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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 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.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
 


 

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 3 May 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 3 May 2007


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 3 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 Thursday 3 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 3 May see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the use of clean coal technology and the administration of the climate change levy.
(135593)
2
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will be able to provide substantive replies to Question (a) 133687, (b) 133686 and (c) 133685, on non-domicile tax status.
(135263)
3
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons he plans to withdraw writing down allowances on industrial and agricultural buildings between 2008-09 and 2010-11; what assessment he has made of the likely impact of this change on the farming industry; how many farm businesses he estimates will be affected; and to what value.
(135573)
4
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the definition of assets which qualify for agricultural buildings allowances to clarify what constitutes a fixture.
(135751)
5
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many voluntary groups were in receipt of Gift Aid in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last three years.
(135992)
6
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of families with children are (a) eligible for and (b) claimants of tax credits.
(135559)
7
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of families without children are (a) eligible for and (b) claimants of tax credits.
(135560)
8
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each constituency; what the corresponding figures were in 1997; and what the percentage change in numbers has been in each constituency.
(135561)
9
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total assets were of pension funds in the UK in each of the last five years.
(136025)
10
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the costs to (a) the Department of Health and its executive agencies and (b) the NHS of the proposed changes in the Finance Bill 2007 for tackling the risk posed to the Exchequer of the operational practices of managed service companies.
(135757)
11
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many official visits to NHS hospitals he has made since May 2005; and which hospital was visited in each case.
(135867)
12
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) the expected impact of the 2007 Budget and (b) the combined impact of the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Budgets' measures on (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) families with children.
(135811)
13
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Office for National Statistics (ONS) chooses people for interview in the course of compiling its statistics; what obligation there is on such people to respond; what guidance the ONS gives to such people; and if he will make a statement.
(135806)
14
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136105)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
15
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many decisions of the Planning Inspectorate she has overturned since (a) 5th December 2005 and (b) 1st November 2006; and whether any of these decisions relate to reserve sites as identified in the local development plan.
(135773)
16
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the advice she has received ahead of her decision on the planning application for Dilly Lane, Hartley Wintney; and, in so far as she is able under data protection principles, if she will list private representations on the same application.
(135774)
17
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her policy on determining planning applications has altered with the publication of Planning Policy Statement 3.
(135775)
18
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many decisions of the Planning Inspectorate she overturned in each year for which records are available; and what proportion this represents of all inspectorate decisions in each year, broken down by regional planning authority.
(135777)
19
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account she takes of local residents' views when determining planning applications.
(135778)
20
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities make available (a) building inspectors' reports and (b) other relevant information for which they are responsible to providers of home information packs.
(136032)
21
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities' charges for searches in relation to home information packs are fair and transparent.
(136033)
22
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the work of regional development agencies in the development of science cities.
(135908)
23
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the merits of ringfencing council funding for noise abatement services.
(135304)
24
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the re-mandation of Home Condition Reports will be considered as part of the review of the transitory arrangements for home information packs scheduled for December 2007.
(135947)
25
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish carbon dioxide milestones that can be used in conjunction with the standard assessment procedure and the planning process to ensure that appropriate building services and local renewables are specified.
(135863)
26
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many representations of (a) support and (b) objection she has received on the pending decision on the Thames Gateway Bridge.
(135991)
27
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of housing need was recorded in the most recent strategy statement of each local housing authority in Hampshire.
(135918)
28
N
Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations Ministers in her Department have made to the London Borough of Hounslow on its relationships with its local Members of Parliament; and if she will make a statement.
(135633)
29
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the rating of agricultural buildings.
(135990)
30
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in her Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136090)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs
31
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, when she expects her Department's consultation process on the right of convicted prisoners to vote to be completed.
(135907)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
32
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) the Film Council and (b) the Arts Council of England (i) received from the National Lottery in 2006 and (ii) will receive from the National Lottery in 2007.
(135554)
33
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November 2006, Official Report, column 421W, on playing fields, how many planning applications for sites which were either were too small or of the wrong shape to accommodate a playing pitch as currently defined were approved in 2005-06; what percentage of the total approved they represent; and if she will make a statement.
(135826)
34
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the experience of the Ministry of Defence's Compulsory Drugs Testing Team in preparation for compulsory drugs testing at the 2012 Olympics.
(135808)
35
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what value of Lottery funds she estimates will be diverted from good causes in Northern Ireland as a result of the increase in the estimated cost of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(136027)
36
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was of each of the five largest information technology contracts agreed by her Department with outside suppliers over the last five years.
(136135)
37
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th April 2007, Official Report, column 710W, on gambling advertising, how much her Department has ringfenced to spend on advertising the dangers of problem gambling ahead of the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005.
(135821)
38
Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2006, Official Report, column 1120W, on the horserace totalisator board; what discussions her Department has had with personnel from HM Treasury concerning the future of the Tote; when she expects to announce how the Government will proceed; and what time scales apply to her definition of shortly.
(135822)
39
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether funding from (a) the Lottery and (b) her Department is being provided to any of the patrons of the Labour Party sports fundraiser to be held in July.
(135565)
40
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England, (c) the English Institute of Sport and (d) the Youth Sports Trust will play in the Labour Party sports fundraiser to be held in July.
(135566)
41
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what level of funding will be available to (a) Sportswatch and (b) The National Sports Foundation in each of the next three years.
(135567)
42
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Sport England's Public Service Agreement targets are.
(135568)
43
N
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the Olympic Delivery Authority's construction work which will quality for Industrial Buildings Allowance.
(135569)
44
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the applications from the UK which are under consideration for the status of World Heritage Site; and if she will make a statement.
(136132)
45
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in her Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136091)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
46
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the details of the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) design system solution were completed in advance of the decision to contract the ATLAS Consortium to implement the scheme in March 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(136126)
47
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of external assistance to the Defence Communication and Services Agency in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
(136128)
48
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK fatalities in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been attributed to the inadequate protection of vehicles with inadequate protection from roadside bombs.
(135901)
49
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planning total is for qualified fast jet pilots at the end of each of the years 2007 to 2010.
(135919)
50
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified fast jet pilots were available for active service at each year end since 2000.
(135920)
51
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots began fast jet training in each year since 2000; how many have completed such training; and if he will make a statement.
(135921)
52
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact on access to means-tested social service support of the receipt of payment from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(135807)
53
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which medals issued by NATO British service personnel are permitted (a) to receive and (b) to wear; and if he will make a statement.
(136029)
54
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (a) to complete its review of the X-factor and (b) to report to Ministers; and when he expects to publish the report.
(136034)
55
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of the strategic review of remuneration.
(136035)
56
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the 16th April conference chaired by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
(136036)
57
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the development of facilities in Cyprus to support the air bridge for service personnel travelling to and from operational theatres; and if he will make a statement.
(136037)
58
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the production of aide memoire cards on combat identification for Operation Telic.
(136038)
59
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are (a) deployed and (b) stationed at each location overseas.
(136039)
60
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy bonuses and (b) Royal Naval Reserve bounty payments for the fiscal year 2007-08 were (i) missed and (ii) mispaid by the Joint Personnel Administration.
(136040)
61
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Gap Year Commission was started; and how many people passed though it in each year since it started.
(136041)
62
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Written Statement of 30th April 2007, Official Report, columns 31-32WS, on Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracts, how much it cost to produce and maintain the MoD contracts bulletin in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135904)
63
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the criteria used for selecting cars used by non-ministerial members of the Army Board for use in the UK.
(135910)
64
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the Fairtrade products purchased for the office of the (a) Chief of the General Staff and (b) Adjutant General in the last 12 months.
(135911)
65
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 142W, on the Army: manpower, what the differences are between the roles of a mess steward and a mess supervisor.
(135950)
66
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 142W, on the Army: manpower, what the cost was of training the cook in the household of the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.
(136115)
67
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the out-of-service date for the Royal Air Force's Jaguar aircraft was brought forward to 29th April 2007; when this decision was taken; when this decision was communicated to No. 6 Squadron; and if he will make a statement.
(135945)
68
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements are in place for the medical welfare of Reserve Forces who have served in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on their return; and in what ways such arrangements differ to those in place for regular servicemen and women.
(136031)
69
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136092)
70
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account was taken of the protection of the UK's defence industrial capacity and the associated skills base as a factor in the Government's decision to replace the existing Trident nuclear submarine fleet.
(135906)
71
Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's website cost to run and support in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(135776)
Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister
72
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136093)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
73
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2007, Official Report, columns 346-7W, on school meals, whether changes were made to the School Meal Review Panel's recommendation on the standard covering deep fried food contained in the Education (Nutritional Standards for School Lunches) Regulations 2006.
(135899)
74
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many young people in Easington constituency received (a) £30, (b) £20 and (c) £10 in educational maintenance allowance in each of the last three years.
(135861)
75
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to discuss removing VAT on school uniforms for over 14 year olds with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(135264)
76
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultations he has undertaken since the publication of the Leitch Report with (a) the Open University, (b) Birkbeck College and (c) other institutions on strategies to increase the proportion of those in work who engage in part-time study.
(135984)
77
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he has taken since the publication of the Leitch Report (a) to increase the number of employees who have access to part-time study in order to gain appropriate qualifications and (b) to engage the support of employers in increasing the access of employees to part-time education.
[R] (135985)
78
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the fees regime on the provision of part-time courses by higher education institutions.
[R] (135987)
79
Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of strategies adopted by higher education institutions in England to support part-time students; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (135989)
80
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the 68 national support schools.
(135828)
81
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been made available by his Department to (a) the School Food Trust and (b) each other similar organisation in each of the last three years.
(135974)
82
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on providing school meals for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the last period for which figures are available.
(135975)
83
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much he plans to allocate (a) to produce the revised guide to standards for school lunches and (b) to implement its provisions.
(135976)
84
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will include in guidance to schools guidance on encouraging families to eat at home at night round the table.
(135977)
85
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to take steps to reduce the number of children spending money on unhealthy snacks in between meals.
(135978)
86
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome have statements of special educational needs.
(136085)
87
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of specialist education for children with Asperger's syndrome; and what steps his Department is taking to improve such provision.
(136116)
88
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which local education authorities in England have specialist units for Asperger's syndrome.
(136117)
89
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
90
N
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have contacted British Waterways to inform them that their businesses are under threat as a result of reductions in services by British Waterways.
(134600)
91
N
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many locks, lock gates, sluices and other pieces of machinery on the waterways were inoperable for more than 24 hours in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and how many have been inoperable in 2007.
(134601)
92
N
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of canal and inland waterways will not be dredged in the 2007-08 financial year which were previously planned to be dredged.
(134602)
93
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2007, Official Report, column 460W on tree planting, when he expects the revised English Forest Strategy to be published.
(135970)
94
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much combined heat and power (CHP) has been installed on the Government estate since 1997; and whether the Government expects to meet its CHP target by 2010.
(135591)
95
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on his commitment that 15 per cent. of electricity used in the Government estate will be from combined heat and power by 2010.
(135594)
96
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken of membership of former agricultural assistance schemes in the criteria for qualification for the environmental (a) entry, (b) organic and (c) higher level stewardship schemes; how many applicants for environmental stewardship were members of former schemes; how much was allocated to (i) environmental stewardship and (ii) former such schemes in 2006-07; how many farmers were members of (1) environmental stewardship and (2) former such schemes in 2006-07; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for environmental stewardship to meet demand.
(135749)
97
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department for Trade and Industry on merging activities connected to the delivery of support for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
(135864)
98
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account he expects the review of Warm Front prices will take of regional variations in the capacity to deliver warm front scheme projects.
(135812)
99
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to extend funding available via the Warm Homes Scheme to cover the installation of new and environmentally sustainable technologies; and if he will make a statement.
(135813)
100
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live calves have been exported for further fattening since 1st January, broken down by country of destination.
(135905)
101
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are in place to ensure that the journey logs required by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations are returned to his Department within one month of the completion of the journey; and what steps officials in his Department take to examine returned journey logs in order to identify (a) breaches of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 and (b) unjustified differences between actual and proposed itineraries.
(135951)
102
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the application for a Protected Geographical Indication for the Colchester Native Oyster to be determined; on what date the application was made; what representations the UK Government has made to support the application; and if he will make a statement.
(136131)
103
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that water companies in the South East share water between different resource zones.
(136001)
104
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of the proposed new and extended reservoir developments in (a) Broad Oak, Kent, (b) Clay Hill, East Sussex, (c) Havant Thicket, Hampshire, (d) Upper Thames, Oxon, (e) Bewl Enlargement, Kent, (f) Bray Enlargement, Berkshire and (g) Abberton, Essex.
(136011)
105
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136095)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
106
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the prosecution of Christian leaders including Pastor Salavat Serikbaev in Uzbekistan; and what representations she has made to the Uzbekistan government.
(136000)
107
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Sudan on support for militia recruitment in Niger to fight in Darfur.
(135755)
108
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations for commutation to the Pakistani authorities following the death sentence handed down by the courts there upon Abdul Hameed for the crime of blasphemy.
(135756)
109
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingencies have been put in place for an alternative venue for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting planned in Kampala.
(135894)
110
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made on the recent attacks on Asian businesses in Kampala, Uganda; and if she will make a statement.
(135895)
111
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her estimate is of the number of hectares of land in Afghanistan which were (a) used to grow poppies and (b) destroyed as part of the eradication scheme in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
(135558)
112
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of China on animal welfare issues in China; and if she will make a statement.
(135747)
113
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2007, Official Report, column 1025W, on Departments: official hospitality, if she will break down by area of expenditure the total spent by Government Hospitality, FCO Services in financial year 2006-07.
(135564)
114
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in her Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136096)
115
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department received from the Bangladeshi government on the status of Sheikh Hasina.
(135955)
116
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on recent events in Bangladesh, with particular reference to (a) the suspension of political activity and (b) decisions to exile and arrest major party leaders.
(135956)
117
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received from the government of Sri Lanka regarding the actions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
(135959)
118
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has received from Tamil community groups in the UK.
(135960)
119
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with the Norwegian government regarding the status of the 2002 ceasefire agreement between the Sri Lanka government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
(135961)
120
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic processes are in place to inform senior foreign political figures that their return to their home countries has been prohibited by their government.
(135962)
121
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department have had with Sheikh Hasina regarding the refusal of her government to allow her return to Bangladesh.
(135963)
122
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when her Department was notified that Sheikh Hasina would not be allowed to return to Bangladesh on Sunday 22nd April.
(135964)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
123
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was provided in unweighted allocated funds per head of population for mental health services in (a) Trafford and (b) Salford in the last 12 months.
(135665)
124
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for her Department's practice of relating levels of funding for severe and enduring mental health problems to levels of social deprivation.
(135666)
125
N
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was between referral and first appointment for primary care psychological services in (a) Trafford and (b) Salford in the last 12 months.
(135667)
126
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the reasons given for the resignation of (a) Professor Alan Crockard as National Director for Modernising Medical Careers and (b) his deputy Professor Shelley Heard.
(135744)
127
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent consideration she has given to the merits of increasing the number of training posts in the National Health Service.
(135898)
128
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the gross deficit was of each NHS individual accounting unit in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by decile.
(135902)
129
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the guidance provided by local authority co-ordinators of regulatory services on implementation and enforcement of the smoke-free regulations.
(135903)
130
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Service Framework for (a) cancer, (b) children, (c) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (d) coronary heart disease, (e) diabetes, (f) long-term conditions, (g) mental health, (h) older people and (i) renal services in raising standards of care offered to patients.
(135909)
131
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 132W, on Mid-Essex Primary Care Trust, how many administrative staff there are in the Mid-Essex Primary Care Trust.
(127913)
132
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute mental health beds there were in the Northern Region in the last three years; and in which hospitals they were located.
(135860)
133
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 322W, on breast cancer: Greater London, what recommendations were contained in the review of the North of London Breast Screening Service carried out by the National Breast Screening Service Quality Assurance Team.
(135672)
134
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 322W, on breast cancer: Greater London, what assessment she has made of the lessons to be drawn from the review of the North of London Breast Screening Service carried out by the National Breast Screening Service Quality Assurance Team for the effectiveness of breast screening services in other areas of the country.
(135673)
135
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th April 2007, Official Report, column 1263W, on Arun Community Hospital, to whom NHS South East Coast is accountable.
(135824)
136
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were per 100,000 population in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(136133)
137
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff from (a) her Department, (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies and (c) the Food Standards Agency have visited Hungary in relation to the inquiry into the outbreak of avian influenza at Holton; what plans she has to send further staff to Hungary; and if she will make a statement.
(136134)
138
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average nurse's wage was in each of the last 15 years.
(135997)
139
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with Warrington Primary Care Trust on its decision to stop funding treatment services at a GP practice in Birchwood; and if she will make a statement.
(135570)
140
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who work but do not live in Birchwood have been treated by the GP practices there in the last 12 months; and what assessment has been made of the likely impact on accident and emergency services at Warrington Hospital if there was a reduction in the number and types of services available at those practices.
(135571)
141
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that an independent expert in primary care is appointed to review treatment room services provided in Birchwood during the six months of extended funding which has been offered by the primary care trust.
(135572)
142
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of delays in the approval process for the construction of the new mental health facilities for elderly people at Moseley Hall Hospital since the planning application was first approved in principle; and if she will make a statement.
(135769)
143
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what licences are current for research into possible medicinal uses of cannabis; what assessment she has made of the progress being made with each research project; and when the results of the research will be available.
(135952)
144
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pieces of correspondence (a) she and (b) her Department received raising concern about the Modernising Medical Careers programme in (i) January, (ii) February, (iii) March and (iv) April 2007.
(135946)
145
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of her presentation to the Cabinet on the NHS of 19th April 2007, referred to by the Prime Minister in his speech to the Trimdon Labour Club of 20th April 2007.
(135750)
146
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the (a) total consumption of antibiotics in the NHS and (b) net cost to the NHS of prescribing antibiotics in each year since 1997.
(135753)
147
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many NHS trusts there are facilities to perform robotic prostatectomy, referred to in her Department's report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots, published on 17th April 2007; and whether the facilities in each trust were purchased (a) entirely with NHS funds and (b) with a contribution from the charitable sector.
(135758)
148
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts provided wheelchair vouchers to families with a disabled child in each of the last three financial years.
(135759)
149
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) merits for families of the NHS wheelchair voucher scheme.
(135760)
150
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in meeting the Health Care Standards for Wheelchair Services under the NHS, as agreed by the National Wheelchair Managers Forum in March 2005; and if she will make a statement.
(135761)
151
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS wheelchair services for (a) children and young people and (b) others in England in each of the last five financial years, broken down by primary care trust.
(135762)
152
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the mobility needs of children who do not meet NHS eligibility criteria for powered indoor and outdoor wheelchairs.
(135763)
153
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children and young people under the age of 18 referred to a local wheelchair service in each of the last five years did not meet the NHS's eligibility criteria for (a) a lightweight manual wheelchair and (b) a powered indoor and outdoor wheelchair.
(135764)
154
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS wheelchair services provided powered indoor-outdoor wheelchairs to disabled children and young people aged (a) two years and under, (b) between the ages of three and five years, (c) between the ages of six and 12 years and (d) between the ages of 13 and 18 years in each of the last three years.
(135765)
155
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for obesity by the NHS in each year since 1997, broken down by the treatment they received; and what the cost was of providing each treatment in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135766)
156
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS is expected to be of implementing Agenda for Change in each of the years to 2011-12.
(135767)
157
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to (a) her Department and its executive agencies and (b) the NHS of the proposed changes in the Finance Bill 2007 for tackling the risk posed to the Exchequer of the operational practices of managed service companies.
(135770)
158
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what she expects the estimated change in costs to the NHS to be of implementing the new consultants' contract in each of the years to 2011-12.
(135771)
159
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what she expects the estimated change in costs to the NHS to be of implementing the new General Medical Services contract in each of the years to 2011-12.
(135772)
160
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressants were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997; and how many of those were dispensed to children in each year.
(135809)
161
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diamorphine prescriptions were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997.
(135810)
162
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th March 2007, Official Report, columns 1790-91W, on NHS: finance, why capital-to-revenue transfers took place in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
(135817)
163
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her statement of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 58, on the Mental Health Bill, what the evidential basis was for stating that several thousand people have been denied treatment on the grounds that they are not susceptible to treatment.
(135818)
164
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2007, Official Report, column 442W, on national media evaluations, if she will place in the Library copies of her Department's national media coverage evaluations in each month from July 2005 to December 2005 inclusive; and if she will publish the evaluations on her Department's website.
(135819)
165
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what population she expects the specialist surgical centres referred to on page four of her Department's report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots, published 17th April 2007, to serve.
(135820)
166
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2007, Official Report, columns 809-10W, on recruitment, what plans her Department has to collect further data from strategic health authorities relating to the employment position of graduates at later dates than 30th November 2006.
(135823)
167
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what percentage of the period since 22nd January when doctors used the system to apply for training posts the Medical Application Training Service system experienced technical difficulties; and if she will list the technical difficulties.
(135862)
168
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the isolated contractual difficulties were with primary care services in some parts of the country referred to in paragraph 1.5.2 of her Department's Winter Report 2006-07, published 3rd April; in which primary care trusts the isolated contractual difficulties arose; and if she will make a statement.
(135865)
169
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department commissioned new research to support the clinical case for change reports published by (a) the national adviser for surgery on 17th April 2007, (b) the national director for primary care on 5th February 2007, (c) the national director for emergency access on 5th December 2006, (d) the national director for heart disease and stroke on 5th December 2006, (e) the national clinical director for children, young people and maternity services on 6th February 2007 and (f) the national director for older people on 29th January 2007; and what the total cost to the public purse of producing each of these reports has been, inclusive of development and publication costs.
(135866)
170
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department will set a direction of travel for the social care strategy referred to in paragraph 4.9 of her Department's 2007-08 business plan, published on 30th March; and if she will make a statement.
(135868)
171
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the size is of each of the contingency funds described in paragraph 4.13 of her Department's 2007-08 business plan, published on 30th March.
(135869)
172
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to reduce the value of NHS gross deficits in 2007-08.
(135870)
173
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Permanent Secretary's communications plans, referred to on page 26 of her Department's 2007-08 Business Plan, published on 30th March.
(135871)
174
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided in 2007-08 for the funding of displaced staff within her Department.
(135872)
175
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people without posts are employed in her Department.
(135873)
176
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the overall cost was to (a) her Department and (b) the NHS of the Keep Well, Keep Warm campaign in 2006-07.
(135874)
177
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) those aged 65 and over and (b) those aged under 65 and judged to be clinically at risk were immunised against seasonal influenza in each year since 2000-01.
(135875)
178
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what local targets referred to in the Operating Framework for 2007-08, gateway reference 7408, published on 11th December 2006, have so far been agreed between primary care trusts and providers.
(135876)
179
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS organisations reported a large number of delays in the transfer of care for patients at accident and emergency who were brought by ambulance, referred to on page 12 of her Department's Winter Report 2006-07, published on 3rd April 2007; for what reasons the delays in transfer of care occurred; and if she will make a statement.
(135877)
180
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many E112 authorisations her Department issued in each year since 1997.
(135878)
181
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) on supervision registers and (b) subject to supervised discharge in each year since 1997.
(135879)
182
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage three-month vacancy rate was for midwives in each year since 1997.
(135880)
183
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the three-month vacancy rate was for (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) psychiatric nurses and (c) all medical and dental staff in the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135881)
184
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department has made an estimate of the total additional expenditure necessitated by the (a) reorganisation of strategic health authorities on 1st July 2006 and (b) reorganisation of primary care trusts on 1st October 2006.
(135882)
185
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staffed inpatient and day case beds there were in each major acute hospital in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135883)
186
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to publish data relating to cases of clostridium difficile in all those aged two years and over for each NHS trust in England; and for what reasons she does not plan to include such cases of clostridium difficile in the clostridium difficile mandatory surveillance system.
(135884)
187
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance her Department (a) has given and (b) expects to give to the independent public inquiry into the supply of contaminated NHS blood to haemophilia patients.
(135885)
188
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the members of the Department Board on (a) 6th May 2005, (b) 5th May 2006 and (c) at present; and what the job title is of each.
(135886)
189
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation developed the Medical Training Application Service software used in support of Modernising Medical Careers; and at what overall cost to the public purse.
(135887)
190
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of running the Medical Training Application Service in 2006-07; and what funding has been allocated to the service in 2007-08.
(135888)
191
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to the NHS Careers service in each year since 1999-2000; and how many people the service employed in each year.
(135890)
192
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which data set change notices were issued under her authority to NHS organisations in each year since 1997-98.
(135891)
193
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) code and (b) title is of all data returns required by her Department from (i) NHS trusts, (ii) primary care trusts and (iii) strategic health authorities; how frequently each is required; and how many items need to be recorded for each data return.
(135892)
194
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997; and at what net ingredient cost.
(135893)
195
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many methadone prescriptions were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997; and what the net ingredient cost was of those drugs in each year.
(135914)
196
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the overall cost to the public purse of providing ex gratia payments to the relatives of those who died before 2003 as a result of infection with blood products contaminated with hepatitis C.
(135916)
197
Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make an assessment of the effect of recent trends in immigation on the delivery of (a) maternity and (b) accident and emergency services in West Sussex.
(136030)
198
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in her Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136097)
199
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost per Quality Adjusted Life Year of (a) cholesterol testing and diet therapy, (b) treatment with statins, (c) heart pacemaker insertion, (d) cardiac bypass surgery and (e) heart transplant; and if she will make a statement.
(135307)
200
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances clinicians may prescribe Erlotinib; and if she will make a statement.
(135988)
201
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body is responsible for setting the criteria for appointments made by the Appointments Commission.
(135966)
202
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets on diversity have been set for the appointments made by the Appointments Commission.
(135967)
203
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointments the Appointments Commission made in each year since its creation.
(135968)
204
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many appointees chosen by the Appointments Commission in each year since its creation (a) had served and (b) were serving in another appointed capacity.
(135969)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
205
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the annual accounts of HM Prison Service have been qualified in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(136118)
206
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of authority is required at prison establishments for the covert access to and monitoring of staff e-mails; how many staff were subject to covert viewing of their e-mails at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(136119)
207
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to strengthen the approach of HM Prison Service against staff corruption; how many full-time equivalent staff are engaged in activities against staff corruption inside HM Prison Service; what budget has been allocated to the (a) detection and (b) discipline of staff involved in staff corruption in HM Prison Service; who is responsible for the management of the effort against staff corruption in HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement.
(136120)
208
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HM Prison Service staff were dismissed for suspected criminal activity at each prison establishment in each of the last five years; what proportion of these cases involved (a) police investigations and (b) prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.
(136121)
209
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who was responsible for commissioning the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against the Deputy Governor at HM Prison Hindley; what action was taken as a consequence; and if he will make a statement.
(136122)
210
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of HM Prison Service staff had their appeals against dismissal upheld by the Civil Service Appeals Board in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(136123)
211
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Head of the Management Succession and Selection Unit in HM Prison Service was involved in the managed move of Paul Baker to the Deputy Governor position at HM Prison Pentonville; and if he will make a statement.
(136124)
212
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outstanding number of time off in lieu hours was in HM Prison Service in the latest period for which figures are available; how such hours are accounted for in the annual accounts of the Service; and if he will make a statement.
(136125)
213
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people involved in the Tasker investigation have received managed moves within HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement.
(136127)
214
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of (a) the use of false samples, (b) the mis-use of refrigeration, (c) inadequate supervision in the collection of samples and (d) collusion (i) amongst officers and (ii) between officers and inmates and (e) administration errors in the process of mandatory drug testing in prison establishments; what steps he is taking (A) to monitor and (B) to prevent abuses of mandatory drug testing; and if he will make a statement.
(136129)
215
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action was taken following the death of Paul Day in the management of segregation units at prison establishments; and if he will make a statement.
(136130)
216
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that people held in private prisons who claim (a) that their healthcare needs are not being met and (b) that they suffer mistreatment have access to a complaints procedure.
(135829)
217
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the (a) capital costs and (b) running costs of the National Identity Scheme he estimates will be required in order to implement the biometric passport scheme to cover all ports of entry into the UK.
(135830)
218
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were transferred to immigration removal centres (a) before the end of their sentence and (b) after the end of their sentence in each of the last five years, broken down by the number of weeks before or after their sentence that the transfer occurred.
(135831)
219
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial provision he has made for proposed alterations to bird registration under section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 following the review carried out by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
(135832)
220
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what will happen to the information registered on the National Identity Register of individuals who do not re-register from the scheme.
(135833)
221
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average monthly cost of prisoner transport services has been (a) in the last two years and (b) during the activation of Operation Safeguard.
(135834)
222
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies were contracted by his Department to carry out training for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
(135835)
223
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have left the UK following removal of their support under section 9 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004.
(135836)
224
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their asylum support removed as a result of section 9 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004.
(135837)
225
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Immigration and Nationality Directorate enforcement officials keep a record of the (a) confirmed and (b) unconfirmed illegal individuals dealt with whilst carrying out (i) raids and (ii) searches.
(135838)
226
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines Immigration and Nationality Directorate enforcement officials are given on how to deal with (a) confirmed and (b) unconfirmed illegal individuals when carrying out (i) raids and (ii) searches.
(135839)
227
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 459W, on identity cards, how long he expects the initial development period of the Employer Verification Service to be; and how he will set charges once the development period comes to an end.
(135840)
228
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned into the over-representation of ethnic minorities in drug convictions.
(135841)
229
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support access to fair insurance and banking products for former offenders and their families.
(135842)
230
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commission a successor report to the KPMG Outline Business Case following recent changes to the details of the proposed Identity Cards Scheme.
(135843)
231
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of omissions and errors in the Postcode Address File on the proposed National Identity Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(135844)
232
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to security firms to keep court cells open for prisoners under Operation Safeguard; and how many prisoner nights were spent in court cells.
(135845)
233
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many indefinite sentences of public protection have been handed down in each month since their introduction.
(135846)
234
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average minimum term has been of indefinite sentences of public protection.
(135847)
235
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many indefinite sentences of public protection have had a minimum term of (a) 12 months or less, (b) two years or less, (c) five years or less and (d) 10 years or less.
(135848)
236
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of lifer programmes in dealing with prisoners on an indefinite sentence of public protection with a short minimum term.
(135849)
237
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners on an indefinite sentence of public protection are part of a lifer programme; and if he will make a statement.
(135850)
238
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners on an indefinite sentence of public protection have served longer than their tariff.
(135851)
239
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what land is owned by the Prison Service; and whether he is considering additional sites for new prisons.
(135852)
240
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure his Department uses to ascertain support within relevant public bodies and government departments for proposed legislation.
(135853)
241
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many councils have been granted funding for talking CCTV systems; and whether there are plans to extend the scheme.
(135305)
242
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of talking CCTV systems on the communities in which they are used.
(135306)
243
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Identity and Passport Service's planned expenditure of £473 million in 2007-08 will be spent on the (a) Identity Cards Scheme and (b) development of biometric passports.
(135912)
244
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of A8 accession country immigrants working in the UK's social care sector.
(135913)
245
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Identity and Passport Service will spend the Home Office funding it will receive in 2007-08, broken down by main budget heading.
(135915)
246
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007 to the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Official Report, column 1224, on knife crimes, when he will publish his plans on whether or not to make membership of a gang an aggravating factor in sentencing.
(135922)
247
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007 to the hon. Member for the City of York, Official Report, column 1226, on net migration, what the exact number of A8 accession country immigrants working in the NHS is; and if he will break this number down by (a) job and (b) nationality.
(135923)
248
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007 to the hon. Member for the City of York, Official Report, column 1226, on net migration, what provisions there are in the points based system to allow for fast-track work permits.
(135924)
249
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to make membership of a gang (a) a factor in relation to sentencing and (b) an offence.
(135942)
250
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences he issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and how many abstracts his Department has published relating to these project licences.
(135896)
251
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licences authorising procedures on non-human primates he issued in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and how many abstracts his Department has published relating to these project licences.
(135897)
252
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of people who stayed in the UK after their tourist visa expired in each of the last three years; and what his estimate is of the number of such people who were based in London.
(135994)
253
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to Question 124194, on identity cards, tabled by the hon. Member for Portsmouth South for answer on 28th February 2007.
(135944)
254
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners in prison establishments in England and Wales achieved (a) GCSE, (b) post-GCSE and (c) third level qualifications in each of the last six years; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of prisoners achieving such qualifications.
(136054)
255
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of satellite navigation systems for cars took place in (a) the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood, (b) each London borough and (c) England in the last three years for which figures are available.
(135825)
256
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the value of stolen satellite navigation systems for cars over the last three years for which figures are available.
(135827)
257
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the operation of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the Government's ability to detain or deport terrorist suspects; and if he will make a statement.
(135598)
258
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136098)
259
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from Tamil community groups in the United Kingdom; and what discussions have taken place following such representations.
(135957)
260
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from the government of Sri Lanka; and what discussions have taken place following such representations.
(135958)
261
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many armed police were asked to assist with the arrival of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Heathrow Airport on Sunday 22nd April; and what the cost was of their employment for this period.
(136114)
262
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced for public protection in each of the last five years; and how many have been released.
(135779)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
263
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what (a) instructions are issued to (i) staff in the House of Commons and (ii) hon. Members and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136089)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
264
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how a terrorist is defined for the purposes of the Temporary International Mechanism.
(135562)
265
N
Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many social welfare payments under the Temporary International Mechanism have been stopped by HSBC because of concerns of terrorism.
(135563)
266
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has for his Department to contribute to the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility.
(135743)
267
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will make it its policy to establish an open and merit-based selection process for the President of the World Bank.
(135745)
268
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136099)
269
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received from Tamil community groups in the UK.
(135965)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
270
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many compensation applications were (a) rejected and (b) accepted by the Compensation Agency in each of the last six years; and how much was paid by the Agency in compensation over the same period broken down by type.
(136042)
271
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were caught smuggling drugs into each prison establishment in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what penalty was imposed in each case in which all legal proceedings are complete.
(136043)
272
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to improve self-management of asthma in Northern Ireland; and what plans he has to increase primary care and care in the community funding to this end.
(136044)
273
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many accidents by members of the public were recorded on each part of the Translink network in each of the last five years; and how much was paid out by Translink over the same period in compensation for these accidents.
(136045)
274
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to encourage recycling amongst the business community in Northern Ireland.
(136046)
275
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of Translink stations have disabled access; and what steps he is taking to improve disabled access to the Translink network.
(136047)
276
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons planning application (X/2007/0067) was withdrawn; what representations his Department received requesting that the application be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.
(136048)
277
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the action plan for the closure of Groomsport Primary School.
(136049)
278
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) guidance and (b) assistance (i) has been and (ii) is planned to be provided by his Department to help Groomsport Primary School staff prepare for the closure of the school.
(136050)
279
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions during the past 12 months a passive drug dog was not present during visiting times at each Northern Ireland prison establishment to carry out searches for prohibited substances.
(136051)
280
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was allocated to the Assisted Prison Visits Scheme in each of the last six years; and how many prison visits were funded by this scheme over the same period.
(136052)
281
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many healthcare workers were employed at each prison establishment in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by type.
(136053)
282
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many chaplains of each religious affiliation are linked to each prison establishment in Northern Ireland; and how many visits chaplains made to Northern Ireland's prisons in each of the last 12 months.
(136055)
283
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of prisoners in each Northern Ireland prison establishment achieved (a) GCSE, (b) post-GCSE and (c) third level qualifications in each of the last six years; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of prisoners achieving such qualifications.
(136056)
284
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what revenue was generated from telephone helplines connected to Northern Ireland Government departments and agencies in each of the last six years, broken down by helpline.
(136057)
285
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what health research programmes received funding from his Department in each of the last six years; how much funding was received in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(136058)
286
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding was allocated by his Department to hospices in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by hospice.
(136059)
287
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service were employed in each fire district in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by grade.
(136060)
288
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage change in pay each grade of member of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service received in each of the last six years.
(136061)
289
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the introduction of home information packs in Northern Ireland.
(136062)
290
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to introduce home information packs in Northern Ireland.
(136063)
291
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many asthma-related emergency admissions were recorded in each health trust area in each of the last three years.
(136064)
292
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the programme for the closure of Groomsport Primary School.
(136086)
293
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Medical Support Service within the Social Security Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(135402)
294
N
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will abandon plans to out-source the Social Security Agency's medical support service.
(135403)
295
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which public consultations the Roads Service of Northern Ireland and the Department of the Environment has conducted in the past 12 months on the location of new zebra and pelican crossings; what the time period was of such consultation; what steps were taken to ensure that nearby individuals and businesses were invited to participate in the consultation; and if he will make a statement.
(135595)
296
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document setting out the criteria used to determine the location of zebra and pelican crossings in Northern Ireland; what the requirements are for the minimum distance from which such crossings must be visible to oncoming motorists; and if he will make a statement.
(135597)
297
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2007, to the hon. Member for Meriden, Official Report, column 894W, on water: meters, what the direct and indirect cost will be of providing water meters in the programme outlined.
(135953)
298
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of tenants who exercised the right to buy were receiving housing benefit in each of the last five years.
(135995)
299
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136100)
Questions to the Prime Minister
300
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Prime Minister, who the health policy adviser is at Number 10 Downing Street.
(135889)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
301
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on the impact of fluctuations in oil prices on the Scottish economy.
(135986)
302
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136101)
Questions to the Solicitor General
303
N
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Solicitor General, how many unduly lenient sentences he referred to the Court of Appeal in each of the last five years.
(135701)
304
N
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Solicitor General, in how many cases he asked the Crown Prosecution Service to send him trial papers because of concern about the leniency of a sentence in each month of the last five years.
(135702)
305
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in the Law Officers' Departments and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136102)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
306
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the use of clean electricity generated using carbon capture and storage technology.
(135592)
307
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of whether the practice of establishing post offices in major retail outlets is being implemented in compliance with the rule which disallows the establishment of sub-post offices within one mile of another post office outlet.
(136087)
308
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will assess the merits of providing compensation to any sub-post office in circumstances where its business is adversely affected by the establishment of post office branches in nearby major retail outlets.
(136088)
309
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of claims for compensation for miners and former miners suffering from arthritis.
(135900)
310
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the contribution of the British entertainment industry to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
(135943)
311
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many arms export licences were issued to (a) India, (b) Bangladesh, (c) Tanzania, (d) Ghana, (e) Nigeria, (f) Uganda, (g) Malawi, (h) Indonesia, (i) Vietnam, (j) Kenya and (k) Mozambique in each of the last three years.
(135742)
312
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to address the level of consumer complaints against energy companies.
(135634)
313
N
Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he expects the forthcoming Energy White Paper to take of the Government's binding commitments made at the European Union Summit on 9th March for renewable energy to supply 20 per cent. of overall EU energy consumption by 2020; and how he plans to meet these commitments.
(135635)
314
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the natural gas storage capacity was in the UK in each of the last 15 years.
(135996)
315
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the wholesale price of gas was in each quarter of the last 15 years; and what the total consumption of gas was in each quarter.
(135998)
316
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which items of nightwear are covered by the Nightwear (Safety) Regulations 1985; whether boys' pyjamas are covered by the Regulations; what plans there are to review the coverage of the Regulations; and if he will make a statement.
(135971)
317
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration the Government has given to introducing differential charges in the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in order to encourage innovation in design to encourage recycling and reuse.
(135948)
318
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government plans to take to produce the improvements in environmental design required by the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
(135949)
319
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) former miners and (b) former miners' families in Copeland have received compensation payments from the Miners' Compensation Scheme.
(135814)
320
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there are any outstanding compensation claims for (a) former miners and (b) former miners' families that are yet to be resolved in Copeland.
(135815)
321
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he plans to recover the fees paid from the public purse to solicitors acting for former miners and their families where there is evidence of double charging.
(135816)
322
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the percentage of compensation payments made in Copeland to former miners and their families that were subject to double charging.
(135927)
323
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what average period of time was taken to resolve a compensation claim from former miners or their families in Copeland.
(135928)
324
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many compensation claims from former miners and their families in Copeland were for chronic lung diseases such as emphysema and pneumoconiosis.
(135929)
325
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how his Department is implementing the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; what powers the Information Commissioner has under these regulations; and if he will make a statement.
(135748)
326
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136103)
327
N
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he has made an estimate of the effect on costs to domestic customers and businesses arising from the time taken to publish the Government's Energy White Paper.
(135429)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
328
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle the road safety hazard posed by the theft of drain covers from highways.
(135752)
329
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many representations of (a) support and (b) objection he has received on the pending decision on the Thames Gateway Bridge.
(135999)
330
N
Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the commercial impact of the new container charge imposed by the Port of Felixstowe.
(135664)
331
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to the concessionary bus fare scheme for pensioners in 2007-08; what estimate he has made of the cost of administering the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(136028)
332
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend hard shoulder running to all the motorways around Birmingham.
(135925)
333
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will make an assessment of the road safety of the M42 pilot of hard shoulder running.
(135926)
334
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on potential links between road pricing and applications for transport infrastructure funds by (a) local authorities and (b) Transport for London; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (135979)
335
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on progress with the 10 road pricing pilot areas.
[R] (135980)
336
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy not to link applications for projects under transport infrastructure funds to road pricing schemes.
[R] (135981)
337
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether road pricing schemes introduced by local authorities will incur a discount on (a) fuel duty and (b) vehicle excise duty.
[R] (135982)
338
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the document setting out the criteria used to determine the location of zebra and pelican crossings in England; what the requirements are for the minimum distance from which such crossings must be visible to oncoming motorists; and if he will make a statement.
(135596)
339
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five train services had the highest number of passengers in excess of capacity levels in each of the 10 largest cities in the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(135917)
340
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, column 414W, on fares: technology, what progress has been made towards using smartcards as part of the national concessionary fares scheme when it is launched in April 2008.
(135954)
341
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the national concessionary fares scheme will commence.
(135983)
342
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136104)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
343
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136106)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
344
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Easington constituency received pension credit in each of the last three years.
(135858)
345
John Cummings (Easington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Easington constituency received winter fuel allowance in the last three years.
(135859)
346
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that all employees working on building sites have a proper understanding of the risks and dangers involved and the steps that can be taken to prevent injury.
(135555)
347
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured on building sites in each of the last 10 years.
(135556)
348
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that health and safety legislation is properly transmitted to all parts of the building workforce.
(135557)
349
N
Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the winter fuel allowance for pensioners aged over 80 years by £25 per year.
(135553)
350
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of single parents on income support (a) have never been married, (b) are separated, (c) are divorced and (d) are widowers; and if he will give equivalent data for (i) five, (ii) 10, (iii) 15, (iv) 20 and (v) 30 years ago.
(135703)
351
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) all people, (b) children, (c) working age disabled people and (d) disabled children in London were living in severe low income (defined as less than 40 per cent. of contemporary median income) in each year since 1996-97.
(136012)
352
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper or publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and other publications in the last year for which figures are available; and what the topic was of each.
(136013)
353
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 branding in each year since 1997.
(136014)
354
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of working age disabled adults were living on less than 60 per cent. of contemporary median income in each year since 1996-97.
(136015)
355
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the salary range is for each staff pay grade at the Child Support Agency; and what the mean salary is within each grade.
(136016)
356
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of occupational pension schemes winding up with a solvent employer which did not reach compromise agreements between 1997 and 2005 which will not be eligible for help from the Financial Assistance Scheme as proposed to be amended by the Pensions Bill; and what his latest estimate is of the number of members involved.
(136017)
357
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of pension schemes in wind-up with a solvent employer which signed compromise agreements after 2005 which do not qualify for assistance from the Pensions Protection Fund or the Financial Assistance Scheme as proposed to be amended by the Pensions Bill; and what his estimate is of the number of members in these schemes.
(136018)
358
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1194W, on the Child Support Agency, what the (a) value and (b) number was of bonus payments made to staff at the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years, broken down by staff grade.
(136019)
359
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 departmental training, how much was spent on courses for staff in the Child Support Agency 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, (i) intervention skills and (j) being a change agent in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many staff attended these courses.
(136020)
360
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 28th March 2007, Official Report, columns 113-4WS, on occupational pensions, what the evidential basis is for his estimate that providing benefits of 80 per cent. of core pension rights to members of affected pension schemes will cost £8 billion in cash terms and £1.9 billion in net present value terms.
(136021)
361
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 branding, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) guidelines issued to staff on maintaining his Department's corporate identity and (b) final 2004 report on the review of his Department's corporate image.
(136022)
362
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of the use of unclaimed assets in the financial sector as a source of compensation for people who have lost pension savings as part of his review of pension scheme assets.
(136023)
363
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the cost of providing compensation to members of pension schemes with a solvent employer who have lost pension savings at (a) Financial Assistance Scheme levels and (b) Pension Protection Fund levels in (i) cash terms and (ii) net present value terms.
(136024)
364
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Financal Assistance Scheme with the judgement of the European Court of Justice in cases where a scheme member's expected pension is greater than £52,000 per year.
(136026)
365
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long the Child Support Agency took on average to respond to enquiries from hon. Members in the latest period for which figures are available.
(135768)
366
Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) instructions are issued to staff in his Department and (b) technical procedures are in place to shut down computers at night.
(136107)
367
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many DNA samples have been taken by or, on behalf of, the Child Support Agency (CSA) in each year since its inception; in what circumstances and on what grounds the CSA may require someone to take a DNA test; how many DNA tests resulted in maintenance being demanded from those tested; how and by whom any DNA data obtained by the CSA is stored; for how long such data is stored; and to which other departments, agencies or authorities it may be made available.
(130878)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
368
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the charge was for a student visa in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many student visas were granted in each of these years; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (135746)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
369
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to enable public sector workers who are the victims of domestic violence to transfer to equivalent employment elsewhere in the (a) country and (b) sector in cases of need.
[Transferred] (135754)
370
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people reported drug use in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last three years.
[Transferred] (135993)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
371
N
Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress his Department has made towards reducing the burden of regulation on British businesses.
[Question Unstarred] (135439)
372
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the EU Consumer Credit Directive on UK consumer spending in the (a) year following its implementation and (b) two years following its implementation.
[Transferred] (135972)
373
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the EU Consumer Credit Directive on UK consumer spending, with particular reference to (a) the overall cost of credit, (b) the ability to obtain credit and (c) access for people on low incomes to legal credit.
[Transferred] (135973)
374
N
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress his Department has made towards reducing the burden of regulation on British businesses.
[Question Unstarred] (135428)
375
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many coal health claimants are awaiting a medical examination in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) the UK.
[Question Unstarred] (135425)

 
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