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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 29 June 2007
Notes:
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+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 29 June 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 29 June 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 29 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 29 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 29 June see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures the Government is taking to stop sofas and chairs which do not meet the fire safety regulations from being imported into the UK.
(146802)
2
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the involvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002; and if he will make a statement.
(147073)
3
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many bankruptcy orders were made in each year since the implementation of the Enterprise Act 2002.
(147074)
4
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of individual voluntary arrangements were made (a) pre-bankruptcy and (b) post-bankruptcy in each year since the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002.
(147075)
5
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) fast-track voluntary arrangements and (b) post-bankruptcy individual voluntary arrangements were made in each year since the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002.
(147076)
6
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made for the future of the World Trade Organisation Doha Round following discussions between the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India in Potsdam.
(146851)
7
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what concessions on agricultural subsidies were offered by the European Union at discussions with the United States, Brazil and India in Potsdam.
(146854)
8
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what new market opportunities for manufacturing exports were offered by Brazil and India at discussions with the United States and the European Union in Potsdam.
(146856)
9
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when details will be announced of the compensation to be made to sub-post offices whose businesses are adversely affected by the opening of post offices in nearby W.H. Smith branches.
(146806)
10
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library copies of the scrutineers' report on union ballots on political fund retention, held by the Certification Officer, from the last 12 months.
(146877)
11
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the outcome was of discussions between his Department and Ofcom on British Telecom's decision to introduce an additional charge for customers who do not pay by direct debit; and if he will make a statement.
(147092)
12
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what legislation covers (a) the sale of tanning equipment to private individuals for use in the home and (b) the permitted age for buying such equipment.
(146995)
13
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with the EU on a common energy policy.
(147003)
14
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146925)
15
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146979)
16
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147050)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
17
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which officials in his Department are responsible for the ongoing review into non-domicile taxation.
(147011)
18
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which external advisers are involved in the ongoing review into non-domicile taxation.
(147012)
19
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates the review group for non-domicile taxation has met since the review began.
(147013)
20
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there (a) has been and (b) will be an external consultation period as part of the ongoing review into non-domicile taxation.
(147014)
21
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of the review group into non-domicile taxation in each year since 1997.
(147077)
22
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence the review into non-domicile taxation has collected about comparable tax regimes in overseas countries; and if he will make a statement.
(147078)
23
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many submissions the review group into non-domicile taxation has made to Ministers; and on which dates.
(147079)
24
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish external submissions to the review for non-domicile taxation.
(147080)
25
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations he has received on the changes proposed in the Budget to the industrial and agricultural building allowances scheme; and what assessment he has made of the future impact of such changes on agricultural spending.
(147093)
26
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all the current Public Service Agreement targets.
(146807)
27
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue HM Revenue and Customs received from businesses subject to incorrect Customs Procedures Codes being entered on export shipments of inward processing relief goods in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(145093)
28
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice HM Revenue and Customs has provided on the tax status of official ministerial residences.
(146868)
29
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HM Revenue and Customs has produced on whether ministerial severance payments under the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 are liable to (a) income tax and (b) National Insurance contributions.
(146869)
30
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Cabinet Office on Project George in the last 12 months.
(146870)
31
Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter of 3rd May 2007 from the hon. Member for North Down on the supply of a VAT number to Lighthouse Electrical in Donaghadee, County Down.
(147195)
32
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution his Department's (a) devolved countries and regions team and (b) education, training and culture team made to discussions on the proposed logo for the 2012 Olympics before its approval.
(146953)
33
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1642W, on Departments: Resignations, what the (a) job and (b) team title was of the civil servants referred to.
(147095)
34
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1879W, on Departments: hotels, if he will set out the figures for 2006-07 for (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Debt Management Office, (c) the Royal Mint and (d) the Office of Government Commerce, including subsistence, as in the Answer of 16th October 2006, Official Report, column 1060W, on Departmental expenditure.
(147097)
35
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1879W, on visits, whether he stayed in British Government accommodation in each location.
(147098)
36
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1498W, on Departments: recruitment, what payments have been made from the public purse to each of these recruitment agencies since 1997.
(147102)
37
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) corporate charge and (b) corporate credit cards were lost in each year since 2001-02 in his Department.
(147103)
38
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) corporate charge and (b) corporate credit cards have not been recorded as returned to his Department by staff who have left.
(147104)
39
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent transactions on his Department's (a) corporate charge and (b) corporate credit cards in each financial year since 2001-02.
(147105)
40
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was allocated to offsetting the carbon dioxide emissions estimated to have arisen from his Department in respect of flights in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and how many tonnes of carbon equivalent were estimated to have arisen from such flights in each case.
(147106)
41
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of (a) corporate charge and (b) corporate credit card outgoings in 2006-07 for which claim forms have not yet been received from staff.
(147111)
42
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1496W, on Departments: credit cards, how much was spent via corporate charge cards by staff in his Department in each year since 1997.
(147112)
43
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on hotel and other privately-provided accommodation (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad for (A) Ministers, (B) staff and (C) others in 2006-07.
(147114)
44
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1495W, on Departmental expenditure, whether the £50,955 is in addition to the £133,237 referred to in the Answer of 4th December 2006, Official Report, column 196W.
(147115)
45
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution John Miskelly made through work on the Public Services Productivity Panel.
(147116)
46
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, over what periods John Miskelly was employed on the Public Services Productivity Panel.
(147117)
47
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury received recommendations from the Audit Commission in 2006 on changes to the resource accounting and budgeting system in the NHS.
(147118)
48
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance was given to the Department of Health on changes to the resource accounting and budgeting system in NHS trusts in 2006-07.
(147119)
49
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what preparations were made by HM Treasury for the introduction of the resource accounting and budgeting system in the NHS.
(147120)
50
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-geographic telephone numbers are in use by each of his departmental agencies; and what revenue was received from them in each year since 2001.
(147167)
51
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid to recipients of tax credits in Peterborough constituency in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(146755)
52
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Maperley about the feasibility of finding alternative uses for Shackleton and Gilbridge Houses in Sunderland if HM Revenue and Customs withdraws from Sunderland city centre; and if he will make a statement.
(147005)
53
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the economy of Sunderland city centre of the proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Gilbridge and Shackleton houses; and if he will make a statement.
(147006)
54
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146927)
55
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146977)
56
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147055)
57
N 		Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the number of unitary authority proposals implemented on the basis of the local government review.
(146485)
58
N 		Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on local authorities seeking unitary status which appeared on the shortlist published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 27th March 2006.
(146486)
59
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue collected under the landfill tax was (a) allocated and (b) disbursed to (i) the Waste and Resources Action Programme and (ii) other programmes designed to increase recycling in each of the last 10 years for which records exist.
(147128)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
60
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to the North East of England to tackle bullying in schools in the last 12 months for which figures are available; what progress has been made in reducing bullying; and if he will make a statement.
(147154)
61
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local education authorities lost records in the fire at the Iron Mountain facility fire at Bromley-by-Bow on 12th July 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(147072)
62
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much is being spent on (a) personalised learning, with special weighting for deprived areas, for low achievers and (b) one to one tuition in mathematics and English for low achievers; how much has been spent in Leyton and Wanstead; and if he will make a statement.
(147131)
63
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost has been of the Sure Start programme in each year since it began.
(146754)
64
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many individuals registered on List 99 have home addresses in Wales.
(146285)
65
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 783W, on classroom assistants: mathematics, what assessment his Department has made of the degree to which the scheme is meeting its objectives.
(146954)
66
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 783W, on classroom assistants: mathematics, how many placements were provided (a) overall and (b) in mathematics in each financial year since its establishment.
(146955)
67
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1702W, on Departments: delivery unit, what the (a) start date, (b) end date and (c) terms of reference are for the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit's joint work with his Department on academies.
(147161)
68
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 1158W, on primary education: teaching methods, how much has been allocated to provide one-to-one tuition for 300,000 pupils in (a) English and (b) mathematics over the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(147162)
69
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 1158W, on primary education: teaching methods, what the cost per pupil is of (a) the Every Child a Reader and (b) the Every Child Counts programme.
(147163)
70
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 1158W, on primary education: teaching methods, what the Department's planned trajectory is for the provision of one-to-one tuition in (a) English and (b) mathematics to 300,000 pupils by 2010-11.
(147164)
71
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 797W, on pupils: intimidation, on what date his Department's work to tackle cyber-bullying began.
(147165)
72
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 783W on classroom assistants: mathematics, when the scheme began; and how much funding his Department gave to the scheme in each financial year since it started.
(147166)
73
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will break down the average per capita cost of the Every Child a Reader programme in to (a) pay for specialist trained teachers, (b) materials for pupils, (c) central administration costs for the scheme, (d) marketing and (e) other costs.
(147168)
74
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many special teachers have been trained for the (a) Every Child a Reader and (b) Every Child Counts programme.
(147169)
75
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many bullying incidents took place in schools in each financial year since 2002-03.
(147170)
76
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 797W on pupils: intimidation, how many staff worked on the anti-bullying strand of this programme in each financial year given, broken down by payband.
(147171)
77
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 797W on pupils: intimidation, whether reduced funding for anti-bullying work in 2005-06 was a result of decisions taken in the 2004 Spending Review process.
(147172)
78
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 797W on pupils: intimidation, how much funding his Department has given to each organisation listed since it started working with them.
(147173)
79
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 797W, on pupils: intimidation, how many schools' anti-bullying policies have been classified as weak and ineffective; and how many such schools have received targeted support.
(147174)
80
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 year olds were not in education employment or training, broken down by (i) parliamentary constituency, (ii) local education authority and (iii) region in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
(147034)
81
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the average Level 3 Qualification and Curriculum Authority point score for pupils attending state city academies in 2006 was represented by (a) GCE A levels, (b) GCE AS levels and (c) VCE A levels or other Level 3 qualifications.
(147082)
82
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146916)
83
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146989)
84
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147058)
85
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contact his Department has had with Applied Scholastics since 1997.
(147190)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
86
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each payment by the Cabinet Office to Opinion Leader Research in 2005-06.
(146862)
87
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on away days located outside his Department's buildings in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(146863)
88
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much public expenditure was incurred by DirectGov for paying to send staff to attend the Good Communication Awards on 30th May 2007 held at the Marriott Grosvenor Hotel, London.
(146864)
89
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average fully loaded cost is of a full-time equivalent member of staff of his Department working in Whitehall.
(146865)
90
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reason the vacancies published on the Government Communication Network public website will no longer be advertised to the public.
(146866)
91
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office received from the Deputy Prime Minister's Office for the official residence of the Deputy Prime Minister in Admiralty House (a) in total and (b) to cover the cost of (i) rent, (ii) security, (iii) utilities, (iv) facilities management and (v) general maintenance in 2006-07.
(147196)
92
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost to the public purse was of the event for special advisers held in No.10 Downing Street on 15th June.
(147029)
93
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings Ministers in his Department have held with Deborah Mattinson of Opinion Leader Research in the last 12 months.
(147030)
94
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) amount and (b) purpose was of each payment made by his Department to Opinion Leader Research in the last 12 months.
(147031)
95
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1831W, on policy review, for what reason the Economic Dynamism group did not produce a final report.
(147032)
96
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 14th May 2007, Official Report, column 543W and (b) 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1831W, on the policy review, if he will make an estimate of the cost of the policy review, separately identifying costs of (a) producing presentations, (b) designing, printing and distributing reports, (c) website costs, (d) consultancy fees and (e) staff time.
(147038)
97
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 1038W, how much his Department has paid to Opinion Leader Research since 1997.
(147040)
98
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants (a) are receiving the minimum wage and (b) earn less than £6 per hour.
(147101)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
99
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what response she has made to the National Audit Office report Thames Gateway: Laying the Foundations, with particular regard to the sections on performance and planning; and if she will make a statement.
(147132)
100
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her estimate is of the number of dwellings sold in Cornwall, broken down into those sold (a) as second homes, (b) for buy-to-let, (c) to Cornish inhabitants and (d) to people moving into Cornwall in the last 12 months.
(146645)
101
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with the Community Development Foundation on the appropriateness of religious groups receiving grants from the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund where allegations of cultish behaviour have been made against them.
(147208)
102
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received on cultish behaviour in the (a) Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, (b) New Kudampa Tradition and (c) Soka Gakkai International.
(147209)
103
N 		Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of requiring the Ordnance Survey to make licensable or copyright material available to schools and other public educational establishments free of charge; and if she will make a statement.
(146016)
104
N 		Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what revenue the Ordnance Survey raised from selling licensable or copyright material to (a) schools and public educational establishments, (b) commercial cartographers and (c) software developers in each of the last five years.
(146017)
105
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146930)
106
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in her Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146993)
107
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department have had (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last year.
(147194)
108
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration her Department has given to the position of local authorities on the revenue support grant floor under the pooled funding arrangements to take effect from April 2008 to support local area agreements.
(147085)
109
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for planning permission in respect of houses designed to be operated unconnected to mains electricity, gas and water supply there have been since 1997; and of these how many were (a) approved without an appeal and (b) rejected.
(146790)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
110
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department takes to encourage and facilitate participation in sport and exercise amongst adults.
(147158)
111
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which pieces of legislation enacted in each of the last 10 years for which his Department is responsible have yet to be brought into force.
(147197)
112
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards meeting his Department's Public Service Agreement target to increase significantly the take-up of arts opportunities by new users from priority groups; and what the change in numbers of users has been from each priority group over the period of the agreement.
(147198)
113
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department's offices were refurbished in each of the last five years; what work was carried out; and what the (a) original budget and (b) final cost was in each instance.
(147199)
114
Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much each sports lottery contributor will contribute to the Lottery funding package for the 2012 Olympics.
(147200)
115
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1783W, on Olympic Games: Greater London, in what ways the advice remains pertinent to the formulation of government policy.
(146950)
116
N 		Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the new Gaelic television channel is expected to commence transmission.
(146015)
117
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146914)
118
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146992)
119
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147059)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
120
N 		Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there have been revisions of and amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding between the US Government European Command and the Ministry of Defence Police 1989; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
(146742)
121
N 		Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the missile defence feasibility study that was delivered to the NATO summit in Riga in 2006.
(146743)
122
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of new candidates to the Armed Forces were school leavers aged 16 and a half years in the last 12 months.
(147136)
123
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support is available to the families of service personnel killed in armed conflict.
(147137)
124
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken by UK forces in the Helmand province of Afghanistan to prevent the cultivation of opium.
(147138)
125
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to be in a position to make a detailed report of the (a) costs and (b) other aspects of UK involvement with Operation Telic; and if he will make a statement.
(147187)
126
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 168W, on departments: manpower, whether any staff in his Department are classified as people without posts.
(146889)
127
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials from his Department applied to join BAE under the business appointments procedure in each of the last 10 years.
(146952)
128
N 		Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular and (b) Territorial Army staff work in the Inspector General's Territorial Army department, broken down by (a) appointment and (b) location.
[R] (146756)
129
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations from the Deepcut Review report produced by Sir Nicholas Blake QC, published in March 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(147064)
130
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to discuss the implementation of the recommendations from the Deepcut Review with Sir Nicholas Blake QC, in the period since its publication in March 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(147065)
131
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people applied for service in the Gurkhas in each of the last three years; and what the average selection time was.
(146957)
132
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacancies there are for chefs in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines.
(146958)
133
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) initial resource provision, (b) in-year variation and (c) resource outturn was for the RAF Personnel Management Agency in each financial year since 1997.
(146959)
134
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list his Department's top level budget holders and their related management groupings in each financial year since 1997.
(146960)
135
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cash (a) provision and (b) outturn was for the (i) War Pensions Benefits Programme, (ii) War Pensions Benefits Programme - Far Eastern Prisoners of War and (iii) War Pensions Benefits Programme costs - British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association request for resources subheads in each financial year since 1997.
(146961)
136
N 		Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide funding for the clean up of chemicals and asbestos at Ballast Bank, Charlestown in Fife.
(146777)
137
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many depleted uranium shells were fired into the Irish Sea and the waters feeding into the Irish Sea in each of the last 30 years.
(146891)
138
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146915)
139
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146991)
140
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147051)
141
N 		Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 17th May 2007 on an issue related to the Grievance Appeal Panel.
(146710)
142
N 		Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to improve the pensions of Gurkhas who have served more than 21 years with the British army.
(146601)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
143
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the average Level 3 Qualification and Curriculum Authority point score for pupils attending schools other than state city academies in 2006 was represented by (a) GCE A levels, (b) GCE AS levels and (c) VCE A levels or other Level 3 qualifications.
(147083)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
144
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department participated in the Lights Out London campaign.
(147126)
145
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received since the launch of the Act on CO2 Calculator; and what assessment he has made of the impact that the calculator will have on people's long-term energy habits.
(147156)
146
N 		Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any flood defence failures occurred in the recent flooding in Sheffield.
(146567)
147
N 		Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect city centres against (a) flood events and (b) likely impacts of climate change.
(146568)
148
N 		Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken (a) in Sheffield and (b) at a national level to improve drainage systems in city centres to cope with (i) flood risks and (ii) climate change.
(146569)
149
N 		Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support the Government plans to provide to assist Sheffield in the aftermath of the recent floods.
(146570)
150
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors the Government takes into account when deciding whether to adopt the Green Dot approach to recycling; and what assessment the Government has made of its use in other European Union member states.
(146135)
151
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers received single payment scheme payments of (a) between £50,000 and £500,000, (b) between £500,001 and £1 million and (c) over £1 million in 2006.
(146243)
152
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all single farm payments for the year 2006 have been paid in full.
(146244)
153
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2007, Official Report, column 1361W, on departments: manpower, what the estimated annual cost to the public purse is of the 136 staff on the Priority Movers List.
(146887)
154
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2007, Official Report, column 1361W, on departments: manpower, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance given to those on the Priority Movers List.
(146888)
155
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records his Department holds on the incidence of MRSA in farm animals; and if he will make a statement.
(146837)
156
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Belgian, (b) Dutch, (c) German, (d) Norwegian and (e) Danish counterparts on the management of fishing stocks in the North Sea.
(147004)
157
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) likely future change in the amount of exported domestic waste, broken down by category.
(147205)
158
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will reassess the adequacy of financial support for the promotion of reusable nappies following the conclusion of the revised life cycle assessment.
(147206)
159
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in setting up a stand-alone organisation to take over running of WRAP's Real Nappy Campaign; and what financial contribution his Department will provide to it.
(147207)
160
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many judicial reviews brought against English Nature between 1997 and 2007 in the (a) High Court, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) House of Lords (i) were successful and (ii) resulted in an order for costs being made against English Nature; and what costs were awarded in each case.
(146956)
161
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of tribulyte tin from the bulk of ships on the marine environment in the Irish Sea.
(146890)
162
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of nutrients discharged by rivers on (a) estuaries, (b) beaches adjacent to estuaries and (c) the Irish Sea.
(146892)
163
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what pollution incidents involving more than 0.01 tonnes of spillage occurred in the Irish Sea in each year since 2003; on what date each occurred; what the size was of the spillage; and which company (a) reported and (b) was responsible for each.
(146893)
164
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of algal bloom is in Liverpool Bay; what the locations are of algal bloom in UK waters, broken down by order of severity; if his Department will take steps to treat non-toxic algal bloom accumulated on the North Wales coast; and if he will make a statement.
(146894)
165
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of monitoring pollution levels in the Irish Sea in each of the last 30 years.
(146895)
166
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total tonnage of sewage sludge was dumped in Liverpool Bay in each of the last 30 years; what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of sewage sludge dumping on the marine environment; and if he will make a statement.
(146896)
167
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory bodies monitored pollution levels in the Irish Sea in each of the last 30 years.
(146897)
168
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of polychlorinated biophenyls on the marine environment in the Irish Sea over the last 30 years.
(146898)
169
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent co-operation between the UK Government and the Irish government on monitoring pollution in the Irish Sea.
(146899)
170
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantities of (a) synthetic chemicals, (b) mercury, (c) cadmium, (d) lead, (e) zinc, (f) nickel and (g) arsenic released into the Irish Sea from establishments in the UK in each of the last 30 years; what recent changes there have been in the reduction targets in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(146906)
171
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of funding has been given to the Jonus project in each year of its existence.
(146908)
172
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146917)
173
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146988)
174
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147043)
175
N 		Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 17th May to the Minister of State on recycling plants.
(146705)
176
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to increase the minimum landing size for bass.
(146910)
177
N 		Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the maximum residue level for commonly used pesticides was last reviewed.
(146571)
178
N 		Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken of individual fruits having levels high enough to exceed the acute reference dose when determining the safe maximum residue levels for pesticides.
(146572)
179
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average (a) energy efficiency, (b) water efficiency and (c) carbon dioxide emissions of homes constructed to operate unconnected to mains electricity, gas and water supply.
(146789)
180
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each local authority in the South East of England in each of the last four years for which figures are available; what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents; and how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were for fly-tipping in each local authority in the South East of England in each year for which figures are available.
(147094)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
181
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the timetable for the full deployment of the combined African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to Sudan; what decisions were made at the enlarged Contact Group Meeting in Paris; and if he will make a statement.
(146900)
182
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other members of the Government on the proposals for a Darfur Oil Trust Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(146901)
183
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) proposed mandate and (b) command and control structure will be for the joint African Union-United Nations deployment to Darfur; and if he will make a statement.
(146902)
184
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with colleagues within NATO, the European Union and the UN Security Council on ending offensive Sudanese flights over Darfur; and if he will make a statement.
(146903)
185
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps the United Nations has taken on Burma since a resolution was vetoed in January.
(147143)
186
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) representations he has made and (b) reports he has received on the (i) imprisonment and (ii) welfare of Simon Mann in Harare; and if he will make a statement.
(146858)
187
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance is being made available to aid the (a) Ethiopian military and (b) infrastructure reconstruction in Somalia from (i) the UK and (ii) the EU.
(146859)
188
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of India on that country's role in peacekeeping in Somalia.
(146860)
189
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that elections in Sierra Leone are free and fair; for how long he expects international observers to remain in Sierre Leone; and whether they will remain there throughout the election process.
(146931)
190
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of prisoners' rights and living conditions in Sierra Leone.
(146932)
191
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the arrest and detention of the Auditor General for law and order in Bermuda.
(146935)
192
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on protests by Maoist rebels against the Indian government in the districts of Bihar, Purlieu, Jharkhand and West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra; and what assessment he has made of the scale of those protests and numbers of fatalities.
(146936)
193
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on increasing co-operation between the UN Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such co-operation on African Union military involvement in (a) Sudan, (b) Somalia, (c) the Central African Republic and (d) Chad.
(146937)
194
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the conduct of the parliamentary election campaign in East Timor and its conformity with the Political Party Accord and Code of Conduct.
(146938)
195
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports and representations he has received on armed groups seizing children for ransom payments in the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement.
(147129)
196
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he expects the President of the host country for the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kampala to exercise the prerogative to extend invitations outside designated member states; and if he will make a statement.
(147186)
197
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to (a) expedite the deployment of the full African Union-United Nations force to Darfur and (b) encourage other countries to act in a similar manner; and if he will take steps to establish a public and verifiable timetable to keep the Sudanese government to its commitments to accept the joint force.
(147202)
198
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his Polish counterpart during the recent conference in Brussels to discuss the new EU constitutional treaty.
(146996)
199
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart since January.
(146998)
200
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his Spanish counterpart on the future sovereignty of Gibraltar in (a) March, (b) April, (c) May and (d) June 2007.
(147001)
201
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the future of Anglo-Saudi relations.
(147002)
202
N 		Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM High Commission Islamabad received notification from the Home Office of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal's decision in the case of Mr M.I., sponsored by Mr R.A. of Aylesbury (FCO reference 119381; appeal reference VA/31440/2006); and when he expects to issue a visa to Mr M.I.
(146724)
203
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146919)
204
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146987)
205
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147056)
206
N 		Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance has been given to Iraqi citizens who have provided interpretation services for official UK representatives in Iraq to (a) enter and (b) remain in the UK on grounds of their security; and how many Iraqis have been assisted in this way.
(146018)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
207
N 		Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have led a health economy-wide approach to implementation of the DH Musculoskeletal Services Framework; and how many are on course to complete implementation by autumn/winter 2007.
(146711)
208
N 		Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have led an assessment of health needs of those with musculoskeletal conditions; and how many are on course to complete an assessment by spring 2007.
(146712)
209
N 		Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have mapped current musculoskeletal services and assessed future demand; and how many are on course to complete mapping by spring 2007.
(146713)
210
N 		Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why musculoskeletal services are excluded from the Quality and Outcomes Framework; and whether consideration will be given to including them in the next review.
(146714)
211
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time ambulance stations were located in (i) the Cotswold District, (ii) Stroud District, (iii) Cheltenham Borough, (iv) City of Gloucester, (v) the Forest of Dean and (vi) Tewkesbury Borough in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest date for which figures are available; and how many he forecasts there will be by the end of (1) 2007 and (2) 2008.
(146913)
212
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether accommodation used in reality television programmes are enclosed public places for the purposes of the forthcoming smoking ban; and if he will make a statement.
(146904)
213
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is available for (a) the elderly and (b) people on low income who need spectacles; what the eligibility criteria are; how much was (i) allocated for such assistance and (ii) received on average by claimants in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(146905)
214
N 		Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the Liverpool City Council (Prohibition of Smoking in Places of Work) Bill on Government policy and legislation to ban smoking in enclosed public places in England.
(146566)
215
N 		Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what bio-medical research (a) his Department and (b) the Medical Research Council has funded into the cause or causes of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(146602)
216
N 		Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the adequacy of specialist services for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement.
(146603)
217
N 		Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department last met representatives of the charities and organisations working on behalf of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis patients; and what matters were discussed.
(146604)
218
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust in each of the last 10 years; and what the average allocation was to hospital trusts in England over the same period.
(146245)
219
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many extra care housing places there are (a) taken up and (b) available in Cornwall.
(146643)
220
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) state funded and (b) privately funded care home places in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England per head of population.
(146644)
221
N 		Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) Cornwall's and (b) England's (i) total, (ii) adult and (iii) child population was registered disabled on the latest date for which figures are available.
(146646)
222
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology was used to calculate the ecological footprint of a Chiltern resident as set out in his Department's publication, Chiltern Health Profile 2007.
(146288)
223
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Treasury on the reprofiling of his Department's budget before the 2006 Budget; and who initiated those discussions.
(146947)
224
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, column 1313W, on NHS: consultants, what estimate was made of the cost of new consultants' contracts at the time of the 2002 Comprehensive Spending Review settlement for his Department; and what his current estimate is of the cost of the contracts over the period of that review.
(146948)
225
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, column 1314W, on NHS: consultants, what the membership of each of the working groups and reference groups was.
(146949)
226
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, column 1385W, on Departments: public expenditure, how many such regular discussions have been held in the last 12 months.
(146951)
227
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department received from the Audit Commission on the impact of resource accounting and budgeting on financial management in the NHS, in addition to the Review of the NHS Financial Management and Accounting Regime, published 26th July 2006; and on what date each piece of advice was received.
(147028)
228
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June 2007, Official Report, column 2168W, on Departments: Opinion Leader Research, for what reason the payment quoted for Opinion Leader Research differs from that given in the Answer of 26th February 2007, Official Report, column 1108W.
(147039)
229
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the decision was taken to make changes to the resource accounting and budgeting system for the NHS announced in March 2007.
(147121)
230
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations his Department made for the introduction of the resource accounting and budgeting system in NHS trusts.
(147122)
231
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records are being held by his Department on the discussions with HM Treasury on changes to the resource accounting and budgeting system announced in March 2007.
(147123)
232
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on changes to the resource accounting and budgeting system.
(147204)
233
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of regulating the addition of (a) protein and (b) water to chicken meat to provide for (i) limits in each case and (ii) further labelling requirements including in catering establishments.
(146962)
234
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the threat to human health of MRSA in (a) live animals and (b) animal meat.
(146838)
235
N 		Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that recipients of domiciliary care commissioned by a local authority have continuity of care protected during a change in care provider.
(146599)
236
N 		Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what redress is open to clients in receipt of domiciliary care commissioned by a local authority in circumstances where they have had their carer withdrawn by the local authority without provision for alternative support services being made.
(146600)
237
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the repair backlog was of the NHS estate, broken down by (a) high risk, (b) significant risk, (c) moderate risk and (d) low risk in each of the last three financial years; and what the overall risk adjusted backlog was.
(147061)
238
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of building and engineering maintenance on the NHS estate in each of the last three financial years.
(147062)
239
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fires were reported on the NHS estate as required by FIRECODE policy and principles in each of the last three financial years.
(147063)
240
N 		Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spare capacity expressed in patient numbers is available for (a) under 18, (b) over 18 fee paying and (c) over 18 charge exempt people who want to register with an NHS dentist in Milton Keynes, broken down by dental practice.
(146707)
241
N 		Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the indicator ecological footprint included in Health Profiles of Local Authorities issued by the Public Health Observatory will be used by local government and primary care trusts to tackle health inequalities and improve health.
(146787)
242
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were carried out in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years.
(147007)
243
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146920)
244
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146986)
245
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147049)
246
N 		Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 1st May to the Minister of State about Nexavar.
(146709)
247
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the rules governing the choose and book system allow for the names of individual clinicians within a particular service and their indicative waiting times to be passed on to GPs and their patients.
(146963)
248
N 		Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are in place for testing imported meat for MRSA contamination.
(146481)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
249
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed on Operation Trident; what assessment she has made of the merits of rolling out the programme to other large metropolitan cities; and if she will make a statement.
(147139)
250
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times an European arrest warrant has been used to extradite foreign nationals back to the United Kingdom for prosecution.
(147140)
251
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many candidates of ethnic minority origin applied to the Northumbria Police Force in each year since 1997; and how many were successful.
(147141)
252
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bicycle thefts were recorded in (a) England and Wales and (b) London in each of the last five years.
(146973)
253
N 		Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will declassify MI5 file series PF600, 439 to 610 and 109.
(146788)
254
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public expenditure her Department incurred to send staff to attend the Good Communication Awards on 30th May held at the Marriott Grosvenor Hotel, London.
(146876)
255
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2007, Official Report, column 670W, on departments: manpower, what the estimated yearly cost is of employing the 99 staff referred to.
(146884)
256
N 		Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the reliability of automatic number plate recognition technology.
(146483)
257
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with her Mauritanian counterpart on assistance the UK can give to Mauritania to deal with illegal immigrants sailing from Mauritanian ports to European Union territory.
(146997)
258
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance has been given to Malta for tackling illegal African immigrants coming to that country.
(147000)
259
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences recorded as homicide by sharp instrument were recorded by Wiltshire Constabulary in each year from 1997-98 to 2005-06.
(147090)
260
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what type of offences with racial motivation were recorded by Wiltshire Constabulary which (a) were taken to court and (b) resulted in convictions in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06.
(147091)
261
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) detained, (b) released and (c) charged within the first 28 days of arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) religion.
(147041)
262
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the contents of her oral statement of 7th June 2007, Official Report, columns 421-37 on counter-terrorism; and what response she has made to those representations.
(147193)
263
Mr Sadiq Khan (Tooting):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of stop and search there have been under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year, broken down by (a) city or other location, (b) gender, (c) ethnicity and (d) religion.
(147203)
264
N 		Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department (a) received notice from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal of the Judge's decision in the case of Mr M.I., sponsored by Mr R.A. of Aylesbury, (appeal reference VA/31440/2006, FCO number 1198381), and (b) notified H.M. High Commission, Islamabad, of the outcome of the appeal.
(146723)
265
N 		Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqis have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in gaining asylum in the United Kingdom in each year from 2003 to 2007.
(146744)
266
N 		Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the criteria for considering applications for asylum from Iraqi citizens differ from those applying to other countries.
(146745)
267
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which exernal consultants have carried out work for her Department under contracts in each year since 1997.
(146964)
268
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual records were added to the national DNA database under section 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, in each year since 2003.
(146965)
269
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) availability and (b) misuse of fake proof of age cards; and if she will make a statement.
(146966)
270
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research she has commissioned into the skills and qualifications held by (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees.
(146967)
271
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested by the police for immigration offences in each year since 1997.
(146969)
272
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since the enactment of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in (a) England, (b) the Hertfordshire police force area, (c) the Borough of Dacorum and (d) Hemel Hempstead constituency.
(146970)
273
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders imposed at magistrates' courts in each of the last three years were overturned on appeal.
(146972)
274
N 		Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislation controls the (a) ownership and (b) use of airguns; and if she will make a statement.
(146482)
275
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146933)
276
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in her Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146985)
277
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147054)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
278
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage those in employment to engage in further educational study.
(147155)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
279
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures his Department are undertaking to alleviate poverty in (a) Uruguay, (b) Argentina, (c) Brazil and (d) Peru.
(147144)
280
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist (a) Uganda and (b) Senegal in reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS.
(147145)
281
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department in conjunction with the Asian Development Bank to alleviate poverty in Bangladesh.
(147146)
282
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist farmers in Afghanistan who were once involved in cultivation of opium.
(147147)
283
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has received on illegal uses of aid funds in Sierra Leone.
(146855)
284
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the number of Somalian refugees living in (a) Ethiopia and (b) Kenya; and what assistance is being provided to these countries to assist with Somalian refugees.
(146861)
285
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is giving to UNICEF's efforts for a greater supply of the necessary medication to prevent the transmission from mother to baby of HIV/AIDS; and if he will make a statement.
(147191)
286
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UN Joint Logistics Centre in providing non food items for humanitarian programmes run by non-governmental organisations in Darfur; and if he will make a statement.
(147201)
287
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts on improving the availability of accessible eyecare in developing countries.
(146478)
288
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department is providing to help the peace process in Nepal.
(147133)
289
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the most recent visit took place by a Minister in his Department to Nepal; and what the outcomes were of the visit.
(147134)
290
Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid was provided to Nepal in each of the last five years, broken down by sector; and if he will make a statement.
(147135)
291
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the European Commission over EU aid to Namibia.
(146999)
292
N 		Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to provide guarantees for (a) present and (b) former employees of CDC that their pensions will be assured following any flotation or sale.
(146706)
293
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what system his Department uses for recording currency transactions from sterling into local currency for use in developing countries.
(146801)
294
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146921)
295
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146984)
296
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147057)
297
Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money from the public purse has been provided to the Gambian government for education programmes (a) by the Government directly and (b) through other institutions in each year since 1997.
(146939)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
298
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what responses he has received about the piloting of the Victims' Advocate Scheme.
(147159)
299
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts there are; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such courts; how many further such courts are under consideration for establishment; and at which locations.
(147160)
300
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultation process was undertaken when deciding whether to extend the physical restraint procedures in the 2006 Youth Justice Board code of practice; and if he will make a statement.
(147066)
301
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that physical restraint is appropriately used within juvenile secure estates following changes to the 2006 Youth Justice Board code of practice; and if he will make a statement.
(147067)
302
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on changes to physical restraint procedures in the 2006 Youth Justice Board code of practice; and if he will make a statement.
(147068)
303
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Youth Justice Board (YJB) when considering changes to the physical restraint procedures outlined in the 2006 YJB code of practice; and if he will make a statement.
(147069)
304
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries occurred in juvenile secure units as a result of physical restraint in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(147070)
305
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the decision to extend physical restraint within juvenile secure estates.
(147071)
306
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements there are in relation to the conduct of court cases in EU countries involving minors from other member states intervention in (a) countries and (b) circumstances where it is considered the relevant court is not suitably competent; and if he will make a statement.
(146934)
307
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what use was made of the chemical incapacitate known as PAVA to end the rooftop demonstration at Huntercombe Young Offenders Institution on 15th June; and if he will make a statement.
(147127)
308
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what work is being conducted by his Department in relation to the Group of States against Corruption's review of party funding.
(146878)
309
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many press, marketing and communications staff are employed by the Information Commissioner's office.
(146879)
310
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what public expenditure was incurred by the Information Commissioner's office in hiring (a) public affairs companies and consultants and (b) public relations companies and consultants, in each year since its creation.
(146880)
311
N 		Lady Hermon (North Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the National Offender Management Service in each year since its inception; and what the budget distribution was per region in each year.
(146746)
312
N 		Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners in HMP Peterborough who are likely to be released early; and if he will make a statement.
(146315)
313
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who was consulted prior to the introduction of Statutory Instrument no. 1709, 2007.
(147027)
314
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the departmental controller in each of the secure training centres plays in (a) monitoring and (b) reporting on the use of physical restraint.
(147033)
315
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what system of monitoring the use of physical restraint is in place in each secure training centre to ensure that practice complies with guidelines set out in the Youth Justice Board paper on managing behaviour.
(147036)
316
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times oxygen has been offered, or applied to, detainees following the use of restraint in secure training centres in each of the last three years.
(147037)
317
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unannounced inspections of each secure training centre have been carried out by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in each of the last five years.
(147124)
318
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been injured during physical restraint in each of the secure training centres in each quarter since January 2006.
(147125)
319
N 		Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal notified the Home Office of the judge's decision in Tribunal Case VA/31440/2006 (FCO number 1198381), promulgated on 29th March, about the case of Mr M.I. sponsored by Mr R.A. of Aylesbury.
(146722)
320
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures in place to rehabilitate young offenders on their release from prison; and if he will make a statement.
(146798)
321
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of levels of overcrowding at young offenders institutions; and if he will make a statement.
(146799)
322
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Data Protection Act 1998 prevents the Parole Board from putting information into the public domain on individual prisoners which might contribute to public protection.
(146778)
323
N 		Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has considered bringing forward changes to allow the Parole Board to put more information into the public domain for the protection of the public.
(146779)
324
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons 90 cells in B wing at HM Prison Dartmoor are not being used; and for how long this has been the case.
(146912)
325
N 		Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June to Question 144968, on police cells costs, what range of nightly cost was used in calculating the £385 per night average cost; what the (a) highest and (b) lowest nightly invoice received so far is; and whether his Department is made aware of the cost per night before placing prisoners in police cells.
(146479)
326
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many law practices in Wales received funds through the Legal Services Commission for (a) legal aid advice and assistance and (b) legal aid including representation, in each of the last seven years, broken down by (i) type of case and (ii) the lowest-level geographical areas for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(146846)
327
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid in Wales were (a) accepted and (b) rejected in each of the last seven years, broken down by (i) the lowest level areas for which figures are available, (ii) the type of case and (iii) the nature of the work which the legal aid was applied for; and if he will make a statement.
(146857)
328
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid funding was provided by the Legal Services Commission in each of the smallest geographical areas of Wales for which figures are available in each of the last seven years, broken down by (a) the type of case and (b) the nature of the work for which the legal aid was paid; and if he will make a statement.
(146911)
329
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal cases in Wales received legal aid in each of the last seven years, broken down by (a) the lowest possible geographical areas for which figures are available, (b) the type of case and (c) the type of work for which the legal aid was paid; and if he will make a statement.
(147010)
Questions to the Leader of the House
330
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff in her Office did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146922)
331
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in her Office in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146983)
332
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff in her Office have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147045)
333
N 		Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Leader of the House, which hon. Members elected at the 2005 election are not drawing their salaries as hon. Members.
(146477)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
334
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what figures the Northern Ireland Certification Officer holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of trade union members, of each union, who have opted in to a political fund.
(146881)
335
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules on trade union political funds published by the Northern Ireland Certification Officer.
(146882)
336
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 515W, on Departments: official hospitality, if he will provide a breakdown by main budget heading of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) NDPBs expenditure on official hospitality for each of the last three years.
(146803)
337
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 515W, on Departments: official hospitality, from which external customers the sum of £184,000 was recouped in 2006-07; and for what reason the amount recouped increased by £95,000 from the previous year.
(146804)
338
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June, Official Report, column 327-8W on alcoholic drinks: young people, when he expects the Police Service of Northern Ireland Community Safety Branch to publish its first set of statistics outlining the number of incidents of underage drinking in public places.
(146805)
339
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146923)
340
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many uniformed HM Revenue and Customs officers are deployed in a full-time capacity in Northern Ireland, excluding intelligence and investigation officers, working on (a) fuel smuggling, (b) tobacco goods and (c) road fuel offences.
(146940)
341
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vessels docked in Northern Ireland ports from (a) EU and (b) non-EU states in each of the last two years.
(146941)
342
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vessels from (a) EU states and (b) non-EU were searched by HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland ports in each of the last two years.
(146942)
343
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles were detected smuggling fuel into Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
(146943)
344
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what total quantity of fuel being smuggled into Northern Ireland was seized in each of the last three years.
(146944)
345
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for smuggling fuel into Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
(146945)
346
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what volume of fuel being smugged from Northern Ireland to (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) mainland Great Britain was seized in each of the last three years.
(146946)
347
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146982)
348
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147053)
349
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of cases brought for prosecution by the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland resulted in convictions in each of the last three years.
(147130)
Questions to the Prime Minister
350
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to refurbish, extend or renovate the Downing Street complex.
(146872)
351
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to change the number of staff employed by 10 Downing Street.
(146873)
352
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, who his new special advisers are.
(146874)
353
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the future of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and Strategy Unit within the Cabinet Office.
(146875)
354
N 		Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to meet the Secretary of State for Health to discuss the closures of accident and emergency departments.
(146484)
355
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to invite Parliament to have confirmation hearings for major public appointments.
(147099)
356
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy not to have a Prime Minister's resignation honours list; and if he will make a statement.
(147100)
357
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in the former Department of the Deputy Prime Minister in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146990)
358
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in the former Department of the Deputy Prime Minister have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147044)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
359
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146924)
360
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146980)
361
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147047)
Questions to the Solicitor General
362
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147048)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
363
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many meetings the Certification Officer or his representatives have held with the Electoral Commission on trade unions since the establishment of the Commission.
(147192)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
364
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of Government Car and Despatch Agency vehicles are hybrid electric vehicles.
(147151)
365
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many dedicated cycle routes have been brought into use since 1997.
(147152)
366
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many high occupancy vehicle lanes have been brought into use since 1997.
(147153)
367
N 		Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely impact on the provision of rural bus services of the real terms reduction in the rural bus subsidy grant to Cumbria County Council in 2007-08.
(146708)
368
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways Agency traffic officers have, in the course of their duties, been (a) caught speeding and (b) prosecuted for speeding in each of the last 24 months, broken down by region.
(147086)
369
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department on bus subsidy in the North West of England in the last 12 months, broken down by constituency.
(147087)
370
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Highways Agency has used powers under Article 14 of the Town and Country Planning Order 1995 on her behalf; and if she will place in the Library a list of these instances.
(147088)
371
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects originally valued at more than £5 million her Department has funded since 1997, broken down by Government Office region; and what (a) the cost at inception and (b) the outturn cost at project completion was of each.
(147089)
372
N 		Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on each of the six pilots in the Community Rail Development Strategy.
(146715)
373
N 		Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on identifying and separating out maintenance and renewal costs for community rail lines as envisaged in the Community Rail Development Strategy.
(146716)
374
N 		Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to implement the Community Rail Development Strategy.
(146717)
375
N 		Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in increasing use of community rail lines as envisaged in the Community Rail Development Strategy.
(146718)
376
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Galileo project will have the functionality to facilitate the implementation of a national road-pricing scheme; and if she will make a statement.
(146871)
377
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2007, Official Report, column 1461W, on the National Roads Telecommunications Services project (NRTS), whether the NRTS will have the capacity to be used for (a) the detection of speeding and issuing of fines, (b) traffic and parking enforcement and (c) road pricing or congestion charging.
(146885)
378
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2007, Official Report, column 1461W, on the National Roads Telecommunications Services project (NRTS), whether the NRTS will interface with the automated number plate recognition infrastructure.
(146886)
379
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1616/7W on aviation: Northern Ireland, what the reasons were for the three airprox incidents in Northern Ireland between 1st June 2006 and 31st May 2007.
(146800)
380
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146926)
381
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in her Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146978)
382
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147052)
383
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure was made available for improving the convenience and safety of cycling in each of the last five years.
(147084)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
384
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what visits he has made to Wales on ministerial business; and what the purpose and date of each visit was.
(146286)
385
N 		Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what visits have been made by Wales Office ministers to Welsh prisons; and what the dates of such visits were in the last 12 months.
(146287)
386
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1289W, on departments: manpower, how many staff in his Department are classed as without posts.
(146909)
387
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146928)
388
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146976)
389
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147060)
Questions to the Minister for Women
390
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Minister for Women, what work she is undertaking to promote flexible working hours for new mothers.
(147148)
391
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Minister for Women, what the gender pay gap was for part-time employees in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(147149)
392
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Minister for Women, what work is undertaken by the taskforce on women's enterprise; and what progress has been made towards the recruitment of a national network of 1,000 female entrepreneur ambassadors.
(147150)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
393
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which publications his Department will be placing advertising as part of the EmployAbility initiative.
(146847)
394
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the budget for the Access to Work scheme in order to meet the Government's aspiration of getting a further million older people and a million people with disabilities into work.
(146848)
395
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of unmet demand has been in relation to applications for support under the Access to Work scheme during the last five years.
(146849)
396
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has undertaken of the (a) value for money and (b) effectiveness of publicity undertaken to promote the Access to Work scheme to employers.
(146850)
397
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the New Deal programme in each year since 1998.
(147113)
398
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many files (a) Capita and (b) other private contractors are holding for his Department and its agency; what the cost is of this service; and if he will make a statement.
(147189)
399
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants there were in the New Deal for Young People in each month since 1998.
(146480)
400
N 		Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1741W, on jobseeker's allowance, if he will provide equivalent data for 1997.
(146573)
401
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1868W, on jobseekers allowance, how many and what percentage of new deal leavers (a) moved on to other benefits and (b) returned to other benefits on leaving employment (i) between six and 12 months and (ii) more than 12 months after leaving the programme in each year since 1998.
(146808)
402
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1748W, on Smith Institute: finance, what details his Department holds on this training course; what use has been made of this think tank for training departmental staff; and if he will make a statement.
(147096)
403
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Child Support Agency offices in Birkenhead and Bolton have different criteria for determining eligibility for an advance payment of arrears.
(146852)
404
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Child Support Agency Parliamentary Business Unit in Birkenhead are unable to communicate via telephone with the Child Support Agency office in Bolton.
(146853)
405
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current rate of deduction for child maintenance is for non-resident parents on benefits by the Child Support Agency; when the rate was fixed; what the rate would be worth if uprated by the retail price index; and if he will make a statement.
(147081)
406
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what threshold has been set for shared care to affect a child maintenance assessment under the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; and if he will make a statement.
(147107)
407
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on shared care arrangements in relation to child maintenance payable under the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; whether a shared care maintenance reduction can be allowed in cases where no long-term shared care agreement is available; and if he will make a statement.
(147108)
408
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he has made it his policy that charges applied for the use of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission should only fall on the non-resident parent; what level of charges is planned; what the purpose of the charges is; and if he will make a statement.
(147109)
409
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalties will be applied by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission when false information is supplied by non-resident parents in relation to child maintenance calculations; and if he will make a statement.
(147110)
410
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in 2006-07.
(146929)
411
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last three years; and at what total cost.
(146994)
412
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
(147042)
413
N 		Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that a greater proportion of non-compliant non-resident parents face enforcement action.
(146719)
414
N 		Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to increase the proportion of females receiving payments from non-resident parents.
(146720)
415
N 		Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to reduce the backlog of cases awaiting action by the Child Support Agency.
(146721)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
416
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what work his Department is undertaking on the research and development of carbon sequestration in the United Kingdom.
[Transferred] (147157)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
417
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20 (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23 and (i) 24 year olds were (i) economically inactive and not in full-time education and (ii) unemployed in each year since 1997, broken down by (A) parliamentary constituency, (B) local education authority area and (C) region.
[Transferred] (147035)
418
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) births and (b) terminations there were of babies with Down's Syndrome in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (147008)
419
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) births and (b) terminations there were of babies with (i) spina bifida, (ii) heart defects and (iii) kidney problems recognised during pregnancy in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (147009)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
420
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Office in the last three years; and at what total cost.
[Transferred] (146981)
421
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in his Office have taken (a) five or more, (b) four, (c) three and (d) two periods of sick leave of less than five days in the last 12 months.
[Transferred] (147046)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
422
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to implement the Government's undertakings in reply to the Agriculture Committee's recommendation that a clear presumption should be made against future development in flood plain land where the flooding risk attached to a particular development ... is deemed to outweigh the benefits, given to the Agriculture Committee in response to its report Flood and Coastal Defence, HC707, 27th October 1998.
[Transferred] (146883)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
423
Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking on the international trade of ivory; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the (a) Chadian, (b) Kenyan and (c) Indian governments on the matter.
[Transferred] (147142)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
424
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) sentenced for bicycle thefts in London in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (146974)
425
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the proposals to provide Europol with access to commercial data in the absence of a specific and credible threat; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (146867)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
426
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for statutory review of a refusal to grant asylum were submitted in each year since 1997; how many such applications were granted; and how many substantive re-hearings of asylum applications were successful.
[Transferred] (146968)
427
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target was set for the number of hours of purposeful activity to be completed by prisoners in each year since 1997.
[Transferred] (146971)
Questions to the Solicitor General
428
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have been initiated under section 68 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; and what the outcome was of each such prosecution where all proceedings are complete.
[Transferred] (147188)

 
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