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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 4 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 4 June 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 4 June 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 Monday 4 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 4 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Financial Secretary to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey of 19th March 2007, reference SP2271, on Chernobyl children's life-line. | | (140447) | 2
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income was received by the Crown Estate from wind-powered electricity generating installations situated offshore in each financial year since 2004-05. | | (140466) | 3
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Crown Estate collected from charges levied on cables crossing its land in each year since 2004; and how much the Crown Estate charged per kilometre of cable laid (a) on the seabed and (b) over ground in each year since 2004. | | (140467) | 4
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income the Crown Estate received from rents paid for (a) marinas and (b) piers in each year since 2004. | | (140468) | 5
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of producing the Crown Estate's annual reports in each of the last three years. | | (140469) | 6
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on (a) public relations and (b) corporate hospitality in each of the last three years. | | (140470) | 7
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of applications made to the Crown Estate's Research Committee for research proposals in financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07; how many applications were made for funding; what the value of research funding allocated was; and how many applications were successful in each of those years. | | (140471) | 8
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on marine stewardship programmes in each year since 2005. | | (140472) | 9
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate plans to spend on marine stewardship programmes in the next three financial years. | | (140473) | 10
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate received from rents paid by shellfish farmers in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last three years. | | (140474) | 11
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate raised from rents levied on salmon farmers in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the last three years. | | (140475) | 12
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate raised from charges levied on marinas and piers in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the last two years. | | (140476) | 13
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate received in rent from business based in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the last three years. | | (140477) | 14
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staff costs of the Crown Estate's Communication Department were in each of the last three years. | | (140478) | 15
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people he estimates will face a marginal deduction rate of (a) over 60 per cent. and (b) over 70 per cent. following the tax and benefit changes in the Budget which take effect from April 2008. | | (139723) | 16
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from Reverand Brian Fortnum of St Mark's Church, Tunbridge Wells, dated 23rd March 2007, on the impact of the budget on Gift Aid. | | (140608) | 17
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of information held by the General Registry Office that is inaccurate. | | (139969) | 18
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the extent of fraudulent registrations recorded by the General Registry Office. | | (139970) | 19
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) births and (b) deaths that were not registered with the General Registry Office in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (139971) | 20
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what products were imported from Burma in each of the last five years; and what the value was of those imports. | | (140164) | 21
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of British imports was from Burma in each of the last five years. | | (140165) | 22
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who received (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments of working tax credit and working family tax credit in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; what estimates he has made of those numbers in 2007-08; what percentage of the total number of people in receipt of credit these figures represented; how many people later had their overpayments disregarded in each year; what criteria were used to determine the disregard; how many people had their underpayments (A) corrected and (B) disregarded in each year; and what criteria were used to determine each. | | (140166) | 23
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent estimates were from the labour force survey of the numbers of workers from other countries in the UK labour market; and from which countries they came. | | (140178) | 24
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the successor to the Post Office Card Account will be able to pay tax credits. | | (140180) | 25
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the tax residence of trustees was defined (a) before and (b) after the 2006 Finance Act; when the new rules took effect; and what estimate he has made of the expected effect on revenues. | | (140182) | 26
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of tax credit customers in 2005-06 received (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments; and what percentage of underpayments were subsequently corrected. | | (140184) | 27
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the value of child benefit and tax credit payments made in relation to children from birth to 19 years old as an average for those eligible for such tax credits. | | (139540) | 28
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people reported a change in earnings taking them above the £25,000 income disregard for tax credits in the latest financial year for which figures are available. | | (139792) | 29
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people who are eligible but not claiming tax credits have incomes which are at or above 60 per cent. of median income. | | (139794) | 30
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of tax credit payments which would need to be made to increase the income of those people who are eligible for but not claiming such payments to 60 per cent. of median income. | | (139795) | 31
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much energy in kilowatt hours was purchased by his Department from renewable sources in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06. | | (139995) | 32
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1742W, on Departments: Africa, what the name of the hotel or other accommodation was which he occupied in each location. | | (139996) | 33
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims have been made against (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Sex Discrimination Act since 1997; and what the outcome was of each such case. | | (139997) | 34
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it cost to run the interactive drama training sessions in each year since their introduction. | | (139998) | 35
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on taxis in 2006-07. | | (139999) | 36
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2007, Official Report, column 283W, on the Smith Institute: publications, how many copies of Smith Institute publications are held by his Department. | | (140000) | 37
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2007, Official Report, column 283W, on the Smith Institute: publications, how many copies of Smith Institute publications have been given to his Department since May 1997. | | (140001) | 38
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what services can be accessed by calling each of them; and what revenue was received from them in each year since 1997. | | (140002) | 39
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many leak inquiries his Department has initiated since May 1997. | | (140004) | 40
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting he attended on 10th May. | | (140007) | 41
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140028) | 42
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to enhancing the role of Parliament in appointing (a) the chairman and chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, (b) members of the Statistics Board, including the Chairman and the National Statistician, and (c) the Chairman of HM Revenue and Customs. | | (139762) | 43
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the consultation on the implementation of the EU leisure tax on marine fuel to report. | | (140485) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was contributed to the EU budget by each country that is a member of the European Free Trade Area in each of the last five years. | | (140455) | 45
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139901) | 46
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the water consumption in cubic metres was of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 1997-98. | | (139939) | 47
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has given to Government departments on assessing the through life costs of capital projects. | | (140049) | 48
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned on costs of closure of (a) hospitals and (b) schools financed by (i) Government debt and (ii) private finance initiative schemes. | | (140050) | 49
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140115) | 50
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long records of visitors to his Department are stored. | | (140138) | 51
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in developing the British Corps to work on global environmental challenges referred to in his announcement of 31st January 2005. | | (140140) | 52
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average monthly level of unemployment in Shrewsbury and Atcham was in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (140222) | 53
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent tax increase on flights on the number of flights being made from the UK. | | (139802) | 54
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners there are (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East; and what percentage of the population in these areas is made up of pensioners. | | (139938) | 55
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is provided to (a) port authorities and (b) the operators of local authority pier facilities on the tax and duty regimes applied on the sale of marine fuel at each category of location. | | (140099) | 56
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been given to local authorities on the deduction of tax at source from the remuneration payable to self-employed contractors in the arts field; and if he will make a statement. | | (140101) | 57
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the savings ratio was for (a) men and (b) women in each of the last 10 years. | | (140440) | 58
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of (a) men aged 65 years and (b) women (i) aged over 60 years and (ii) over 65 years were (A) employed and (B) unemployed in each of the last 10 years. | | (140445) | 59
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received by his Department from tax on alcohol products in each of the last five years. | | (140464) | 60
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the dental profession on their tax and national insurance status since 1st April 2006. | | (139869) | 61
N | Mr Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was to dispatch an award notice to tax credit recipients who reported changed circumstances in each parliamentary constituency in each month from April 2003 to the latest month for which figures are available. | | (140071) | 62
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the size of the electorate in each parliamentary constituency was between the last two years for which figures are available, grouped according to region and listed in descending order according to percentage change. | | (140143) | 63
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what acquisitions there were of private companies by the Government in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of each. | | (140095) | 64
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average net weekly pay was in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West, (c) England and (d) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (140398) | 65
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average gross weekly pay was in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West, (c) England and (d) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (140556) | 66
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what gross annual earnings were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1979. | | (140557) | 67
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average income was in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West, (c) England and (d) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (140558) | 68
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the economic activity rate was in the North West in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07. | | (140233) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 69
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress has been made since the visit of her team to Nottingham on 5th March in convening a Joint National-Local Steering Group on Early Intervention in Nottingham; and if she will make a statement. | | (139872) | 70
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Defence and Overseas Secretariat received a copy of the Government's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena report. | | (139719) | 71
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government plans to make a public response to the Charity Commissioner's Stand and Deliver report; and if she will make a statement. | | (139720) | 72
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how she will assess the effectiveness of Government funding for the v charity. | | (139721) | 73
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of redecoration and refurbishment in (a) Number 10 Downing Street and (b) the flat above Number 11 Downing Street has been since February 2007, broken down by month. | | (140005) | 74
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress her Department has made with establishing a British volunteering corps further to the Chancellor's announcement on 31st January 2005. | | (140006) | 75
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether her delivery Unit has conducted any review in the last five years of the provision of out-of-hours care by general practitioners in the NHS. | | (140015) | 76
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much her Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140031) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, columns 795-6W, on the Delivery Unit, on what dates the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit held stocktake meetings with the Prime Minister in 2007. | | (139885) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, columns 795-6W, on the Delivery Unit, on what dates the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit held stocktake meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2007. | | (139893) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many joint reviews with other Government departments the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit has carried out over the last 12 months. | | (139894) | 80
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, columns 795-6W, on the Delivery Unit, what (a) key barriers to improvement and (b) action needed to strengthen delivery the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit has identified in providing performance management in key delivery areas. | | (139900) | 81
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much her Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139902) | 82
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many of (a) her Department's and (b) Number 10 Downing Street's special advisers were on (i) paid and (ii) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140117) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress she has made with plans to develop better health-led support from pre-birth to age two with midwives and nurses referred to in her announcement of 11th September 2006. | | (140139) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 797W, on the policy review, whether any other payments have been made to other external organisations as part of the policy review. | | (140153) | 85
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when she expects the remaining capability reviews to be published. | | (140425) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 86
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the Commissioners have had with English Heritage over the staking of gravestones for safety reasons in listed church graveyards. | | (140508) | 87
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many church graveyards have gravestones supported by temporary fittings. | | (140509) | 88
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many cases of (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful litigation there have been from injuries and deaths caused by falling gravestones and memorials in chuch cemeteries in the last 20 years. | | (140510) | 89
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many complaints have been received by the Commissioners of unsafe gravestones and memorials in church cemeteries in the last 20 years. | | (140513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 90
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the provision of disabled toilets by local authorities is compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | (139777) | 91
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether guidelines are included in building regulations on the design of grab rails in disabled access toilets. | | (139778) | 92
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Question 137090, on home inspectors, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 9th May. | | (140350) | 93
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Questions (a) 136471, (b) 136475 and (c) 136474, on home information packs, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 3rd May. | | (140351) | 94
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Question 136345, on home information packs, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 2nd May. | | (140352) | 95
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) council and (b) Housing Association homes for controlled rent being built in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09; and how many were built in each of the last three years. | | (140527) | 96
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the policy of the Newcastle Gatehead Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder to achieve 25 per cent. affordable housing to rent or buy in its new, replacement or regenerated housing developments was set (a) with Government approval and (b) after Government guidance. | | (140190) | 97
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will consult mortgage lenders on the possible requirements of both house sellers and house purchasers to obtain home information packs. | | (139763) | 98
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what remuneration she expects to allocate to the proposed planning commissioners; and when the template for the specific areas of expertise to be embodied in the proposed planning commission will be published. | | (139954) | 99
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to improve parliamentary scrutiny of national planning policy statements following paragraph 1.44 of the planning white paper, Cm 7120. | | (139956) | 100
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she received from non-governmental organisations representing planning and environmental concerns on the planning system prior to the publication of the planning white paper, Cm 7120; and what responses she made in each case. | | (139958) | 101
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will request additional resources from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pay transitional compensation to individuals who re-trained at their own expense as energy performance inspectors in the expectation that opportunities to work as energy performance inspectors would be available from 1st June, until the home information packs scheme begins. | | (140569) | 102
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislation will be required to establish (a) the new Infrastructure Planning Commission and (b) the other proposed reforms to the planning system following the White Paper Planning for a Sustainable Future. | | (139131) | 103
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140030) | 104
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the introduction of home information packs on the stability of the housing market. | | (140454) | 105
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether parish councils are included as partners and stakeholders to be consulted on any proposed unitary structure. | | (140544) | 106
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139903) | 107
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of her Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140118) | 108
N | Mr Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & North Hykeham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at what time on 16th May Mr Justice Collins gave his interim oral ruling with regard to the application by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors for a judicial review of the decision previously made by her with regard to the inclusion of energy performance certificates in home information packs; and whether lawyers or others representing her were present when that ruling was made. | | (139783) | 109
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of Warrington Borough Council's services for children with disabilities. | | (139928) | 110
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of Warrington Borough Council's progress towards meeting targets for recycling. | | (139930) | 111
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the policy of allowing local authorities to sell land to local communities for £1 and receive extra funding to allow the Government to sell land to the local community for £1 on sites of local interest; and if she will consider the sale of Darwin House in Shrewsbury under such a policy. | | (140131) | 112
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and (b) (i) Middlesbrough and (ii) Redcar and Cleveland council areas are on waiting lists for council housing. | | (139735) | 113
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pensioners (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East are entitled to claim housing benefit; what percentage of those eligible to make a claim do not do so; and what the value of unclaimed housing benefit was in each area in the last year for which figures are available. | | (139736) | 114
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pensioners (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East are entitled to claim council tax benefit; what percentage of pensioners in each area entitled to make a claim do so; and what the average value is of the unmade claims by pensioners in each area. | | (139739) | 115
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East are entitled to claim council tax benefit; what percentage of people in each area entitled to make a claim do so; and what the average value is of the unmade claims in each area. | | (139740) | 116
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount of unclaimed council tax benefit (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East. | | (139741) | 117
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by how much average house prices have increased (a) in the Tees Valley and (b) the area corresponding as closely as possible to Middlesbrough and South East Cleveland over the last 10 years. | | (139811) | 118
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to mitigate the effect of increases in house prices for first time buyers. | | (139812) | 119
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of a bedroom the Government intends to use for the purpose of determining whether a home information pack will be required for the sale of a property after 1st August. | | (139884) | 120
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance was offered by the Government to the fire authorities in England and Wales following the explosion on 22nd March 1989 involving a vehicle carrying explosives on the Fengate Industrial Estate in Cambridgeshire; and whether that guidance has since been (a) amended, (b) added to and (c) withdrawn by her Department. | | (139591) | 121
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority travellers sites there are in each local authority area in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) the East Midlands; and what the size is of each site. | | (139750) | 122
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the required number is of traveller site spaces in each local authority in (a) the East Midlands and (b) South Yorkshire. | | (139751) | 123
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislation allows the immediate moving on of travellers trespassing on local authority land in circumstances where there is a local authority traveller site available. | | (139752) | 124
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what action may be taken against local authorities which do not provide adequate traveller sites. | | (139753) | 125
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which tier of authority has legal responsibility for provision of traveller sites in two tier authority areas. | | (139784) | 126
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the impact of trends in buy-to-let properties on (a) the housing market and (b) homelessness. | | (139978) | 127
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the relationship between the number of buy-to-let properties and trends in rent levels in the private rental sector in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England. | | (139979) | 128
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of private properties that have been empty for six months or more in (i) Luton, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England. | | (139980) | 129
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of buy-to-let houses in (a) Luton, (b) the East of England and (c) England. | | (139981) | 130
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the administrative costs were of the 10 (a) largest and (b) smallest registered social landlords in England in 2006-07. | | (139982) | 131
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) temporary and (b) agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years. | | (139983) | 132
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria she uses to determine membership of the Digital Challenge Inclusion network. | | (139987) | 133
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding will be available for the Digital Challenge Inclusion network in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (139988) | 134
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what further projects are planned by councils to increase digital inclusion by those councils who were runners up in the Digital Challenge bid. | | (139989) | 135
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans a further round of Digital Challenge funding. | | (139990) | 136
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she provides to local authorities who operate or organise farmers' markets on certification under the scheme operated by the National Farmers Retail and Markets Association. | | (139728) | 137
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the consequences for home inspectors of her decision to phase in home information packs. | | (140432) | 138
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to issue planning guidance on (a) the building of new homes and schools within 60 metres of high voltage power lines and (b) the building of new power lines within 60 metres of homes. | | (139882) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 139
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action English Heritage is taking under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 to protect and enhance the Barwick in Elmet Earthworks. | | (139508) | 140
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households qualifying for assistance in switching over to digital television in each parliamentary constituency in Scotland will be required to pay a £40 fee to access assistance. | | (139919) | 141
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the chief executive of People First on the national skills strategy for the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sectors on the account taken of environmental sustainability in the delivery of the strategy. | | (139950) | 142
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to extend the young apprenticeship in sports management leadership and coaching pilot project. | | (139952) | 143
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date she met Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the forward budget of her Department. | | (140018) | 144
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140032) | 145
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) consult shooting organisations on the location for Olympic shooting events and (b) reconsider the decision to site them at Woolwich; and if she will make a statement. | | (140147) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139912) | 147
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140121) | 148
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to consolidate and update legislation on the protection of marine heritage. | | (139824) | 149
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to include measures required to accommodate the effects of climate change on heritage sites and the historic environment in future heritage protection legislation. | | (139825) | 150
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will issue guidance to relevant organisations to which her Department provides funding on matters concerning the impact of climate change on heritage sites and the historic environment. | | (140130) | 151
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what operating grants were allocated to each of the non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible in each of the last five years; and what change this represented in each case from the previous year. | | (139966) | 152
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what efficiency savings (a) her Department has sought from and (b) have been achieved by each of the non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is responsible in the last five years. | | (139967) | 153
| Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report prepared and sent in response to the request from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2005 to send them a report on progress in resolving the A303 Stonehenge Improvement Scheme; and when the report was sent. | | (139820) | 154
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what effect the use of Lottery funding for the 2012 Olympic Games will have on funding of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. | | (139749) | 155
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of deduction of tax at source from the remuneration payable to self-employed contractors in the arts field who were previously regarded as freelancers; and if she will make a statement. | | (140102) | 156
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what response she has made to the recent Ofcom report on the trend in levels of spending on domestically-originated television programming for UK children; and if she will make a statement. | | (140105) | 157
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of households can currently receive digital terrestrial transmission in the (a) Anglia, (b) Border, (c) Central, (d) Granada, (e) London, (f) Meridian, (g) STV Central, (h) STV North, (i) Tyne Tees, (j) Ulster, (k) Wales, (l) West, (m) West Country and (n) Yorkshire ITV regions. | | (140406) | 158
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourists from the Irish Republic visited the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (140141) | 159
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department's 2007 Annual Report cost to produce. | | (140562) | 160
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the visitor numbers recorded for the British Library were for the latest year for which figures are available; and what change this represents from (a) the previous year and (b) each of the previous five years. | | (139766) | 161
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was provided to the Arts Council England in each year since its formation. | | (140547) | 162
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the funding allocation for Sport England is for each of the next two financial years. | | (140548) | 163
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings she has held with the Arts Council England since 1st January; and if she will publish the minutes of those meetings. | | (140549) | 164
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) the Public Gallery Limited, (c) the National Lottery, (d) the Arts Council England and (e) Regional Development Agency Advantage West Midlands on the Public Arts Centre in West Bromwich East constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (140551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 165
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to Question 136394, on Land Rovers, tabled by the hon. Member for Cotswold on 2nd May. | | (140353) | 166
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the two inquiries he initiated on 16th April following the seizure of Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel by the Iranian authorities on 23rd March have been completed. | | (138010) | 167
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140033) | 168
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether payment of the (a) operational allowance and (b) longer separation allowance can lead to a reduction in payment of the other allowance. | | (140575) | 169
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals he has to improve support services available to bereaved service families; and if he will make a statement. | | (139624) | 170
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints from (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army personnel the Armed Forces Joint Personnel Administration Agency's internal complaints system received in each month in 2007 on mispayment under the system; and how many (i) are still outstanding and (ii) have been resolved. | | (139618) | 171
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions there have been at meetings of the Joint Ministry of Defence and Department of Health Partnership Board on the provision of dental care to service families; and if he will make a statement. | | (139619) | 172
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel injured in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 are (i) awaiting payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and have been waiting (A) less than six months, (B) less than one year and (C) more than one year and (ii) have not applied for payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. | | (139620) | 173
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) war pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims were settled by the Veterans Agency within 50 working days in each year since 2001. | | (139621) | 174
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th December 2006, Official Report, column 1096W, on casualty reporting, what progress has been made on reconciling casualty data for operations in (a) Sierra Leone and (b) the Balkans since May 1997. | | (139622) | 175
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel were mispaid in the May pay run for the Army by Joint Personnel Administration; and if he will make a statement. | | (139858) | 176
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reassess the 50 decibels threshold at which hearing loss due to service can be compensated. | | (139859) | 177
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Ministry of Defence and Department of Health Partnership Board was set up; how many times it has met; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of its meetings. | | (139860) | 178
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2007, Official Report, column 1853W, on ex-servicemen: health services, how many cases the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency is currently monitoring. | | (140106) | 179
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139910) | 180
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140120) | 181
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the Chief of the General Staff's travel to and from the North East Economic Forum. | | (139861) | 182
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues on the use of internal flights for travel by non-ministerial members of the Army Board; and what alternative modes of transport are considered. | | (139870) | 183
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance on the use of helicopters for travel by non-ministerial members of the Army Board; and if he will make a statement. | | (139871) | 184
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1182W, on armed forces: winter sports, how much public money was spent on the Army Ski Championship 2007; which commercial sponsors the event had; how the Chief of the General Staff travelled to the event; what the cost was of that travel; which senior officers attended the event; and how those senior officers travelled to the event. | | (140090) | 185
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the principal militias identified as involved in insurgency attacks on UK service personnel in Iraq, together with their known leaders. | | (139148) | 186
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) strategy and (b) tactics of the Mehdi Army; and for how many attacks on UK service personnel he estimates it to have been responsible. | | (139149) | 187
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he intends to make publicly available captured (a) munitions and (b) documentation indicating Iranian involvement in insurgency attacks on UK service personnel in Iraq. | | (139150) | 188
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the initial concept and design work for the Future Surface Combatant. | | (139151) | 189
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the next generation of the nuclear deterrent since Parliament approved it in principle. | | (139152) | 190
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has in respect of the provision of (a) pension entitlements and (b) other benefits entitlements to Gurkha soldiers who retired from active service in the UK armed forces more than 10 years ago. | | (139775) | 191
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) civilian and (b) military personnel were (i) killed and (ii) injured in the Iraqi provinces of (A) Al Basrah, (B) Al Muthanna, (C) Dhi Qar and (D) Maysan in each month from March 2003 to December 2005; and how many attacks on multi-national forces were recorded in each Iraqi province during that period. | | (139096) | 192
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 8th May 2007, Official Report, columns 63-4W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, if he will break down the number of attacks in each province by month. | | (139097) | 193
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days of leave in total have been lost by Armed Forces personnel due to delays in flights from Afghanistan to the UK in each month since the launch of Operation Herrick. | | (139768) | 194
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was charged for damages to occupants of Modern Housing Solutions housing in each financial year since 1997. | | (139769) | 195
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Occupant's Handbook will be made available to occupants of Modern Housing Solutions housing. | | (139770) | 196
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days of leave in total have been lost by armed forces personnel due to delays in flights from Iraq to the UK in each month since the launch of Operation Telic. | | (139771) | 197
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans' badges have been issued in each region of the UK in each year since they have been available. | | (140142) | 198
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 1292W, on the University Officer Training Corps, which universities have University Officer Training Corps; what the approved strength is of each; and how many trainees are enrolled at each. | | (140492) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 199
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department has paid to recruitment consultants since its establishment. | | (140029) | 200
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139904) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140114) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 202
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children have joined the National Academy of Gifted and Talented Youth since July 2006. | | (140097) | 203
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of post-16 students in each local education authority area are in receipt of education maintenance allowance, broken down by those attending (a) grammar schools, (b) secondary modern schools, (c) comprehensive schools, (d) sixth form colleges and (e) further education colleges. | | (140448) | 204
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received on local authority funding and provision of training for early years staff. | | (139275) | 205
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many hours of training per early years worker he expects to be provided in England in the next 12 months. | | (139276) | 206
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on therapeutic services for children and young people who display sexually harmful behaviour in 2006-07. | | (140586) | 207
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to promote and implement the new national strategy on young people who sexually harm others. | | (140609) | 208
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many 16 to 18 year olds in (a) Yorkshire and Humberside and (b) East Riding of Yorkshire (i) started an apprenticeship, (ii) completed an apprenticeship and (iii) found employment in the field of their apprenticeship in each of the last three years. | | (140382) | 209
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from (a) Yorkshire and Humberside, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) nationally were allocated a university place in each year since 1997. | | (140530) | 210
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to tackle the number of 16 to 18 year olds not in employment, education or training undertaking apprenticeships. | | (140574) | 211
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140034) | 212
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on alternative formats for educational material for visually impaired and dyslexic children. | | (140429) | 213
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what studies his Department has made of the effectiveness of assistive technologies to assist with the learning of visually impaired and dyslexic children in primary and secondary schools. | | (140430) | 214
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the departmental inquiry on student loan fraud took place; what its nature was; who conducted it; what its scope and duration was; and when he expects to report its findings to the House. | | (140576) | 215
N | David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local education authorities in England and Wales have qualified specialists in dyspraxia; and whether the two local education authorities serving Ashton-under-Lyne constituency have specialists in this area. | | (139128) | 216
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been spent on (a) the establishment and (b) the running of the Schools Private Finance Unit. | | (139823) | 217
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many mentors there are providing help with reading in schools in England. | | (139886) | 218
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what provision the Government makes for apprenticeships to give school pupils access to one day or more training every week in a work-type setting. | | (139887) | 219
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in achieving the Government's aim of providing one-to-one tuition for 300,000 under-attaining pupils a year in mathematics as announced in the Budget 2007. | | (139888) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) value and (b) recipient is of each payment to external consultancies as part of developing and implementing the Every Child Counts initiative. | | (139889) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff in his Department are working on the Every Child Counts initiative, broken down by pay band. | | (139890) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have been consulted on the Every Child Counts initiative. | | (139891) | 223
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing guidance to schools on the Every Child Counts initiative. | | (139892) | 224
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139909) | 225
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff work in the Schools Private Finance Unit. | | (139942) | 226
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the functions are of the Schools Private Finance Unit; and how its performance is assessed. | | (139944) | 227
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research he has commissioned to assess the through life costs of a school built under (a) Building Schools for the Future and (b) other capital programmes. | | (140051) | 228
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140122) | 229
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to implement the Every Child Matters initiative on a national basis. | | (140148) | 230
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the last meeting held between officials or Ministers in his Department and officials or Ministers of HM Treasury to discuss standards of numeracy in primary schools. | | (140149) | 231
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the number of primary school pupils receiving Government-sponsored one-to-one tuition in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) other subjects. | | (140150) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent on personalised learning in primary schools in (a) English and (b) mathematics in each financial year since 1997-98. | | (140151) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was allocated to provide 300,000 pupils with one-to-one tuition in (a) English and (b) mathematics by 2010-11, broken down by financial year, as announced in his Department's Comprehensive Spending Review Settlement on 21st March 2007. | | (140152) | 234
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) universities, (b) businesses and (c) further education colleges prior to taking the decision to bring forward legislation to permit further education colleges to apply for the right to award foundation degrees. | | (139271) | 235
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that foundation degrees awarded by further education colleges will be structured so as to allow those students who wish to do so to pursue shorter honours degree courses. | | (139272) | 236
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs of any redundancies which will arise from the proposed restructuring of learning and skills councils including the costs of payments to individuals and the costs of payments into the pension scheme. | | (139273) | 237
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the changes to staff numbers and structures which will result from the reorganisation of the learning and skills councils proposed in the Further Education and Training Bill. | | (139274) | 238
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what mechanisms are in place for monitoring the effectiveness of Government-funded programmes run by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust; and what independent assessments have been undertaken of these programmes. | | (139923) | 239
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much has been paid by his Department to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and its predecessor the Specialist Schools Trust in each year since 1997, broken down by category of funding. | | (139924) | 240
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of ethnic minority pupils attend (a) Catholic schools, (b) Church of England schools, (c) maintained comprehensive schools without a religious character and (d) grammar schools in (i) Birmingham, (ii) Solihull, (iii) West Midlands and (iv) England. | | (140540) | 241
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of funding was per pupil in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (b) Dagenham, (c) Leicester West and (d) Leeds Central constituency in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (140218) | 242
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many fatalities of young people in (a) foster and (b) residential care have taken place in England since 2000. | | (139796) | 243
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children meeting the demonstration of faith criteria for acceptance to a Catholic secondary school were unable to obtain a place at a Catholic secondary school in (a) the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, (b) the London Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames and (c) London as a whole in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (139943) | 244
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Edmonton have taken GCSEs in modern languages in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (139797) | 245
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to provide more modern language teachers in primary schools. | | (139798) | 246
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action is planned to be taken on (a) workforce satisfaction with management and (b) workloads following the 2006 Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service staff survey. | | (140264) | 247
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to publish statistics on the ethnicity of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service caseload. | | (140265) | 248
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there are in each Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service region in both (a) public and (b) private law. | | (140266) | 249
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service budget is for 2007-08; what its projected expenditure is for that year; and whether he plans to ensure that any overspend on the budget is met. | | (140267) | 250
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents in 2005-06 were referred to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service following an application of the court; and how many had already participated in mediation. | | (140269) | 251
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to increase the number of family law mediation schemes in England and Wales. | | (140270) | 252
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he has any plans to increase the number of persons referred by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to mediation. | | (140271) | 253
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the policy of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is on co-parenting. | | (140272) | 254
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects the planned communications campaign to advise parents of their responsibility for ensuring their children are safe whilst in the care of those they employ to look after them to begin. | | (140273) | 255
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he plans to take to inform parents of the Voluntary Ofsted Childcare Register introduced from April this year. | | (140274) | 256
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons a person does not have to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check before taking up employment to work as a nanny. | | (140275) | 257
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what communications campaign he has planned to advise parents of the vetting procedures and checks before a nanny commences employment; and what funds his Department is making available for this campaign. | | (140276) | 258
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the same pre-employment vetting and checks are applied to nannies as to other childcare workers. | | (140277) | 259
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that any person named on the List 99, Protection of Children Act list, the Protection of Vulnerable Adults list and the disqualification disorders regime is barred from (a) working as a nanny and (b) working in a nursery. | | (140278) | 260
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether he plans to introduce a central scheme pursuant to recommendation nineteen of the Bichard Inquiry Report. | | (140279) | 261
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures he plans to take in response to trends in secondary school meal take-up following the introduction of new standards for school food. | | (139765) | 262
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the local education authorities in England in order of proportion of students attaining five A to C grades GCSEs on average by its schools in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000 and (d) 2006. | | (139510) | 263
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average education funding was per pupil, broken down by age group, in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West, (c) England and (d) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (140559) | 264
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average education funding was per pupil in England, broken down by local authority area in each year since 1979. | | (140561) | 265
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) level 1 and (b) other entry level places available at Westminster Kingsway College of budget changes; and what assessment he has made of the financial position of Westminster Kingsway College. | | (139781) | 266
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the effect on (a) pupil attendance and (b) availability of places of changes to the English for Speakers of Other Languages programme's funding. | | (139782) | 267
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the economic and social background of those families who have collected Bookstart books and packs. | | (139993) | 268
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the impact of the Bookstart scheme on improving reading standards. | | (139994) | 269
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools offer sex education or additional personal, social and health education as part of their extended hours provision. | | (140357) | 270
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many employees within the public sector had enrolled in Train-to-Gain programmes by the end of February 2007 in public sector employers with (a) fewer that 250, (b) between 250 and 1,000, (c) between 1,000 and 5,000 and (d) more than 5,000 employees. | | (139511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 271
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that pedigree dogs are fit before they are allowed to breed. | | (140187) | 272
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Government has issued to retailers in the UK aimed at increasing food security. | | (140489) | 273
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many working farms ceased production in the last five years. | | (140490) | 274
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140035) | 275
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will prohibit the export of live young calves. | | (139731) | 276
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislation to improve access to coastal areas. | | (139754) | 277
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on issues relating to animal welfare on common land, with particular reference to the New Forest. | | (140146) | 278
N | David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the funding to the Darwin Initiative. | | (139130) | 279
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139908) | 280
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140124) | 281
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements exist on reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for which companies (a) subject to and (b) not subject to the European Emissions Trading Scheme are (i) directly and (ii) indirectly responsible; and how such reports are verified. | | (140401) | 282
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will visit the village of Minsterley to meet farmers who have experienced bovine TB in their cattle. | | (140214) | 283
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on flood defences in the West Midlands in (a) 2001, (b) 2004 and (c) 2006. | | (140215) | 284
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he is having with his EU counterparts on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. | | (140224) | 285
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relative carbon efficiency of transporting freight by rail and by road. | | (139748) | 286
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the inclusion of Ministers from the devolved administratons in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in the United Kingdom delegation at future EU Ministerial negotiations on (i) fisheries, (ii) agriculture and (iii) environmental policy. | | (139883) | 287
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average age is of a hill farmer in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (140424) | 288
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many cases since 5th January 2007 transporters have not returned journey logs within one month of the completion of the journey as required by paragraph 8 of Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations. | | (139945) | 289
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many notices have been served under Article 24 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 by inspectors (a) at Dover, (b) at supervised loadings at departure premises and (c) at other places in respect of live calves destined for export; what remedial measures have been ordered by these notices; and if he will make a statement. | | (140096) | 290
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May 2007, Official Report, column 380W, on cattle: exports, what the journey length in hours was of each shipment of calves aged under 42 days exported to Spain between 1st January and 30th April 2007. | | (140172) | 291
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with dairy farmers on ending the export of live calves. | | (140614) | 292
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Planning For A Sustainable Future White Paper, under what circumstances he envisages a marine management organisation not acting as the consenting body for developments in the marine area. | | (140045) | 293
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to transfer his authority to issue consent for the licensing of offshore oil and gas infrastructure to the proposed Marine Management Organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (140046) | 294
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a decision has been made to transfer the licensing of offshore oil and gas infrastructure from the Department for Trade and Industry to the proposed Marine Management Organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (140047) | 295
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the future licensing of offshore oil and gas infrastructure; and if he will make a statement. | | (140048) | 296
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date all (a) over 10 metre and (b) under 10 metre fishing licences were issued in each year since 1997. | | (140052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 297
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will review the Government's policy in relation to the British Indian Ocean Territory in the light of the recent Appeal Court decision concerning the Chagos Islanders; and if she will make a statement. | | (140123) | 298
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Israel on the seizure of the Palestinian Education Minister and elected parliamentarians. | | (140570) | 299
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the seizure by Israel of the Palestinian Education Minister and elected parliamentarians on the prospects for peace in the Middle East. | | (140571) | 300
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the arrest by Israel and subsequent release of Nasser Shaer in 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (140572) | 301
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what position the Government plans to take on the review of the European Union's common position on Cuba; and whether it expects to seek to maintain existing sanctions against the Cuban government. | | (139936) | 302
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 781W, on Saudi Arabia, whether any other Ministers in her Department have met Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Azziz al-Saud or his chief of staff since 1st January 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (139266) | 303
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the building of a military bunker near the new capital of Burma. | | (140098) | 304
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the governments of (a) India, (b) China and (c) South Korea on the Shwe gas project in Burma. | | (140108) | 305
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Burma will be included in the trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and ASEAN; and if she will make a statement. | | (140109) | 306
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits (a) the British Ambassador and (b) other representatives of the British Government made to the head office of the National League for Democracy in the last 12 months. | | (140163) | 307
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the arrest of Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil by security forces; and what representations the Government is making on due process in this case. | | (140168) | 308
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the current status is of the 2006 UN investigation into United Nations peacekeeping troops selling weapons to Congolese militia groups. | | (140186) | 309
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she is making to the government of Botswana on its adherence to the 2006 High Court ruling to allow the Bushmen of the Kalahari to return to their ancestral homeland in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. | | (140371) | 310
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) officials in the European Union and (b) the Head of the Delegation to Botswana, Mr Paul Malin, on the treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen by the Botswanan government. | | (140573) | 311
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to resume full recognition of the Palestine National Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (140450) | 312
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to enable the Chagos Islanders to return to the British Indian Ocean Territories; and if she will make a statement. | | (140451) | 313
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to sign up to the draft nuclear weapons convention lodged with the UN. | | (140243) | 314
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on each Global Opportunities Fund project in financial year 2006-07. | | (139947) | 315
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries were eligible for human rights projects funding under the Global Opportunities Fund in each of the last five years. | | (139948) | 316
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which sources of funding are available for human rights and good governance work within her Department's budget; and how much was provided under each budget line in each of the last five years. | | (139949) | 317
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to strengthen and increase resources for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. | | (140076) | 318
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the way in which the principle of responsibility to protect has been implemented by the United Nations in the last 12 months. | | (140077) | 319
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals she has for reform and strengthening of UN human rights mechanisms. | | (140078) | 320
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the performance of the UN Human Rights Council. | | (140079) | 321
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of the renewal of the (a) special procedures, (b) country-specific and (c) thematic special rapporteurs in the United Nations Human Rights Council. | | (140084) | 322
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the special procedures in the United Nations Human Rights Council, and in particular the country-specific and thematic special rapporteurs, are renewed next month. | | (140244) | 323
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on future funding for the Global Opportunities Fund; and what the timetable is for allocation of funding for the next five years. | | (140247) | 324
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2007, Official Report, column 240, if she will make a statement on the report of the Commonwealth Secretariat on the choice of Uganda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. | | (139960) | 325
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether she discussed civil nuclear power during her recent visit to Japan; and what meetings she had during the visit. | | (140564) | 326
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the funding of the European Satellite Centre in Madrid came from the United Kingdom in 2006. | | (139590) | 327
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Crown Prosecution Service on the case of Alexander Litvinenko. | | (139267) | 328
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Russian authorities on the case of Alexander Litvinenko in the last three months. | | (139268) | 329
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much her Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140036) | 330
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Chagossians will be permitted to return to the Chagos Islands. | | (140481) | 331
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands who were deported will be given the opportunity for (a) compensation and (b) other remedy. | | (140482) | 332
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2006, Official Report, column 1511W, on the Middle East, what proposals the UK has put forward for the strengthening of the Lebanese border with Syria; and if she will make a statement. | | (140354) | 333
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is giving to the Lebanese armed forces. | | (140367) | 334
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the (a) origin, (b) affiliation and (c) role of extremist Islamist groups in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement. | | (140368) | 335
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries are believed to be breaching the UN arms embargo on Lebanon set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1701(2006); and what recent steps have been taken to improve the implementation of the arms embargo. | | (140369) | 336
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what UN mechanisms exist for the review of the implementation of the restrictions set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1701(2006). | | (140370) | 337
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what body will have responsibility for the co-ordination and monitoring of the International Compact with Iraq; and when this body is planned to be formed. | | (140372) | 338
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the broader international assistance in the development of Iraqi Security Forces which is described in the International Compact with Iraq; which countries are to be involved; and what form this assistance is to take. | | (140373) | 339
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often and at what level the participants in the Iraq Compact are expected to meet; and if she will make a statement. | | (140374) | 340
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in establishing a national dialogue and reconciliation in Iraq. | | (140375) | 341
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in setting up co-operation programmes between Iraq and its neighbours on (a) border security, (b) energy and (c) refugees. | | (140376) | 342
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals have been put forward by the United Kingdom to resolve the impasse over the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; and if she will make a statement. | | (140377) | 343
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place with the government of Lebanon on initiatives to make political progress in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement. | | (140378) | 344
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any progress has been made by the Palestinian Authority towards meeting the Quartet conditions; and if she will make a statement. | | (140380) | 345
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the security situation in the Gaza Strip. | | (140381) | 346
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of opposition political parties in Egypt to be able to operate freely in accord with accepted international standards. | | (140144) | 347
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the government of Egypt on Ayman Nour, the imprisoned leader of the El-Ghad party, with particular reference to (a) the justice of his incarceration and (b) his ability to receive medical attention; and if she will make a statement. | | (140145) | 348
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much revenue her Department received from (a) advertisements in her Department's public information leaflets and (b) advertisements on her Department's public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (140613) | 349
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much her Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139907) | 350
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of her Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140125) | 351
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the government of Pakistan on the draft Apostasy Bill in that country. | | (140554) | 352
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the government of Pakistan over the treatment of Christians in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province. | | (140555) | 353
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Albanian counterpart on EU accession for that country. | | (140216) | 354
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Serbian counterpart on the future of Kosovo. | | (140217) | 355
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) Polish and (b) Czech counterparts on the EU Constitution. | | (140220) | 356
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps she plans to take on the case of joint UK/Chinese citizen Mr Yu Lam Chan, imprisoned in China. | | (139862) | 357
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to persuade China to recognise dual nationality. | | (139863) | 358
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her most recent assessment is of the medical condition of UK citizen Mr Yu Lam Chan, imprisoned in China. | | (139864) | 359
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people imprisoned in China have joint British/Chinese nationality. | | (139865) | 360
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Mr Yu Lam Chan has at any time been employed by the British Government in any capacity. | | (139866) | 361
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contact she has had with the UN High Commission for Refugees on the case of Mr Yu Lam Chan, a British citizen imprisoned in China. | | (139867) | 362
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Sri Lanka. | | (139793) | 363
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the UK's relations with Sri Lanka. | | (139963) | 364
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the prospects for a resumption of peace talks in Sri Lanka; and if she will make a statement. | | (139964) | 365
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make a statement on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. | | (139965) | 366
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in each UK mission in each of the five central Asian republics are dedicated to commercial activity. | | (140092) | 367
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships were awarded to overseas students in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (140094) | 368
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Iraq on its use of the death penalty. | | (139779) | 369
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist Iraqis who are currently displaced inside and outside Iraq. | | (139780) | 370
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she had about whaling and the forthcoming International Whaling Commission meeting with the Japanese government during her recent visit to Japan; and if she will make a statement. | | (139925) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 371
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to use (a) epidemiological data and (b) other research evidence in the further development of the Pan London 3 Year Treatment Information Initiative Commissioning Intentions 2007-2010; and if she will make a statement. | | (140534) | 372
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of strategic health authority mergers on (a) access to and (b) use of, the £3 million capital allocation to purchase dual x-ray absorptiometry scans from the private sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (140505) | 373
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the additional money earmarked for dual x-ray absorptiometry scans has been allocated to health authorities; and how much has been spent on additional scanning capacity. | | (140506) | 374
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the availability, subject to a means test, of grants for nursing students studying for (a) a diploma course or (b) a degree; and what comparison she has made of the difference in sums available. | | (140434) | 375
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether children in full time education being educated at home have the same rights to (a) free NHS sight tests and (b) vouchers to cover other costs of ophthalmology as children in full-time education being educated in institutions; what guidance she has issued to (i) opticians and (ii) local authorities to reflect these entitlements; and what evidence must be accepted as proof of a child being in full-time education at home. | | (140435) | 376
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts serve each Parliamentary constituency. | | (140436) | 377
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to the NHS in 2007-08; how much was spent, in equivalent terms, on the NHS in 1996-97; and if she will make a statement. | | (139992) | 378
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has had with the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on (a) progress on tackling obesity and (b) cross-departmental working on the matter. | | (140605) | 379
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in the Government's obesity social marketing campaign. | | (140606) | 380
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) public education about healthy sexual relationships especially for young people and (b) advice on recognising abusive behaviour in the last 12 months. | | (140610) | 381
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on implementation of her Department's guidance on questioning pregnant women about experiences of abuse and domestic violence to identify cases of adult abuse and help prevent children's exposure to abuse and violence. | | (140611) | 382
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations she has received on compliance with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's recommendation on monitoring foetal heart beats in the first and second stages of labour in hospital maternity units; and if she will make a statement. | | (140578) | 383
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the recommended ratio of professional midwives to women in labour wards is in hospital maternity units. | | (140579) | 384
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the recommended ratio is of professional midwives to (a) mothers and (b) babies in (i) delivery suites and (ii) post-natal wards in hospital maternity units. | | (140580) | 385
N | Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incident forms were submitted in the maternity unit, Heavitree Hospital, Exeter in each month since January 2006. | | (140581) | 386
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consistency of Sir George Alberti's statement in the report to NHS London Review of Clinical Case for Change: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Clinical Strategy, that nationally, it is apparent that one accident and emergency department can serve 400,000 to 500,000 population and two sites would be appropriate for the catchment population of 900,000 with the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (140542) | 387
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the consistency of Sir George Alberti's report to NHS London Review of Clinical Case for Change: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Clinical Strategy with the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say. | | (140543) | 388
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many CT scanners are operational in Kent. | | (139722) | 389
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS numbers are in issuance. | | (139968) | 390
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the spending per head of population is on mental health in each local health district in 2007-08; how much was spent in each of the last five years; and what indices are used to guide future spending plans. | | (140528) | 391
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers and officials of her Department have had with (a) officials from the skills sector development agency, (b) regional development agencies and (c) representatives of the catering industry on training in nutrition and its relationship to health and well-being for chefs. | | (139951) | 392
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the carriage of bicycles on trains; and if she will make a statement. | | (139955) | 393
| Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will ensure that the revised drug strategy includes a strong commitment to reducing the transmission of blood borne viruses including (a) improved access to testing and treatment and (b) setting clear targets to ensure delivery. | | (139726) | 394
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) patients were treated and (b) fatalities occurred in the (i) coronary care units and (ii) stroke units at (A) the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, (B) Furness General Hospital and (C) Westmorland General Hospital in each of the last five years. | | (140383) | 395
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department issues on the use of latex gloves in the healthcare sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (140072) | 396
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date her Department agreed plans to encourage pharmacists to carry out basic procedures like blood pressure checks and issue prescriptions. | | (140008) | 397
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress her Department has made with providing nursing support to mothers of children under the age of two years as referred to in the report of the Spending Review 2004. | | (140009) | 398
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date her Department received Treasury approval for the new contract for the delivery of general medical services agreed in June 2003. | | (140010) | 399
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date her Department received Treasury approval for the new contract for NHS consultants agreed in October 2003. | | (140011) | 400
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department set up a (a) working group, (b) steering group and (c) any other regular series of meetings on the new contract for the delivery of general medical services prior to June 2003. | | (140012) | 401
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department set up a (a) working group, (b) steering group and (c) any other regular series of meetings on the new contract for NHS consultants prior to October 2003. | | (140013) | 402
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date she last met Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the forward budget for her Department. | | (140014) | 403
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to renegotiate the contract for the delivery of general medical service agreed in June 2003. | | (140016) | 404
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date she met Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the renegotiation of the contract for the delivery of general medical services agreed in June 2003. | | (140017) | 405
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140037) | 406
| Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure the Committee for Advertising Practices revised non-broadcast code makes a difference to the nature and balance of advertising of foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children under the age of 16 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (140584) | 407
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the continuance of specialist services for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome following the movement from primary care trust baseline budgets to the NHS bundle. | | (139755) | 408
N | David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people were diagnosed with dyspraxia in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (139127) | 409
N | David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people diagnosed with dyspraxia were referred to mental health services in each of the last five years for which records are available; and what the cost was of the use of mental health services by those people to the NHS. | | (139129) | 410
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the through-life costs of (a) a conventionally procured hospital and (b) a private finance initiative hospital. | | (139817) | 411
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to ensure value for money in the tendering process for private finance initiative contracts. | | (139818) | 412
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on (a) the establishment and (b) the running of the Private Finance Unit in her Department. | | (139819) | 413
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the functions of the Private Finance Unit in her Department are; and how its performance is assessed. | | (139821) | 414
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff work in the Private Finance Unit in her Department. | | (139822) | 415
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139906) | 416
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of her Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140126) | 417
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many known haemophiliacs who acquired HIV and hepatitis C through blood transfusions there are in (a) Kent and (b) the UK. | | (140358) | 418
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will (a) reduce prescription costs and (b) abolish charges completely; and if she will make a statement. | | (140053) | 419
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of prescription drugs sold to UK residents over the internet. | | (139269) | 420
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much carer's grant was allocated to Warrington Borough Council in each year since it was introduced; and how much of the grant was spent on services for carers. | | (139927) | 421
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding went to providing dentistry provision in Shrewsbury and Telford constituencies in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (140213) | 422
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are working in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and how many there were in 2006. | | (140223) | 423
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Food Standards Agency's colour-coded food labelling recommendations on consumer behaviour. | | (139743) | 424
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) food labelling expressing guideline daily amounts and (b) other food labelling differing from the Food Standards Agency's recommendations. | | (139744) | 425
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the reasons for recent trends in rates of obesity; and what steps she is taking to encourage physical exercise. | | (139799) | 426
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of funding for the NHS was spent on staff whose roles do not involve providing care for patients in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (139800) | 427
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many separate bodies monitor, inspect or assess the NHS; and what co-operation there is between those bodies to prevent duplication of work. | | (139801) | 428
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS Trusts and (b) hospitals have acted on her Department's recommendations to provide free or reduced price parking for patients requiring regular treatment. | | (139805) | 429
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of whether hospitals have acted on her Department's guidance to inform patients of the Hospital Travel Costs scheme. | | (139806) | 430
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she has taken to reduce the cost of (a) telephone, (b) television and (c) car park services in hospitals for patients requiring long term care. | | (139807) | 431
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland have long-term illnesses. | | (139840) | 432
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average price of the use of (a) the telephone and (b) televisions for patients in hospitals in the North-East was in each of the last 10 years. | | (139841) | 433
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the level of implementation of the Food Standards Agency's colour-coded food labelling recommendations. | | (139940) | 434
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice her Department has given to foundation trusts on the involvement of patient groups in trust board meetings; what representations she has had from patient groups on exclusion from trust board meetings; and if she will make a statement. | | (140349) | 435
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which dispensing appliance contractors hold a market share of more than five per cent.; and what percentage market share each holds. | | (140410) | 436
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the infrastructure payment for services proposed in her Department's consultation, Arrangements for the remuneration of services relating to appliances within Part IX of the Drug Tariff, is proposed to apply to dispensing appliance contractors differently dependent on their output; and if she will make a statement. | | (140411) | 437
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposals contained in her Department's consultation, Arrangements for the remuneration of services relating to appliances within Part IX of the Drug Tariff, would restrict the ability of firms to choose the prices of the services they provide to NHS patients; and if she will make a statement. | | (140412) | 438
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations representing religious faiths she has consulted about the Smoke-Free (Signs) Regulations 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (140607) | 439
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's alcohol treatment strategy; whether she has means to gather best practice from different parts of the country; and if she will make a statement. | | (139599) | 440
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to tackle age discrimination in the provision of health services; what targets she has set for this work; and what progress has been made towards such targets. | | (139772) | 441
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has for the funding of the provision of palliative care for (a) children and (b) young people; and if she will make a statement. | | (139773) | 442
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to provide breast cancer screening for women over the age of 70. | | (139776) | 443
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment is available on the NHS for wet macular eye degeneration. | | (140399) | 444
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance she has issued to trusts on whether they should continue to fund anti-TNF treatments for ankylosing spondylitis prior to the results of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's appraisal of anti-TNFs being made available. | | (140400) | 445
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's appraisal of anti-TNFs treatment for ankylosing spondylitis has been delayed. | | (140402) | 446
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons were for the location of patients in mixed sex wards at (a) Walsgrave, (b) Warwick, (c) Alcester, (d) Stratford-upon-Avon and (e) Ellen Badger hospitals since May 2006. | | (139756) | 447
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to discourage binge-drinking. | | (140463) | 448
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to address alcohol abuse among (a) children and (b) adults. | | (140465) | 449
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions her Department has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs on the tax and national insurance status of dentists. | | (139868) | 450
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2007, Official Report, column 153W, on NHS: allowances, in what (a) month and (b) year the level of the personal expenses allowance was set; and on what basis the level set was felt to be appropriate. | | (140461) | 451
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May 2007, Official Report, column 422W, on prescriptions: fees and charges, what mechanisms are in place for checking a patient's entitlement to exemption when it is declared. | | (140462) | 452
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work she has undertaken on her national action plan on malnutrition amongst elderly patients; and when she plans to publish the outcome of that work. | | (140479) | 453
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what care can be provided by an ambulance paramedic that cannot be provided by an ambulance technician. | | (140536) | 454
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from where the oxygen cylinders at Sandwell hospital are sourced. | | (140537) | 455
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons domiciliary consultations by consultants with general practitioners were discontinued by the NHS. | | (140538) | 456
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the typical unsaturated fat content of a serving of (a) oven chips, (b) deep fried chips, (c) chicken masala, (d) fish and chips and (e) samosa. | | (139727) | 457
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that the physical obstructions in Parliament Square do not prevent an air ambulance landing at that location if required. | | (139934) | 458
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 24th April, on nurses' pay and mental health services in Worcestershire. | | (139588) | 459
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government spent on promoting awareness of latex allergies in each of the last five years. | | (140531) | 460
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance her Department provides to those with latex allergies. | | (140532) | 461
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have latex allergies. | | (140533) | 462
| Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response she has made to the Stakeholder Advisory Group on Extremely Low Frequency Waves and Electric Magnetic Fields report Power lines and Property, wiring in homes and electrical equipment in homes, with particular reference to the building of new homes and schools near power lines; and if she will make a statement. | | (139875) | 463
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2007, Official Report, column 1130W, on incontinence and stoma appliances, when she expects the evaluation of the responses to the consultation to be completed; and if she will make a statement. | | (140089) | 464
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recorded incidents of food poisoning there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (140174) | 465
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met the Hyperactive Children's Support Group to discuss children's food additives; and if she will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (140175) | 466
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the initial findings of research by the University of Southampton commissioned for the Food Standards Agency on children's food additives; when she expects the report to be published in full; and if she will make a statement. | | (140176) | 467
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of public trust in food safety; and if she will make a statement. | | (140177) | 468
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met the Food Standards Agency to discuss additives to children's food; and if she will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (140192) | 469
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions she has held with ministers of other EU states on food additives. | | (140193) | 470
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the service provided by NHS Direct NHS Trust; and in what ways she plans to inform Parliament of its performance. | | (140194) | 471
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she last met the Chief Executive of NHS Direct NHS Trust to discuss the efficiency of the organisation. | | (140195) | 472
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of operating NHS Direct in each of the last three years. | | (140196) | 473
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of a visit to an accident and emergency department in England. | | (140246) | 474
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the potential links between global warming, environmental change and the levels of hay fever in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. | | (139921) | 475
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking (a) to mitigate the risks of high pollen levels and (b) to reduce the projected number of hayfever cases in the summer months. | | (139931) | 476
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action her Department is taking to reduce levels of hayfever. | | (139932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 477
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Minister of State for Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey of 19th March 2007, reference SP2271, on employees of Strathaird Salmon Ltd, Inverness. | | (140446) | 478
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress since his meeting with the hon. Member for Nottingham North and George Hosking of Wave Research on 6th December 2006 regarding crime prevention and early intervention. | | (139874) | 479
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Illarian Stepanovich Borodine remains in the UK following the refusal on 24th January 2002 of his application for asylum; and if he will make a statement. | | (139662) | 480
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received in the last three years on the adequacy of monitoring by Government inspectors of animals used in laboratory experiments. | | (139280) | 481
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of training of front line police officers on evidence collection to support prosecution with particular reference to cases where teenagers have been sexually assaulted or raped in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (139785) | 482
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to review gaps in evidence and methods of collecting evidence to support prosecution with particular reference to cases where teenagers have been sexually assaulted or raped. | | (139788) | 483
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on services for children and young people within sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many SARCs provide (a) services for children and young people and (b) child-centred therapeutic counselling and support. | | (139789) | 484
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent in the last 12 months on (a) specialist support systems, (b) appropriate (section 20) accommodation and support and (c) culturally sensitive counselling services for (i) asylum-seeking children and (ii) asylum-seeking children who have had experiences of torture, political violence or been victims of trafficking and other forms of persecution. | | (140612) | 485
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer Question (a) 129923 and (b) 129924, on illegal firearms, tabled on 21st March 2007 by the hon. Member for Taunton; when he will answer Question 134389 following up answers to these Questions, tabled on 24th April 2007; and what the reasons are for the time taken to answer each Question. | | (139506) | 486
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) confiscations of firearms and (b) convictions for the illegal possession of firearms there were in each police authority area in each of the last eight years. | | (139507) | 487
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from other EU countries are working in (a) West and (b) North Yorkshire, broken down by country of origin. | | (139589) | 488
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is retained by the Identity and Passport Service on people to whom passports have been issued. | | (139974) | 489
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecast he has made of the number of individuals who will have profiles on the National DNA Database in the next (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years, broken down by ethnicity. | | (139975) | 490
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals' records are held on the National DNA Database, broken down by (a) age, (b) ethnicity and (c) the police force which provided the profile. | | (139976) | 491
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to remove replicate samples from the National DNA Database. | | (139977) | 492
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 30th April 2007, Official Report, column 1407W, on identity cards, how much has been spent since the end of September 2006. | | (139991) | 493
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement actions for breach of (a) UK visitor, (b) resident and (c) overseas status limitations on working his Department and its agencies undertook in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (140179) | 494
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to use technology to modernise the operations of police forces. | | (140452) | 495
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what personal and biometric data is collected by police when an arrest is made; and how much of this data is retained when a suspect is released without being charged. | | (140248) | 496
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the second report on the cost of the identity cards scheme, how much his Department has spent in total on the scheme from its inception until 10th May 2007, broken down by (a) consultancy fees, (b) IT costs, (c) polling or opinion research and (d) other costs. | | (140019) | 497
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which programmes funded by his Department have experienced a real terms reduction in their annual budget for the 2007-08 financial year; and what the budget (a) was in 2006-07 and (b) is in 2007-08 in each case. | | (140020) | 498
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140027) | 499
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total costs incurred by his Department from the departmental split resulting in the formation of the Ministry of Justice have been. | | (140204) | 500
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults and (b) children resident in Northern Ireland appear on the national DNA database; how many do not have any convictions or cautions in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (140159) | 501
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were deported to Iran in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (140160) | 502
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were requested to complete an application for a travel document from the Iranian Embassy with a view to deportation in each of the last five years; how many have done so; and if he will make a statement. | | (140161) | 503
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139895) | 504
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to answer Question 105573, on special advisers, tabled on 6th December 2006 by the hon. Member for Fareham. | | (139941) | 505
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140116) | 506
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary agricultural workers permits have been issued to (a) Romanian nationals and (b) Bulgarian nationals since 1st January 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (140539) | 507
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) applied for and (b) granted to Warrington Borough Council or Golden Gates Housing in the last year for which figures are available. | | (139926) | 508
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to answer the letter dated 11th April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mrs P. Akhtar. | | (140582) | 509
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are (a) in the North East, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the area corresponding as closely as possible to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and how many there were in 1997. | | (139813) | 510
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what non-financial support is provided to failed asylum seekers. | | (139814) | 511
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued for teachers and lecturers from (a) Africa, (b) Asia, (c) Latin America and (d) the Caribbean in each year since 2000. | | (139542) | 512
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been issued for (a) doctors and (b) nurses and auxiliary nurses from (i) Nigeria, (ii) Ghana and (iii) other African countries since 2005. | | (139543) | 513
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 803W, on the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP), what the DIP budget allocation was for each intensive DIP area in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. | | (140107) | 514
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of working days were lost due to (a) sickness and (b) stress, anxiety or depression in each police authority area over the last five years. | | (139984) | 515
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on the number of semi-permanent dwellings in Parliament Square and the consequences of such obstructions if an air ambulance attempted to land. | | (139935) | 516
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Question tabled on 3rd May on children applying for asylum status; and what the reasons are for the delay in answering. | | (139545) | 517
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons (a) the letter of 16th April 2007 on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women and Children was not acknowledged or replied to and (b) the subsequent fax did not reach him; and if he will deal promptly with the email sent on 22nd May containing the original letter. | | (139592) | 518
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain received before 31st December 2006 have not yet been determined; what the principal reasons are for delay in such cases; and if he will make a statement. | | (140441) | 519
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded crimes there were in (a) Devon and Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England and Wales in each year since 1979, broken down by type of crime. | | (140397) | 520
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had on improving the (a) quantity and (b) quality of information (i) collected and (ii) published by the British Crime Survey. | | (139593) | 521
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2007, Official Report, column 1058W, on the police.uk website, when he expects the Association of Chief Police Officers and the National Policing Improvement Agency to report on an alternative solution that recognises the internal capability of police forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (139594) | 522
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed to handle calls to the anti-terrorism hotline; what the total cost of their annual salaries is expected to be in 2007-08; and what the annual cost is of the salary of the head of the anti-terrorism hotline. | | (139595) | 523
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1145W, on the Respect Task Force, if he will provide a breakdown of how the advertising figure of £35,580.32 has been spent since 2005. | | (139596) | 524
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of levels of perception of anti-social behaviour in (a) England and Wales and (b) West Bromwich East constituency in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (139598) | 525
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the announcing of statements to the media; and if he will make a statement. | | (140189) | 526
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people work in the National DNA Database Quality Team; what specialist training they receive; and if he will make a statement. | | (140197) | 527
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to promote public awareness of the difference between police officers and police community support officers. | | (140198) | 528
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police time was spent on frontline duties by West Midlands Police in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (140199) | 529
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2007, Official Report, column 92W, on the Terrorism Act 2000, how many people were awaiting trial under terrorism legislation during the period 1st January to 1st April 2007. | | (140546) | 530
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what counter-terrorist exercises took place in the West Midlands region in each of the last three years. | | (140550) | 531
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police authority area have been equipped with specialist training skills in order to deal with the terrorist attack under the Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Resilience Programme. | | (140552) | 532
N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided to the Police National Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Centre in each of the last two years. | | (140553) | 533
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what range of services (a) non-EU nationals and (b) UK residents will be able only to access by carrying their identity card with them. | | (140526) | 534
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU citizens who reside in the UK gained entry to the UK through applying for a UK visa from another European member state. | | (140545) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 535
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate has been made of the volume of food waste generated by the food outlets on the Commons Parliamentary Estate in each of the last three years; what steps have been taken to minimise this output and deal with the remainder in an environmentally appropriate manner; and if he will make a statement. | | (139764) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 536
N | Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government gave (a) directly and (b) through non-governmental organisations to Equatorial Guinea in each of the last five years. | | (140069) | 537
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received on the development of a new tuberculosis vaccine; and if he will make a statement. | | (139791) | 538
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of living conditions in the Goldhap refugee camp in eastern Nepal. | | (140185) | 539
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long term impact of the fair trade food initiative on living standards in third world nations. | | (139809) | 540
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the forthcoming G8 meeting will discuss Africa and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (140075) | 541
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's annual contribution to the World Bank was spent on the World Bank Energy Programme in each of the last three years. | | (140203) | 542
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140038) | 543
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU mechanisms for the delivery of aid to the Palestinians; and whether any changes to the policy are planned for the 2006-07 financial year. | | (140379) | 544
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139905) | 545
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140127) | 546
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role his Department plays in HM Treasury's work on economic development in Israel and Palestine. | | (140137) | 547
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid was given by the UK to Syria in (a) 1999 and (b) 2006. | | (140221) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 548
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many former employees of HM Prison Service are serving prison sentences; and if she will make a statement. | | (140054) | 549
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will list the prison establishments that have reported difficulties with catering deliveries following the introduction of the shared service centre; what the cost of the shared service centre project has been; which prison establishments have returned to purchasing from local shops for catering purposes; and if she will make a statement. | | (140055) | 550
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether the investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by the Governor of HM Youth Offender Institute Feltham have concluded; if she will place in the Library a copy of the report of the investigation; and if she will make a statement. | | (140056) | 551
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many (a) governing governors and (b) deputy governors were the subject of sexual harassment allegations in each of the last five years; how many such governors in each category have been transferred to (i) another prison establishment or (ii) HM Prison Service headquarters over the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (140057) | 552
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what representations she has received from the Equal Opportunities Commission concerning harassment within HM Prison Service; and if she will make a statement. | | (140058) | 553
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, for what reason film footage of HM Youth Offender Institute Feltham was not checked prior to broadcast to identify potential security risks; who approved the film footage for broadcast; what disciplinary action has been taken; and if she will make a statement. | | (140059) | 554
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the total cost was of (a) the re-lock exercise at HM Youth Offender Institute Feltham and (b) the consequent legal proceedings; and if she will make a statement. | | (140060) | 555
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether Nick Pascoe is acting as the commissioning authority for the Tasker investigation; and if she will make a statement. | | (140061) | 556
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many (a) members of the clergy and (b) other religious ministers have been arrested for trafficking drugs into prison establishments; and if she will make a statement. | | (140062) | 557
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, on what date Ron Tasker interviewed (a) Michael Spurr and (b) Keith Munns as part of his investigation; what subsequent recommendations Mr Tasker made in relation to the commissioning of the investigation and to whom; what action was taken in consequence; and if she will make a statement. | | (140063) | 558
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what representations she has received from (a) Michael Spurr and (b) HM Prison Service on the Tasker investigation; if she will place in the Library a copy of those representations; and if she will make a statement. | | (140064) | 559
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1684W, on the Tasker Inquiry, on what date the partial report was submitted and to whom; who requested the submission of the partial report; what the purpose was of the partial report; who was provided with access to the partial report; if she will place in the Library a copy of the partial report; and if she will make a statement. | | (140065) | 560
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2007, Official Report, column 84W, on the Prison Service, who the commissioning officer is in respect of the Tasker investigation; and if she will make a statement. | | (140169) | 561
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1684W, on the Tasker Inquiry, who requested the change in the terms of reference in the Tasker investigation; and if she will make a statement. | | (140170) | 562
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to her Answer of 7th March 2007, Official Report, column 2057W, on the Prison Service: public appointments, whether the report referred to was the Tasker investigation; and if she will make a statement. | | (140171) | 563
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much funding has been allocated to supervision of convicted sex offenders by the Probation Service for 2007-08. | | (140384) | 564
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much funding has been allocated to training for paediatricians giving testimony for the prosecution in child abuse cases for 2007-08. | | (140385) | 565
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans there are for multi-agency public protection arrangements to (a) promote public awareness and (b) provide access to advice for the public about the management of offenders in the community. | | (140387) | 566
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether the Government plans to introduce independent advocacy for children in family court cases where sexual abuse allegations have been made. | | (140565) | 567
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will take steps to collect statistics on erroneous data collections by her Department. | | (140210) | 568
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for identity fraud in the last five years; and how many have been convicted. | | (140488) | 569
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the cost was of designing, procuring and installing new signage for her Department in all buildings. | | (140021) | 570
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the cost of setting up her Department's new website was. | | (140022) | 571
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much her Department has spent on stationery featuring her new Department's name and logo. | | (140023) | 572
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much her Department has spent on business cards featuring her new Department's name and logo. | | (140024) | 573
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will list all items in her Department branded with `Ministry of Justice'; and what the total cost has been of producing these items. | | (140025) | 574
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will bring forward proposals to improve the legal advice and service available to bereaved service families; and if she will make a statement. | | (139623) | 575
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners absconded from (a) HM Prison Hollesley Bay and (b) HM Prison Kirkham in each year since 1997; and how many of those in each case remain at large. | | (139922) | 576
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the anticipated national budget shortfall is for the Probation Service in England and Wales for 2007-08, broken down by probation area. | | (140419) | 577
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what steps are being taken in the Greater London Probation Area to keep within budget in 2007-08. | | (140420) | 578
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether any (a) assistant chief officers, (b) business managers and (c) staff of other grades will be made (i) compulsorily and (ii) voluntarily redundant in (A) the Greater London Probation Area and (B) other probation areas in England and Wales in 2007-08. | | (140421) | 579
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many trainee probation officers are expected to qualify in 2007-08, broken down by probation area; and how many in each area she expects will subsequently be offered a contract of employment. | | (140422) | 580
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the average total cost was of training a probation officer in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140423) | 581
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether a newly trained probation officer who is not offered employment in the area in which they trained and who refuses employment offered in another area will be expected to repay their training fees. | | (140426) | 582
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what her most recent estimate is of the number of (a) probation officer and (b) probation service officer vacancies in each probation area in England and Wales. | | (140427) | 583
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the cost has been of probation commissioning activities to date in 2007-08; and what the outcomes have been of such activities. | | (140428) | 584
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what (a) budgets and (b) estimates for administrative costs in future financial years have been set for (i) commissioners, (ii) chief executive officers, (iii) directors and their officers and (iv) regional offender managers. | | (140437) | 585
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners absconded from (a) HMP North Sea Camp and (b) HMP Leyhill in each year since 1997; and how many of those remain at large. | | (140598) | 586
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many Iranian nationals were detained in UK prisons (a) on remand and (b) as serving prisoners in each of the last five years. | | (140162) | 587
N | David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what progress has been made in diagnosing dyspraxia and related conditions in young offender institutions since 1997. | | (139597) | 588
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many laptop computers are available for use by offenders in HMP Belmarsh. | | (139896) | 589
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, for what purpose laptop computers are issued to prisoners in prisons in England and Wales. | | (139897) | 590
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many laptop computers were procured in each of the last five years for use by prisoners in England and Wales; and at what cost. | | (139898) | 591
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many laptop computers are available for use by prisoners in prisons in England and Wales. | | (139899) | 592
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much her Department, its predecessor and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139911) | 593
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many of her Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140119) | 594
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the merits of filming evidence given by witnesses (a) to the police and (b) during a trial for use in appeal cases. | | (139745) | 595
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community sentences being used in place of custodial sentences of less than 12 months. | | (139803) | 596
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the most recent figures are for the rates of re-offending following (a) custodial sentences and (b) community sentences. | | (139804) | 597
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what steps she is taking to encourage voter participation in (a) general and (b) council elections. | | (139808) | 598
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing internet voting for (a) general and (b) council elections. | | (139810) | 599
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the financial implications of the planned changes are to the way in which care proceedings are dealt with in court. | | (140268) | 600
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many (a) pension sharing orders and (b) divorces were granted in each month since December 2000. | | (140449) | 601
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the cost was of maintaining swimming pools at (a) Holloway, (b) Portland, (c) Aylesbury Standford Hill and (d) Blantyre House prisons between April 2006 and April 2007. | | (140091) | 602
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many cells are unoccupied in HM Prison Dartmoor; and if she will make a statement. | | (139509) | 603
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many juvenile (a) girls and (b) boys have been sentenced under sections 226 and 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; what their tariffs are; and how many have been released. | | (140460) | 604
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, which (a) persons and (b) institutions have been consulted on the consultation paper The Use of Bilingual (English and Welsh Speaking) Jurors in certain Criminal Trials in Wales. | | (140483) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 605
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid to recuitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140039) | 606
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people resident in Northern Ireland have criminal convictions in foreign jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement. | | (140110) | 607
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons responsibility for the drugs rehabilitation of prisoners in Northern Ireland was not transferred to the Department of Health in April when responsibility for all other aspects of prisoners' healthcare was duly transferred; and if he will make a statement. | | (140111) | 608
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the White Paper, Meeting the Energy Challenge, what consideration is being given by the Government to siting a new nuclear power station in Northern Ireland. | | (140112) | 609
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139913) | 610
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140128) | Questions to the Prime Minister 611
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was to the public purse of his flight from London to Sedgefield on 10th May. | | (140003) | 612
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) role and (b) cost has been of each employee from McKinsey hired to work for him in the last 12 months. | | (140136) | 613
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Prime Minister, why school visits to Downing Street are to be limited to Fridays only. | | (140088) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 614
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140040) | 615
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139915) | 616
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140129) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 617
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Electoral Commission's investigation into the legality of donations made by Mr Michael Browne to the Liberal Democrats. | | (140026) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 618
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices closed in the Chelmsford local authority area (a) between June 1987 and May 1997 and (b) since May 1997. | | (140486) | 619
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) rationing rules and (b) waiting times are for Government grants for householder solar heating and microgeneration schemes; and what steps he has taken (i) to increase financial allocations and (ii) to speed up processing times. | | (140181) | 620
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether he asks research councils (a) to report and (b) to record the regional distribution of their allocations; and whether the councils (i) make such reports and (ii) keep such records. | | (140191) | 621
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for the disposal of nuclear waste. | | (140355) | 622
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for expenditure on offshore wind farms. | | (140356) | 623
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure publication on receipt of all submissions made to the second round of consultation on nuclear power on his Department's website. | | (139959) | 624
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Office for Civil Nuclear Security on the adequacy of resources to vet drivers recruited by contractors carrying out the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's decommissioning programme. | | (140388) | 625
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 12 - 17 of the consultation paper on the future of nuclear power, when he expects (a) the final batch of spent nuclear fuel to be reprocessed at Sellafield and (a) the decommissioning of Sellafield's reprocessing plants to start. | | (140389) | 626
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to paragraph 8.2 of the consultation paper on the future of nuclear power, for what reasons he decided to propose co-disposal of legacy and new radioactive waste arising in the same repository facilities; and what account he took of the advice of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management on this matter as presented to Government in July 2006. | | (140563) | 627
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals he has to make nuclear plant operators meet the cost of (a) insurance, (b) support provided without cost recovery by the environmental and safety regulators and (c) research and development done on radioactive waste and nuclear decommissioning by Government departments, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. | | (140566) | 628
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account was taken of submissions to the Energy Review 2006 on nuclear security matters in preparation of paragraphs 6.26 to 6.42 of Chapter 6 of the consultation document on the future of nuclear power. | | (140567) | 629
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how long was spent considering the planning applications for each advanced gas-cooled reactor power station; and how long each took from the commencement of building work to reach design output. | | (140219) | 630
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the financial implications of the UK's involvement with the Galileo project. | | (139734) | 631
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what correspondence he has had with internet providers about people in rural communities who cannot receive broadband and for whom dial-up connection will be phased out. | | (140491) | 632
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140042) | 633
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his policy is on responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment where a company providing a membership scheme for that service goes into liquidation prior to the relevant equipment reaching end of life. | | (139659) | 634
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the (a) annual and (b) membership fees charged to companies by the Department in connection with the enforcement of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | | (139660) | 635
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what provisions the Department has negotiated with companies establishing membership schemes with advance fees for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment to ensure that funds will remain available to meet the costs of disposal when the equipment reaches end of life. | | (139661) | 636
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many EU (a) regulations, (b) directives and (c) decisions within his Department's responsibility (i) were introduced and (ii) became obsolete in each year since 1977. | | (140456) | 637
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether traders may weigh, measure and price in imperial units only. | | (139732) | 638
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to increase the intelligence capability of the electricity distribution network through broadband enabled smart meters. | | (140457) | 639
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department informed solar photovoltaics installers of the decision to reduce the maximum household grant under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme by 83 per cent. | | (140458) | 640
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department informed micro wind installers of the decision to reduce the maximum household grant under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme by 50 per cent. | | (140459) | 641
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139917) | 642
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140133) | 643
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment was made of compliance with EU rules on state aid before each of the four instances of Government assistance to Royal Mail being investigated by the European Commission was announced. | | (140113) | 644
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons the provisions permitting companies to take private action through the courts against competitors who make use of misleading packaging were not included in the legislation transposing the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive into UK law. | | (140403) | 645
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the ability of UK manufacturers to prevent competitors from misrepresenting their products through the use of misleading and copycat packaging under the provisions of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. | | (140404) | 646
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the impact of misleading and copycat packaging on (i) shoppers and (ii) UK manufacturers of consumer goods. | | (140405) | 647
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many miners' compensation claims have been paid in part or in full by (a) the UDM, (b) Kidd and Spoor Harper, (c) Frank Allen Pennington, (d) Watson Burton, (e) Robinson King and (f) Oxley and Coward, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (139270) | 648
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions has he had with his (a) French and (b) Italian counterparts on EU/China trade quotas in the period up to the end of 2008. | | (139544) | 649
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had on the quality standards of inspectors of gravestones and memorials. | | (140525) | 650
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department has paid Bedfordshire County Council in respect of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. | | (139986) | 651
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will discuss with Ministerial colleagues the proposition that all Government departments, local government and public sector organisations should be instructed that it is a requirement (a) that all new public buildings should install low carbon electricity and heat generators powered by natural elements and (b) that they be encouraged to do the same for existing buildings. | | (140073) | 652
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will discuss with Ministerial colleagues the proposition that all Government departments, local government and public sector organisations should be instructed that it is a requirement (a) that all new public buildings should install tanks for storing grey water for flushing toilets and (b) that they be encouraged to do the same for existing buildings. | | (140074) | 653
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire to the Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Sahara Desert and energy, transferred to his Department on 27th April 2007 (PQ 2499 06/07). | | (139587) | 654
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information his Department provides to companies on compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to allergies. | | (140529) | 655
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much his Department spent on providing information to companies on compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to allergies in each of the last five years. | | (140541) | 656
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many business start-ups there were in the North West in each year since 1997. | | (140085) | 657
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding has been given to the Media City Development Project by (a) the Northwest Development Agency and (b) other Government agencies. | | (140086) | 658
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will break down by employer the number of jobs safeguarded or created as mentioned on page two of the Northwest Development Agency's Improving the Economic Performance of England's Northwest document, dated February 2007. | | (140087) | 659
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will break down by area of investment the £211 billion private sector investment quoted in the Northwest Development Agency's Improving the Economic Performance of England's Northwest document dated February 2007. | | (140211) | 660
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies filed for bankruptcy in each year since 1997. | | (140232) | 661
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of microgeneration equipment for domestic households. | | (140599) | 662
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what objections have been made to (a) his Department and (b) other planning authorities to the siting of off-shore windfarms off the North East of England coast. | | (140600) | 663
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of off-shore windfarms. | | (140601) | 664
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the North Sea off the North East coast for the siting of off-shore windfarms. | | (140602) | 665
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will commission research and development into minimising (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) general environmental impacts caused by commercial aircraft engines. | | (140603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 666
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to decide on the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge; what progress he has made towards determining a tolling regime; and if he will make a statement. | | (138822) | 667
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights have taken place in which (a) spent nuclear fuel and (b) nuclear waste was carried within United Kingdom airspace since 2001; what the (i) place of origin and (ii) destination was of each flight; and what volume of material was carried on each. | | (139663) | 668
| Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on safety and environmental standards of the decision of the Marine and Coastguard Agency to contract out Vessel Traffic Services; and if he will make a statement. | | (140227) | 669
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) driver and (b) vehicle information held on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database that is inaccurate. | | (139972) | 670
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failure to submit updated information to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years. | | (139973) | 671
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to receive the results of his Bus Subsidy Review; and whether he plans to publish the Review. | | (140167) | 672
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the overall change in the projected cost of the Galileo Satellite Navigation System was in each of the last three financial years; what assessment he has made of the impact of those changes on the business case for the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (140413) | 673
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected cost-benefit ratio of the Galileo Satellite Navigation System was in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. | | (140414) | 674
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what limit the UK Government has set for (a) the maximum level of funding that it would approve for the Galileo project and (b) the cost-benefit ratio at which it would withdraw its support for the project. | | (140415) | 675
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the UK to be able to make full use of the Galileo satellite system. | | (140416) | 676
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what return he expects to receive on the UK's contribution to the Galileo project; and how it will be calculated. | | (140417) | 677
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the sharing of the risks associated with the Galileo project between (a) national governments, (b) the European Union and (c) private sector investors. | | (140499) | 678
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evaluations he has made of the market opportunities and applications of Galileo; when those evaluations were made; and when they were last revised. | | (140500) | 679
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on (a) military and (b) civilian applications of the Galileo Satellite Navigation System. | | (140501) | 680
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is aware of any material errors in the information about denied boarding compensation under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 issued to travellers at UK airports on behalf of the European Commission. | | (140502) | 681
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend administrative incentive pricing of the radio spectrum to maritime and aeronautical radar. | | (140503) | 682
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of extending administrative incentive pricing of the radio spectrum to maritime and aeronautical radar. | | (140504) | 683
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the budget for the Galileo project is expected to be met by the private sector. | | (140626) | 684
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140043) | 685
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2006, Official Report, column 750-1W, on Heathrow Airport, what estimate his Department has made of the likely increase in the number of private motor vehicles travelling to and from Heathrow Airport which would result from an additional 61 million passengers per year; and if he will make a statement. | | (139546) | 686
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions on expanding the train network in (a) Portsmouth and (b) the rest of Hampshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (139729) | 687
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to monitor levels of passenger comfort on the new carriages introduced by South West Trains on their inter-city routes. | | (139730) | 688
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139916) | 689
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140134) | 690
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on maintaining and improving the A49 between Church Stretton and Shrewsbury in each year between 2001 and 2006. | | (140212) | 691
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with the Rail Regulator on the possible introduction of a direct rail service between Shrewsbury and London. | | (140225) | 692
| Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies he has undertaken on the impact of the change to off peak fares announced by South West Trains to take effect on 20th May; and what representations he has received on that matter. | | (139873) | 693
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors he took into account in implementing a ban on allowing HGV vehicles to overtake on the A14; what criteria were used to select the A14; if he will implement such a ban on parts of the M18; and if he will make a statement. | | (139876) | 694
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent in the last 12 months in each Highways Agency area by them on litter collection; what further action he plans to take to reduce rubbish being dumped on the public highway; and if he will make a statement. | | (139878) | 695
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) lessons have been learned and (b) conclusions have been reached on the trial ban on heavy goods vehicles overtaking on the M42; whether he is considering introducing such a ban on parts of the M18 ; and if he will make a statement. | | (139879) | 696
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance he has issued to Highways Agency staff on the reporting and prosecution of those witnessed depositing rubbish or litter on the highway; and if he will make a statement. | | (139880) | 697
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the (a) introduction of digital tachographs in heavy goods vehicles and (b) reliability of those instruments; and if he will make a statement. | | (139881) | 698
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the security and safety implications of the sale in the departure sectors of airports of goods deemed unsuitable to be taken on planes. | | (139742) | 699
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of extra capacity available on UK railways for rail freight; and what assessment he has made of how available capacity could be utilised to ease road congestion. | | (139786) | 700
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of upgrading the UK rail network to 9 ft 6" standards. | | (139787) | 701
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether bus companies operating in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland are on course to meet Government targets for low-liner bus levels in their fleet of (a) 50 per cent. by 2010 and (b) 100 per cent. by 2017. | | (139946) | 702
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the 1,000 new train carriages announced in his speech on 14th March 2007 he estimates will be manufactured in the UK. | | [R] (140453) | 703
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment has been made of the possible effect of the change in numbers of awards of certificates of equivalent competency to foreign officers on UK-flagged ships on potential environmental and marine hazards; and if he will make a statement. | | (140100) | 704
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in assessing the impact on the training and employment of UK seafarers of the change in numbers of awards of certificates of equivalent competency to foreign officers on UK-flagged ships; and if he will make a statement. | | (140103) | 705
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to increase the staff numbers at the Shrewsbury Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency local office; and if he will make a statement. | | (139757) | 706
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors he took into account in increasing the vehicle registration fee from £38 to £50; and if he will make a statement. | | (139758) | 707
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the Shrewsbury Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency local office not achieving its 48 hour target for processing registration documents relating to EU imported vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (139759) | 708
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the levels of stress-related illness at the Shrewsbury Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency local office; and if he will make a statement. | | (139760) | 709
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will contact staff at the Shrewsbury Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency local office to hear their views on staff conditions; and if he will make a statement. | | (139761) | 710
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue he estimates local authority road pricing schemes will be unable to collect because vehicles using the scheme are unregistered; and what measures are expected to be taken to ensure that revenue is collected from the drivers of such vehicles. | | (139827) | 711
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what enforcement measures are planned to be developed for the recovery of charges imposed by local road pricing schemes on transitory vehicles registered outside the UK. | | (139828) | 712
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of operational costs of local authority road pricing schemes is expected to be devoted to (a) administration and (b) enforcement. | | (139829) | 713
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether failure to pay road user charges to local authority road pricing schemes is planned to be made a criminal offence. | | (139830) | 714
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities will be allowed to retain 100 per cent. of the funds raised by local road pricing schemes; and what use will be permitted of surplus funds raised by such schemes. | | (139831) | 715
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether vehicles registered in local authorities running local road pricing schemes will receive a rebate on (a) vehicle excise duty and (b) road fund tax. | | (139832) | 716
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why motorways will be exempt from local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139833) | 717
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities will be required to provide differential charging for (a) those using high occupancy vehicle lanes, (b) low emission vehicles, (c) public transport vehicles and (d) emergency service vehicles under local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139834) | 718
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what classes of vehicles local authorities will be (a) allowed and (b) required to exempt from charges under road pricing schemes. | | (139835) | 719
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a maximum daily cap is planned on charges levied on any one vehicle as part of local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139836) | 720
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate the Government has made of the minimum daily charge by local authority road pricing schemes required significantly to alter driver behaviour. | | (139837) | 721
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities will be required to make a surplus from local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139838) | 722
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which body will be responsible for the repayment of any debts incurred by local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139839) | 723
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who will be responsible for (a) the maintenance and upkeep of electronic on board units fitted to vehicles using local authority road pricing schemes and (b) the costs incurred thereby. | | (139842) | 724
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions will be made to allow use of areas covered by local authority road pricing schemes by persons who are bankrupt or otherwise prohibited from using or unable to use credit accounts and are unable to pay charges through normal electronic transfer mechanisms. | | (139843) | 725
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the agencies of his Department which advertise 0870 numbers as their contact numbers; and if he will make a statement. | | (139845) | 726
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total revenue was raised by the use by agencies responsible to his Department of 0870 numbers in each year since 1997. | | (139846) | 727
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the timetable of 2012 for the implementation of the European Electronic Tolling Service for cars using road pricing schemes is expected to be met. | | (139847) | 728
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities will be encouraged to consider satellite positioning systems as the basis for their road pricing schemes; and whether his Department has any preference for any particular system. | | (139848) | 729
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require any specific technical systems as the basis of any local authority road pricing schemes as a condition for approval of these schemes. | | (139849) | 730
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it will be a condition for the approval of any local authority road pricing schemes that the technical provisions conform with EC Directive 2004/52, on the interoperability of electronic toll collection systems. | | (139850) | 731
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of the delay and increase in costs of establishing the Galileo Satellite Positioning System for local authority road pricing schemes. | | (139851) | 732
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost is to British public funds of the British contribution to Galileo in each year since 1997, broken down by Department. | | (139852) | 733
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government plans to contribute to Galileo in the next five years, broken down by Department. | | (139853) | 734
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Galileo to be fully deployed and functioning. | | (139854) | 735
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of the delays to the Galileo for the Eddington proposal to establish comprehensive national road pricing by 2015. | | (139855) | 736
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the latest date is that local authority road pricing schemes will have to be fully operational in order to adhere to the Eddington timetable of establishing comprehensive road pricing by 2015. | | (139856) | 737
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it is expected to take to evaluate the lessons learned from local authority road pricing schemes for a national road pricing scheme from the time the schemes are fully operational. | | (139857) | 738
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he intends to bring the London road congestion charging scheme into the same technical framework as will apply to new local authority road pricing schemes. | | (140070) | 739
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the technical standards for the European Electronic Tolling Service have been agreed. | | (140183) | 740
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authority road pricing schemes will be required to integrate with the European Electronic Tolling Service. | | (140200) | 741
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether individual local authorities implementing road pricing schemes will be set specific congestion reduction targets. | | (140201) | 742
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether drivers who register with local authority road pricing schemes which require the fitting of electronic on board units will be charged for (a) those units and (b) the fitting of those units. | | (140202) | 743
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to evaluate the impact on motorways of local road pricing schemes. | | (140205) | 744
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he plans to use to evaluate the lessons learned from local authority road pricing schemes for a national road pricing scheme. | | (140206) | 745
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to levy charge on operators or users of existing satellite based positioning systems in order to fund the Galileo project. | | (140207) | 746
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to allow satellite based local authority road pricing systems to integrate signals from different satellite systems. | | (140208) | 747
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on the European Commission's proposal for national governments of member states to fund the deployment phase of Galileo. | | (140209) | 748
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether local authorities will be (a) required and (b) permitted to carry out local referendums before implementing road pricing schemes. | | (140226) | 749
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much he plans to allocate from the Transport Innovation Fund to each of the local authorities whose bids for local road pricing schemes are successful. | | (140228) | 750
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to improve alternative modes of transport for those unable to afford charges for local authority road pricing schemes. | | (140229) | 751
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Birmingham International Airport on the construction of a new runway. | | (140093) | 752
| Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had on the extension of the Midlands Metro; and if he will make a statement. | | (140173) | 753
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will commission research and development into minimising (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) general environmental impacts caused by commercial aircraft engines. | | (140604) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 754
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent meeting he has had with the management of the Skillsactive Wales Learning Hub on participation in sport in Wales. | | (139953) | 755
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140041) | 756
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139914) | 757
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140132) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 758
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for disability living allowance made by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) an online claim form have taken (i) up to four weeks and (ii) four or more weeks from receipt of claim to payment of benefit in the last 12 months. | | (140392) | 759
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for jobseeker's allowance made by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) an online claim form have taken (i) up to four weeks and (ii) four or more weeks from receipt of claim to payment of benefit in the last 12 months. | | (140393) | 760
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average period of time was between receipt of a claim for attendance allowance and payment of benefit for claims made by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) an online claim form in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales, (v) each English region and (vi) each parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 months. | | (140394) | 761
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls to Jobcentre Plus contact centres were (a) engaged and (b) lost (i) across the call centre network and (ii) to each call centre in each of the last 12 months. | | (140395) | 762
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for incapacity benefit made by (a) telephone, (b) post and (c) an online claim form have taken (i) up to four weeks and (ii) four or more weeks from receipt of claim to payment of benefit in the last 12 months. | | (140396) | 763
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1281W, on LinkAge Plus centres, how much of the LinkAge Plus budget has been spent to date. | | (140418) | 764
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1281W, on LinkAge Plus centres, how many elderly people the eight LinkAge Plus pilots are expected to assist. | | (140438) | 765
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1281W, on LinkAge Plus centres, which areas his Department has identified for future LinkAge Plus centres. | | (140442) | 766
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1281W, on LinkAge Plus Centres, what evaluation of the eight LinkAge Plus pilots will be undertaken. | | (140443) | 767
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1281W, on LinkAge Plus Centres, when the eight LinkAge Plus pilots will be completed. | | (140444) | 768
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will breakdown by ethnic nationality origin the applicants for national insurance numbers in Westminster in each of the last five years. | | (139816) | 769
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the revised Households Below Average Income 2005-06 statistics. | | (140245) | 770
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are continuing to draw entitlement under the National Insurance Act 1925. | | (139541) | 771
| Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. | | (140044) | 772
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the changes to the upper earnings limit for National Insurance contributions from 2009 on the proposed personal accounts savings scheme. | | (140359) | 773
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he intends to increase the upper earnings limit for contributions to the proposed personal accounts saving scheme in line with the proposed increase in the upper earnings limit for National Insurance contributions from 2009 which was announced in the 2007 Budget. | | (140360) | 774
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the additional number of employees who would be eligible for the proposed personal accounts savings scheme if the upper earnings limit for contributions were increased to £43,000. | | (140361) | 775
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the impact of a contribution cap of (a) £3,000 and (b) £5,000 on the proposed personal accounts savings scheme if the upper earnings limit for contributions were increased to £43,000. | | (140362) | 776
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to employers of the proposed personal accounts savings scheme if the upper earnings limit for contributions to the proposed personal accounts scheme were increased to £43,000. | | (140363) | 777
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he decided to include other sources of non-public funding in the review of pension scheme assets held by schemes in wind-up with a deficiency of assets. | | (140364) | 778
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he decided to publish an initial report in summer 2007 on pension scheme assets held by schemes in wind-up with a deficiency of assets in addition to a final report before the end of the year; for what reasons; and if he will make a statement. | | (140365) | 779
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the initial report on pension scheme assets held by schemes in wind-up with a deficiency of assets is planned to be published before the summer parliamentary recess 2007. | | (140366) | 780
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies paid in travel agencies' fees in each year since 1997. | | (139918) | 781
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 249W, on the Smith Institute: finance, what the (a) title and (b) location was of the staff training course in August 2003; how many staff attended; and from what teams those staff came. | | (139920) | 782
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's special advisers were on (a) paid and (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers on Wednesday 16th May 2007; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted. | | (140135) | 783
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East are entitled to claim (i) the guarantee pension credit and (ii) the savings pension credit. | | (139737) | 784
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pensioners (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) on Teesside and (c) in the North East are entitled to claim (i) the savings pension credit and (ii) the guarantee pension credit; and what percentage of those entitled to claim each credit do so. | | (139738) | 785
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether the target of reducing fatalities in the construction industry by June 2010 to half of their 1990 levels will be met. | | (139746) | 786
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the legal responsibility of company directors for health and safety. | | (139747) | 787
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that all eligible individuals are aware of their entitlements to benefit payments. | | (139815) | 788
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of unclaimed (a) guarantee pension credit and (b) savings pension credit (i) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (ii) on Teeside and (iii) in the North East. | | (139937) | 789
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) incapacity benefit in Edmonton constituency. | | (140066) | 790
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Edmonton constituency are in receipt of pension credit. | | (140067) | 791
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has in respect of provision for the pension entitlement of British citizens who move to reside in (a) Canada, (b) Australia and (c) New Zealand. | | (139774) | 792
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many holders of UK mariners' qualifications registered as unemployed for periods of more than one month in each of the last five years. | | (140104) | 793
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the extreme variability of attack of spasmodic torticollis (dystonia) on care component payments for sufferers from the condition. | | (140480) | 794
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many graveyards were inspected by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (140507) | 795
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum technical specifications are for a gravestone topple tester; and what the qualifications are for the (a) operative and (b) data recorder. | | (140520) | 796
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest guidelines are for cemetery memorial inspections; and when they were last issued. | | (140521) | 797
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many gravestones were deemed dangerous by inspectors in 2006. | | (140522) | 798
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered inspectors of gravestones and memorials there are in each of the English regions. | | (140523) | 799
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum height is of a gravestone or memorial requiring inspection under Health and Safety Executive guidelines. | | (140524) | 800
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incidents of falling gravestones and memorials were reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last 20 years. | | (140535) | 801
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) all workers contributed to an occupational pension in each of the last 10 years, broken down by gender. | | (140439) | 802
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps have been taken to increase employment levels in East Lothian constituency. | | (139733) | 803
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding is available to organisations assisting (a) long-term unemployed and (b) disabled people into work in (i) Luton and (ii) Bedfordshire. | | (139985) | 804
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of applicants on each New Deal programme were placed in jobs lasting (a) 13 weeks and under and (b) over 13 weeks in each region in each quarter since 1998. | | (140583) | 805
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the non-pension welfare budget was spent on housing benefit in each year. | | (140585) | 806
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of claimants on the New Deal for Young People left the programme for (a) the employment option, (b) the environmental task force, (c) the voluntary section, (d) full-time education/training and (e) unsubsidised work in each year since 1998. | | (140587) | 807
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of New Deal claimants returned to jobseeker's allowance (a) between six months and 12 months and (b) after 12 months after leaving the programme in each year since 1998. | | (140588) | 808
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of applicants on each new deal programme were placed in (a) unsubsidised and (b) subsidised jobs in each region in each quarter since 1998. | | (140589) | 809
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on each New Deal programme in each year since 1998; and what proportion of this expenditure consisted of administrative costs in each year. | | (140590) | 810
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit in each region in each year since 1997. | | (140591) | 811
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving (a) housing benefit but not council tax benefit, (b) council tax benefit but not housing benefit and (c) housing benefit and council tax benefit face benefit withdrawal rates of more than 40 per cent. against marginal income. | | (140592) | 812
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of a housing benefit claim was in each year since 1997. | | (140593) | 813
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 25 years or under claimed housing benefit in each year for which figures are available since 1997. | | (140594) | 814
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the claimant (a) on-flow rates and (b) off-flow rates for housing benefit (i) have been since 1997 and (ii) are estimated to be in the period up to 2019-2020. | | (140595) | 815
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants will be able to opt-out of voice risk analysis when making a claim for housing benefit or council tax benefit to Harrow Council. | | (140596) | 816
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) participants, (b) first-time participants and (c) repeat participants there were on each New Deal programme in each region in each quarter of each year since 1998. | | (140597) | 817
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were entitled to bereavement benefits in the last year for which figures are available; and how many people claimed them. | | (140230) | 818
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to draw the attention of bereaved people to the availability of bereavement benefits. | | (140231) | 819
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women submitted forms to apply for home responsibilities protection in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many of these women were already drawing a state pension; what proportion of such applicants in each case were successful; and if he will make a statement. | | (139933) | 820
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on removing the differential between fully indexed pensions and those pensions frozen because their recipients reside in certain overseas countries. | | (140484) | 821
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the present market value is of the land and property of each Remploy site. | | (139961) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 822
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response the Government has made to the European Commission's proposals on the use of market-based instruments for environment and related policy purposes, (reference Com (2007) 140 final). | | [Transferred] (139957) | 823
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the liabilities of public sector pension schemes for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (140303) | 824
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether commercial and business drivers and operators will be able to offset road pricing payments against their tax liabilities as normal business expenses. | | [Transferred] (139844) | 825
N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the liabilities of public sector pension schemes for which he is responsible. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (140307) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 826
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make available resources from the contingency fund to compensate those people who retrained as energy performance inspectors in the expectation their work would start on 1st June this year. | | [Transferred] (140568) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 827
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been allocated to specialist assessment teams within the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to work with children's cases involving allegations of sexual abuse for 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (140386) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 828
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average per capita social services spending has been (a) in England and (b) in each local authority area since 1979. | | [Transferred] (140560) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 829
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods are available to members of the public to access the findings of the Security Service Tribunal before its abolition in 2000. | | [Transferred] (140280) | 830
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small businesses in the Ribble Valley reported incidents of shop-lifting in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (140487) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 831
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much was spent on (a) routine assessment and (b) therapeutic interventions for young people with experiences of (i) abuse and neglect and (ii) witnessing domestic violence who were referred to youth offending teams by courts or police in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (139790) | 832
| Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many orders for repossessions were (a) applied for and (b) granted to Warrington Borough Council or Golden Gates Housing in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (139929) | 833
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many cases of (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful litigation there have been related to injuries and deaths caused by falling gravestones and memorials in council graveyards in the last 20 years. | | [Transferred] (140511) | 834
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many complaints there have been of unsafe gravestones and memorials in council graveyards in the last 20 years. | | [Transferred] (140512) | 835
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many church graveyards were safety inspected in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | [Transferred] (140514) | 836
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many deaths there were in council graveyards in each of the last 20 years (a) in total and (b) from falling gravestones and memorials. | | [Transferred] (140515) | 837
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many council graveyards had areas closed for safety reasons during (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | [Transferred] (140516) | 838
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many non-members of the National Association of Monumental Masons are authorised to test and repair gravestones in council graveyards. | | [Transferred] (140517) | 839
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what involvement the National Association of Monument Masons had in determining standards of health and safety in council graveyards. | | [Transferred] (140518) | 840
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, which external bodies were consulted over the system of gravestone testing now operated by local authorities. | | [Transferred] (140519) | 841
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many people who were jailed in the United Kingdom for (a) murder and (b) manslaughter have been subsequently found innocent by the Court of Criminal Appeal and released from prison since 1987. | | [Transferred] (139767) | Questions to the Solicitor General 842
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have been brought in Northern Ireland under section 35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004; how many resulted in (a) conviction and (b) acquittal; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (140158) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 843
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of greenhouse gas emissions he expects air travel to represent in the next 20 years. | | [Transferred] (140188) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 844
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of 18 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training. | | [Question Unstarred] (140292) |
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