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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 4 July 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 4 July 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 4 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 Wednesday 4 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 4 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the future use of Buildwas Power Station. | | (147675) | 2
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many representations Post Office Ltd received in response to its consultation on the moving of the Stafford Crown Post Office to WH Smith; and how many of the responses raised problems about access. | | (147714) | 3
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost of setting up his new Department is; and how much has been budgeted for (a) fees paid to advisors, (b) replacing official stationery and (c) other transition costs. | | (147542) | 4
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 146W, on Royal Mail: Government assistance, in which town or city the advisers from Deloitte were based. | | (147611) | 5
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will provide the revised budget for his newly-formed Department for 2007-08, broken down by main budget heading. | | (147612) | 6
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total cost has been of the change from the Department of Trade and Industry to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, broken down by (a) relocation expenses, (b) rebranding expenses on (i) signs, (ii) stationery and (iii) departmental publications and (c) other expenses. | | (147811) | 7
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total cost was of creating signs displaying his Department's name for Ministerial offices. | | (147812) | 8
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what date a new sign for his building was commissioned. | | (147813) | 9
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent on external consultancy fees involved in the (a) relocation and (b) rebranding of his Department, broken down by (i) company contracted and (ii) services provided. | | (147814) | 10
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what volume of asphalt was produced in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what estimate his Department has made of the volume of asphalt which will be produced in the next five years. | | (147895) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 11
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer Question 136787, on taxation and allowances, tabled on 8th May 2007 by the hon. Member for Blaydon. | | (147842) | 12
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual block grant was for the Home Department in each year since 2002. | | (147614) | 13
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total Government spending was for (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham, (b) Worcester and (c) Telford constituency in 2006. | | (147666) | 14
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 362W, on the Al-Yamamah project, how many different bank accounts were examined as part of budgeting and accounting activities undertaken by his Department in relation to the management fee received by the Ministry of Defence from the Saudi Arabian government as part of the Al-Yamamah programme; and how many staff from his Department were involved in those activities. | | (147751) | 15
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credits forms TC846 were returned completed to the Tax Credit Office in each month from April 2003 to June 2007. | | (147752) | 16
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation his Department has undertaken with local authorities on the distribution of Planning Gain Supplement. | | (146781) | 17
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Planning Gain Supplement he proposes to return to the local authorities within whose area it is generated; and whether the remainder will be allocated to the region within which it is generated. | | (146782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 18
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding per head was provided to school children up to 18 years of age in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency and (b) Telford constituency in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006. | | (147676) | 19
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to simplify the system for the provision of care for adopted children with learning, behavioural or mental problems. | | (147795) | 20
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to unify funding streams for the provision of post-adoptive care. | | (147796) | 21
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were adopted in (a) 1997 and (b) each of the last three years. | | (147715) | 22
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average age was of children who were adopted in (a) 1997 and (b) each of the last three years. | | (147716) | 23
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost was of creating signs displaying his Department's name for Ministerial offices. | | (147808) | 24
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which buildings his Department occupies; and which buildings were occupied by the Department for Education and Skills on 26th June 2007. | | (147809) | 25
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost was of establishing his Department; and how much was accounted for by (a) relocation expenses and (b) rebranding expenses on (i) signs, (ii) stationery and (iii) departmental publications. | | (147810) | 26
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date a new sign for his building was commissioned. | | (147874) | 27
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on external consultancy fees involved in the (a) relocation and (b) rebranding of his Department, broken down by (i) company involved and (ii) services provided since 26th June. | | (147875) | 28
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Portacabin classrooms are in use in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local education authority area in England. | | (147815) | 29
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to ensure schools adhere to regulations on the use of social, behavioural and psychological interventions in conjunction with the prescription of Ritalin to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | | (147678) | 30
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training and support is provided to teachers and school staff to help them provide for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | | (147679) | 31
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Key Stages 3 and 4 were classified as (a) at risk and (b) in need in each of the last five years. | | (147615) | 32
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people in post-compulsory education aged 16 to 18 years were classified as (a) at risk and (b) in need in each of the last five years. | | (147616) | 33
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children of primary school age were classified as (a) at risk and (b) in need in each of the last five years. | | (147617) | 34
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on replacing the former Department for Education and Skills with his Department including introducing a new corporate identity; and how much he expects total expenditure on transition to be. | | (147619) | 35
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained mainstream schools who gained five good GCSEs in 2006 gained (a) five, (b) four and (c) three C grades. | | (146082) | 36
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for further education. | | (147740) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for which public service agreement targets of the former Department for Education and Skills his Department now has responsibility. | | (147741) | 38
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his targets for academies are on (a) the total number of (i) institutions and (ii) pupil places and (b) geographical distribution. | | (147742) | 39
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies he expects to be opened in each of the next five years. | | (147743) | 40
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for which public service agreement targets his Department is now responsible which were not previously the responsibility of the former Department for Education and Skills. | | (147745) | 41
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which responsibilities of the former Department for Education and Skills his Department holds; whether responsibilities have been transferred to his Department from any other department; and what (i) agencies and (ii) other bodies his Department is responsible for. | | (147748) | 42
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what records his Department holds on the number of students at (a) state comprehensive schools, (b) state grammar schools, (c) state secondary modern schools, (d) other state secondary schools, (e) further education colleges, (f) state sixth form colleges and (g) independent schools and colleges who were taking at least two A-levels in the last four years for which figures are available. | | (147892) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 43
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council owned houses have been built for rent in each (a) district and (b) unitary council area in Hampshire since 1997. | | (147871) | 44
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the building of housing for rent by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (147872) | 45
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to create an Affordable Housing Strategy Group; and if she will make a statement. | | (147873) | 46
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to meet councillors from Shrewsbury Council to discuss the unitary authority proposals for Shropshire. | | (147664) | 47
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings her Department has had with lobbyists working for Shropshire County Council to discuss the proposed unitary authority for Shropshire. | | (147665) | 48
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what documentation her Department received from political lobbyists working for Shropshire County Council in (a) February, (b) March, (c) April, (d) May and (e) June 2007. | | (147667) | 49
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was per household of the Government grant to local government in 2006 for (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and (b) Telford and Wrekin Borough Council. | | (147674) | 50
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provided to local councils in (a) running and (b) funding campaigns over their bids for unitary authority status. | | (147794) | 51
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to require planning permission for the merger of ground floor shop units. | | (147857) | 52
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require planning permission for conversion of class A1 shops into coffee shops or internet cafes. | | (147858) | 53
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what duty fire and rescue authorities are under to respond to calls for assistance from the general public to incidents of flooding. | | (147753) | 54
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses were built in each of the last 30 years. | | (147888) | 55
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much housing funding was provided by the Government in each county of England in each year since 1997. | | (147699) | 56
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many second homes there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1997; and what percentage of all homes this represented. | | (147700) | 57
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were on waiting lists for homes in Cornwall in each year since 1997. | | (147701) | 58
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of houses were sold by the Government in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (147702) | 59
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1997; and what percentage this represented of all houses built in each area and year. | | (147703) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 60
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 39W, on Arts: National Lottery, how much National Lottery (a) heritage, (b) sport and (c) BLF funding (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) England received per capita in each of the last five years. | | (147487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 61
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when definition of (a) torture and (b) abuse he uses in the context of the activities of British armed forces in Iraq; and what account he took of the advice of the Attorney General in formulating this definition. | | (147891) | 62
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) NATO, (b) European Union and (c) UN colleagues on the ending of offensive Sudanese flights over Darfur. | | (147434) | 63
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mosquito nets are available to troops in Afghanistan; and how many are required. | | (147803) | 64
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often mosquito nets provided to troops deployed in Afghanistan are replaced. | | (147804) | 65
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many laptop computers are available to (a) officers and (b) other ranks in the army. | | (147805) | 66
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he intends to make to the availability of laptop computers to the army to facilitate the new system of pay. | | (147806) | 67
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds of ammunition have been purchased for grenade machine-guns since they have been in use; and how many of them have been provided to troops in Afghanistan. | | (147807) | 68
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated ongoing in-service costs are of the Trident replacement over its 30 year life span how much is accounted for by (a) facilities and revenue costs at Aldermaston, (b) new missiles required to carry the warheads, (c) Military Defence Police (MDP) costs for guarding (i) Aldermaston, (ii) Burghfield and (iii) Coulport and (d) MDP costs for escorting the convoys; and if he will make a statement. | | (147835) | 69
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) escort ships, (b) major ships and submarines, (c) minor war vessels and (d) RFA ships were commissioned into the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2000; and how many in each category are planned to be commissioned in each of the next 10 years. | | (147859) | 70
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planning assumption is for the service life of (a) type 23 frigates, (b) type 45 destroyers and (c) future surface combatants. | | (147860) | 71
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) instigate a moratorium on transporting nuclear warheads to Scotland by road during the current critical security alert and (b) ensure that any warheads currently ready for delivery are disassembled and remain at the Atomic Weapons Establishment. | | (147861) | 72
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to commence the industrial procurement process for the Future Surface Combatant. | | (147862) | 73
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running costs of Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury were in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (147663) | 74
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider the recommendations of the naval base review in respect of Faslane, when published, from the point of view of his role as (a) Secretary of State for Defence and (b) Secretary of State for Scotland; and if he will make a statement on resolving potential conflicts of interest. | | (147521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 75
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local flood protection and prevention schemes for which cost benefit analysis has been undertaken, were cancelled or postponed in each of the last five years; and what the reasons for cancellation and postponement were in each case. | | (147543) | 76
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms the Environment Agency has in place to monitor levels of pollution in (a) the River Severn, (b) public waterways, (c) the sewerage system, (d) Brofiscin Quarry and (e) Maendy Quarry; and what records the Agency keeps of the potential sources of pollution. | | (147899) | 77
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expenditure of the Shrewsbury Environment Agency's offices was in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006. | | (147668) | 78
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to visit the Minsterley Show in 2007. | | (147669) | 79
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of bovine tuberculosis were recorded in Shrewsbury constituency in (a) 2000, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004, (e) 2005 and (f) 2006. | | (147671) | 80
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on flood defences for Shrewsbury in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (147677) | 81
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Woodland Trust and Natural England on the potential loss of European woodland to bio-fuels production. | | (147691) | 82
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th May 2007, Official Report, column 380W, on cattle: exports, what the journey time in hours was of all calves aged under 42 days exported to the Netherlands between 1st January and 30th April. | | (147730) | 83
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 64W, on cattle: exports, how many UK calves aged under 42 days died during journeys from the UK to Spain between 1st January and 30th April; how many 24 hour rest periods per journey were provided during the transport of calves from the UK to various destinations in Spain; and if he will make a statement. | | (147731) | 84
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 61W, on animal welfare: transport, when four calves were humanely destroyed at Dover; and for what reason. | | (147732) | 85
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of farmer households in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England were below the modified low income threshold in each year for which figures are available. | | (147704) | 86
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Cornwall's total gross value added was represented by farming in each year since 1996. | | (147733) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 87
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the use that the Army and Air Force in Burma will make of military material and training recently provided by India. | | (147686) | 88
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to make representations to the government of India on its proposed training of Burma Army personnel in India. | | (147687) | 89
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for measures to (a) promote human rights and democracy and (b) encourage dialogue between parties in conflict in Burma. | | (147694) | 90
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list (a) new and (b) existing articles that may be (i) introduced and (ii) moved to be subject to qualified majority voting under the terms of the Inter-governmental Conference Mandate; and if he will make a statement. | | (147729) | 91
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for the full deployment of the combined African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force to Sudan. | | (147440) | 92
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government intends to work with its counterparts in the UN to introduce a Darfur Oil Trust Fund. | | (147441) | 93
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide details of the proposed mandate for the African Union/United Nations deployment to Darfur. | | (147444) | 94
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department received representations on whether President Museveni of Uganda should have been invited to the latest G8 meeting. | | (147838) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the well-being of Forum for Democratic Change members (a) James Musinguzi Garuga, (b) Dr Suleiman Kigundu and (c) Joseph Musasazi Kifefe; and if he will make a statement. | | (147840) | 96
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the 2005 constitutional amendment in Uganda on the position of that country's President. | | (147841) | 97
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss the new EU treaty with his (a) Czech, (b) Polish and (c) Dutch counterpart. | | (147670) | 98
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Libya. | | (147672) | 99
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit Poland. | | (147673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 100
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the cost to the NHS of treating patients with osteoporotic fractures of the (a) hip, (b) wrist and (c) vertebrae in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (146656) | 101
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether alternative treatments are available on the NHS to patients at risk of osteoporotic fracture who do not respond to the first line treatment prescribed by their general practitioner. | | (146657) | 102
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) treating an osteoporotic hip fracture and (b) providing treatments likely to prevent such fractures from occurring in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (146658) | 103
N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to develop guidance on treatments to prevent osteoporotic fractures in post-menopausal women. | | (146659) | 104
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patients who live in the areas covered by West Kent Primary Care Trust will continue to be able to receive homeopathy from the Tunbridge Wells NHS Homeopathic Hospital. | | (147817) | 105
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were diagnosed with cancer of the bowel in each year since 2001, broken down by acute trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (147438) | 106
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds funded by his Department were provided in social services care homes in (a) England and (b) Shropshire in (i) 1997, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2005 and (iv) 2007. | | (147705) | 107
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the adult social care budget was for (a) England and (b) Shropshire in each year since 2002-03. | | (147706) | 108
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent (a) in total and (b) per bed provided on social care home facilities in Shropshire in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what spending has been forecast for 2007-08. | | (147707) | 109
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that children younger than six years are not prescribed methylphenidate drugs. | | (147886) | 110
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average unit of dental activity value is in each primary care trust. | | (147887) | 111
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of continuous improvement training is provided in the NHS for specialist continence nurses as part of their continuing professional development; and what his plans are for the future provision of such training. | | (147855) | 112
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of provision there is for continence services for children in (a) Essex, (b) the East of England and (c) England. | | (147856) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 113
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written Answer of 22nd June 2007 (145928), on police in Chelmsford, how many full-time equivalent police officers in the Chelmsford Basic Command Unit there were, including officers on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave on 31st March 1997. | | (147439) | 114
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the evaluation of the miSense scheme. | | (147754) | 115
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected budget is for development of the identity cards and biometric passports scheme in 2007-08. | | (147755) | 116
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the Pilot Evaluation Report on the operation of section 9 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004. | | (147756) | 117
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records were held on the Police National Computer in each of the last 10 years. | | (147757) | 118
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she plans to make for homeless people to register for a national identity card. | | (147758) | 119
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many official complaints were received by the operator of Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in each month of the financial year 2006-07. | | (147759) | 120
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long each child held at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre had been there as of 2nd July 2007. | | (147760) | 121
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children aged (a) under five years, (b) five to 12 years and (c) 13 to 16 years passed through Yarl's Wood Detention Centre in each of the last 12 months. | | (147761) | 122
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average caseload is of an asylum case owner; and what the figure is in each regional asylum team. | | (147762) | 123
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum legacy cases have been resolved since the establishment of the dedicated directorate within the Border and Immigration Agency. | | (147763) | 124
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a study of the final outcomes of arrests that follow stop and searches under the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (147764) | 125
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations or guidance there is on the design of forms issued by police forces to people who are stopped and searched under counter-terror legislation. | | (147765) | 126
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Yeovil, Official Report, columns 1518-22W, on stop and search: vehicles, how many searches in each category resulted in an arrest. | | (147767) | 127
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Taunton, Official Report, column 977W, on stop and search, what data is held on the offences for which people were arrested. | | (147768) | 128
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd May 2007, Official Report, columns 1324-5W, on crime: intellectual property (IP), how many police forces have established strategies to deal with IP crime; and what steps she is taking to monitor progress in implementing these strategies. | | (147769) | 129
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, columns 1777-8W, on identity cards, if she will break down by activity the sum spent on all communications activities attributed to the budgets of projects for the future development of biometric passports, identity cards and associated initiatives. | | (147770) | 130
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1508W, on detainees: transport, how much was spent on in-country escorts for immigration detainees in each of the last five years. | | (147771) | 131
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1512W, on the National Identity Register, how she plans to ensure that registrants do not register fictional or inadequate addresses. | | (147772) | 132
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Hendon, Official Report, columns 624-5W, on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Border and Immigration Agency's requirements in regard to the services to the detainees as outlined in the contract between her Department and Serco. | | (147773) | 133
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2007 to the hon. Member for Hendon, Official Report, columns 624-5W, on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the bi-weekly meetings that are in place to support direct communication between detainees and the managers of the centre. | | (147774) | 134
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of designing new uniforms for border security staff. | | (147775) | 135
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she expects the cost to be of providing uniforms to all border security staff. | | (147776) | 136
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on the prosecution of police drivers who are caught speeding when not on an emergency call; and if she will make a statement. | | (147777) | 137
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of pilot projects on uniform for border security staff. | | (147778) | 138
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal consultation process was undertaken before deciding on (a) the need for a new uniform and (b) the design of the uniform for border security staff. | | (147779) | 139
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the border and immigration agency last changed its uniform. | | (147780) | 140
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted leave to remain in the UK through the long-residence concession in each of the last 10 years. | | (147781) | 141
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she has used discretionary powers to allow an individual (a) to come to the UK and (b) to remain in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (147782) | 142
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many profiles were loaded onto the national DNA database in each quarter of each of the last five years. | | (147783) | 143
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries were caused by knife attacks in each London borough in (i) 2007 and (ii) each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement on the steps being taken to reduce knife crime, with particular reference to its prevalence amongst the young. | | (147486) | 144
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to encourage chief constables to undertake similar exercises to Operation Foist in their areas. | | (147436) | 145
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of Operation Foist in the London area. | | (147437) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken in response to the recommendations of the (a) 2002 House of Lords Select Committee Report on Animals in Scientific Procedures, (b) Animals Procedures Committee (APC) 2001 Report on Openness, (c) the APC's 2003 review of Cost-benefit Assessment in the Use of Animals in Research and (d) the APC's 2005 Report on the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Scientific Procedures; and if she will make a statement. | | (147833) | 147
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of (a) producing and (b) publishing the Animals Procedures Committee's (i) 2001 report on openness, (ii) 2003 cost-benefit assessment on the use of animals in research and (iii) 2005 report on the statistics of scientific procedures on living animals; and if she will make a statement. | | (147839) | 148
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overstayers there have been in the UK since 1997, broken down by estimated period of overstay. | | (147688) | 149
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the funding of airport policing. | | (147692) | 150
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are participating in the Employer Supported Learning scheme; and in which towns the scheme is operating. | | (147852) | 151
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been recruited to the Special Constabulary through the Employer Supported Learning scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (147853) | 152
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife crimes were recorded in each police authority area in each of the last five years for which figures are published. | | (147854) | 153
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, columns 772-4W, if she will break down the figures for those leaving as a result of (a) resignation, (b) failed probation, (c) transfer to another force and (d) other reasons for each police force area for each year since 2002. | | (147890) | 154
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited by each police force area in each year since 2001. | | (147893) | 155
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers left each police force in each year since 2001 due to (a) retirement, (b) resignation, (c) transfer to another force and (d) other reasons. | | (147894) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 156
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will bring forward plans to put signage on the entrances to the first floor of Portcullis House to indicate the location of rooms in the building. | | (147799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 157
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of responsive mode funding for nanotechnology research on the research base. | | (147749) | 158
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what benchmarking he has conducted of non-responsive mode funding streams for nanotechnology research in the UK against other countries in each of the last 10 years. | | (147750) | 159
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost was of establishing his Department; and how much is accounted for by (a) relocation expenses and new building acquisition or rent and (b) branding expenses on (i) signs, (ii) stationery and (iii) departmental publications. | | (147876) | 160
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many employees there are in his Department, broken down by pay grade. | | (147877) | 161
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which properties his Department occupies. | | (147878) | 162
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many special advisers are employed by his Department. | | (147879) | 163
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many employees in his Department were employed by (a) the Department for Education and Skills and (b) another Department prior to 27th June 2007. | | (147880) | 164
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what date a sign for his Department's headquarters was commissioned. | | (147881) | 165
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he plans to increase the number of civil servants employed in his Department. | | (147882) | 166
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent on external consultancy fees involved in the (a) relocation and (b) branding of his Department, broken down by (i) company involved and (ii) services provided. | | (147883) | 167
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of the educational maintenance allowance on recruitment to work-based learning programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (147837) | 168
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on continuing professional development programmes; and how much he has allocated from the public purse to support such programmes in 2007-08. | | (147690) | 169
N | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many university students received student loans in (a) England, (b) the South West and (c) Cornwall in each year since 1997. | | (147541) | 170
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent on creating his Department and its corporate identity; and how much he expects to be spent. | | (147618) | 171
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what representations he has received on raising the cap on university top-up fees. | | (147738) | 172
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what role his Department will play in helping the Government to meet its targets on creating trust schools and academies. | | (147739) | 173
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for (a) further and (b) higher education. | | (147744) | 174
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, for which public service agreement targets of the former (a) Department for Education and Skills and (b) Department of Trade and Industry his Department has responsibility. | | (147746) | 175
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which responsibilities of the former (a) Department for Education and Skills and (b) Department of Trade and Industry his Department holds; whether responsibilities have been transferred to his Department from any other department; and for which (i) agencies and (ii) other bodies his Department is responsible for. | | (147747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 176
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of living increase in 2007 will be for forensic psychologists (in training) in the prison service. | | (147818) | 177
| Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of re-offending was of people held in each young offender institution in each of the last five years. | | (147798) | 178
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of voter turnout among people with English as a second language. | | (147766) | 179
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to respond to the report by the Welsh Affairs Committee on the prisons estate in Wales. | | (146373) | 180
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, column 1733W, on victim support schemes: expenditure, what his estimate is of the annual total funding for the support of victims and witnesses since 2002 in addition to the grant to Victim Support. | | (147613) | 181
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often the (a) figure of four hold and (b) double basket hold was used in each secure training centre in each of the last seven years. | | (147708) | 182
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions the expert panel advising the Youth Justice Board on restraint met between 1996 and 2007. | | (147709) | 183
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what response was made by (a) the Youth Justice Board and (b) the Home Office to the representations from NCH on the risks of restraint in secure training centres. | | (147710) | 184
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions pain distraction techniques to the (a) nose, (b) thumb and (c) rib were used in each secure training centre in each of the last five years. | | (147711) | 185
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Youth Justice Board has placed in the Library statistics on the use of restraint in secure training centres other than in response to a parliamentary question in the last five years. | | (147712) | 186
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Youth Justice Board has released information about the use of restraint other than in response to a parliamentary question in the last five years. | | (147713) | 187
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment was made of the level of risk to trainees in incidents of restraint in secure training centres examined by an external expert reporting to Northamptonshire Police following the death of Gareth Myatt. | | (147896) | 188
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on the openness of proceedings in the family courts; and if he will take steps to increase access to such proceedings. | | (147718) | 189
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons currently ordered by the courts to be tagged (a) as part of their bail conditions, (b) as part of an early release scheme and (c) as part of their sentence, have not yet had the tagging technology activated; and if he will make a statement. | | (147516) | 190
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest period was between a court ordering a person in the community to be tagged and that tag not having been activated as at 21st June 2007. | | (147518) | 191
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons some persons ordered to be tagged by the courts as part of (a) their bail conditions, (b) early release schemes and (c) their sentence have not yet had the tagging technology activated; and if he make a statement. | | (147519) | 192
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are to be released from Winchester Prison under the Government's recent early release proposals in the next 12 months. | | (147517) | Questions to the Prime Minister 193
N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull East will be permitted to remain in his official residence in Admiralty House; and on what financial terms. | | (147435) | 194
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Government has agreed to provide funding for the (a) salary, (b) administrative support costs, (c) travel costs and (d) security costs of the former Prime Minister in his new role as Middle East envoy in 2007-08. | | (147800) | 195
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Prime Minister, how much funding has been pledged by (a) the United Nations, (b) the European Union, (c) the United States and (d) Russia for the (i) salary, (ii) administrative support costs, (iii) travel costs and (iv) security costs of the former Prime Minister in his new role as Middle East envoy in 2007-08. | | (147801) | 196
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he plans to take to fight poverty in the next 12 months. | | (147802) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 197
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on security of the energy supply (a) to and (b) in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (147717) | Questions to the Solicitor General 198
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Solicitor General, for which criminal offences there is a time limit between the offence being committed and the authorities not prosecuting because of the passage of time; and what the relevant time period is for each such offence. | | (147900) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 199
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the terms of South West Trains' franchise are on penalty fares; what assessment she has made of the company's compliance with its franchise on penalty fares; and if she will make a statement. | | (147834) | 200
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings her Department has had with train operating companies to discuss pricing structures for the railways; who attended; what the outcomes were; and if she will make a statement. | | (147870) | 201
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what co-ordination exists between different regions of the Highways Agency to ensure that motorway lane closures in one region are notified to adjoining areas served by the same motorway; and if she will make a statement. | | (147442) | 202
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice she has given on the use of overhead gantry signs to ensure that motorists using a motorway in one Highways Agency area are warned of carriageway closures in other Highways Agency areas. | | (147443) | 203
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date she expects the Channel Tunnel to reach full capacity for (a) freight and (b) passengers. | | (144795) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 204
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's progress in improving the adequacy of medical reports following recommendations made by the Committee of Public Accounts in its 27th Report of Session 2001-02. | | (147816) | 205
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to bring forward provisions to strengthen the legal rights of people with (a) rheumatoid arthritis and (b) other chronic health conditions in the workplace. | | (147836) | 206
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many JobCentre Plus staff have been made redundant since July 2006. | | (147689) | 207
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been issued with gender recognition certificates in the last 12 months. | | (147736) | 208
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the amount of customer error underpayments was for (a) pension credit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) income support due to incorrect declaration of (i) full-time earnings, (ii) part-time earnings, (iii) partner earnings, (iv) capital, (v) dependants, (vi) income, (vii) a partner, (viii) identification, (ix) address, (x) housing costs, (xi) other benefits, (xii) college, (xiii) hospitalisation, (xiv) maintenance payments, (xv) non-dependants, (xvi) a prison stay and (xvii) other in each year since 1997. | | (147684) | 209
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the amount of customer error and fraud overpayments were for (a) pension credit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) income support due to incorrect declaration of (i) full-time earnings, (ii) part-time earnings, (iii) partner earnings, (iv) capital, (v) dependants, (vi) income, (vii) a partner, (viii) identification, (ix) address, (x) housing costs, (xi) other benefits, (xii) college, (xiii) hospitalisation, (xiv) maintenance payments, (xv) non-dependants, (xvi) a prison stay and (xvii) other in each year since 1997. | | (147685) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 210
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what expenses members of the new Business Council for Britain will be able to claim. | | [Transferred] (147884) | 211
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the estimated cost is of the establishment of the new Business Council for Britain. | | [Transferred] (147885) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 212
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his predecessor's Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 331, which pupils in North Oxfordshire have received £1,000 extra funding; and how many pupils have received such funding. | | [Transferred] (147695) | 213
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his predecessor's Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 331, what the locations are of the six new schools in North Oxfordshire. | | [Transferred] (147696) | 214
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his predecessor's Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 331, what the names are of the 16 schools refurbished in North Oxfordshire. | | [Transferred] (147697) | 215
| Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his predecessor's Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 331, which of the 549 classrooms refurbished are in North Oxfordshire. | | [Transferred] (147698) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 216
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with local authorities in Shropshire on special funding support to tackle the aftermath of the recent floods. | | [Transferred] (147693) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 217
| Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the database under development by the Pre-Release Section to be operational. | | [Transferred] (147784) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 218
| Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for pollution along the east coast arising from the transfer at sea of oil from small carriers to bulk ocean-going tankers. | | [Transferred] (147797) |
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