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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 23 March 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 23 March 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 23 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 Friday 23 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 23 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give consideration to extending the review of road transport fuels which he has asked Professor Julia King and Sir Nicholas Stern to conduct to include an evaluation of alternatives to kerosene air transport fuel. | | (130004) | 2
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he assumes the next decade to end; and how he will judge the practical cost-effective energy efficiency potential of each household as referred to in paragraph 7.68 of the Budget 2007 Red Book, HC 342. | | (130021) | 3
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reference in his Budget 2007 speech on 21st March 2007 to the £8 billion increase in the National Health Service Budget for England in financial year 2007-08, whether this figure takes account of the private finance initiative debt owed by primary care trusts. | | (130030) | 4
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the increase in the budget for regional development agencies referred to in Paragraph 7.65 of the Budget Red Book, HC 342, is targeted to be used to support the energy efficiency initiative for small and medium sized businesses in the business resource efficiency advice service. | | (130031) | 5
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net cost or saving to public funds if central government contributions to local government expenditure and the financing of the health service and of policing were allocated by applying throughout the United Kingdom the same needs-based formulae as are currently used to allocate public spending in England in those fields. | | (129812) | 6
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the impact on Exchequer revenues of the introduction of a 50 per cent. gross gaming yield band; and if he will make a statement. | | (130041) | 7
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role Deborah Mattinson played in arranging his recent speeches to (a) the Equal Opportunities Commission and (b) the Green Alliance. | | (129772) | 8
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Paymaster General's written statement of 19th March 2007, whether any concessions were made by the UK Government in return for EU approval of the implementation of the Reverse Charge mechanism in the UK. | | (129774) | 9
| Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will visit the Halewood site of the production of the Land Rover Freelander 2 to discuss with managers and trade union representatives the impact of green taxes on the production of high-performance and four wheeled-drive motor cars. | | (129847) | 10
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the amount and proportion of disposable income spent on formal childcare by people in each income quintile; and if he will make a statement. | | (129908) | 11
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2007, Official Report, column 406W, on average earnings, what information can be extracted from the Labour Force Survey relating to the pay gap for (a) women with dependent children, (b) ethnic minorities, (c) workers with disabilities and (d) workers with the fewest qualifications. | | (129909) | 12
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to HM Revenue and Customs' policy on whistleblowing; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (129910) | 13
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the common purse agreement on VAT between the UK and the Isle of Man; and how much the UK paid to the Isle of Man under this agreement in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (129497) | 14
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding the 2006 US Senate report into tax havens; and what meetings he has had in the last 12 months with the Isle of Man authorities on this issue. | | (129498) | 15
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce (a) tax evasion and (b) money laundering in tax haven states. | | (129499) | 16
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alleged breaches of the National Minimum Wage legislation by media companies have been presented to HM Revenue and Customs since (a) 1st May 2004 and (b) 1st January 2007; how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs has carried out into such alleged breaches since each date; and how many prosecutions for breaches of the National Minimum Wage by media companies there have been since each date. | | (130027) | 17
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Penrith and The Border constituency have appealed against a demand for return of overpayments of tax credits since April 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (129862) | 18
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations he undertakes into the income and assets held overseas by non-domiciled UK taxpayers. | | (129969) | 19
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what exemptions there are to stamp duty on new houses in Wales; what the cut-off threshold is on stamp duty in Wales; what plans he has for changes in the stamp duty system in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (130022) | 20
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 8th February, transferred to his Department from the Department for Transport, PO Ref: 7/14043/2007. | | (129378) | 21
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken steps to encourage cars with large engines that might incur the highest rate of vehicle excise duty to be converted to liquified petroleum gas or other cleaner fuels. | | (130038) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 22
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many press officers her Department employs; and at what cost. | | (130008) | 23
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff work in the Office of the Third Sector, broken down by grade; and how many in each grade have (a) left and (b) joined the Office since its formation. | | (129771) | 24
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which outside consultants have been commissioned to work on the review of the Office of the Third Sector; what their role is in the exercise; and how much they are being paid for their services. | | (129783) | 25
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leominster of 22nd February 2007, Official Report, column 853W, on primary care trusts, which trusts have been visited; and if she will place in the Library copies of the reports of each visit. | | (129911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 26
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timescale is for the implementation of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (129863) | 27
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidelines there are on the process of land sale decisions by local authorities; what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of such decisions being taken without public knowledge or discussion; and if she will make a statement. | | (130040) | 28
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessor allocated for (a) major repairs allowance, (b) housing revenue account subsidy, (c) regional housing executive allocations for council housing, (d) regional housing executive allocations for registered social landlord housing, (e) Approved Development Programme for Housing Corporation, (f) arm's length management organisations, (g) private finance initiatives and (h) stock transfer in (i) England, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) Birmingham in each year since 1997-98. | | (129907) | 29
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential for reductions in council tax arising from proposals from shire counties for unitary authorities based on (a) county councils and (b) district councils. | | (129852) | 30
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of surplus homes in the North West region which remain to be demolished before restrictions on the number of homes which may be built by local authorities in Cumbria may be removed. | | (129866) | 31
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will consider reducing the council tax payable for people who live in boats on marinas where the owner of the marina pays business rates; and if she will make a statement. | | (129477) | 32
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people employed by Plymouth City Council are paid £80,000 per annum or more. | | (129813) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 33
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when the Government expects to respond to (a) the eleventh report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life and (b) the report of the Electoral Commission dated 19th March 2007. | | (129438) | 34
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether an individual will be entitled to refuse to provide the personal identifier details in the event that the Government introduces personal identification in polling stations pursuant to the Electoral Administration Act 2006; and whether that individual would be entitled to receive a ballot paper and vote in such circumstances. | | (129439) | 35
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether she plans that an individual will have to provide his or her signature in a polling station before voting. | | (129440) | 36
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the reasons are for the differences in the procedures in relation to personal identifiers for those that vote by post and those who vote in person at a polling station. | | (129481) | 37
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many military inquests were conducted in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) Wiltshire in each of the last five years. | | (129631) | 38
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what extra funding and staffing has been given to the Oxfordshire Coroner to assist with the cost of military inquests incurred due to the use of RAF Brize Norton for the repatriation of bodies; and what additional resources will be given to the Wiltshire Coroner when those duties are transferred to RAF Lyneham on 1st April. | | (129632) | 39
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd February 2007, Official Report, column 867W, on maintenance: children, what information is collected by the courts' IT system in relation to child maintenance cases. | | (129912) | 40
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many and what percentage of prisoners (a) began and (b) completed a course resulting in a (i) educational and (ii) professional qualification whilst in prison in each of the last five years. | | (129913) | 41
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to reply to the letter from the honourable member for West Worcestershire of 18th January 2007 (Ref:83269/231), on legal aid. | | (129379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 42
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the British Museum on the future of the Elgin Marbles. | | (129853) | 43
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the government of Greece on the Elgin Marbles; what her policy is on (a) ownership and (b) loan to Greece of the Marbles; and if she will make a statement. | | (129854) | 44
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the level of Exchequer funding spent on tackling problem gambling; and if she will make a statement. | | (130032) | 45
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of online casinos that will be based in the UK from September 2007; what the Gambling Commission's most recent estimate is of the number of remote casino operators based on-shore from September 2007; what discussions she has held with Ministers at HM Treasury on the taxation of online casinos; and if she will make a statement. | | (130036) | 46
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the awards made for sports-related activities in Rotherham in each of the last two years. | | (129848) | 47
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects to answer Question (a) 126210 and (b) 126569, on the 2012 Olympics, tabled by the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent. | | (129380) | 48
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Oral Statement of 15th March 2007, Official Report, columns 450-2, on the 2012 Olympics, if she will list the regeneration projects to be financed by the £1.7 billion she announced in her statement last Thursday which are not necessary to stage the London 2012 Olympics. | | (129381) | 49
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will break down by area of planned expenditure the £390 million allocated for sport in the public sector funding package for the 2012 Olympics. | | (129382) | 50
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement of 15th March 2007, Official Report, columns 450-52, on the 2012 Olympics, if she will break down by area of planned expenditure the £3.1 billion for the building of the Olympic Park. | | (129383) | 51
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her oral statement of 15th March 2007, Official Report, column 450-52, on the 2012 Olympics, if she will break down by area of planned expenditure the £1.7 billion for infrastructure and regeneration. | | (129384) | 52
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what right of access the Television Licensing Authority has to enter private premises to search for equipment which may require a licence; and if she will make a statement. | | (129479) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 53
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military fatalities have been repatriated through RAF Brize Norton in each of the last five years. | | (129645) | 54
N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what extra resources he plans to make available to RAF Lyneham when they take over responsibility for military repatriation on 1st April. | | (129646) | 55
N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of (a) the Royal Navy's fleet air arm and (b) the role of the Harrier GR7 aircraft; and whether there are any proposals to replace the existing Harrier aircraft. | | (129775) | 56
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Defence Diversification Agency. | | (129480) | 57
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen injured serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan who contracted viral infections whilst receiving treatment for their injuries in UK civilian hospitals have subsequently had limbs amputated as a result of the infection; and if he will make a statement. | | (129637) | 58
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which versions of the Harrier are operated by the Royal Air Force in Afghanistan; what the acquisition cost was of each aircraft; and what the average total operating cost is per hour of Harriers deployed in Afghanistan. | | (130014) | 59
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which versions of the Tucano are operated by the Royal Air Force; what the acquisition cost was of each aircraft; and what the average total operating cost is per hour of Tucanos operated by the Royal Air Force. | | (130015) | 60
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fatalities were sustained by UK Armed Forces resulting from improvised explosive devices attack on (a) USA RG31 vehicles and (b) Canadian RG31 Nyala vehicles in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan in each of the last two years. | | (130016) | 61
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi (a) civilians, (b) police and (c) military personnel are expected to work in Basra Air Base. | | (130023) | 62
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the acquisition costs were of (a) the unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the UK in Afghanistan and (b) the coalition unmanned aerial vehicles to which the UK has operational access in Iraq. | | (130024) | 63
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the acquisition costs were at 2006 prices of the Bell 412 helicopter as operated by the Army Air Corps; and what the average total operating cost is of the helicopter per hour. | | (130025) | 64
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what versions of the Lynx helicopter are operated in Iraq; what the acquisition cost was of each aircraft; and what the average total operating cost is per hour of the Lynx helicopters deployed in Iraq. | | (130026) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 65
N | Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to implement a Slavery Remembrance Day. | | (129790) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 66
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects the minutes of the Third Sector Forum for Children and Young People which took place on 22nd January to be published; and what the reason is for the delay in the publication. | | (129879) | 67
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support is provided to early years providers and primary schools to ensure an effective transition for children from the Foundation Stage to the National Curriculum for (a) speech, language and communication and (b) reading and literacy; and if he will make a statement. | | (129880) | 68
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendations made by Ofsted in its report The Foundation Stage on (a) guidance on (i) raising standards in communication, language and literacy, (ii) supporting the achievement of boys and (iii) providing effective challenge for more able children and (b) training by local authorities on improving the links between communication, language and literacy and other areas of learning; and if he will make a statement. | | (129881) | 69
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the supply of educational psychologists. | | (129960) | 70
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support his Department provides to assist staff working in early years settings to raise standards in the provision of support to children for communication, language and literacy needs; and if he will make a statement. | | (130002) | 71
| Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the degree to which the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital funds are reaching the disadvantaged young people in Greater Manchester following submission by local authorities of reports to the Government Office in the North West. | | (129981) | 72
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) print and (b) online campaign advertising and sponsorship related to The Guardian newspaper Side by Side supplement. | | (129955) | 73
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Information Sharing index will have the technical capacity to record biometric data. | | (129956) | 74
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers or publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129957) | 75
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many admissions appeals were heard for pupils in the Peterborough Local Education Authority in each year since 1997; how many were successful; and if he will make a statement. | | (129410) | 76
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children are participating in the Sure Start programme in Tamworth constituency. | | (129993) | 77
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding his Department made available for school sports facilities in (a) Tamworth and (b) England in each of the last five years. | | (129996) | 78
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children went missing from social services care in each of the last 10 years; how many went missing for over one month; and how many of those children he estimates may have been trafficked. | | (129997) | 79
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what activities the Higher Education Funding Council for England undertook overseas in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement. | | (126737) | 80
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of newly qualified (a) secondary and (b) primary school teachers who had not taken up full-time teaching posts one year after qualification in each of the last five years in Leeds. | | (129372) | 81
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on teaching English as a foreign language in Bedfordshire and Luton in 2005-06; and what the expected estimated total expenditure is in 2007-08. | | (129377) | 82
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of mainstream maintained secondary schools set lessons in (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) science. | | (129640) | 83
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been made to the statistical basis for recording absences from secondary schools. | | (129641) | 84
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what definition his Department uses of truancy. | | (129642) | 85
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what targets his Department has for reducing truancy. | | (129643) | 86
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th December 2006, Official Report, columns 1397-8W, on schools: construction, how many schools have completed the BREEAM schools assessment process; and what rating they have achieved. | | (129644) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 87
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to counteract pollution caused by unauthorised chemical waste dumping; what recent assessment he has made of the extent of such dumping; and if he will make a statement. | | (129846) | 88
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the legal consequences are for the United Kingdom of breaches of European standards for particulate matter air pollution in London in 2005 and 2006. | | (129856) | 89
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers or publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. | | (130011) | 90
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers have represented the UK at each meeting of the (a) International Whaling Commission and (b) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in the last five years; and who the UK's ministerial representatives at the next meetings of these bodies will be. | | (128787) | 91
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pensioner households in Tamworth constituency are eligible for (a) Warm Front Grants to install energy efficient measures and (b) (i) free and (ii) reduced cost installation of central heating systems. | | (129992) | 92
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle have been (a) seized and (b) slaughtered due to inadequate identification in the past 12 months. | | (129809) | 93
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to ratify the European Convention on Pet Animals. | | (129968) | 94
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU ministers about the implementation of the 1999 Laying Hens Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (129476) | 95
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the UK's budget for the Common Agricultural Policy was paid to farmers; and if he will make a statement. | | (129478) | 96
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) public and (b) private research establishments have received permission to carry out contained experiments involving diabrotica virgifera in the UK since 1995; on what date permission was granted in each case; what conditions were attached to the consents in each case; and under what legislation the permission was granted in each case. | | (129943) | 97
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Eaga on the shortfall in funding for Warm Front grants since the withdrawal of Energy Efficient Commitment funding. | | (129811) | 98
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulation of the manufacture and consumption of lumpwood charcoal is undertaken under the terms of the Waste Incineration Directive. | | (129939) | 99
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant EU directorates concerning the adoption of the composting protocol by the Environment Agency. | | (129941) | 100
| Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency concerning compliance with the Waste Framework Directive (Amendment) 2006 of the Agency's waste protocols programme. | | (129942) | 101
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are qualified to (a) lead farm inspections and (b) be part of farm inspection teams which are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) the Environment Agency. | | (130035) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 102
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compliance by China, in respect of its occupation of Tibet, with Article 49 paragraph six of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. | | (129373) | 103
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) human rights and (b) humanitarian situation of refugees living in Malaysia. | | (129961) | 104
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken by her Department to address the issue of the deportation of UNHCR-registered refugees from Malaysia. | | (129963) | 105
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Malaysian government on recognitition of UNHCR-certified persons of concern. | | (129964) | 106
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Malaysian government on recognition of the authority of the UNHCR. | | (129965) | 107
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with ASEAN leaders on expediting the resettlement of refugees in the region. | | (129966) | 108
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of India on (a) policy towards Burma, (b) human rights in Burma, (c) the humanitarian needs of displaced peoples living on the India-Burma border and (d) the export of gas from Burma. | | (129967) | 109
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will seek to extend the travel ban on Robert Mugabe to members of his family. | | (129437) | 110
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she plans to make to her European Union counterparts on the extension of existing EU sanctions against Zimbabwe; and if she will make a statement. | | (129975) | 111
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last discussed Zimbabwe with her South African counterpart; and what the outcome was of the discussion. | | (129976) | 112
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to raise Zimbabwe at the UN Security Council in light of recent violence against the Zimbabwean opposition; and if she will make a statement. | | (129977) | 113
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been frozen under measures applied in accordance with the EU common position on Zimbabwe. | | (129978) | 114
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. | | (130012) | 115
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the recent use of air attacks by the Sudanese airforce on civilian targets in Darfur; and what progress has been made with her discussions with allies on introducing and enforcing a no-fly zone in Darfur. | | (129876) | 116
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on (a) proposals for the development of land in the Morphou area of Cyprus for tourist purposes and (b) proposals to distribute Greek Cypriot-owned land in the area to young Turkish settlers; and what steps she plans to take in response to the proposals. | | (130003) | 117
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, column 1843W, on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, whether any informal representations have been made (a) directly and (b) indirectly to the UK Government on Trident and the UK's compliance with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. | | (129945) | 118
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last met her counterpart in Saudi Arabia. | | (129857) | 119
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Saudi Arabia. | | (129858) | 120
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she plans to visit Saudi Arabia in the near future. | | (129859) | 121
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will raise the case of Mr Rafiq Gorji, his late wife and the safety of Hajj pilgrimage travel with the Saudi authorities. | | (129860) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 122
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many litres of bottled water her Department purchased, and at what cost, in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement on her Department's provision of water for staff and visitors. | | (129376) | 123
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England participating in the national bowel cancer screening programme have been invited to attend a follow-up endoscopy at each of the bowel cancer screening centres; and how many have attended at each of the centres. | | (129626) | 124
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department allocated to the national bowel cancer screening programe for 2006-07; and what funding has been agreed for the programme in 2007-08. | | (129627) | 125
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) newly trained non-medical endoscopists and (b) medical endoscopists were delivered by the national endoscopy training programme in each year since its creation. | | (129628) | 126
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of additional endoscopists required to support a fully-implemented national bowel cancer screening programme. | | (129629) | 127
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards (a) establishing and (b) evaluating pilots of flexible sigmoidoscopy as part of bowel cancer screening for people in their fifties. | | (129630) | 128
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided by her Department for research into brain tumours in 2006-07. | | (129877) | 129
| John Bercow (Buckingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the brain tumour studies being supported by her Department; how much funding has been provided to each study by her Department; and how many (a) children and (b) adults are taking part in these studies. | | (129878) | 130
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why the figure for the cost of the Pembury Hospital private finance initiative Scheme, as used by the Minister of State in her letter to hon. Members representing Kent constituencies of 26th February 2007, differs from the figure given by the Prime Minister in his Oral Answer of 19th July 2006. | | (129776) | 131
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Barnet received (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient treatment in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 2005-06; how many have received each type of treatment in 2006-07; and if she will make a statement. | | (129815) | 132
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received from the hon. Member for Normanton on Pinderfields Hospital in the last 12 months. | | (129773) | 133
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department has spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129962) | 134
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital nurses, (b) junior hospital doctors and (c) other nurses were employed in the Essex River Healthcare Trust in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (129624) | 135
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd March 2007 to the hon. Member for Ludlow, Official Report, column 1586W, on Russells Hall Hospital, if she will list the private finance initiative projects where the increase in costs has been met by the Department increasing the revenue allocation for the trust and providing additional capital; and how much this amounted to in each such case. | | (129882) | 136
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of courses of antibiotics that were prescribed in England in each of the last 30 years. | | (129883) | 137
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the phase two independent sector treatment centres being negotiated, broken down by strategic health authority; what stage of negotiation has been reached in each case; how many operations each centre is expected to perform per year; and how many staff each centre is expected to employ. | | (129884) | 138
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned Centrally Funded Initiatives Services and Special Allocations budget is for 2006-07; when those budgets were given to primary care trusts; what flexibility there is for changing plans in-year; and what advice she has given to primary care trusts on in-year changes. | | (129885) | 139
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2007, Official Report, column 1291W, on maternity services, what information is available on the number of maternity units in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. | | (129887) | 140
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) maternity units and (b) maternity beds there are in each strategic health authority. | | (129888) | 141
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children who were (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age. | | (129889) | 142
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts her Department has with (a) Alliance Medical, (b) Amicus Healthcare, (c) BUPA Healthcare, (d) Capio Healthcare, (e) Clincienta, (f) Mercury Health, (g) Nations Healthcare, (h) Netcare Healthcare, (i) Nuffield Hospitals, (j) Partnership Health Group and (k) UKSH; what the purpose of the contract is in each case; how long each contract is for; and how much she estimates will have been paid in total via these contracts in 2006-07. | | (129890) | 143
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much and what proportion of NHS expenditure she estimates went to the independent sector from (a) central funds and (b) primary care trust allocations in each of the last five years. | | (129891) | 144
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-based websites breached medicines legislation in each of the last 10 years; and what enforcement action has been taken. | | (129893) | 145
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what forecasts were made for revenue from patient charges for NHS dental treatment in 2006-07; and what her most recent forecast is. | | (129894) | 146
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made for dental treatment for people in prison. | | (129895) | 147
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust (i) rejected the new dental contract on 1st April 2006, (ii) disputed the contract, (iii) disputed but have now accepted the contract and (iv) have not yet resolved their disputed contract; and what percentage of those who were offered the contract these numbers represent in each case. | | (129896) | 148
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified clinical psychology staff worked in the NHS in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. | | (129897) | 149
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of expenditure on commissioned secondary mental illness services went to (a) NHS trusts and (b) non-NHS providers in each of the last 10 years. | | (129898) | 150
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how often the non-medical vacancy rate is surveyed; and when the next such survey will be published. | | (129899) | 151
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) specialist treatment and (b) follow up care is available for under-18 year olds admitted to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis. | | (129900) | 152
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures to reduce alcohol abuse by under 18 year olds; and if she will make a statement. | | (129901) | 153
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for each non-medical profession in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority; and what vacancy rate this represents in each case. | | (129902) | 154
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts (PCTs) are (a) reviewing and (b) formally consulting on the future provision of hospital-based services; and by what means she proposes to inform Parliament on progress and decisions made in each PCT area. | | (129903) | 155
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts are (a) reviewing and (b) consulting on the provision of (i) acute services, (ii) accident and emergency provision and (iii) maternity provision in their areas. | | (129904) | 156
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of which antivirals have been contributed by the UK to the WHO stockpile maintained in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. | | (129905) | 157
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what exercises were conducted to test the UK's preparedness for an outbreak of pandemic flu; when each was conducted; and if she will place in the Library the evaluations of these exercises. | | (129906) | 158
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the financial impact on the NHS of positive National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisals for medicines for lung cancer. | | (129814) | 159
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, column 2298W, on influenza: disease control, what observations the World Health Organisation representatives made on the likely availability of influenza vaccines from non-UK sources during a pandemic. | | (129625) | 160
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-clinicians employed by NHS Derriford Hospital are paid in excess of £80,000 per annum. | | (129816) | 161
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the net primary dental service allocation in North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust is ring-fenced. | | (129369) | 162
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) net primary dental service allocation and (b) allocation for possible patient charge income was for Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust in 2006-07. | | (129434) | 163
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) net primary dental service allocation and (b) allocation for possible patient charge income was for Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Primary Care Trust in 2006-07. | | (129435) | 164
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) net primary dental service allocation and (b) allocation for possible patient charge income was for Selby and York Primary Care Trust in 2006-07. | | (129436) | 165
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanism she will report to the House the findings of the review underway into the documents held by the Department relating to the safety of blood products between 1970 and 1985 when it is completed; and if she will make a statement. | | (129651) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 166
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will break down by ethnicity the number of those (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 since its inception. | | (129374) | 167
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 1st January 2006; and how many were held within 24 hours of the maximum allowable period. | | (129375) | 168
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length is of an educational course in prisons in England and Wales. | | (129914) | 169
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which drugs prisoners are tested during mandatory drug tests. | | (129915) | 170
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. | | (129916) | 171
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) SIM cards were confiscated from prisoners by prison staff in each of the last five years. | | (129917) | 172
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of British citizens who could pass the Life in the UK naturalisation test. | | (130017) | 173
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the key aspects of Britishness are which the Life in the UK naturalisation test is testing; and how they were decided upon. | | (130018) | 174
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations were carried out on the (a) content and (b) method of the Life in the UK naturalisation test. | | (130019) | 175
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people were successful in the Life in the UK naturalisation test in each month since November 2005. | | (130020) | 176
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the subject matters which are included within the Life in the UK naturalisation test. | | (130037) | 177
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the questions for the Life in the UK naturalisation test were tested on British citizens. | | (130039) | 178
| Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those charged with theft tested positive for an illegal narcotic on arrest in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (129979) | 179
| Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to make a decision on the recommendations of the Sentencing Advisory Panel on guidelines for sentencing shoplifters. | | (129980) | 180
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people who were detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist offences between 11th September 2001 and 31st December 2006 were held for (a) more than 10 days, (b) longer than 20 days and (c) 27 or 28 days. | | (129933) | 181
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the persons who were detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist offences between 11th September 2001 and 31st December 2006 were held for (a) more than 10 days, (b) longer than 20 days and (c) 27 or 28 days before a charge was brought against them. | | (129934) | 182
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of refugees who will be eligible for integration loans. | | (129948) | 183
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, column 2329W, on secure accommodation: young offenders, what measures are (a) in place and (b) under consideration to create contingency places in the Youth Justice secure estate; how many places each measure is expected to create; and if he will make a statement. | | (129636) | 184
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been allowed access to diaries of Ministers and officials in his Department in the last three months. | | (129817) | 185
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper or publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers or publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. | | (130007) | 186
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether biometric data of children aged 11 to 16 years captured for biometric passports will be transferred to the new Identity Cards database. | | (130013) | 187
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted of offences under section 35(3) and (4) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 in each year since its coming into force; how many had a previous conviction under this Act; how many and what percentage of those convicted thereunder received custodial sentences; how many and what percentage have been successfully deported on completion of that sentence; and how many and what percentage of those (i) charged, (ii) prosecuted and (iii) convicted of the above mentioned offences had previously been convicted of such an offence. | | (129970) | 188
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to provide ring-fenced funding to police authorities who incur significant costs in the provision of translation and interpretation services; and if he will make a statement. | | (129623) | 189
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of motoring offences in (i) Tamworth, (ii) Staffordshire and (iii) England and Wales in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by offence. | | (129994) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners being held in HM prisons are (a) non-British EU nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals. | | (129995) | 191
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged over 65 years died in prison in each of the last three years. | | (129925) | 192
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are aged (a) 50 to 64 years and (b) 65 years and over. | | (129926) | 193
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mental health in-reach teams operate within the Prison Service. | | (129927) | 194
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons have dedicated mental health teams. | | (129928) | 195
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners in need of mental health care who should be treated in secure NHS facilities. | | (129929) | 196
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether NHS patients' complaints procedures have been available for use by prisoners since the NHS assumed responsibility for prison health. | | (129930) | 197
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were placed on detoxification programmes for drug misuse in each of the last three years. | | (129931) | 198
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) resources available to prisons to provide drug misuse rehabilitation and (b) number of prisoners requiring this treatment. | | (129932) | 199
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional prison places were provided in each year since 1997; and how many more are planned. | | (129935) | 200
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost was of each new prison place built in each year since 1997. | | (129936) | 201
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which prisons an increase in capacity is planned; what the current capacity is of each; what increase is planned; and by what date he expects the new accommodation to be available. | | (129937) | 202
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average daily cost for food is per person in prisons directly run by the Prison Service. | | (129938) | 203
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners aged under 18 years were assessed as vulnerable in each year of the last period for which figures are available. | | (129940) | 204
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners shared a cell intended for one prisoner in each of the last three years. | | (129944) | 205
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the implementation of the Prison Service policy on alcohol misuse and hazardous drinking. | | (129972) | 206
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average weekly rate of pay is for prisoners. | | (129973) | 207
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of senior operational managers in the Prison Service are from ethnic minority groups. | | (129974) | 208
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which non-governmental organisations his Department has funded in the last three years in relation to combatting (a) gang culture, (b) youth crime and (c) street violence. | | (129441) | 209
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2007, Official Report, column 1351W, on asylum, what the normal criteria are for the allocation of cases between regions; what the regional strategic co-ordination arrangements are; and who makes the decisions on allocation. | | (130034) | 210
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed within the (a) Policing Policy and Operations Directorate, (b) Police Leadership and Powers Unit and (c) Police Human Resources Unit; and what the cost of their salaries is in each case in 2006-07. | | (129370) | 211
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary cost is of the (a) Director of the Policing Policy and Operations Directorate and (b) Head of the Police Human Resources Unit in 2006-07. | | (129371) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 212
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total cost has been of (a) setting up and (b) managing the Temporary International Mechanism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | | (129031) | 213
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff have worked at the Temporary International Mechanism office in Jerusalem since it was founded. | | (129032) | 214
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the environmental costs of importing flowers from (a) Ethiopia and (b) Kenya. | | (129387) | 215
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2007, Official Report, columns 69-70W, on departments: advertising, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with the newspaper for (a) sponsoring the supplement and (b) the advertorials. | | (129868) | 216
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper or publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129954) | 217
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many departmental staff are located in India; and where they are located. | | (129950) | 218
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the objectives are of his Department's projects in India; and what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which they have been achieved. | | (129951) | 219
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of India's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. | | (129952) | 220
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding and resources his Department provided to India in each of the last three financial years; what plans there are in respect of each of the next three financial years; how much was spent (a) bilaterally and (b) multilaterally; and through which multilateral bodies UK aid to India has been channelled. | | (129953) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 221
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much assistance was offered to existing companies in the Limavady Borough Council area by Invest Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (129777) | 222
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applicants there were for the post of Victims Commissioner in Northern Ireland, broken down by (a) gender and (b) religious affiliation; and how many applicants were (i) shortlisted and (ii) interviewed in each category. | | (129778) | 223
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new social housing dwellings he expects to be built in Northern Ireland in the next financial year. | | (129779) | 224
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects a decision on a proposed offshore wind farm at Tunes Plateau to be made. | | (129780) | 225
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged 90 years or over were living in Northern Ireland in each year since 1995. | | (129781) | 226
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 15th March 2007, Official Report, column 564W, on translation services, which languages were involved; how much was spent on translation costs for each language in each year; what the nature was of the services provided; and what the reasons were for the percentage year-on-year change in translation costs. | | (129639) | 227
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) hospitality in relation to those people funded by the Northern Ireland Office to attend the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the United States in each year since 1997; and how many people attended at his Department's expense in that period. | | (129647) | 228
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures are in place for recovering penalties imposed for road traffic offences committed in Northern Ireland by drivers whose vehicles are registered (a) in other parts of the United Kingdom and (b) in other European countries; and how much in penalty fines was recovered from drivers whose vehicles are registered (i) in other parts of the United Kingdom and (ii) in other European countries in each of the last six years. | | (129648) | 229
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures are in place to manage traffic on the A2 Bangor to Belfast road following accidents on that road; what assessment he has made as to whether these procedures were followed following the accident there on 16th March; and if he will make a statement. | | (129649) | 230
N | Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many road traffic offences were recorded in Northern Ireland for drivers whose vehicles were registered in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) the Republic of Ireland and (e) other European countries in each of the last six years, broken down by country of vehicle registration; and what penalties were imposed on drivers in each category. | | (129650) | 231
N | Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many legal firearms have been stolen in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (129638) | Questions to the Prime Minister 232
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost is of providing administrative support services to the e-petition facility on the Downing Street website. | | (129867) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 233
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers or publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129949) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 234
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received from the advertising industry on the impact of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (129782) | 235
| Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any proposals are under consideration for further consolidation in the Royal Mail sorting office sector. | | (129808) | 236
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. | | (130009) | 237
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what value of grants were made to domestic households in England for renewable energy in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005 and (e) 2006; and what the projected amount is of grants to be made in 2007-08. | | (128786) | 238
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of householders who have received renewable obligations certificates (ROCs) in the last year; and what the average value was of the ROCs received. | | (129851) | 239
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of relative energy use of (a) digital and (b) analogue broadcast receiving devices. | | (129485) | 240
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the digital switchover on energy use. | | (129486) | 241
| 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 the competition implications for the UK package holiday market of the proposed TUI-First Choice merger. | | (130005) | 242
| 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 competition implications for the UK package holiday market of the proposed TUI-First Choice merger. | | (130006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 243
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date he expects to approve technology and testing standards for equipment that could be fitted to vehicles to abate emissions of nitrogen oxide in relation to the enforcement to Euro IV standards. | | (129855) | 244
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1456W, on tolls, whether the (a) London congestion charge and (b) Durham congestion charge are compliant with the requirements of EU Directive 2004/52/EC. | | (129865) | 245
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1456W, on tolls, whether a (a) privacy impact assessment and (b) regulatory impact assessment has been produced on the implementation of EU Directive 2004/52/EC. | | (129869) | 246
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each. | | (130010) | 247
| David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made with his consideration of plans for a new railway line between Penrith and Keswick in Cumbria; and if he will make a statement. | | (129864) | 248
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to consult on how to determine the interests of persons who live in the area in which an aerodrome is situated in determining the use of his powers under the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to fix charges. | | (129998) | 249
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers his Department has to ensure that foreign drivers unable to obtain HGV licences in the UK for medical reasons do not drive in the UK. | | (129861) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 250
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129959) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 251
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of repeat applications for disability living allowance for under 18 year olds (a) were down rated and (b) received no new award in the last period for which figures are available; what proportion of such applications were appealed in that period; and what proportion of those apeals were successful. | | (129796) | 252
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the take-up rate of disability living allowance for children; and if he will make a statement. | | (129797) | 253
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households in receipt of disability living allowance for a child receive it for (a) two children and (b) three or more children. | | (129798) | 254
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit recipients (a) have children and (b) receive a premium for a disabled child. | | (129799) | 255
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of income support entitled lone parent households receive disability living allowance for a child. | | (129801) | 256
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of looked-after children are entitled to disability living allowance. | | (129802) | 257
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average age is of first award for under 18 year olds entitled to disability living allowance. | | (129803) | 258
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of income support receive disability living allowance for a child in each of the last five years, broken down by component. | | (129804) | 259
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of each component of disability living allowance for a child, broken down by (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency. | | (129805) | 260
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households receiving disability living allowance for a child are in receipt of carer's allowance for an adult. | | (129806) | 261
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length is of entitlement to disability living allowance awarded for a child. | | (129807) | 262
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Department's projected allocation to the Big Brother project is for the next five years. | | (129999) | 263
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department has spent on the Big Brother project for single unemployed parents since the project's inception. | | (130000) | 264
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed single parents took part in the Big Brother project in each of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by area. | | (130001) | 265
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Deprived Areas Fund allocations his Department (a) made in 2006-07 and (b) plans to make in 2007-08, broken down by district; and if he will make a statement. | | (129634) | 266
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the Deprived Areas funds allocated by his Department in 2006-07 have been spent, broken down by district; and if he will make a statement. | | (129635) | 267
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 625W, on advertising, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and the newspaper in relation to the Guardian supplement on Extending Boundaries. | | (129870) | 268
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic of each was. | | (129958) | 269
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's jobs are located in Tamworth constituency. | | (129991) | 270
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the next publication of Households Below Average Income is due. | | (129818) | 271
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of non-resident parents were (a) nil compliant and (b) partially compliant with their child support payments in each month since the Child Support Agency introduced its operational improvement plan. | | (129819) | 272
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what increase in the number of deduction from earning orders was anticipated following the introduction of the Child Support Agency's operational improvement plan; and what increase there has been to date. | | (129820) | 273
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in winter fuel payments to pensioners living outside the UK in 2006-07, broken down by country of recipients' residence. | | (129821) | 274
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were noted as inaccurately matched to a given name in the last year for which figures are available. | | (129385) | 275
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households eligible for winter fuel payments in 2006-07; and how many applications his Department has received for that payment. | | (129386) | 276
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) 16 to 17 and (b) 18 to 24 years were (i) economically inactive and not in full-time education and (ii) unemployed in each year since 1997, broken down by region. | | (130033) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 277
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households receive the disability element of child tax credit, broken down by (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency. | | [Transferred] (129800) | 278
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of the number of births in England in each strategic health authority area in (a) 2010, (b) 2020 and (c) 2030. | | [Transferred] (129886) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 279
| Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to arrange flexibility of implementation for a Europe-wide agreement on exhaust emissions to allow UK-based car manufacturers to respond fully and positively whilst maintaining their manufacturing operations; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (129845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 280
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid (a) gross and (b) net of asylum support in backdated payments of income-related benefits to those granted refugee status in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (129946) | 281
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many asylum seekers have received backdated payments of income-related benefits since 2000. | | [Transferred] (129947) |
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