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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 9 May 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 9 May 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 9 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 Wednesday 9 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 9 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many EU member states have transposed the Market in Financial Instruments Directive into national legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (136412) | 2
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in determining the boundaries between the home state regulator and the host regulator of branches established under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (136413) | 3
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the occasions on which the Economic Secretary to the Treasury has attended ECOFIN meetings; and what matters were discussed at each of those meetings. | | (136415) | 4
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are written protocols determining the respective roles of the Financial Services Authority and his Department when negotiating with the EU Commission on financial services matters. | | (136416) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 5
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total value in grants made by the v organisation has been to date, broken down by type of grant; and if she will make a statement. | | (136373) | 6
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the v organisation has spent on (a) staff, (b) administration, (c) marketing, (d) branding, (e) communications and (f) web design and maintenance; and if she will make a statement. | | (136374) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 7
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007, Official Report, column 1455W, on sentencing, what factors the Court of Appeal Criminal Division considers in ensuring consistency of sentencing. | | (136335) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 8
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which assets of his Department were disposed of in the Portsmouth area in each of the last three years; and what the timetable for further disposals programme is. | | (136559) | 9
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007, Official Report, column 1462W, on Departments: manpower, how many of the civilian personnel referred to in the Answer are (a) Departmental personnel and (b) private contractors. | | (136152) | 10
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March 2007, Official Report, column 208W, on proof of identity: Ministry of Defence, how many security passes have been reported lost in each of the last five years. | | (136153) | 11
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pension payments due for payment in April 2007 were (a) made and (b) not made by Joint Personnel Administration. | | (136154) | 12
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel were mispaid on the first pay run by the Army Joint Personnel Administration; and if he will make a statement. | | (136155) | 13
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for the (a) policy, (b) administration and (c) operational aspects of the safe return of the bodies of service personnel killed on operations to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (136156) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 14
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on proposals to adopt a child protection approach where a child is involved in gang activity and a younger sibling is at risk of moving into an unsafe lifestyle. | | (136553) | 15
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he has plans to address the risk to a younger child in circumstances where an older sibling is involved in gang activity. | | (136567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 16
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of food packaging used in each year between 2000 and 2005. | | (136375) | 17
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage food suppliers to use less packaging. | | (136401) | 18
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in Sheffield in each of the last four years; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents. | | (136563) | 19
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in Sheffield for fly-tipping in each year since 2004; and how much has been recovered through related fines. | | (136564) | 20
N | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers had not received their pre-populated single payment scheme application form for 2007 by 1st May; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (136510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 21
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations the Food Standards Agency carried out into falsely labelled food in each year since 2006; and what the cost was of the investigations. | | (136376) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 22
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, columns 6-7W, on courts: Nottingham, when he expects the assessment of the impact of powers under section 178 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to be completed. | | (136565) | 23
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were committed to young offenders' institutions in (a) the year preceding 1st May 1997 and (b) each of the last three years. | | (136552) | 24
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that any new proposals for charging arrangements relating to the treatment of children entering the UK and applying for asylum status are not implemented prior to debate in the House following the end of the consultation period currently underway. | | (136544) | 25
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is being issued as a response to the case K v Parole Board [EWHC 2413]. | | (136549) | 26
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is being issued as a response to the case K v Manchester City Council [EWHC 3164]. | | (136550) | Questions to the Leader of the House 27
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Leader of the House, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Richmond Park of 5th March 2007 on behalf of her constituent Mr GP Knight (reference PT/050307/KNIGHTGP). | | (136568) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 28
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to ensure there is an adequate number of midwives in Northern Ireland. | | (136551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 29
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of producing Overseas Trade magazine (a) before advertising revenues and (b) net of advertising revenues in each year for which information is available. | | (136541) | 30
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what magazines and newspapers are produced by (a) his Department and (b) Executive Agencies of his Department. | | (136542) | 31
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate he has made of the take-up rates of (a) paid maternity leave, (b) unpaid maternity leave, (c) paid paternity leave and (d) unpaid paternity leave in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (136543) | 32
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the definition of waste is in the context of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; what guidance he has issued on whether electrical goods designated for repair and resale come within this definition; and if he will make a statement. | | (136560) | 33
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether it is Government policy to promote the repair and resale of damaged electrical goods as an alternative to their disposal as waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (136561) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 34
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the forthcoming consultation into mixed-mode, the Cranford Agreement, westerly preference, a third runway and a sixth terminal at Heathrow will also include consultation on the new flight paths which would be required if a third runway went ahead. | | (136414) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 35
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has conducted into the reasons for failure to attend a Work Focused Interview by those lone parents sanctioned in 2005-06. | | (136157) | 36
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of lone parents receiving sanctions for failing to attend a Work Focused Interview. | | (136158) | 37
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has conducted on the impact on attainment of the Government's child poverty target of the number of lone parents sanctions for failing to attend a Work Focused Interview in 2005-06. | | (136159) |
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