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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 14 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 March 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 14 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (127710) | 2
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's total accrued liability in relation to public service pension schemes was as at March 2006. | | (127765) | 3
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been since 2006 of attendance at the meetings of the Leeds Castle Group. | | (126818) | 4
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials accompanied him on each visit he made to an African country in January 2005; what the cost of hotels was for (a) him and (b) his officials on each visit; and whether (i) he and (ii) his officials stayed in accommodation provided by the UK's high commission or embassy in each country. | | (126921) | 5
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many knowledge managers are employed by his Department; what their total remuneration is; how many vacancies for knowledge manager positions there are in his Department; what the salary range is of posts which are vacant; and if he will make a statement. | | (127458) | 6
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on knowledge management in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; what the planned expenditure is in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (127459) | 7
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of grant-in-aid has been agreed with Ofcom to undertake its spectrum management functions for 2007-08; and what spectrum auctions he expects Ofcom to undertake in 2007-08. | | (127673) | 8
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the registration fees of small to medium-sized independent financial advice practices; what representations he has made to the Financial Services Authority regarding those fees; and if he will make a statement. | | (127525) | 9
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths in which alcohol was the primary cause there were in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk and (c) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. | | (127621) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 10
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many arm's length management organisations have signed up to the Respect Standard for Housing Management. | | (126471) | 11
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many arm's length management organisation (ALMO) managed residential properties have been brought up to the Decent Homes Standard since the start of the ALMO programme in April 2002; and how many were brought up to that standard in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (126472) | 12
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many arm's length management organisation (ALMO) managed residential properties have received a complete new set of windows since the start of the ALMO programme in April 2002; and how many received a complete new set in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (126473) | 13
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residents of arm's length management organisations (ALMO) managed residential properties have lived in homes brought up to the Decent Homes Standard (a) since the start of the ALMO programme in April 2002 and (b) in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (126474) | 14
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) residents in arm's length management organisation managed areas are covered by the Respect Standard for Housing Management. | | (126475) | 15
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors were taken into account when deciding that Supporting People agencies should be able to require efficiency savings of home improvement agencies. | | (127545) | 16
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Supporting People agencies have powers to commission home improvement agencies through competitive tendering. | | (127546) | 17
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget was of each Supporting People Agency in each of the last three years. | | (127547) | 18
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria she has specified for assessing the business cases put forward for unitary authority status. | | (127510) | 19
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whom she has appointed as independent auditors to assess unitary authority bids. | | (127511) | 20
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects (a) the bids for unitary status to undergo assessment and (b) reports on these assessments to be published. | | (127512) | 21
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much she has budgeted for the cost of assessment of unitary authority bids going to independent audit (a) per bid and (b) in total. | | (127513) | 22
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of letting agencies which will meet the implementation deadline of 6th April 2007 for the Tenancy Deposit Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (127419) | 23
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that letting agencies receive the information necessary to implement the Tenancy Deposit Scheme. | | (127420) | 24
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the Tenancy Deposit Scheme does not create a disproportionate administrative or financial burden for small businesses; and if she will make a statement. | | (127421) | 25
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average rent was paid in Swindon by (a) council tenants, (b) tenants with a registered social landlord and (c) tenants paying market rates in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (127658) | 26
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities make an additional charge on council house rents to pay for street wardens. | | (127659) | 27
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have to increase rent for council house tenants; and if she will make a statement. | | (127660) | 28
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average rent was paid for (a) council housing and (b) registered social landlord housing in each local authority in England in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (127661) | 29
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will require local authorities to increase the amount of affordable housing they provide. | | (127662) | 30
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government grant to Swindon Borough Council for housing was in each year since 1990. | | (127663) | 31
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on improving the condition of social housing in Swindon in each year since 1995. | | (127664) | 32
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people lived in temporary accommodation in Swindon in each year since 1995. | | (127665) | 33
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities are eligible for housing revenue account subsidy; and how much was granted to each eligible local authority in each year for which there are records. | | (127669) | 34
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority in England paid back to the Exchequer from their housing revenue account in each year since 1990. | | (127670) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 35
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average time was between submission of appeals against refusal of incapacity benefit and a decision being taken in each of the last three years. | | (127722) | 36
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many appeals against refusal of incapacity benefit have been received in each of the last 12 months; and what the range of dates of submission was of the appeals that were considered in February 2002. | | (127723) | 37
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Immigration Appeal Tribunal has sent the decision papers on cases VA/08797/2006, VA/08788/2006 and VA/08793/2006 in which the Immigration Judge ruled on 6th October 2006 to (a) the Home Department and (b) HM High Commission, Islamabad. | | (127754) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 38
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has set targets for VisitBritain; and if she will make a statement. | | (127515) | 39
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received on the sale of the Tote; and if she will make a statement. | | (127516) | 40
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2007, Official Report, column 707W, on casinos, what factors were taken into account when deciding to commission Lancaster University to advise on the methodology for the assessment of social and economic impact of the new casinos; and if she will make a statement. | | (127521) | 41
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of developing Eviivo, the online booking system used by the VisitBritain website; and how many bookings were taken through this system in the first year of its operation. | | (126884) | 42
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to seek to repeal part of the Osborne Estate Act 1902 on the convalescent wing. | | (127560) | 43
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the resources required by English Heritage to carry out its responsibilities as proposed in the Heritage Protection for the 21st Century White Paper; and what resources will be provided by her Department to enable those responsibilities to be met. | | (127644) | 44
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of likely appeals resulting from changes in the heritage designation system. | | (127645) | 45
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what training her Department provides for local authority conservation officers. | | (127646) | 46
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of designated monuments that have been damaged by agricultural cultivation in the last 10 years. | | (127647) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 47
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure was on each of the armed services in each of the last 15 years. | | (127572) | 48
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which facilities are currently treating service personnel who have been injured in action and have subsequently returned to the UK; and what specialisms are provided for at those facilities. | | (127573) | 49
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force officers who attended the Higher Command Staff Course in each year from 2003 to 2006 remained in service 12 months later. | | (127717) | 50
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the fitting of kevlar matting to the cargo bays of Hercules aircraft. | | (127600) | 51
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regimental dinners took place in 2006; and what the total cost was of those dinners. | | (127537) | 52
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions the (a) Assistant Chief of the General Staff, (b) Chief of the General Staff, (c) Adjutant General and (d) non-ministerial members of the Army Board have met hon. Members in the last 12 months. | | (127538) | 53
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of running the offices of the (a) Adjutant General, (b) Army Board and (c) Chief of the General Staff in 2006; and what change there has been in the cost of each since 2002. | | (127539) | 54
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of claims made for expenses by the (a) Adjutant General, (b) Chief of the General Staff and (c) Army Board in 2006. | | (127567) | 55
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many internal flights were taken by the (a) Adjutant General, (b) Chief of the General Staff, (c) non-ministerial members of the Army Board and (d) Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 2006; how many of those flights were with (i) military and (ii) commercial carriers; and what the cost was. | | (127568) | 56
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1646W on Afghanistan, how many people died in the incident at Pangwayi. | | (127727) | 57
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on basing options for the Red Arrows. | | (127630) | 58
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to bring the standard of base protection in Iraqi bases occupied by British troops up to the level of that maintained at Kandahar air base in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (127676) | 59
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring the standard of base protection at Camp Bastion to the level of that maintained at Kandahar air base. | | (127677) | 60
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish on his Department's website information on the techniques employed at (a) Basra air station and (b) other bases in Iraq occupied by British personnel along the lines of the information available on the base protection techniques at Kandahar air base. | | (127678) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 61
| Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what modifications he plans to make to his announced changes to English for Speakers of Other Languages provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (127631) | 62
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in Shropshire were entered for a modern language at GCSE in each year from 2001 to 2006. | | (127721) | 63
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places for children under five years were available in Lancashire in each year since 1997. | | (127461) | 64
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated for each One School Pathfinder Project; when he expects each project to be completed; and when the decision was made on each allocation. | | (127650) | 65
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average A-level points score per pupil was for 11 to 18 years schools with sixth forms containing (a) 50 or fewer, (b) 51 to 100, (c) 101 to 150, (d) 151 to 200, (e) 201 to 250 and (f) more than 250 pupils in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (127637) | 66
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he expects the Consultation on School, Early Years and 14-16 Funding 2008-11 to affect (a) the date of implementation of the Code of Practice and (b) the funding arrangements to be agreed between the local education authorities and the maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors. | | (127591) | 67
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of teaching foreign languages to age (a) seven, (b) 10 and (c) 14 years olds. | | (127597) | 68
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Ofsted on the implementation of changes to inspections following the provision of the foundation stage curriculum. | | (127633) | 69
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for funding for nurseries of the implementation of phonics under the Children Act 2006. | | (127634) | 70
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding his Department makes available for those over the age of 25 years for apprenticeships. | | (127586) | 71
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department has undertaken to ensure the implementation of age discrimination regulations across his Department. | | (127587) | 72
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what flexibility teachers have to offer remedial reading teaching within the mandatory elements of the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement. | | (127736) | 73
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in each local education authority recorded absences from school as a result of teenage pregnancy in each of the last five years, broken down by ethnic group. | | (127738) | 74
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people successfully completed a Skills for Life qualification in each year since the inception of the programme, broken down by (a) type of qualification and (b) age of person at the time of award of qualification. | | (127426) | 75
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship frameworks do not require a technical certificate. | | (127428) | 76
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people who passed the complete framework for (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships also achieved a technical certificate as part of their apprenticeship course in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (127429) | 77
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learners (a) started and (b) successfully completed the framework for (i) apprenticeships and (ii) advanced apprenticeships in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (127430) | 78
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much special educational needs (SEN) funding was provided to students in (a) further education and (b) higher education in each year between 1997 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on his Department's submission for future levels of SEN funding in further and higher education as part of the forthcoming comprehensive spending review. | | (127431) | 79
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was of teacher redundancy payments in (a) community schools, (b) foundation schools, (c) voluntary-aided schools, (d) voluntary controlled schools, (e) academies and (f) city technology colleges in each year from 1997 to 2007. | | (127552) | 80
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) all teachers and (b) teachers in (i) community schools, (ii) voluntary-aided schools, (iii) voluntary controlled schools, (iv) foundation schools, (v) academies and (vi) city technology colleges (A) took voluntary redundancy payments, (B) took early retirement, (C) retired and (D) were dismissed in each year between 1997 and 2007. | | (127553) | 81
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which academies run a system of performance-related pay for their staff. | | (127554) | 82
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) community schools, (b) voluntary-aided schools, (c) voluntary controlled schools, (d) foundation schools, (e) city technology colleges and (f) academies were in Ofsted category (i) special measures, (ii) serious weaknesses and (iii) underachieving in each year since 1997 (A) in total and (B) in each local authority. | | (127555) | 83
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) community schools, (b) voluntary-aided schools, (c) voluntary controlled schools, (d) foundation schools, (e) city technology colleges and (f) academies were in Ofsted category (i) special measures and (ii) notice to improve in 2007 (A) in total and (B) in each local authority. | | (127556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 84
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (126470) | 85
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to encourage local planning authorities to enforce higher standards for the energy efficiency of homes. | | (126734) | 86
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Countryside Alliance on the operation of the hunting legislation. | | (127571) | 87
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle have been tested for bovine tuberculosis using the gamma interferon test in each English region since October 2006; and how many cattle tested positive to the test in each region. | | (127574) | 88
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account he plans to take of evidence obtained from badger culling operations at Steeple Leaze, Dorset and Thornbury, Gloucestershire in the future development of a bovine TB strategy. | | (127582) | 89
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations have been received by his Department from (a) farmers and (b) landowners seeking licences to cull badgers infected with bovine TB. | | (127583) | 90
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the live export of horses for slaughter; and what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on this issue. | | (127584) | 91
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of bovine tuberculosis testing on small scale sales of livestock, including auction marts. | | (127455) | 92
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the cost of tuberculosis testing of farms with small numbers of livestock. | | (127456) | 93
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of voluntary carbon offsetting in the UK complying with (a) the CDM Gold Standard, (b) certified emissions reductions generated by the Clean Development Mechanism, (c) emissions reductions units generated by joint implementation projects, (d) EU allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, (e) his Department's proposed voluntary code of best practice for carbon offsetting and (f) uncertified voluntary emissions reductions. | | (125284) | 94
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of allowances under the UK national allocation plan of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme he plans to be (a) auctioned, (b) sold without auction and (c) distributed free to account holders in the Emissions Trading Registry under (i) the first phase of the scheme and (ii) the second phase of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (125286) | 95
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) is spent by the Government on actions to combat climate change; whether he plans to increase spending to the one per cent. of GDP recommended by the Stern Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (125397) | 96
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of UK water use is by (a) agriculture, (b) business excluding agriculture, (c) domestic consumers and (d) public bodies and agencies. | | (126922) | 97
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of anaerobic digestion of farm waste to create biogas for energy production. | | (127541) | 98
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken into the feasibility of tyre pyrolysis for diesel production as a way of recycling tyres; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which this technology is being used in the UK. | | (127542) | 99
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of plastic waste from (a) industrial, (b) residential and (c) agricultural sources was recycled for (i) new plastics and (ii) fuel in the last period for which figures are available. | | (127543) | 100
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the use of thermal depolymerisation as a process for recycling hazardous medical and sewage waste into fuel. | | (127544) | 101
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs of (a) manufacturing and (b) disposing of (i) an energy friendly light bulb and (ii) an incandescent light bulb. | | (127592) | 102
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which agricultural sectors in each EU member state Common Agricultural Policy support remains coupled to production. | | (127594) | 103
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward amendments to the Animals Act 1971 to mitigate the effects on the cost of insurance for horse businesses of the 2003 House of Lords judgement on the interpretation of that Act. | | (127595) | 104
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account he takes of animal wefare standards in the countries from which food procured by his Department is produced. | | (127596) | 105
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average charge each local authority made for bulk waste doorstep collection in the last year for which figures are available. | | (127680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 106
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she expects functioning institutions of justice to be fully operational as set out in the London Compact of 2006 in (a) Badakhshan, (b) Badghis, (c) Baghlan, (d) Balkh, (e) Bamyan, (f) Daykundi, (g) Farah, (h) Faryab, (i) Ghazni, (j) Ghor, (k) Helmand, (l) Herat, (m) Jowzjan, (n) Kabul, (o) Kandahar, (p) Kapisa, (q) Khost, (r) Konar, (s) Kunduz, (t) Laghman, (u) Lowgar, (v) Nangarhar, (w) Nimruz, (x) Nurestan, (y) Oruzgan, (z) Paktia, (aa) Paktika, (ab) Panjshir, (ac) Parvan, (ad) Samangan, (ae) Sar-e Pol, (af) Takhar, (ag) Wardak and (ah) Zabol in Afghanistan by the end of 2010; what progress has been made; and what progress she expects to be made by the end of the year in each province. | | (127499) | 107
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries will send international observers to the forthcoming elections to the Constituent Assembly in Nepal. | | (127500) | 108
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the elections to the Constituent Assembly in Nepal are free and fair. | | (127501) | 109
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the detention of Morgan Tsvangirai and other figures from the Movement for Democratic Change by the Zimbabwean government; and if she will make a statement. | | (127502) | 110
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she expects Afghanistan and (a) its neighbours and (b) other countries in the region to reach agreements to enable Afghanistan (i) to import skilled labour and (ii) to enable Afghans to seek work in the region and send remittances back to Afghanistan by the end of 2010 as set out in the target of the 2006 London Compact; what progress has been made; and what progress she expects to be made by the end of 2007. | | (127504) | 111
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of political prisoners being held by the Cuban government. | | (127505) | 112
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of recent conflict between the Sri Lankan government and terrorists in the Batticaloa district; and what estimate she has made of the number of internally displaced persons who have been affected by the conflict. | | (127506) | 113
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the reforms to strengthen the professionalism, credibility and integrity of key institutions of the justice system in Afghanistan was met by the end of 2006 in accordance with the target of the London Compact of 2006; what further progress she expects to be made by the end of 2007; and whether she expects the targets to be fully implemented by the end of 2010. | | (127526) | 114
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she expects prisons to have separate facilities for men, women and juveniles in Afghanistan by the end of 2010 in accordance with the target of the London Compact of 2006; what progress has been made towards the target; and what progress she expects to be made by the end of 2007. | | (127527) | 115
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost has been of the European Tenders Information System. | | (126919) | 116
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Afghan law permits the cultivation of opium for medicinal use. | | (127690) | 117
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mandate the UK has as the G8 lead nation for counter-narcotics in Afghanistan; whether this mandate has changed in the last 12 months; and what plans there are for the mandate to be changed before 2010. | | (127691) | 118
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Iran on the recent imprisonment of women campaigners; and if she will make a statement. | | (127692) | 119
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's counter-narcotics strategy is in Afghanistan in relation to the production of cannabis; and if she will make a statement. | | (127693) | 120
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the UK plays in the Good Performance Initiative in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement. | | (127694) | 121
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the President of Indonesia to request that Indonesia's former Information Minister, Yunus Yosfiah, give his account of events in Balibo in October 1975 to the Court following the request of the Deputy Coroner made during the inquest in New South Wales into the death of Brian Peters; and if she will make a statement. | | (127601) | 122
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the latest security situation in Timor-Leste and (b) the likelihood of (i) the Presidential and (ii) Parliamentary elections being conducted in a free and fair manner; and if she will make a statement. | | (127602) | 123
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on US Democrat policy of troop withdrawal from Iraq. | | (127648) | 124
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the government of Turkmenistan following the election of Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. | | (127611) | 125
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with independent observers of the presidential election in Turkmenistan held on 11th February 2007. | | (127612) | 126
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have had with (i) EU counterparts and (ii) other governments in the region of Turkmenistan, following the election of Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. | | (127613) | 127
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have had with the UN Human Rights Council on proposed visits to Turkmenistan following the election of Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. | | (127614) | 128
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have had with representatives of the government of Turkmenistan on travel restrictions and the imprisonment of dissidents. | | (127615) | 129
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Uzbek government on the imprisonment of Umida Niyazova, Mutabar Tadjibaeva and Gulbakhor Turaeva; and if she will make a statement. | | (127616) | 130
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have had with representatives of the German government on Uzbekistan. | | (127617) | 131
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Ministerial colleagues have had with representatives of other governments in Central Asia on Uzbekistan. | | (127618) | 132
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. | | (127619) | 133
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications of the election of Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov for relations between the UK and Turkmenistan. | | (127689) | 134
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the government of Cuba on the detention of Dr Oscar Elias Biscet. | | (127720) | 135
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her European colleagues on the military dictatorship in Burma. | | (127514) | 136
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether HM High Commission, Islamabad, has received the decision papers from the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in respect of cases VA/08797/2006, VA/08788/2006 and VA/08793/2006 concerning Mr F. A., Mrs R. B. and Miss M. M., relatives of Mrs N. S. of Aylesbury. | | (127745) | 137
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff at HM High Commission, Islamabad, are employed to work full-time on immigration matters. | | (127747) | 138
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many refused immigration applications are awaiting review by entry clearance managers at HM High Commission, Islamabad. | | (127748) | 139
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average time was taken between the receipt by HM High Commission, Islamabad of a registered appeal against the refusal of entry clearance and a review being completed by an entry clearance manager in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (127755) | 140
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with counterparts within the United Nations Security Council of the implications of the situation in Zimbabwe for international peace and security. | | (127728) | 141
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Commonwealth Secretariat on measures to engage with (a) government and (b) civil society groups in Zimbabwe on resolving the situation in that country. | | (127729) | 142
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been received from South Africa on a joint strategy with the EU for resolving the situation in Zimbabwe. | | (127730) | 143
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to Portugal on the unacceptability of the presence of President Mugabe and other members of the government of Zimbabwe at the EU-African Union summit during the forthcoming Portuguese presidency of the EU. | | (127732) | 144
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will hold discussions with (a) the South African Development Community and (b) EU member states on (i) the use of incentives and disincentives in support of a co-ordinated international strategy on the situation in Zimbabwe and (ii) development of a new constitution, repeal of repressive laws and holding of internationally supervised presidential and parliamentary elections. | | (127734) | 145
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will seek discussions with the South African Development Community on (a) a joint strategy on timelines and benchmarks to be met by Zimbabwean authorities in restoring and implementing a democratic process and (b) negotiations towards an exit strategy. | | (127735) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 146
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) post graduates and (b) first degree graduates with recognised qualifications in speech and language therapy there were in 2006, broken down by higher education institution; and what proportion in each case are known to have (i) gained and (ii) retained employment in the NHS in speech therapy after graduating. | | (127666) | 147
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS institutions employ speech and language therapists; and what proportion of such institutions decided not to recruit newly qualified practitioners in 2006. | | (127667) | 148
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has issued guidance to primary care trusts on how to estimate the carbon impact of changes in travel patterns arising from proposals for hospital reconfiguration. | | (127668) | 149
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgeons in the London Deanery are involved in shortlisting of general surgery candidates for specialist training grades 1-3 within the medical training application service; how many applications are to be considered; how many pages have been photocopied in the process undertaken so far; how many hours of work are estimated to be needed to score each 100 complete forms; and how the required trained assessors will be trained and assessed themselves. | | (127671) | 150
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the provision on internet sites of the shortlisting marking scheme and model answers on the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS); and if she will add appropriate links to the MTAS's website to make such information available to all visitors to the website. | | (127672) | 151
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial provision she has made to fulfil the terms of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in the individual budgets of (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts in the Eastern Region (i) in 2006-07 and (ii) in subsequent years. | | (127635) | 152
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate of cost over and above current provision she has made of the impact of the Equal Pay Act 1970 on individual (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS trusts in the Eastern Region; and if she will make a statement. | | (127636) | 153
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts there were as at 1st January 2007. | | (126735) | 154
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of devolving budget responsibilities to GPs on the quality of patient care. | | (126736) | 155
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated with maggot debridement therapy within the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS trust; and if she will make a statement. | | (127742) | 156
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training has been provided for medical and health care practitioners in the NHS on maggot debridement therapy; and if she will make a statement. | | (127743) | 157
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of maggot debridement therapy in limiting the spread of (a) MRSA and (b) other hospital acquired infections; and if she will make a statement. | | (127744) | 158
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential effect on costs of the use of maggot debridement therapy in the NHS; and if she will make a statement. | | (127746) | 159
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations her Department has received on maggot debridement therapy; and if she will make a statement. | | (127749) | 160
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Ministerial visits have taken place to ZooBiotic in Bridgend in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (127751) | 161
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) clinical trials and (b) other studies have taken place on maggot debridement therapy; how much was spent on such activity in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (127752) | 162
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of potential adverse side effects of maggot debridement therapy; and if she will make a statement. | | (127753) | 163
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) funding packages and (b) joint-funding packages were completed by each primary care trust or predecessor bodies for patients whose complex needs cost (i) £100,000 to £249,999, (ii) £250,000 to £499,999 and (iii) more than £500,000 per annum in each of the last three years. | | (127569) | 164
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will require the Food Standards Agency to press for more robust food labelling standards; and what work is being undertaken on standardisation of labelling across the EU. | | (127579) | 165
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to encourage the NHS to provide fitness regimes for obese children; and how this will be funded. | | (127580) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to discuss with interested parties the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to restrict treatment for osteoporosis to those aged over 70 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (127581) | 167
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) dentists, (b) opticians and (c) general practitioners there were in Bexley in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. | | (127649) | 168
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in Greater London are in deficit; and what the deficit is in each case. | | (127651) | 169
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives left the profession in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (127549) | 170
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of independent midwives who are likely to leave the profession as a result of the new rules requiring professional indemnity insurance. | | (127550) | 171
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS hospitals trust spent on public affairs support from private companies in the last 12 months. | | (127609) | 172
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in (a) Arundel and South Downs constituency and (b) West Sussex in (i) 1997 and (ii) each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (127706) | 173
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children were registered with an NHS dentist in (i) the Arundel and South Downs constituency and (ii) West Sussex in (A) 1997 and (B) each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (127707) | 174
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of people smoking on television and in films on young people's decision on whether or not to start smoking; and if she will make a statement. | | (125008) | 175
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that smoking is not encouraged by its depiction in television programmes and films; and if she will make a statement. | | (125009) | 176
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she decided to visit the Chester-le-Street Community Hospital on 9th March 2007; when her Department informed the hospital of her visit; and what the cost of the visit was. | | (127561) | 177
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place in her Department to ensure that hon. Members are informed of a ministerial visit to their constituency. | | (127606) | 178
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff cost is to her private office of keeping her official diary. | | (127607) | 179
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications are required to work as a diary secretary in her private office. | | (127608) | 180
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2007, Official Report, column 832W, on uniforms, what the expected publication date is for (a) the commissioned literature review on the microbiological and social importance of uniforms in relation to hospital acquired infections, (b) the scientific study of the effect of water temperature on the removal of micro-organisms during laundering and (c) draft information on professional appearance, patient confidence and healthcare associated infections. | | (127604) | 181
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March 2007, Official Report, column 1579W, on health services, if she will give a breakdown of her estimate that 90 per cent. of people's contacts with the health service take place outside hospitals. | | (127605) | 182
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she has received on funding for motor neurone disease (MND) research; whether her Department has conducted an assessment into the effectiveness of MND research; and if she will make a statement. | | (127517) | 183
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations she has received on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil; whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of new vaccines to tackle HPV; and if she will make a statement. | | (127518) | 184
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of implementing the NHS IT programme has been in (a) Surrey Primary Care Trust and (b) England; what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (127577) | 185
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged between 50 and 70 years are required to wait more than three years between breast cancer screenings in (a) Surrey Primary Care Trust and (b) England; what estimate her Department has made of the attendance take-up rate of women aged between 50 and 70 years attending breast cancer screenings in each area; and if she will make a statement. | | (127578) | 186
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of information and communication technologies infrastructure in the prison medical service with regard to the clinical information and support available; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of such infrastructure as compared to that available to doctors working in (a) general practice and (b) elsewhere within the NHS. | | (127642) | 187
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments involving children under the age of 18 years there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (127620) | 188
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take in response to the Audit Commission Report on preventing unintentional injury to children; and if she will make a statement. | | (127297) | 189
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of a national roll-out of the injury minimisation programme pioneered at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to the reduction of unintentional injury to children. | | (127299) | 190
N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that those administering the Welfare Food Scheme Healthy Start take the necessary steps to confirm the registration of the Wick Family Centre, formerly the Amherst Playgroup, account number 1845674. | | (127457) | 191
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made for the allocation of Government funding towards osteoporosis treatment to remain ring-fenced. | | (127468) | 192
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department allocated for expenditure on the treatment of osteoporosis in 2005-06; and how much was spent. | | (127469) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 193
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in the UK in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 were the subject of an age dispute; and how many of those were subsequently found to be minors. | | (127535) | 194
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in detecting drugs trafficking since 1st April 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (127588) | 195
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantities of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy and (d) cannabis were seized as a result of HM Revenue and Customs operations in each of the last three years. | | (127589) | 196
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to publish the results of the poll commissioned by the board of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency of staff views. | | (127590) | 197
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to register healthcare given in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre with the Healthcare Commission. | | (127632) | 198
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners in young offender institutions are foreign nationals, broken down by nationality. | | (126881) | 199
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners in young offenders institutions were on remand in each of the last 10 years. | | (126882) | 200
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of prisoners in each young offenders institution are remand prisoners; and how many remand prisoners have been detained for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 60 days and (c) over 100 days. | | (126883) | 201
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period spent on remand by prisoners in young offenders institutions was in each of the last 10 years. | | (126920) | 202
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign prisoners moved from Ford Open Prison to closed conditions in May 2006 were re-categorised to a higher security classification prior to their move. | | (127551) | 203
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, columns 1514-5W, on passports, if he will list the organisations using the Passport Validation Service. | | (127557) | 204
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1515W, on passports, which fictional passports have been issued. | | (127558) | 205
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Minister for Immigration of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 1, on identity cards, which 55 countries propose to introduce biometric passports; and which two do not have plans for biometric passports. | | (127718) | 206
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Answer from the Minister for Immigration of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 1, on identity cards, if he will publish the research and briefing documents on which his statement that 70 per cent. of the costs of identity cards will be spent on introducing biometric passports is based. | | (127719) | 207
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were sentenced to custody of less than three months in each of the last five years. | | (127758) | 208
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women prisoners have children who are (a) under five years and (b) under 18 months. | | (127759) | 209
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours of overtime were worked by police officers in each of the last 10 years. | | (127760) | 210
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to answer Question 109676, on Harmondsworth Immigration Detention Centre, tabled by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam on 13th December 2006. | | (127761) | 211
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the recommendations in the Corston Report on vulnerable women in the criminal justice system. | | (127570) | 212
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by Lancashire police each year since 1997. | | (127460) | 213
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) indefinite leave to remain were (i) granted and (ii) rejected from applicants with addresses in (A) Bexleyheath and Crayford and (B) the London Borough of Bexley in 2006. | | (127566) | 214
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Round Table on guns, knives and gangs has met in the last two years; on what dates it met; and if he will make a statement. | | (127418) | 215
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas establishments in the (a) EU and (b) USA are approved by his Department as sources of primates imported for research; and how many of these establishments comply fully with International Primatological Society guidelines for the acquisition, care and breeding of non-human primates. | | (127598) | 216
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which overseas establishments outside the EU and USA are approved by his Department as sources of primates imported for research; and how many of these establishments comply fully with International Primatological Society guidelines for the acquisition, care and breeding of non-human primates. | | (127599) | 217
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prisons employ an imam; and how much each is paid. | | (127536) | 218
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities are offered to non-Christian worshippers in HM prisons; and what the costs of these facilities were in each of the last five years. | | (127562) | 219
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting procedures are undertaken by his Department before employing a minister of religion in HM prisons. | | (127563) | 220
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the potential annual cost of extending the survivor benefits of the new Police Pension Scheme to the spouses and civil partners of officers who died whilst on duty and who are in the old Police Pension Scheme. | | (127708) | 221
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) spouses and (b) civil partners of police officers who have died whilst on duty who would lose their survivor benefits under the Police Pension Scheme were they to remarry or cohabit. | | (127726) | 222
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to Question 122932, on police stop forms, tabled by the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs on 20th February 2007. | | (127731) | 223
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which aspects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 he plans to review following his announcement on 6th March; and if he will make a statement. | | (127762) | 224
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued by each division of Gloucestershire constabulary in each of the last five years; and how many of them were breached in each year. | | (125285) | 225
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) charged and (b) convicted in each of the last five years (i) were not UK citizens, (ii) did not hold a valid British driving licence and (iii) had not applied for a British driving test. | | (127656) | 226
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the legacy was of case records still to be decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on (a) 16 July 2006 and (b) 12 March 2007; what estimate he has made of the time it will take to clear these cases; and whether the legacy of cases is being dealt with (i) after and (ii) at the same time as new cases. | | (127657) | 227
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2043-4W, on community service volunteers, what public protection measures have been agreed. | | (127540) | 228
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department is making in tackling the availability of Class A drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (127639) | 229
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of drug offences in Bridgend in each of the last five years. | | (127640) | 230
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Bridgend were prosecuted for drug dealing in the last 12 months; and how many of those prosecutions arose as a result of Operation Crackdown. | | (127641) | 231
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the target of recruiting 14,000 special constables by March 2007 has been met; and if he will make a statement. | | (127422) | 232
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have acting chief constables; and if he will make a statement. | | (127423) | 233
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to police chief constables on the (a) design, (b) maintenance and (c) availability of information held on their websites. | | (127424) | 234
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, column 1928W, on firearms, if he will place in the Library the advice provided by the Forensic Science Service. | | (127427) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 235
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when he expects the roof terrace to re-open for use of hon. Members' staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (127523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 236
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of displaced children in developing countries. | | (127425) | 237
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to his Department was of the Aid Works DVD campaign. | | (127610) | Questions to the Leader of the House 238
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Leader of the House, how many work permits were applied for by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (127716) | 239
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Leader of the House, what percentage of hon. Members were under 45 years of age in (a) 1985, (b) 1997 and (c) 2006. | | (127507) | 240
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Leader of the House, what the average age of hon. Members was in (a) 1985, (b) 1997 and (c) 2006. | | (127508) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 241
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (127715) | 242
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006 to the hon. Member for Foyle, Official Report, column 781W, on racial hostility offences, what progress has been made by the Government and enforcement and prosecution authorities in developing a mechanism to collect information on sentences imposed for offences motivated by hostility towards a person's race in relation to the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004. | | (127763) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 243
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many work permits were applied for by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (127714) | Questions to the Solicitor General 244
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Solicitor General, how many work permits were applied for by the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last five years. | | (127713) | 245
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Solicitor General, when he expects to answer Question 109674, on cases of litigation on behalf of foreign prisoners, tabled by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam on 13th December 2006. | | (127757) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 246
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (127712) | 247
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost to the Post Office was of producing the Keeping You Posted magazine in the latest period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the magazine. | | (127638) | 248
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of locating the energy technologies institute in the West Midlands. | | (126732) | 249
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there are plans to increase the budget of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. | | (126733) | 250
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on (a) the proposal by the EC Radio Spectrum Committee to allow the refarming of 2G spectrum for 3G use and (b) how to address historic spectrum allocations in implementing such a policy in the UK. | | (127674) | 251
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what undertakings were made by the Government to bidders in the Third Generation mobile telecommunications licence auction on the refarming of 2G spectrum for 3G use. | | (127675) | 252
| Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what statutory powers he has to direct Ofcom in the implementation of a decision by the EC Radio Spectrum Committee allowing 2G spectrum to be refarmed for 3G use. | | (127679) | 253
| Anne Main (St Albans):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many independent financial advice practices went into administration in each year since 1997. | | (127524) | 254
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the compatability of existing provisions of employer redundancy schemes with age discrimination regulations, with particular reference to his Department's own redundancy scheme. | | (127585) | 255
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department plans to monitor the (a) effects and (b) costs of the duties upon directors in the Companies Act 2006 in relation to social and environmental issues. | | (127274) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 256
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (127711) | 257
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received evidence of aircraft engine testing which has confirmed the presence of organophosphates in the engine bleed air. | | (127360) | 258
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what procedures pilots should report any contaminated air events on a UK registered commercial aircraft. | | (127361) | 259
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent research he has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on (i) the level of overcrowding on key routes operated by South West Trains (Main Line) and (ii) projected levels of overcrowding in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (127603) | 260
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were tested at the Salisbury Vehicle Testing Station in each month of 2006, broken down by class of vehicle; and how many vehicles (a) passed and (b) failed. | | (127548) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 261
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many work permits were applied for by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (127724) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 262
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work permits were applied for by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (127709) | 263
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether UK airlines are required to abide by the Control of Substance Hazardous to Health Regulations when their aircraft are in flight. | | (127373) | 264
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the annual cost of increasing the additional 25 pence paid to pensioners over 80 years of age to £5 per week. | | (127509) | 265
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost is of uprating state pensions to pensioners over 80 years of age. | | (127519) | 266
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of carers working more than 35 hours per week in the UK and (b) the percentage of carers claiming (i) the carer's allowance, (ii) income support, (iii) jobseeker's allowance and (iv) the carer's premium. | | (127559) | 267
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people took early retirement from their occupational pension scheme before April 2005; and how many are members of schemes in the Pension Protection Fund and in schemes negotiating to enter the fund. | | (127564) | 268
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of (a) removing the 90 per cent. cap and paying all pensions at the scheme level, (b) removing the 90 per cent. cap but keeping the overall cap on the level of pension provided and (c) removing the age discount for those who have not reached their normal retirement age for those people who took early retirement before April 2005 whose fund is in the Pension Protection Fund or negotiating to enter it. | | (127565) | 269
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the availability of childcare to parents of children aged between 11 and 16 years old, with particular reference to during school holidays. | | (127593) | 270
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what occasions he and his Ministerial colleagues met David Freud prior to 18th December 2006. | | (127733) | 271
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) the Department of Health, (ii) the Department for Education and Skills, (iii) the Department for Communities and Local Government, (iv) the Department for Trade and Industry, (v) the Home Office and (vi) HM Treasury to discuss the recommendations of the David Freud Review of the Welfare to Work Strategy. | | (127737) | 272
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department assisted David Freud on the Welfare to Work Review. | | (127740) | 273
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the changes to legislation necessary to implement the recommendations of the Freud Review on Welfare to Work; and if he will make a statement. | | (127741) | 274
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the welfare system in the UK. | | (127750) | 275
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) task forces and (b) units operate in his Department; what the annual budget is of each; and how many staff each unit employs, broken down by Civil Service grade. | | (127764) | 276
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact he expects the Pensions Bill to have on the returns delivered by the financial markets to pensioners over the expected life of those expected to contribute under its proposed arrangements. | | (127520) | 277
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an investor in a personal account to be established under the provisions of the Pensions Bill will have the option to invest in (a) their local economy, (b) ethical funds, (c) green funds and (d) infrastructure projects for the local community. | | (127522) | 278
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what bonus system is in place for Disability and Carers Service staff. | | (127534) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 279
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many underage pregnancies were recorded in each London borough in each of the last five years, broken down by ethnic group. | | [Transferred] (127739) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 280
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many work permits were applied for by the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (127725) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 281
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects Afghanistan to increase the amount of electricity available through bilateral power purchase by the end of 2010; what progress has been made; and what progress he expects to be made by the end of the year. | | [Transferred] (127503) | 282
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the process of the registration of land of all administrative units and the registration of titles was completed for all major urban areas in Afghanistan by the end of 2010 in accordance with the target of the London Compact of 2006; whether he expects the process to have been completed for all other areas by the end of 2008; and what further progress he expects to be made towards these targets by the end of 2007. | | [Transferred] (127528) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 283
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many prison doctors are employed full-time in Wales. | | [Transferred] (127643) |
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