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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 7 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 7 March 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 7 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue was collected from persons to whom the widowed persons tax allowance was applicable in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (125959) | 2
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1134W, on the Smith Institute, what security costs will be reimbursed to his Department by the Smith Institute. | | (126189) | 3
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many births there were in the UK in each year since 1995. | | (126143) | 4
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that could be created in the environmental technology sector in each of the next five years. | | (125935) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Council of Economic Advisers last met in full; and how many times it met in full in the last 12 months. | | (125939) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the titles were of each of the policy papers prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers in the last six months. | | (125940) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his long-term plans are for the Council of Economic Advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (125941) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list his official engagements from 1st January to 28th February 2007. | | (125953) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Ministers attended his round table policy review seminar on 22nd January 2007. | | (125955) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 475, on Departments: aviation, on how many occasions he used a non-scheduled flight within the UK on official business in the last month; and what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each such flight. | | (125971) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his role was in selecting Deborah Mattinson to make a presentation as part of the policy review seminar on 22nd January. | | (125993) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections his Department made of the prison population in England and Wales prior to his decision to freeze the Home Department budget. | | (125999) | 13
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd February 2007, Official Report, column 837W, on the staff handbook, if he will place a CD-Rom of the current version of the handbook in the Library. | | (126117) | 14
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average stamp duty paid on a house was in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126149) | 15
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many births there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126219) | 16
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were sent letters from HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006 inviting them to top up their National Insurance (NI) contributions to ensure that they are entitled to the basic state pension; what estimate he has made of the number of these letters which were incorrectly sent to people who had paid their full NI contributions; how many payments HM Revenue and Customs has received from people who had received such incorrect notices; how much was received; how many people have been notified that the letters were incorrect; how many refunds have been made; what circumstances led to the error; and what steps his Department is taking to rectify the error. | | (125933) | 17
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in (a) income tax and (b) national insurance contributions by (i) men and (ii) women aged (A) under 25, (B) 25 to 29, (C) 30 to 34, (D) 35 to 39, (E) 40 to 44, (F) 45 to 49, (G) 50 to 54, (H) 55 to 59, (I) 60 to 64, (J) 65 to 69, (K) 70 to 74, (L) 75 to 79 and (M) over 79 in the latest year for which information is available. | | (126060) | 18
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median number of (i) children and (ii) adults was in households where the household reference person was aged (A) 18 to 24, (B) 25 to 29, (C) 30 to 39, (D) 40 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60 to 69 and (G) 70 and over in (1) 1985, (2) 1995 and (3) 2005. | | (126071) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median number of (i) children and (ii) adults was in households where the household reference person was aged (A) 18 to 24, (B) 25 to 29, (C) 30 to 39, (D) 40 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60 to 69 and (G) 70 and over and where the household reference person reported their nationality as being from one of the 12 countries which acceded to the EU since 2004. | | (126072) | 20
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the expected revenue from the Planning Gain Supplement in each of the first five years of its introduction. | | (125930) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 21
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much Deborah Mattinson was paid for her presentation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as part of the policy review seminar on 22nd January 2007. | | (125954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 22
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to close the gap between the highest and lowest performing councils. | | (125279) | 23
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of councils in (a) London and (b) other areas of the country which are improving (i) strongly and (ii) well. | | (125280) | 24
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many councils in the West Midlands area are rated as beacon councils. | | (125282) | 25
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on the advertising of job vacancies. | | (125969) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 26
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance and training is given to magistrates and magistrates' clerks on the use of their powers under section 6 of the Immigration Act 1971. | | (125928) | 27
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will assess the merits of providing judges with an accommodation allowance per night to be spent either on lodgings or on hotel accommodation at their discretion; if she will estimate the change in costs which would result from the introduction of such a system; and if she will make a statement. | | (125996) | 28
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) estimate she has made of the cost and (b) assessment she has made of the merits of providing judges with hotel accommodation instead of judges' lodgings in each location where lodgings are situated; and if she will make a statement. | | (125997) | 29
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will discontinue judges' lodgings where they are occupied by judges for less than 50 nights in the year; and if she will make a statement. | | (125998) | 30
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what changes to the (a) arrangements for and (b) availability of judges' lodgings have been made since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (126092) | 31
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which five judges' lodgings had (a) the lowest occupancy in judge nights and (b) the highest cost per judge night in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (126093) | 32
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, which judges' lodgings are held (a) freehold, (b) leasehold and (c) by other arrangements; what other such arrangements there are; and if she will make a statement. | | (126094) | 33
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what discussions she has held with with the judiciary on the (a) cost and (b) future of judges' lodgings; and if she will make a statement. | | (126095) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 34
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to encourage councils to provide more cultural services. | | (125281) | 35
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on arts projects in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126151) | 36
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists visited Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126152) | 37
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people visited museums in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126153) | 38
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much museums in Lancashire received in Government funding in each of the last five years. | | (126154) | 39
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) museums and (b) theatres (i) opened and (ii) closed in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126155) | 40
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on commercial radio serving local communities of changes in advertising revenue over the last three years. | | (126069) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 41
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues met TNI Commander Marshall Djoko Suyanto of Indonesia during his visit to the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (125899) | 42
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects the total cost of repairs to HMS Grimsby to be; what her current status is; when he expects her to become operational; and if he will make a statement. | | (125394) | 43
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels were paid off in the last six months; and which Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels he expects to be paid off in the next six months. | | (125395) | 44
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy warships of frigate destroyer size and above are deployed on operations; and what the maximum numbers deployed were in each year since 1997. | | (125396) | 45
| John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the change in the extent of ambulance cover at HM Naval Base Clyde. | | (126082) | 46
| John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects on health and safety of the change in the extent of ambulance cover at HM Naval Base Clyde; and if he will make a statement. | | (126083) | 47
| John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what mechanisms ambulance cover is provided at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) HM Naval Base Raleigh. | | (126084) | 48
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of hyper-sonic mass technology in the Defence Industrial Strategy. | | (126141) | 49
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost of UK armed forces taking part in the Blue Force Tracker programme. | | (126182) | 50
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding he plans to allocate to the Blue Force Tracker programme being developed by the United States military. | | (126183) | 51
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what increments are planned for the Bowman communications system once initial conversion is completed. | | (126184) | 52
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2007, Official Report, column 1161W, on armed forces: children, which internal welfare agencies are available to give support and assistance to children of service personnel killed or injured while on operations; and what funding they have received from his Department in the last five years. | | (126197) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 53
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department plans to publish proposals on environmental technology and its employment potential. | | (125934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 54
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the rate of poverty is amongst children in (a) County Durham and (b) the City of Durham; and what it was in 1997. | | (126173) | 55
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many applicants there were per place for each special needs school in East Yorkshire in September of each year since 2000. | | (126200) | 56
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children in East Yorkshire (a) had special educational needs and (b) were educated in special schools in each year since 2000. | | (126201) | 57
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, columns 1480-81W, on secondary education: curriculum, what guidance he plans to issue to schools on the determination of detailed factual content for their curricula. | | (126008) | 58
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1480W, on secondary education: curriculum, whether he expects schools to evaluate the effectiveness of any innovative curriculum plan they undertake. | | (126009) | 59
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which properties of (a) light and (b) sound are expected to be studied under the proposed key stage 3 science programme of study. | | (126012) | 60
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, why it is proposed that there should no longer be a foundation and higher programme of study in mathematics at key stage 4 under the proposed changes to the curriculum in the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. | | (126013) | 61
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools were oversubscribed in the last year for which figures are available. | | (126014) | 62
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils were admitted to their first preference school in the last year for which figures are available for all secondary schools. | | (126114) | 63
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parenting orders arising from truancy and exclusion from school were issued in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area; how many were breached; how many prosecutions were mounted against those breaching such orders; how many such prosecutions were successful; and if he will make a statement. | | (126144) | 64
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in Lancashire obtained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including mathematics and English in each of the last five years. | | (126146) | 65
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding per pupil was given to state-funded secondary schools in (a) the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames and (b) the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (126175) | 66
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were excluded (a) temporarily and (b) permanently for bullying in schools in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (126073) | 67
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers experienced physical abuse in their workplace in 2006. | | (126074) | 68
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long it took on average to produce a section 7 case in respect of Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service proceedings in (a) 2006-07 and (b) each of the preceding five years. | | (126086) | 69
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he expects any reduction in the number of Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service self-employed contractors in 2006-07. | | (126087) | 70
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was allocated to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service for 2006-07; and what the outturn spending is expected to be. | | (126088) | 71
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there are for (a) private law and (b) public law in each of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service regions. | | (126089) | 72
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on (a) nutrition and (b) costs which might arise from use of new-generation steam convection ovens in school kitchens; and what advice he has received from the School Food Trust on this subject. | | (126062) | 73
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of expenditure on further education, adult learning and skills and lifelong learning was spent on English for speakers of other languages in each of the last five years. | | (125278) | 74
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils were enrolled in private schools in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (126214) | 75
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are available to applicants for English for Speakers of other Languages classes to appeal against assessments that they should pay a proportion of course costs. | | (126131) | 76
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants from his Department have had with counterparts in the Home Department on the role of English language skills in citizenship and social integration. | | (126132) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 77
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities introducing dog control orders adhere to his Department's published guidelines of `proportionate and reasonable' response to the need for controls. | | (125504) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list his official engagements from 1st January to 28th February 2007. | | (125952) | 79
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of (a) synthetic diesel and (b) other biofuel production from waste plant material. | | (125929) | 80
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in making single farm payments. | | (126101) | 81
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) beef cows and (b) dairy cows were compulsorily slaughtered because of bovine tuberculosis in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) each county in each year since 1997; and how many have been slaughtered in 2007. | | (126160) | 82
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average (a) dairy and (b) beef herd size is in (i) Great Britain, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) each county. | | (126161) | 83
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are working on policy on anaerobic digestion, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement. | | (126176) | 84
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he had with (a) the chairman and members of the Agricultural Wages Board and (b) other bodies and persons on his Department's proposal for a regulatory reform order in respect of the Board before making the decision to abandon the proposal. | | (125960) | 85
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons were for the abandonment of his Department's proposal for a regulatory reform order in respect of the Agricultural Wages Board. | | (125961) | 86
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely change to his Department's budget which would result from abolishing the Agricultural Wages Board and subsuming its functions within the national minimum wage scheme. | | (125962) | 87
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of developing a proposal for a regulatory reform order in respect of the Agricultural Wages Board. | | (125963) | 88
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of the Agricutural Wages Board in each of the last five years. | | (125964) | 89
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the retention of the Agricultural Wages Board; and what assessment he has made of the implications of the introduction of the national minimum wage for the Board's role and functions. | | (125965) | 90
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the future of the Agricultural Wages Board. | | (125966) | 91
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to retain the Agricultural Wages Board. | | (126010) | 92
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department makes use of information gathered by the National Coastwatch Institute as part of its work assessing coastal shores. | | (126199) | 93
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1320-1W on Bernard Matthews, if he will bring forward amendments to the Animal Health Act 1981 to provide that the food producer is ultimately liable for the costs of any slaughter in the national interest. | | (125843) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 94
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions concerning strategic exports Ministers in her Department had with Indonesian ministers during their visit to the UK in January; and if she will make a statement. | | (125897) | 95
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the recent visit of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to Sudan; whether she has made representations to the governments of those countries on introducing UN-UK hybrid force units into Darfur; and if she will make a statement. | | (125678) | 96
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had on a potential oil embargo on Sudan with EU counterparts. | | (126204) | 97
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the UK has made to the recent peace agreement in East Sudan. | | (126205) | 98
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcomes were of the Minister of State for Europe's recent visit to the Ukraine and Moldovia; and if she will make a statement. | | (125839) | 99
| Mr George Galloway (Bethnal Green & Bow):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to her statement in the debate on 24th January 2007, Official Report, column 1428, on Iraq and the wider Middle East, if she will place in the Library the results of the opinion poll of the people of Basra; who (a) commissioned and (b) paid for the poll; which organisation conducted it; and what its (i) methodology and (ii) sample size was. | | (126000) | 100
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Minister for Europe has had with the Foreign Ministers of (a) Montenegro and (b) Liechtenstein on their countries' possible membership of the International Whaling Commission; and if she will make a statement. | | (125968) | 101
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many United States citizens are employed by British embassies. | | (126179) | 102
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Security Council discussions held in London on 26th February 2007 on Iran. | | (126011) | 103
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding her Department plans to allocate to support events undertaken together with the Congressional UK caucus in the United States. | | (126185) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 104
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) underweight and (b) premature babies were born in (i) County Durham and (ii) the City of Durham in the last year for which figures are available; and how many in each category were born in 1997. | | (126174) | 105
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when account was taken of forecast rates of inflation in determing the (a) prospective increase in the rates of pay for NHS nurses and (b) proposed increase in the cost of a prescription. | | (126191) | 106
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) minimum and (b) average period was that (i) primagravida and (ii) all other mothers spent in hospital after delivery in each year since 1995. | | (126142) | 107
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of women who breastfed their babies for the first six months in each year since 1995. | | (126156) | 108
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of deliveries were home births in each year since 1995. | | (126162) | 109
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets the Government has set for home deliveries in (a) rural and (b) urban settings over the next five years. | | (126163) | 110
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to provide further support for those mothers who wish their babies to be delivered at home. | | (126164) | 111
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the numbers of midwives needed by the NHS (a) now and (b) over the next five years. | | (126165) | 112
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity-related compensation claims there were in each year since 1995. | | (126166) | 113
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of births were classed as normal in each year since 1995. | | (126167) | 114
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) emergency and (b) planned caesarean births there were in each year since 1995. | | (126168) | 115
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) midwives and (b) obstetricians were employed in the NHS in each year since 1995. | | (126169) | 116
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of births resulted in (a) maternal and (b) perinatal death in each year since 1995. | | (126170) | 117
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of babies born in England were delivered by midwives in each year since 1995. | | (126171) | 118
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department paid in compensation to patients in each year since 1995; and what proportion of such payments were for maternity-related claims. | | (126172) | 119
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the number and (ii) children's unsupervised use of coin-operated unstaffed sunbed salons. | | (126137) | 120
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the therapeutic value of sunbed use. | | (126138) | 121
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments from the public purse were made to Emergent BioSolutions in each of the last three years. | | (125938) | 122
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments (a) her Department and (b) the NHS made to the Priory Group and its subsidiaries in each year since 2000. | | (125942) | 123
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Lancashire under the age of 12 years were classified as (a) obese and (b) overweight in each of the last five years. | | (126220) | 124
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were employed in hospitals in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126221) | 125
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people participated in the NHS low income scheme in each of the last five years; how the scheme is promoted; how many patients it is estimated were entitled to assistance but did not receive it in the last 12 months; how much the scheme cost to operate in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (125842) | 126
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospital trusts are applying for foundation trust status. | | (126119) | 127
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to NHS hospitals for (a) drug-related and (b) alcohol-related illnesses and injuries in each strategic health authority area in each year between 2002 and 2006. | | (126075) | 128
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days were lost (a) in her Department and (b) in the NHS due to sickness and injury in 2006. | | (126076) | 129
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies for nurses there are in the NHS, broken down by region. | | (125867) | 130
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had graduated from nursing courses and not completed a preceptorship one year after their graduation in each of the last three years. | | (125868) | 131
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the Government on media advertisements and promotional activities seeking to attract people to nursing in each of the last three years. | | (125869) | 132
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are in their final year of training to become nurses. | | (125870) | 133
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those who graduated from nursing courses had not taken up NHS nursing posts one year after qualification in each of the last five years in (a) England and (b) Leeds. | | (125871) | 134
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are based in Pendle; and how many were based there in 2003. | | (126050) | 135
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the operation of the Medical Training Application System; and if she will make a statement. | | (125093) | 136
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings she has held with the British Medical Association on the operation of the Medical Training Application System. | | (125094) | 137
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the weekly cost to the National Health Service of the introduction of road user charging. | | (126159) | 138
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of Monday 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1112W, on depression, who is responsible for (a) responding to and (b) following up recommendations made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on matters other than guidelines on clinical matters. | | (126186) | 139
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on childbirth and maternity care by her Department in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (126048) | 140
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of expenditure by her Department on (a) male and (b) female patients aged (i) 0 to 5, (ii) 5 to 9, (iii) 10 to 14, (iv) 15 to 20, (v) 21 to 25, (vi) 26 to 30, (vii) 31 to 40, (viii) 41 to 50, (ix) 51 to 60, (x) 61 to 70, (xi) 71 to 80 and (xii) over 80, excluding costs relating to maternity care and childbirth, in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (126049) | 141
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's budget was for research into (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) AIDS in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (126085) | 142
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in England who have (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) AIDS. | | (126122) | 143
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to outsource a proportion of the NHS's accounting and finance jobs to India; and if she will make a statement. | | (126215) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 144
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has commissioned work on logos for (a) a Ministry for Justice and (b) other Home Affairs departments. | | (126190) | 145
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the future required population capacity of (a) secure children's homes, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement. | | (126005) | 146
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people were held in (a) secure children's homes, (b) secure training centres and (c) young offender institutions in each month since 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (126006) | 147
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders were screened positively for substance misuse in each year since 2002; how many accessed early intervention and treatment services in each such year; and if he will make a statement. | | (126057) | 148
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders were referred to (a) acute local child and adolescent mental health services and (b) non-acute local child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (126058) | 149
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young offenders in custody committed (a) acts of self-harm and (b) suicide in each year since 2001. | | (126090) | 150
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young offenders in young offender institutions who are held more than 50 miles from their home; and if he will make a statement. | | (126091) | 151
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug treatment and testing orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126103) | 152
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many supervision orders with conditions were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126104) | 153
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many curfew orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126105) | 154
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community punishment and rehabilitation orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126106) | 155
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community punishment orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126107) | 156
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were working for youth offending teams at each June year-end since June 2001 in each youth offending team area; and if he will make a statement. | | (126108) | 157
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) volunteers, (b) (i) full-time and (ii) part-time practitioners, (c) sessional staff, (d) administrative staff, (e) managers, (f) students/trainees and (g) others were working for youth offending teams at each June year-end since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126109) | 158
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detention and training orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126110) | 159
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug rehabilitation requirement orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years and under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126111) | 160
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reparation orders, (b) action plan orders and (c) attendance centre orders were (i) issued to and (ii) breached by young offenders aged 18 years or under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126112) | 161
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for (a) vehicle theft (b) theft and handling, (c) sexual offences, (d) robbery, (e) racially aggravated offences, (f) breach of public order, (g) (i) domestic and (ii) non-domestic burglary, (h) motoring offences, (i) fraud and forgery, (j) drug offences, (k) (i) death and (ii) injury by reckless driving, (l) criminal damage, (m) breach of (i) statutory order and (ii) bail, (n) arson and (o) violence against the person were brought against young people aged 18 years old and under that resulted in (A) acquittal and (B) conviction in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126113) | 162
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many supervision orders without conditions were (a) issued and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 or under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126139) | 163
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custodial sentences in accordance with (a) section 226, (b) section 90/91 and (c) section 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were issued to young offenders aged 18 or under in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (126140) | 164
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parenting orders arising from criminal conduct or anti-social behaviour were issued in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area; how many were breached; how many prosecutions were mounted against those breaching such orders; how many such prosecutions were successful; and if he will make a statement. | | (126145) | 165
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of contracts signed by his Department with Mapeley Abi was in each of the last three years. | | (125936) | 166
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments his Department has made to Intellect in each of the last five years. | | (125937) | 167
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total (a) capital and (b) repayment value is of the new prisons to be constructed in (i) Maghull and (ii) Woolwich. | | (125943) | 168
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which data fields he plans to be held on each individual entered in the National Identity Register. | | (125944) | 169
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total number of data fields to be held on each individual entered in the National Identity Register. | | (125945) | 170
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of individual data entries to be held on the National Identity Register in each of the first five years of operation. | | (125946) | 171
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to bring forward legislation to make identity cards compulsory. | | (125947) | 172
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Authentication by Interview officers to be employed by his Department in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. | | (125948) | 173
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Authentication by Interview officers have been recruited; and which company his Department has commissioned to recruit them. | | (125949) | 174
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent job advertisement for the position of Authentication by Interview officer. | | (125950) | 175
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were awarded passes in the Life in the UK citizenship test subsequently had that pass revoked in each month since November 2005. | | (125951) | 176
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many failed asylum seekers resident in the UK the Immigration Service does not have a valid current address. | | (125956) | 177
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments his Department made to MVA Limited in each of the last three years; and what the purpose was of each payment. | | (125957) | 178
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 519W, on identity cards, what estimate he has made of the number of officials in the Identity and Passport Service who will administer the civil penalty scheme. | | (126001) | 179
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2007, Official Report, column 363-4W, on police force pensions, from which Government fund shortfalls in police authorities' funds are topped up. | | (126002) | 180
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his response to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1076W, on the police national computer, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the audits conducted in August 2002 and (b) the Home Office report to Lord Falconer. | | (126004) | 181
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 108W, on Holloway Prison, if he will list the other further facilities referred to. | | (126118) | 182
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Lancashire were imprisoned for animal abuse in each of the last five years. | | (126147) | 183
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of animal abuse occurred in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126148) | 184
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were held at HMP Peterborough as at 31st January 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (126213) | 185
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers are stationed permanently at the port of Holyhead. | | (125902) | 186
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals are being considered to fingerprint children under the age of 16 as part of the passport and identity card system; and if he will make a statement. | | (126202) | 187
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternatives to a fingerprint database are being considered for children who turn 16 and already have a valid non-biometric passport; and what assessment he has made of their compliance with international requirements for biometrics on passports. | | (126203) | 188
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each port and airport in Northern Ireland were detected as in alleged breach of the Immigration Rules in each of the past four years; and how many have been detected in 2006-07. | | (125677) | 189
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of items stolen from his Department in 2006. | | (126077) | 190
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged, (c) prosecuted, (d) found guilty and (e) given a custodial sentence in cases involving (i) domestic violence, (ii) rape, (iii) violence against the person and (iv) burglary in each police constabulary area in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (126078) | 191
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children claimed asylum in the UK in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (126079) | 192
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many United States citizens are employed by the Identity and Passport Service. | | (126177) | 193
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings Ministers from his Department have had with representatives of the National Black Police Association in the last 12 months. | | (126178) | 194
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriage visas were granted in each year since 1985. | | (126044) | 195
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were granted to footballers since 1990; and in what situations they were required. | | (126045) | 196
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received marriage visas in (a) 2005, (b) 2000, (c) 1995, (d) 1990 and (e) 1985, broken down by nationality. | | (126046) | 197
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the availability of alcohol for sale in supermarkets on levels of criminal and anti-social behaviour in the vicinity of supermarkets. | | (126218) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 198
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much humanitarian aid was successfully delivered to Afghanistan in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (126070) | Questions to the Prime Minister 199
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to respond to each person who signs up to support each petition on the Number 10 website. | | (126051) | 200
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the email addresses of individuals who sign an e-petition on the Downing Street website are kept after the deadline for signing has passed. | | (126194) | 201
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, how many individual email addresses were collected as they signed e-petitions on the Downing Street website. | | (126195) | 202
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been allocated for political advisers for the Prime Minister for 2007-08. | | (126136) | 203
N | Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Prime Minister, how many individuals have signed Downing Street e-petitions since the system went live. | | (125073) | Questions to the Solicitor General 204
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd February 2007, Official Report, column 977W, on courts martial, on which dates correspondence was sent by the Attorney General to the Ministry of Defence on the prosecution of officers while on operations. | | (126196) | 205
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd February 2007, Official Report, column 977W, on courts martial, under which sections of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the correspondence between the Attorney General and the Secretary of State for Defence was classified as exempt. | | (126198) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 206
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of Indonesia's debt to the Export Credits Guarantee Department is for guarantees issued for (a) goods in the defence sector as a whole and (b) Hawk aircraft. | | (125898) | 207
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1167W, which fixed assets his Department sold for less than £10,000 in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; and what the (i) sale value, (ii) purchaser and (iii) date of sale was of each asset. | | (126003) | 208
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the number of unsuccessful household applications to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in March 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (126192) | 209
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what time on 1st March the March budget for household installations under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme was allocated in full; and how many and what proportion of applicants received grant allocations. | | (126193) | 210
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on the disposal of nuclear waste. | | (126134) | 211
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the overall subsidies to the wind energy sector were for (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (126135) | 212
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to revise his Department's national pricing code of practice to include soft fruit and vegetables. | | (126217) | 213
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that money paid by employees into Christmas and holiday savings schemes administered by their employers is protected in the event that the company goes into administration. | | (126222) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 214
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made in securing the early release by Southern of the class 319 trains for use on the Thameslink service; and if he will make a statement. | | (125994) | 215
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made in controlling and regulating road works by utilities. | | (125995) | 216
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the aircraft for the use of the Prime Minister will be ready to enter service; and what the estimated whole life cost of such aircraft is estimated to be. | | (125931) | 217
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what point after entering the UK vehicles being driven in the UK but registered abroad are required to have Vehicle Excise Duty paid on their behalf. | | (125970) | 218
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of high occupancy vehicle lanes have been built or designated since 1997. | | (125972) | 219
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on improving public transport in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (125973) | 220
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) quality contracts and (b) quality partnerships were established in each of the last five years. | | (125974) | 221
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many workplace parking schemes were established in each of the last 10 years. | | (125975) | 222
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new (a) rail and (b) light rail links to airports have been built since 1997. | | (125976) | 223
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of new road lanes, including widening projects, have been built since 1997. | | (125977) | 224
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost of building a kilometre of road lane was in each year since 1997. | | (125978) | 225
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail freight routes to major ports have been upgraded since 1997. | | (125979) | 226
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken to upgrade the East Coast Mainline since 1997. | | (125980) | 227
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken to upgrade the Great Western Mainline since 1997. | | (125981) | 228
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken to enhance capacity on the London to Brighton line since 1997. | | (125982) | 229
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken to enhance capacity on Trans-Pennine rail routes since 1997. | | (125983) | 230
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many light rail projects his Department has considered since 1997. | | (125984) | 231
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new railway lines into and in London for which his Department has responsibility have been built since 1997. | | (125985) | 232
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many registered cars there were in 1997; and how many there are in 2007. | | (125986) | 233
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the (a) motorway and (b) strategic trunk network have been widened to ease traffic bottlenecks since 1997. | | (125987) | 234
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many major trunk road schemes there have been to improve safety and improve traffic flow at junctions since 1997. | | (125988) | 235
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new bypasses on trunk roads and local roads have been built since 1997. | | (125989) | 236
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lane kilometres of the motorway and trunk road network have been resurfaced with a lower noise surface since 1997. | | (125990) | 237
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a backlog of maintenance for local roads. | | (125991) | 238
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of HGV lanes have been built or designated since 1997. | | (125992) | 239
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Cambridge Capacity Study. | | (126052) | 240
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for a decision on the Cambridge Capacity Study. | | (126053) | 241
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to the rail timetable are proposed in the Cambridge Capacity Study. | | (126054) | 242
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to consult on rail timetable changes proposed in the Cambridge Capacity Study. | | (126055) | 243
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Cambridge Capacity Study includes estimates of the likely changes to journey times for commuters in North East Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (126056) | 244
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of car journeys (a) made in each of the last five years and (b) which he expects to be made in each of the next five years in Lancashire. | | (126157) | 245
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of flights from Heathrow Airport which were to UK destinations in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (126059) | 246
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of new arrivals to the UK applied for a British driving licence in the required time period in each of the last 10 years; and how his Department identifies (a) individuals who are required to apply for such a licence and (b) whether they have done so. | | (126180) | 247
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the concreted trunk road network has had a quieter surface installed since July 2000; and which roads with concrete surfaces (a) have and (b) have not had work begin. | | (126096) | 248
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimated traffic volumes were used in the planning stage of the A50 Doveridge bypass; what the volume is for the A50 Doveridge bypass; and whether there are any other concrete stretches of the national trunk road network subject to similar traffic volumes. | | (126097) | 249
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the traffic volume is for each concrete stretch of the national trunk road network. | | (126098) | 250
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the last five noise level readings were for the A50 Doveridge bypass; and when each was taken. | | (126099) | 251
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of when the concrete surface of the A50 Doveridge bypass will (a) reach end-of-life and (b) be resurfaced; and what the cost of resurfacing will be. | | (126100) | 252
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department paid in (a) parking fines and (b) speeding fines in 2006. | | (126080) | 253
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his plans are to amend the Blue Badge regulations to allow disabled children under the age of two years with mobility needs to have access to badges; and if he will make a statement. | | (125840) | 254
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response he has made to the report by Steve Langdon on the mis-registration of vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (125866) | 255
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last discussed the future of the printed version of the National Rail Timetable with (a) Network Rail and (b) the train operating companies; and if he will make a statement. | | (125967) | 256
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to assist communities in opening and running branch railways. | | (126181) | 257
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the internal review document of safety options for the maintenance work which is being carried out at Junction 9 of the M6 motorway. | | (126007) | 258
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what performance targets he has set for GNER for the East Coast Main Line franchise; and what assessment he has made of performance against those targets since December 2006. | | (126216) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 259
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cumulative cost to his Department has been of the Restart Programme. | | (125841) | 260
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on employment zones in each year since 1998. | | (125900) | 261
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants there were in Employment Zone programmes for each month since April 2000; how many of those had previously engaged with Employment Zone programmes; how many found work; and how many had previously participated in the New Deal for Young People. | | (125901) | 262
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to answer Questions (a) 111231, (b) 111229, (c) 111227, (d) 111293, (e) 111228, (f) 111232, (g) 111226 and (h) 111233, on funding for the New Deal programmes, tabled by the hon. Member for Fareham on 22nd January 2007. | | (126115) | 263
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to answer Question 111479, on the quality of New Deal programmes, tabled by the hon. Member for Fareham on 23rd January 2007. | | (126116) | 264
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the availability of wraparound childcare. | | (126068) | 265
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working days were lost (a) in his Department and (b) in agencies reporting to his Department due to sickness and injury in 2006. | | (126081) | 266
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people completed the New Deal Self-Employment Programme in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (126061) | 267
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in retirement benefits to (a) couples, (b) single men and (c) single women where the recipients were aged (i) 60 to 64, (ii) 65 to 69, (iii) 70 to 74, (iv) 75 to 79 and (v) over 79 in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (126047) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 268
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there was in unemployment rates for (a) white, (b) mixed Indian, (c) Pakistani, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) other Asian, (f) Black Caribbean, (g) Black African and (h) other ethnic groups in each year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (126133) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 269
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to the National Energy Efficiency scheme in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (125932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 270
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Congolese authorities on the removal of failed asylum seekers from the UK to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (126120) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 271
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many local businesses in Lancashire went bankrupt in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (126150) | 272
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average price of petrol was in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (126158) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 273
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of widowed parent's allowance. | | [Transferred] (125958) |
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