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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 March 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 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 Tuesday 13 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he attended the parliamentary reception for the charity V in February. | | (127210) | 2
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) qualified for and (b) received the £250 credit for filing PAYE returns electronically in each year since its introduction. | | (127289) | 3
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in value of the Climate Change Levy has been since it was first announced in 1999; and if he will restore the value to the 1999 level. | | (127408) | 4
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of Schedule E tax which was overpaid in each financial year since April 2000. | | (127437) | 5
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid (a) Schedule D tax and (b) Capital Gains tax in each year since April 2000. | | (127438) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 6
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which training courses her Department or its agencies have offered to Treasury Ministers in the last 12 months; and how many such training courses were attended by Treasury Ministers. | | (127213) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 7
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what legislation the Valuation Office Agency have the right to retain photographs of the interiors of people's homes; and if she will make a statement. | | (124814) | 8
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures her Department has in place to ensure that photographs taken by the Valuation Office Agency do not infringe on personal privacy rights; and if she will make a statement. | | (124815) | 9
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment concerning issues of planning permission guidance; when those meetings took place; whether she plans to publish the minutes of the meeting; and if she will make a statement. | | (126817) | 10
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights on the (a) mandate and (b) involvement of the Commission's Race Equality Group. | | (127450) | 11
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations her Department has received from black and minority ethnic groups on the involvement of the Race Equality Group in the development of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. | | (127451) | 12
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how long the appointed Transition Commissioners are expected to assist the Commissioner for Equality and Human Rights. | | (127452) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 13
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which sites other than Woolwich have been considered as the potential venue for shooting events for the London Olympics; and if she will make a statement. | | (127446) | 14
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions were held between officials in her Department and members of the Casino Advisory Panel on the definition of social impact for the purposes of the Panel's enquiry; and when such discussions took place. | | (127176) | 15
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her officials held with members of the Casino Advisory Panel on how to assess willingness to license in respect of applicants in the regional casino category. | | (127177) | 16
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Casino Advisory Panel discussed the (a) definition and (b) merits of destination as opposed to doorstep casinos at its meeting on 24th May 2006. | | (127178) | 17
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the Chairman and (b) other members of the Casino Advisory Panel read the Joint Committee's Report on the Gambling Bill during their deliberations on the award of casino licences. | | (127179) | 18
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties represented by the Historic Houses Association (a) she, (b) the Minister for Sport, (c) the Minister for Culture and (d) the Minister for Media and Tourism visited in an official capacity in each of the last five years. | | (127432) | 19
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties (a) owned and (b) managed by the National Trust (i) she, (ii) the Minister for Sport, (iii) the Minister for Culture and (iv) the Minister for Media and Tourism visited in an official capacity in each of the last five years. | | (127433) | 20
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties (a) owned and (b) managed by English Heritage (i) she, (ii) the Minister for Sport, (iii) the Minister for Culture and (iv) the Minister for Media and Tourism visited in an official capacity in each of the last five years. | | (127434) | 21
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. | | (127467) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 22
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of unexploded devices from World War Two remaining in (a) Wales and (b) Pembrokeshire; and what assessment he has made of the risks posed to members of the public. | | (127443) | 23
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current establishment level is working with UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what the future establishment is likely to be. | | (126967) | 24
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Devon of 6th March 2007, Official Report, column 1877W, on nuclear weapons, what estimate he has made of the cost of decommissioning future (a) submarine reactor hulls and cores and (b) facilities used to create future fissile nuclear materials and nuclear warheads for any replacement Trident nuclear programme after 2055. | | (126918) | 25
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, column 1979W, on animal experiments, what the qualifications are of those who will decide whether to continue the experiments involving live goats. | | (127390) | 26
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to Question 115462, on the freemail service, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South on 10th January 2007. | | (127392) | 27
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis his Department has asked for a compliant bid from potential developers for the redundant Ministry of Defence site at Matapan Road, Hilsea; and if he will make a statement. | | (127448) | 28
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1070-1W, on Afghanistan, what the Government's response has been to each urgent operational requirement request from forces in Afghanistan since January 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (127391) | 29
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent changes have been made to the procedure by which members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas receive parcels free of charge; and if he will make a statement. | | (127357) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 30
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools in Wycombe constituency have received Excellence in Cities money since 2001; and how much funding each school received. | | (127372) | 31
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to the letter of 19th January from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on the account taken of plans for new homes in Hemel Hempstead constituency in determining the closures and amalgamations of schools in the area. | | (127256) | 32
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will answer the Question tabled by the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire on 28th February, reference 125275, on the collaborative restart of the Northfields Technology College with Houghton Regis Middle School. | | (127359) | 33
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average time his Department took to process an inter-country adoption in each of the last five years from (a) the time of the original adoption panel and (b) the sending of documentation to the other country involved; and if he will make a statement. | | (127394) | 34
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consideration was given to the issue of bullying when the policy of extended hours for schools was developed. | | (127370) | 35
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools are aware of the proposed new guidelines on the collection of biometric data in schools. | | (127377) | 36
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether planned guidance on the collection of biometric data in schools will be made available other than on the BECTA website. | | (127378) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the draft guidance on Planning and Developing Special Educational Provision issued for consultation on 8th March 2007. | | (127381) | 38
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) title, (b) date of issue and (c) consultation period was of each document issued for limited consultation by his Department in each year since 2003. | | (127382) | 39
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) title, (b) date of issue and (c) consultation period was of each document issued for (i) public consultation and (ii) limited consultation on provision for special educational needs in each year since 1997. | | (127383) | 40
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which admissions authorities include ballot by lottery amongst their oversubscription criteria, in each local authority. | | (127384) | 41
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which admissions authorities allocate places (a) primarily by lottery and (b) by lottery within fair banding, in each local authority. | | (127385) | 42
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which admissions authorities include catchment area amongst their oversubscription criteria, broken down by local authority. | | (127386) | 43
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which admissions authorities allocate places primarily by catchment area, broken down by local authority. | | (127387) | 44
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children living within a catchment area for a school which they listed as first preference did not get a place in that school in the latest period for which figures are available, in each local authority. | | (127388) | 45
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children living within a catchment area for a school to which they applied did not get a place in that school in the latest period for which figures are available, in each local authority. | | (127393) | 46
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships (i) were participating in a programme-led apprenticeship and (ii) had successfully completed the full framework of a programme-led apprenticeship in each year since the inception of programme-led apprenticeships. | | (127397) | 47
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the non-completion rate was for (a) programme-led apprenticeships, (b) programme-led advanced apprenticeships, (c) non-programme-led apprenticeships and (d) non-programme-led advanced apprenticeships in each year since the inception of programme-led apprenticeships. | | (127398) | 48
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his Department's expenditure on promoting martial arts in schools was in each year since 1997. | | (127411) | 49
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on his Department's guidance on school complaints procedures, LEA/01/0180/2003. | | (127412) | 50
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what monitoring procedures are in place to ensure that his Department's guidance on school complaints procedures, LEA/01/0180/2003, is adhered to by schools and governing bodies. | | (127413) | 51
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what appeals process is in place for parents who wish to appeal against the (a) content and (b) operation of a school's complaints procedure. | | (127414) | 52
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library copies of guidance in place on charging to use sports facilities at private finance initiative schools. | | (127415) | 53
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received from community groups on the hiring of sports facilities at private finance initiative schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (127416) | 54
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools offer (a) boxing, (b) kick boxing, (c) karate and (d) other forms of martial arts (i) within their sports programme and (ii) as part of extended school activities. | | (127417) | 55
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding levels for fine art courses in (a) further education, (b) work-based learning, (c) adult and community learning and (d) sixth form colleges were in each year from 1997 to 2006; and what the budgeted levels of funding are in each of the next three years. | | (127444) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 56
N | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the area of land in Cumbria which is suitable for growing biofuel crops. | | (127352) | 57
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding each regional development agency received from (a) rural development programmes and (b) other programmes run by his Department in each of the last five years; and how much each agency spent on policy areas which are his Department's responsibility in each year. | | (127396) | 58
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the marine environment; and if he will make a statement. | | (127356) | 59
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been provided by his Department for the Timber Trade Action Plan (TTAP); when he expects the TTAP report on mills in China to be made available; and if he will make a statement. | | (127454) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 60
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to replace chlorofluorocarbon-based asthma inhalers with CFC-free version for patients over the age of 12. | | (126729) | 61
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to tackle childhood obesity. | | (126730) | 62
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many spare units of dental activity there were in East Yorkshire each month since the introduction of the new dental contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (126816) | 63
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that Glockhardt UK passes its technology to another manufacturer in order to guarantee continuity of supply of animal insulins, as discussed at the meeting between Department of Health officials and key stakeholders on 17th May 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (126412) | 64
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her letter of 28th November 2006 to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst, on the strategy of supply of animal insulin, whether the provision of the option of animal insulin to patients only if considered appropriate by the healthcare professionals is in accordance with the Doctor-Patient Partnership outlined by the General Medical Council's new good medical practice guidelines which came into force on 13th November 2006. | | (126413) | 65
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's strategy is for the supply of animal insulin; when it was published; and if she will place a copy of the strategy in the Library. | | (126414) | 66
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what potential conflicts of interest were notified to the Permanent Secretary by departmental ministers between 1997 and 1999 in connection with the handling of compensation claims related to the supply of contaminated blood products by the NHS. | | (127259) | 67
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to promote organ donation; and if she will make a statement. | | (127358) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 68
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community rehabilitation orders were (a) issued to and (b) breached by young offenders aged 18 years or under in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (127453) | 69
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) the Chairman designate and (b) the Chief Executive designate of the National Policing Improvement Agency on its budget. | | (127291) | 70
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the budget of the National Policing Improvement Agency to be agreed. | | (127292) | 71
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current timetable is for implementation of the Police National Database. | | (127293) | 72
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the implementation of the IMPACT Cross Regional Information Sharing Project programme. | | (127294) | 73
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the IMPACT programme has been; and what he expects its projected final cost to be. | | (127298) | 74
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for differences in the average cost of detaining individuals for one week in different immigration and removal centres. | | (127211) | 75
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is being made for the National Identity Register to be used as a population register. | | (127212) | 76
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason (a) television and (b) satellite television subscription services are provided to inmates in prison and detention facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (125283) | 77
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under which legislation prosecutions may be made of those found guilty of uploading video content onto the internet containing (a) criminal damage, (b) physical assaults and (c) vandalism. | | (127399) | 78
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps police forces are taking to tackle the availability of anabolic steroids. | | (127400) | 79
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Internet Watch Foundation on video clips on websites which show (a) violence and physical assaults and (b) criminal damage. | | (127410) | 80
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of inmates who, having absconded from custody, commit offences whilst they remain at large; and if he will make a statement. | | (126814) | 81
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of fraud in relation to online retail websites were made in each year since 1997. | | (126230) | 82
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Serious and Organised Crime Agency is taking to deal with reports of fraud in relation to online retailing. | | (126231) | 83
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported instances of fraud involving online retailing have been referred to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency; and what the status is of investigations in each case in which no legal proceedings are active. | | (126232) | 84
N | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where he plans to locate passport interview centres in Cumbria. | | (127351) | 85
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding he has provided to the Youth Offending Service in (a) England and Wales and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (127354) | 86
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were placed in police cells overnight in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement. | | (127409) | 87
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations his Department held with community representatives before he announced the proposed new levels of fees for visas and in-country fee levels. | | (127401) | 88
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the unit cost is of dealing with each category of in-country application. | | (127402) | 89
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies have been undertaken for the purpose of reducing the cost of processing in-country applications. | | (127403) | 90
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2007, Official Report, column 1374W, on war crimes, what issues his Department is reviewing in connection with arrest warrants applications. | | (127389) | 91
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external advice his Department has sought in connection with the review of arrest warrant applications. | | (127404) | 92
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he expects his Department's review of arrest warrants to involve public consultation. | | (127405) | 93
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Freedom of Information requests to each police authority in England and Wales have not received a statutory response within 21 days. | | (127348) | 94
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of police forces to recruit Criminal Investigation Department officers. | | (127349) | 95
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the roles and responsibilities are of each person employed by the Department's Respect Task Force. | | (127350) | 96
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claimed compensation for injuries arising from the terrorist attack in London of 7th July 2005; how many such claims have now been concluded by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA); how many interim payments have been made; in how many cases no compensation has yet been paid; and what the highest sum is so far awarded to an individual by the CICA. | | (127295) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 97
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has contributed to the Global Fund to help poor countries fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. | | (126394) | 98
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in making the range of drugs relevant to HIV/AIDS available to people in the poorest countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (126395) | 99
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on AIDS-related work in 2005-06; and how much has been spent in 2006-07. | | (126396) | 100
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the composition of parliaments in developing countries to reflect the population of those countries in terms of (a) gender, (b) ethnicity, (c) religious belief and (d) sexuality; and if he will make a statement. | | (127441) | 101
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information is collected by his Department on the extent to which national parliaments of developing countries are representative of their populations in terms of (a) gender, (b) ethnicity, (c) religious belief and (d) sexuality. | | (127442) | Questions to the Leader of the House 102
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Leader of the House, what plans he has to define the (a) powers and (b) functions of the House of Lords in future legislation. | | (127290) | 103
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will estimate the annual cost of a fully elected upper house. | | (127296) | Questions to the Solicitor General 104
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made in the inquiry by Peter Scott QC into criticisms made by Mr Justice Girvan of the Northern Ireland Office. | | (127258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 105
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the construction industry's total value which was represented by research and development spending in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (127406) | 106
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the potential for solar power to contribute to the energy mix over the next five to 15 years; and what policies he has to maximise solar heat and solar electricity production. | | (127407) | 107
N | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which sub-regions in Europe have a gross value added rate under 75 per cent. | | (127371) | 108
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses which receive telephone services through a digital access carrier system, in each region of the UK. | | (127257) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 109
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial contribution his Department made to the report by Oxford Economic Forecasting on the Economic Contribution of the Aviation Industry in the UK. | | (127439) | 110
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in relation to the survey undertaken by Oxford Economic Forecasting report quoted at paragraphs 4.14 and 4.15 of his Future of Air Transport Progress Report, how many questionnaires were sent out; and what proportion were returned. | | (127440) | 111
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish details of the air traffic forecasts on which his Future of Air Transport Progress Report was based; and if he will make a statement. | | (127449) | 112
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rates of overcrowding on (a) South West trains and (b) national network trains were in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (127353) | 113
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) total number of accidents, (b) average daily traffic flow and (c) accident rate per million vehicle kilometres was for the stretch of (i) the A14 between Girton and Cambridge, (ii) the A10 between Cambridge and Ely and (iii) the A1307 between Haverhill and Cambridge in 2006; and what each has been in 2007 to date. | | (127395) | 114
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road fatalities were caused by defective vehicles in each year from 1997 to 2006. | | (126397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 115
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK were entitled to a state pension in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2006. | | (126391) | 116
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be entitled to a state pension in 2012. | | (126392) | 117
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workers aged 60 and over. | | (126393) | 118
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit payment for a (a) single pensioner, (b) married pensioner, (c) single person under pensionable age, (d) married couple under pensionable age and (e) married couple with children was in (i) 1997 and (ii) at the latest available date. | | (127209) | 119
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to set up an independent review on public sector pensions. | | (126731) | 120
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in performance bonuses was paid to officials at the Child Support Agency in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; to whom such bonuses were paid; and if he will make a statement. | | (126815) | 121
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of winter fuel payments in relation to the cost of energy; and if he will make a statement. | | (127355) | 122
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has estimated the cost to the public purse of assisting an unemployed person to return to work under the (a) New Deal self-employment programme and (b) other employment programmes. | | (127435) | 123
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to participate in the New Deal self-employment programme in the next 12 months; and how many people participated in each of the previous three years. | | (127436) | 124
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the forms issued by his Department for disability living allowance claims were last amended; and what the reasons were for these amendments. | | (127445) | 125
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which functions of his Department have been privatised or outsourced since May 2005. | | (127447) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 126
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of NHS deficits on local authority budgets. | | [Question Unstarred] (126788) |
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