Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Monday 18 June 2007 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 18 June 2007 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 18 June see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 1 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143786) | 2 | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what involvement his Department had in negotiating the new contract for the delivery of general medical services agreed in June 2003. | (143808) | 3 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what powers HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reward informers; and what procedures HMRC has for informing Ministers of the use of such powers. | (144041) | 4 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who directed that Mr Attwood and Mr Bishop of Inland Revenue should undertake a review in August 1999 of the hon. Member for North Wiltshire's constituent Mr Gerard Churchhouse's contribution to the transfer pricing review of IBM; and whether the report of the review still exists. | (144042) | 5 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the (a) total population and (b) number of public sector workers for the period from 2007 to 2057; and if he will make a statement. | (144074) | 6 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes to government assumptions about (a) public sector staff turnover and (b) the total number of public sector employees in relation to the total population underlie the new estimates of the future costs of public sector pensions in (i) the 2006 long-term public finance report and (ii) the 2004 long-term public finance report ; and if he will make a statement. | (144076) | 7 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to implement the five key recommendations of the 2005 Cox Review. | (143987) | 8 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143875) | 9 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143890) | 10 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143921) | 11 | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to his Department's procedures to prevent people from claiming tax credit in respect of non-existent children. | (143810) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 12 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) services and (b) products her Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143801) | 13 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of third sector organisations to undertake public functions. | (143868) | 14 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of tougher enforcement of debt collection, as proposed in the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill, on socially excluded groups with low levels of financial literacy. | (143871) | 15 | Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if she will make a statement on the impact of funding plans for the 2012 Olympics on lottery funding for voluntary sector organisations. | (143869) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 16 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civic amenity sites have had to amend planning permission as a result of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; and what the estimated cost was of such amendments. | (142771) | 17 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) services and (b) products her Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143800) | 18 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will provide financial or other resource support to members of the public and voluntary stakeholder groups to participate in the consultation on draft national policy statements on infrastructural planning. | (143781) | 19 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will consider the merits of publishing a low carbon milestone document to ensure that policies on housing plans and energy initiatives are co-ordinated following the publication of the Energy White Paper. | (143867) | 20 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will give directions to those local authorities, whose plans will not deliver land allocations for gypsy and traveller accommodation within the target framework, to meet unmet need. | (144059) | 21 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will require local planning authorities to report, upon receipt of pitch requirements from the relevant regional planning board on plans for delivery of those pitches, with a timetable. | (144060) | 22 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will instigate a review of caravan counts and the methods of ascertaining the size of the gypsy and traveller population for local authority biannual caravan counts. | (144062) | 23 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the report into the future of housing policy and access to social housing is due to be (a) completed and (b) published; and if she will make a statement. | (143958) | 24 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were (a) bought and (b) part-bought in (i) the Peterborough City Council area and (ii) Peterborough constituency under the Government's Homebuy scheme in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | (144065) | 25 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of keyworkers living in the Peterborough City Council area. | (144066) | 26 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors are taken into account when considering the merging or amalgamation of fire stations in urban areas; and if she will make a statement. | (144089) | 27 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new affordable houses were built in Peterborough Unitary Authority area in each of the last five years. | (144090) | 28 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many personnel were employed by Somerset County Council in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05 and (e) 2005-06. | (143967) | 29 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in her Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on home working. | (143889) | 30 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143906) | 31 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of staff in her Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143907) | 32 | Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, column 292W, on electric cables: health hazards, if she will publish the advice which she sought from the Health Protection Agency; and if she will make a statement. | (144088) | 33 | Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, columns 291-2W, on electric cables: health hazards, when the Government plans to respond to the report by the Stakeholder Advisory Group on extremely low frequency waves and electric magnetic fields. | (144091) | 34 | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Competent Persons Self-Certification schemes are (a) accredited and (b) not accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. | (143809) | 35 | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of oil-fired central heating installers are covered by the Oil-Fired Technical Association for the Petroleum Industry Ltd Competent Persons Self-Certification Scheme. | (143863) | 36 | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons she has decided to rely on estimated fuel costs as an analogue for carbon emissions in energy performance certificates. | (143928) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 37 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) services and (b) products her Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143798) | 38 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold a London 2012: Your Games, Your Say question and answer session in Wales. | (143782) | 39 | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that all official merchandise, equipment and clothing produced for the London 2012 Olympic Games are produced in facilities where international labour standards are respected, including the International Labour Organisation Core Conventions, and the relevant provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement. | (143948) | 40 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in her Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last year; and if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on home working. | (143888) | 41 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143891) | 42 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of staff in her Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143908) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 43 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143799) | 44 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the UK has made to the study agreed at the NATO summit in Riga in 2006 on a collective alliance territorial missile defence system. | (143941) | 45 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of illegal narcotics seized by the Royal Navy in all theatres in each of the last three years. | (143363) | 46 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel who have been discharged from service in the last 12 months are looking for housing; and if he will make a statement. | (143959) | 47 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been affected by the issue of local connection when looking for housing upon being discharged from service during the last 12 months ; and if he will make a statement. | (143960) | 48 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have reported being affected by housing shortages upon leaving the armed forces during the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | (143961) | 49 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on development of the Missile Defence Technology Centre; and if he will make a statement. | (144034) | 50 N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of submarine pay being paid to Royal Navy personnel not currently serving onboard a submarine. | (143607) | 51 N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rate of submarine pay is for each rank. | (143608) | 52 N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy are serving on board a submarine, broken down by rank. | (143609) | 53 N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy are in receipt of submarine pay, broken down by rank. | (143610) | 54 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the delay in the construction of the two new aircraft carriers for the UK has resulted in job losses at dockyards. | (143442) | 55 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce a decision on proceeding with the construction of the two new aircraft carriers for the UK. | (143443) | 56 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on dockyards in the UK if the Government decides to collaborate with France in the construction of the proposed two new aircraft carriers for the UK. | (143444) | 57 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what talks have taken place with members of the aircraft carrier alliance on the involvement of France in the construction of the proposed two new aircraft carriers for the UK. | (143445) | 58 N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions there have been with trades unions about the involvement of France in the construction of the proposed two new aircraft carriers for the UK. | (143446) | 59 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with senior army personnel on the death of Baha Mousa in Basra in 2003; and if he will make a statement. | (143699) | 60 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it will cost to demolish the main building at the Armour Centre at Bovington. | (143814) | 61 | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the proposed new building at the Armour Centre, Bovington to replace the one to be demolished; and what method of financing the work will be used. | (143815) | 62 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143887) | 63 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143892) | 64 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143909) | 65 N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programmes his Department is funding to look at counter measures against the RPG29 and other shaped charge threats to British armoured vehicles. | (142922) | Questions to the Deputy Prime Minister 66 | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent steps he has taken to improve the coordination of the work of government departments on health matters. | (143962) | 67 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has made for expenditure by his Department for 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | (143870) | 68 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143886) | 69 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department since its establishment were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143893) | 70 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143910) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills 71 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143797) | 72 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the Head of Children's Services in a local authority is formally accountable for the implementation of child employment policy in that authority; and if he will bring forward proposals to require a named member to also have special responsibility. | (143761) | 73 | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the scope for teaching citizenship outside places of education. | (143816) | 74 | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in the training of specialist teachers of citizenship. | (143817) | 75 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what timetable he has for matching spending per pupil in the maintained school sector with funding for pupils in the independent educational sector. | (142682) | 76 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to meet the Leitch Review of Skills' objective to eradicate low skills among the adult working age population by 2020. | (142683) | 77 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will commission a study of the average number of years a graduate has to work to pay off student debt, basing the calculation on the additional earning power of their degree over the salary of a non-graduate. | (143441) | 78 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has had with Cambridge International Examinations and Edexcel on the accreditation of the International GCSE; and if he will make a statement. | (143952) | 79 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make it his policy to offer the Panathlon Challenge further financial support. | (144063) | 80 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average salary of teachers in Blackpool North and Fleetwood was in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | (143973) | 81 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much capital expenditure there was in the education sector in Blackpool North and Fleetwood in each year since 1997. | (143974) | 82 N | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys in maintained schools were awarded (i) 5 A*-C at GCSE and (ii) 5 A*-C at GCSE including mathematics and English in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (A) parliamentary constituency, (B) local education authority and (C) region. | (143357) | 83 N | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys in maintained schools were awarded (i) at least one A, (ii) at least two As and (iii) at least three As at A level in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (A) parliamentary constituency, (B) local education authority and (C) region. | (143358) | 84 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will put in place arrangements for collecting centrally details of all fatalities of young people in (a) foster and (b) residential care that take place in England. | (143861) | 85 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total recurrent funding per pupil was in real terms in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each year from 1998-99 to 2007-08. | (143926) | 86 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143885) | 87 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143894) | 88 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 89 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many copies his Department printed of (a) reports and (b) consultation documents in the latest financial year for which figures are available. | (142769) | 90 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143796) | 91 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the catering industry is exempt from the EU Organic Food Standards adopted on 12th June 2007. | (143956) | 92 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence he considered before agreeing to the 0.9 per cent. threshold for genetically modified organisms in the new organic standards adopted on 12th June 2007. | (143957) | 93 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list his official engagements with (a) non-governmental organisations and (b) private companies in the last three months. | (144092) | 94 | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been (a) allocated and (b) spent by the Government on research and development on deep geological disposal of radioactive waste since (i) the end of the NIREX Inquiry in April 1997 and (ii) November 2006. | (143774) | 95 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the joint UK-Japan workshop on achieving a sustainable low-carbon society held from 13th to 15th June included discussion of nuclear power co-operation and development. | (143940) | 96 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration is given to the potential vulnerability to sea ingress from sea level rise or flooding inundation due to climate change of a site being considered for the suitability of its geology for a subterranean repository for long-lived radioactive waste. | (143768) | 97 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will consider the merits of publishing a low carbon milestone document to help Ofgem achieve its new role of analysing the long term energy outlook in order to address concerns about security of supply as outlined in the recent Energy White Paper. | (143866) | 98 N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made pursuant to the duty imposed by section 1(3) of the Forestry Act 1967, of the adequacy of national reserves of growing trees. | (143606) | 99 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the grant aid settlements given to the Cotswolds Conservation Boards by Natural England were in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what recent discussions he has had with Natural England about the level of these grants; and if he will make a statement. | (143695) | 100 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned cars were recorded in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire, (f) Norfolk and (g) England in each year since 1997. | (143927) | 101 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143884) | 102 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143895) | 103 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 104 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) services and (b) products her Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143795) | 105 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that UK contributions to the Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly are paid when due. | (143767) | 106 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Financial Action Task Force is expected to complete its examination of the risks involved in weapons of mass destruction proliferation finance and to review its mandate, as called for by the G7 Finance Ministers in Essen in February 2007; and if she will make a statement. | (143775) | 107 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the UK is providing to the deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia; and if she will make a statement. | (143776) | 108 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports she has received on the Iranian bank Bank Saderat being used by the Government of Iran to transfer money to terrorist groups in the Middle East; what assessment she has made of those reports; and if she will make a statement. | (143777) | 109 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to widen international participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative; and if she will make a statement. | (143778) | 110 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the merits of establishing a UN force for Somalia; and what the UK policy is on the matter. | (143779) | 111 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2007, Official Report, columns 9-10W, on Somalia, whether any progress has been made in (a) strengthening and (b) improving the implementation of the UN arms embargo against Somalia; and what proposals the UK has put forward in this respect. | (143950) | 112 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2007, Official Report, columns 244-5W, on sanctions: EC Action, which geographical working group reviews and evaluates EU sanctions against Iran; how often the group meets; and to whom the group reports. | (143951) | 113 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civilians in (a) Bosnia and (b) Kosovo have been reported as showing signs of depleted uranium contamination during the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | (143984) | 114 | Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what efforts the Department is making to monitor the effects of depleted uranium on civilians in (a) Bosnia and (b) Kosovo. | (143985) | 115 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has held with the government of Moldova on the possibility of accession to the European Union. | (144086) | 116 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what new diplomatic steps she plans to take on the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi. | (143981) | 117 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people in her Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on home working. | (143883) | 118 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143896) | 119 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of staff in her Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143913) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 120 | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she plans to take to prevent avoidable deaths from stroke in England; and if she will make a statement. | (143946) | 121 | Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will increase the availability of (a) acute stroke services available within three hours and (b) other specialist treatment for people suffering from strokes; and if she will make a statement. | (143947) | 122 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) services and (b) products her Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143793) | 123 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department spent on research into (a) coronary heart disease, (b) cancer and (c) stroke and stroke related problems in each of the last 10 years. | (144055) | 124 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many academic research training posts are funded by the Government for (a) coronary heart disease, (b) cancer and (c) stroke and stroke related problems. | (144058) | 125 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of (a) weighted and (b) unweighted funding per patient (i) South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust received in the last year for which figures are available. | (144083) | 126 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether her Department expects the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust to issue guidance to GPs in Banbury on which hospitals to refer expectant mothers. | (144084) | 127 | Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women gave birth at (a) Horton General Hospital and (b) Warwick General Hospital in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2003-04; and how many expectant mothers received midwife assistance at home at each hospital in each year. | (144085) | 128 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the UK study into the prevalence of elder abuse; and if she will make a statement. | (143979) | 129 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when her Department (a) commissioned and (b) received the UK study of prevalence of elder abuse. | (143980) | 130 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will provide funding for research into the prevention and treatment of stroke in people of (a) African Caribbean and (b) South Asian origin. | (143972) | 131 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time is for a digital hearing aid for those resident in the West Sussex area. | (143986) | 132 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of primary care trust commissioning plans with relation to the treatment of addictions. | (143766) | 133 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department monitors spending on training for NHS staff. | (144043) | 134 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to make rulings of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel binding. | (144044) | 135 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make it her policy to allow local overview and scrutiny committees to refer plans to reconfigure local NHS services directly to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. | (144045) | 136 | Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 372W, on NHS: procurement, how many NHS Supply Chain clinical councils there are; and what areas of healthcare procurement they advise on. | (143935) | 137 | Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used for the appointment of members of NHS Supply Chain clinical councils; and what appointments have been made. | (143936) | 138 | Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 372W, on NHS: procurement, what (a) resources and (b) information are available to members of NHS Supply Chain clinical councils in their evaluation of the product requirements of the NHS. | (143937) | 139 | Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2007, Official Report, column 341W, on NHS: procurement, what non-financial aspects of quality assessment are used by NHS Supply Chain in tender evaluations in addition to National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines. | (143938) | 140 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary of nurses in Blackpool North and Fleetwood was in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | (143975) | 141 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she intends to review the funding of air ambulances by charities; and if she will make a statement. | (144087) | 142 N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether she plans to make available financial support to compensate junior doctors put at a financial disadvantage by the problems with the modernising the medical careers scheme. | (143613) | 143 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment is provided by the NHS for cluster headaches; whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been consulted on possible treatments for the problem; and what representations she has received on the effectiveness of occipital nerve stimulation as a procedure for treating cluster headaches. | (143942) | 144 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much her Department provided in exceptional allocation monies for specialist palliative care in Gloucestershire in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | (143696) | 145 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps she is taking to ensure that exceptional allocation monies for specialist palliative care services are spent on those services; and if she will make a statement. | (143697) | 146 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the Communities Hospitals Fund budget has been allocated to projects in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | (143698) | 147 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were operating under (a) general dental services contracts and (b) personal dental services agreements in each year since 1997 in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England. | (143954) | 148 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general practitioner surgeries and (b) single-handed general practitioner surgeries there were in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997. | (143955) | 149 | Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which primary care trusts patients seeking an NHS dentist are (a) able to make their own arrangements to choose which NHS dentist they see, (b) allocated a dentist from a central list after a wait of no more than three months and (c) allocated a dentist from a central list after a wait in excess of three months. | (143929) | 150 | Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have undertaken patient surveys in order to assess patient demand for NHS dentistry in their area. | (143930) | 151 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in her Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on home working. | (143882) | 152 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in her Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143897) | 153 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of staff in her Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143914) | 154 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the delay in commencing routine hearing aid assessments in Stoke-on-Trent by Mercury; what services she expects to be provided; what the timescale is for that provision; at what venues services will be provided; and if she will make a statement. | (143945) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 155 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143794) | 156 N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the use by police authorities of the allocation of receipts from taxation on second homes and the allocation of such funds to the district from which they were collected. | (143762) | 157 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK seizures there were of (i) cocaine, (ii) heroin, (iii) cannabis, (iv) LSD and (v) ecstasy within the responsibility of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07. | (143811) | 158 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) date and (b) weight was of each individual (i) UK and (ii) non-UK seizure of (A) cocaine, (B) heroin, (C) cannabis, (D) LSD and (E) ecstasy in operations involving the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07. | (143812) | 159 | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies were responsible for each (a) UK and (b) non-UK seizure of (i) cocaine, (ii) heroin, (iii) cannabis, (iv) LSD and (v) ecstasy in operations involving the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07; and in which country each individual seizure is being prosecuted. | (143813) | 160 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police boats were being operated by each police authority in each of the last five years. | (143931) | 161 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in Marine Units in each police authority in each of the last 10 years. | (143932) | 162 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale is for the internal police inquiry into the handling of honour killings; whether the results of the inquiry will be made public; and if he will make a statement. | (143862) | 163 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from nationals of Russia in each year since 1997; and how many of these applications were (a) approved and (b) refused and resulted in deportations. | (143359) | 164 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from nationals of Ukraine in each year since 1997; and how many of these applications were (a) approved and (b) refused and resulted in deportations. | (143360) | 165 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from nationals of Belarus in each year since 1997; and how many of these applications were (a) approved and (b) refused and resulted in deportations. | (143361) | 166 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers were originally planned to be in post in Kent in March 2008; and how many are now expected to be in post on that date. | (143440) | 167 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes he plans to make to the numbers of police community support officers in (a) Essex, (b) Hampshire, (c) Kent, (d) Surrey, (e) East Sussex and (f) West Sussex; and if he will make a statement. | (143351) | 168 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were taken by the Government on asylum applications by Iraqi nationals in 2006, broken down by (i) Geneva Convention status, (ii) humanitarian status and other authorisations to remain and (iii) rejections. | (143971) | 169 | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on police funding in Cambridgeshire. | (144067) | 170 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of a passport was in each of the last 10 years; and what the reason was for each change. | (144033) | 171 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what offences and behaviours are considered to be not conducive to the public good, leading to deprivation of citizenship under section 56 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (143601) | 172 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deprived of citizenship under section 56 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (143602) | 173 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been given penalties under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (143603) | 174 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported under section 97A of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (143604) | 175 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accommodation centres have been set up under section 16 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. | (143605) | 176 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) UK and (b) foreign nationals are recorded on the National DNA Database. | (144068) | 177 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many expert level meetings took place between his Department's officials and the (a) Romanian National Police and (b) Romanian Immigration Service in the last 12 months. | (144069) | 178 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has undertaken to compare the effects of mixed gender and single gender frontline policing in local communities. | (144070) | 179 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many official cautions were issued for (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997. | (143924) | 180 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in each year since their introduction in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England. | (143943) | 181 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate was for (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | (143953) | 182 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143881) | 183 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143898) | 184 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143915) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 185 N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) desktop computers and (b) laptops provided by the House authorities are in use in the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate; and what the estimated daily energy usage is of these computers. | (143759) | 186 N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) servers, (b) printers and (c) computer display screens are in use in the House of Commons part of the Parliamentary Estate; and what the estimated daily energy usage is of these devices. | (143760) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 187 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143792) | 188 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has increased its presence in (a) Syria, (b) Jordan and (c) Egypt to assist Iraqi refugees; and if he will make a statement. | (143780) | 189 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk of 7th June 2007, Official Report, column 685W, on Iraq: internally displaced persons, what form he expects the Iraqi government's lead role in supporting Iraqi refugees outside Iraq to take; and if he will make a statement. | (143949) | 190 | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support has been given to the Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission in Tanzania for (a) work in the area of water and sanitation and (b) other work in each year since 1994; on what dates technical assistance grants were given; what the aid funding was for each grant; and to whom consultancy contracts were awarded. | (143944) | 191 | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he expects UK funding for the World Bank's Second National Water Development Programme in Malawi to be allocated to one or more specific components of the World Bank project; what the timescale is of the UK contribution; and if he will make a statement. | (143963) | 192 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143880) | 193 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143899) | 194 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143916) | Questions to the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 195 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what (a) services and (b) products her Department and its predecessor has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143791) | 196 N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2007, Official Report, column 1454W, on members: correspondence, when she expects to provide a substantive reply to the Question; and what the reason is for the delay. | (143614) | 197 N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that prison officers in juvenile offender institutions are protected from assaults with pool cues and other implements which could be used as weapons. | (143353) | 198 N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what (a) training to officers in (i) juvenile offender institutions and (ii) prisons for adults and (b) equipment is provided to deal with assaults using weapons. | (143354) | 199 N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what factors were taken into account in deciding that prison officers officed in the juvenile estate should not be given access to extendable batons and other protective equipment. | (143355) | 200 N | Colin Burgon (Elmet):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what steps she has taken to ensure the Joint Industrial Relations Procedure Agreement process is followed regarding the dispute with the Prison Officers Association on the issuing of batons; and whether she intends to forward the dispute to an ACAS appointed arbitrator. | (143356) | 201 | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of procedures in coroner's courts for dealing with deaths due to mesothelioma. | (144027) | 202 | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what representations her Department has received on the conduct of inquests into deaths caused by mesothelioma; and if she will make a statement. | (144028) | 203 | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, what proportion of convictions for (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England resulted in custodial sentences in each year since 1997. | (143925) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 204 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143790) | 205 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143879) | 206 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143900) | 207 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143917) | Questions to the Prime Minister 208 N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was to the public exchequer of his recent visit to Africa; and if he will make a statement. | (141420) | 209 | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what matters concerning the deployment of missile defence systems he discussed with his Czech counterpart on 13th June. | (143939) | 210 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Prime Minister, when his meeting at No. 10 on 2nd December 1999 with Mr Louis Gerstner Junior of the IBM Corporation of New York was first sought to be booked; whether discussions included the transfer pricing review of IBM then being undertaken by Inland Revenue in August 1999; and whether a record of the meeting exists. | (144040) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 211 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143789) | 212 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last year; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143878) | 213 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143901) | 214 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 215 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civic amenity sites there are in England and Wales; and how many such sites will have facilities to collect waste electrical and electronic equipment under the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | (142772) | 216 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143788) | 217 N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of clay was (a) imported into the UK and (b) extracted in the UK for use in the construction industry in each quarter of (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007 to date. | (143757) | 218 N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of shale was extracted in the UK in each quarter of (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006 and (d) 2007 to date. | (143758) | 219 N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what tonnage of limestone was (a) imported into and (b) quarried in the UK in each quarter of (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007 to date. | (143769) | 220 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to improve the balance of working and non-working hours for people in full-time employment. | (142684) | 221 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what organisations are to be accommodated on the British Library site other than the National Institute for Medical Research. | (143964) | 222 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, why the first statement of 31st May 2007 from the steering group on the relocation of the National Institute for Medical Research was qualified by the further statement of 1st June that the 31st May statement should not be given to the media or staff. | (143965) | 223 N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the UK's trade with Russia was conducted with the province of Kaliningrad in each year since 1997. | (143362) | 224 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the information the regulator needs to meet the new role assigned to it in the Energy White Paper of analysing the long term energy outlook in order to address concerns about security of supply. | (143864) | 225 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department will consider the merits of publishing a low carbon milestone document to help Ofgem achieve its new role of analysing the long term energy outlook in order to address the concerns about security of supply as outlined in the recent Energy White Paper. | (143865) | 226 N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the Low Pay Commission has undertaken research into the effect of a minimum wage for those under the age of 16 years. | (143611) | 227 N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will consider introducing a minimum wage for those under the age of 16 years. | (143612) | 228 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions his Department has held with electronic producers and product designers of electronic goods on the implementation of individual producer responsibility under article 8.2 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | (143988) | 229 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive on product design. | (143989) | 230 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions his Department has held with electronic producers on the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. | (143990) | 231 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had on research and development tax credits and their potential extension to include money spent on the design process itself. | (144038) | 232 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of UK implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment on product design. | (144039) | 233 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143877) | 234 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143902) | 235 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 236 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143787) | 237 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has had from local interest groups regarding the Ashford International Eurostar service in the last 12 months. | (143146) | 238 N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government has set aside for the construction of the Bexhill to Hastings link road; and if he will make a statement. | (143147) | 239 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the delivery of the Baldslow link improvement on the A21; and whether it will be brought forward to be delivered in parallel with the Bexhill to Hastings link road. | (143933) | 240 | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Baldslow link improvement to be delivered; and whether funding has been allocated for its construction. | (143934) | 241 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative research his Department has assessed on the level of security and hand baggage restrictions in place in UK airports and those in (a) other EU countries and (b) the US. | (143966) | 242 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has had from business leaders on the security and hand baggage restrictions on UK air travellers. | (143968) | 243 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of security regulations for UK air travellers on (a) UK business competitiveness and (b) London's status as a global financial centre. | (143969) | 244 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK aviation industry of the additional security regulations for air travellers. | (143970) | 245 N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the progress of the inquiry into the derailment at Grayrigg on 23rd February 2007. | (143615) | 246 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) there is adequate space for a reasonable number of bicycles on each train and (b) secure cycle parking is available at stations. | (144056) | 247 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to encourage the use of cycles (a) to and from workplaces and (b) within local communities; and if he will make a statement. | (144057) | 248 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the costs of the driving theory test were in each year since its introduction; and what the reason was for each change. | (144032) | 249 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide estimates of the level of noise between junctions 5 and 7 of the M3 motorway in each of the last 20 years for which data are available further to the Answer of 27th June 2005, Official Report, column 1261W on the M3. | (142773) | 250 N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on the consultation on extending the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme to include children under two years of age. | (143700) | 251 | Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many unlicensed vehicles were involved in road traffic accidents in each year since 2000. | (144029) | 252 | Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the number of unlicensed vehicles on the road in the UK. | (144030) | 253 | Jessica Morden (Newport East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many MOT tests were carried out in each of the last three years in the UK. | (144031) | 254 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many near misses were recorded over Northern Ireland airspace in the last 12 months; and how many related to flights into or out of (a) Belfast International, (b) Belfast City and (c) Londonderry airports. | (143818) | 255 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143876) | 256 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143903) | 257 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143920) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 258 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143785) | 259 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will bring forward proposals to provide for all proposed legislative competence orders laid before the National Assembly for Wales to be referred automatically to the Welsh Affairs Committee and an appropriate committee in the House of Lords for pre-legislative scrutiny. | (143352) | 260 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the (a) procedures and (b) schedule for all forms of consideration and agreement of the Legislative Competence Order on Additional Learning Needs he is seeking to establish by both houses of parliament. | (143764) | 261 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143874) | 262 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143904) | 263 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143922) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 264 | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) services and (b) products his Department has procured from Remploy in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | (143784) | 265 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the policy of freezing UK pensions overseas. | (144064) | 266 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency received assistance from the New Deal in each year since 1997. | (143976) | 267 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency are in receipt of pensions credit. | (143977) | 268 | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Blackpool North and Fleetwood (a) receive and (b) are entitled to carers' benefits. | (143978) | 269 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department briefed Financial Times journalists on 13th June 2007 about the Government's plans on personal accounts; and if he will make a statement. | (144078) | 270 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimates are of the number of individuals in contracted out (a) defined benefit and (b) defined contribution pension schemes for each year from 1996-97 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | (144079) | 271 | Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many driving licences were seized from payment defaulters as a result of enforcement action by the Child Support Agency in each year since the sanction was introduced. | (144061) | 272 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many temporary national insurance numbers were issued between April 2006 and April 2007. | (144080) | 273 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants receiving disability allowance have been diagnosed with (a) stress and (b) back pain. | (144081) | 274 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful prosecutions his Department provided evidence for in the last 12 months on cases involving (a) false representations for claiming benefit and (b) dishonest representations for claiming benefit. | (144082) | 275 | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance remain unemployed as a result of refusing jobs on grounds of (a) conscientious and (b) religious objections. | (144093) | 276 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he provides to employers on procedures for checking the authenticity of qualifications claimed by job applicants. | (143983) | 277 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department have been allowed to work from home for part of the week in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on home working. | (143873) | 278 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people granted (a) temporary part-time, (b) temporary full-time, (c) permanent part-time and (d) permanent full-time contracts of employment in his Department in each of the last three years were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) registered disabled and (iv) aged 55 years or over. | (143905) | 279 | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of staff in his Department are (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disabled and (d) aged 55 or over. | (143923) | 280 N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission a study to find out how many people are eligible for bereavement benefits. | (143763) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 281 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public sector pension schemes remain open to new workers up to 1st July 2007 with a retirement age of 60 years or less; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (144075) | 282 | Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made to the extent to which public sector pension reform since 2005 meets the criteria of (a) affordability, (b) fairness relative to the private sector and (c) fairness within the public sector; and if he will make a statement. | [Transferred] (144077) |
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