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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 3 July 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 3 July 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 3 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 3 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 3 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make Bevin Boy badges available to the (a) widows and (b) children of those who qualified for it but have died. | | (147415) | 2
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147610) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of farmers were declared bankrupt in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (147429) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 4
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147606) | 5
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 361W, on 11 Downing Street: charities, on how many occasions each of those charities has used 11 Downing Street. | | (147417) | 6
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer the letter to his predecessor of 11th May 2007 from the Rt. hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr A. Bange. | | (147547) | 7
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what continuing financial commitments the UK has towards countries which gained independence from the British Empire. | | (147511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 8
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children of compulsory school age in each local education authority area attended independent schools in the last year for which figures are available. | | (147349) | 9
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent from the Transformation Fund for the development of the childcare workforce. | | (147296) | 10
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on the provision of training for childminders; and what guidance he provides to local authorities on the matter. | | (147297) | 11
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on (a) the development of social partnership arrangements to cover the children's workforce and (b) pay benefits agreements for specialist and professional Children's Services' staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (144366) | 12
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147609) | 13
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will commission a study on whether teaching children bridge in school can lead to the start of a gambling addiction. | | (147210) | 14
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on the number of newborn babies taken into care in North Tyneside in the last three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (147589) | 15
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training in teaching reading is provided to student teachers at university. | | (147212) | 16
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the allocated budget is for school sport at non-specialist sports colleges. | | (147264) | 17
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who is responsible for workforce development on physical education and sport; and if he will make a statement. | | (147265) | 18
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. | | (147528) | 19
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in the care of a local authority have been reported to the police as missing; and for how many of these children the whereabouts are unknown. | | (147418) | 20
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the outcome was of the review of refuge for runaway children; and when he will publish the report of the review. | | (147419) | 21
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the relationship between pupil achievement and pupil attendance at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3. | | (147544) | 22
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the relationship between class size and pupil achievement at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3. | | (147545) | 23
| Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the hours an average (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher spends on planning, preparation, assessment and other administration in each seven day period; and if he will make a statement. | | (147546) | 24
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many surplus places there were in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority on 1st January 2007, broken down by school type; and how many schools of each type there were in each authority. | | (147510) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 25
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1673W, on the social exclusion unit: pilot schemes, what pilot projects were (a) initiated and (b) supported by the social exclusion unit and the social exclusion task force prior to the publication of the Reaching Out action plan; and which of those since have been implemented on a national basis. | | (147565) | 26
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147593) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 27
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147604) | 28
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to support Local Sector Independence Day on 4th July. | | (147214) | 29
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what action the Government is taking to support efforts by local public bodies and voluntary groups to strengthen their practice on local sector independence. | | (147215) | 30
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list all (a) consents and (b) refusals of consent since 1st May 1990 under the Allotments Act 1925 for the disposal of allotment land or its use for other purposes, involving allotment sites in the District of Derwentside. | | (147414) | 31
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of staff in her Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps she has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. | | (147531) | 32
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the delivery of software and information systems for the regional fire control centres. | | (147507) | 33
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in full-time equivalent terms will be required for each Regional Fire Control Centre. | | (147508) | 34
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how she intends to resource those tasks currently undertaken by staff in existing fire control centres which will not be handled by new regional centres. | | (147509) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 35
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147598) | 36
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of (a) UK Sport, (b) Sport England, (c) Youth Sport Trust and (d) English Institute of Sport plan to attend the Labour Party event at Wembley National Stadium on 12th July 2007. | | (147262) | 37
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) current and (b) anticipated future budget of the Youth Sports Trust is; and from which sources it draws its funding. | | (147263) | 38
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) the Youth Sport Trust, (b) the Association for Physical Education and (c) Sports Coach UK were consulted on the development of county sports partnerships; and if he will make a statement. | | (147266) | 39
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. | | (147530) | 40
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, columns 740W, on Big Lottery Fund, what (a) proportion and (b) percentage of Big Lottery fund grants to the voluntary and community sector have been made to charities registered with the Charity Commission in each of the last three years. | | (146811) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 41
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many CRV-7 rockets fitted with cluster munition warheads UK armed forces have used in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq since October 2001. | | (147523) | 42
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the standard programmes regarding the number of rockets per ripple are when CRV-7 cluster munition rockets are fired in a pre-programme ripple; and what factors influence the choice of ripple programme. | | (147524) | 43
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what body conducted the tests to establish the six per cent. failure rate for the M261 submunitions carried on CRV-7 cluster munition rockets; how many rockets and submunitions were fired in the tests; and what the (a) ground conditions and (b) range were. | | (147525) | 44
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme will support up-skilling throughout (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK beyond the Armed Forces; and what discussions his Department has had on supporting up-skilling. | | (146844) | 45
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will make an assessment on the outcome of the Whole Programme Solution negotiations with regard to the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme. | | (146845) | 46
| Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much depleted uranium ammunition has been used by British forces in (a) Operation Telic and (b) Operation Herrick since 2003. | | (147526) | 47
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from the US Administration on the subject of contracts obtained by BAE Systems; and if he will make a statement. | | (147211) | 48
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. | | (147529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 49
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency about revising their flood risk assessment models; and if he will make a statement. | | (147433) | 50
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147595) | 51
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average annual earnings of farmers in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 1979. | | (147428) | 52
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers there were in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 1979; and what proportion of the total workforce they made up. | | (147431) | 53
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of cheese manufactured in the UK from imported milk powder. | | (147420) | 54
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the research protocol agreed with Warwick University and others to examine the use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction test for the detection of bovine tuberculosis. | | (147421) | 55
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tests are performed on beef imports from Brazil to detect residues of (a) pesticides, (b) veterinary medicines and (c) growth hormones. | | (147422) | 56
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his officials last visited Brazil to check the traceability and identification procedures required for beef exports to the EU. | | (147423) | 57
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June 2007, Official Report, columns 2086-88W, on agricultural products: prices, what the farmgate price was of each product; and where there is no equivalent farmgate price, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that such a comparative analysis is available. | | (147587) | 58
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department are making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions; and what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to encourage more people to make such contributions. | | (147527) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 59
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Saudi Arabian officials on the country's human rights record. | | (146732) | 60
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Canadian counterpart. | | (146733) | 61
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147599) | 62
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for the full deployment of the African Union-United Nations force in Darfur; and what progress was made at the Contact Group Meeting in Paris. | | (147026) | 63
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK is making to the government of Sudan on its commitment under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to withdraw Sudanese armed forces from Upper Nile and Unity States by 9th July 2007. | | (147484) | 64
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the (a) health and (b) ability to access medical treatment of the detained Uganda Forum for Democratic Change supporter Robert Tweyambe; and if he will make a statement. | | (147538) | 65
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the deaths in Makindye military barracks of three Forum for Democratic Change members, Denis Nabilema, Moses Dramani and David Oboma; and if he will make a statement. | | (147539) | 66
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Ministers in his Department held with African leaders during the recent G8 meeting in Germany. | | (147552) | 67
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role he expects British police officers to have in Uganda (a) before and (b) during the Commonwealth Conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (147554) | 68
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (147573) | 69
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to the United States on Guantanamo Bay. | | (147540) | 70
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the US Administration in the last 12 months on the Cayman Islands and companies operating there; and if he will make a statement. | | (147213) | 71
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with colleagues in (a) NATO, (b) the European Union and (c) the United Nations Security Council on the ending of offensive Sudanese flights over Darfur. | | (146655) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 72
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147596) | 73
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to answer the letter to his predecessor of 18th May 2007 from the Rt. hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr Ameen Hadi. | | (147549) | 74
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies he has (a) reviewed and (b) commissioned on levels of mental illness in young people, with particular reference to levels of clinical depression; what assessment he has made of those studies; and what steps his Department is taking to combat depression in young people. | | (146796) | 75
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June 2007, Official Report, column 2178W, on health services: training, if he will publish validated data relating to expenditure and training in 2006-07, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (147495) | 76
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer given by the Prime Minister on 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1375W, on engagements, what the evidential basis is for the statement that (a) in 1997, 50 per cent. of the NHS estate was older than the NHS itself and (b) today, 20 per cent. of the NHS estate is older than the NHS itself. | | (147496) | 77
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1320W, on NHS: sick leave, what the average sickness absence rate for NHS staff was in each year since 2001, broken down by strategic health authority area. | | (147497) | 78
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007, Official Report, column 583W, on mentally ill: cannabis, how many hospital admissions on mental health grounds resulting from the use of cannabis there were in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority area. | | (147498) | 79
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2007, Official Report, column 442WA, on national media evaluations, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's national media evaluation reports for January 2006 to June 2006 inclusive; and if he will publish the reports on his Department's website. | | (147499) | 80
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, column 1735W, on clinical trials, on what date the implementation group set up by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was established; on how many occasions it has met since; and over what timescale he expects each of the recommendations contained within the report of the Independent Expert Scientific Group on clinical trials to be implemented. | | (147500) | 81
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) maternities and (b) full-time equivalent midwives there were in England in each year since 1997; how many full-time equivalent midwives per 1,000 maternities there were in each year; and what definition his Department uses of maternity. | | (147533) | 82
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the detailed report relating to the final sign-off on the financial plans of NHS organisations in 2007-08 referred to on page 28 of his Department's NHS financial performance quarter four, published on 6th June 2007; if he will publish the detailed report; and if he make a statement. | | (147534) | 83
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) total number of and (b) net ingredient cost of drugs dispensed in the community for the treatment of insomnia was in each year since 1997. | | (147535) | 84
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken any analysis of the NHS's performance relative to other countries' healthcare systems in the last two years. | | (147536) | 85
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency assesses the size of doses to be administered to volunteers in clinical trials on the basis of minimum anticipated biological effect levels. | | (147537) | 86
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2007, Official Report, columns 1735-6W, on clinical trials, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has established an expert advisory group to advise on applications for clinical trials on higher risk substances. | | (147550) | 87
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that data collected through the Quality and Outcomes Framework of the new General Medical Services contract should require gender-specific information. | | (147555) | 88
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department's Gender Equity Project had difficulty gaining access to a contact list of England's Directors of Public Health, as stated on page 15 of his Department's Gender Equity Audit Report, published on 8th June 2007; what steps he has taken to ensure his Department has access to an up-to-date contact list of Directors of Public Health; and if he will make a statement. | | (147556) | 89
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Equality Impact Assessment of his Department's reorganisation of corporate services, referred to on page 43 of his Department's Single Equality Scheme 2007-2010, published on 8th June 2007. | | (147557) | 90
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which aspects of his Department's policy-making his Department has recognised weaknesses, as stated on page 22 of the Cabinet Office's Capability Review of the Department of Health, published on 22nd June 2007. | | (147558) | 91
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which accident and emergency departments turnaround teams have been deployed, as stated on page 23 of the Cabinet Office's Capability Review of his Department, published on 22nd June 2007; at what cost to the public purse in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (147559) | 92
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas the quality of briefing to Ministers has been diminished as a result of weaknesses in the Department's policy-making, as stated on page 22 of the Capability Review of the Department, published on 22nd June 2007. | | (147560) | 93
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the titles of all DVDs produced by his Department in the last 12 months; what the cost to the public purse was of developing each; how many were produced of each; and what the overall cost to the public purse was of each, inclusive of all development, production and distribution costs. | | (147561) | 94
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parts of his Department are not confident in the use of (a) economic and social analysis and (b) evidence to support policy-making, as stated on page 21 of the Capability Review of the Department, published on 22nd June 2007. | | (147562) | 95
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role is of his Department's Departmental Management Board. | | (147563) | 96
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which members of his Department are included in his Department's Senior Leadership Team; and if he will make a statement. | | (147564) | 97
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide the data behind the statement made by the Chief Executive of the NHS on page nine of his Annual Report 2006-07, published on 21st June 2007, that the NHS has been in underlying deficit for the last 20 years. | | (147566) | 98
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the full results of the IpsosMORI survey referred to on page 24 of the Chief Executive of the NHS's Annual Report 2006-07, published on 21st June 2007, showing that less than 60 per cent. of the public are satisfied with the NHS overall. | | (147567) | 99
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which people in (a) the NHS and (b) his Department did not take sufficient action to tackle deficits inside the NHS, as referred to on page 12 of the NHS Chief Executive's Annual Report 2006-07, published on 21st June 2007. | | (147568) | 100
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) each of his Ministers has held with hon. Members in the last 12 months; and what was discussed in each case. | | (147569) | 101
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in his Department are classified as without posts, broken down by directorate in which they are employed. | | (147570) | 102
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which third parties are represented in his Department's National Stakeholder Forum. | | (147571) | 103
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what cost to the public purse his Department is sponsoring a float in the Pride London Parade on 30th June 2007 as stated in his Department's Single Equality Scheme 2007-2010, published on 8th June 2007. | | (147572) | 104
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Best Practice Guidance on the Transport of Infectious Substances published on his Department's website on 1st June 2007, Gateway reference 8334, whether his Department is aware of any occasions on which cultures containing (a) Escherischia coli (verocytotoxigenic), (b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis and (c) Shigella dysenteriae have been sent via Royal Mail. | | (147575) | 105
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capital budget was of each (a) NHS trust and (b) primary care trust in 2006-07; and what the actual capital expenditure was in 2006-07 of each. | | (147576) | 106
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely level of top-slicing in 2007-08 of primary care trust revenue allocations in each strategic health authority area. | | (147577) | 107
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons were for the increase in the gross deficit in the primary care trust sector between 2005-06 and 2006-07. | | (147578) | 108
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 2006-07 in-year financial position was of each (a) strategic health authority, (b) NHS trust and (c) primary care trust. | | (147579) | 109
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the long-term plans for the 17 NHS trusts which cannot service and repay loans over an acceptable period, as referred to in his Department's report NHS financial performance quarter 4, published on 6th June 2007. | | (147580) | 110
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which items of expenditure were included in the NHS bundle for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the overall value of the NHS bundle was in each year. | | (147581) | 111
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department altered the design of the no-smoking sign it requires to be placed at the front of every enclosed public space to make it different from that determined by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO); what representations he has received from the ISO on the issue; at what cost the redesigned sign was developed; whether external agencies were involved in its redesign; and if he will make a statement. | | (147582) | 112
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what cost to the public purse his Department's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advisory Group commissioned the taking of (a) lesbian, gay and bisexual images and (b) transgender images as referred to in his Department's Single Equality Scheme 2007 to 2010, published on 8th June 2007; how he defines (i) lesbian, gay and bisexual images and (ii) transgender images; how many (A) lesbian, gay and bisexual images and (B) transgender images are in the NHS photo library; and if he will make a statement. | | (147583) | 113
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to assess the benefits of prescribing Dasatinib (Sprycel) for chronic myeloid leukaemia; and if he will make a statement. | | (147413) | 114
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of Ritalin prescriptions issued; and if he will make a statement. | | (147501) | 115
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of a general practitioner's powers to increase the dosages of Ritalin for sufferers of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder once an initial prescription has been made by a specialist in child psychiatry. | | (147504) | 116
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to assist the governments of Jersey and Guernsey in the implementation of the European Union legislation relating to food supplements, nutrition and health claims made on food and the current medicine directives. | | (147532) | 117
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many amniocentesis procedures were carried out in each of the last three years; how many of the procedures resulted in a diagnosis for Down's Syndrome (Trisomy 21) or other chromosomal abnormalities; and how many of these resulted in a termination. | | (147416) | 118
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2007, Official Report, column 1008W, on vCJD, what the name is of each prototype vCJD assay that is being evaluated; which body is carrying out each evaluation; what the purpose is of each evaluation; on what date each evaluation began; on what date his Department expects each evaluation to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (147424) | 119
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates blood donations were made to the UK Blood Service by UK blood donors who later developed vCJD; and if he will make a statement. | | (147585) | 120
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK blood donors have developed vCJD after donating blood to the UK Blood Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (147588) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 121
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147602) | 122
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2007, to Question 145164, on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, when the last occasion was that the (a) Border and Immigration Agency and (b) Independent Monitoring Board (i) scrutinised and (ii) monitored the length of time taken for staff Yarl's Wood Detention Centre to answer outside calls; and if she will make a statement. | | (147494) | 123
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the telephone at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre was not staffed and outside calls were left unanswered between 10.30am and 12.00pm on Thursday 28th June 2007. | | (147553) | 124
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to answer the letter to her predecessor of 16th May 2007 from the Rt. hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr M. Akhtar. | | (147548) | 125
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes she proposes for the system of passport checks of people flying into the UK; and what steps she intends to take to reduce delays for passengers, with particular reference to those arriving this summer. | | (146797) | 126
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to investigate misuse of Ritalin and other methylphenidate-based drugs for recreational purposes. | | (147502) | 127
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her colleagues in the Department of Health on the use of Ritalin as a recreational drug. | | (147503) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 128
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average debt incurred by university students upon completion of their course was in each year since 1997 in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England. | | (147505) | 129
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) average and (b) maximum student loan was in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each year since 1997. | | (147506) | 130
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the Government expects the average debt to be of university students graduating in each of the next five years. | | (147522) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 131
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with international colleagues on Palestinian development, with particular reference to the development of a Palestinian (a) airport and (b) port. | | (146729) | 132
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to support education in rural areas of (a) India and (b) Pakistan. | | (146730) | 133
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce opium production in Afghanistan. | | (146731) | 134
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147605) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 135
N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 are applied to part-time members of the judiciary. | | (146734) | 136
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 346W, on family law, legal aid scheme, how much of the legal aid bill for family law cases since 2005 can be attributed to contributions towards the costs of residential assessments in care proceedings. | | (147485) | 137
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in compensation for board to prisoners who have been released early in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (147551) | 138
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147592) | 139
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners received treatment through the detoxification unit at Cardiff Prison in each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (147584) | 140
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of staff turnover in the Prison Service in prisons in Wales was in each month since 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (147586) | Questions to the Leader of the House 141
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Leader of the House, how much her Office paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147607) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 142
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147597) | 143
N | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1263W, what the outcome was of his discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding programmes for Northern Ireland. | | (146605) | 144
N | David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, columns 17-18W, on sexual offences, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the 31 per cent. rate of successful prosecutions for rape. | | (146810) | Questions to the Prime Minister 145
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Prime Minister, how much his Office paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 146
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147603) | Questions to the Solicitor General 147
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Law Office's Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147608) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 148
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147591) | 149
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many filling stations in Ribble Valley are able to accommodate alternative fuel types for cars. | | (147430) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 150
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 151
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to Common Purpose in each of the last five years; for what purpose; and what the outcome of the expenditure was. | | (147601) | 152
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of farmers in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) the UK who are living below the poverty line. | | (147427) | 153
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) households who were in receipt of (i) housing benefit and (ii) council tax benefit were also in receipt of (A) income support, (B) family credit and (C) any other state means-tested assistance in (1) 1992-93, (2) 1997-98 and (3) 2005-06. | | (147425) | 154
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) households were in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) family credit, (iii) housing benefit, (iv) council tax benefit and (v) tax credits in (A) 1992-93, (B) 1997-98 and (C) 2005-06; and what the total was of these benefits. | | (147426) | 155
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals were living in households where one or more persons in those households received (a) an income-related benefit, (b) personal tax credit, (c) an income-related benefit or any personal tax credit and (d) any income related-benefit and any personal tax credit in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (147432) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 156
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of the Middle East peace process. | | [Question Unstarred] (146829) |
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