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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 24 April 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 24 April 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 24 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to respond to the hon. Member for Billericay's letter dated 5th March on Northlands Park Surestart. | | (133760) | 2
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to remove VAT from domestic wind turbines generating green energy. | | (133470) | 3
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to make in efficiency savings from changes to the HM Revenue and Customs Service in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (133718) | 4
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to pay in redundancy payments to staff who lose their jobs through HM Revenue and Customs efficiency savings cuts in Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (133719) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 5
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Question 126691, on guidelines for planning policy regulations, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 6th March 2007. | | (133886) | 6
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire authorities (a) have formally committed to moving to regional fire control centres, (b) are awaiting a final business case before formally deciding, (c) have formally committed not to move to regional fire control centres and (d) have agreed to join local authority controlled companies, but with caveats that they may withdraw if the full business case does not provide evidence of value for money. | | (133678) | 7
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of the level of coverage by percentage landmass and signal strength provided by the FireLink digital radio system (a) in each fire service and (b) by region; and if she will place in the Library a map detailing such information. | | (133679) | 8
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what initiatives she is considering for the use of local authority contracts to stimulate the skills training and employment of local unemployed men and women. | | (133938) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 9
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions have been given to military personnel on communication with hon. and right hon. Members; when those instructions were last amended; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (133871) | 10
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of United Kingdom equipment seized by Iran in the Iraqi-Iran waterways in (a) 2004 and (b) 2007. | | (133818) | 11
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an appropriately redacted copy of the report of the Board of Inquiry into the 2004 seizure by Iran of United Kingdom service personnel and equipment. | | (133819) | 12
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which country's territorial waters the service personnel detained by the Iranians in 2004 had been captured. | | (133820) | 13
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the members were of the Board of Inquiry into the 2004 Iranian seizure of UK personnel; and on what date it reported. | | (133821) | 14
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1455W, on rendition, whether the bilateral arrangements mentioned apply to state aircraft acting in a civilian capacity. | | (133763) | 15
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of footwear is issued to members of the armed forces as (a) part of their standard kit and (b) when deployed to operations in Iraq; where this footwear is sourced from; and if he will make a statement. | | (133465) | 16
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the lifetime of footwear issued to members of the armed forces; how often new footwear is issued to members of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (133466) | 17
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests were conducted as part of the procurement procedure of the footwear issued to members of the armed forces; what (a) temperature, (b) weather and (c) terrain conditions were used as part of these tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (133467) | 18
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monthly expenditure on footwear for members of the armed forces was in (a) 1999 and (b) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (133468) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 19
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the role of educational psychologists in the Every Child Matters scheme. | | (133873) | 20
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many educational psychologists qualified in each year since 1997. | | (133874) | 21
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the reasons were for reductions in funding for educational psychologists training; and if he will make a statement. | | (133875) | 22
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that enough educational psychologists are being trained to meet demand. | | (133876) | 23
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in retrieving funding provided to local councils that was allocated to the training of educational psychologists; and if he will make a statement. | | (133881) | 24
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding is available for Home Start in the Cotswolds; and if he will make a statement. | | (133888) | 25
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learners were undertaking Learning and Skills Council funded (a) further education, (b) work based learning and (c) adult and community learning provision in each of the last three years, broken down by (i) subject area, (ii) age group, (iii) gender and (iv) local education authority. | | (133720) | 26
N | 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 and mathematics in each year since 1997, excluding those students who achieved grade C equivalent at GNVQ. | | (133847) | 27
N | 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, excluding those students who achieved grade C or equivalent at GNVQ. | | (133866) | 28
N | 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, excluding those students who achieved grade C or equivalent at GNVQ. | | (133867) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 29
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) the Health and Safety Executive and (d) the waste industry regarding the safe disposal of energy efficient lightbulbs; and if he will make a statement. | | (132759) | 30
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the implications for people with light sensitivity conditions of phasing out the sale of incandescent light bulbs. | | (133878) | 31
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider exempting people with light sensitivity conditions from proposals to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs. | | (133879) | 32
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times he has (a) spoken at and (b) attended meetings at the Smith Institute in an official capacity; and how many of those occasions were in the last 12 months in each case. | | (133764) | 33
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lots of seeds for (a) maize and sweetcorn, (b) winter oilseed rape, (c) spring oilseed rape, (d) sugar beet, (e) fodder beet, (f) beetroot and (g) winter brassicas were imported into the UK in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006; and what the (A) weight and (B) country of origin of the seeds was in each year. | | (133933) | 34
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what share of total UK fishing quotas he allocated to the under-10 metre fleet in (a) the UK and (b) England in each year since 1997. | | (133883) | 35
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many over-10 metre vessels from (a) producer organisations and (b) the non-sector have moved into the under-10 metre fleet in each year since 1997. | | (133884) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 36
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the evidence presented to the UN Security Council of the transportation of arms and heavy weaponry into Darfur; and what reports on the matter she has received from the British Ambassador to the United Nations. | | (133877) | 37
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason British Embassy officials in Bogota will not meet representatives of communities forcibly displaced by coal mining expansion in the province of la Guajira. | | (133469) | 38
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Colombian government on the fulfilment of the Colombian Supreme Court decision of May 2002 on the reconstruction of the village of Tabaco. | | (133532) | 39
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the departure of Muqtada Sadr's political group from the Iraqi parliament on the political situation in Iraq. | | (132758) | 40
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the date was of each complaint made by the UK Government to international bodies against the government of Iran for seizing United Kingdom service personnel in 2004; to which international body each was made; what the outcome was of each complaint; and if she will make a statement. | | (133817) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 41
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to reply to the hon. Member for Billericay's letter dated 8th March concerning Mr O'Reilly. | | (133759) | 42
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Hull and East Yorkshire NHS trust patients had their operation cancelled up to 14 days before the operation in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such operations were for (a) knee surgery, (b) hip replacements, (c) ophthalmology surgery and (d) urology surgery. | | (133930) | 43
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women are required to wait more than three years between breast cancer screenings in (a) each London primary care trust and (b) England. | | (133816) | 44
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the health of people with light sensitivity conditions of phasing out the sale of incandescent light bulbs; and if she will make a statement. | | (133880) | 45
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to inform owners of restaurants, hotels and public houses of the smoking ban which comes into place on 1st July. | | (133471) | 46
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated to treat alcoholism in 2007-08. | | (133681) | 47
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) head count and (b) full time equivalent (i) health visitors and (ii) district nurses (A) were working in North Hampshire primary care trusts (PCTs) in each year between 1999-2000 and 2005-06 and (B) are expected to be working in the new Hampshire PCTs in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (132351) | 48
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken with (a) train, bus and coach operators and (b) Network Rail to inform passengers of the introduction of a ban on smoking at railway and other stations. | | (133929) | 49
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a patient wishing to choose NHS homeopathy and other forms of complementary medicine will be able to access such services from one of the four NHS homeopathic hospitals; and how many other hospitals plan to offer such services. | | (133931) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 50
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department expects to reach a conclusion on the appropriateness of extending the British Crime Survey to include those who are aged under 16 years old; and if he will make a statement. | | (133676) | 51
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to issue a public response to the recommendations put forward in the Smith Review of crime statistics; and if he will make a statement. | | (133677) | 52
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial and other assistance is available to those who are released from prison having been on remand and are found to be innocent. | | (133870) | 53
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of alcohol consumption on crime; and what data he collects on this. | | (133680) | 54
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety has met representatives from the National Disabled Police Association to disucss their current funding arrangements. | | (133836) | 55
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has for levels of funding to the National Disabled Police Association. | | (133837) | 56
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department provided to the National Disabled Police Association in each of the last two financial years. | | (133838) | 57
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the meetings he has held with Ministers from other European Union countries on policing matters between 1st January and 31st March 2007. | | (133845) | 58
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with (a) ministerial colleagues, (b) representatives of industry and (c) police forces on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tackling (i) crime and (ii) terrorism. | | (133846) | 59
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces in England and Wales charge television companies for video footage used in television programmes. | | (133920) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 60
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is making available to the World Food Programme initiative to provide emergency relief in Jolo, Southern Philippines. | | (133887) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 61
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many positions have been advertised by Down District Council in the last 12 months; and what the religion was of those subsequently appointed to those positions. | | (133872) | 62
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 190W, on Desmond Clayton, whether his Department (a) gave and (b) approved any job reference for Mr Clayton after the termination of his employment at the Northern Ireland Police Fund. | | (133472) | 63
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which further education colleges in Northern Ireland offer on-line courses. | | (133897) | 64
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what records he keeps of the number of people in Northern Ireland enrolled on on-line further education courses. | | (133898) | 65
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many births in Northern Ireland in the last year were to mothers aged (a) 17 years, (b) 16 years, (c) 15 years and (d) under 15 years of age, broken down by health board area. | | (133915) | 66
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the 12 month pilot project which began on 1st April 2006 involving the use by all departments in Northern Ireland of photocopying paper manufactured from a minimum of 70 per cent. post-consumer waste. | | (133916) | 67
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what work has been undertaken by the two cross-border working groups set up by him and the government of the Republic of Ireland dealing with unauthorised waste activities and the transfrontier shipment of wastes; how many meetings each has held; what conclusions each has reached; what outcomes have resulted; and if he will make a statement. | | (133924) | 68
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had in the last 12 months with Ministers from the government of the Republic of Ireland on illegal dumping in Northern Ireland of waste from the Republic of Ireland. | | (133925) | 69
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) total and (b) average amount of domestic waste was produced per household in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (133926) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 70
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation he has undertaken with (a) the Energy Retail Association, (b) companies in the energy sector and (c) manufacturers of energy metering devices on proposals to make smart meters available to every home. | | (132760) | 71
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the total cost of installing smart meters in every home in the United Kingdom. | | (132761) | 72
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether British Nuclear Group sites apart from Sellafield have retained body parts for scientific purposes; and whether consent to do so has always been sought. | | (133205) | 73
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the reorganisation of the Small Business Service. | | (133864) | 74
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future shape of his Department. | | (133865) | 75
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps Ofcom has taken since March 2005 to prevent telecommunications companies transferring customers from one provider to another without their knowledge. | | (133839) | 76
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints about telecommunications companies transferring customers from one provider to another without their knowledge were received by Ofcom in 2006. | | (133840) | 77
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to prevent telecommunications companies from transferring customers from one provider to another without their knowledge. | | (133842) | 78
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with British Telecom on its additional charges for payment of bills by cheque or cash. | | (133935) | 79
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made with his Department's consultation on the future of the post office network. | | (133919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 80
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vehicles (a) the new A358 dualled northbound exit junction from the M5 will carry and (b) the existing A358 between the M5 and A303 carries each day (i) on average and (ii) at peak times of the year. | | (133206) | 81
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of building at the site of the new A358 dualled northbound exit junction from the M5 on (a) (i) the level of noise and (ii) the level of pollution experienced by local residents and (b) local house prices. | | (133207) | 82
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget is for the new A358 dualled northbound exit junction from the M5, including the construction of a bridge; and what percentage of that budget has been allocated. | | (133208) | 83
| Ann Coffey (Stockport):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proposed service frequency is for Stockport in the invitation to tender issued by DfT Rail for New Cross Country; and if he will make a statement. | | (133889) | 84
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which voluntary organisations his Department consulted in 2006; and how many times they were consulted. | | (133675) | 85
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2007, Official Report, column 1853W, on motorcycles: licensing, what the location will be of each of the off-road motorcycle test facilities that will be available for use at the date of the implementation of the off-road manoeuvre aspects of the European Second Driving Licence Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (133882) | 86
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2007, Official Report, column 775W, on Eurotunnel, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the operation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link should Eurotunnel go into receivership. | | (133928) | 87
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will develop a joint strategy with the Secretary of State for Health to inform rail passengers about the imminent introduction of the ban on smoking on station premises. | | (133936) | 88
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Network Rail and (b) train operators make an early start in informing their passengers of the forthcoming ban on smoking at railway, coach and bus stations. | | (133937) | 89
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Highways Agency uses four wheel drive vehicles for motorway patrols. | | (133885) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 90
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments training, how much was spent on training courses for staff aimed at reducing benefit fraud and error in 2006; and how many staff attended these courses in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (133893) | 91
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments training, how much was spent on training away days for departmental staff in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (133894) | 92
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, column 2084W, on departments: visits abroad, how much his Department spent on foreign visits by staff which were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) destination and (b) departmental agency. | | (133895) | 93
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, column 2084W, on Departments: visits abroad, what the foreign travel costs in his Department were for the last three years, broken down by (a) destination, (b) type of expenditure and (c) departmental agency. | | (133896) | 94
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in bonuses to staff of the Financial Assistance Scheme in each of the last two years; and how many individual payments were made. | | (133899) | 95
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the results of each staff survey in his Department in each of the last five years. | | (133900) | 96
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total running costs were of each of the offices of the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years. | | (133901) | 97
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Quarterly Statistical Summary costs to produce in each of the last four quarters. | | (133902) | 98
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on mystery shopping exercises in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (133903) | 99
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mystery shopper exercises at Jobcentre Plus. | | (133904) | 100
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customer visits were carried out by the Pension Service local teams in each year since 2002. | | (133905) | 101
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in the Pension Service local teams in each year since 2002. | | (133906) | 102
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Better Backs website has cost to administer since inception. | | (133907) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many user visits the Better Backs website has received since inception. | | (133908) | 104
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Better Backs campaign. | | (133909) | 105
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Better Backs campaign has cost. | | (133910) | 106
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was underpaid in maternity allowances due to (a) customer error and (b) official error in each of the last five years; and how many people were affected. | | (133911) | 107
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid in bereavement benefits due to (i) fraud and (ii) error in each of the last five years. | | (133912) | 108
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on (a) managing the Child Support Agency's (CSA) corporate identity in each year since 1997-98 and (b) branding of the CSA in each of the last two years. | | (133913) | 109
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by the Child Support Agency on (a) staff parties, (b) newspapers, magazines and periodicals, (c) stationery and (d) other promotional merchandise branded with the name of the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years. | | (133914) | 110
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on Departments: marketing, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the guidelines issued to staff on maintaining his Department's corporate identity and (b) a copy of the final 2004 report on the review of his Department's corporate image. | | (133917) | 111
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training courses were attended by Child Support Agency staff in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of each course to his Department. | | (133918) | 112
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 630W, on departments: handbooks, if he will place in the Library a CD-Rom containing the details of the terms and conditions of service for staff of his Department. | | (133922) | 113
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend the home visiting facility of Pension Service local teams to the under 60 age group; and if he will make a statement. | | (133923) | 114
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Pension Service local team staff were involved in the home visiting service in each of the last four years; and what he expects this proportion to be at 31st March 2008. | | (133927) | 115
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments: training, if he will list the 20 most expensive training courses provided to ministers and civil servants in his Department in 2006; and what the cost was of each. | | (133939) | 116
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments: training, how many people attended each course in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many days were allocated to each course; which of these training courses were conducted at off-site locations; and which locations were used. | | (133940) | 117
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments: training, how much was spent in 2006 on courses in (a) media training for ministers, (b) handling media for civil servants, (c) strategic communications planning for civil servants, (d) leadership in the outdoors for civil servants, (e) managing change for benefits releases for civil servants, (f) strategy training for civil servants, (g) fireworks for civil servants, (h) core consultancy skills for civil servants, (i) public leadership for civil servants, (j) the communications network programme for civil servants and (k) turnaround leadership for civil servants in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (133941) | 118
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1064W, on departments: training, how much was spent on courses for staff in his Department in (a) stress awareness, (b) self development, (c) self awareness, (d) creative thinking, (e) curriculum vitae writing, (f) running staff clubs, (g) facilitation skills, (h) non-verbal behaviour workshops, (i) intervention skills and (j) being a change agent workshops in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (133942) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 119
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on public funding for hospices. | | [Question Unstarred] (133192) | 120
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on NHS financial performance in the year 2006-07. | | [Question Unstarred] (133180) |
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