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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 15 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 15 June 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 15 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 Friday 15 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 15 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average personal (a) unsecured debt and (b) total debt was as a percentage of income in each year since 1997. | | (143313) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average total personal debt servicing level as a percentage of income was for (a) interest and (b) capital repayments in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (143314) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioners will experience a higher marginal deduction rate as a result of the changes announced in the 2007 Budget. | | (143315) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer Questions (a) 131114, on the marginal rate of taxation, and (b) 131115, on income tax, tabled on 28th March; and if he will make a statement. | | (143316) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Cabinet Office on the target of 20 working days for replying to correspondence from hon. Members. | | (143318) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department uses the categorisation `mission critical' in relation to departmental projects; and if he will make a statement. | | (143506) | 7
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) schools and (b) businesses were involved in the Enterprise Summer School Scheme in West Lancashire constituency in 2006; and how many (i) have been and (ii) are expected to be involved in the scheme in 2007. | | (143529) | 8
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in West Lancashire constituency were recorded as being in full-time employment in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (143530) | 9
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in West Lancashire constituency received tax credits in each of the last five years. | | (143537) | 10
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the legal advice he has received in relation to his Department's inquiry into VAT and Low Value Consignment Relief. | | (143723) | 11
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role his Department will play in the assessment of the bids to the Department for Communities and Local Government for unitary local government status. | | (143642) | 12
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to respond formally to the Lyons Inquiry into local government. | | (143643) | 13
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many laser pens and laser measuring devices the Valuation Office Agency has purchased in the last 36 months; and what the cost has been. | | (143644) | 14
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) road wheels and (b) measuring tapes the Valuation Office Agency has purchased in the last 36 months; and what the cost has been. | | (143645) | 15
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments (a) his Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency made to Hometrack in each of the last three years. | | (143646) | 16
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the property attributes and data that the HM Revenue and Customs Stamp Office provides to the Valuation Office Agency in relation to domestic dwellings to assist with council tax valuations and revaluations. | | (143647) | 17
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Department for Communities and Local Government in March in relation to local government restructuring. | | (143648) | 18
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telescopic views the Valuation Office Agency has purchased in the last 36 months; and at what cost. | | (143651) | 19
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) objective and (b) timescale is of the Valuation Office Agency's (i) Enterprise Resource Planning and (ii) World Class programmes. | | (143652) | 20
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast revenue is from landfill tax in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) each year onwards for which estimates are available in (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom. | | (143654) | 21
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the Valuation Office Agency's Audit Committee minutes from the last 12 months. | | (143661) | 22
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement signed between the Valuation Office Agency and Rightmove redacting commercially confidentiality information. | | (143662) | 23
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's project evaluation report produced for the council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (143663) | 24
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure the Valuation Office Agency incurred on legal advice, solicitor fees and barrister fees in relation to council tax appeals before the Valuation Tribunal Service in England and Wales in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (143664) | 25
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister in which Department gave the authorisation for the contract between the Valuation Office Agency and Rightmove. | | (143665) | 26
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the contract between the Valuation Office Agency and Rightmove plc was signed. | | (143666) | 27
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of landfill tax which is paid by local authorities and their contractors. | | (143667) | 28
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many photographic identity cards have been issued to staff of the Valuation Office Agency to assist in carrying out valuations of property. | | (143746) | 29
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which local authorities the Valuation Office Agency communicates using Valuebill. | | (143748) | 30
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what external data sources are used to supplement, compile or validate the Valuation Office Agency's property attribute database for domestic properties, other than its paper-based records. | | (143749) | 31
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests the Valuation Office Agency has received in each year since that Act came into force. | | (143750) | 32
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax revenue arising from buy to let property. | | (143751) | 33
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on delaying the implementation of home information packs until 1st August 2007. | | (143752) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is which supports the statement that the abolition of dividend tax credits in his July 1997 Budget was the right decision for the future of the UK's pension system. | | (143546) | 35
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants of tax credit there are in Wimbledon. | | (143134) | 36
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new VAT registration requests for limited companies his Department received in each month of 2006-07. | | (143338) | 37
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis his Department can refuse a new limited company VAT registration. | | (143339) | 38
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the length of time it takes for a new limited company to receive VAT registration from his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (143340) | 39
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct HM Revenue and Customs not to take enforcement action against those affected by the backlog in self-assessment. | | (143285) | 40
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the Aggregates Levy Fund was allocated to each of the Fund's eight national delivery partners in each year since the Fund was established. | | (143551) | 41
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much from the Aggregates Levy Fund was allocated to the fund's objective of (a) minimising the demand for primary aggregates, (b) promoting environmentally friendly aggregates extraction on land, (c) promoting environmentally friendly aggregates extraction in the marine environment, (d) promoting environmentally friendly transport of aggregates, (e) addressing the environmental impacts of past aggregate extraction and (f) compensating local communities for the impacts of aggregates extraction in each year since the fund was established. | | (143624) | 42
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much from the Aggregates Levy Fund was allocated to local authorities in each year since the fund was established. | | (143625) | 43
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has estimated the revenue that would be lost to the Exchequer if principal residences were exempt from inheritance tax. | | (143283) | 44
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £500,000. | | (143341) | 45
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people and percentage of the workforce who receive the national minimum wage (a) in the UK and (b) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (143428) | 46
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the minimum wage. | | (143429) | 47
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the total compensation Electronic Data Services agreed to pay to HM Revenue and Customs as a result of tax credit system problems has been received. | | (143342) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many IT contracts have been put out to competitive tender since 2001 by date; how many companies tendered in each case; and which company won each tender. | | (143343) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from how many people who have been declared bankrupt the Tax Credit Office is claiming back tax credit overpayments. | | (143344) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many foreign nationals were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working tax credits and (c) child tax credits in each year since 2003. | | (143592) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claiming tax credits are registered as lone parents. | | (143593) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families with a child under the age of 18 years where there is (a) one parent or guardian and (b) two parents or guardians. | | (143594) | 53
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bonus payments were made to Tax Credit Office staff in each year since 2003, broken down by value of payment. | | (143595) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sick days were taken by Tax Credit Office staff in each year since 2003; and what the average number of sick days was per staff member. | | (143596) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reopen the tax credit e-portal. | | (143597) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the delay in the publication of the latest estimate of the cost of unfunded public sector pension liabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (143622) | 57
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received refunds on stamp duty in 2006-07; and how many received such refunds erroneously. | | (143726) | 58
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the transition support programme announced in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Familes will be piloted; and in what parts of the country these pilots will take place. | | (143557) | 59
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representative groups about the transition support programme announced in Aiming High for Disabled Children: Better Support for Families. | | (143559) | 60
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which partner child benefit is payable in circumstances where a member of the armed forces and his wife are posted overseas whilst in receipt of child benefit. | | (143139) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 61
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of senior civil servants are (a) from black or ethnic minority backgrounds and (b) women. | | (143734) | 62
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps her Department is taking to improve representation of (a) black and ethnic minority groups and (b) women in the senior Civil Service; and what assessment she has made of (i) the effectiveness of those initiatives and (ii) levels of awareness of them among (A) potential recruits and (B) existing civil servants. | | (143735) | 63
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps have been taken to ensure that aptitude and personality tests used in recruitment to the Civil Service are not biased against (a) people from black or ethnic minority backgrounds and (b) women. | | (143736) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 64
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the use of receipts from the local taxation of second homes. | | (143271) | 65
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations (a) she and (b) her predecessor responsible for housing policy received on the impact of section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 on the willingness of tenants to complain to private landlords about the condition of privately rented accommodation. | | (143310) | 66
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what resources have been provided for the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit to deliver its mission; how many staff are employed in the unit; whether there are any plans to expand the unit's staffing; and what assessment she has made of the unit's performance to date. | | (143690) | 67
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contractual agreements Ordnance Survey (OS) has made with the Valuation Office Agency for release of data held by OS to the Agency. | | (143453) | 68
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2007, Official Report, column 1529W, on home information packs, when the copy of the concession agreement will be placed in the Library. | | (143454) | 69
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2007, Official Report, column 1527W, on home information packs, what the estimated average market price is of a home information pack for a four-bedroom home, including VAT. | | (143455) | 70
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May 2007, Official Report, column 1539W, on Valuation Office: contracts, for what reasons the contract with Rightmove does not seek to collect data from Wales. | | (143456) | 71
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) Gershon Review and (b) annual efficiency savings were set for local authorities in each year since their introduction. | | (143458) | 72
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) Ordnance Survey on the National Spatial Address Infrastructure. | | (143459) | 73
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Home Information Pack Toolkit produced by her Department. | | (143460) | 74
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to allow local authorities with arms length management organisations the flexibility to use their own (a) land and (b) other resources to build and own homes. | | (143462) | 75
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model (a) uses and (b) holds data from the Index of Multiple Deprivation. | | (143463) | 76
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the data sources for the National Land and Property Gazetteer database. | | (143464) | 77
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to increase the effectiveness of the housing private finance initiative programme. | | (143465) | 78
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has produced on the requirements councillors have to register under the Data Protection Act 1998 when acting in their capacity as a representative of the residents of their ward. | | (143466) | 79
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to facilitate the construction of more council housing by (a) local authorities and (b) arms-length management organisations. | | (143467) | 80
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual domestic dwellings (a) have had their property records updated or amended by the Valuation Office Agency using information from Rightmove since the contract was signed and (b) had their records so updated or amended in the last year for which figures are available. | | (143468) | 81
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual dwellings are planned to be built under the plans for five eco-villages; what total public funding is planned to be provided by central Government for those plans; and where they will be built. | | (143469) | 82
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential lettings were marketed in (a) England and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (143470) | 83
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the requests made to her Department under the (a) Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2000 and (b) Environmental Information Regulations in the last six months; and what the (i) FOI case reference number, (ii) request summary, (iii) request outcome and (iv) , where appropriate, reason for exemption was in each case. | | (143471) | 84
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which department or agency is responsible for the National Land and Property Gazetteer. | | (143472) | 85
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the agreement of 22nd May between her Department and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in relation to home information packs. | | (143473) | 86
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors were taken into account when deciding whether to undertake a public consultation exercise in relation to the new plans to introduce home information packs on 1st August only for homes with four or more bedrooms. | | (143474) | 87
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average price of a (a) house and (b) flat in (i) England and (ii) each Government Office Region was in (A) 2000 and (B) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (143475) | 88
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use the Automated Valuation Model of the Valuation Office Agency makes of the National Land and Property Gazetteer. | | (143476) | 89
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the Valuation Office Agency is playing in the roll-out of the Valuebill project. | | (143478) | 90
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic dwellings were marketed for sale in (a) England and (b) Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (143479) | 91
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department and its predecessor have made to the company Hometrack since 2002. | | (143480) | 92
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of flat and house sales were for new build properties in each of the last five years. | | (143481) | 93
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the net yield from business rates was in each local authority in England in 2006-07. | | (143482) | 94
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency uses fee code segmentation data for valuation purposes. | | (143493) | 95
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many residential properties in England the Valuation Office Agency has (a) dwelling house codes and (b) value significant codes data. | | (143494) | 96
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average business rates cost was in each local authority in England in 2006-07. | | (143495) | 97
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who will be responsible for assessing whether a domestic dwelling has four or more bedrooms and will require a home information pack from 1st August. | | (143496) | 98
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average market cost of a home information pack, including VAT, for a four bedroom house. | | (143497) | 99
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expenditure has been incurred on marketing, public relations and communications relating to home information packs. | | (143498) | 100
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 6th December 2006, Official Report, column 475W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how many domestic dwellings in England are recorded by the Valuation Office as having the property attribute of having four or more bedrooms. | | (143501) | 101
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals were forecast to arise by the Valuation Office Agency in relation to the 2005 business rates revaluation. | | (143502) | 102
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in England are classified by the Valuation Office Agency with a Dwellinghouse code of CD (Caravan). | | (143503) | 103
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's most recent estimate is of the cost of the public smoking ban to local authorities in England; and what funding is being provided to councils. | | (143540) | 104
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what process will be used to appoint members of the Regional Fire Management Boards. | | (143542) | 105
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role (a) Rightmove and (b) Countrywide played in providing advice, research or consultancy to her Department and its predecessors on home information packs. | | (143628) | 106
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency's contract with Rightmove gives the agency access to data or analysis from the Rightmove Automated Valuation Model. | | (143629) | 107
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the Comprehensive Area Assessment will differ from the Comprehensive Performance Assessment and Best Value. | | (143630) | 108
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department's Electronic Survey of Empty Homes Data Collection Scheme records Empty Dwelling Management Orders issued by local authorities. | | (143631) | 109
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what scientific research has been conducted by her Department and its agencies into alternate weekly collections of household rubbish. | | (143632) | 110
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research and statistical data gathering have been conducted by (a) her Department and (b) the Audit Commission into the proportion of household rubbish collected for recycling that is not recycled. | | (143633) | 111
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) set up and (b) running costs are of the National Register of Social Housing. | | (143634) | 112
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the Valuation Office Agency's contract with Rightmove allowed the Agency to start collecting information about domestic dwellings. | | (143635) | 113
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what access the Valuation Office Agency has to (a) the Electronic Survey of Empty Homes, (b) the National Register of Social Housing, (c) the Register of Licensed Houses in Multiple Occupation and (d) the Housing Data Warehouse. | | (143636) | 114
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from the Federation of Master Builders on the proposals in the Planning White Paper to amend the planning regime for household extensions. | | (143637) | 115
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list all the unpublished research commissioned from (a) individuals and (b) organisations outside her Department which was supplied to her Department and its predecessor in each year since 2002. | | (143638) | 116
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total cost to the public purse of the Home Information Pack and Sellers Pack schemes has been since 1997; and what estimate she has made of future expenditure. | | (143639) | 117
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the homes in the five eco villages will be (a) social housing, (b) shared ownership and (c) low cost housing. | | (143640) | 118
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the construction of five eco villages. | | (143641) | 119
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition the Valuation Office Agency uses to classify a bedroom in a domestic dwelling for council tax valuation purposes. | | (143650) | 120
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding the Government provided to each local authority in England for (i) housing and (ii) regeneration purposes in the last year for which figures are available. | | (143668) | 121
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in the Valuation Office Agency undertake work in relation to assessment casework for business rates valuations. | | (143669) | 122
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the internal guidance or training manual produced by the Valuation Office Agency for its staff on undertaking assessment casework for business rates valuations. | | (143670) | 123
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many notices of appeal the Valuation Office Agency has received in relation to the 2005 business rates revaluation in each year since the ratings list for the 2005 revaluation was published. | | (143671) | 124
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2006, Official Report, column 475W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether a room with a lavatory and without a bath is classified as a bathroom. | | (143673) | 125
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether ring-fenced funding has been provided to local authorities from central Government to compensate for the extra costs of litter collection arising from the public smoking ban in England. | | (143744) | 126
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from supermarkets in relation to planning reform in the last 12 months; and if she will place in the Library copies of such representations. | | (143745) | 127
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Family Intervention Project. | | (143422) | 128
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Middlesbrough and (b) the North East have completed training to become home inspectors. | | (143424) | 129
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to regenerate housing in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (143425) | 130
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new council houses are planned for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (143426) | 131
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the suitability of Tees Valley being used as a pilot area for a Multi Area Agreement. | | (143427) | 132
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland have received assistance under the Homebuy scheme. | | (143430) | 133
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Part M of Building Regulations applies to extensions built on houses; and if she will make a statement on the rules on accessibility for people with disabilities to house extensions applied by her Department. | | (143688) | 134
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to remedy the two million properties that the English House Condition Survey 2005 identifies as having an energy efficiency rating below SAP 30. | | (143693) | Questions to Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs 135
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what expenditure in 2006-07 was for interpreters in the legal aid system; and what expenditure is forecast for 2007-08. | | (142767) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 136
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the spectrum required for high definition television; and what safeguards are in place to ensure there will be sufficient spectrum available for such broadcasting. | | (143702) | 137
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) sporting, (b) aero-modelling, (c) bowling and (d) model flying clubs have opted out of accepting anyone under the age of 18 years old as a member in the last two years. | | (142464) | 138
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many instructors at model flying clubs have ceased to instruct children in the last two years. | | (142465) | 139
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) she and (b) any Minister in her Department has met Sir Nicholas Goodison formally since the publication of his report to discuss his recommendations. | | (143291) | 140
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps (a) to develop comprehensive visual studies and (b) to designate buffer zones in order to protect areas that hold World Heritage Site status from possible adverse impacts caused by the development of tall buildings. | | (143404) | 141
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for East Devon of 11th June 2007, Official Report, columns 738-9W, on art works, which recommendations from the Goodison report have been addressed by (a) her Department and (b) each other department; and what steps have been taken in respect of each recommendation that has been addressed. | | (143556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 142
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans who left the services prior to 1st April 1975 who are eligible to be awarded the Veterans Badge; and how many such veterans have been awarded the badge. | | (143672) | 143
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what volume of (a) opium and (b) other narcotics were (i) seized and (ii) destroyed in Afghanistan by UK forces in each of the last three years. | | (142992) | 144
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution his Department made to the construction of the railway station at Abbey Wood, Bristol. | | (143332) | 145
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from what budget construction of the military railway station at Marchwood was funded. | | (143333) | 146
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the construction of a railway station at Corsham to service the military base there. | | (143334) | 147
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of RAF Aldergrove in County Antrim. | | (143293) | 148
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many internal flights were taken by the Ministerial members of the Army Board in 2006; how many of these flights were with (a) military and (b) commercial carriers; and what the cost was of each flight. | | (143321) | 149
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 752W, on the Army Board, if he will provide a breakdown of the internal flights taken by the Chief of the General Staff in 2006; and what the purpose was of each flight. | | (143451) | 150
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 752W, on Army Board, if he will provide a breakdown of the internal flights taken by the Adjutant General in 2006; and what the purpose was of each flight. | | (143452) | 151
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 139W, on the Armed Forces: Selly Oak Hospital, what recent assessment he has made of the views of military patients treated at hospitals of the University of Birmingham Foundation Trust. | | (143756) | 152
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, upon what grounds and for what reason a currency other than sterling will be used by British troops based on UK Sovereign territory in Cyprus from next year; what consultations have taken place in connection therewith; with whom those consultations have taken place; and if he will make a statement. | | (143140) | 153
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) recruiting, (b) training, (c) capability and (d) other activities are expected to be reduced to deliver the planned reduction in funding for the Territorial Army in financial years (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | [R] (142676) | 154
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received regarding the planned reduction in funding of the Territorial Army in years 2007-08 and 2008-09. | | [R] (142677) | 155
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the figure for the planned reduction for funding for the Territorial Army in financial years 2007-08 and 2008-09 as a result of the Defence Programme 2007 was arrived at; and what factors were taken into account in deciding to make the reduction. | | [R] (142678) | 156
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Armed Forces Minister was first informed of the potential impact of the reduction of funding for the Territorial Army in financial years 2007-08 to 2008-09. | | (142908) | 157
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the security situation in Afghanistan. | | (143180) | 158
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the parents of Army recruits who died at Deepcut Army Barracks were not informed that Devon and Cornwall Police had recommended a murder inquiry into the deaths; and if he will make a statement. | | (143402) | 159
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was (a) informed about and (b) approved the closure of the website relating to the Deepcut Review conducted by Nicholas Blake QC; and if he will make a statement. | | (143403) | 160
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access Gurkha soldiers have to medical treatment in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (143689) | 161
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action is being taken by the Royal Navy against piracy off the coast of Somalia. | | (143331) | 162
| Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the eligibility for the issue of Veterans Lapel Badges to former members of the Women's Land Army. | | (143507) | 163
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of foreign armed forces received (a) training and (b) hospitality at UK military establishments in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) nationality and (ii) reason for providing the training; and whether agreements applied to the provision of the training. | | (143682) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 164
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to publicise the requirements for work permits for child employment. | | (143272) | 165
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children who require work permits his Department estimates are in employment. | | (143273) | 166
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he has received from the Highways Agency on the proposed temporary relocation of West Jesmond Primary School to the Castle Dene site in the Dene ward of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Parliamentary constituency. | | (143729) | 167
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information he has received from Newcastle City Council about the proposed temporary relocation of West Jesmond Primary School to the Castle Dene site in the Dene ward of Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Parliamentary constituency. | | (143730) | 168
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of young people in West Lancashire constituency were not in education, employment or training in each of the last 10 years. | | (143520) | 169
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children attending (a) denominational and (b) maintained schools in the local education authority in West Lancashire constituency were entitled to receive free school dinners in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (143521) | 170
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many entrants to university undergraduate courses came from West Lancashire constituency in each of the last five years. | | (143522) | 171
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unauthorised absences were recorded in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997, broken down by type of school. | | (143525) | 172
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital expenditure there was in the education sector in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (143526) | 173
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the participation rate in higher education was of people aged 18 to 21 years in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (143527) | 174
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people not in employment, education or training were aged (a) under 19, (b) under 21 and (c) under 25 years in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (143528) | 175
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of English as an additional language pupils in West Lancashire constituency. | | (143535) | 176
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the allocation to each secondary school in West Lancashire constituency was for extended schools development in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (143536) | 177
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher's wage was in the last 12 months in West Lancashire constituency. | | (143683) | 178
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether there is an appeal process for his decision to grant consent for a school playing fields to be sold off. | | (143649) | 179
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils leaving school at 16 there were without (a) five GCSEs at A-C, (b) five GCSEs at A-E and (c) GCSEs in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2005. | | (143138) | 180
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Bichard inquiry; and if he will make a statement. | | (143322) | 181
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average class size was for (a) secondary schools and (b) primary schools in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last 10 years. | | (143435) | 182
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school places in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland were not filled in 2006-07. | | (143436) | 183
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Sure Start children's centres have been set up; and what assessment he has made of progress towards the Government's target to have 2,500 centres by the end of 2008. | | (143553) | 184
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many university science departments closed in each of the last 10 years; and what steps he is taking to seek to prevent further closures. | | (143561) | 185
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he expects the Council for Disabled Children to publish its good practice guidance on transition; and if he will make a statement. | | (143409) | 186
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will reply to Question number 133507, on children in care, tabled by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire on 18th April 2007. | | (143680) | 187
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total number of places in schools in each year to 2025. | | (143323) | 188
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils in full-time education in each year to 2015. | | (143324) | 189
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of surplus places in schools in each year to 2025. | | (143325) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 190
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library the data from WasteDataFlow showing (a) the final destination of materials sent for recycling, (b) tonnage sent for recycling and (c) quantity sent for recycling but rejected/disposed of by each local authority in England in the last period for which figures are available. | | (143461) | 191
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the most recent figures from WasteDataFlow showing the net cost of household waste collection for each local waste collection authority in England in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (143483) | 192
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research and statistical data gathering has been conducted by his Department and its agencies into the proportion of household rubbish collected for recycling that is not recycled. | | (143484) | 193
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriateness of alternate weekly collections of household rubbish for (a) urban, (b) rural and (c) suburban communities. | | (143485) | 194
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the implementation of the EU Inspire Directive. | | (143486) | 195
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Waste and Resources Action Programme has paid to the Eunomia consultancy; and for what purpose. | | (143487) | 196
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the procurement process was by which the Eunomia consultancy was selected to undertake research into charging for the collection of household rubbish. | | (143488) | 197
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Eunomia consultancy was paid for its research into new waste charges for the collection of household rubbish. | | (143489) | 198
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme holds of the number of local authorities which have introduced alternate weekly collection of household rubbish and then switched back to weekly collections. | | (143490) | 199
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Environment Agency has made of the (a) number of incidents and (b) tonnage of fly-tipping and illegal dumping in England in each of the last three years. | | (143491) | 200
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has commissioned or undertaken into the average costs of (i) alternate weekly collection and (ii) weekly collection of household rubbish. | | (143492) | 201
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have given to local authorities in relation to their powers to inspect the contents of household rubbish bins. | | (143499) | 202
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific research has been conducted by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies into alternate weekly collections of household rubbish. | | (143500) | 203
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of fly-tipping incidents recorded on the Fly-Capture database in the last year for which figures are available were for (a) householders putting out their rubbish on the wrong day and (b) householders breaching a no side collection policy. | | (143538) | 204
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance or regulations his Department has issued for the maximum and minimum acceptable temperatures for the rearing and transportation of livestock. | | (143567) | 205
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of the Phillips Inquiry into bovine spongiform encephalopathy. | | (143708) | 206
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of the 2001 inquiry into Foot and Mouth disease. | | (143709) | 207
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of single farm payment scheme claims have been paid for (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 (i) in part and (ii) in full in (A) North West Cambridgeshire, (B) the East of England and (C) England and Wales. | | (143511) | 208
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on how private sewers and drains will be transferred to the sewerage undertakers; and if he will make a statement. | | (143282) | 209
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of cetaceans killed or injured in the sea which are washed ashore. | | (143284) | 210
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of bottle nose and common dolphins and harbour porpoises which will be killed or injured by foreign pair trawlers fishing within the UK 12 mile limit in the next 12 months. | | (143288) | 211
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has the power to close UK fisheries to foreign-registered pair trawlers to protect dolphins and porpoises. | | (143289) | 212
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which months dolphins and porpoises are most likely to be found washed up on British beaches having been killed or injured by foreign-registered pair trawlers. | | (143290) | 213
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what stocks fished by the UK (a) over-10 metre fleet and (b) under-10 metre fleet are (i) within safe biological limits and (ii) outside safe biological limits, and if he will make a statement. | | (143560) | 214
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish proposals to change the way that fishing quota is allocated in the UK for (a) the under-10 metre fleet and (b) the over-10 metre fleet. | | (143562) | 215
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the European Commission to publish its 2008 fishing opportunities proposals for stocks fished by UK vessels. | | (143563) | 216
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy to support proposals to reduce total allowable catch and fishing opportunities for fish stocks outside safe biological limits at a rate in excess of 15 per cent. per year; and if he will make a statement. | | (143564) | 217
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposals in the Commission Communication, Fishing Opportunities for 2008: Policy Statement from the European Commission (COM(2007) 295 final). | | (143598) | 218
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whom he will consult before submitting his response to the European Commission on its Communication, Fishing Opportunities for 2008: Policy Statement from the European Commission (COM(2007) 295 final). | | (143599) | 219
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriate level for total allowable catch in 2008 in the North Sea for (a) herring, (b) cod, (c) haddock, (d) whiting, (e) plaice and (f) sole; and if he will make a statement. | | (143600) | 220
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that at least 96 per cent. of the 2006 Single Farm Payment will be paid by the end of June payment window; and if he will make a statement. | | (143694) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 221
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Somalia of the continued presence of Ethiopian troops. | | (143516) | 222
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is giving to the process of national reconciliation in Somalia. | | (143685) | 223
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations her Department has made to (a) the government of Ethiopia and (b) the Somali Transitional Federal Government on the situation in Somalia. | | (143686) | 224
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Cabinet Office on the target of 20 working days for replying to correspondence from hon. Members. | | (143317) | 225
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment she has made of the trend of attacks on civilians in the eastern part of Southern Kordofan, Sudan, since January 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (142997) | 226
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost was of the poppy eradication programmes undertaken in Afghanistan by the UK in each year since 2001. | | (143747) | 227
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Iranian government on the treatment of the Bahá'í community in that country. | | (143302) | 228
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of the 1998 inquiry into the arms to Sierra Leone affair. | | (143721) | 229
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of the Butler Inquiry. | | (143722) | 230
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK Government is taking to press the EU to extend its 2002 sanctions to the family members and business associates of those members of the Zimbabwean government already subject to EU sanctions. | | (143003) | 231
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomats were asked to leave London following activities incompatible with their diplomatic status in each of the last 10 years; and from which country's embassy each was expelled. | | (143510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 232
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) existing NHS deficits on the take up of treatment approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for use in lymphatic cancer and (b) (i) payment by results and (ii) practice based commissioning on the availability of these treatments. | | (143304) | 233
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the impact of payment by results on the provision of social and psychological support to lymphoma patients. | | (143305) | 234
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the proposed revisions to the payment by results tariff will take into account the care, support and treatment needs of lymphoma patients. | | (143306) | 235
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay of 18th May 2007 on the proposed independent sector treatment centre for Basildon. | | (143137) | 236
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in West Lancashire constituency were registered as blind in each year since 1997. | | (143523) | 237
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of general practitioner practices in West Lancashire constituency have closed their lists to new patients. | | (143524) | 238
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners per head of population there were in West Lancashire constituency in each year since 1997. | | (143534) | 239
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the minutes of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Human Papillomavirus sub-group held on 28th February. | | (143326) | 240
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation held on 14th February. | | (143327) | 241
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what outcomes data underpins the musculoskeletal system problems (excluding trauma) category of the National Programme Budgeting Database; what proportion of expenditure in the category is covered by those outcomes; and whether additional outcome measures for musculoskeletal system problems are planned. | | (143328) | 242
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date each primary care trust must have produced their local strategy for meeting the guarantees made in Maternity Matters; if her Department will require that these local strategies are (a) placed on the internet and (b) otherwise made available to the public; and what assessment her Department plans to make of these strategies. | | (143626) | 243
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the announcement of 7th June 2007, Official Report, column 30WS, on medicines development, how much financial support the Government has committed to the production and dissemination of the leaflet; and if she will make a statement. | | (143627) | 244
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions there are for services for children and adults diagnosed with Irlen Syndrome to be provided on the NHS. | | (143515) | 245
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding her Department provides for the provision of glasses for people who require glasses as a result of Irlen Syndrome. | | (143692) | 246
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate she has made of the cost of a confidential inquiry into mortality of people with learning disabilities as suggested in Valuing People in 2001; and what assessment she has made of the merits of an inquiry into understanding and addressing health outcomes for people with a learning disability. | | (143303) | 247
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the process of appointing members to the NHS Appointments Commission. | | (143262) | 248
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she is taking to encourage relevant authorities to prosecute companies that continue to make claims on infant formula labels and promotional material for baby milk which are non-compliant with current legislation. | | (143720) | 249
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children are registered for NHS dentistry in (i) the City of Sunderland, (ii) the North East region and (iii) England. | | (143345) | 250
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis were referred to treatment centres in other areas of the UK by primary care trusts on Teesside in the last 12 months. | | (143432) | 251
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist services are provided by primary care trusts on Teesside for people suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis. | | (143433) | 252
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of services for myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferer in Teesside. | | (143434) | 253
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Indian doctors there are in the UK on highly skilled migrant programme visas who have not yet received a postgraduate certificate. | | (143438) | 254
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what distinction was made between applicants from outside the EU and EU citizens by the Medical Training Application Service. | | (143439) | 255
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust for patients requiring cognitive behavioural therapy in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (143130) | 256
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts are offering cognitive behavioural therapy privately to patients using NHS facilities. | | (143131) | 257
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the Shipman Inquiry. | | (143710) | 258
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the 2000 Ritchie Inquiry. | | (143711) | 259
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the three inquiries into the effectiveness of local health services' procedures to deal with complaints about individuals. | | (143712) | 260
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) organisations responsible to her Department have conducted into the correlation between survivability and journey times to accident and emergency departments in (i) Surrey Primary Care Trust, (ii) South East Coast Strategic Health Authority and (iii) England; and if she will make a statement. | | (143277) | 261
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of acute beds required in (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) five years time; and if she will make a statement. | | (143278) | 262
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the performance of NHS walk-in centres at (a) Royal Surrey County Hospital, (b) Surrey Primary Care Trust and (c) in England; and if she will make a statement. | | (143279) | 263
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) many staff were employed and (b) much was spent by her Department analysing NHS targets in each year from 1997 to 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (143280) | 264
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department has made of the impact which the NHS funding formula has had on NHS deficits within Surrey; and if she will make a statement. | | (143281) | 265
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an assessment has been made of the impact of Payment by Results on (a) the number of home births, (b) the number of caesarean sections and (c) the national choice guarantees made in her Department's Maternity Matters strategy for maternity services as referred to in the Answer of 18th April 20006, Official Report, column 230W, on maternity services. | | (143558) | 266
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will be diagnosed with lymphoma in the next five years. | | (143739) | 267
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS Life Checks proposed in the Our Health, Our Care, Our Say White Paper will include lymphatic cancer indicators. | | (143740) | 268
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment her Department made of the needs of people with lymphoma in the preparation of the Our Health, Our Care, Our Say White Paper. | | (143741) | 269
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of lymphoma patients who are able to choose whether to receive their care at home or in a community setting. | | (143742) | 270
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what ability (a) primary care trusts and (b) hospital trusts have to deny non-urgent treatment to patients whom they consider to be leading unhealthy lifestyles; and if she will make a statement. | | (142996) | 271
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist wheelchairs funded by the NHS are available for disabled children; whether equipment maintenance is provided; and if she will make a statement. | | (143145) | 272
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure in 2006-07 was for interpreters in the national health system; and what expenditure is forecast for 2007-08. | | (142768) | 273
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to prevent cases of diabetes. | | (143512) | 274
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are receiving treatment for drug addiction in Stoke-on-Trent; and what estimate has been made of (a) the number of drug addicts in Stoke-on-Trent and (b) the number not in treatment. | | (143346) | 275
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will review the adequacy of (a) the pool budget allocation for Stoke-on-Trent and (b) the formula on which the funding is allocated. | | (143347) | 276
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will release all remaining documents from those which were rediscovered by her Department referred to in the Review of Documentation relating to the Safety of Blood Products 1970 to 1985 before the end of the inquiry chaired by Lord Archer into contaminated blood and blood products; and if she will make a statement. | | (142679) | 277
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to inform those who received blood known to be at risk of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD) contamination that they could be at risk of contracting vCJD; and if she will make a statement. | | (142680) | 278
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 to 1985 relate to the period after 1985; and if she will make a statement. | | (142681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 279
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drink driving tests were carried out by each police force in 2005. | | (143514) | 280
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) drivers, (b) other road users and (c) pedestrians were killed in crashes involving drivers who had exceeded the alcohol limit in each of the last 10 years. | | (143566) | 281
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police authority operating in West Lancashire constituency spent on training (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) special constables in each of the last 10 years. | | (143684) | 282
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what non-lethal weaponry is in development for use by the police. | | (143753) | 283
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what newly-developed non-lethal weapons have been supplied to police officers in the last five years. | | (143754) | 284
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the development of non-lethal weaponry to be used by the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (143755) | 285
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantities of narcotics orginating from Afghanistan were seized in transit by UK enforcement agencies in each of the last three years. | | (142993) | 286
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Alleygate scheme in Middlesbrough towards reducing crime. | | (143565) | 287
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre use to decide whom to investigate. | | (143132) | 288
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) detained, (b) sectioned and (c) investigated by the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre. | | (143141) | 289
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) names and (b) job descriptions are of the employees of the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre. | | (143142) | 290
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted under section 34 (3) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | | (143457) | 291
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the 2004 Bichard Inquiry. | | (143724) | 292
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the 2004 Budd Inquiry. | | (143725) | 293
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he was informed that Devon and Cornwall Police were of the view that Surrey Police should have held a murder inquiry only into the deaths at Deepcut Army Barracks; and if he will make a statement. | | (143276) | 294
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will request that a murder inquiry be opened into the deaths of Army recruits at Deepcut Barracks; and if he will make a statement. | | (143400) | 295
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will require the publication of the report by Devon and Cornwall Police into Surrey Police's handling of the investigations of the deaths at Deepcut Army Barracks; and if he will make a statement. | | (143401) | 296
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi asylum seekers, who have been unsuccessful in their appeal to remain, remain in this country. | | (142466) | 297
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of interpreters for immigration services at St Judes, Plymouth in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (142467) | 298
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure in 2006-07 was for interpreters in immigration services; and what expenditure is forecast for 2007-08. | | (142766) | 299
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June to the hon. Member for Taunton, Official Report, column 975W, on police: labour turnover, how many police recruits left the police force within two years of joining since 2002-03, broken down by police force area; and what percentage of leavers that figure represents. | | (143509) | 300
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question number 134214 on Home Office Reviews, tabled by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire on 23rd April 2007. | | (143681) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 301
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House has in place arrangements for the ethical disposal of surplus IT equipment. | | (143550) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 302
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. | | (143181) | 303
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the debt relief allocated to Tanzania by (a) the World Bank and (b) the African Development Bank has (i) been received by Tanzania and (ii) remains to be delivered in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (143743) | 304
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects the targets set at the recent G8 summit for education for every child to be met by 2015. | | (143733) | 305
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that targets set at the last G8 summit for education for every child will be met by 2015. | | (143773) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 306
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, on what basis the post of Head of Personnel at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs is entitled to receive the required hours allowance; and if she will make a statement. | | (143410) | 307
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether the required hours allowance is consolidated into pay on the promotion to senior operational manager of an individual previously in a non-operational post within HM Prison Service and in receipt of that allowance on the discretion of the Area Manager; and if she will make a statement. | | (143411) | 308
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether all heads of personnel at prison establishments are entitled to receive the regulations allowance; on what basis those so entitled have the entitlement; and if she will make a statement. | | (143412) | 309
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, why the Head of Residence at HM Prison Wandsworth was removed from her post in September 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (143413) | 310
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, why an acting `F' grade governor at HM Prison Wandsworth was removed from his post in September 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (143414) | 311
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether the National Chairman of the Prison Officers' Association is entitled to receive the inner London local pay uplift; whether the post attracts this allowance; and if she will make a statement. | | (143415) | 312
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, which members of HM Prison Service Management Board have close relations in senior management positions within the service; what senior management position is held in each case; what the relationship is with the Management Board member in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (143416) | 313
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether all inmates detained in Crown Court cells have been subject to cell sharing risk assessments; who has conducted such assessments; what level of training they had received; and if she will make a statement. | | (143417) | 314
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether all inmates detained in Crown Court cells have been subject to assessment for self-harm as laid down in Prison Service Order 2700; who has been responsible for such assessments; what level of training they had received; and if she will make a statement. | | (143418) | 315
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether all Crown Court cells used to detain inmates overnight were subject to risk assessments to ensure that they were suitable for that purpose; what assessment was made of the availability of ligature points in the cells and the consequent risks posed; who was responsible for carrying out such assessments; where the risk assessments records are held; and if she will make a statement. | | (143419) | 316
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what contingency plans cover the holding of prisoners in Crown Court cells overnight; who agreed the contingency plans; and if she will place a copy of these plans in the Library. | | (143420) | 317
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2007, Official Report, column 384W, on the Prison Service, on what date Nick Pascoe took over responsibility for the commissioning of Ron Tasker's investigation from Keith Munns; and if she will make a statement. | | (143552) | 318
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether all Crown Court cells used for detaining prisoners overnight have integral sanitation. | | (143554) | 319
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, whether any prisoners on an open ACCT or 2052SH form have been detained in Crown Court cells overnight. | | (143555) | 320
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of administrative errors made by the Court Service in the last 12 months. | | (143405) | 321
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that regional assemblies are classed as public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (143658) | 322
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, if she will publish figures held by the Land Registry for the average price of a (a) domestic dwelling, (b) flat and (c) detached house in each local authority in England in (i) 1997, (ii) 2000 and (iii) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (143659) | 323
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) the Information Commissioner has produced on the requirements on councillors to register under the Data Protection Act 1998 when acting in their capacity as a representative of the residents of their ward. | | (143660) | 324
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many interpreters were employed by the Northern Ireland Courts Service in each of the last five years, broken down by language; and what the cost was in each year. | | (143294) | 325
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how much was spent before October 2000 by the Government in defending cases brought by UK citizens in the European Court of Human Rights. | | (143437) | 326
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on family courts. | | (143728) | 327
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what the total estimated cost is of the establishment of the Supreme Court; and how much is expected to be spent on (a) design, (b) building work and (c) financial management. | | (143703) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 328
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many chaplains of each religious affiliation are linked to the Juvenile Justice Centre; and how many visits chaplains made to the Centre in each of the last 12 months. | | (143295) | 329
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Juvenile Justice Centre staff were (a) disciplined, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for supplying drugs or other prohibited items to those detained at the Centre in each of the last five years. | | (143296) | 330
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many healthcare workers were employed at the Juvenile Justice Centre in each of the last six years, broken down by grade. | | (143297) | 331
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions a passive drugs dog has been used in drug searches at the Juvenile Justice Centre in the last 12 months. | | (143298) | 332
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many drug searches were carried out at the Juvenile Justice Centre in the last 12 months; and what the result was of each search. | | (143299) | 333
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) attempted suicides and (b) self harm incidents were recorded for juveniles at the Juvenile Justice Centre in each of the last three years. | | (143300) | 334
| Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what academic qualifications were attained by juveniles detained at the Juvenile Justice Centre in each of the last six years; and what steps he is taking to increase the numbers. | | (143301) | Questions to the Prime Minister 335
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Prime Minister, what advice he sought from the heads of the UK's security and intelligence agencies in relation to the impact on national security and foreign policy objectives in the Middle East of the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the al-Yamamah defence sales contract; when such advice was requested; and if he will make a statement. | | (143715) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 336
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of bagged ordinary portland cement was imported into the UK in each quarter of each year since 2004. | | [R] (142998) | 337
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of bagged cement (with additives) was (a) produced in the UK and (b) imported into the UK in each quarter of each year since 2004. | | [R] (142999) | 338
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of ordinary portland cement was produced in the UK in each quarter of each year since 2004. | | [R] (143000) | 339
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of bulk ordinary portland cement was imported into the UK in each quarter of each year since 2004. | | [R] (143001) | 340
| Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Post Office has to install a free cash machine in the Walker Post Office in East Newcastle upon Tyne. | | (143731) | 341
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 772-773W, on radioactive wastes: waste management, what definition he uses of full share of waste management costs. | | (143292) | 342
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of whether British workers have been displaced from jobs by incoming workers from new EU accession states. | | (143307) | 343
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role he expects the Technology Strategy Board to play in nanotechnology research and knowledge transfer in the next 10 years. | | (143286) | 344
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps (a) to ensure that nanotechnology research activities receive long-term large grant support sufficient to enable sustained work to be carried out in the area and (b) to protect the existing UK research base. | | (143287) | 345
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice the Chief Scientific Adviser has provided in relation to mobile telephone masts. | | (143656) | 346
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice the Chief Scientific Adviser has provided in relation to the collection of household rubbish. | | (143657) | 347
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department into average fees charged by estate agents since the 2004 Office of Fair Trading report into the estate agency market. | | (143184) | 348
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2007, Official Report, column 946W, on estate agents: complaints, how many of the 210 complaints about the conduct of estate agents received by the Office of Fair Trading in 2006 were referrals from the Ombudsman for Estate Agents. | | (143187) | 349
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many extensions to the three year period referred to in section 238A(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 insolvency agencies have applied for in order to pursue people under section 238A(6) of that Act. | | (143179) | 350
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what effect he expects the reduction in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's budget for (a) 2007-08 and (b) the following three years to have on the timescales for decommissioning nuclear sites. | | (143337) | 351
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many company liquidations took place in the North West in each year since 1997. | | (143732) | 352
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the proportion of UK energy supply which tidal power (a) could theoretically provide and (b) is expected by his Department to provide in the next decade. | | (143330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 353
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on levels of rail overcrowding. | | (143406) | 354
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) longest and (b) average waiting time was for travellers going through airport security at Heathrow Terminal 4 on 10th June. | | (142991) | 355
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many airports in the UK have the (a) facilities and (b) runway distance to operate the new Airbus A380 when it comes into service. | | (142994) | 356
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many airports in the UK have the (a) facilities and (b) runway distance to operate the Boeing 747-ER (Extended Range). | | (142995) | 357
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving building skips on roads have taken place in (a) England and (b) Wiltshire in the last 10 years for which figures are available; and on how many occasions breaches of section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 have been recorded. | | (143335) | 358
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discretion local authorities have in imposing the provisions of the Highways Act 1980; and whether he plans to make the conditions imposed on skips placed on highways the national standard. | | (143336) | 359
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many institutions are participating in the Cycle to Work scheme in (a) the UK and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. | | (143423) | 360
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of total rail journeys were on tickets with unregulated rail fares for each train operating company in each year since 1998-99; and if he will make a statement. | | (143620) | 361
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total change in (a) regulated and (b) unregulated rail fares was for each rail franchise in England for the period 1996-97 to 2007-08 inclusive; and if he will make a statement. | | (143621) | 362
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce the new franchise arrangements for the East Coast Mainline. | | (143727) | 363
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the MV Derbyshire Inquiry. | | (143713) | 364
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the FV Gaul Inquiry. | | (143714) | 365
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Thames River Safety Inquiry. | | (143716) | 366
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the 2000 Clark Inquiry into issues arising out of the identification of victims following major transport accidents. | | (143717) | 367
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Marchioness Inquiry. | | (143718) | 368
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of the FV Trident inquiry; who has responsibility for chairing the inquiry; and when he expects it to report. | | (143719) | 369
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrian fatalities were caused by buses in each of the last seven years. | | (143407) | 370
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of bus design on the risk of injuring pedestrians. | | (143408) | 371
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which roads in (a) North West Cambridgeshire and (b) Cambridgeshire have received funding for improvements from his Department in each year since 1997; and what the value of such funding was in each case. | | (143508) | 372
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on road improvements in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (143513) | 373
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured in the last five years had (a) passed their test through direct access, (b) passed their test less than two years previously and (c) taken advanced training; and if he will make a statement. | | (143738) | 374
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Government policy is on the adoption of harmonised aviation security regulations across Europe as defined in EC Regulation 2320/2002. | | (143348) | 375
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the different hand baggage allowance for passengers leaving the UK and passengers arriving in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (143349) | 376
| Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK arising from those additional security restrictions on the number of pieces of hand baggage for passengers departing UK aiports which are not applied to passengers arriving in the UK on flights from overseas countries. | | (143737) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 377
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on council tax: valuation, what the cost has been of the council tax revaluation since 31st March 2005. | | (143504) | 378
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2007, Official Report, column 1115W, on council tax revaluation, how many formal appeals have been made to the Valuation Tribunal Service in relation to the council tax revaluation. | | (143653) | 379
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 4W, on council tax: valuation, what the net yield was in council tax in Wales in each year from 2004-05. | | (143687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 380
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account was taken of Government policy on good procurement practice in respect of length of contract terms for contracts with employment service providers when the contracts proposed for deprived area funding in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, Dumfries, Galloway and Inverclyde were agreed. | | (143002) | 381
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 809W, on Jobseeker's Allowance, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claims were processed in (a) one to 21 working days and (b) more than 22 working days in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the last 24 months. | | (143133) | 382
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 809W, on incapacity benefit, what proportion of incapacity benefit claims were processed in (a) one to 21 working days, (b) more than 22 working days, (c) more than 41 working days and (d) one to 40 working days in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the last 24 months. | | (143136) | 383
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Leeds West (a) receive and (b) are entitled to carers' benefits. | | (143674) | 384
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average Social Fund Community Care Grant award was in West Lancashire constituency in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (143517) | 385
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Lancashire constituency received assistance from the New Deal in each year since 1997. | | (143518) | 386
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Lancashire constituency are in receipt of pension credit. | | (143519) | 387
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies were available through the job centres in West Lancashire constituency in the financial year ending March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (143531) | 388
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Lancashire constituency were registered for lone parents' benefit in the financial year ending March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (143533) | 389
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the first payment of a state pension is made from the nearest Monday to a pensioner's qualifying birthday. | | (143691) | 390
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) Remploy and (b) other sheltered employment agencies are exempt from competition rules which might protect the contracts they can secure from public bodies and government agencies in the UK. | | (143676) | 391
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which competition rules which apply to mainstream employers apply to (a) Remploy and (b) other sheltered employment agencies. | | (143677) | 392
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public procurement rules apply to the awarding of contracts by (a) Government and (b) local government departments and agencies on (i) favourable and (ii) protected terms to (A) Remploy and (B) other sheltered employment agencies. | | (143678) | 393
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the yearly value has been of the basic state pension for (a) couples and (b) single pensioners in each year since April 1997. | | (143539) | 394
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he expects to be able to take between the publication of the initial report in the summer of 2007 on pension scheme assets held by schemes in wind-up with a deficiency of assets to protect those scheme assets and the publication of the final report. | | (143543) | 395
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the scope will be of the initial report to be published this summer on pension scheme assets held by schemes in wind-up with a deficiency of assets. | | (143544) | 396
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken comparing the different levels of pension provision recorded by the Office of National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, his Department's Employers' Pension Provision Survey and the Government Actuary's Department's Occupational Pension Scheme's Survey; and what conclusions he has drawn. | | (143545) | 397
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what kind of prior consultation occurred between the Treasury and the Department for Social Security in respect of the 1997 Budget changes to dividend tax credits. | | (143547) | 398
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will update and expand chart 3.11 of the Purple Book using information from additional scheme returns since it was published. | | (143548) | 399
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in qualitative work sponsored by his Department mentioned during his Department's survey work on the proposed personal accounts an interest in investing in social, ethical or environmental funds (a) spontaneously and (b) after prompting. | | (143549) | 400
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of incapacity benefit there are in Wimbledon. | | (143135) | 401
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents participated in the New Deal in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) Great Britain in each year since its inception. | | (143274) | 402
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over 50 years participated in the New Deal in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (143275) | 403
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many over 25 year olds participated in the New Deal in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (143319) | 404
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK participated in the New Deal in each year since its inception. | | (143320) | 405
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK participated in the New Deal in each year since its inception. | | (143505) | 406
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Pensions Service has written to in the last 12 months to encourage them to apply for pension credit. | | (143431) | 407
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been helped into employment in each year since 2001 by (a) the New Deal for young people, (b) New Deal 25 plus, (c) New Deal 50 plus, (d) New Deal for disabled people and (e) New Deal for lone parents. | | (143578) | 408
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bonus payments were made to Child Support Agency staff in each year since 1997, broken down by value of payments. | | (143579) | 409
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sick days were taken by staff of his Department and its executive agencies in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average number of sick days taken by staff members was. | | (143580) | 410
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition the Child Support Agency uses of unfair and inappropriate when it decides not to recover debt owed by a non-resident parent. | | (143581) | 411
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £3.5 billion debt owed to parents with care which was due to official delay or error. | | (143582) | 412
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of liability orders made by the Child Support Agency which were incorrect in each year since 1997. | | (143583) | 413
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance or regulations the Health and Safety Executive has made for the maximum and minimum acceptable temperatures in which people can work. | | (143584) | 414
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of children living in families with incomes below 60 per cent. of median earnings were living in lone parent households in each year since 1997. | | (143585) | 415
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children removed from relative poverty due to payment of child support in each year since 1997. | | (143586) | 416
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made of the number of children who would be lifted out of relative poverty if all non-resident parents were fully compliant with the payment of child support. | | (143587) | 417
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the 100 parents with care written to by the Child Support Agency (CSA) in June 2007 informing them that their non compliant non-resident parent's name would be displayed on the CSA website unless they objected were selected. | | (143588) | 418
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to parents with care which informed them that their non compliant non-resident parent's name would be displayed on the Child Support Agency (CSA) website unless they objected. | | (143589) | 419
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals hits there were on and (b) unique users of the Child Support Agency website in each month since 2001. | | (143590) | 420
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with care were affected by a fully or partially non compliant non-resident parent in each year since 1997. | | (143591) | 421
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people on incapacity benefit and (b) lone parents were assisted back into employment by the job centre in Chard in each of the last five years; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that job centre, and if he will make a statement. | | (143617) | 422
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what awards have been made to the Job Centre in Chard by his Department over the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (143618) | 423
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the levels of deprivation in the wards served by the Job Centre in Chard, Somerset. | | (143619) | 424
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers have used the job centres in (a) Chard, (b) Bridport and (c) Frome in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (143623) | 425
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to parents whose children below the age of three years are in hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (143143) | 426
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance to parents of children below the age of three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (143144) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 427
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in West Lancashire constituency were registered as unemployed in the financial year ending March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | [Transferred] (143532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 428
| Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers are available to (a) local authorities, (b) the police and (c) other agencies to evict tenants causing anti-social behaviour when the landlord refuses to co-operate. | | [Transferred] (143329) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 429
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the land acquired for the Olympics 2012 Park has been decontaminated in situ; where the contaminated soils unsuitable for in situ treatment have been removed to; what quantities of contaminated soils have been removed; and whether the removal of Japanese knotweed from the site has been completed. | | [Transferred] (143309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 430
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding streams local authorities receive to facilitate the (a) expansion of existing schools and (b) construction of new schools as a result of a planned increase in (i) population and (ii) housing supply. | | [Transferred] (143477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 431
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if she will (a) place in the Library copies of all documents circulated by the United Kingdom at the G8 Heads of Government meeting in Heiligendamm, (b) publish those documents on the appropriate departmental website and (c) give the URL of each document so published. | | [Transferred] (143308) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 432
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland have been involved in the Family Intervention Project. | | [Transferred] (143421) | 433
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the Hammond Review of the circumstances surrounding the application for naturalisation by Mr SP Hinduja. | | [Transferred] (143707) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 434
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has to bring forward proposals to make the (a) creation and (b) possession of (i) cartoon and (ii) computer generated graphic images of the sexual abuse of children a criminal offence. | | [Transferred] (143675) | 435
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, how many (a) women, (b) men, (c) women under 30 years and (d) men under 30 years were found guilty of causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (143679) | 436
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has for improving the (a) treatment and (b) facilities for offenders suffering from (i) psychotic illnesses and (ii) other mental illnesses; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (143311) | 437
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what plans she has to improve the screening of offenders for (a) mental illnesses and (b) drug addiction; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (143312) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 438
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many prosecutions were made by local authority trading standards departments for over-packaging in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (143655) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 439
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Southall Rail Accident inquiry in 1997. | | [Transferred] (143704) | 440
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the 1999 Health and Safety Commission inquiry into train protection systems. | | [Transferred] (143705) | 441
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Ladbroke Grove inquiry in 1999. | | [Transferred] (143706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 442
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is compulsory for people who are entering the New Deal for young people for the (a) first time and (b) second and subsequent times. | | [Transferred] (143568) | 443
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is compulsory for people who are entering the New Deal for disabled people for the (a) first time and (b) second and subsequent times. | | [Transferred] (143569) | 444
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is compulsory for people who are entering the New Deal 25 plus for the (a) first time and (b) second and subsequent times. | | [Transferred] (143570) | 445
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is compulsory for people who are entering the New Deal 50 plus for the (a) first time and (b) second and subsequent times. | | [Transferred] (143571) | 446
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is compulsory for people who are entering the New Deal for lone parents for the (a) first time and (b) second and subsequent times. | | [Transferred] (143572) | 447
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant was on the New Deal for young people in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (143573) | 448
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant was on the New Deal 25 plus in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (143574) | 449
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant was on the New Deal 50 plus in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (143575) | 450
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant was on the New Deal for disabled people in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (143576) | 451
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per participant was on the New Deal for lone parents in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (143577) |
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