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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 May 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 1 May 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 May 2007


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 May 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 1 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 1 May see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from multiple sclerosis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.
(135315)
2
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with Dacorum Primary Care Trust on the number of patients registered in Hemel Hempstead constituency.
(135326)
3
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the average outstanding balance on mortgages for homes in (a) the UK, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Dacorum; and what the typical month's interest payable on each of those balances was at the latest date for which figures are available.
(135327)
4
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135382)
5
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long staff answering customer calls at call centres on behalf of the Tax Credit Office are recommended to spend on each call; and if he will make a statement.
(135385)
6
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether guidelines are issued to contact centre staff answering calls on behalf of the Tax Credit Office on the number of calls from customers they should deal with each day; and if he will make a statement.
(135386)
7
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether guidelines are issued to staff at the HM Revenue and Customs Cardiff contact centre on the number of calls from customers they should deal with each day; and if he will make a statement.
(135387)
8
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long staff working at the HM Revenue and Customs Cardiff contact centre are expected to spend on each call; and if he will make a statement.
(135388)
9
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the guidance provided by his Department to other departments on what they should include in their 2007 Spring departmental reports.
(135407)
Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners
10
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much of the £2,148,860 gained in fee income from issuing the Archbishop's Special Licence for marriages has been received by the Church Commissioners.
(135142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
11
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to respond formally to the report by the Affordable Housing Commission.
(135350)
12
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many whole-time equivalent staff were employed (a) as climate change officers and (b) in other posts with responsibility for climate change by English local authorities in each of the last five years.
(135051)
13
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account her Department has taken of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1992 relating to the process for local government restructuring in formulating proposals for the establishment of unitary status.
(135333)
14
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legal advice her Department (a) sought and (b) received on the compliance of recent proposals for the establishment of unitary status authorities with the Local Government Act 1992.
(135334)
15
N
Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total amount was of capital receipts from shared owners staircasing up their equity share in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and to how many units these receipts related.
(135073)
16
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135365)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
17
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135366)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
18
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2007, Official Report, column 713W, if she will publish the proposals that have already been drafted to ensure that gaming machines comply with sections 240 and 241 of the Gambling Act 2005.
(135074)
19
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of school children took part in a minimum of two hours of PE or sport per week in school time in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(135395)
20
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135367)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
21
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from non-European Union member states are assigned to the European Union Military Staff.
(135356)
22
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British military units will form the EU Battle Group in 2008.
(135357)
23
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the progress of the roll-out of Defence Information Infrastructure; and how many sites are active under increment 1.
(135358)
24
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to publish joint service publications on his Department's website.
(135360)
25
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the (a) last pay raise was and (b) next pay raise will be for the staff of the Defence Communication Services Agency.
(135361)
26
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British military units are deployed to Afghanistan, broken down by Afghan province.
(135362)
27
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what education assistance programmes are available to veterans after completing military service.
(135408)
28
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) facilities and (b) programmes are available for service personnel to continue education whilst on deployment in (i) Iraq, (ii) Afghanistan and (iii) the Balkans region.
(135409)
29
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on education centres by the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 1997.
(135410)
30
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many education centres were closed in each year since 1997 in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and where each centre was located.
(135411)
31
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many education centres there are in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and where they are located.
(135412)
32
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of the number of (a) officers and (b) other ranks in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force who have a university degree.
(135413)
33
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what education assistance programmes are available to spouses of serving service personnel.
(135414)
34
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force were living in substitute single service accommodation in each year since 1997.
(135415)
35
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single service personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force were living in communal accommodation in each year since 1997.
(135416)
36
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel are assigned to the European Union Military Staff.
(135417)
37
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the proposed UK/French/German Battle Group referred to in the Answer of 27th February 2004, Official Report, column 614W, on Anglo-French battle groups; and if he will make a statement.
(135418)
38
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which sonar systems (a) HMS Daring and (b) HMS Dauntless are being fitted.
(134726)
39
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest assessment is of the merits of fitting a cannon to (a) Typhoon and (b) other future combat aircraft.
(134727)
40
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the announcement of the order of the Future Aircraft Carriers has been delayed; and what his estimate is of the probable in-service date of (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Prince of Wales.
(134728)
41
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Joint Combat Aircraft to be available for service with the Royal Navy.
(134729)
42
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Ministerial Statement of 24th April 2007, Official Report, column 21WS, on Iraq, whether he expects the review team considering issues of media access to serving military personnel (a) to investigate and (b) to report on the sequence of events leading to the decision to allow some sailors to sell their stories; and whether the identities will be disclosed of the individuals in his Department who took that decision.
(134730)
43
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what compensation was paid under the new Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for injuries and deaths in each month since the new scheme came into force; and if he will make a statement.
(135328)
44
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135368)
45
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1119W, on rendition, what arrangements exist for notification of landings by non-military state aircraft at civilian airfields.
(135256)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
46
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135369)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
47
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of time scheduled for PE and sport during the school day that is taken up by changing; and if he will make a statement.
(135389)
48
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice his Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) school sports co-ordinators on the collection of data on the number of school children who take part in a minimum of two hours of PE or sport in school time; and if he will make a statement.
(135390)
49
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of PE lessons cancelled each year as a result of (a) examinations, (b) exam preparation, (c) poor weather and (d) facility use clashes; and if he will make a statement.
(135391)
50
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is responsible for (a) supplying, (b) compiling and (c) verifying the data on the number of school children who take part in a minimum of two hours of PE or sport in school time each week; and if he will make a statement.
(135392)
51
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many specialists in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) music, (d) languages, (e) history, (f) geography, (h) sciences, (i) social sciences and (j) physical education are employed by Ofsted to undertake school inspections; and if he will make a statement.
(135393)
52
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of schools which have been awarded the Active Mark scheme by the Youth Sport Trust; and if he will make a statement.
(135394)
53
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) 16 year olds, (b) 17 year olds and (c) 18 year olds in each local education authority area were not in employment, education or training in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(135319)
54
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) 16 year olds, (b) 17 year olds and (c) 18 year olds who are not in education, employment or training (i) are from (A) each social class and (B) each ethnic group and (ii) have a disability.
(135320)
55
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds who are not in education, employment or training have (a) five or more GCSEs at grade A-C, (b) between one and four GCSEs at grade A-C, (c) five or more GCSEs at grade D-G, (d) one to four GCSEs at grade D-G and (e) no GCSEs.
(135321)
56
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds who were previously not in education, employment or training (a) began a course in (i) a further education college, (ii) a sixth form college, (iii) a school sixth form, and (iv) a work-based learning provider and (b) were no longer included under the definition because they reached their 19th birthday in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(135322)
57
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children live outside care and in households with adult friends or family members who are not their birth parents.
(134895)
58
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135370)
59
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what impact he expects the launch of the 14 to 19 Diplomas to have on the vocational qualifications available to the 14 to 19 age group.
(135143)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
60
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the testing of live poultry for avian influenza in the protection and surveillance zones in Suffolk referred to in his Department's submission to the European Commission on 5th March was completed before permission was granted to reopen the Bernard Matthews plant in Suffolk; what type of live poultry was tested; what the location was of each of the premises that were tested; and how many birds were tested in each.
(134493)
61
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households in England were subject to water restrictions in 2006.
(134494)
62
Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have provided to the Black Environment Network; for what purpose the funding was provided; and what the outcome of such funding has been, broken down by project.
(135406)
63
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to implement the EU Environmental Liability Directive; whether he anticipates obstacles to its transposition; and if he will make a statement.
(135363)
64
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department were employed on matters relating to climate change in each year since 2000.
(135049)
65
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by the Office of Climate Change, broken down by salary band.
(135050)
66
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that, at the forthcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Bangkok, temperature data be made available as part of the Summary for Policy Makers; and if he will make a statement.
(135052)
67
N
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why temperature data over the last 10,000 years were excluded from the Final Draft International Panel on Climate Change Summary for Policy Makers.
(135053)
68
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter of 2nd October 2006 from the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk on the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.
(135396)
69
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish the new national ambient noise strategy.
(135397)
70
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135371)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
71
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK officials attended the last three meetings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions.
(134650)
72
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was allocated to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Government in each of the last three years; what commitments regarding future funding have been entered into; and if she will make a statement.
(134651)
73
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the (a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and (b) OECD member states on the publicisation of the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions as it affects investigations in the UK.
(134652)
74
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines her Department provides to British companies active within Sudan.
(135258)
75
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Council High Level Mission to Sudan.
(135260)
76
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the proposals for a United Nations peacekeeping force in Chad and the Central African Republic.
(135261)
77
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135372)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
78
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community matrons are in post in each region; and if she will make a statement.
(135299)
79
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of (a) the winding-up costs of (i) the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and (ii) PPI Forums and (b) the start up costs for Local Involvement Networks; and if she will make a statement.
(135300)
80
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the number of health visitors working in the NHS; and what steps she is taking to increase these numbers.
(135301)
81
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to inform owners of restaurants, hotels and pubs of the smoking ban coming into place on 1st July.
(134391)
82
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many multiple sclerosis specialist nurses worked in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.
(135313)
83
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received treatment for multiple sclerosis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.
(135314)
84
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.
(135316)
85
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her most recent estimate is of the take-up of folic acid in women of child bearing age in socio-economic groups C2 and DE; and if she will make a statement.
(134891)
86
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Portsmouth North constituency, the effects of changes to departmental policy since 1997 on Portsmouth North constituency.
(135342)
87
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled at (a) the Hemel Hempstead Acute NHS Trust Hospital and (b) the Watford Acute Trust Hospital (i) for medical reasons and (ii) because of a lack of beds in each month in each year since 2000.
(135329)
88
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were at West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust (a) in each specialty and (b) in total excluding the specialties transferred to Dacorum Primary Care Trust in each year since 2000.
(135346)
89
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and clerical staff and (f) auxiliary staff were employed by West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust in all areas excluding those transferred to Dacorum Primary Care Trust in each year since 2000.
(135347)
90
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department provides to NHS trusts on safe travelling times for (a) heart attack and (b) stroke patients for emergency admissions.
(135348)
91
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in England had acute accident and emergency facilities and accepted acute admissions in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(135349)
92
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135373)
93
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support her Department has provided for research into coeliac disease in each of the last three years.
(134394)
94
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made in improving the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of coeliac disease.
(134395)
95
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of deaths there were in the UK directly resulting from the prescription of the rheumatoid arthritis drug methotrexate in each of the last three years.
(135343)
96
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of deaths there were in the UK directly resulting from the prescription of the rheumatoid arthritis drug leflunomide in each of the last three years.
(135344)
97
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of deaths there were in the UK directly resulting from the prescription of the rheumatoid arthritis drugs methotrexate and leflunomide in conjunction in each of the last three years.
(135345)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
98
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) short duration programmes, (b) therapeutic communities, (c) cognitive behaviour therapy and (d) twelve step programmes were delivered to people entering drug treatment programmes in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135323)
99
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the special payments made by the Prison Service increased from £9,196,000 in 2004-05 to £16,589,000 in 2005-06; and if he will provide a breakdown of such payments by main category of expenditure.
(135337)
100
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the £16,589,000 paid by the Prison Service as special payments in 2005-06 other than compensation to staff and prisoners.
(135338)
101
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for each of the 12 payments of over £100,000 compensation paid to Prison Service staff in 2005-06 reported in the Prison Service's annual report and accounts.
(135339)
102
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders in each of the 42 probation areas in England and Wales breached their (a) community sentence requirements, (b) licences and (c) parole conditions while under the supervision of the Probation Service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what steps were taken to remedy such breaches.
(135364)
103
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds convicted of an offence in the last three years for which figures are available were not in education, employment or training; and if he will make a statement.
(135318)
104
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2006, Official Report, column 1678W, on prisoner education, whether his Department has published its research into the links between resettlement factors and reconviction; and if he will make a statement.
(135336)
105
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days elapsed between arrest and sentence for persistent young offenders in each Criminal Justice Board jurisdiction in (a) Quarter 4 2004, (b) Quarter 4 2005 and (c) Quarter 4 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(134946)
106
N
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place for reviewing the appropriateness of the local use of conditional cautions for criminal offences; and if he will make a statement.
(134947)
107
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum took early retirement in each of the last five years.
(135330)
108
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council on the consistency of sentencing in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(135331)
109
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process an application for further leave to remain from an applicant who had overstayed on a visa was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(135332)
110
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135374)
111
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the new Border and Security Agency to clear outstanding (a) exceptional leave to remain and (b) 14 year rule applications.
(135335)
112
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community groups have applied for a Connected Fund Round 6 grant.
(135144)
113
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much he expects to be allocated in grants from the Connected Fund in each of the next two financial years.
(135145)
114
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to increase publicity for the Connected Fund in future years.
(135146)
115
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the application process will open for grants in the Connected Fund Round 7.
(135147)
116
N
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Connected Fund grants in reducing the levels of gun crime in areas where grants have been made.
(135148)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
117
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the UK has made in meeting its commitment to double aid to Africa by 2010.
(134392)
118
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that international donors fulfill the pledges for $4.5 billion made at the Oslo conference 2005 for humanitarian assistance and reconstruction in Sudan.
(135259)
119
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135375)
120
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will resume aid to the Palestinian territories.
(134517)
Questions to the Leader of the House
121
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Office in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135376)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
122
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of work undertaken by Social Security Agency pension advisers; if he will take steps to retain the pension advisers employed by the Social Security Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(135340)
123
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for pension credit were made in Northern Ireland between 1st April 2004 and 31st March 2007; how many have been processed; and how many are outstanding.
(135341)
124
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of (a) HIV, (b) chlamydia, (c) gonorrhoea, (d) syphilis, (e) genital warts and (f) genital herpes there have been in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
(134890)
125
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2007, Official Report, column 891-2W, on hospitals: hygiene, how much of the £400,000 funding provided in 2006-07 each hospital trust in Northern Ireland accessed to run hand hygiene/clean care campaigns; what the nature was of each campaign; and what assessment has been made of their effectiveness.
(134892)
126
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2007, Official Report, column 890-1W, on Departments: billing, for what reason some Northern Ireland departments keep a record of discounts offered and received on invoices while others do not; and what steps he has taken to standardise the way in which (a) payments are processed, (b) financial returns are made and audited and (c) financial records are kept by departments.
(134893)
127
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2007, Official Report, column 890-1W, on Departments: billing, if he will instruct all Northern Ireland departments to maintain a record of discounts (a) offered on bills from suppliers and (b) received.
(134894)
128
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many missed (a) hospital and (b) general practitioner appointments there were in each of the health boards in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(135351)
129
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks on school teachers there were in schools in each education and library board area of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(135352)
130
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks on police officers there were in each district command unit of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
(135353)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
131
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135378)
Questions to the Solicitor General
132
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Solicitor General, how many unduly lenient sentences for crimes committed by serving police officers were referred to the Court of Appeal in (a) England, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Dacorum in each of the last five years; and how many appeals were upheld in each year.
(135324)
133
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Solicitor General, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in the Law Officers' Departments in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
134
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what guidelines his Department provides to British companies active within Sudan.
(135257)
135
N
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to make his decision on whether BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV should be referred to the Competition Commission.
(135302)
136
N
Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from officials at BSkyB on its stake in ITV; and if he will publish those representations.
(135303)
137
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135380)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
138
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage contribution of aviation to the overall UK climate change impact is, calculated on the basis of emissions attributable to UK citizens on outward and return flights from UK airports, including the radiative forcing effect.
(134097)
139
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that rail companies inform passengers of the forthcoming smoking ban on stations.
(134393)
140
Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce the preferred route for the proposed upgrade of the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.
(135405)
141
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135381)
142
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) on the performance of their e-mail enquiry service to the public; and what the DVLA's target is for responding to enquiries e-mailed by the public.
(135359)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
143
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135383)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
144
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding has been made available to pilot the recommendations contained in the Freud report.
(135114)
145
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce pilot schemes implementing the recommendations contained in the Freud report.
(135115)
146
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which means tested benefits people resident in residential care homes are eligibile to claim.
(135325)
147
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
(135384)
148
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department has spent on (a) legal fees, (b) consultants, (c) special advisers and (d) other costs in relation to the High Court case concerning the Government's response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's ruling on the case of lost occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement.
(135317)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
149
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in her Office in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.
[Transferred] (135377)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
150
N
Lyn Brown (West Ham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely levels of co-operation of the government of Sudan with the UN/AMIS peacekeeping force for Darfur.
[Question Unstarred] (134745)
151
N
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps her Department has taken on behalf of British citizen Panjab Singh following his complaint of ill-treatment by the Indian authorities during his arrest and detention.
[Question Unstarred] (134749)

 
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