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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 14 June 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 14 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 14 June 2007


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 14 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 Thursday 14 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 14 June see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
1
N
Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the provision of non-charging ATMs in low income areas since the summit hosted by his Department in May 2006.
(142670)
2
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the results of the research commissioned by his Department in April 2005 on the economic and fiscal effects of non-domicile exemptions; and if he will make a statement.
(143029)
3
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last collected information on changes to the residence and domicile rules and related economic effects; and if he will make a statement.
(143031)
4
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the results of research commissioned by his Department since April 2005 on the economic and fiscal effects of non-domicile tax exemptions; and if he will make a statement.
(143032)
5
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last collected information on numbers of people who indicated non-domicile status on their self-assessment tax returns; and if he will make a statement.
(143034)
6
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143064)
7
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was in each year; and if he will make a statement.
(143119)
8
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which financial institutions participate in the Direct Payments Scheme.
(143193)
9
N
Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to resolve the outstanding issues regarding the payment of tax credits to Mrs Shelagh House of Robert Cecil Avenue, Southampton.
(140704)
10
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from stroke there were in London in each of the last five years, broken down by primary care trust area.
(143018)
11
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of HM Revenue and Customs' performance in repaying VAT to claimants where claims are properly claimed and payments are properly payable.
(142795)
12
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage of cases is in which the extended verification process for VAT repayments have been determined by HM Revenue and Customs to be (a) connected with missing trader intra community fraud and (b) otherwise incorrectly claimed or improperly paid.
(142796)
13
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for VAT repayment have been subject to the extended verification process.
(142797)
14
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of complete and accurate VAT registration applications were processed within 21 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(142798)
15
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs received on the time taken to process VAT registrations in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(142799)
16
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were diagnosed with lymphoma in each of the last 21 years.
(142935)
17
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from lymphoma in each of the last 21 years.
(142936)
18
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue he estimates was foregone by the Exchequer due to the trade in counterfeit medicines in 2006.
(142946)
19
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics on the impact of the change of calculation methodology for estimating the number of international migrants to the UK.
(143011)
20
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of international migrants in (a) London and (b) Wimbledon constituency under (i) the International Passenger Survey and (ii) the proposed Labour Force Survey calculation method.
(143012)
21
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in funding for (a) London and (b) Wimbledon as a result of the change from International Passenger Survey to Labour Force Survey.
(143013)
22
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the extent of the backlog is in dealing with correspondence and other contacts at HM Revenue and Customs.
(143250)
23
N
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on income tax revenue of pension income received through an alternatively secured pension rather than a payment from an annuity; and if he will make a statement.
(142751)
24
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter of 2nd May 2007 from the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes on MKSnap, a charity based in Milton Keynes.
(143196)
25
N
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the appropriateness of the age thresholds of national insurance contributions; and if he will make a statement.
(142572)
26
N
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to ensure that additional costs associated with holding events at Number 11 Downing Street are met by the organisers of those events.
(142583)
27
N
Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls his Department has received on the 0845 302 1479 inquiry line since it was established; and how many of these calls have resulted in the issuing of form CF411 to claim home responsibilities protection.
(142800)
28
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of victims of suicide under the age of 18 years in each year since 1997 lived (a) with a parent who had sole custody, (b) with parents who had joint custody and (c) with parents who were married.
(142648)
29
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of mothers under the age of 16 lived (a) with a parent who had sole custody, (b) with parents who had joint custody and (c) with parents who were married in each year since 1997.
(142657)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
30
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public awareness-raising activities her Department is planning to increase understanding of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.
(143123)
31
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement.
(143103)
32
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in her Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143108)
33
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation will be conducted in communities on planning applications under the Planning Bill.
(142463)
34
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Fire Service Emergency Cover risk assessment and response toolkit system is compatible with the software to be used in the regional fire control centres.
(142952)
35
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the provision of new mobile control rooms which can interface with the new regional fire control rooms is within the scope of (a) the FireControl project and (b) the FireLink project.
(142953)
36
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full combined costs are of all the interim solutions needed for the (a) FireControl and (b) FireLink projects.
(142954)
37
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many operational fire control room staff are employed in each brigade emergency fire control room, broken down by region; and what her latest estimate is for planning purposes of the number to be employed in operational roles in each regional fire control centre.
(142955)
38
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the outstanding arrears of rent on council-owned (a) residential and (b) commercial property are in each London borough.
(143026)
39
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's latest figures are for the number of fully trained and accredited (a) home inspectors and (b) domestic energy assessors in the South East Government Office Region.
(143047)
40
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the marketing and advertising campaign to promote home information packs and energy performance certificates in the South East Government Office Region.
(143048)
41
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to use her powers under Part III of Schedule 4 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to issue directions in respect of areas of social housing estates which are deemed to serve the wider community.
(143154)
42
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2007, Official Report, columns 1101-2W, on housing: construction, what plans she has to introduce penalties for failure to comply with a completion notice.
(143240)
43
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to answer Question 138411, tabled on 16th May 2007, on home information pack inspectors.
(143194)
44
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much financial support was made available for urban search and rescue teams in each fire authority area in each financial year for which support was made available.
(143158)
45
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for the provision of urban search and rescue teams; and if she will make a statement.
(143159)
46
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of a landowner and developer tariff for infrastructure delivery in growth areas as an interim measure pending the introduction of the proposed Planning Gain Supplement.
(143167)
47
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing landowner and developer tariff schemes as a means of capturing land value and securing funds for infrastructural development.
(143168)
48
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition her Department uses of a landowner and developer tariff for the purposes of infrastructure delivery.
(143169)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
49
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in her Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143057)
50
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement.
(143098)
51
N
Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) UK Government and (b) EU funding has been made available to support Liverpool's Capital of Culture festival.
(142763)
52
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of UK households eligible for assistance in switching over to digital television will be required to pay to access assistance; what type of assistance will be available to each group; and what charges will be made to those eligible.
(142674)
53
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance is being provided by her Department to assist television licence fee payers in Copeland who are deaf, partially sighted or living with other forms of sensory or physical disability or impairment in successfully adapting to digital switchover in October this year.
(142756)
54
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the elderly population of Copeland is (a) aware of the need to make their televisions digitally compatible, (b) assisted to undertake this exercise and (c) protected from unfair practices by digital television retailers and installers of related equipment; and if she will make a statement.
(142757)
55
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the same number of people in Copeland who can currently receive analogue television signals will be able to receive digital television signals in October this year; and if she will make a statement.
(142758)
56
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the status of the preparations for the digital television switchover in Copeland.
(142764)
57
N
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in Copeland will receive assistance from the targeted help scheme with regard to the digital switchover in Whitehaven; and how many people are eligible, broken down by each of the qualifying categories of recipient.
(142765)
58
Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provisions she plans to put in place to improve the access to sport in schools for blind and partially sighted children.
(143016)
59
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 739W, on the Arts Council, how many projects of all sizes were cancelled by Arts Council England in each of the last five years.
(143017)
60
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward proposals to establish a parliamentary committee to consider the Casino Advisory Panel's report in respect of the regional casino and that of the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee.
(143186)
61
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial assistance is available to fund community swimming pools.
(143129)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
62
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Royal Navy Reserves has been deployed in the last five years.
(140238)
63
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength is of (a) officers and (b) ratings of the Royal Navy Reserve, broken down by branch.
(140239)
64
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Royal Marine Reserve, broken down by (i) trained and (ii) untrained strength.
(140240)
65
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Royal Navy Reserve, broken down by (i) trained strength, (ii) untrained strength and (iii) University Royal Navy units.
(140241)
66
N
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy reservists were deployed in each year since 2000-01, broken down by location.
(140242)
67
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143059)
68
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the UK is (a) sending and (b) planning to send to aid the United States' efforts to end piracy off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
(143234)
69
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Senior Civil Service Survey 2006.
(143117)
70
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving personnel and (b) veterans passed through the Medical Assessment Programme in each year since it was established for (i) physical and (ii) mental health conditons and (iii) in total.
(142853)
71
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans from (a) the 1990-91 Gulf War, (b) Operation Telic and (c) other operations have passed through the Medical Assessment Programme.
(142854)
72
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on referrals by the Medical Assessment Programme in each year since it was established.
(142855)
73
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel staff the Medical Assessment Programme for (a) mental and (b) physical health; and what increases are planned in each area.
(142856)
74
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 488W, on the Joint Ministry of Defence and Department of Health Partnership Board, if he will place in the Library the minutes of the last three board meetings.
(142857)
75
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of medical supplies and resources to armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(142967)
76
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the provision of medicine and medical supplies to armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(142968)
77
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been in the last 12 months of answering questions tabled by the hon. Member for North Durham on the running costs of the offices and official residences of members of the Army Board and other senior Army officers; and if he will estimate the number of man hours which have been spent on this task.
(143049)
78
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of orders for urgent operational requirements placed in the last 12 months; and if he will list those items of equipment costing over £250,000.
(143050)
79
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have given authorisations in relation to monies (i) held in and (ii) transferred from a BAe account at the Bank of England since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(143088)
80
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds have been held by the Defence Export Services Organisation in relation to the Al Yamamah defence contract since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(143089)
81
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has been informed of any breaches of UK anti-corruption and anti-bribery regulations in relation to UK defence sales since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(143090)
82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contacts his Department has had with anti-corruption investigators from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in relation to defence orders with Saudi Arabia since January 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(143092)
83
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether landing rights have been provided to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia at RAF Brize Norton; and if he will make a statement.
(143093)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
84
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143101)
85
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143107)
86
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the formula used to calculate the contextual value added measure of a school's performance; and if he will make a statement.
(143125)
87
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 15-year-olds attending (a) independent mainstream schools and (b) maintained mainstream schools achieved five or more GCSEs at A*-C including English, mathematics and science in each year since 1997 (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of pupils entered for a full GCSE in English, mathematics and science.
(143126)
88
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with teaching unions on the calculation of the contextual valued added measure of schools' performance.
(143127)
89
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on his plans to expand competitive sport in schools.
(143160)
90
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2007, Official Report, column 706W, on midwives: qualifications, if he will make a statement on the progress made in transposing the Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive into regulations.
(143161)
91
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he received from (a) hon. and right hon. Members, (b) schools, (c) teachers, (d) parents and (e) others on the funding position of the Panathlon Challenge in each of the last two years.
(143162)
92
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of the Panathlon Challenge in increasing the involvement of school children in competitive sport; and if he will make a statement.
(143163)
93
N
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what visits he has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government Car Service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the Government was reimbursed a proportion of the cost in each case.
(142643)
94
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils from (a) independent, (b) maintained and (c) grammar schools received three or more A grades at A level in the latest year for which figures are available.
(142975)
95
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the provision of careers advice for (a) secondary school and (b) post-16 pupils; what steps his Department takes to ensure that provision is met; and what requirement there is for such provision to be inspected.
(142976)
96
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many girls from maintained schools were accepted to study (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biochemistry, (d) psychology and (e) sports science at (i) a Russell Group university and (ii) other universities in each of the last five years.
(142981)
97
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many girls from maintained schools applied to study (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biochemistry, (d) psychology and (e) sports science at (i) a Russell Group university and (ii) other universities in each of the last five years.
(142982)
98
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many girls from (a) independent and (b) grammar schools applied to study (i) physics, (ii) chemistry, (iii) biochemistry, (iv) psychology and (v) sports science at (A) a Russell Group university and (B) other universities in each of the last five years.
(142983)
99
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many girls from (a) independent and (b) grammar schools were accepted to study (i) physics, (ii) chemistry, (iii) biochemistry, (iv) psychology and (v) sports science at (A) a Russell Group university and (B) other universities in each of the last five years.
(142984)
100
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils from (a) independent, (b) maintained and (c) grammar schools received a grade A in two or more of mathematics, further mathematics, physics, chemistry, French, German and Spanish A-levels in the latest year for which figures are available.
(142985)
101
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what records his Department has of the numbers of young people in secondary schools in England who accessed careers advisers in each of the last three years.
(142989)
102
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to establish an all-age strategy for career advice and guidance public service provision in England following the recommendations of the Leitch Review of Skills.
(143120)
103
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to require all publicly-funded providers of post 16 learning, other than universities, to put in place a programme of careers education.
(143121)
104
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations he has received in response to the School, Early Years and 14-16 Funding Consultation; what assessment he has made of the responses; if he will put a summary of the responses in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
(143037)
105
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals in each region are undertaking training as part of the Train to Gain scheme in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
(138758)
106
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made towards closing the gap between the average annual per capita funding from Government for full-time equivalent learners aged 16, 17 and 18 years in further education colleges and those in sixth forms; and if he will make a statement.
(138759)
107
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what examination fee will be charged to (a) schools and (b) further education colleges and institutions for the provision of Diploma examinations in each Diploma subject in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
(138760)
108
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average annual per capita funding from Government for full-time equivalent learners aged 16, 17 and 18 years in (a) further education colleges and (b) school sixth forms was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.
(138761)
109
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what programmes are in place to assist those with impaired hearing to develop basic lip reading and sign language skills.
(143052)
110
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will classify the teaching of lip reading and sign language as a basic skill for those with impaired hearing.
(143176)
111
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many lip reading and sign language teachers are employed in Copeland.
(143177)
112
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people with impaired hearing in Copeland receive free basic skills training in lip reading and sign language.
(143178)
113
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding his Department provided to the Booktrust charity in each year since 2001.
(142753)
114
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps his Department has taken in response to the National Audit Office Report Smarter Food Procurement by the Public Sector.
(142754)
115
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, column 124W, on Ofsted, how much Ofsted spent on legal advice on the drafting of the answer.
(143261)
116
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of children entitled to free school meals in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools lived with a parent who had sole custody in each year since 1997.
(142654)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
117
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what savings have been achieved on each of the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste efficiency targets in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(143214)
118
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost per tonne was for reductions made by the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste programme in (a) waste to landfill, (b) hazardous waste and (c) water; and how much carbon dioxide has been saved under the programme since its inception.
(143215)
119
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Organisation's budget was for 2005-06; and what it is planned to be in 2006-07.
(143258)
120
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143061)
121
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2007; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment has been; and if he will make a statement.
(143104)
122
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward plans (a) to promote training in apiculture and (b) to extend the role of his Department's Bee Unit.
(143192)
123
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in each London borough for fly-tipping in each year since 2004; and how much has been recovered through related fines in each London borough.
(140083)
124
N
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures his Department (a) has introduced and (b) plans to introduce to reduce waste arisings.
(142664)
125
N
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of live calves exported since 1st January 2007 have formed part of (a) a consignment exported from a single farm and (b) a multiple pick up of consignments from several farms.
(142649)
126
N
Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of live calves exported since 1st January 2007 have been sent (a) from a holding of origin in the UK directly to a place of destination in another EU member state, (b) from a holding of origin in the UK via an assembly centre in the UK to a place of destination in another member state and (c) from a holding of origin in the UK via an assembly market in the UK to a place of destination in another member state; and if he will make a statement.
(142650)
127
N
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are in place to ensure that contamination of non-genetically modified (GM) potato crops (a) via GM volunteers and (b) otherwise (i) is minimised and (ii) is detected if it occurs.
(142665)
128
N
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements he has made to deal with liability in the event that BASF's genetically modified potato trials cause damage to the local economies, environment or health.
(142666)
129
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to instituting a days at sea formula for the inshore under 10 metre fleet fishing inside the 12 mile limit.
(142546)
130
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the tonnage of fish which was (a) landed and (b) caught and thrown back because of quota allowances by inshore under 10 metre fishing vessels in the latest period for which figures are available.
(142547)
131
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the carbon footprint of the inshore under 10 metre fishing fleet.
(142548)
132
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding the Government has allocated to the inshore, under 10 metre fishing fleet in the last 10 years.
(142668)
133
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given a Devon-based scheme for the inshore, under 10 metre fleet.
(142669)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
134
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will raise with the government of Pakistan the case of Younis Masih, a Christian who has been sentenced to death under section 295C of the Pakistan Penal Code; and if she will urge the Pakistani authorities to ensure that he is able to access a fair appeals process and proper protection to prevent attacks from extremists whilst he is appealing the sentence.
(142644)
135
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will raise with the government of Pakistan the case of four female student nurses, a member of staff and the Principal at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Nursing School who have been suspended on suspicion of desecration of the Koran; and if she will urge the Pakistani authorities immediately to reinstate them and to ensure that there is an independent inquiry into the matter.
(142645)
136
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Sailesh Vithlani since 1st January 2007; and if she will make a statement.
(141512)
137
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in her Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143063)
138
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in 2007; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment has been; and if she will make a statement.
(143087)
139
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the assurances of the Transitional Federal Government that a planned Reconciliation Congress in Somalia will be fully inclusive, regardless of clan loyalty.
(143219)
140
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the freedom of the press in Venezuela.
(143220)
141
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to further a cessation of violence by fundamentalist Islamic militias loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts in Somalia; and what discussions the UK has held with the International Contact Group on the establishment of peace and stable government in Somalia.
(143221)
142
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the freedom from government intrusion of (a) the press, (b) internet access and (c) telecommunications in Pakistan.
(143222)
143
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the (a) UK, (b) EU and (c) UN has pledged to aid the bringing to trial of those involved in the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; and when she expects talks on procedural issues to be resolved.
(143224)
144
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is making available to assist the second phase of monitoring Maoist army personnel in Nepal to ensure that no child soldiers are serving.
(143225)
145
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received following the meeting between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and senior officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan; and what steps the UK is taking to increase participation between these partners to stop drug trafficking along their common borders.
(143226)
146
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist in ensuring that parliamentary elections in East Timor are free and fair.
(143227)
147
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings the British Ambassador in Jakarta has had with (a) the UN Mission in East Timor and (b) the East Timorese government to discuss the conduct of the parliamentary elections.
(143228)
148
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made (a) unilaterally and (b) multilaterally through the (i) UN and (ii) EU to encourage Chad to allow international peacekeeping troops to deploy along its common border with Sudan.
(143229)
149
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent the UK at the forthcoming international conference in France on Darfur; and what representations she is making to further the attendance of a representative of the Sudanese government at the conference.
(143230)
150
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has held with representatives of the Chinese government on the situation in (a) Darfur and (b) Burma.
(143231)
151
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has held with representatives of the Indian government on the situation in Burma.
(143232)
152
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she is making to members of the African Union to send troops to join the joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping force.
(143233)
153
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the (a) likely date for a general election in Thailand and (b) dissolution of Thai Rak Thai political party.
(143237)
154
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Vietnam for assurances that it will not enforce the instructions to local authorities to compel Protestants in the northern highlands to recant their religious beliefs.
(143238)
155
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many recruits to her Department were graduates of Oxford or Cambridge University in each year since 1995.
(142460)
156
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the United Nations on democracy in Zimbabwe.
(142461)
157
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the Arab League's peace plan for Israel and Palestine of 2002; and if she will make a statement.
(142462)
158
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will meet the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish government at an early date to discuss the implications of the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Libya.
(142646)
159
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place in the last 12 months between the UK Government and the government of Cyprus on the status of the British Sovereign base areas in Cyprus.
(143051)
160
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what undertakings have been (a) sought and (b) received from the US Administration since January 2001 that the US Administration has not rendered any detainee through UK territory or airspace since May 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(143040)
161
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks to UK citizens from Al-Qaeda terrorists in Saudi Arabia; and if she will make a statement.
(143043)
162
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which nations have been in breach of the Vienna Convention in their dealings with UK citizens since 1st May 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(143044)
163
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 1st May 1997 the UK Government has made representations to the government of Saudi Arabia about human rights abuses; and if she will make a statement.
(143045)
164
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the funding which has been accrued by the Al Qaeda terrorist network from charitable bodies in Saudi Arabia; and if she will make a statement.
(143046)
165
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens were held at the Mabatha Interrogation Centre in Saudi Arabia in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement.
(143053)
166
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 1995 the Saudi government has refused to grant UK consular access to UK citizens held in custody in Saudi Arabia; and if she will make a statement.
(143054)
167
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia since 1997; what representations her Department has made to Saudi Arabia on human rights issues since 1st May 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(143055)
168
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether investigations by the UK Government and its agencies have shown that any terrorist activities since 11th September 2001 have been funded by groups based in Saudi Arabia; and if she will make a statement.
(143269)
169
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the recent conviction of members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia; what discussions she has had with her Ethiopian counterpart on these convictions; and if she will make a statement.
(143080)
170
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Moroccan initiative for autonomy for Western Sahara; and if she will make a statement.
(143081)
171
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is in response to President Putin's suggestion at the G8 summit that a ballistic missile defence system could be based in Azerbaijan.
(142801)
172
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received of the movement of Tamils from the city of Colombo by the Sri Lankan government; and if she will make a statement.
(142947)
173
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has received on the forced relocation of people in Sri Lanka.
(142948)
174
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and if she will make a statement.
(142949)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
175
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra funding has been allocated for the Recurrent Miscarriage Unit at St Mary's Hospital over the next 10 years.
(143259)
176
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the future of the Recurrent Miscarriage Unit at Paddington Hospital.
(143260)
177
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable is in place to provide an acute stroke service in every primary care trust area; and if she will make a statement.
(142969)
178
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of deaths caused by strokes.
(143025)
179
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that every primary care trust area has a service for diagnosis and treatment of a stroke within three hours of symptom onset; and when she expects this to be in place.
(143030)
180
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in her Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143060)
181
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement.
(143086)
182
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has made of the use of enhanced external counter pulsation treatment for angina.
(140705)
183
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts fund the provision of enhanced external counter pulsation treatment.
(140706)
184
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the availability of enhanced external counter pulsation treatment for individuals with angina in (a) South East Essex Primary Care Trust and (b) primary care trusts which do not provide enhanced external counter pulsation treatment.
(140707)
185
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in London provide acute stroke services.
(143020)
186
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her estimate is of the number of patients supplied with counterfeit (a) Plavix, (b) Casodex and (c) Zyprexa; and what assessment she has made of the consequent risk posed to patient health.
(142938)
187
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will plan an urgent review of UK preparedness to deal with the risk to patient safety of counterfeit medicines.
(142939)
188
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new measures are being considered to stop counterfeit medicines reaching patients.
(142940)
189
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources she plans to dedicate to tackling the risks posed by the supply of counterfeit medicines in the next three years.
(142941)
190
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what her assessment is of the scale of the risk in Europe from the supply of counterfeit medicines.
(142942)
191
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the four recent Class 1 recalls of counterfeit medicines found in the UK legitimate supply chain.
(142943)
192
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to review the implementation of the Human Tissue Act 2004 in order to safeguard tissue-banks which may be needed for research into lymphatic cancers and other conditions.
(142956)
193
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the impact of lymphoma services of the £20 million extra capital investment to build new PET-CT facilities announced on 12th October 2005.
(142977)
194
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for patients to receive (a) CT, (b) MRI and (c) PET scans in each year since 2000, broken down by health authority.
(142978)
195
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many PET-CT scanning facilities were available for lymphoma patients in each year since 2004; and where they were located.
(142979)
196
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available for lymphoma patients to help them comply with their treatments.
(142980)
197
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been carried out to quantify the effect of mobile telephone usage in different areas of the hospital environment.
(143079)
198
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the areas of a hospital environment in which mobile telephone usage places patient safety at risk.
(143270)
199
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the trend in the number of strokes amongst people in England.
(143006)
200
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what benchmarking she has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated to assess the effectiveness of public health measures in the UK.
(143007)
201
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Wimbledon residents are in receipt of treatment for strokes.
(143008)
202
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department has taken to ensure a comprehensive acute (a) stroke service and (b) recovery service in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust area.
(143009)
203
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) brain scanners and (b) specialist radiologists are available in Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust for the diagnosis of acute stroke within three hours of the onset of symptoms.
(143153)
204
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she expects to be in a position to make a decision on the steps her Department will take to reduce the risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease transmission via the transfusion of blood from asymptomatic carriers.
(142830)
205
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors she will take into account when making a decision on whether to instigate prion filtration in blood transfusion.
(142831)
206
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a cost/benefit assessment of introducing prion removal blood filters to reduce the transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease via blood transfusion has been undertaken by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
(142832)
207
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if her Department will introduce new treatments and technologies to reduce the risk to public health from blood transfusions on the basis of successful patient trials in Europe and the US.
(142833)
208
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute trusts have a member of staff responsible for ensuring that patients receive adequate information on the services available to them when they are discharged from hospital following a stroke.
(142827)
209
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS acute trusts have (a) carried out an audit of the information they provide to people leaving hospital following a stroke and (b) have a strategy covering the information which should be provided.
(142828)
210
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used in the appointment of members to the NHS Appointments Commission.
(143223)
211
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for (a) diamorphine and (b) methadone were dispensed in Carlisle constituency in each year since 2003; and if she will make a statement.
(143217)
212
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of hospital bed blocking on (a) local authority run elderly care homes and (b) privately run elderly care homes in (i) England and (ii) Cumbria.
(142934)
213
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people living in Copeland aged (a) under 18 and (b) over 18 years are registered as having impaired hearing.
(143024)
214
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on drugs to treat osteoporosis is being fully implemented.
(143113)
215
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to (a) encourage osteoporosis patients to comply with their medication and (b) inform patients of alternative products which allow for less frequent treatments.
(143114)
216
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what education and treatment programmes are being introduced to stem the anticipated future rise in osteoporosis.
(143115)
217
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) (i) guidance and (ii) training she is providing to medical practitioners and (b) guidance she is providing to the public to mitigate the effects of the expected rise in the incidence of osteoporosis.
(143116)
218
N
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of the GM rice (LL601) contamination incident to (a) food businesses, (b) Government departments, (c) local authorities, including port authorities, (d) the Food Standards Agency and (e) the catering and food service sectors.
(142667)
219
Ian Stewart (Eccles):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many past years her Department holds records of numbers of (a) reported adverse reactions to vaccines and (b) deaths attributed to vaccinations.
(143200)
220
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where responsibility lies for (a) recognising, (b) commending and (c) thanking former members of the boards of (i) primary care trusts and (ii) health authorities for their services to the NHS.
(142829)
221
N
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the documents rediscovered by her Department referred to in the Review of Documentation relating to the Safety of Blood Products - 1970-1985 relate to self-sufficiency; and if she will make a statement.
(142663)
222
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blood samples from haemophiliacs have been made available to the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control for research into prototype vCJD blood tests; on what dates such samples were made available; and if she will make a statement.
(142986)
223
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many samples of blood from haemophiliacs are being used in research to test for vCJD; and if she will make a statement.
(142987)
224
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the batches of blood products administered to patients in the UK that are known to be at risk from vCJD contamination; and if she will make a statement.
(142988)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
225
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143056)
226
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143100)
227
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to work with private industry to tackle internet piracy.
(143188)
228
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to improve data gathering capabilities on internet piracy.
(143189)
229
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to publish its report on future CCTV strategy.
(143190)
230
Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the delay in publishing the report on the future CCTV strategy.
(143191)
231
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers are assigned to each ward in each London borough.
(143019)
232
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been assigned to each London borough without safer neighbourhood teams.
(143022)
233
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each London borough contributed to safer neighbourhood teams match funding in each of the last three years.
(143023)
234
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the recruitment and retention of police community support officers.
(143035)
235
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers have been (a) requested by and (b) assigned to each London borough.
(143036)
236
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each police force in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(142957)
237
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have a dedicated roads policing division; how many officers there are in each such division; and what percentage each figure represents of the force's total number of officers.
(142958)
238
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces do not have a dedicated roads policing division; and what the title is of the units and divisions in each force which have responsibility for roads policing among their other duties.
(142959)
239
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget for roads policing in each police force was in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the force's total budget each figure represents.
(142960)
240
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of roads policing officers on duty at any given time was in each police force in the last period for which figures are available; and what percentage of the force's total number of officers on duty each figure represents.
(142961)
241
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average number of roads policing officers on duty at any given time in each of the police forces in the last period for which figures are available were (a) carrying out patrolling duties and (b) carrying out roadside enforcement checks.
(142962)
242
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many roadside enforcement checks dealing with (a) speed, (b) drink driving, (c) driving under the influence of drugs, (d) use of seat belts and child restraints, (e) mobile telephone use and (f) vehicle safety have taken place in each police force area in the last 12 months.
(142963)
243
Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the driving population has been stopped by the police for a roadside check to deal with (a) speed, (b) drink driving, (c) driving under the influence of drugs, (d) use of seat belts and child restraints, (e) mobile telephone use and (f) vehicle safety in the last 12 months.
(142964)
244
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who authorised the establishment of the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre.
(143033)
245
N
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the Border and Immigration MPs' Hotline in the latest year for which figures are available.
(142675)
246
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police staff were dedicated solely to the recovery of stolen works of art in each of the last 10 years.
(142965)
247
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records are held on the National DNA database, broken down by reason for their inclusion; and how many of those records are of individuals who (i) were not charged and (ii) were charged and found not guilty of an offence.
(143118)
248
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many accidents police vehicles were involved in each of the last five years; how many injuries were sustained by (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in such accidents; and if he will make a statement.
(143199)
249
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the levels of road accidents involving police response vehicles.
(143201)
250
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female chief constables there are in England and Wales; what steps he is taking to encourage greater numbers of female chief constables in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(143202)
251
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to attend the National Police Memorial Day on 30th September 2007.
(143203)
252
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance he provides to the dependants of fallen police officers; and if he will make a statement.
(143204)
253
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each of the last three years.
(143205)
254
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are equipped with National Strategy for Police Information Systems in respect of (a) custody and (b) case preparation; when he expects the remaining police forces to adopt such systems; and if he will make a statement.
(143206)
255
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the Public Services Union on the use of volunteers by the Metropolitan Police.
(143211)
256
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Operation Pentameter.
(143212)
257
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which officials from his Department sit on the Fullbright Fellowship in Police Studies selection panel; what specialist training they receive; and if he will make a statement.
(143241)
258
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff applied for the Fullbright Fellowship in Police Studies' scheme in each year since its introduction.
(143242)
259
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Fullbright Fellowship in Police Studies scheme for (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff.
(143243)
260
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the police head camera pilot project to be completed; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the pilot in reducing levels of violent crime.
(143244)
261
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police authorities are using head camera technology.
(143245)
262
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has held on changes to the (a) design and (b) layout of his Department's website.
(143246)
263
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of information provided on his Department's website.
(143247)
264
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, column 265W, on the police: terrorism, how many police officers are planned to be equipped with specialist training skills in order to deal with a terrorist attack under the Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Resilience Programme.
(143248)
265
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance he has issued to police authorities and (b) recent discussions he has held with police staff associations on police uniforms styles; and if he will make a statement.
(143249)
266
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police response vehicles were in road accidents while on operational duty in each of the last five years; how many injuries were sustained by (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in such accidents; and if he will make a statement.
(143251)
267
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to police authorities to enable police officers to maintain high levels of physical fitness in 2007-08.
(143252)
268
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to police authorities on fitness testing of (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) special constables.
(143253)
269
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers passed bleep and push and pull tests as part of the police entry fitness tests in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(143255)
270
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of regular fitness testing for police officers during their police careers; and if he will make a statement.
(143256)
271
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd May 2007, Official Report, column 1334W, on the police: equal opportunities, whether the Minister for Security, Counter Terrorism and Police plans to attend the meeting of the Women in Police Steering Group on 28th June 2007; and if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of the meeting.
(143265)
272
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings he has held with (a) Ministers and (b) police staff associations on the physical fitness of police officers.
(143266)
273
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 8th May regarding a constituent, ref: M10538/7.
(142658)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
274
N
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided to health systems in each of the last five years in Zambia; and if he will provide details of that support.
(142759)
275
N
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided to health systems in Sierra Leone in each of the last five years.
(142760)
276
N
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to encourage the provision of healthcare free at the point of access in Sierra Leone.
(142761)
277
N
John Barrett (Edinburgh West):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to encourage the provision of healthcare free at the point of access in Zambia.
(142762)
278
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143099)
279
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143110)
280
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to make aid available to refugees from Darfur in the Central African Republic.
(143235)
281
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to make aid available to Colombia following recent flooding in Antioquia province.
(143236)
282
N
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what visits he has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government car service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the Government was reimbursed a proportion of the cost in each case.
(142660)
Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
283
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2007, Official Report, column 374W, on community justice centres: public appointments, what meetings have taken place between the district judge and the community about the appointment of the district judge; and if she will make a statement.
(143218)
284
Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what estimate she has made of the percentage of prisoners either of whose parents were sent to prison during their childhood.
(143065)
285
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many staff in her Department and its predecessor received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement.
(143102)
286
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners were held in prisoner transport vehicles at Crown and magistrates courts (a) before their hearings and (b) after their hearings because of lack of room in court cells in the last month; and for how long in each case.
(143010)
287
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many prisoners were returned to a prison or young offender institution after their court hearing different from that from which they were delivered to court in the last month; and how many who were not released from custody were not returned to prison but kept overnight or for longer in (a) police stations and (b) court cells.
(143014)
288
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners aged (i) 21 or more and (ii) 18 to 21 were returned to prison after court hearings having spent more than (A) two, (B) three, (C) four, (D) five and (E) six or more hours in prisoner transport vehices in the last month.
(143015)
289
N
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what visits she has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government car service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the Government was reimbursed a proportion of the cost in each case.
(142662)
290
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the Legal Services Bill, if enacted, on the right to practise of British lawyers (a) in Germany, (b) in other European jurisdictions and (c) outside Europe.
(143165)
291
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues in HM Treasury on the impact of the Legal Services Bill, if enacted, on the competitiveness of the British legal services industry.
(143166)
292
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many officials work in (a) her Department and (b) the Privy Council Office.
(143172)
293
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the cost has been of Operation Safeguard in 2007; how many police force invoices have been (a) received and (b) paid; and how many more police force invoices she expects to receive.
(142746)
294
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much has been paid so far under Operation Safeguard to keep court cell accommodation available for prisoners; for what period these payments have been made; and how many prisoners were accommodated in court cells during that period.
(142747)
295
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, for how many nights court cell accommodation has been available under Operation Safeguard for prisoners; how many cells were available on those nights; and how many prisoner-nights have been spent in court cells in 2007.
(142748)
296
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, for how many nights court cell accommodation made available under Operation Safeguard her Department has not already paid.
(142749)
297
N
Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, when she expects Operation Safeguard to end; and what estimate she has made of the likely final cost of (a) police and (b) court cell accommodation under Operation Safeguard.
(142750)
298
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of under 18 year olds convicted in each year since 1997 lived (a) with a parent who had sole custody, (b) with parents who had joint custody and (c) with parents who were married.
(142653)
299
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of sole residency orders were given to the (a) mother and (b) father in each region in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
(142655)
300
N
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many and what percentage of joint residency orders were given in each region in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
(142656)
Questions to the Leader of the House
301
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):To ask the Leader of the House, what consideration he has given to the amount of time allocated for oral questions to (a) the Home Department and (b) the Ministry of Justice.
(143156)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
302
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143083)
303
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143095)
304
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials work in his Department.
(143175)
Questions to the Minister without Portfolio
305
N
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what visits she has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government car service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the Government was reimbursed a proportion of the cost in each case.
(142661)
Questions to the Prime Minister
306
N
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Macclesfield of 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 257W, on European constitutional changes, where the red lines have been set out before; what those red lines are; and if he will make a statement.
(142647)
307
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding with Libya signed on 28th May 2007.
(142752)
308
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions and on which dates since 1st January 2006 (a) he and (b) members of his staff at No. 10 Downing Street have spoken to the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement.
(143042)
309
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) Downing Street staff have (i) met and (ii) had discussions with (A) Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia and (B) his representatives since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(143091)
310
N
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers have not been remunerated for their ministerial service since May 1997; and what the duration was of unpaid ministerial service in each case.
(142858)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
311
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials work in his Department.
(143173)
312
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment the Government has made of the likely impact on (a) Scotland's infrastructure and (b) the Scottish economy of the relocation of (i) plumbers, joiners, electricians and related professionals and (ii) architects and associated building professionals to London and the South-East of England to service the Olympic building programme and associated developments.
(143254)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
313
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 749W, on elections: fraud, on what date the Electoral Commission started counting cases of prosecutions following its discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service.
(143171)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
314
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information his Department holds on the geographical distribution of spending under the energy efficiency commitment.
(142825)
315
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143058)
316
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143097)
317
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations have taken place with Camden Council on the future location of the National Institute for Medical Research.
(143067)
318
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects a final decision to be made on the future location of the National Institute for Medical Research.
(143068)
319
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what planning barriers exist to development of the Mill Hill site of the National Institute for Medical Research.
(143069)
320
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations have been held with the British Library on the proposed move of the National Institute for Medical Research to the site near the British Library.
(143070)
321
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what scientific representation there is for the National Institute for Medical Research on the working party of the Medical Research Council deciding on its future at the British Library site.
(143071)
322
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors were taken into account in deciding not to move the National Institute for Medical Research to the Temperance Hospital site.
(143072)
323
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the purchase price was for the Temperance Hospital site intended as the new centre for the National Institute for Medical Research.
(143073)
324
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations have taken place with National Institute for Medical Research staff on the decision not to move to the Temperance Hospital site and to consider relocation to the British Library site.
(143074)
325
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current estimate is of the cost of relocating the National Institute for Medical Research from Mill Hill to Central London.
(143075)
326
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what planning and development restrictions apply to building on the British Library site intended as the future home for the National Institute for Medical Research.
(143076)
327
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what views have been expressed by (a) the London Development Agency and (b) other advisers on the redevelopment of the National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill.
(143077)
328
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date Sir Keith Peters was appointed as interim Director of the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR); how many days Sir Keith has worked at the NIMR since taking up the post; and if he will make a statement.
(143078)
329
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate has been made of the area that would be available to the National Institute for Medical Research at the British Library site in light of the other organisations intended to be accommodated there.
(143082)
330
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the process of purchasing and considering the development of the Temperance Hospital site in Camden for the future location of the National Institute for Medical Research, excluding the direct purchase price of the site.
(143105)
331
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the National Institute for Medical Research is permitted to do a preliminary feasibility study of the proposal to relocate to the British Library site.
(143106)
332
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate was made of the (a) value and (b) area of the Temperance Hospital site in Camden when his Department sought approval from HM Treasury for its purchase for the National Institute for Medical Research; and if he will make a statement.
(143111)
333
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to implement Recommendation 39 of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.
(143021)
334
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to ensure that internet service providers and copyright holders are observing protocols to remove and disbar internet users engaged in online copyright theft; and if he will make a statement.
(143027)
335
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress is being made in ensuring that internet service providers accept their responsibility to tackle online copyright theft; and if he will make a statement.
(143028)
336
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government spent on nanotechnology in each of the last 10 years; and how much it plans to spend in the next 10 years.
(143207)
337
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mechanisms the Certification Office has in place to monitor whether trade unions affiliate more members to the Labour Party than contribute to their union's political fund.
(143170)
338
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government offices in the regions are taking to expand (a) their own broadband use and (b) broadband use within their regions.
(143155)
339
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to publish his proposals on post office closures in Somerset; and if he will make a statement.
(143128)
340
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department has identified any sites for potential new nuclear power stations to be built in Sussex.
(142550)
341
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether his Department plans to carry out a consultation in Sussex on the feasibility of locating new nuclear power stations in the county.
(142551)
342
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration his Department makes of population density when considering potential locations for new power stations.
(142552)
343
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made as part of its energy review of the uses to which Shoreham Harbour and its surrounding areas might be put.
(142553)
344
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria his Department uses to determine the location of new nuclear power stations.
(142554)
345
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps trading standards enforcement officers take to ensure that furniture imported into the UK from other EU member states meets the safety requirements of the relevant legislation.
(143112)
346
N
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what effect he expects the planned change in funding for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in financial year 2007-08 and subsequent years to have on employment at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Harwell and Winfrith sites.
(142651)
347
N
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what effect he expects the planned change in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's budget for 2007-08 and beyond to have on the release of decontaminated land for development at Harwell.
(142652)
348
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate his Department has made of the losses suffered in each of the last five years by the British film, music, retail and rental industries as a result of internet piracy and the production and distribution of illegal copies of film and music; and if he will make a statement.
(143213)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
349
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the future costs of building the Hastings to Bexhill Link Road.
(142671)
350
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential environmental impact of the proposed Bexhill to Hastings Link Road.
(142672)
351
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the future of passenger train services to Brussels from Ashford International Station.
(142673)
352
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the London Mayor on the funding of the West London Tram scheme.
(143122)
353
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143062)
354
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid has been; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143085)
355
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next plans to assess the basis for the restrictions on the number of pieces of carry-on luggage allowed for passengers departing from UK airports.
(143157)
356
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last assessed the basis for the restrictions on the number of pieces of carry-on luggage allowed for passengers departing UK airports.
(143185)
357
Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the restrictions on the number of pieces of hand luggage for airline passengers to be amended or removed.
(143239)
358
N
Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are seconded to his Department from BAA plc; what the roles are of such secondees; and if he will make a statement.
(142882)
359
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that passengers receive compensation following the conclusions of the Office of Rail Regulation Report on the Portsmouth re-signalling project by Network Rail; and if he will make a statement.
(143164)
360
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made any assessment of the effectiveness of road markings distinguishing parking bays for the disabled.
(142950)
361
Keith Vaz (Leicester East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness amongst drivers of the problems caused by incorrect parking in disabled parking bays.
(142951)
362
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured on the single carriageway sections of the A303 in each of the last 10 years.
(142966)
363
Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are in place to upgrade the A303 to a dual carriageway; and what the likely completion date is of each scheme.
(142990)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
364
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143084)
365
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in 2006-07; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if he will make a statement.
(143096)
366
N
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what visits he has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government car service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the Government was reimbursed a proportion of the cost in each case.
(142659)
367
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials work in his Department.
(143174)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
368
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has approved proposed contracts for the use of deprived area funding for 2007-08 in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde Jobcentre Plus districts.
(142826)
369
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.
(143109)
370
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether digital television job services are available in Wirral.
(142970)
371
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions exist for people without access to digital television or the internet to access job search services.
(142971)
372
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to advertise the provision of digital television services to those seeking jobs.
(142972)
373
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average age of people using the digital television job search services.
(142973)
374
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of use of digital television job search services was recorded in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by region.
(142974)
375
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many of the cases administered by the Child Support Agency (a) the parent with care and (b) the non-resident parent falls into each income decile.
(143038)
376
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much outstanding liability there is in respect of (a) interest under the Child Support (Arrears, Interest and Adjustment of Maintenance Assessments) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1816) and (b) fees under the Child Support Fees Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3094).
(143039)
377
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people visited the jobcentre in Chard in each month since July 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(143041)
378
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the unfunded liability under the financial assistance scheme is of (a) Gloystarme and Co, (b) Hydra Tools and (c) United Engineering Forgings.
(143268)
379
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of people receiving confidential information about other individuals in error there were in each of the last five years in (a) Jobcentre Plus, (b) the Child Support Agency and (c) the Pensions Service.
(143257)
380
N
Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Treasury of implementing the effects of Lords Amendments 68 to 76 to the Pensions Bill.
(142568)
381
N
Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the Booktrust charity in each year since 2001.
(142755)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
382
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the five year survival rates were for lymphoma in each of the last 21 years.
[Transferred] (142937)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
383
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will recommend to Her Majesty the Queen that the honorary knighthood (GCB) conferred on the former Indonesian dictator Suharto in 1974 be withdrawn.
[Transferred] (143267)
384
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has received from (a) the government of Saudi Arabia and (b) its representatives on the Serious Fraud Office inquiry into defence sales to Saudi Arabia; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (143094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
385
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of a possible link between suppliers of counterfeit medicines and organised crime.
[Transferred] (142944)
386
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources she plans to commit to tackling the illegal trade in counterfeit medicines in the next three years.
[Transferred] (142945)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
387
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many orders under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 were made in London in each of the last five years; which officer signed each order; what locality was specified by each order; and for what duration the order was enforced.
[Transferred] (143066)
388
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police officers are provided with stab-proof vests while on duty in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the South West.
[Transferred] (143195)
Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
389
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many police officer hours were allocated to the safer schools scheme in each of the last three years.
[Transferred] (143208)
390
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many arrests there have been as a result of the introduction of the safer schools scheme.
[Transferred] (143209)
391
Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of safer schools partnerships in reducing crime in schools.
[Transferred] (143210)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
392
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing trade union representation on Regional Development Agency boards; and what representations he has received from the Trades Union Congress on this matter.
[Transferred] (143124)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
393
Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were unemployed and claiming benefit in Carlisle on (a) 1st April 1997 and (b) 1st April 2007; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (143216)

 
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