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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 12 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 12 June 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 12 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 12 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 12 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the British Bankers' Association on the Direct Payments Scheme since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (142506) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which (a) bodies and (b) individuals his Department has discussed standardisation of the Direct Payments Scheme. | | (142507) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Building Societies' Association on the direct payments scheme since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (142521) | 4
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Office of National Statistics' most recent estimate is of the number of lone parents; and how many lone parents claim tax credits. | | (142318) | 5
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much would be raised if tax relief was withdrawn for (a) buy-to-let mortgage owners, (b) corporate landlords and (c) homeowners renting out their own homes. | | (141943) | 6
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of what the likely level of revenue would be if all non-corporate landlords were liable for Class 4 National Insurance Contributions. | | (141944) | 7
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the (a) level of revenue which would be foregone were National Insurance Contributions classes 1 and 4 to be abolished and (b) level to which the basic rate of income tax would need to be raised to recoup such revenue. | | (141945) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 8
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of the 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 590W, on the Central Office of Information (CoI): contracts, if she will list the contracts awarded by the CoI to Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO since 1997; and what the value of each contract was. | | (142218) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 9
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will visit Wellingborough and Kettering to discuss future housing and infrastructure developments with members of local communities. | | (142220) | 10
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average time taken by (a) Warrington Borough Council and (b) councils in (i) the North West and (ii) England is to determine an application for (A) council tax benefit and (B) planning permission. | | (142459) | 11
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who is represented on the Blackpool task force she announced on 28th March 2007; what progress has been made in the work of the task force; what additional support has been provided through the task force (a) by her Department and (b) other departments; and what the nature is of such support. | | (142324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 12
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the rate of failure to detonate or self-destruct of M85 submunitions used in the L20A1 artillery shell on impact (a) on hard surfaces and (b) soft terrain. | | (142526) | 13
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which cluster munitions held by the UK are designated as (a) dumb and (b) smart; and what criteria are used to determine such designation. | | (142527) | 14
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Defence Housing Executive's Annual Report and Accounts for each year since 1999. | | (142524) | 15
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many weapons mounted installation kits and general purpose machine guns are in theatre in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (142525) | 16
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment was purchased off-the-shelf from non-UK suppliers in each year since 1997; and what the cost was of each purchase. | | (142528) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 17
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much revenue his Department received from (a) advertisements on his Department's public information leaflets and (b) advertisements on his Department's public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (142530) | 18
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many appeals were lodged by parents against non-admission of their children to (a) maintained primary schools and (b) maintained secondary schools by Cambridgeshire Local Education Authority in each of the last 10 years; and how many were successful. | | (142513) | 19
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students on teacher training courses did not complete such courses in each year between 1997 and 2006. | | (142522) | 20
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the number of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) who left the profession within three years of obtaining NQT status in each of the last five years. | | (142523) | 21
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions he has had with Kent County Council on the phasing in of the minimum allowances payable to carers. | | (142323) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 22
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the revised version of the Environment Agency report Life Cycle Assessment of Disposable and Reusable Nappies in the UK, May 2005, will be published. | | (142520) | 23
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the farmgate price of (a) apples, (b) beef, (c) cabbages, (d) carrots, (e) chicken, (f) eggs, (g) lamb, (h) onions, (i) pork, (j) potatoes, (k) tomatoes, (l) wheat and (m) milk was in each year since 1995. | | (142514) | 24
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the relative carbon emission profiles of (a) kerosene, (b) wood, (c) coal, (d) electricity, (e) natural gas and (f) liquefied petroleum gas when used as domestic fuels. | | (142512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 25
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, other Tamil groups and the government of Sri Lanka on a possible ceasefire agreement; and if she will make a statement. | | (141506) | 26
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the Government has made to France's request for EU partners to send a force of 12,000 troops to Chad to provide aid for civilians seeking refuge from the Darfur conflict. | | (142555) | 27
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage China, India and Malaysia to ensure that their activities and influences in the region are conducive to alleviating the conflict in Darfur. | | (142556) | 28
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what budget and support the Government is providing to the African Union peacekeepers in Darfur. | | (142557) | 29
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration she has made of the merits of the proposal to impose a no-fly zone in Darfur. | | (142558) | 30
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to send troops to Darfur as part of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force. | | (142559) | 31
| Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the international community's policies on the imposition of sanctions on the Sudanese government with regard to the conflict in Darfur; and if she will make a statement. | | (142560) | 32
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the murders of Tilman Geske, Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel on 18th April 2007 in Malatya, Turkey; what representations she has made to the government of Turkey on violence against Christian minorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (140923) | 33
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the projected cost is of the valedictory function at Lancaster House honouring the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Middle East; and from which budget the cost will be met. | | (142116) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 34
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to establish an Academic Health Science Centre; and if she will make a statement. | | (141627) | 35
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay of 16th May 2007 on the proposed Independent Sector Treatment Centre for Basildon. | | (142450) | 36
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the merits of the provision of photodynamic therapy for cancer on the NHS; and what estimate she has made of the cost implications of the provision of such treatment. | | (141260) | 37
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on midwifery training in each year since 1997; and how many students who qualified in each year are employed as midwives. | | (142319) | 38
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medicine use reviews were undertaken in each of the last 10 years, broken down by primary care trust. | | (142487) | 39
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much revenue her Department received from (a) adverts on her Department's public information leaflets and (b) adverts on her Department's public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (142529) | 40
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, column 320W, on prescription drugs: internet, how many prosecutions for the sale of prescription only medicines over the internet (a) not under the supervision of a pharmacist and (b) without a prescription from a prescriber have been brought in each of the last three years. | | (142449) | 41
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the results of the evaluation of the drugs awareness campaign Frank Brain Warehouse will be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (142519) | 42
N | Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons she proposes to exclude pure hybrids from the licensing regime proposed in Clause 17 and Schedule 2 of the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. | | (142320) | 43
N | Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons she proposes that sex selection for non-medical reasons will not be permitted under Clause 18 and Schedule 2 of the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill; and what the evidential basis is for the proposal. | | (142321) | 44
N | Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis she proposes that the mixing of human and animal gametes will be allowed for the purpose of testing fertility and normality of human sperm under Schedule 2, paragraph 6 of the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. | | (142322) | 45
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children are registered for NHS dentistry in (i) Milton Keynes, (ii) the South East and (c) England. | | (142488) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 46
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on costs in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector of the introduction of data-sharing measures under Part 3 of the Serious Crime Bill. | | (141509) | 47
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current level of police resources on the ability of law enforcement agencies adequately to monitor individuals subject to control orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (141510) | 48
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue his Department has received from (a) advertisements on his Department's public information leaflets and (b) advertisements on his Department's public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (142531) | 49
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time police officers and (b) police community support officers in each police authority are suspended on full pay as a result of (i) criminal allegations and (ii) other allegations made against them; and if he will make a statement. | | (141306) | 50
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants from Turkey were granted (a) exceptional leave and (b) indefinite leave to remain as a result of the provisions of the Ankara Agreement in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (142515) | 51
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on changes to the terms of the Ankara Agreement with Turkey; and if he will make a statement. | | (142516) | 52
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were promoted to the rank of chief inspector in each of the last three years; and what proportion were (a) members of an ethnic minority, broken down by ethnic minority, and (b) female. | | (141352) | 53
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of (a) racial discrimination and (b) sex discrimination have been made against Greater Manchester Police by (i) all employees, (ii) all police officers and (iii) officers above the rank of inspector in the last five years. | | (141353) | 54
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th April 2007, Official Report, columns 1059-60W, on Vladimir Ismaili, whether Vladimir Ismaili has been recaptured; and if he will make a statement. | | (141084) | 55
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the right hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill will attend a meeting of the all party group on trafficking in women and children with Ms Liz Hermer, Head of Immigration Services, as requested in the letter from the hon. Member for Totnes of 16th April, to give a presentation on child asylum seekers and their traffickers. | | (142455) | 56
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents involving the use of ball-bearing guns have been reported in the last five years; and what action he intends to take to tackle the misuse of such guns. | | (142508) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 57
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on his Department's proposals on a Medicines Transparency Alliance. | | (142532) | 58
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding and resources the UK has pledged to the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative. | | (142533) | 59
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects have been funded by the Governance and Transparency Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (142534) | 60
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects have been funded by the Investment Climate Facility for Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (142535) | 61
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timescale is for conducting country governance analysis for all recipients of UK development assistance; and if he will make a statement. | | (142536) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 62
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what discussions have been held with the Criminal Cases Review Commission on its judgement of the likely success rate of references to the court of appeal; how many cases were reviewed in each of the last five years; and how many were referred to the Court of Appeal. | | (141505) | 63
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many victims of miscarriages of justice and their families have been offered post-traumatic stress counselling in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (141507) | 64
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners were released after the quashing of their convictions by the Court of Appeal following a reference from the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each of the last five years; what support and after care they were offered; and if she will make a statement. | | (141508) | 65
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has to increase resources for the Sex Offender Treatment Programme at each prison where the number of prisoners exceeds the programme capacity; and if she will make a statement. | | (142456) | 66
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the profiled maximum number of prisoners with sentences of indeterminate imprisonment for public protection (IPP) and life sentences is in each prison in the North West Region; and what the number of IPP and life sentenced prisoners is in each of those prisons on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (142457) | 67
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has to increase resources for Life Sentence Plans at each prison where the number of prisoners exceeds the programme capacity; and if she will make a statement. | | (142458) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 68
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the operation of the Barnett formula as it affects Northern Ireland. | | (142518) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 69
N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what measures are being taken to combat illegal drug use in Scotland. | | (140963) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 70
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many grants were awarded under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in each month of 2007; how many in each month were for solar photovoltaics; and what the value was of each grant. | | (142451) | 71
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on administering the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in the 2006-07 financial year. | | (142452) | 72
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on the recent restructuring of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. | | (142453) | 73
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civil servants, and of what pay grade, worked on restructuring the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. | | (142454) | 74
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 14th May 2007, Official Report, column 1003W, on turbines: health hazards, what qualifications Hayes McKenzie possessed in relation to infrasound emitted by wind turbines; and what role medical experts played in the production of the report. | | (142509) | 75
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research his Department has carried out on the numbers of individuals and households adversely affected by infrasound emitted by wind turbines. | | (142510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 76
N | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Marine Coastguard Agency involvement was with the tanker West Sailor in the Pentland Firth on 2nd June; and if he will make a statement. | | (141511) | 77
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus and (c) train since 1997. | | (142517) | 78
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of abuse of the blue badge scheme, with particular reference to (a) the incidence of theft of blue badges, (b) misuse by people not entitled to have blue badges and (c) misuse by family members when the badge holder is not present. | | (142486) | 79
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the park and ride schemes which made a loss during the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the amount of the loss was in each case. | | (142081) | 80
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used by his Department in approving a park and ride scheme for Bridlington. | | (142082) | 81
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will initiate a nationwide audit of park and ride schemes to assess their worth and the ongoing cost to public funds of their operation. | | (142083) | 82
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many grants his Department gave for park and ride schemes in each year between 2000 and 2006. | | (142084) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 83
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the lessons to be learned for the UK from Swedish practice in parental benefit and early years provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (142511) | 84
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of changes in energy prices for the level of the winter fuel allowance. | | (141261) | 85
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to extend the Workstep programme beyond April 2008. | | (142537) | 86
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people registered with the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001. | | (142538) | 87
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001. | | (142539) | 88
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Warrington are in receipt of council tax benefit, broken down by ward of resident; and what the average award made was in 2006-07. | | (142483) | 89
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Child Support Agency (CSA) Office in Bolton to respond to the enquiry raised by the hon. Member for Aylesbury with the CSA MPs' hotline about the case of Mr C.D. of Princes Risborough (case reference 2597287282) on 25th May; and if he will make a statement. | | (142219) | 90
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) performance indicators and (b) performance targets which he has set for Vertex for its management of the Bolton office of the Child Support Agency. | | (142317) | 91
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department took to implement cognitive behavioural therapy provision for incapacity benefit claimants in the UK in each year since 2005. | | (142215) | 92
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants have undertaken cognitive behavioural therapy in each of the last three years. | | (142216) | 93
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many practitioners of cognitive behavioural therapy have been recruited by his Department to work with incapacity benefit claimants in each of the last three years. | | (142217) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 94
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 95
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on her departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 96
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on her departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142490) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 97
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142491) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 98
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142498) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 99
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 100
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142493) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 101
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on her departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142494) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 102
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to provide public funding for local access groups which provide advice services in relation to accessibility for people with limited mobility. | | [Transferred] (142485) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 103
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142495) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 104
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142496) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 105
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on her departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142497) | Questions to the Prime Minister 106
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on the Downing Street website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 107
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142499) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 108
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 109
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British Sign Language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL. | | [Notice originally given for 13th June 2007] (142502) |
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