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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 8 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 8 March 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 8 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 Thursday 8 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 8 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126672) | 2
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire's letters of 30th October 2006 and 18th December 2006 on biofuels. | | (126530) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what foreign visits he has planned. | | (126702) | 4
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the foreign visits he has made on official business in each year since 1997. | | (126703) | 5
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the HM Revenue and Customs office in Stroud. | | (126212) | 6
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution of family-run businesses to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (126128) | 7
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of exempting charities from the requirement to pay air passenger duty. | | (126544) | 8
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to publish HM Revenue and Customs' recommendations to his Department on anti-smuggling and counterfeiting measures in relation to tobacco; when his Department will respond to the recommendations; and if he will make a statement. | | (126188) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received representations on the number of special advisers he employs. | | (126574) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any members of the Council of Economic Advisers were involved in the formulation of his announcement on Citizenship and Immigration of 27th February 2007. | | (126576) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his announcement of 25th September 2006, when his Department expects to bring forward proposals on environmental technologies. | | (126577) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made towards setting up a European growth fund. | | (126578) | 13
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made towards the establishment of a small business development bank. | | (126579) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd February 2007, Official Report, column 1907W, on special advisers, to which film and television company his answer referred. | | (126595) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 483W, on Members: correspondence, whether his Department will assist in the organisation of the conference. | | (126604) | 16
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional income to the National Insurance Fund which would be raised by removing the upper earnings limit and levying a standard percentage on all incomes above that limit. | | (126235) | 17
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the differences between the tax and duties which should have been paid and those which were paid in 2005-06. | | (126236) | 18
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of lost revenue to his Department due to tobacco smuggling from other EU states. | | (126240) | 19
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of income tax revenue lost through tax evasion in the last year for which figures are available. | | (126241) | 20
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of total uncollected VAT revenues in the last year for which figures are available. | | (126242) | 21
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the Treasury from VAT carousel fraud in each of the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the potential loss in 2006-07. | | (126243) | 22
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential additional revenue to his Department if the duty was payable on alcohol bought in other EU member states and imported to the UK. | | (126409) | 23
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the purpose was of the `What it means to be British' research commissioned by his Department from Opinion Leader Research in 2005. | | (126032) | 24
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of disposable income was paid on average in (a) direct taxes, (b) indirect taxes by (i) working age households with dependent children, (ii) working age households without dependent children and (iii) pensioner households in each of the last three years, broken down by income decile. | | (126508) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many service credits he has made Capgemini liable for in each month since they took over the tax credit IT system; what the value is of these credits; and how many hours of online service disruption there have been to the system. | | (126509) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new IT releases there have been to the tax credit system in each month since the contract transferred to Capgemini. | | (126510) | 27
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid to Capgemini for running the IT tax credits system, exclusive of VAT. | | (126511) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manual tax credit payments have been made since April 2003; how many claimants have received such payments; and what proportion of all (a) payments and (b) claimants these represent. | | (126512) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the pay gap between (a) women working full-time, (b) women working part-time, (c) women with dependent children, (d) ethnic minorities, (f) workers aged 50 years or over, (g) workers with disabilities and (h) those with the lowest qualifications and the hourly median earnings for men in each year since 1997. | | (126513) | 30
| Mr Andrew Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has issued guidance to other Government departments on the production of statistics for new parliamentary constituencies. | | (126442) | 31
| Mr Andrew Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide the key statistics for the proposed parliamentary constituencies of (a) Ealing Central and Acton and (b) Hammersmith Borough from the 2001 census data. | | (126443) | 32
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to retrieve and transcribe telephone records in the event of a dispute between the tax credit office and its clients regarding information imparted during a call; and if he will make a statement. | | (126478) | 33
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Treasury raised from tax and duties on (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement. | | (125271) | 34
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1675W, on agriculture: subsidies, if he will break down the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' £305 million claim on the revenue. | | (126234) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 35
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether her Department provided funding for the Parliamentary reception for the charity `V' in February 2007. | | (126592) | 36
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of the event held at 10 Downing Street on 3rd March involving 60 members of the public. | | (126063) | 37
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library a transcript of the event held at 10 Downing Street on 3rd March involving 60 members of the public. | | (126064) | 38
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if the Prime Minister will invite 60 randomly selected members of the Labour Party into Downing Street to discuss the issues raised in the Government's policy review. | | (126065) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 39
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Amendment to the Building and Approved Inspectors (Amendment) Regulations 2006 New Edition of Approved Document F to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126641) | 40
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005 No. 843) to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126651) | 41
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Building (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126653) | 42
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126670) | 43
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to issue further guidance to local authorities on best practice in drawing up statements of community involvement. | | (126401) | 44
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning authorities have adopted a statement of community involvement. | | (126459) | 45
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which grants were awarded to councils in (a) Poole, (b) Bournemouth and (c) Dorset in addition to their local government financial settlement in each of the last five years; and what the value was of each award. | | (126126) | 46
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average value was of grants awarded to (a) unitary and (b) county councils in England in addition to their local government financial settlement in each of the last five years. | | (126127) | 47
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes she expects to be upgraded in Westminster under the Decent Homes Initiative over the life of the programme; and how much she expects the Government to have spent on the programme over its lifetime. | | (126445) | 48
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households in temporary accommodation there were in each year since 2002-03. | | (126477) | 49
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is considering changing the guidelines for any planning policy relating to energy producing wind turbines in (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty. | | (126691) | 50
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the rental cost of each regional fire control centre, over the full period of its lease, inclusive of VAT and increases produced by the mechanism for future regular rental upratings. | | (126285) | 51
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which public body will pay the rental cost of each regional fire control centre from the date at which rent is payable until each emergency fire control in each region has migrated to the relevant regional control centre. | | (126286) | 52
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the longest period of time is for which the Standards Board can suspend a councillor; and how many cases have involved this penalty. | | (126287) | 53
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers (a) a local authority and (b) the Standards Board has to suspend a councillor who is subject to criminal charges not connected to their work as a councillor. | | (126288) | 54
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in Eltham have been improved as a result of the Government's Decent Homes programme; and how much she estimates will have been spent when it is completed. | | (126683) | 55
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the introduction of Home Information Packs on the operation of the housing market. | | (126553) | 56
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to make a decision on the Thames Gateway Bridge. | | (126515) | 57
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward a Single Equality Bill. | | (126245) | 58
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to bring forward legislation to give older people the same protection against discrimination as is available to other groups; and if she will make a statement. | | (126246) | 59
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on discrimination in the provision of basic goods and services to older people because of their age. | | (126247) | 60
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1800W, how many dwellings were (a) permitted and (b) built in (i) England, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) each (A) district, (B) borough and (C) unitary authority in Hampshire in each year since 2003. | | (126398) | 61
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1800W, which planning authorities in Hampshire are not applying the percentages for social housing set out in Planning Policy Guidance Note 3. | | (126411) | 62
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of new (a) housing and (b) commercial developments which are able to withstand the effects of flooding. | | (126620) | 63
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the percentage of private homes in the borough of (a) Richmond-upon-Thames and (b) Kingston-upon-Thames which have carbon monoxide levels higher than those deemed safe by the World Health Organisation. | | (126022) | 64
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Department's observations of 22nd February 2007 on the petition presented to the House on 26th April by the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes, whether her statement that overall responsibility for planning policies and delivery in Milton Keynes remains with Milton Keynes council applies to all land within the boundary of the unitary authority. | | (126225) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of stay was for tenants in (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord accommodation in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) the last year for which figures are available. | | (126506) | 66
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of homes (a) in the private sector, (b) rented from local authorities and (c) rented from registered social landlords fell below the decent homes standard in each year since its introduction. | | (126507) | 67
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual written representations she has received about the statistics of the population of Slough; and how many of those were pre-printed postcards. | | (126330) | 68
| Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many leaseholders in (a) arms length management organisation, (b) council and (c) housing association managed properties there are in London in each borough. | | (126490) | 69
| Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many tenants in (a) arms length management organisation, (b) council managed and (c) housing association managed properties there are in London in each borough. | | (126491) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 70
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects (a) construction to start on the new courthouses in Salisbury and (b) the new courts to come into service. | | (126434) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 71
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people used the facilities of the British Library in 2005-06. | | (126268) | 72
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to audit the (a) tender and (b) construction phase of the Olympic build; and what further steps are planned. | | (126277) | 73
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of procedures in place to audit the (a) tender and (b) construction phase of the Olympics build. | | (126278) | 74
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses based in (a) the London Borough of Newham, (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, (c) the London Borough of Hackney, (d) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (e) the London Borough of Greenwich have secured tenders for the construction phase of the London Olympics. | | (126289) | 75
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many UK-based businesses in each region have secured tenders for the construction phase of the London Olympics. | | (126290) | 76
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses based in (a) the London Borough of Newham, (b) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, (c) the London Borough of Hackney, (d) the London Borough of Waltham Forest and (e) the London Borough of Greenwich have submitted applications for contracts during the construction phase of the London Olympics. | | (126291) | 77
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what value of contracts has been secured by UK-based businesses in each region for the construction phase of the London Olympics. | | (126716) | 78
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total value of (a) awards and (b) payments made from the New Opportunities Fund for physical education and sport has been in the 2006-07 financial year; and if she will make a statement. | | (126492) | 79
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley of 24th April 2006, Official Report, column 898W, on the Millennium Dome, what the cost was of the Millennium Dome to public funds in each year since its inception. | | (126493) | 80
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many sports action zones were planned in 1999-2000; how many were created in each year since then; how many are still operating; and if she will make a statement. | | (126496) | 81
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the original budget was for sports action zones (SAZ) when they were announced in 1999-2000 for each of the 10 planned years of investment; how much was spent on SAZs in each year to date; how much her Department plans to spend on SAZs in each of the next four financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (126497) | 82
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by (a) her Department and (b) public bodies for which she is responsible on (i) security, (ii) cleaning, (iii) repair, (iv) refurbishment and (v) other costs in relation to the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (126498) | 83
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in respect of which outdoor lidos in the South East Local Government Office area rennaisance investment has been provided; and if she will make a statement. | | (126404) | 84
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) sports and (b) sports coaches whose organisational bodies do not qualify for access to the UK's coaching certificate because they do not have a recognised national governing body; and if she will make a statement. | | (126322) | 85
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the amount to be paid by taxpayers outside London towards the Olympics. | | (126638) | 86
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants and funding facilities in Lancashire will be able to apply for in connection with the 2012 Olympics. | | (126639) | 87
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to reduce the impact of violence on television on children. | | (126640) | 88
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice she gave to Professor Crowe and the Casino Advisory Panel on their decision not to allow hon. Members to speak at the Evidence in Public sessions in the areas bidding for a regional casino. | | (126541) | 89
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff are employed by Sport England (a) centrally and (b) in each of the regional offices; and what the salary bill was in the most recent month for which figures are available. | | (126206) | 90
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in the Government Olympic Executive; what the total salary bill was in the last month for which figures are available; how many people are expected to be employed by the end of 2007; and what the projected annual salary budget is for each year until 2012. | | (126208) | 91
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the £738 million of private sector funding itemised as part of the public sector funding package for the 2012 Olympics will be raised. | | (126210) | 92
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Olympic (a) summer and (b) winter sports that are not compliant with the requirements of UK Sport's drug testing regime. | | (126211) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 93
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total numbers of troops available to the International Security Assistance Force from (a) the United States, (b) Germany, (c) France and (d) the UK are serving in Afghanistan. | | (126690) | 94
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies are in place to ensure the maintenance of the manufacturing and skills base of the UK's submarine industry. | | (125804) | 95
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the workforce at the Atomic Weapons Establishment is expected to retire in the next five years. | | (125805) | 96
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with representatives of BAE Systems on the finalisation of a price for Astute boats two and three. | | (125806) | 97
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are stationed in Gibraltar. | | (125807) | 98
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has requested the legal services of his Department to provide him with an assessment of whether any decision to replace (a) the Trident launch platform, (b) Trident missiles or (c) Trident nuclear warheads with new components would be compatible with the United Kingdom's legal obligations under Articles 1 and 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. | | (126301) | 99
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of decommissioning (a) nuclear submarine hulls, reactor compartments and propulsion reactors, (b) warhead design and production facilities at Aldermaston and (c) fissile material stores at Sellafield should it be decided to go ahead with a replacement for Trident; and whether any independent audit of such decommissioning expenditure has been made. | | (126307) | 100
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were adopted in deciding the number of (a) warheads, (b) missiles and (c) submarine launch platforms required to provide for a minimum nuclear deterrent. | | (126308) | 101
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many warships are fully operational in the Royal Navy; and if he will make a statement. | | (126534) | 102
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the RBL755 cluster bombs dropped during Operation Allied Force were dropped in (a) Kosovo, (b) Serbia, (c) Montenegro and (d) Albania. | | (126281) | 103
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Commanders, (b) Captains, (c) Commodores and (d) Rear Admirals are on the (i) active and (ii) reserve lists; and how many were on the lists in 1997. | | (126292) | 104
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are in service; how many were in service in 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (126293) | 105
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd February 2007, Official Report, column 960W, on the Defence Export Services Organisation: freedom of information, what the (a) brief fees and (b) refresher rates are for (i) Jonathan Crow QC and (ii) Kate Gallafent. | | (126499) | 106
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason a security pass was issued to BAE Systems executive Julian Scopes by his Department; when the security pass was originally issued; and to which premises Mr Scopes is given access with this security pass. | | (126500) | 107
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current security passes to enter his Department's premises have been issued to employees of BAE Systems; and if he will list the BAE Systems' employees who hold such passes. | | (126502) | 108
| John McFall (West Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change ambulance cover at HM Naval Base Raleigh. | | (126295) | 109
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment was made of the oral health of recruits to each of the armed services in each year for which records are available. | | [R] (126427) | 110
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the use by hostile forces of surface to air missiles in Iraq. | | (126480) | 111
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the use of fuel lines on Nimrod aircraft. | | (126481) | 112
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of Nimrod aircraft. | | (126482) | 113
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Nimrod fleet has been grounded since September 2006. | | (126483) | 114
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received representations on the safety of Nimrod aircraft from fleet flight crew since September 2006. | | (126588) | 115
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he received representations on the safety of the Nimrod fleet before September 2006. | | (126589) | 116
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average age is of Nimrod aircraft in the UK fleet. | | (126590) | 117
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the Iranian (a) personnel, (b) explosives and (c) expertise being used in Iraq. | | (126603) | 118
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers in Welsh regiments have been killed in Iraq, broken down by cause of death. | | (126130) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 119
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many grants were awarded to organisations for the purpose of meeting the capital costs of acquiring property for proposed new Sure Start centres; and what the value was of those grants. | | (126276) | 120
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are (a) in place and (b) planned to recover Sure Start grants from organisations that have failed to open childcare centres as planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (126403) | 121
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average expenditure per pupil was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Westminster in 1997; and how much was allocated for 2006-07. | | (126441) | 122
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) three and (b) four year olds are attending (i) nursery schools and (ii) classes in Westminster; and how many were attending in 1997. | | (126446) | 123
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 487W, on English for Speakers of Other Languages, if he will publish the data to which he refers from the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learning Record disaggregated to the degree possible. | | (126484) | 124
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure brokers under the Train to Gain programme are incentivised to arrange placements, rather than visits to employers which do not result in placements; and if he will make a statement. | | (126580) | 125
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to open the Train to Gain project in London to contestability by the private sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (126581) | 126
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what change is being made in Barnet College's grant for adult training; how many placements at Barnet College have been made by brokers through the Train to Gain institution; and if he will make a statement. | | (126582) | 127
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many visits to employers have been made by brokers promoting the Train to Gain programme in London; how many people have been placed as a result of those visits; whether brokers are paid on the basis of (a) visits to employers and (b) placements achieved; how much has been paid to brokers; and if he will make a statement. | | (126583) | 128
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in London with the Train to Gain programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (126584) | 129
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to improve the performance of schools in the London Borough of Greenwich since 1997. | | (126687) | 130
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he estimates will be spent on schools in the London Borough of Greenwich from the Building Schools for the Future budget on (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools. | | (126688) | 131
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery places for three and four-year olds there were in (a) Eltham, (b) the London Borough of Greenwich and (c) London in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. | | (126689) | 132
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were referred to the General Teaching Council for England for unacceptable professional misconduct under section 1 of the Code of Conduct for Registered Teachers in each of the last five years; and how many were referred under each subsection of the code. | | (126494) | 133
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers were judged by Ofsted (a) not to be adhering to the school behaviour policy and (b) not to be complying with management requests at the Ridings School in Calderdale. | | (126495) | 134
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) private, voluntary and independent and (b) state sector childcare places closed in each year since 1997. | | (126187) | 135
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects to be able to announce the name chosen for the new academy in Darwen. | | (126591) | 136
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to tackle the development of eating disorders by children through interventions in schools. | | (126621) | 137
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve the detection of learning difficulties in children at an early age. | | (126623) | 138
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of people in England who have undertaken tests for learning difficulties. | | (126624) | 139
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will estimate the percentage of poultry supplied to British schools which had been produced by UK farms in each of the last three years. | | (126631) | 140
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support is available for families in which there are instances of violence towards parents by children. | | (126673) | 141
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) family support groups about the needs of families that experience instances of violence towards parents by children. | | (126674) | 142
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding per pupil was received by state-funded secondary schools in (a) the London Borough of Hammersmith and (b) the London Borough of Wandsworth in the last year for which figures are available. | | (126575) | 143
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding per pupil was received on average by state-funded secondary schools (a) in London and (b) in each London borough in the last year for which figures are available. | | (126585) | 144
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many exclusions from maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in each year since 1997, broken down by reason for the exclusion. | | (126525) | 145
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 1997. | | (126526) | 146
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in (i) the 10 per cent. of primary schools with the (A) lowest and (B) highest levels of free school meal entitlement and (ii) the 10 per cent. of secondary schools with the (A) lowest and (B) highest levels of free school meal entitlement in 2006. | | (126527) | 147
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice and guidance is given to academies which intend to contract for commercial services with their sponsor. | | (126066) | 148
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient facilities for school students who require insulin injections during the school day to have the necessary medical support in schools. | | (126521) | 149
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of provision of trained personnel in schools to support the health needs of children. | | (126522) | 150
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance his Department gives to schools on the administration to students of insulin injections during the school day. | | (126524) | 151
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether schools have powers to collect pupils' fingerprints without the prior written consent of parents; and if he will make a statement. | | (126223) | 152
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to determine how many schools are collecting and storing biometric data from their school children. | | (126224) | 153
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which individuals are entitled to free tuition on Entry 1 and Entry 2 level English for Speakers of Other Languages Courses. | | (126633) | 154
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether English for Speakers of Other Languages provision at Entry 1 and Entry 2 levels is eligible for funding from the Learning and Skills Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (126634) | 155
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will conduct a race equality impact assessment on the changes to English Speakers of Other Languages provision which will be in place from September 2007. | | (126635) | 156
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the progress of the unique learner number being developed for all school leavers. | | (126636) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 157
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many video conferences have been held by his Department in each year since 2001. | | (126018) | 158
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Electricity and Gas (Energy Efficiency Obligations) Order 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126615) | 159
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Detergents Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2469) to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126644) | 160
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off cost and (b) ongoing costs of implementing the Genetically Modified Organisms (Traceability and Labelling) (England) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126659) | 161
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126665) | 162
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Animal By-Products Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126666) | 163
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with which sectors of industry he is working on the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme. | | (126429) | 164
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what update there has been by industry of funding under the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme. | | (126440) | 165
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Single Payment Scheme claims (a) have been adjusted and (b) are under review. | | (126121) | 166
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efforts are being made to encourage local authorities to take action against chewing gum litter. | | (125905) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) supported into the effect of introducing iron sulphate into the ocean to increase phytoplankton activity and absorb quantities of carbon dioxide. | | (126283) | 168
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timescale is for the development of a new strategy on bovine tuberculosis. | | (126284) | 169
N | Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average cost per application of obtaining the expert advice required to support an application for a bat licence under the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c) Regulations 1994. | | (125803) | 170
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in the incidence of TB in the badger population in the last 12 months. | | (126598) | 171
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of change in the incidence of TB in the badger population on the incidence of TB in cattle. | | (126599) | 172
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department plans to allocate to farmers in Lancashire to improve the environmental sustainability of farms. | | (126600) | 173
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints to an employment tribunal were lodged against (a) his Department and (b) its associated (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years; and how much it cost his Department to defend and settle those complaints on aggregate in each year. | | (126523) | 174
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who decides on the allocation of funding to flood defence projects in North Yorkshire. | | (126405) | 175
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1824-5W, on flood control: finance, who decided that only certain development studies and coastal monitoring projects would receive new funding. | | (126406) | 176
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to change the amount of water abstraction for the purposes of public water supply. | | (126326) | 177
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the carbon emissions were of the naval shipping industry in each of the last five years. | | (126453) | 178
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the carbon emissions were of international flights to and from the UK in each of the last five years. | | (126454) | 179
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the levels of carbon dioxide emissions were from internal domestic flights in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (126455) | 180
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many FTSE 100 companies meet the minimum reporting guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions. | | (126456) | 181
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the annual carbon dioxide emissions in each of the last five years from companies which are not meeting the minimum reporting guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions. | | (126457) | 182
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of carbon emissions was from the aviation industry in each of the last five years. | | (126458) | 183
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2007, Official Report, columns 982-3W, on reservoirs, what the latest information is on reservoir levels. | | (126586) | 184
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to improve the management of private vets in their undertaking of state-funded tuberculosis testing since the DNV Consulting report on veterinary surgeons within the Meat Hygiene Service. | | (126237) | 185
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who paid the catchers of the H5N1 infected turkeys at Halton; and what (a) briefing and (b) instructions they were given prior to undertaking that task. | | (126244) | 186
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land is used for (a) biomass, (b) road use biofuel and (c) other energy crops; and what estimate he has made of the amount needed to grow enough biofuel to meet the five per cent. biofuel target for road fuel. | | (126410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 187
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the government of Nepal on human rights. | | (126269) | 188
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of ethnic minority rights in Nepal. | | (126270) | 189
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of women's rights in Nepal. | | (126273) | 190
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the political situation in Nepal. | | (126274) | 191
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of human rights in Nepal. | | (126275) | 192
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to her US counterpart on recent talks between the US and North Korea in New York. | | (126692) | 193
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the freedom of the judiciary in Uganda. | | (126693) | 194
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extended detention of 30 politicians and businessmen in Bangladesh on corruption charges. | | (126694) | 195
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the inaugural joint panel to combat terrorism between India and Pakistan; and what assessment she has made of (a) India and (b) Pakistan's internal efforts to combat religious extremism. | | (126695) | 196
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support she is making available to promote legislation in Tajikistan that respects the freedoms of all religious communities and individuals; and what representations she has made to the UN Tajikistan Office of Peace-Building on the promotion of freedom of religion. | | (126696) | 197
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects the United Nations Envoy on Children and Armed Conflict to report following her mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (126697) | 198
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on recent unrest in Dili; and what action her Department is taking to resolve conflict in East Timor. | | (126698) | 199
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the position of Tamil civilians who reside in areas where there have been military encounters with militants for the Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam. | | (126699) | 200
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the recent arrests of Sri Lankan policeman and soldiers in connection with a series of abductions and killings across the country; and what recent assessment she has made of the impartiality of the Sri Lankan armed and police forces. | | (126707) | 201
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received from the Norwegian-led Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission; and whether her Department has a standing information sharing agreement with the Mission. | | (126708) | 202
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the decision by the Chinese government to restrict the number of internet outlets. | | (126709) | 203
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people using the internet in China over the last two years; and what her assessment is of the level of restrictions placed on internet users in China. | | (126710) | 204
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) recent attacks on Mogadishu's airport and (b) the effect such attacks will have on the work of African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. | | (126711) | 205
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she made to the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the treatment in detention of Marie Therese Nlandu. | | (126713) | 206
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the general elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 9th February 2007; and whether they met international standards of being free and fair. | | (126714) | 207
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many current security passes to enter her Department's premises have been issued to employees of BAE Systems; and if she will list the BAE Systems employees who hold such passes. | | (126535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 208
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126647) | 209
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the (a) one-off and (b) ongoing costs of implementing the Food Labelling (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126662) | 210
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Additives for Use in Animal Nutrition (England) Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126669) | 211
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2007, Official Report, column 1296-7W, on NHS waiting lists, which waiting times for episodes of NHS care measured by her Department which are not subject to a target. | | (126028) | 212
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to refer the drug Avastin for use on age-related macular degeneration for appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and if she will make a statement on the (a) use and (b) funding of Avastin in place of (i) Macugen and (ii) Lucentis within the NHS. | | (126033) | 213
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sets of statistics relating to NHS services her Department stopped collecting in each of the last five years; and what the nature was of each set. | | (126035) | 214
| Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support her Department offers to skin cancer health campaigning initiatives by charities; and if she will make a statement. | | (126587) | 215
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department recommends anti-cholinisterease inhibitors for the treatment of people with dementia displaying challenging behaviour symptoms. | | (126452) | 216
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Westminster Primary Care Trust waited for (a) 18 months and over, (b) 12 months and over and (c) six months and over for in-patient admission in each of the last four years. | | (126619) | 217
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the licensed drug Sunitinib is available on NHS prescription. | | (126264) | 218
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations her Department received on the establishment of a local improvement finance trust within the area of the Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (126424) | 219
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Acute Services Review on major capital development programmes in the East of England Strategic Health Authority area; and if she will make a statement. | | (126425) | 220
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been awarded by her Department under Our Health, Our Care, Our Communities since July 2006, broken down by (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust; how many bids have been submitted; what the final period is for the submission of bids; and if she will make a statement. | | (126426) | 221
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors were taken into account in deciding not to provide continuing educational training for dispensing opticians in the review of general ophthalmic services. | | (126279) | 222
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library information she has on the incidence rates of MRSA in other (a) EU and (b) World Health Organisation member states; and what comparative assessment she has made of rates in those countries and in the UK. | | (126514) | 223
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage the £15 million earmarked to improve alcohol interventions in 2007-08 represents of the total uplift in revenue for NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) for that year; and how much each PCT received of that £15 million. | | (126262) | 224
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria the Government will use to assess whether the change in the nature and balance of food advertising to children has altered enough to avoid legislation, as set out in the 2004 Choosing Health White Paper; and when she expects that assessment to be published. | | (126327) | 225
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data the Government holds on the change in the number of advertisements for foods high in fat, salt and sugar seen by children at all times of the day since 2003. | | (126328) | 226
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Food Standards Agency, (b) Ofcom, (c) Grocer magazine and (d) others on the nutrient profiling model; and if she will make a statement. | | (126233) | 227
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice she has provided to NHS trusts on the recommended treatment for Peyronie's disease. | | (126255) | 228
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts will provide implants as treatment for Peyronie's disease. | | (126256) | 229
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made on the level of access to NHS dentistry in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) England; and if she will make a statement. | | (126260) | 230
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to revise the nutrient profiling model used by the Food Standards Agency. | | (126261) | 231
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her letter to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chiselhurst, dated 28th November 2006, and her letter to Earl Howe dated 10th July 2006, what her Department's insulin strategy is; when it was published; if she will place a copy of the strategy in the Library; and if she will make a statement. | | (126267) | 232
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff in Lancashire have received training in communication with children. | | (126622) | 233
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the health of long-term heroin users of prescription of heroin on the NHS. | | (126625) | 234
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made levels of motivation of doctors in the NHS. | | (126626) | 235
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) practising and (b) former doctors are appointed as advisers to her Department. | | (126627) | 236
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the availability of nitrous oxide for recreational use in nightclubs and bars; and what assessment she has made of the health effects of inhalation of nitrous oxide. | | (126628) | 237
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been screened under the bowel cancer screening programme, broken down by centre; how many people within the target 60 to 69 age group it is estimated have yet to be screened at each centre; and what the timetable is for completing the first screening within the target age group. | | (126517) | 238
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to publish an assessment of the bowel cancer screening programme. | | (126518) | 239
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when each centre began screening for bowel cancer. | | (126519) | 240
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will introduce a screening programme for bowel cancer for everyone over 50 years of age. | | (126520) | 241
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much it costs to train (a) a nurse and (b) a doctor to the point of full registration. | | (126539) | 242
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant nurses there were in each (a) primary care trust and (b) hospital trust in each year since 1997. | | (126015) | 243
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first consultant nurse was appointed; and where the appointment was made. | | (126016) | 244
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the possible effects of administering Tamiflu to (a) 25 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 75 per cent. of the population in the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak with an attack rate of (i) 25 per cent., (ii) 30 per cent., (iii) 40 per cent., (iv) 50 per cent. and (v) 75 per cent. | | (126545) | 245
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of care home residents have their care (a) partially and (b) fully funded by (i) local authorities and (ii) primary care trusts. | | (126546) | 246
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) local authorities and (b) primary care trusts spent on social care for people in (i) their own homes and (ii) care homes in each of the last five years. | | (126547) | 247
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many major accident and emergency departments in England offer primary angioplasty. | | (126548) | 248
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accident and emergency departments there are in each strategic health authority, broken down by type. | | (126549) | 249
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were to accident and emergency departments in 2006, broken down by (a) type and (b) strategic health authority (SHA); and what proportion of the resident population of each SHA the latter figure represents. | | (126550) | 250
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential care home places there are in each strategic health authority (SHA); and what the average cost per place is in each SHA. | | (126552) | 251
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of (a) NHS beds, (b) general and acute beds, (c) intermediate care beds, (d) non-residential intermediate care places and (e) adult critical care beds since the publication of the NHS Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (126608) | 252
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnostic scans were performed through the contract with Alliance Medical in each region in each year since it began; and what proportion this represents of scans agreed in the contract. | | (126610) | 253
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she issues to (a) GPs, (b) primary care trusts and (c) other health professionals on support for children and students with diabetes. | | (126554) | 254
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of outpatient operations were cancelled in each NHS Trust area in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (126479) | 255
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to enable international medical graduates working in the United Kingdom as part of the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme to complete their training in the event of their visas expiring before the end of their training period. | | (126407) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 256
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Aramark took over responsibility for provision of canteen services at HMP Downview; when the prison management was supplied with a draft service level agreement between Aramark and the Home Office; when he expects this agreement to be finalised; and when Aramark's contract expires. | | (126263) | 257
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of offenders receiving multiple penalty notices for disorder. | | (126297) | 258
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of levels of under-reporting of childhood sexual abuse. | | (126298) | 259
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) support victims of childhood sexual abuse in reporting abuse, (b) provide advice and assistance during criminal proceedings and (c) offer counselling following a trial. | | (126299) | 260
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effects of incidence of sexual violence or abuse committed against offenders whether as adults or as children in the context of repeat offending or crimes of violence. | | (126300) | 261
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1769W, on work permits, to applicants of which 10 nationalities the most work permits carrying a potential entitlement to settlement in the UK were granted in (a) 2001 and (b) 2005. | | (126447) | 262
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, to the hon. Member for Fareham, Official Report, column 1076W, on the police national computer (PNC), how many PNC records were checked for the purposes of the audit; and what percentage this was of the total number of records on the PNC at the time. | | (126399) | 263
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1752-3W, on the national identity register, what percentage of the (a) set up and (b) running costs of the national identity scheme will not be funded by fee revenue. | | (126400) | 264
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the Police Information Technology Organisation biometrics technology roadmap. | | (126430) | 265
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to illegal workers from (a) Bulgaria and (b) Romania since 1st January 2007; and what percentage of those have been paid. | | (126431) | 266
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of (a) allowing disorderly conduct on licensed premises and (b) selling alcohol to people who are drunk in each year since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (126432) | 267
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police time was spent on frontline duties in each police force area and in each year since 2003-04; and what targets have been set for each police force area. | | (126433) | 268
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women are in prison for drug offences; how many were in prison for drug offences in 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (126435) | 269
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 643W, on prison sentences, whether there is a difference in average length of sentences for British and foreign offenders who committed the same offence; and if he will provide average sentence lengths for (a) foreign and (b) British offenders in each category of offence. | | (126436) | 270
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to check facial images taken for the purposes of biometric passports or identity cards against CCTV footage from unsolved crimes. | | (126437) | 271
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ports of entry there are in the United Kingdom. | | (126438) | 272
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce each tier of the points-based system for managed migration. | | (126439) | 273
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February 2007 to the hon. Member for Harborough, Official Report, columns 891-2W, on prisons, for what reasons the IT system could not provide the information, provided in the Answer of 12th June 2006, to the hon. Member for Monmouth, Official Report, column 1035W, on life sentences. | | (126444) | 274
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with police about demonstrations associated with Comic Relief and Red Nose Day within the exclusion zone around Parliament designated by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. | | (126516) | 275
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many alcohol-related offences were committed in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington constituency in each of the last five years. | | (126449) | 276
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drink driving offences were committed in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington constituency in each of the last five years. | | (126450) | 277
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported in (a) County Durham and (b) Easington constituency in each of the last five years. | | (126451) | 278
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likely change in service provision resulting from the recent changes in the level of resources made available to some police forces. | | (126304) | 279
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the likely lifespan of the information chip in the new passport. | | (126305) | 280
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of Sony Playstations in prisons in the last five years. | | (126542) | 281
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted asylum in the UK, based upon a well founded fear of persecution by (a) the Russian Federation and (b) other territories included in Part II of the Extradition Act 2003 in each year since 2000; and how many grants of asylum from the Russian Federation in each year were related to events in Chechnya. | | (126282) | 282
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish the Government's action plan against trafficking; and if he will make a statement. | | (126531) | 283
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum population capacity is of each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution; what the current population is of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (126021) | 284
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes there were in each year since 2001 in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (126029) | 285
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes were attached to court sentences in each year since 2001, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (126030) | 286
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSP) there were in each year since 2001; and how many resulted in (a) return to custody, (b) return to ISSP and (c) other outcomes; and if he will make a statement. | | (126031) | 287
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intensive supervision and surveillance programmes (ISSP) were attached to court sentences for (a) community rehabilitation orders, (b) bail, (c) supervision orders, (d) community rehabilitation orders and supervision orders following bail ISSP and (e) detention and training orders in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (126102) | 288
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) violent crime and (b) serious violent crime were reported in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126302) | 289
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of (a) domestic burglary and (b) drug offences in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126303) | 290
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of serious violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126310) | 291
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic burglaries were reported in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126313) | 292
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug offences were reported in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126314) | 293
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (126315) | 294
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data held on the National Identity Register will be cross-checked with the electoral register. | | (126593) | 295
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the likely rate of error of identity cards. | | (126594) | 296
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether first-time passport applicants will be re-imbursed for the cost of travelling to and from an Authentication by Interview centre. | | (126605) | 297
| 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, which games and videos are available for use. | | (126606) | 298
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prison Service has plans in place to recruit sufficient prison officers to meet its current or projected operating staffing requirement. | | (126323) | 299
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officer vacancies there were in each prison establishment at the end of each quarter since January 2000; what the expected vacancy rate is projected to be at each establishment for each quarter in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (126324) | 300
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new Contract Supplementary Hours Scheme was introduced to the Prison Service; what the reasons were for its introduction; when the use of the scheme was extended; and what the reasons were for the extension. | | (126329) | 301
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Prison Service expects to end the use of the Contract Supplementary Hours scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (126331) | 302
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Prison Service has put in place to address the local recruitment and retention difficulties that caused the introduction of, and the extension to, the new Contract Supplementary Hours scheme. | | (126332) | 303
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a ban on all alcohol advertising on the incidence of alcohol-related crimes. | | (126596) | 304
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the possible effects of the prescription of heroin to long-term addicts on the NHS on the levels of crime. | | (126601) | 305
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were breached in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (126602) | 306
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders lived in the Peterborough City Council area as at 31st December 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (126226) | 307
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) practical assistance his Department gives to groups providing support to families affected by instances of violence towards a parent by a child. | | (126675) | 308
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the incidence of violence in the home inflicted on a parent by a dependent child. | | (126676) | 309
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the (a) male and (b) female prison population had dependent children in each year since 1997. | | (126528) | 310
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) crack cocaine and (b) opiate users with dependent children. | | (126607) | 311
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the new Contract Supplementary Hours Scheme payment represents as a percentage of basic pay for (a) prison officers on each pay scale point, (b) senior officers and (c) both payscale points for principal officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (126489) | 312
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a Criminal Records Bureau check. | | (126325) | 313
N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in effecting the deportation of Mr Aleksandr Latsinnek since the Minister's letter to the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan of 21st December 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (126020) | 314
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact on Criminal Investigation Department officers of the abolition of the plain clothes allowance in 2004. | | (126023) | 315
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Investigation Department officers are employed in (a) England and Wales and (b) the West Midlands police authority area. | | (126024) | 316
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to encourage police authorities to improve links with local people and businesses. | | (126025) | 317
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets are set for police authorities on the recruitment of police officers on the basis of (a) gender and (b) ethnicity. | | (126026) | 318
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often he holds meetings with the Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Directorate. | | (126027) | 319
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects measures in section 35 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 to come into force. | | (126294) | 320
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on international medical graduates who entered the United Kingdom as part of the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (126408) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 321
| Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2007, Official Report, column 627W, on bicycle parking, which outside security advisers were consulted; and what advice they provided. | | (126632) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 322
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) humanitarian, (b) economic and (c) military assistance the UK is providing to Nepal. | | (126271) | 323
| Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Nepal. | | (126272) | 324
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of reports from the United Nations World Food Programme on the supply of food to children in Mauritania; and whether the Government plans to contribute food to Mauritania. | | (126684) | 325
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution the UK will be making to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeal to help southern Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons to return home. | | (126685) | 326
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of AIDS in Nepal. | | (126686) | 327
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many schools have been built by the (a) Afghanistan government and (b) international community since the London Compact of January 2006; and how many schools he expects to be built by the (i) Afghanistan government and (ii) international community in the next 12 months. | | (126704) | 328
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many hectares of poppy crop in Afghanistan have been eradicated since January 2006; how many hectares have been sprayed; what aid has been paid to poppy farmers; which provinces have been covered by spraying; how many farmers have been offered an alternative crop to plant; and how many farmers have begun to plant an alternative crop. | | (126705) | 329
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid he is making available to the survivors of the earthquake in Sumatra. | | (126706) | 330
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to improve lives in Latin America. | | (126712) | 331
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to assist the government of Southern Sudan to develop the civil service there. | | (126280) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 332
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety provides funding to treat wet age-related macular degeneration sufferers with a licensed anti-vascular endothelial growth factor, when such treatment is recommended by an ophthalmologist, from now until the publication of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines later in 2007. | | (126318) | 333
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans are in place to treat those with wet age-related macular degeneration in Northern Ireland with new treatments which have recently become available. | | (126319) | 334
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland (a) have wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), (b) were diagnosed with wet AMD in each of the last five years and (c) he estimates will be diagnosed with wet AMD in the next 12 months. | | (126320) | 335
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many primary school children in Northern Ireland were given initial assessments by educational psychologists to determine special educational needs in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (126321) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 336
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many items of electrical equipment were discarded by his Department in each year since 2001; and what percentage of those were recycled. | | (126017) | 337
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on the disposal of electrical equipment. | | (126019) | 338
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Occupation Exposure Limit-Framework Revision to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126616) | 339
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Electricity, Safety, Quality and Continuing (Amendment) Regulation 2006 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126617) | 340
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the UK to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126643) | 341
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126650) | 342
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Consumer Credit Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126654) | 343
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Energy Act 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126655) | 344
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off cost and (b) ongoing costs of implementing the Employment Relations Act 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126660) | 345
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off and (b) ongoing costs of implementing the Directive to Establish a General Framework for Informing and Consulting Employees in the UK to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126661) | 346
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126667) | 347
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126668) | 348
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126671) | 349
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the value of the programme making and special events sector to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (126311) | 350
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from the programme making and special events sector regarding the digital dividend review. | | (126312) | 351
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many import licences were granted for arms from (a) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (b) Croatia and (c) Serbia and Montenegro in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by type of import licence description. | | (126540) | 352
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether funds have been transferred from his Department's science budget to the budget for work associated with the collapse of MG Rover; and if he will make a statement. | | (126209) | 353
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings he has held on the EU-Ukraine trade agreement; and what meetings he has held on the date of Ukranian accession to the World Trade Organisation. | | (126701) | 354
| John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of energy was produced by (a) coal fired, (b) gas fired and (c) nuclear power stations in each of the last five years. | | (126448) | 355
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many paper applications for household grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme were successful in each month between November 2006 and March 2007; and what advice his Department gives on the application process to households who do not have access to the internet. | | (126265) | 356
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what definition he uses of `family business'. | | (126129) | 357
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many household applications were received to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in (a) September 2006, (b) October 2006 and (c) November 2006; and what the total value was of such applications in each month. | | (126316) | 358
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the total sum required to meet household demand for grants in full under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for the duration of the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (126317) | 359
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in rural areas who use post offices regularly; and what research he has evaluated on that proportion. | | (126597) | 360
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many current security passes to enter his Department's premises have been issued to employees of BAE Systems; and if he will list the BAE Systems employees who hold such passes. | | (126536) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 361
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Disability Discrimination (Transport Vehicles) Regulations 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126642) | 362
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and the Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126645) | 363
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing Directive 2002/15/EC, on the working time of persons performing mobile and road transport activities to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126648) | 364
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126656) | 365
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) one-off cost and (b) ongoing costs of implementing the Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Emission of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126658) | 366
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were reported to the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many involved foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles. | | (126034) | 367
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compliance with the UK's treaty obligations under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea of introducing a price mechanism into the maritime radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement. | | (122450) | 368
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1065-6W, on ports: planning permission, which of the projects (a) have received and (b) are expected to receive a subsidy from public funds. | | (124498) | 369
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Olive Mount Chord project at the port of Liverpool to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (126532) | 370
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects a decision to be announced on the application for the post panamax terminal in the port of Liverpool. | | (126533) | 371
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the locations are of half barrier level crossings in Hampshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (126266) | 372
N | Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of performance against the Government's targets for increasing the use of biofuels. | | (125911) | 373
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of night flights to and from Heathrow airport on the London economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (126296) | 374
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what scope there is for (a) reciprocity and (b) access to cabotage in the current aviation negotiations with the US air authorities. | | [R] (126333) | 375
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the European Commission Green Paper on maritime transport policy. | | (126402) | 376
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve short sea shipping in UK coastal waters. | | (126476) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 377
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the effect on lottery funding for projects in Wales of the allocation of funding from the Big Lottery Fund to projects being developed for the 2012 Olympics. | | (126306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 378
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the (a) one-off and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Disability Discrimination Act 2004 and 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126637) | 379
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the (i) Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 and (ii) Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 to (A) businesses and (B) the regulators. | | (126646) | 380
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Work at Height Regulations to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126649) | 381
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring costs of implementing the Occupational Pensions Schemes (Winding Up and Deficiency on Winding Up etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126652) | 382
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) one-off cost and (b) recurring cost of implementing the Occupational Pensions Schemes (Winding Up and Deficiency on Winding Up etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 to (i) businesses and (ii) the regulators. | | (126657) | 383
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities he has consulted on his plans to change the housing benefit subsidy for homeless households in temporary accommodation. | | (126485) | 384
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the responses to his consultation on his plans to change the housing benefit subsidy for homeless households in temporary accommodation. | | (126486) | 385
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his consultation paper on his plans to change the housing benefit subsidy for homeless households in temporary accommodation. | | (126487) | 386
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of non-Housing Revenue Account expenditure on homeless households in temporary accommodation in each year since 2002-03. | | (126488) | 387
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to tackle child poverty in (a) Eltham, (b) the London Borough of Greenwich and (c) London. | | (126700) | 388
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the policy reasons are for the different rules which apply to providing index-linked pensions to British pensioners living in Canada and the United States. | | (126543) | 389
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have graduated from the New Deal for Young People to the New Deal 25+ without having left the New Deal for Young People or jobseekers' allowance between their 18th and 25th birthdays. | | (126207) | 390
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in Employment Zone programmes found work and maintained their job with help for over 13 weeks in each month since April 2000. | | (126309) | 391
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what associated services are offered by (a) Swaffham and (b) Downham Market Jobcentre Plus branches; and what plans have been made for their continued provision if these Jobcentre Plus branches are closed. | | (126238) | 392
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many crisis loan payments were made from (a) Swaffham and (b) Downham Market Jobcentre Plus branches in each of the last five years. | | (126239) | 393
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial savings that would be achieved as a result of the closure of the Swaffham and Downham Market Jobcentre Plus branches. | | (126248) | 394
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how far residents of (a) Swaffham and (b) Downham Market will have to travel to their nearest Jobcentre Plus branch if existing branches are closed; and what assessment he has made of the availability of public transport for those journeys. | | (126249) | 395
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the profile of customers visiting each of the Jobcentre Plus branches earmarked for closure in Norfolk. | | (126250) | 396
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which stakeholders his Department has invited to comment on the proposals to close Jobcentre Plus branches in Norfolk. | | (126251) | 397
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed at the Jobcentre Plus branches in (a) Swaffham and (b) Downham Market. | | (126252) | 398
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternatives have been considered to closing Jobcentre Plus branches at Swaffham and Downham Market. | | (126253) | 399
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from trade unions on proposals to close Jobcentre Plus branches in Norfolk. | | (126254) | 400
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what services are offered at the (a) Swaffham, (b) Downham Market, (c) Wymondham and (d) Hunstanton Jobcentre Plus branches; and what average number of people used each branch on each day in the last six months. | | (126257) | 401
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the public is aware of the consultation exercise on the future of Jobcentre Plus branches in Norfolk. | | (126258) | 402
| Mr Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why Cabinet Office guidelines for the length of a consultation period have not been applied to the consultation on the future of Norfolk's Jobcentre Plus branches. | | (126259) | 403
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many types of benefits are paid to UK citizens who live outside the UK but within the European Economic Area under European Community Regulation 1408/71. | | (126428) | 404
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Audit Commission on the Commission's recent report, Changing Lanes, targeting employers in order to deliver road safety messages to those who drive at work. | | (126677) | 405
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on income support for (a) lone parents whose youngest child was (i) under three, (ii) under five, (iii) under 11, (iv) under 14 and (v) under 16 and (b) all lone parents in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of GDP each figure represented; and what estimate he has made of the expenditure for each of the next 10 years. | | (126529) | 406
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are expected to participate in the New Deal self employment programme in 2007-08; and how many people participated in the programme in each of the last three years. | | (126537) | 407
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse for an unemployed person to return to work under the New Deal self employment programme compared with other employment programmes. | | (126538) | 408
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the relative rates at which participants return to work under the New Deal self-employment programme compared with other employment programmes. | | (126618) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 409
| Clive Efford (Eltham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Eltham have received childcare credits since their introduction. | | [Transferred] (126682) | 410
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of each strategic health authority's resident population is aged (a) over state pension age, (b) 65 or over, (c) 75 or over, (d) 85 or over, (e) 95 or over and (f) 100 or over. | | [Transferred] (126551) | 411
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the population size of each strategic health authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2020 and (c) 2030; how many and what proportion of the projected population he estimates will be aged (i) over state pension age, (ii) 65 or over, (iii) 75 or over, (iv) 85 or over, (v) 95 or over and (vi) 100 or over in each year. | | [Transferred] (126609) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 412
N | Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department is proposing to publish on the off-setting of carbon emissions. | | [Question Unstarred] (125915) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 413
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will promote the use of internet conferencing to businesses as an alternative to travel. | | [Transferred] (126629) | 414
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) internal and (b) international same-day return flights made by businesses in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (126630) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 415
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of meeting the judgment on the Ombudsman's report on the matter of the employee pensions failure (a) over the next 60 years and (b) on an annual basis. | | [Transferred] (126334) | 416
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) the proportion of households renting from (i) local authorities, (ii) registered social landlords, (iii) private landlords and (iv) owner occupiers which are workless. | | [Transferred] (126503) | 417
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) the proportion of households renting from (i) local authorities, (ii) registered social landlords, (iii) private landlords and (iv) owner occupiers which are (A) over state pension age and (B) of working age. | | [Transferred] (126504) | 418
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of savings held by (a) local authority tenants, (b) registered social landlord tenants, (c) private tenants and (d) owner occupiers. | | [Transferred] (126505) |
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