Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 March 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 15 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 March 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 15 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

1
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of student loan repayments received by HM Revenue and Customs during the financial years (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and how much of this has been passed on to the Student Loan Company.

(127873)

2
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases student loan repayments made to the Inland Revenue during the financial year 2004-05 have not yet been passed on to the Student Loans Company.

(127940)

3
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on the Welsh economy of the proposed reduction in Civil Service jobs in Wales.

(127854)

4
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's cost of capital is for the purpose of investment appraisals and cost comparisons; how this figure is arrived at; how often and against what criteria it is reviewed; and if he will make a statement.

(127979)

5
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the consequences for public revenues of reducing the rate of inheritance tax from 40 per cent. to 10 per cent., taking account of the probable behavioural impact of such a change; and if he will make a statement.

(128018)

6
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what commitment his Department has made to funding for the Rural Development Programme.

(128104)

7
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have moved into work from each New Deal programme and claimed tax credit; and what the average annual tax credit payment is to a person in each group.

(127529)

8
N Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to undertake a regulatory impact assessment prior to the merger of Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) and Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) in April 2008; and whether he has estimated likely changes to tax revenues resulting from the taxation of un-invested cash in PEPs after their conversion into ISAs.

(127462)

9
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many seizures of illegal firearms were made by HM Revenue and Customs staff in each year since 1997; and how many individuals were prosecuted as a result of such seizures in each year.

(127888)

10
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets his Department has set in relation to tobacco smuggling.

(127682)

11
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) smuggled tobacco produce and (b) counterfeit tobacco produce was seized in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(127683)

12
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many temporary Construction Industry Scheme 4 cards were issued to migrant workers in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.

(128145)

13
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many temporary Construction Industry Scheme 4 cards were issued in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.

(128146)

14
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many economically inactive people of working age there were in Peterborough constituency in age groups (a) 18 to 24 years, (b) 25 to 50 years and (c) 50 years or more in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(128200)

15
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister for Scotland on promoting British history in Scottish schools.

(127816)

16
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has awarded to Silverfish Productions Limited in each of the last three years; and at what cost.

(127821)

17
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128001)

18
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional assistance to (a) low income families and (b) pensioners to pay for water bills.

(127968)

19
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid in the last year for which figures are available by individuals whose income did not exceed their tax free allowance; and what percentage was claimed back.

(128165)

20
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve the user-friendliness of the Office of National Statistics website.

(127826)

21
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he increased the Department of Health's planned resource departmental expenditure limit for 2005-06 from £75,090 million, as stated in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2005, to £76,365 million, as stated in the Treasury's Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper for 2005-06; and how this increase was divided between near-cash and non-cash.

(127835)

22
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128039)

23
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ask the Office of National Statistics to rework 2001 Census data for the new parliamentary constituency areas once they are formally agreed.

(128034)

24
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in pay band 3 worked on the preparations of the original budget for the 2012 Olympics.

(127978)

25
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on using the reserve to cover the contingent liability for disallowances arising from the single farm payments under the Common Agricultural Policy; whether he plans to use the reserve to cover the full amount of disallowance; and if he will make a statement.

(127971)

26
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1675W, on what date he was informed that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs intended to claim £305 million from the reserve for the contingent liabilities for provision for disallowance arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes.

(128157)

27
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of fluctuations in birth rates on economic growth over the past 40 years and (b) the likely effect of such fluctuations on growth over the next 40 years.

(127991)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

28
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Prime Minister's response to the hon. Member for North Essex following the statement on the European Council of 12th March, Official Report, columns 35-6, if she will produce an assessment of the cost to UK business of EU administrative burdens; and if she will produce quarterly figures to show how it changes in future years.

(127699)

29
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any (a) people and (b) organisations have been served with orders for disclosure under section 8(3) of the Charities Act 1993 and associated legislation by the Charity Commission in pursuit of its investigation into compliance issues at the Smith Institute; and if she will make a statement.

(128156)

30
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128076)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

31
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Lyons Report.

(127466)

32
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on how its village agent workforce can work in tandem with home improvement agencies.

(128057)

33
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that sufficient funding is available through the disability facilities grant to ensure recommendations made following visits by occupational therapists to those who face access issues are implemented.

(128058)

34
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many Rentcharge payers the Government Office for the North West has arranged to receive Rentcharge redemption in each of the last five years.

(127904)

35
Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeowners in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) Denton and Reddish constituency pay a Rentcharge.

(127905)

36
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with other Government departments on the potential impact on the Government's digital strategy of making local loop unbundling operators subject to non-domestic rates liability for unbundled local loops; and if she will make a statement.

(128059)

37
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to conduct a regulatory impact assessment as part of its forthcoming consultation on non-domestic rates for unbundled local loops; and if she will make a statement.

(128060)

38
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that her Department takes into account the principles of good regulatory practice in her forthcoming consultation on non-domestic rates for unbundled local loops; and if she will make a statement.

(128061)

39
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account her forthcoming consultation on non-domestic rates for unbundled loops will take of the potential impact on the wider broadband market; and if she will make a statement.

(128074)

40
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts her Department awarded to Silverfish Productions Limited in each of the last three years; and at what cost.

(127820)

41
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper.

(128012)

42
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Department's total spending and that of its predecessors was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128040)

43
N Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued by her Department on the eligibility of multi-tier entrants for future membership of the firefighters' pension scheme; what assessment she has made of the impact of such guidance on the multi-tier entry schemes, with particular reference to the pilot graduate entry scheme operated by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and other fire services; what representations she has received from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority on such issues; and if she will make a statement.

[R] (127684)

44
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what sanctions are applicable to housing bodies which fail to take account of the needs of the Irish community under the requirements of race equality schemes.

(128209)

45
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, columns 152-3W, on public footpaths, whether the requirements placed on local planning authorities in respect of changes to rights of way also apply in respect of the proposed creation of new public footpaths, cycleways and bridle paths.

(128111)

46
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports she has received of the effects of changes in (a) revenue funding and (b) numbers of bed spaces on the submission of bids by charities and registered social landlords for funding under the Hostels Capital Improvement Programme.

(128035)

47
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend the Hostels Capital Improvement Programme beyond 2008; and if she will make a statement.

(128036)

48
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether tenants on housing benefit may exercise the right to buy.

(128093)

49
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to review the marriage value on properties where the lease has less than 80 years to run; and if she will make a statement.

(128102)

50
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of social housing were built in each local government area in each year since 1997.

(127872)

51
Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to introduce a cap per head of population on floor damping reduction.

(128020)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs

52
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will bring forward measures to prevent correspondence between hon. Members and (a) health authorities and (b) hospital trusts relating to constituents' case work from being released under Freedom of Information requests.

(127688)

53
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) other support her Department gave to the John Smith Memorial Trust in each of the last three years.

(127921)

54
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper.

(128011)

55
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Community Court schemes in Salford and Liverpool.

(128166)

56
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the most recent re-offending rates are in England and Wales; and what the re-offending rates have been from the Community Court schemes in Salford and Liverpool.

(128167)

57
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the most recent attendance rate by the accused at court is in England and Wales; and what the rate has been at the Community Court schemes in Salford and Liverpool.

(128168)

58
N Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many decrees of judicial separation were granted in England and Wales in each year since 1979.

(125505)

59
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128062)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

60
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for the use of the shooting ranges' site at Woolwich following the 2012 London Olympics; and if she will make a statement.

(128140)

61
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper.

(128010)

62
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the merits of giving priority to private domestic buyers over foreign institutions open to the public in purchasing artworks proposed for export.

(128174)

63
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions took place between her officials and the Casino Advisory Panel to determine (a) what tests should be applied by the Panel to ascertain willingness to licence in each local authority area for regional casino applications and (b) how such tests should be discussed consistently with each short-listed local authority at the examinations in public for the regional casino applications.

(127622)

64
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her officials had with the Casino Advisory Panel on the consistency of the arrangements of the Examinations in Public.

(127652)

65
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research the Casino Advisory Panel (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to estimate the likely earnings for regional casinos.

(127653)

66
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Casino Advisory Panel took to ensure that bidding authorities for the regional casino licence were given equal periods of time to present their case at their respective Examinations in Public.

(127654)

67
N Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions the Casino Advisory Panel sought with members of the Joint Scrutiny Committee on the draft Gambling Bill.

(127766)

68
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what level of funding will be available to Sportsmatch over the next three years.

(127696)

69
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the staff employed by Sportsmatch will continue to be employed under the new structure.

(127697)

70
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of Sportsmatch.

(127698)

71
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list attendees of the Budget and Revenues Sub-Group between February to July 2004.

(127977)

72
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the date was of the Cabinet meeting at which the London 2012 Olympic Budget as it appeared in the London 2012 Candidate File was agreed.

(128152)

73
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the national plan for regional film archives to be published.

(127941)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

74
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of Diego Garcia by the US for offensive purposes.

(127994)

75
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which merchant shipping vessels were (a) chartered and (b) used by his Department in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what the (A) name, (B) flag and (C) type was of each vessel.

(127972)

76
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have received medical treatment in military hospitals in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since the invastion of the country concerned; and how many members of the armed forces serving in each country (i) were returned to the UK for medical treatment and (ii) had their medical treatment carried out in another country, broken down by country, over the same period.

(128128)

77
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on delays to mail sent to the United Kingdom from UK forces deployed abroad; and if he will make a statement.

(128046)

78
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128077)

79
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians are employed at the dockyard in Gibraltar.

(128095)

Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister

80
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since its inception; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128071)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

81
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which maintained secondary schools in England offer A level courses in (a) Latin and (b) Ancient Greek; and if he will make a statement.

(127981)

82
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which maintained secondary schools in England which have sixth forms preparing pupils for A level do not offer A level courses in (a) further mathematics, (b) French, (c) German, (d) Spanish, (e) economics, (f) physics and (g) chemistry.

(127982)

83
N Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many courses were run by the Workers Educational Association in its southern region in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006.

(127623)

84
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of pupils whose parents were claiming incapacity benefit achieved (a) more than five A* to C passes including English and mathematics, (b) more than five A* to C passes, (c) more than five A* to G passes and (d) no passes at Key Stage 4 in (i) the Birkenhead Constituency, (ii) the Wirral Local Education Authority and (iii) England in 2006.

(127767)

85
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding his Department makes available to assist parents with the cost of childcare for children with physical disabilities.

(127933)

86
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 36W, on secondary education: curriculum, whether he expects Ofsted to take into account non-statutory guidance accompanying the National Curriculum when inspecting a school.

(127934)

87
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 36W, on secondary education: curriculum, whether the regional events planned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority will be open to the general public.

(127935)

88
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 36W, on secondary education: curriculum, how the regional events planned by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority will be publicised.

(127936)

89
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 36W, on secondary education: curriculum, what the purpose was of the visit of the Director of Curriculum to South Africa.

(127937)

90
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children's centres provide childcare places.

(127685)

91
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children's centres are based in schools.

(127686)

92
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128009)

93
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2071-2W, on higher education student numbers, what percentage of applicants from (a) England and (b) the North East region went on to become undergraduate students at English universities in each of the last seven years.

(128206)

94
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of his Department's policies intended to increase participation in higher education by those from (a) ethnic minority communities and (b) low income families.

(127768)

95
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lifting the cap on top up fees in 2009 on application rates to university.

(127769)

96
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the average level of personal debt existing students will have accumulated at the end of their degrees.

(127770)

97
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the numbers of students undertaking full-time higher education courses who have part-time jobs.

(127771)

98
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress made towards meeting the target of 50 per cent. particpation in higher education by 2010.

(127772)

99
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents received custodial sentences for failing to make their children attend school in each of the last three years.

(127531)

100
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128063)

101
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) costs and (b) merits of the mandatory installation of fire sprinklers in schools.

(127300)

102
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the planned budget is for English for Speakers of Other Languages provision over the next five years.

(127896)

103
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members of staff of Ofsted have made formal complaints of bullying in the last 12 months.

(127625)

104
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many grievances were raised by staff at Ofsted in each of the last three years.

(127626)

105
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Ofsted spent on (a) in-house training and (b) external training in each of the last three years.

(127627)

106
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost of consultants employed by Ofsted was in each of the last three years.

(127628)

107
N Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many consultants were contracted to work for Ofsted in each of the last three years.

(127629)

108
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils left pupil referral units to enter (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority.

(127855)

109
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils at pupil referral units were issued with a national record of achievement in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority.

(127856)

110
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils at pupil referral units achieved at GCSE (a) five A* to G, (b) five A* to G including English and mathematics, (c) five A* to G excluding equivalents, (d) five A* to G including English and mathematics, but excluding equivalents and (e) any passes in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority.

(127857)

111
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils at pupil referral units there were with pupils numbers of (a) under five, (b) between five to 10, (c) between 10 to 20, (d) between 20 to 30, (e) between 30 to 40, (f) between 40 to 50, (g) between 50 to 80, (h) between 80 to 100 and (i) over 100 in each year between 1997 and 2006.

(127858)

112
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupil referral units there were in each year between 1997 and 2006, broken down by local authority.

(127859)

113
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above including English, mathematics and science in each year since 1997.

(127840)

114
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in each year since 1997.

(127841)

115
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time students were studying on recognised courses at level (i) 2, (ii) 3 and (iii) 4 in (A) further education colleges, (B) universities and (C) institutions of higher education in each year since 1997.

(127842)

116
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many permanent academic research posts were funded in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07; and what percentage this number was of all academic research posts funded in each year.

(127849)

117
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional revenue support has been allocated in 2006-07 to assist children in mainstream schools with severe behavioural problems.

(127942)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

118
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the proportion of carbon emissions in the UK which is due to aircraft taking off and landing at UK airports; and what his estimate is of the likely change in this proportion over the next (a) 10 and (b) 50 years.

(127980)

119
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has made for arrangements for badger culling by farmers in the event of a decision to license culling.

(128105)

120
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated on the separation of healthy from bovine TB-infected badgers for the purposes of culling.

(128106)

121
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid in compensation to farmers for losses of animals because of (a) TB and (b) other reasons in each of the last five years.

(127861)

122
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in the number of (a) cattle, (b) pigs and (c) sheep reared on farms in England since the introduction of the single farm payment.

(127862)

123
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of changes in the average income of farmers in each sector of the farming industry in each of the last five years.

(128097)

124
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he expects the draft Climate Change Bill to allow emissions reductions attributed to the UK to be achieved overseas; and if he will make a statement.

(128112)

125
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in fuel poverty in each year since 1995; and what Government target on fuel poverty applied in each such year.

(128113)

126
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in Peterborough constituency used the Warm Front scheme in each year since 2001.

(128199)

127
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128008)

128
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the public consultation on the proposed changes to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Schedule 4, and the registration of rare birds kept in captivity.

(127976)

129
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live calves were transported across Great Britain in 2006 and January 2007 in the course of being exported from the Republic of Ireland to the continent; how many of those calves were unloaded at a staging point or control post in Great Britain and given food, liquid and at least 24 hours rest; and if he will make a statement.

(128170)

130
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he takes to ensure that live calves that are transported from the Republic of Ireland via Larne and Great Britain to the continent are unloaded at a control post in Great Britain and given food, liquid and at least 24 hours rest; and if he will make a statement.

(128171)

131
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what veterinary uses are permitted for (a) kanamycin and (b) neomycin; and how much of each medicine was used in the UK in each of the last five years.

(128107)

132
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies his Department has (a) carried out and (b) supported on the possible effects on human health of pollen produced by the starched-altered GM potato EHG92-527-1.

(128108)

133
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies his Department has (a) carried out and (b) supported on the health impact on farm animals of feeding them the by-products of the starched-altered GM potato EHG92-527-1.

(128151)

134
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2181-2W, on agriculture subsidies, what definition he uses of the UK's interests.

(127969)

135
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, column 2182W, on agriculture subsidies, when he expects a figure for disallowances of payments made by his Department to be available.

(127970)

136
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the contingent liabilities for disallowances arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes in each month since January 2006; and if he will make a statement.

(128047)

137
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the £305 million claim on the reserve to cover provision for disallowance arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes; and when he was informed of the amount of the claim required.

(128048)

138
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the European Commission to make a decision on disallowances arising from Common Agricultural Policy schemes.

(128049)

139
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the European Commission to complete its audit of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme.

(128050)

140
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what rating system the Eaga Partnership uses for inspection of the work of firms undertaking work on the Warm Front scheme; and what score was given to each installer on the scheme following the most recent inspection.

(127848)

141
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Article 36 of the Treaty of Rome was last invoked for the export of live animals.

(127624)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

142
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impartiality of the judiciary in Zimbabwe.

(128109)

143
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on forced abortions in China; and if she will make a statement.

(128110)

144
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the treatment in detention of Morgan Tsvangirai, Arthur Mutambara and other democracy activists in Zimbabwe.

(128158)

145
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the United States, (b) China, (c) the Russian Federation and (d) France on the Zimbabwean government's recent treatment of democracy activists at a prayer meeting in Harare.

(128159)

146
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of violence toward democracy activists detained by the government of Zimbabwe following a prayer meeting in Harare; and what representations she has made to (a) her counterparts in the European Union, (b) the EU External Affairs Commissioner and (c) her counterparts in South Africa on the issue.

(128160)

147
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number killed or seriously wounded in the recent incident at the prayer meeting at Highfield in Harare.

(128161)

148
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has held with the British Ambassador to Harare on violence and intimidation towards democracy activists detained in Zimbabwe.

(128172)

149
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her estimate is of the volume of production of opium in Afghanistan in each of the past five years; and what her estimate is of likely production volume in the next three years.

(127860)

150
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she expects to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses.

(128163)

151
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response she (a) has made and (b) plans to make to the European Commission's conclusion on Iran's future acquisition of sufficient weapons-grade uranium to make a nuclear weapon; and if she will make a statement.

(127925)

152
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper.

(128007)

153
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128068)

154
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings officials from her Department have held with international oil companies since January 2003 at which Iraq was discussed; and who was present at each meeting.

(128150)

155
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement.

(127863)

156
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking in relation to recent clashes between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government.

(127889)

157
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations her Department has received on the conflict in Sri Lanka.

(127890)

158
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with EU counterparts on the conflict in Sri Lanka.

(127891)

159
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the recent clashes between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government.

(127892)

160
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department is taking in relation to recent reports of human rights abuses against Tamils by the Sri Lankan government.

(127893)

161
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department will take to ensure that the next presidential election in Zimbabwe in 2008 will be free and fair.

(127898)

162
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports she has received on the arrest and treatment of Morgan Tsvangirai by the government of Zimbabwe; and if she will make a statement.

(127899)

163
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the political situation in Zimbabwe.

(127900)

164
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to her Department on the treatment of opposition members in Zimbabwe by the government of that country.

(127901)

165
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the current economic situation in Zimbabwe.

(127902)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

166
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will press the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) to extend the maximum permitted derogation period under the Food Supplement Directive for those supplements where EFSA has not completed its assessment of submitted evidence dossiers.

(127992)

167
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals involved in road traffic accidents in (a) Taunton and (b) Somerset in each year since 2000 received hospital treatment as a direct result.

(127463)

168
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed by her Department to work on strategies designed to encourage underweight people to eat more.

(127843)

169
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed by her Department to work on strategies designed to encourage obese people to eat less.

(127844)

170
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to assist people with urology, continence and stoma problems in obtaining alternative service providers in the event that their current providers exceed the prescribed number of items they are allowed to dispense.

(128099)

171
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on service providers of changes proposed recently by her Department to services for people with urology, continence and stoma problems.

(128100)

172
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations her Department consulted concerning proposals to change services for people with urology, continence and stoma problems; and what representations she has received on the adequacy of the consultation.

(128101)

173
N Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she had to write off the historic debt of Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.

(127655)

174
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on provision of chiropody services in the Wirral.

(127938)

175
N Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2303-4W, on the North London Breast Screening Service, what the action plan (a) to recommence breast screening and (b) to clear the backlog is; when she expects the full plan for the recommencement of screening services to be (i) completed and (ii) fully implemented; what other screening units are being considered; what the (A) longest and (B) average time is for which an individual has been waiting for a screening appointment; what the new procedures are which are to be embedded in the service; when she expects to be able to estimate the cost of the reorganisation and consequent additional cost; from which budget the costs will be met; and if she will make a statement.

(127576)

176
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of how NHS-employed occupational therapists engage with home improvement agencies.

(128056)

177
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will assess the merits of placing controls on the ability of companies which supply drugs or equipment to the NHS to conduct direct lobbying with patients who receive that service.

(128070)

178
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors are taken into account in estimating the average caseload of community midwives.

(127930)

179
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will take steps to ensure that patients requesting homeopathic treatment are able to attend one of the NHS homeopathic hospitals in England.

(127995)

180
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that primary care trusts make patients aware that homeopathic treatment is an option on the NHS.

(127996)

181
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability of homeopathy in NHS hospitals.

(127997)

182
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been (a) undertaken and (b) published of the effectiveness of open-ear technology for audiology service as advocated in the recent document Improving Access to Audiology Services in England; and if she will make a statement.

(128201)

183
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will estimate the cost to the NHS of collating and publishing on a quarterly basis the waiting times for audiology services for each audiology department from GP referral to actual fitting for (a) first time fittings and (b) reassessments; and if she will make a statement.

(128202)

184
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls in the (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area (i) under 15 years of age and (ii) aged between 15 and 18 years of age had abortions in each year between 1997 and 2005; and if she will make a statement.

(128203)

185
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper.

(128006)

186
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency calls were made to ambulance services in each year since 1997-98.

(127822)

187
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of calls to NHS Direct were referred to (a) 999 and (b) an accident and emergency department in each quarter since December 2002.

(127823)

188
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bookings were made through the Choose and Book system through the (a) directly and (b) indirectly bookable service in each month since July 2005, broken down by geographical area.

(127824)

189
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many procedures have been performed by each independent sector treatment centre since October 2003.

(127825)

190
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of human toxocariasis there were in England in each year since 1997-98, broken down by primary care trust area.

(127827)

191
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the progress in implementing the commitment in her Department's White Paper Choosing Health for health to be a component in regulatory impact assessments of proposed legislation.

(127828)

192
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding she is providing for catch-up immunisation against paediatric pneumococcal disease in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(127829)

193
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the success of the catch-up programme in immunising children against paediatric pneumococcal disease.

(127830)

194
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were issued in each year since 1997-98.

(127831)

195
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in incorporating a healthy business assessment in the Investors in People standard as proposed in her Department's White Paper Choosing Health.

(127832)

196
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the percentage of adults aged 16 and over who smoked in each year since 1977, broken down by gender.

(127833)

197
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) inpatient and (b) day case procedures were carried out in each year since 1997-98 (i) in England and (ii) in each NHS trust (A) for both elective and non-elective procedures and (B) for elective procedures only.

(127834)

198
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of publishing the Partnership Agreement - An agreement between Department of Health, NHS Employers and NHS Trade Unions published on 28th February.

(127836)

199
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the causes of the correlation between primary care trusts with low-age needs scores and health economies with greater distance from the six-month inpatient waiting time target reported in her Department's Chief Economist's report, Explaining NHS deficits, published on 20th February.

(127837)

200
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the causes of the correlation between primary care trusts with low-age needs scores and health economies with greater distance from the outpatient booking time target reported in her Department's Chief Economist's report, Explaining NHS deficits, published on 20th February.

(127838)

201
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the relationship between primary care trusts with low-age needs scores and health economies with greater distance from the four-hour accident and emergency waiting time target reported in her Department's Chief Economist's report, Explaining NHS deficits, published on 20th February.

(127839)

202
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, column 1978W, on vaccination, whether her Department had a three month stock of vaccines for the routine childhood immunisation programme on 1st March.

(127922)

203
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, column 2219W, on resource allocation, for what reasons she excludes any measure of ill health in those aged 75 and over in her measure of the burden of disease.

(127923)

204
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure was incurred by her (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in each year since 1997 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; and if she will list the surveys commissioned and the purpose of each.

(128037)

205
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants and contractors were employed by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the cost was to the public purse.

(128042)

206
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of travel by train by staff on official business in her Department in each year since 1997.

(128043)

207
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the provision of NHS dentistry in Hertfordshire.

(128044)

208
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the expenditure of her Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997.

(128045)

209
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to target the Irish community with culturally appropriate health promotion strategies in the areas of (a) smoking cessation, (b) healthy diet and (c) exercise.

(128175)

210
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the best practice guide Positive Steps: Supporting Race Equality in Mental Health Care of 21st February 2007 does not include the Irish as a specific category; and whether this practice is consistent with the categories recommended in the Department's guide to ethnic monitoring.

(128176)

211
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce the (a) incidence of and (b) mortality from cancers in the Irish community in England.

(128205)

212
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of research on the risk faced by Irish people in England dying prematurely from heart disease compared to other groups; and what steps are being taken by her Department to address this risk.

(128207)

213
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what sanctions are applicable to health bodies which fail to take account of the needs of the Irish community under the requirements of race equality schemes.

(128208)

214
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her Department's estimate is of the average body mass index in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Suffolk, (d) Bedfordshire, (e) Cambridgeshire, (f) Essex, (g) Hertfordshire and (h) Norfolk.

(127869)

215
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospital beds per head of population 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 former Suffolk West Primary Care Trust area and (d) Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.

(127871)

216
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what medical uses are permitted of (a) kanamycin and (b) neomycin; and how much of each medicine was used in England in each of the last five years.

(128103)

217
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research she has (a) conducted and (b) supported into mite allergens; and whether this research indicates potential risks to human health.

(128139)

218
N Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of funding continuing education training for dispensing opticians.

(127301)

219
Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of publicising and marketing the End Waiting, Change Lives initiative.

(127973)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

220
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals to establish a UK Commissioner on Human Trafficking.

(127927)

221
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people trafficked into Wales in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(127928)

222
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the statement of the Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety in the Westminster Hall debate of 28th February 2007, Official Report, column 277WH, on police funding, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Minister's letter sent to all police forces on 14th February.

(127302)

223
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding per head of the population in London the Metropolitan Police Force received for (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national policing purposes in each of the last five years.

(127303)

224
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which police forces in England and Wales he has received budget projections for the financial years up to and including 2010-11.

(127304)

225
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many information communication technology systems are being used by police forces in England and Wales, broken down by force.

(127309)

226
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners in each young offender institution are from ethnic minorities, broken down by (a) race and (b) religion.

(126885)

227
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of prisoners (a) in the young offender institution (YOI) estate and (b) in Feltham YOI in 2006 who had been diagnosed with a (i) mental illness and (ii) personality disorder.

(126886)

228
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the process for removing failed asylum seeker families.

(127906)

229
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts the Identity and Passport Service has with Whitehead Mann; what the value and remit of such contracts are; and if he will make a statement.

(127874)

230
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK prisoners are being held under prisoner transfer arrangements for offences committed abroad.

(127875)

231
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under-18 year olds are serving sentences of less than three months; and how many were given sentences of less than three months in each quarter of the last two years.

(127876)

232
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average daily cost of supervising an offender on a community order.

(127877)

233
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department collects about civil claims made by (a) current and (b) former prisoners against the prison service.

(127878)

234
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation was granted by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each of the last five years, broken down by postcode area of the address of the recipient.

(127879)

235
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 7th February 2007, Official Report, column 987W, on identity cards, what charges will be made for verification through the Employer Verification Service; and what the features will be of the proposed enhanced service.

(127881)

236
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 1505W, on departments: surveys, if he will place in the Library the results of the monthly staff survey for (a) January and (b) February.

(127882)

237
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 1514W, on passports, whether there is a separate service level agreement for the Passport Validation Service.

(127883)

238
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2006, Official Report, column 271W, on the C-NOMIS IT project, what the outcome was of the review conducted in January; and what plans he has for further releases and implementation of the C-NOMIS system across the wider prison estate.

(127884)

239
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 138W, on prisons, what funding has been formally allocated for prison capital works in each of the next five years; what proportion of the 10,000 proposed new prison places this will deliver; and when he expects the formal allocation of the remainder of the £1.7 billion figure to be finalised.

(127886)

240
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2006, Official Report, column 1691W, on prisons, how many of the 18 claims have been settled (a) out of court and (b) in court; what the settlement was in each case; how many of the claims are ongoing; and whether any further claims have been lodged.

(127887)

241
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will write to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East with the information requested in Question 68481, on prisoner deportation, tabled on 2nd May 2006.

(127575)

242
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) cannabis, (d) ecstasy and (e) amphetamines use in each of the last 10 years.

(128098)

243
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence there is from UK seizures of illicit drugs and their precursors on the use of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine from over-the-counter medicines in the manufacture of methamphetamine in the UK.

(127966)

244
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128013)

245
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, column 2153W, on war crimes, if he will list the cases for which all proceedings are complete in recent years to which the Answer refers.

(128019)

246
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cautions for the offence of common assault were issued in 2006.

(128173)

247
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, column 144W, on illegal fox hunts, what the names were of the defendants in the prosecutions referred to where all proceedings are complete.

(128204)

248
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the treatment of returned asylum seekers deported from the UK in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.

(127847)

249
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of vandalism were reported in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Bedfordshire, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Essex, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) Norfolk in each year since 1997.

(127868)

250
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the police force in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk was to respond to inquiries from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) as part of routine CRB checks in each year since 1997.

(127870)

251
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) traffic enforcement officers, (b) traffic wardens and (c) council parking attendants were operating in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk, (vii) St Edmundsbury Borough Council area and (viii) Mid Suffolk District Council area in each year since 1997.

(128016)

252
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of the Domestic Violence: an MPs Guide (a) leaflet and (b) supplementary booklet were printed; what the cost was of each; and how they were distributed to hon. and right hon. Members.

(128075)

253
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances an asylum seeker with exceptional leave to remain is able to leave and return to the UK.

(127815)

254
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made in discussions with other countries on the repatriation of their nationals from British prisons.

(127880)

255
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the sale of HMP Weir in May 2006.

(128094)

256
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1751-2W, on human trafficking, how many of those charged with offences relating to the trafficking of people in 2005 were (a) convicted and (b) foreign nationals.

(127380)

257
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo before deporting foreign nationals to that country; and if he will make a statement.

(127864)

258
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to assist asylum seekers who have no access to English language learning to manage everyday tasks.

(127897)

259
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people took part in the miSense scheme at Heathrow Airport Terminal 3.

(128021)

260
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the (a) miSense scheme, (b) miSenseplus scheme and (c) miSenseallclear scheme.

(128051)

261
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role his Department is playing in the miSense project at Heathrow Airport.

(128052)

262
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people enrolled in the miSenseplus scheme at Heathrow Airport Terminal 3.

(128053)

263
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK Government agencies he expects to be involved in the miSenseallclear scheme.

(128054)

264
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what central government funding was made available to fund the (a) miSense, (b) miSenseplus and (c) miSenseallclear scheme.

(128091)

265
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fully qualified police officers are on duty in the South Gloucestershire district on a typical Friday evening.

(127695)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

266
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid he is making available to the survivors of the recent flooding and cyclone in Mozambique.

(128162)

267
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on sexual abuse of child refugees in the Great Lakes region of Africa; and if he will make a statement.

(127681)

268
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to raise the matter of the impact of indoor air pollution in the developing world at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York in April.

(128141)

269
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to tackle deaths in the developing world caused by indoor air pollution.

(128142)

270
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what matters the Government plans to raise at the UN Commission for Sustainable Development in New York in April.

(128143)

271
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to attend the 15th UN Commission on Sustainable Development in New York in April.

(128144)

272
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128005)

273
Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle modern slavery.

(127999)

274
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128038)

275
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1835-6W, on Afghanistan: overseas aid, how much funding each organisation listed in Annex A and Annex B received from his Department for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan in each of the last three financial years.

(127865)

276
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan was channelled through the Asian Development Bank in each year since 2001.

(127974)

277
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding for Afghanistan was channelled through United Nations agencies in each year since 2004; and how much each UN agency received in each year.

(127975)

278
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist those who have been affected by economic collapse in Zimbabwe.

(127894)

279
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations his Department has received on the withholding of aid from Zimbabwe due to that country's political situation.

(127895)

Questions to the Leader of the House

280
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Leader of the House, if he will bring forward proposals to bring hon. Members' correspondence relating to constituency case work under the ambit of Parliamentary proceedings for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

(127687)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

281
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to reply to Question 119455, on the protection afforded to whooper swans in Northern Ireland, tabled by the right hon. Member for Worthing West on 27th February for answer on 6th February.

(127867)

282
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many drugs treatment programmes were in operation in each Northern Ireland prison in each of the last six years.

(128014)

283
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many water leaks were reported to the Water Service in each of the last three years; and what the average length of time taken to repair water leaks was over the same period.

(128114)

284
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of domestic violence were recorded in each Police Service of Northern Ireland District Command Unit in each of the last three years.

(128115)

285
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of domestic violence related offences in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what sentence was imposed in each case in which no legal proceedings are active.

(128116)

286
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were rendered homeless in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years as a result of domestic violence.

(128117)

287
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what regeneration projects received funding from his Department in each of the last six years; and at what cost.

(128118)

288
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assistance and guidance is provided by his Department to help (a) teachers and (b) pupils deal with bullying.

(128119)

289
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of bullying were recorded in schools in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years.

(128120)

290
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the proposed Marine Bill; and whether the Bill will be extended to Northern Ireland.

(128121)

291
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were (a) convicted and (b) charged with vandalising Translink property in each of the last five years; and what the average penalty imposed in each case was.

(128122)

292
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of vandalism to Translink property were recorded in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to reduce such figures.

(128123)

293
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of fare evasion were recorded on the Translink network in each of the last five years; and what penalties were imposed in each case.

(128124)

294
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff assaults were recorded on the Translink network in each of the last five years; how many people were charged with assaulting a member of Translink staff over the same period; and how many convictions occurred as a result.

(128125)

295
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the Translink public transport fleet has CCTV fitted; and what assessment he has made of the impact of CCTV in deterring crime on the transport network where it is used.

(128126)

296
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of those eligible were issued with a Smart Pass in each of the last six years, broken down by eligibility category.

(128127)

297
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes were reported on Northern Ireland's transport network in each of the last three years, broken down by type.

(128129)

298
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress being made towards the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety waiting times targets within each health trust area in Northern Ireland; and whether he expects the targets to be met in each case.

(128130)

299
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people died whilst waiting for treatment on the NHS in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by health trust area; and what the length of wait was in each case.

(128133)

300
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the draft Open Skies aviation agreement.

(128134)

301
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance and assistance has been provided by his Department to affected businesses in enforcing the smoking ban in Northern Ireland.

(128135)

302
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets are in place to cut the amount of water lost through leakage in Northern Ireland.

(128136)

303
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the amount of water lost through leakage in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(128137)

304
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many hosepipe bans were introduced in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; how many breaches of each ban were recorded; and what penalty was enforced in each case.

(128138)

305
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128004)

306
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128066)

307
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 562W, what his Department's estimate is of the cost of implementing an Irish Language Bill.

(127885)

Questions to the Prime Minister

308
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Prime Minister, what his Office's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128069)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

309
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128064)

310
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in the Office of the Advocate General in each year since 1997.

(128147)

311
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff were employed to work in the Office of the Advocate General in each year since 1997.

(128148)

312
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his estimate is of the expenditure by the Advocate General's Office on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997.

(128149)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

313
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the uncompleted British elements are of the Sakhalin II project which are still seeking support from the Export Credits Guarantee Department.

(127993)

314
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of feed-in tariffs for the propagation of renewable energy; and whether he has investigated whether it would be possible to migrate from a system based upon renewable obligation certificates to one of feed-in tariffs.

(128072)

315
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of replacing a system of grants to encourage people to take on renewable energy and energy efficiency with one of targetted loans connected to council tax discounts for homeowners who have taken energy efficiency measures.

(128073)

316
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the level of household demand for capital grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme to March 2009.

(127931)

317
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons his Department introduced a limit on the amount of capital grants to be allocated to households in any calendar month under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(127932)

318
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cambridge of 2nd March 2007, Official Report, column 1602W, on Research Councils: finance, if he will list the meetings his officials had with the research councils to discuss the likely impact of the reductions in end-year flexibility on the planned activities.

(127926)

319
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, column 1995W, on research, what methodology was used to ensure that the change to the budgets of the research councils would have minimal impact on the research objective reflected in his Department's Public Service Agreement objective.

(127943)

320
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128003)

321
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to improve the competitiveness of small retail businesses in London; and if he will make a statement.

(127846)

322
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from (a) independent and (b) non-vertically-integrated tour operators on the proposed Thomas Cook MyTravel.

(128154)

323
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from consumer groups on (a) tour operator liabilities and (b) the adequacy of the protection afforded by current legislation under the Package, Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 following the fatalities at the Louis Corcyra Beach Hotel, Corfu, in October 2006.

(128155)

324
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128067)

325
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expressions of interest in (a) hosting and (b) managing the Energy Technologies Institute he has received from (i) private and (ii) public sector organisations.

(127866)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

326
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accident blackspots he has identified in (a) Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset; and what steps his Department has undertaken to reduce the number of accidents in those locations.

(127464)

327
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in Taunton constituency in each year since 1996, broken down by the day of the week on which the accident occurred.

(127465)

328
Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reliability of (a) all train services from Taunton to Paddington and (b) the 0707 train service from Taunton to Paddington in the last 12 months.

(127845)

329
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities have occurred at the A21 junction with Henwood Green Road, Pembury in each year since 1997.

(126043)

330
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128002)

331
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of train services permit rail-users to take bicycles onboard trains.

(128164)

332
N Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies have been carried out on the risks associated with (a) motorised wheelchairs and (b) other pavement vehicles; what results were shown for Class 3 vehicles; and what representations have been made to his Department on this issue.

(127700)

333
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2131-2W, on railways: Thames Valley, if he will place in the Library (a) copies of the information provided to his Department by First Great Western of their (i) assessment of and (ii) plans to meet passenger demand to and from Maidenhead and Twyford and (b) his Department's analysis of those proposals.

(127989)

334
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th March 2007, Official Report, columns 2131-2W, on railways: Thames Valley, what First Great Western's ongoing obligations are in relation to capacity as defined in the Greater Western Franchise.

(127990)

335
Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated for the Railways for All Accessibility Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(127998)

336
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the carbon emissions produced by international air traffic movements using UK airspace without landing in the UK.

(127530)

337
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the local transport authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk received (i) in total, (ii) per mile of road and (iii) per head of population in each year since 1997.

(128015)

338
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chorley of 19th February 2007, Official Report, column 381W, on official cars, how many Cabinet Ministers have chosen the (a) Jaguar and (b) Prius.

(128092)

339
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many railway lines selective door opening is running.

(128096)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

340
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128065)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

341
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Home Office on the creation of immigration crime partnerships; and if he will make a statement.

(127967)

342
Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued in Northamptonshire to non-UK nationals since EU enlargement.

(127903)

343
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Government-funded support is available for carers of people with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

(127939)

344
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current funding arrangement is for village agents; and what will happen when the present funding comes to an end.

(128055)

345
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming (a) incapacity benefit, (b) severe disablement allowance and (c) income support for incapacity are undertaking permitted work.

(127817)

346
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who claimed (a) incapacity benefit, (b) severe disablement allowance and (c) income support for incapacity who moved from permitted work into employment of 16 hours a week or more in each of the last three years.

(127818)

347
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of increasing the earning disregard for (a) incapacity benefit, (b) income support for incapacity and (c) carer's allowance.

(127819)

348
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of both carer's allowance and working tax credits in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(127965)

349
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure his Department's economical use of paper.

(128000)

350
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the central 0845 608 8564 Jobcentre Plus number were made in each month for which records are available; what the average time taken to answer customer calls to the number was in each month; and how many calls to the number were terminated before being answered in each month.

(127850)

351
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum cost per minute is of calling the central 0845 608 8564 Jobcentre Plus number from (a) a land line and (b) a mobile telephone.

(127851)

352
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which sections of Jobcentre Plus have to use the central 0845 608 8564 Jobcentre Plus number to make enquiries with central benefits teams; and which sections have alternative numbers by which to contact central benefit teams.

(127852)

353
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how telephone and fax numbers for central benefits teams are circulated to (a) Jobcentre Plus offices and (b) Citizen's Advice Bureau offices.

(127853)

354
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was allocated to training for homeless people in London from resources received from the European Social Fund in each quarter of 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(127924)

355
N Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of divorced retired persons reaching retirement age in the relevant year with a deficiency in National Insurance contributions qualifying for a full Category A state pension and needing to rely upon the National Insurance contributions of a former spouse under section 48 of the Social Security (Contributions and Benefits) Act 1992 or its precursor were women, in each year since 1979.

(125506)

356
N Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of retired persons reaching retirement age in the relevant year with a deficiency in National Insurance contributions qualifying for a full Category A state pension and and being entitled to a Category B state pension by virtue of the National Insurance contributions of a spouse were women, in each year since 1979.

(125507)

357
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media.

(128041)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

358
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 99W, on Olympic Games: Greater London, what the date was of the meeting at which the London 2012 Olympic Budget was agreed by the Government; and who attended that meeting.

[Transferred] (128153)

359
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of problem gambling; what estimate she has made of the numbers of problem gamblers; and what reports her Department has produced on problem gambling.

[Transferred] (128169)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills

360
N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in delivering the Government's strategy to combat teenage pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (127485)

Questions to the Solicitor General

361
N Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Solicitor General, what proposals he has for the prevention and prosecution of fraud.

[Question Unstarred] (127495)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

362
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the availability of (a) British merchant seafarers and (b) British flagged merchant vessels to meet foreseeable strategic defence needs.

[Transferred] (127929)

363
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the date was of each safety inspection carried out on a ship or an aircraft using a port or airport in Northern Ireland in the last three years for which figures are available; what the country of registration of the vessel or aircraft involved was in each case; and what the outcome was of the inspection in each case.

[Transferred] (128131)

364
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the countries of registration were of ships and aircraft using Northern Ireland's ports and airports in the last three years for which information is available.

[Transferred] (128132)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

365
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost to public funds of removing the age cut off from eligibility for mobility allowance; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (128017)

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