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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 5 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 5 June 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 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 Tuesday 5 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 5 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles there were in each band for which Vehicle Excise Duty was paid in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140663) | 2
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had on vulture funds at the recent G8 finance meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (139600) | 3
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what loans have received debt relief from the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (139601) | 4
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outstanding UK Government loans to other states there are. | | (139602) | 5
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the responsible lenders charter. | | (139603) | 6
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Office last exercised its prerogative power to reward an informer providing information that led to a recovery of money for the Crown. | | (140753) | 7
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children under the age of 16 years in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK died from the juvenile form of rheumatoid arthritis in each year since 1997. | | (140826) | 8
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults died in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK from rheumatoid arthritis in each year since 1997. | | (140828) | 9
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases remain to be dealt with following the Michael Fleming/TA Bodycraft case; how many full-time equivalent caseworkers have been allocated to deal with these matters; and when such cases are likely to be concluded. | | (140880) | 10
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to monitor information on sales of equity stakes in private finance initiative contracts; and if he will make a statement. | | (140616) | 11
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to discuss with the National Audit Office increasing the transparency of private finance initiative schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (140617) | 12
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140783) | 13
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who continued to be UK taxpayers ceased to be eligible for (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit as a result of working outside the EU in each year since 2003-04. | | (140671) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of paying (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit to those working outside the EU who continue to be UK taxpayers in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140672) | 15
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Ministers and officials from his Department conducted the review of the non-domicile tax regime. | | (139277) | 16
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross cost of gifts and shares given to charities was in each year since the implementation of the current regime for such giving. | | (140762) | 17
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent studies he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on private philanthropy. | | (140764) | 18
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax incentives relating to giving to charities are in place; and what the cost of each was to the public purse in each of the last five years. | | (140765) | 19
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost of implementation of the Goodison Review is, broken down by main budget headings. | | (140766) | 20
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations in the Goodison Review for which his Department has responsibility; which recommendations relating to direct taxation have been implemented; and which of the recommendations in the Review have yet to be implemented. | | (140768) | 21
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax incentives are available to individuals wishing to make financial donations to arts institutions in the UK; and what the cost of these incentives was to the public purse in each of the last 10 years. | | (140750) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 22
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will place in the Library all guidance given to special advisers regarding the deputy leadership of the Labour Party elections within the last six months. | | (140839) | 23
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140854) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 24
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 2W, on sex discrimination, if he will place in the Library the general advice issued in November 2003 by the Archbishops' Council to dioceses and parishes on the effect of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 and the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulations 2003. | | (140677) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 25
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how a four bedroom house will be defined for the purposes of the revised Home Information Pack regulations; and whether householders will be able to re-designate a bedroom for a different use from 1st August to avoid the need for a pack. | | (140851) | 26
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) oral and (b) written representations her Department has received from the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on home information packs. | | (140852) | 27
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government intends to consult on the proposal that home information packs will be required for a four bedroom home from 1st August before that date. | | (140856) | 28
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for home information packs to become compulsory for the marketing of domestic dwellings other than four bedroom homes. | | (140857) | 29
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) start and (b) end date is for consultation on the new home information pack regulations. | | (140858) | 30
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the cost of local authority searches will become liable for VAT if they are included in a home information pack. | | (140859) | 31
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated time period is for an energy inspector (a) to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check and (b) to be accredited. | | (140860) | 32
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the full conclusions of each geographic dry run for home information packs. | | (140861) | 33
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what figures her Department holds on the average cost charged by individual local authorities for property searches. | | (140862) | 34
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a home information pack will be required if a home is repossessed and subsequently sold or auctioned. | | (140863) | 35
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an estate agent will be able to sell a property with a home information pack produced by another estate agent. | | (140864) | 36
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the revised home information pack regulations are expected to be laid before the House. | | (140865) | 37
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will provide the most recent figures available for numbers of (a) trained and (b) fully accredited (i) home inspectors and (ii) domestic energy inspectors. | | (140866) | 38
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to improve price transparency of local authority property searches. | | (140867) | 39
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the percentage change in the number of homes being placed on the market as a result of the introduction of home information packs with voluntary home condition reports. | | (140868) | 40
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the submission from the Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services regarding the viability for local authorities of the enforcement of home information packs and pursue non-payment of fines; and if she will make a statement. | | (140869) | 41
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) representations her Department has received from and (b) meetings her Department has held with Hometrack in the last 24 months. | | (140870) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her statement of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 644, on numbers of accredited home inspectors and accredited energy inspectors, how many of the 1,110 inspectors were fully accredited on that date. | | (140872) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to prevent home and energy inspectors receiving financial inducements from householders or estate agents. | | (140873) | 44
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of four bedroom properties on the housing market in 2007 which are expected to be unable to exchange on completion of transaction due to being unable to provide a previously commissioned home improvement pack; and if she will make a statement. | | (140690) | 45
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of four bedroom properties likely to be placed for sale on the housing market between 1st August and 31st December 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (140691) | 46
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what basis the Architects Registration Board took the decision to spend £100,000 on legal action against Ian Salisbury, one of its former board members. | | (140846) | 47
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140782) | 48
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the Government's targets (a) to create 180,000 jobs and (b) to build 160,000 new homes in the Thames Gateway between 2001 and 2016; and if she will make a statement on progress made to date towards meeting each target. | | (140631) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 49
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140781) | 50
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding will be made available for theatre groups working with disabled performers in 2008-2011 in (a) London and (b) England. | | (140812) | 51
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been made available for theatre groups working with disabled performers for 2005-2007 in (a) London and (b) England. | | (140814) | 52
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects were cancelled by the Arts Council in each of the last five years. | | (140763) | 53
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the recommendations of the Goodison Report for which her Department has responsibility have been implemented; and what plans she has to implement further such recommendations. | | (140767) | 54
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on implementing the recommendations of the Goodison Review. | | (140769) | 55
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on the appointment of a new Chair of English Heritage. | | (140770) | 56
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to make arts institutions aware of the tax incentives available to private donors. | | (140820) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 57
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to establish a full and open inquiry into the deaths of journalists in conflict where the UK is involved; and if he will make a statement | | (140891) | 58
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions his Department has had with (i) European partners and (ii) others to seek the earliest possible compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738 on the protection of journalists reporting on armed conflict; and if he will make a statement | | (140892) | 59
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions his officials have had with (i) NATO partners and (ii) others (A) on respect for the professional independence and rights of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel during armed conflict and (B) to obtain universal compliance with obligations under international law to end impunity and prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international law against such persons; and if he will make a statement. | | (140895) | 60
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures have been introduced by his Department to ensure the UK's compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict; and if he will make a statement. | | (140896) | 61
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May 2007, Official Report, column 845W, on Hercules aircraft, what percentage of Hercules C-130K aircraft has (a) returned to the front line within 44 days and (b) developed fuel leaks following the installation of the foam; and if he will make a statement. | | (140664) | 62
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140780) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 63
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he last attended a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee. | | (140842) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 64
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools recorded incidences of (i) theft, (ii) criminal damage and (iii) assault in each of the last 10 years; how many of these incidents were committed by (A) staff and (B) pupils; and how many of those incidents resulted in the removal of the perpetrator from the school in question. | | (140779) | 65
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he had with Ministers in the (a) Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) Home Office on his Department's decision to require schools to provide full-time education for any pupil excluded for six days or longer; and if he will make a statement. | | (140751) | 66
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what account was taken of the Government's (a) policy on localism and (b) Respect agenda before his Department's decision to require schools to provide full time education for any pupil excluded for six days or longer; and if he will make a statement. | | (140758) | 67
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the basis was for his decision to require schools to provide full time education for pupils excluded for six days or longer from September 2007. | | (140759) | 68
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact on (a) numbers of exclusions and (b) school discipline of his decison to require schools to provide full time education for pupils excluded for six days or longer; and if he will make a statement. | | (140761) | 69
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding secured by universities from (a) charitable and (b) philanthropic sources in funding and improving universities. | | (140155) | 70
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) average number of A*s at GCSE and (b) average UKCAT score attained by successful (i) pre A-level and (ii) post A-level applicants to medical schools was in the academic year 2006-07. | | (140754) | 71
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery school places were available in Gateshead East and Washington West in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2006-07. | | (140641) | 72
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140792) | 73
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding he plans to make available for sprinkler systems in schools in (a) Richmond upon Thames, (b) the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and (c) London. | | (140813) | 74
| Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what weight a local authority should give to a consistent rating of `excellent' when considering a small rural school for closure under a surplus places reduction strategy. | | (140876) | 75
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2007, Official Report, columns 672-5W, on the Youth Opportunity Fund, which local authorities made unsuccessful applications for funding from the (a) Youth Opportunity Fund and (b) Youth Capital Fund in each of the last two years; and for what reasons their applications were unsuccessful. | | (140656) | 76
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2007, Official Report, columns 672-5W, on the Youth Opportunity Fund, what the reasons are for the regional disparities in local authority allocation for the (a) Youth Capital Fund and (b) Youth Opportunity Fund. | | (140657) | 77
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May 2007, Official Report, columns 856-8W, on pre-school education: finance, what assessment he has made of whether local authorities are funding nursery providers equitably, fairly and transparently. | | (140658) | 78
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th May 2007, Official Report, columns 856-8W, on pre-school education: finance, how much funding each local authority provided to nursery providers in each of the last two years. | | (140659) | 79
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on co-operation between European Union countries on preventing sex offenders from gaining employment with children, with particular reference to the exchange of information on criminal records. | | (140660) | 80
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the ability of sex offenders in the European Union to move between countries and take up employment with children. | | (140661) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 81
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to monitor the effectiveness of twice monthly waste disposal collections; and if he will make a statement. | | (139725) | 82
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of claimants in (a) Torridge and West Devon and (b) the South West for the single farm payment scheme in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006 have been paid their payments (A) in full and (B) in part. | | (140797) | 83
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his Department's proposals on the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops with European law. | | (140798) | 84
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the higher level stewardship scheme were (a) made and (b) granted in each government region in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (140799) | 85
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average value of award made under the higher level stewardship scheme was in each government region in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (140800) | 86
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the Fair Trade food initiative; what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on that initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (140082) | 87
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each London borough in each of the last four years; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents. | | (140080) | 88
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much revenue his Department received from advertisements on his Department's (a) public information leaflets and (b) public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (140665) | 89
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (a) Gravesham, (b) Kent and (c) England have not yet received single farm payments for (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006. | | (140803) | 90
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the implementation of joint waste authorities; and what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities likely to adopt such schemes. | | (140804) | 91
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage retailers to provide on-pack information about recyclability of packaging. | | (140805) | 92
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are working on policy on aerobic composting, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement. | | (140637) | 93
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure from the public purse on (a) anaerobic digestion and (b) composting of waste was in each of the last three years; what it is expected to be in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (140638) | 94
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the (a) carbon dioxide and (b) greenhouse gas emissions created by outdoor patio heaters in (i) the most recent year for which information is available and (ii) the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the expected effect on the (A) use of and (B) volume of emissions from outdoor patio heaters resulting from changes to legislation related to smoking in public places from 1st July 2007. | | (140639) | 95
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to put in place targets for the anaerobic digestion of (a) household organic waste and (b) agricultural waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (140645) | 96
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) household organic and (b) agricultural waste was (i) aerobically and (ii) anaerobically digested in each of the last seven years; how much he expects to be digested in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (140646) | 97
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to make an announcement on a National Park covering the South Downs. | | (140757) | 98
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140791) | 99
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2007, Official Report, column 1457W, on animal: circuses, when he expects to announce the findings of his Department's Circus Working Group. | | (140678) | 100
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to protect dolphins internationally. | | (140391) | 101
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library the (a) name of the consent holder, (b) crop trailed, (c) location of the test sites based on six figure map references, (d) conditions placed on the consent and (e) post release assessments reports for each of the Part B experimental consents 94/R20/1, 98/R28/2, 00/R20/4 and 00/R20/5 issued under EC Directive 90/220. | | (140875) | 102
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what use the residues produced by the processing of BASF's GM starch altered potato (EU marketing application EH92-527-1) will be put. | | (140877) | 103
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which GM test sites within the National Institute of Agricultural Botany's Huntingdon Road research grounds in Cambridge trials have been conducted since 1990, including National List Trials; which GM crop was tested in each case; what GM traits were in the crops; which company was granted the release consent; which areas of each plot were used; and what the six figure map reference was for each trial plot. | | (140878) | 104
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the threshold level of flood risk is above which households and businesses are included in the Floodline Warnings Direct database. | | (140833) | 105
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of households and businesses excluded from the Floodline Warnings Direct database in error which are above the threshold level of risk from floods. | | (140834) | 106
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of households and businesses included in the Floodline Warnings Direct database in error which are below the threshold level of flood risk. | | (140835) | 107
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the recent pilot mailings by the Environment Agency to households and businesses about the Floodline Warnings Direct service was sent to households or businesses which are not above the threshold level of flood risk. | | (140836) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 108
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the Estonian government on Estonia's relations with Russia. | | (140081) | 109
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the arrests of 10 British citizens in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on 14th May; what representations she has made on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (140633) | 110
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions her officials have had with (i) European partners and (ii) others (A) regarding respect for the professional independence and rights of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel during armed conflict and (B) to obtain universal compliance with relevant obligations under international law to end impunity and prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international law against such persons; and if she will make a statement. | | (140893) | 111
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions her Department has had since the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict, with States Parties to the Geneva Conventions, in order to ensure that (i) all necessary action is taken to search for persons who have committed, or ordered others to commit, breaches of those conventions and (ii) such people are tried before their own courts so that they are handed to another concerned state; and if she will make a statement. | | (140894) | 112
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures have been introduced to ensure the UK's compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict; and if she will make a statement. | | (140897) | 113
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions her Department has had with (i) European partners and (ii) others to seek the earliest possible compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict; and if she will make a statement. | | (140898) | 114
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2007, Official Report, column 1481W, on Iraq: peace-keeping operations, whether the two requests for assistance on behalf of three Iraqi nationals were agreed to. | | (140670) | 115
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140790) | 116
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when she last spoke to her Japanese counterpart about the killing of dolphins by Japanese fishermen in Taiji; and if she will make a statement. | | (140390) | 117
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in deploying an effective peacekeeping force to protect civilians in Darfur. | | (139291) | 118
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Russian counterpart on Russians living in the United Kingdom who advocate violence against the Russian government. | | (140632) | 119
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on new talks based on the Baker-Hamilton Commission. | | (140682) | 120
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance is being offered to the Malaysian High Commission to speed up the rate of issuance of the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal for veterans. | | (140802) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 121
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the private sector clinics and hospitals which are able to provide abortions; how many approved beds each contains; whether they are approved for (i) surgical day care abortions with or without general anaesthetic and (ii) late abortions; and what the name of the proprietor is in each case. | | (140881) | 122
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the delay in providing the expected range of NHS medical services at the new Harwich Hospital; and when the full range of services will be available. | | (140760) | 123
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place to ensure that doctors employed by the National Health Service are registered with the General Medical Council; what procedures are followed if a doctor is found to be unregistered; and if she will make a statement. | | (140630) | 124
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff training budget was for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last three years. | | (140745) | 125
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of outpatients in (a) the area covered by Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust and (b) England waited less than 13 weeks for a hospital appointment in each of the last five years. | | (140821) | 126
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many redundancies were made by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in the last 12 months. | | (140838) | 127
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mixed wards and (b) single sex wards there were in each hospital in the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust in each of the last two years. | | (140844) | 128
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions were cancelled for a non-clinical reason within seven days of the proposed date of admission by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last two years, broken down by hospital. | | (140845) | 129
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many wards in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust were closed in the last 12 months. | | (140855) | 130
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England (i) were diagnosed with and (ii) required treatment for the juvenile form of rheumatoid arthritis in each year since 1997. | | (140827) | 131
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England (i) were diagnosed with and (ii) required treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in each year since 1997. | | (140829) | 132
| David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much budget allocation was provided for (a) NHS Greater Manchester, (b) Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust and (c) Oldham Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years, broken down by main categories of activity; and how much was spent against each budget in each case. | | (140650) | 133
| David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Spearhead funding has been allocated to (a) Oldham Primary Care Trust and (b) Tameside and Glossop Primary Care Trust; if she will provide a breakdown of how such funding has been spent; and what assessment she has made of the effect of such funding on health inequalities in the areas served by the primary care trusts. | | (140652) | 134
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in each of the last 30 years. | | (140640) | 135
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in England were diagnosed with Stage (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 ovarian cancer in (i) the latest year for which figures are available and (ii) each of the previous five years. | | (140642) | 136
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations she has received on hospital charges for headphones for bedside entertainment systems; and if she will make a statement. | | (140643) | 137
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacists were making independent prescriptions in (a) Gateshead East and Washington West, (b) the North East and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140644) | 138
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many private finance initiative projects in the National Health Service have leases for land and property been granted to commercial organisations which exceed the length of the project; and if she will make a statement. | | (140615) | 139
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140789) | 140
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the public private partnership for the provision of digital hearing aids; and if she will make a statement. | | (140655) | 141
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on private firms seeking to use the Freedom of Information legislation to obtain details of management decisions or discussions by primary care trusts and other NHS bodies. | | (140772) | 142
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS (a) has approved and (b) is developing any test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis in individuals; and if she will make a statement. | | (140686) | 143
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been allocated within the NHS to research (a) the cause of and (b) treatment for cardiac risk in the young. | | (140683) | 144
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many knife wound injuries were treated in hospitals in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 1997. | | (140634) | 145
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to trial the drug PTC-124. | | (140823) | 146
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has for fast tracking new drugs and therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. | | (140824) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 147
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of New Asylum Model case owners in each region are (a) male and (b) female; and if he will make a statement. | | (140902) | 148
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Border and Immigration Agency is expected to have the capacity to allow asylum seekers at screening stage to express a preference as to the sex of the New Asylum Model case owner to be allocated to them and for that request to be met; and if he will make a statement. | | (140903) | 149
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place to help asylum-seekers gain a better understanding of the UK asylum process. | | (140649) | 150
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches were carried out by police under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since the Act's introduction; and how many and what percentage of those searches resulted in an arrest. | | (140774) | 151
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police officer recruits left the police force within two years of joining in each of the last 10 years. | | (140775) | 152
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police liaison officers there are in England and Wales, broken down by police force area. | | (140776) | 153
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from London Luton Airport on the number of HM Immigration Service staff at London Luton Airport. | | (140636) | 154
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has instructed any police force to close any website or webpage of any organisation demonstrably linked with criminal activity; and if he will make a statement. | | (140662) | 155
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which external survey research company his Department commissions to carry out the British Crime Survey; and if he will make a statement. | | (140685) | 156
| David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made in the case of Mr Minnain Privat Aristide Henri's outstanding asylum application, which was submitted in March 2004. | | (140651) | 157
| David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure (a) is followed by Border Control and Immigration Agency officers in relation to cases defined as `work in progress hold' and (b) determines the order in which such cases are dealt with; and what the average length of time taken was to deal with such cases in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140653) | 158
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued to police forces in England and Wales with regard to the use of the Forensic Science Service for forensic work; and if he will place such guidance in the Library. | | (140853) | 159
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress Project Reflex has made in combating the trafficking of women to the UK to work as prostitutes. | | (140746) | 160
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what schemes are in operation to assist women who have escaped prostitution and who were originally trafficked into the UK. | | (140748) | 161
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent human trafficking in the UK; and what progress is being made in prosecuting those who participate in the trade. | | (140749) | 162
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140788) | 163
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) injured and (b) killed as a result of knife crime offences in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire and (vi) Norfolk in each year since 1997. | | (140688) | 164
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what age (a) male and (b) female police officers are able to retire on a full pension. | | (140885) | 165
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average contribution from gross pay was by individual police officers towards pension funds in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140886) | 166
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average lump sum pension payment was to (a) female and (b) male police officers in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (140887) | 167
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology and calculations are used to work out the lump sum pension payment for (a) female and (b) male police officers. | | (140888) | 168
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drink driving tests have been carried out by each police force in each of the last 10 years. | | (140771) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 169
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department will support education in Liberia following the refusal by the Education for All - Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Fund to fund the endorsed Liberia Education Plan. | | (140882) | 170
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made to ensure that support is delivered effectively and flexibly to conflict and post-conflict states through the Fast Track Initiative since the Education Beyond Borders initiative was announced on 5th April 2007. | | (140883) | 171
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will provide a breakdown of how the £1 million funding announced on 24th May 2007 for Sri Lanka will be spent; and whether any of this will be provided for education programmes. | | (140884) | 172
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to address the negative effects of climate change on low income countries. | | (140627) | 173
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking ahead of the forthcoming G8 meeting to ensure that consideration of the effect of climate change on the world's poorest nations is integrated into the World Bank energy policy. | | (140628) | 174
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any of the funding provided by his Department to the World Bank in each of the last three years was allocated to the energy sector. | | (140747) | 175
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140787) | 176
| Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions and from whom the UK has sought the return of monies misappropriated from UK aid programmes. | | (140735) | 177
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date his Department commenced funding for the Crop-Post Harvest programme; what his Department's total expenditure has been on the programme; which projects have been funded by the programme; which institutions are funded to carry out each project in the programme and what amounts have been allocated by his Department to each and over what period in each case; in which country each project was based; what the outcome has been of each project; what assessment he has made of the impact on host harvest crop losses and other gains; and what the closing date is for his Department's funding for the programme. | | (140874) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 178
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has to improve access for litigants to copies of statutes in force. | | (140830) | 179
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether she plans to re-open the library at the Royal Courts of Justice to the public. | | (140831) | 180
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether she has plans to publish on the internet the Children's Act 1989 consolidated with the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Children Act 2006 and other relevant legislation. | | (140832) | 181
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of prisoners released under the Home Detention Curfew scheme were subsequently recalled in each year since the scheme's introduction. | | (140777) | 182
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what proportion of the budget of the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission was spent on the operations of the Commission, as opposed to in payments to lawyers not employed by the Commission, in each year since its establishment. | | (140235) | 183
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners absconded from (a) HMP Standford Hill and (b) HMP Sudbury in each year since 1997; and how many of those remain at large in each case. | | (140635) | 184
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what research she has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of funding provided for Hampshire Family Mediation as a result of the restructuring of legal aid; and if she will make a statement. | | (140666) | 185
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has (a) to promote the use of family mediation prior to the commencement of divorce proceedings and (b) to fund an expansion of family mediation services; and if she will make a statement. | | (140667) | 186
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plenary and functional meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee there have been since 1999; which Ministers attended; and what the subject matter was of each meeting. | | (140744) | 187
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will make a statement on planning permission for the proposed prison in Rochester. | | (140811) | 188
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the date is of the next scheduled plenary meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee. | | (140837) | 189
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many legal practitioners in the Kent criminal justice area have not signed up to the new legal aid contract. | | (140806) | 190
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many magistrates' courts in (a) Kent and (b) England and Wales closed in the last 10 years for which records are available. | | (140807) | 191
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the (a) certified normal capacity for prisons in Kent and (b) prison population in Kent is. | | (140808) | 192
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what methodology is used by her Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140786) | 193
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of encouraging violent behaviour involving the use of a knife under the Knives Act 1997 received (a) a fine and (b) a custodial sentence of (i) less than six months, (ii) six to 12 months, (iii) 12 to 18 months and (iv) 18 to 24 months in (A) Suffolk, (B) Bedfordshire, (C) Cambridgeshire, (D) Essex, (E) Hertfordshire and (F) Norfolk in each year since the Act was introduced. | | (140687) | 194
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many people were found guilty of offences related to the illegal sale and marketing of knives in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year since 1997. | | (140689) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 195
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost was of a prosecution within the former system of police prosecutions by Central Process offices in each of the three years prior to the establishment of the Public Prosecution Service. | | (140236) | 196
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140796) | Questions to the Prime Minister 197
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what the status was of the meeting with the Welsh First Minister and the Scottish First Minister in January 2007; and in what capacity he attended the meeting. | | (140841) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 198
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140795) | Questions to the Solicitor General 199
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Solicitor General, how much has been spent on the employment of consultants by the (a) Public Prosecution Service and (b) Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission in the last three financial years; and what payments were made to each consultant or consultancy. | | (140234) | 200
N | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):To ask the Solicitor General, what the average cost was of a prosecution within the former Director of Public Prosecutions' system of prosecutions in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court in each of the last five years. | | (140237) | 201
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) correspondence and (b) discussions the Law Officers' Departments have had with (i) European counterparts and (ii) others to seek the earliest possible compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict; and if he will make a statement. | | (140889) | 202
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Solicitor General, what steps have been taken by the Law Officers' Departments to ensure the UK's compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1738, on the protection of journalists in armed conflict; and if he will make a statement. | | (140890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 203
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the nuclear industry on plans for new nuclear power stations. | | (139724) | 204
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much funding was given to (a) Community Trade Union and (b) Communitas Development for the Future in each of the last 10 years. | | (140840) | 205
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much revenue his Department received from advertisements on his Department's (a) public information leaflets and (b) public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (140669) | 206
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) obligations and (b) restrictions are imposed by the EU Services Directive on (i) Post Office Limited and (ii) the Royal Mail. | | (140843) | 207
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his estimate is based on figures from the Market Transformation Programme of the number of (a) gas and (b) other outdoor patio heaters there are used by (i) households and (ii) businesses. | | (140647) | 208
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what his Department's policy is on the labelling of outdoor patio heaters for energy efficiency standards. | | (140648) | 209
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140785) | 210
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors on the number of women on the Institute's governing body. | | (140684) | 211
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Office of Fair Trading (a) is investigating and (b) plans to investigate the online money transfer marketplace used by internet auction sites. | | (140752) | 212
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to limit the amount administrators can charge in the event of a company going into administration. | | (140822) | 213
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money from the public purse has been paid to companies who extract methane from former colliery sites. | | (140801) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 214
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what upgrades are being planned for the up and down relief lines between Reading and London Paddington. | | (140816) | 215
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the performance of First Great Western train services; and if he will place in the Library the most recent performance statistics available. | | (140817) | 216
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with First Great Western on improving performance. | | (140818) | 217
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140784) | 218
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce the Australian N/70 system for measuring noise disturbance around Heathrow airport. | | (140815) | 219
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to reopen strategic and inter-regional links of disused rail lines, including the Leek to Stoke-on-Trent line; and if he will make a statement. | | (140871) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 220
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent (a) discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has made to (i) First Great Western trains and (ii) Network Rail on train service performance between South Wales and London Paddington. | | (140819) | 221
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140794) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 222
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to increase diversity in (a) the judiciary, (b) the police, (c) Parliament and (d) other UK institutions; and if she will make a statement. | | (140848) | 223
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government is taking to address inequalities faced by ethnic minority women in the workplace; and if she will make a statement. | | (140849) | 224
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of encouraging employers to advertise posts as available for flexible working to help lone parents and carers back into the workplace; and if she will make a statement. | | (140850) | 225
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many recorded cases there were of women being housed in refuges and safe houses in Edmonton constituency in 2006. | | (140756) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 226
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget is for the Access to Work scheme in 2007-08; what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on developing the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (140673) | 227
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure was on the Access to Work scheme in 2005-06; and how much of that expenditure was spent on promoting the scheme to (a) employers and (b) disabled jobseekers. | | (140674) | 228
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people were supported by the Access to Work scheme in 2005-06. | | (140675) | 229
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with hearing impediments were supported by the Access to Work scheme in 2005-06. | | (140676) | 230
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department expects to respond to the report by David Freud Reducing Dependency, Increasing Opportunity: Options for the future of Welfare to Work published on 5th March 2007. | | (140809) | 231
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to promote the opportunity to comment on proposals in the report by David Freud Reducing Dependency, Increasing Opportunity: Options for the future of Welfare to Work among private and voluntary sector welfare to work organisations. | | (140810) | 232
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Support Agency is able to initiate enforcement action to collect arrears in a case when there is a change of circumstances review taking place on the current liability. | | (140879) | 233
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue his Department received from advertisements on his Department's (a) public information leaflets and (b) public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (140668) | 234
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed (a) incapacity and (b) another inactive benefit on grounds of rheumatoid arthritis in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England in each year since 1997. | | (140825) | 235
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new National Insurance numbers were issued to non-UK citizens resident in Peterborough City Council area in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (140618) | 236
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methodology is used by his Department to account for its carbon emissions. | | (140793) | 237
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households there are in England and Wales where both spouses or partners claim the higher rate disability living allowance. | | (140679) | 238
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households there are in England and Wales where (a) a child and (b) two or more children claim disability allowance in addition to (i) a parent and (ii) both parents or legal guardians. | | (140680) | 239
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households there are in England and Wales where every member of the household claims both disability allowance and carer's allowance. | | (140681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 240
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the UK in ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the non-navigational uses of international water courses; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (140847) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 241
N | Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with European counterparts on the recent European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee report on Kashmir. | | [Question Unstarred] (140321) | 242
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on human rights in China; and if she will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (140323) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 243
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded instances of (a) domestic violence towards women and (b) trafficked women there were in Edmonton constituency in 2006. | | [Transferred] (140755) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 244
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of prisoners were released (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months or more before their automatic release date as part of the Home Detention Curfew scheme in each year since the scheme's introduction. | | [Transferred] (140778) | 245
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much the Government has spent on restorative justice programmes in 2006-07; and what plans it has for future funding. | | [Transferred] (140629) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 246
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 26th April 2007, Official Report, column 1212W, on employment equality, what assessment he has made of the effect of the implementation of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 on company benefits other than pensions available to retired employees; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (140654) | 247
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which post offices in Cornwall closed in each year since 1979, broken down by Parliamentary constituency. | | [Transferred] (140773) |
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