgroups for reimbursement of the cost of milk from the Welfare Food Reimbursement Unit are awaiting payment; and how many were awaiting payment at any one time on average in 2006. | | (124269) | 187
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will discuss with the Home Secretary the number of anti-social behaviour orders given to people with mental health conditions. | | (124311) | 188
N | Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will answer the questions tabled by the hon. Member for Cleveland on 16th January 2007, on radioactive hospital waste, references (a) 117208 and (b) 117210; and if she will make a statement. | | (123028) | 189
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions and on what dates her Department has been represented at a meeting of the Missing Persons Strategic Oversight Group since May 2004. | | (124096) | 190
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which inspection régimes monitor local authorities' activities in social care. | | (124531) | 191
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for local authorities by central government regarding social care; and when each target was introduced. | | (124533) | 192
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance her Department has issued to hospitals on the means to prevent transmission of clostridium difficile; and if she will make a statement. | | (124526) | 193
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the possibility of transmission of clostridium difficile by airborne means. | | (124527) | 194
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what major hospital building projects were approved in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (124187) | 195
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were conducted in England in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority; how many hours per week on average an operating theatre was in use in each authority in each year; and what the net cost per theatre hour used in each authority was in each year. | | (124390) | 196
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department defines binge drinking; what assessment she has made of the impact of binge drinking on the NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (124264) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 197
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the Schito report into allegations of management failure and dysfunction at HM Prison Wandsworth. | | (124385) | 198
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist in HM Prison Service to ensure that good practice is disseminated from employment issues arising from (a) employment tribunals and (b) Civil Service appeal boards to ensure that (i) management failings and (ii) costs to the public purse are not repeated; and if he will make a statement. | | (124386) | 199
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports into professional standards issues in HM Prison Service were produced in each of the last six years; what proportion of those reports involved the Metropolitan Police; how many of those reports were published; and if he will make a statement. | | (124387) | 200
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken as a consequence of the Schito report to prevent repetition of the failings identified; and if he will make a statement. | | (124389) | 201
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison informants (a) self-harmed and (b) committed suicide (i) whilst detained in prison and (ii) after leaving prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (124392) | 202
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish the report of the Tasker investigation into corruption and maltreatment of whistleblowers within HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (124393) | 203
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the Tasker investigation into corruption and maltreatment of whistleblowers within HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (124394) | 204
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to Question 117755, on immigration, tabled by the hon. Member for Newbury for answer on 30th January. | | (124349) | 205
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases in which a foreign national was to be deported due to a conviction in the UK were delayed following completion of the prison term where the foreign national was (a) contesting and (b) not contesting the deportation in each of the last five years. | | (124119) | 206
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals who have served a prison sentence in the UK and are awaiting deportation have made a complaint regarding the length of time between completion of the prison sentence and deportation. | | (124120) | 207
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are awaiting deportation due to having committed a criminal offence in the UK and following completion of their prison term. | | (124218) | 208
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints his Department has received regarding the Criminal Casework Team in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in alterations to the Team. | | (124219) | 209
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have been made to the Criminal Casework Team in each of the last five years. | | (124220) | 210
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) internal and (b) external reviews of the Criminal Casework Team have been conducted in the last five years. | | (124221) | 211
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of transportation, including security and all other related costs, is for deporting a foreign national who is being deported following a conviction in the UK if the deportation is successful. | | (124230) | 212
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) longest and (b) shortest period of time has been between the completion of the prison sentence and deportation from the UK where a foreign national is to be deported due to a conviction in the UK in the last five years. | | (124231) | 213
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempted deportations of foreign nationals who have served prison sentences in the UK have had to be rescheduled in the last five years. | | (124232) | 214
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time between the completion of the prison sentence and deportation from the UK, where a foreign national was deported due to a conviction in the UK, has been in the last five years. | | (124233) | 215
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals were successfully deported due to committal of a criminal offence in the UK following completion of their prison term in each of the last five years. | | (124234) | 216
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what costs of transportation, including security and all other related costs, of foreign nationals who are being deported due to having committed a criminal offence are irrecoverable where the deportation is (a) rescheduled and (b) cancelled. | | (124235) | 217
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget of the Criminal Casework team was in each of the last five years; and how it was allocated in each year. | | (124318) | 218
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which 10 causes of delay to deportation are the most frequent where a foreign national offender is to be deported following a conviction in the UK; and what steps his Department has taken to tackle them. | | (124319) | 219
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per day is of detaining a foreign national awaiting deportation following a conviction in the UK. | | (124332) | 220
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost of detaining foreign nationals awaiting deportation following a conviction in the UK was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (124333) | 221
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities are being used to house the foreign nationals convicted of a crime in the UK prior to their deportation. | | (124334) | 222
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 325W, on prison capacity, how many additional prison officers he expects to be recruited in 2007 to oversee the additional prison places created. | | (124408) | 223
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers have been recruited to work at the new prison HMP Kennett in Merseyside. | | (124410) | 224
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Prison Officers Association on the announcement to open the new prison HMP Kennett in Merseyside. | | (124411) | 225
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the police detection rates were for all recorded crimes in Bedfordshire, in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (124507) | 226
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets were put in place on the rate of convictions to criminal offences in Bedfordshire in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (124511) | 227
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences in Bedfordshire resulted in the conviction of the offender in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (124512) | 228
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Probation Service staff under investigation for serious further offences have a right to union representation. | | (124468) | 229
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the absence of data on offences committed abroad by foreign nationals on the adequacy of risk assessments of those individuals by the Immigration Service. | | (124469) | 230
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with anti-social behaviour orders have underlying brain disorders, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (124409) | 231
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in the United Kingdom were not UK citizens in each of the last five years. | | (124069) | 232
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of failed asylum seekers (a) living in the UK and (b) who were living in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (124070) | 233
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for electoral fraud there were in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (124071) | 234
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dog handlers there were in each police force in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (124509) | 235
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police motorway patrol cars (a) entered and (b) left service in each of the last 10 years. | | (124124) | 236
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of a police motorway patrol car was in the last 12 months. | | (124125) | 237
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department and its agencies as immigration officers at (a) Bristol International Airport, (b) Shoreham (Brighton City Airport), (c) Leeds Bradford Airport, (d) Bournemouth Airport, (e) Blackpool Airport, (f) Birmingham International Airport, (g) Aberdeen Airport, (h) Belfast George Best City Airport and (i) Belfast International Airport. | | (124510) | 238
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will establish a national system of support for young people involved in the criminal justice system as witnesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (124123) | 239
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the identity cards scheme; what projections he has made of future costs; and if he will make a statement. | | (124194) | 240
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners paid compensation to the victims of their crimes while in prison in each of the last three years for which records are available. | | (124195) | 241
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many landlords were prosecuted for allowing (a) drunkenness and (b) riotous behaviour on their premises in each of the last three years for which records are available. | | (124196) | 242
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to reclassify crimes involving cash and valuables in transit from business crime to a category of serious crime; and if he will make a statement. | | (124207) | 243
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total wage bill for each police force in England and Wales is in 2006-07, broken down into (a) police officers by rank, (b) police community support officers and (c) other police staff. | | (124051) | 244
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches of (a) individuals and (b) vehicles were conducted under the Terrorism Act 2000 by each police force in England and Wales in the last 12 months. | | (124052) | 245
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each force in England and Wales as at December 2006, broken down by rank. | | (124053) | 246
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will establish the tackling of business and retail crime as a key performance indicator for the police. | | (124543) | 247
N | Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crime wardens are working with Merseyside Police within the boundary of Liverpool City Council who are funded by (a) Home Office resources, (b) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund resources, (c) New Deal for Communities resources and (d) local authority resources. | | (123686) | 248
N | Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers working with Merseyside Police within the Liverpool City Council boundary are funded by (a) Home Office resources, (b) Neighbourhood Renewal Fund resources, (c) New Deal for Communities resources and (d) local authority resources. | | (123798) | 249
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of compulsory English language requirements for migrants with European Union law. | | (124402) | 250
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of intercept evidence in trials on the effectiveness of the security services. | | (124403) | 251
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Indian nationals have been detained at Oakington removal centre in the last 12 months; what the longest period of detention is of one of those nationals; how many Indian nationals have been detained for longer than (a) six months and (b) three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (124145) | 252
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to change funding of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary following (a) the most recent figures on relative crime levels and (b) the conclusions of recent departmental reviews of force funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (124242) | 253
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to reduce the number of guns (a) in general circulation and (b) being sold in England; and what steps he is taking to prevent those who have been convicted of crimes from purchasing guns on their release. | | (124339) | 254
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are made of the membership of, and affiliation to, extremist groups of those employed by his Department. | | (124524) | 255
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens of the post-2000 EU accession states have been convicted of criminal offences in the UK. | | (124265) | 256
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty fines from Gatso speed cameras were not able to be issued in England and Wales in 2006 as a result of vehicles not being registered. | | (124312) | 257
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community support officers were in post in each police authority in England and Wales in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (124216) | 258
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost of the crimes which have been committed by offenders wearing electronic tags; and if he will make a statement. | | (124141) | 259
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed in each of the last five years by offenders wearing electronic tags; and if he will make a statement. | | (124142) | 260
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what capital funding he plans to commit to North Sea Camp Prison, Lincolnshire in each of the next three financial years. | | (124132) | 261
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the Missing Persons Strategic Oversight Group since May 2004; and on what dates this occurred. | | (124098) | 262
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the knife amnesty held in 2006. | | (124372) | 263
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the knives seized in the knife amnesty held in 2006 have been successfully disposed of. | | (124373) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 264
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the carbon footprint of the House estate; and what targets have been set to reduce it. | | (124508) | 265
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent estimate has been made of the carbon footprint of the Parliamentary estate. | | (124518) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 266
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the trafficking of people from the developing world to the UK. | | (124401) | 267
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will meet (a) UK chocolate manufacturers and (b) others in the cocoa industry to urge them to provide a Traffik Free Guarantee for the cocoa they (i) harvest, (ii) import and (iii) use; and if he will make a statement. | | (124197) | 268
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Education Fast Track Initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (124130) | 269
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding and resources (a) were allocated to the Global Conflict Prevention Pool in each of the last five financial years and (b) are planned to be allocated in each of the next three financial years. | | (124131) | 270
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has given to the Global Health Workforce Initiative; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the spending of those funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (124342) | 271
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the comparative performance of his Department's Andean Unit and its offices elsewhere in the world. | | (124343) | Questions to the Leader of the House 272
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make a statement on the future role of Church of England bishops in the House of Lords. | | (124309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 273
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland attending for eye examination who completed the section of the form for those eligible for free eye testing in 2006 were subsequently found not to be so entitled. | | (123799) | 274
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times he met local councils in Northern Ireland between January 2006 and January 2007. | | (123800) | 275
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in offering assistance to those young people in Northern Ireland thought to be at risk of self harm in the last 12 months. | | (123801) | 276
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the change in bus and train passenger numbers in Northern Ireland was between January 2006 and January 2007. | | (123802) | 277
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what he estimates the cost will be to the public purse of the payments to community restorative justice schemes in Northern Ireland in the year ending April 2008. | | (123803) | 278
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) special educational needs tribunal cases and (b) special educational needs judicial review cases there were in each education and library board in each of the last five years. | | (124369) | 279
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much each Education and Library Board spent on defending (a) special education needs tribunal cases and (b) special educational needs judicial review cases in each of the last five years. | | (124544) | 280
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much each Education and Library Board spent on legal advice in relation to special educational needs cases in each of the last five years. | | (124545) | 281
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanism is available to staff in the Department of Health and Social Services to assess whether their pay band is fair under the Agenda for Change system. | | (124222) | 282
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate he has made of the time taken to process planning applications in the Craigavon planning office. | | (124223) | Questions to the Prime Minister 283
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to invite the House to vote on whether hon. Members are made Knights or Dames for services to Parliament; and if he will make a statement. | | (124266) | Questions to the Solicitor General 284
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2007, Official Report, column 622W, on electoral malpractice, how many individuals were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for election offences in each year since 2001. | | (124347) | 285
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Solicitor General, under what circumstances the Crown Prosecution Service would prosecute a youth who is alleged to be writing graffiti tags on property. | | (124404) | 286
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment he has made of how effective the Crown Prosecution Service has been in securing compensation for victims in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northamptonshire. | | (124505) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 287
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs created by foreign direct investment into the UK in each year since 2000. | | (124537) | 288
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Services (ICSTIS) has (a) issued formal reprimands to service providers, (b) ordered service providers to submit future promotions and services to them for prior approval for a set period, (c) ordered a service provider to pay reasonable and valid claims for compensation, (d) imposed fines on service providers, (e) barred service providers access to service and (f) banned named individuals from operating services for set periods for breaching the ICSTIS Code of Practice. | | (124254) | 289
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many service providers the Independent Committee for the Supervision of the Standards of Telephone Services has found in breach of its Code of Practice. | | (124255) | 290
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding (a) the North West Development Agency, (b) one NorthEast, (c) the London Development Agency, (d) the East of England Development Agency and (e) the South East England Development Agency provided to (i) the IPPR and (ii) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since their creation. | | (124215) | 291
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the possible effect on the science research base of the recent decision to reduce the Science Research Council's budget. | | (124337) | 292
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what method he used to determine the proportion of the recent overall reduction in the Science Research Council's budget which would be borne by each of the research councils. | | (124338) | 293
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he plans to take to ensure an effective consultation on nuclear power in the energy review. | | (124225) | 294
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what percentage of companies private equity groups own over 50 per cent. of shares in (a) the UK, (b) the North East region and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (124228) | 295
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what key performance indicators have been agreed between the East of England Development Agency and the East of England Tourist Board in respect of the grant of £1 million in the (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 financial year. | | (124331) | 296
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice he has given on probate matters to claimants for deceased mineworkers. | | (124066) | 297
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners' compensation cases are in dispute because of probate issues. | | (124067) | 298
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many deceased miners' claims have been accepted as valid but not paid because of probate proceedings. | | (124068) | 299
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners' compensation cases were accepted by his Department as valid claims but subsequently dropped because of probate disputes. | | (124099) | 300
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from the Mayor of London regarding the use of nuclear energy in the United Kingdom. | | (124521) | 301
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will undertake research into the economic threat to UK companies who use commercial satellites for transacting business of increases in space clutter. | | (124315) | 302
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the potential threat to UK industry from viruses on 3G mobile telephones. | | (124316) | 303
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration he is giving to electric heating as part of requirements to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings. | | (124470) | 304
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the statement of 7th February 2007, Official Report, column 285WH, on regional development agencies, when the report on the future of Dartington College of Art will be published. | | (123361) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 305
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account the inquiry into the grounding of the MSC Napoli is taking of the implications of the different (a) languages spoken and (b) maritime backgrounds of the crew of the vessel for safety of its operation. | | (124200) | 306
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what extent he expects the costs of a national road pricing scheme to be covered by the revenue generated. | | (124201) | 307
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) merits and (b) potential effect on the incidence of road (i) injuries and (ii) deaths of introducing a minimum driver learning period of 12 months. | | (124202) | 308
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency spent on the MOT system in each of the last five years. | | (124203) | 309
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) cars and (b) other road vehicles that require an MOT each year. | | (124204) | 310
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic effects of the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124300) | 311
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124301) | 312
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with (a) local authorities and (b) local transport authorities regarding the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124302) | 313
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with counterparts in the Welsh Assembly Government regarding the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124303) | 314
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124304) | 315
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been carried out into the extent of the potential for modal shift away from cars of the electrification of the Wrexham-Bidston railway line. | | (124327) | 316
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost of a Highways Agency traffic officer patrol car was in the last 12 months. | | (124122) | 317
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways Agency traffic officer patrol cars (a) entered and (b) left service in each of the last three years. | | (124185) | 318
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the most recent Appraisal Summary Table for each road scheme in the Local Transport Programme. | | (124189) | 319
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the most recent Appraisal Summary Table for each road scheme in the Targeted Programme of Improvements. | | (124399) | 320
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects the road pricing or congestion charging pilots funded by the Transport Innovation Fund (a) to involve the use of CCTV and (b) to be integrated with the Police's National Auto Number Plate Recognition Data Centre. | | (124340) | 321
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the UK's implementation of EU Directive 2004/52/EC. | | (124351) | 322
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he intends the roll-out of (a) local road pricing schemes under the Transport Innovation Fund and (b) the national road pricing system to use the EU's (i) European Geostationary navigation overlay service and (ii) Galileo satellite system, further to Article 2 of EU Directive 2004/52/EC. | | (124352) | 323
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Edinburgh airport and London City airport. | | (124370) | 324
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1674W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Edinburgh airport and (a) Luton, (b) Stansted, (c) Gatwick, (d) Heathrow, (e) Manchester International, (f) Birmingham International, (g) Leeds Bradford International and (h) Nottingham East Midlands airports. | | (124371) | 325
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Dundee airport and (a) London City airport and (b) Manchester International airport. | | (124374) | 326
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2077W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Prestwick airport and London Stansted airport. | | (124375) | 327
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1674W, on Air Services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Glasgow airport and (a) London Heathrow, (b) Manchester International, (c) Birmingham International, (d) Leeds Bradford International and (e) Nottingham East Midlands airports. | | (124376) | 328
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January 2007, Official Report, column 2076W, on air services, if he will break down into sub-categories the figures for the `Other' category for air services between Glasgow airport and (a) London Gatwick, (b) London Stansted and (c) Luton airports. | | (124377) | 329
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total capital expenditure on London Underground (LU) was in each year since 1990 during which his Department had responsibility for LU, broken down by line. | | (124237) | 330
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) track and (b) signal failures there were on the London Underground (LU) in each year since 1990 during which his Department had responsibility for LU, broken down by line. | | (124244) | 331
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many delays of more than (a) five minutes, (b) 10 minutes and (c) 15 minutes there were on the London Underground (LU) in each year since 1990 during which his Department had responsibility for LU, broken down by line. | | (124245) | 332
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles were travelled by his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials on Government business by (i) air, (ii) rail and (iii) road in 2006. | | (124519) | 333
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate has been made of the carbon footprint of his Department. | | (124520) | 334
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has invested in the West Coast Main Line upgrade. | | (124217) | 335
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths of (a) cyclists, (b) motorbike riders and (c) car drivers in 2006 were attributed to the condition of the highway or road on which the accident occurred. | | (124250) | 336
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake research to estimate the number of voluntary workers who would be affected by the introduction of road pricing. | | (124313) | 337
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake research to estimate the cost of road pricing to public sector employees. | | (124314) | 338
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase rail capacity in Yorkshire and the Humber. | | (124188) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 339
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of take-up was of housing benefit in pensioner households in each region of the UK in the last 12 months. | | (124135) | 340
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of take-up was of council tax benefit in pensioner households in each region of the UK in the last 12 months. | | (124136) | 341
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of take-up was of pension credit in each region of the UK in the last 12 months. | | (124137) | 342
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many children would be lifted out of poverty if a 70 per cent. employment rate for lone parents whose youngest child is aged 11 years or over was to be achieved. | | (124378) | 343
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid into the Financial Assistance Scheme in each year since its inception. | | (124020) | 344
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the four options in the New Deal for Young People (NDYP) has been the most effective in helping secure jobs for NDYP participants. | | (124021) | 345
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure on providing for participants to attend a certified vocational training course when taking part in the Employment Option of the New Deal for Young People was in each year since 1998. | | (124054) | 346
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were declared bankrupt and whose pension rights were adversely affected in consequence between the Landau ruling in the High Court of December 1996 and the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 coming into force. | | (124139) | 347
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the cost of implementing the Ombudsman's March 2006 recommendations on the compensation of employees suffering pension shortfalls has been calculated. | | (124227) | 348
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of incapacity benefit to median earnings in the UK was in each year from 1975-76 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (124239) | 349
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has undertaken into the proportion of working age people in the UK on incapacity benefit in comparison with figures for other EU countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (124240) | 350
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of recipients of incapacity-related benefit received such benefit for (a) mental illness and (b) back pain in each year since 1979-80. | | (124241) | 351
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) ethnic minority children and (b) non-ethnic minority children are estimated to live below the poverty line. | | (124514) | 352
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of children raised by (a) married couples, (b) unmarried couples and (c) single parents are estimated to live below the poverty line. | | (124515) | 353
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of gap year students who are included in the not in education, employment or training figures, broken down by region. | | (124251) | 354
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken by the Benefits Agency to process claims was in the last period for which figures are available. | | (124464) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 355
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings the Valuation Office Agency has had with local government representatives since January 2005. | | [Transferred] (124427) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 356
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many of the primary care trusts visited by the Prime Minister's delivery unit have accident and emergency departments earmarked for closure. | | [Transferred] (124330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 357
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the provision of out-of-school childcare for children aged 11 years or over in the context of the formulation of his policy on lone parents. | | [Transferred] (124379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 358
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities which have entered a Joint Waste Authority (JWA) will be able to leave the JWA without the consent of its other members. | | [Transferred] (124421) | 359
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a (a) county council and (b) regional assembly will be able (i) to mandate and (ii) to force a district council to enter a Joint Waste Authority. | | [Transferred] (124422) | 360
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities which enter joint waste authorites will have their statutory targets pooled. | | [Transferred] (124423) | 361
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) governance, (b) internal voting, (c) remuneration and (d) administration arrangements are of joint waste authorities. | | [Transferred] (124425) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 362
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has received from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition regarding the compulsory fortification of flour with folic acid; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (124143) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 363
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities in England and Wales were sued in 2006 for compensation for failure to properly maintain roads and highways by (a) organisations, (b) companies and (c) individuals. | | [Transferred] (124249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 364
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what investigations are taking place into Monsanto and its alleged illegal dumping of toxic waste; and which organisations are undertaking those investigations. | | [Transferred] (124450) |
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