Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 23 July 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 23 July 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 23 July 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 23 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 Monday 23 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 23 July see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of staff redundancies on the promotion of race equality; and if he will make a statement.

(151874)

2
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how his Department monitors staff and ethnicity data to identify any patterns of inequality or discrimination; and if he will make a statement.

(151875)

3
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses there are in York; how many there were in 1997; and how many businesses have (a) started and (b) ceased trading in York since 1997.

(152207)

4
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many jobs in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) York he estimates are dependent on exports to or investment from other EU states.

(152208)

5
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans the Government has to tighten end-use controls over the re-export of UK supplies components as part of its review of export control legislation.

(152259)

6
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures are in place in the Energy Development Unit to govern gifts and hospitality provided by energy companies; and if he will make a statement.

(151772)

7
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total value is of gifts and hospitality received by the Energy Development Unit from energy companies in each year since 1997.

(151773)

8
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which Bills in policy areas for which his Department is responsible introduced in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151835)

9
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what role his Department will play in ensuring the incorporation of sustainable energy and heat distribution in the development of the eco-town at Northstowe; and what plans he has to establish monitoring arrangements to assist other eco-towns to learn from the Northstowe experience.

(152273)

10
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to receive the respective reports on (a) plutonium and uranium and (b) spent nuclear fuel management options commissioned from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority by his predecessor Department; and what opportunity there will be for stakeholders and independent experts to comment on the reports.

(152279)

11
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been refunded by firms of solicitors who abused the terms of payment in respect of the Miners' Compensation Scheme, broken down by firm.

(151757)

12
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will (a) initiate and (b) evaluate research on the effect on the UK economy of the diminishing size of the UK merchant navy's (i) number of British-registered ships, (ii) number of UK merchant navy officers and (iii) UK maritime skills base; and if he will make a statement.

(152366)

13
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what factors were taken into account in deciding not (a) to promote and (b) to provide information on mediation in employment disputes in guidance issued by his Department.

(151866)

14
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many employment disputes were presented to tribunals in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of cases which were settled before tribunal.

(151873)

15
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how his Department defines (a) conciliation, (b) mediation and (c) arbitration for the purpose of guidance on employment disputes; and if he will make a statement.

(151891)

16
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research he has conducted on (a) the average time for an employment dispute to be resolved, (b) the average time for an employment dispute to be resolved through an employment tribunal, (c) the average time for an employment dispute to be resolved if resolved through mediation and (d) the average time for an employment dispute to be resolved if mediation is undertaken but was unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement.

(151892)

17
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 18th July 2007, Official Report, column 357W, what the reasons are for the reduction in funding for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service in recent years.

(152221)

18
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 264W, on children: protection, what steps the Government plans to take before the implementation of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 in autumn 2008 to prevent known paedophiles from opening a children's agency specialising in theatre, television and modelling.

(152009)

19
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness with the public and business of obligations and responsibilities relating to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

(151735)

20
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many council recycling centres (a) have and (b) do not have a partnership with a manufacturer's scheme for waste electrical and electronic equipment; and what estimate has been made of the cost to councils of the facilities to collect and recycle and the running of civic amenity sites necessary for the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

(151736)

21
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the presence of harmful chemicals in household items; and if he will make a statement.

(151746)

22
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) fridges, (b) washing machines, (c) cookers, (d) televisions, (e) video recorders, (f) computer and monitors and (g) other household electrical equipment were exported from the UK in each of the last five years; and how many items of each type of equipment were exported to each country in each year.

(151933)

23
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent by his Department on (a) advertising and promotional activities relating to and (b) the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

(151934)

24
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151935)

25
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost was of civil nuclear reactors generating electricity in the last year for which figures are available; and how much of that sum was accounted for by the cost of (a) maintenance, (b) staff salaries, (c) security, (d) transport of radioactive materials, (e) radioactive waste removal, (f) radioactive waste storage, (g) purchasing nuclear fuel, (h) radioactive accidents, (i) non-radioactive accidents and (j) accident insurance.

(151936)

26
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many penalty charges were imposed by Royal Mail in the last year for which figures are available.

(152127)

27
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has received any complaints about the new name of his Department being interpreted by some computers as a database error; and if he will make a statement.

(151780)

28
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he is considering any change to the name of the Department to prevent interpretation of the name as a database error by some computers; and if he will make a statement.

(151781)

29
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the UK's responsibility under the Cotonou Agreement not to apply standard generalised system of preferences import duties on imports from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific non-least developed countries which are not in a position to enter into an economic partnership agreement with the EU by 1st January 2008; and whether he has taken legal advice on the matter.

(152087)

30
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the potential legal implications under the Cotonou Agreement of applying standard generalised system of preferences import duties on imports from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific non-least developed countries which are not in a position to enter into an economic partnership agreement with the EU by the 1st January 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(152088)

31
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 285W, on the Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry: Arbitration, when in the autumn he expects the response to Michael Gibbon's review.

(152094)

32
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many residents of Islwyn constituency started their own business in each of the last five years.

(151728)

33
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many VAT registrations there were in Islwyn constituency in each of the last five years.

(151858)

34
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people aged (a) 18 to 30, (b) 31 to 55 and (c) over 55 years started their own business in Islwyn constituency in each of the last five years.

(151859)

35
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral Answer of 4th July 2007, Official Report, columns 954-5, whether the Government has made a decision to build new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement.

(152314)

36
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Renewables Obligation on carbon dioxide emissions.

(151950)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

37
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women were in work in (i) City of York parliamentary constituency, (ii) City of York Council area and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber in (A) May 1997 and (B) each year since.

(152205)

38
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of how many children in (a) Yorkshire and Humber and (b) City of York child benefit was received (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the weekly value of child benefit was in (A) 1997 and (B) the latest date for which figures are available.

(152206)

39
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the inquiry into the future of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices; whether there are plans to relocate the Chelmsford HMRC offices; and if he will make a statement.

(150881)

40
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to residence and domicile rules relating to taxation as a consequence of the review of such rules launched in Budget 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(151769)

41
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the last estimate of the tax foregone in the UK as a consequence of the use of the remittance basis by those not domiciled in the UK was made; and if he will make a statement.

(151770)

42
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fact-finding exercises were undertaken as part of the review of the residence and domicile rules launched in Budget 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(151771)

43
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151845)

44
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born to parents whose parents were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(151909)

45
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born to parents who were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(151910)

46
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals claiming non-domicile tax status were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(151911)

47
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much was paid in (a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) capital gains tax, (d) VAT and (e) council tax, by non domiciled taxpayers in each of the last three years.

(151912)

48
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of penalties likely to arise as a result of non-disclosure of offshore bank accounts; and if he will make a statement.

(151914)

49
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of the £55,000 inheritance tax tax-free allowance for transfers of assets to a non-domiciled spouse in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(151915)

50
N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net difference in income tax revenue collected since 1997 if the top rate of income tax had been uprated in line with earnings.

(152028)

51
N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many economically inactive 18 to 24 year olds there were in (a) 2006 and (b) 1997, broken down by (i) region and (ii) gender.

(152030)

52
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on legal advice for the private finance initiative credit guarantee finance pilots.

(152428)

53
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the lessons of the private finance initiative credit guarantee finance pilots.

(152430)

54
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the private finance initiative credit guarantee finance scheme will be rolled out nationally.

(152431)

55
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs so far incurred on advisory services in relation to the development of the identity card scheme.

(152457)

56
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the new aircraft being purchased for the Queen's Flight.

(152458)

57
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the members are of the Council of Economic Advisers.

(152459)

58
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department first exchanged tax information in bulk about a class of taxpayers with another country; what sort of information has been exchanged in this way; whether such information is exchanged electronically; and if he will make a statement.

(152042)

59
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of (a) youth and (b) adult (i) employment and (ii) unemployment was in (A) Jarrow constituency, (B) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (D) the UK in each year since 1997.

(151944)

60
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) adults, (b) women and (c) single parents were (i) in work and (ii) unemployed in (A) Jarrow constituency, (B) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (D) the UK in each year since 1997.

(151945)

61
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151983)

62
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cumulative cuts in carbon emissions measures outlined in the Budget were (a) predicted to be delivered and (b) delivered in each year since 1997.

(151989)

63
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Treasury achievement targets take account of rural proofing.

(152082)

64
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanism is in place to levy road tax on vehicles used in the UK but registered in other EU member states.

(151248)

65
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs have been moved into (a) Great Yarmouth and (b) Norfolk as a result of the Lyons Review.

(151952)

66
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs employs; and how many more posts are planned to be lost to meet the targets set in the Gershon Review.

(151955)

67
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HM Revenue and Customs staff are encouraged to respond to consultations arising from the Gershon Review.

(151956)

68
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff employed in Havenbridge House Great Yarmouth (a) are female and (b) work flexitime.

(151964)

69
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Climate Change Levy in reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

(151971)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

70
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on Sure Start in York; and how many parents have participated.

(152189)

71
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the capital investment in schools in City of York was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

(152190)

72
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers and (b) non-teaching assistants there were in local education authority schools in (i) Yorkshire and Humber and (ii) City of York in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006.

(152191)

73
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York was in each year since 2004.

(152192)

74
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average full-time equivalent gross pay of teachers in York schools was (a) in cash terms and (b) at current prices in each year since 1997.

(152193)

75
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students at education institutions in York are receiving education maintenance allowances; and what the total expenditure on the allowances in York was in the last year for which figures are available.

(152194)

76
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the budget for York College was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 2004-05.

(152195)

77
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on training teachers at (a) the University of York and (b) York St. John University in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006-07.

(152196)

78
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding per (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate student the Government provided to (i) the University of York and (ii) York St. John University in each year since 1997.

(152197)

79
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 119W, on schools: Chelmsford, for what reasons he did not provide the requested figures for the Chelmsford Borough Council area; and if he will do so.

(151442)

80
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Bills in policy areas for which his Department is responsible introduced in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151836)

81
N Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers he plans to receive training to deal with vivisection in the classroom; and which organisations have been approached to contribute to that training.

(151597)

82
N Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the Y Touring Group's DVD production, Every Breath; and how many DVDs are being produced.

(151598)

83
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what additional resources he is providing to ensure the delivery by 2010 of the planned Sure Start children's centres; and what training programmes are in place to ensure each centre has access to sufficient trained staff to effectively run the centre.

(152281)

84
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research has been undertaken by his Department on the rate of and factors behind teachers retiring early from leadership positions within schools.

(151994)

85
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, by what means assessments for the third Key Stage will be aligned to new programmes of study under the new secondary curriculum.

(151813)

86
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the evidential basis was for the statement by the Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority that critics of the new secondary curriculum see education as a winnowing device to sort the wheat from the chaff in his recent speech on the curriculum.

(151814)

87
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what evidential basis there is for the statements by the Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority that the new approach to the secondary curriculum will (a) give every young person the best preparation for life, (b) maximise the achievement of each individual and (c) support social mobility in his recent speech on the curriculum.

(151815)

88
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what international research evidence demonstrates that the new curriculum is the key to growth in educational performance as referred to by the Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in his recent speech on the curriculum.

(151816)

89
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 335W, on secondary education: curriculum, for what reasons parents were not specifically consulted on the content of the new programmes of study for the National Curriculum.

(151898)

90
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 333W, on secondary education: curriculum, which countries were identified by the international comparisons carried out by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as having adopted an approach to the curriculum similar to that adopted in the new secondary curriculum.

(151899)

91
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 333W, on secondary education: curriculum, if he will place in the Library the results of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's international comparisons on curriculum in relation to the secondary curriculum review.

(151900)

92
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether assessments for the third key stage will assess factual knowledge not explicitly identified in the new programmes of study for the secondary curriculum.

(151902)

93
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance he has issued to schools on dealings with organisations which have been the subject of allegations of cultish behaviour, with particular regards to (a) Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, (b) New Kadampa Tradition and (c) Soka Gakkai International; and if he will make a statement.

(152364)

94
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the offering of grants to organisations against which there have been allegations of cultish behaviour to support their activities in schools. with particular regards to (a) Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, (b) new Kadampa Tradition and (c) Soka Gakkai International; and if he will make a statement.

(152368)

95
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received from the Youth Parliament on sex and relationships education in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(152369)

96
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has lead responsibility for sixth form colleges; what role the Learning and Skills Council has in overseeing their work; what role it will have in the future; and if he will make a statement.

(152429)

97
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding will be diverted to local authorities as a result of changes to the machinery of Government announced on 28th June; what assessment he has made of the likely effect this will have on the number of staff the LSC employs; and if he will make a statement.

(152438)

98
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to outsource work undertaken by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

(151919)

99
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151977)

100
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) 17 year olds, (ii) 18 year olds and (iii) 16 year olds who are not in education or training; and if he will make a statement.

(151825)

101
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what duties will be placed on (a) parents and (b) employers to ensure that all those under the age of 18 years are in education or training; and if he will make a statement.

(151867)

102
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what sanctions will be used against parents who fail to take reasonable steps to ensure that their children participate in education or training up to the age 18 years; and if he will make a statement.

(151868)

103
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what inspection and enforcement powers will be granted in order to impose an obligation for all those aged up to 18 years to be in education or training; and if he will make a statement.

(151869)

104
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received from business groups on raising to 18 years the minimum age at which young people can leave education or training.

(151870)

105
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of raising to 18 years the minimum age at which young people can leave education or training; and if he will make a statement.

(151871)

106
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on his Department's submission to the Pay Review Bodies for 2008 to 2011.

(151872)

107
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether a new academy may be approved in an area where the local education authority is opposed to it; and if he will make a statement.

(151880)

108
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of capital investment on schools was accounted for by capital investment in academies in each year from 2001-02 to 2006-07; what proportion is planned to be so accounted for in each year from 2007-08 to 2015-16 for which plans have been made; and if he will make a statement.

(151881)

109
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much capital expenditure there was on schools in each local authority area in each year since 2003-04, excluding spending on academies; and if he will make a statement.

(151882)

110
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes there have been since 1st January 2007 in the freedoms enjoyed by academies in relation to the curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

(151937)

111
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, columns 288-90W, on academies, what the contribution from private investors was to each academy's capital costs; and if he will make a statement.

(151946)

112
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, columns 288-90W, on academies, what the (a) start date for building and (b) opening date or expected opening date is of each academy; and if he will make a statement.

(151948)

113
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, from what date academies were required to have one elected parent governor and one governor appointed by the local authority; and if he will make a statement.

(151990)

114
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of companies contracted by local authorities to provide catering services (a) lost money, (b) broke even and (c) made a profit in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07; what estimate he has made of the number in each category in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.

(152131)

115
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of school kitchens which need (a) rebuilding and (b) capital investment.

(152133)

116
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff have been employed in the school meals service in each year since 1985-86.

(152134)

117
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged 16 and 17 are in employment, broken down by (a) small, (b) medium and (c) large size employers; and if he will make a statement.

(152135)

118
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the average number of hours spent in school sports per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1996-97.

(152137)

119
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received from the Local Authorities Caterers Association on school meals.

(152139)

120
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his estimate is of the total school meal uptake in secondary schools in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(152140)

121
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were (a) entitled to and (b) received free school meals in each year from 2002-03 to 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(152141)

122
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils were entitled to free school meals in each local education authority in 2006-07, ranked from highest to lowest; and if he will make a statement.

(152142)

123
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many free school meals have been served in each year from 1990-91 to 2006-07 in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and what the total (i) primary and (ii) secondary school population was in each year.

(152144)

124
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average school meal selling price to parents has been in each year since 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(152145)

125
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's targets are; what the performance was against each target at the most recent date; which targets have been (a) dropped and (b) amended in the last 24 months; and if he will make a statement.

(152278)

126
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information is collected by his Department on the costs and take-up of school meals; and if he will make a statement.

(152297)

127
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools took school meals in each reporting period since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(152298)

128
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes there have been to the consumption of (a) chips, (b) burgers and (c) high fat foods in schools since 2004.

(152299)

129
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average daily expenditure on school meals by each local education authority was in each year since 1996-97.

(152300)

130
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the Government spent on supplying free fruit and vegetables in school in each year since 1996-97; what assessment has been carried out on the effectiveness of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(152301)

131
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much deprivation-related funding is available to English schools in 2007-08.

(152446)

132
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect of new standards for school meals on levels of demand; and if he will make a statement.

(152447)

133
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much deprivation-related funding was allocated to each local education authority (LEA) in the last period for which figures are available; how much of this was passed on by LEAs on the basis of deprivation; and if he will make a statement.

(152453)

134
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on cases where schoolchildren have been categorised as having fabricated and induced illness but where it has transpired that the symptoms giving rise to this concern were the result of the child being on the autistic spectrum.

(152219)

135
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support his Department gives to the provision of opportunities for play for children.

(152093)

136
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 124W, on which dates between 1st January and 22nd May 2007 senior officials from his Department met officers from Essex County Council to discuss secondary school provision in Colchester.

(152008)

137
Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, columns 124-5W, on secondary education: Colchester, whether (a) the proposed establishment of an academy in Colchester, (b) proposals for other academies in Colchester and (c) the effect on Colchester Sixth Form College if new academies have their own sixth forms were discussed at the meetings.

(152069)

138
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average SATS test scores of special educational needs pupils taught at (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools were in each of the last 10 years.

(151687)

139
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the number is of incidents of bullying which have led to the exclusion of a pupil from their school in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) type of bullying.

(152163)

140
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools which have offered competitive school sports in each year since 1997.

(152164)

141
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers there were in Great Yarmouth in each year since 1997.

(151958)

142
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average teacher's salary was in Norfolk in each of the last 10 years.

(151959)

143
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average amount spent on each school pupil was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007.

(151960)

144
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in Great Yarmouth went on to further education in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007.

(151961)

145
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on upgrading teaching facilities and new build in schools in Great Yarmouth in each of the last 10 years.

(151962)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

146
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for which official residential properties used by Ministers the council tax liability was met (a) by the Minister or Ministers occupying the property and (b) their Department in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.

(151440)

147
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total potential amount is of severance payments for those eligible who left office upon the change of Prime Minister, broken down by (a) Department and (b) individual former Minister; and whether any eligible former Ministers have refused to accept any or all of the severance payment available.

(151441)

148
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what procedures are required to enable ministers who wish to take a reduced or no ministerial salary to do so.

(151879)

149
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151838)

150
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government is (a) conducting and (b) contributing to studies into the effects of depleted uranium ammunition on the population of Iraq as referred to in the Answer of 20th October 2004, Official Report, column 714W.

(152214)

151
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151981)

152
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which social enterprises, excluding registered social landlords, have contracts awarded by his Department; and what the value is of each such contract.

(152265)

153
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he expects to provide the Government's response's to the (a) First, (b) Fourth, (c) Fifth, (d) Sixth and (e) Seventh Reports of Session 2005-06 of the Public Administration Select Committee.

(151694)

154
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any (a) works of art and (b) (i) valuable furniture, (ii) porcelain and (iii) other items have been reported missing from (A) 10 Downing Street, (B) 11 Downing Street and (C) Admiralty House since 1977.

(152013)

155
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many nights Ministers have stayed at (a) Chevening, (b) One Carlton Gardens, (c) Hillsborough Castle and (d) Lord Chancellor's Apartments since 27th June.

(152454)

156
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what government property within Admiralty House has been (a) used and (b) not used for official purposes since 27th June.

(152455)

157
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people are employed in the Cabinet Office in (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent.

(152456)

158
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has been appointed to the board of a public body since 27th July 2007; and on what salary in each case.

(152460)

159
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent on entertainment from the public purse at (a) One Carlton Gardens, (b) Chevening, (c) Admiralty House, (d) Hillsborough Castle and (e) the Lord Chancellor's apartments since 27th June 2007.

(152461)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

160
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to assist the work of home improvement agencies.

(152048)

161
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(151832)

162
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's announcement of the abolition of regional assemblies on the Government's plans to create additional gypsy and traveller sites; what plans she has for the consultation process on gypsy and traveller sites being undertaken by the East of England Regional Assembly due to end on 31st July; and if she will make a statement on the future of the Government's plans to create additional gypsy and traveller sites in Hertfordshire.

(151697)

163
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will put restrictions on the re-sale of the £60,000 starter homes launched by the former Deputy Prime Minister to avoid profiteering and retain the houses in the affordable homes market.

(152275)

164
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department's Sustainable Buildings Division has carried out on the development of local heat distribution from community-scale combined heat and power plants.

(152277)

165
N Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the sites being considered by the Government for release for development of affordable homes include sites owned by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

(152020)

166
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that a current Minister in her Department meets representatives from Cumbrian district councils before any decision is made on the bid for unitary status from Cumbria County Council.

(151443)

167
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has had from the Better Government for Cumbria Group on Cumbria County Council's unitary bid.

(151444)

168
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the merits of allowing local authorities to build council houses without recourse to independent registered social landlords.

(152000)

169
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications that have limited weeks per year occupancy as an incorporated feature have been approved in Cornwall in the last 10 years.

(152095)

170
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of second homes and holiday lets on the social cohesion of small rural communities.

(152097)

171
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151984)

172
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on democratic accountability of the regional development agencies when the regional assemblies cease to exist.

(152302)

173
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to return powers held by the regional assemblies to local councils following the abolition of the regional assemblies.

(152303)

174
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what she next expects the Social Sector Working Party on housing to meet.

(151885)

175
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what further consultation she carried out before taking decisions on the social sector working party's interim report on major works charges.

(151886)

176
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, within what period of time from a planning appeal being received the Planning Inspectorate is obliged to set a start date for the appeal.

(152371)

177
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's budget limit is for unitary local government bids.

(152372)

178
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bodies are responsible for negotiating local government (a) pension and (b) pay settlements.

(152373)

179
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to eligibility and entitlements under the Local Government Pension Scheme since May 2005; and on what changes to the scheme her Department is consulting.

(152374)

180
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of a tariff system in place of Section 106 agreements and Plannning Gain Supplement.

(152375)

181
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what administrative support her Department is providing to the new Ministers for the Regions.

(152376)

182
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to be in a position to publish the Planning Reform Bill.

(152377)

183
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which recommendations from John Hill's report on social housing she expects to be implemented by her Department.

(152378)

184
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Valuation Office Agency's target is for increasing the number of domestic dwellings with (a) value significant code data and (b) dwellinghouse code data.

(152379)

185
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recommendations from the Cave Review of Social Housing she plans to implement.

(152380)

186
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) mean and (b) median time is for (i) a home inspector and (ii) a domestic energy assessor to be fully accredited.

(152383)

187
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been produced for local authorities on the enforcement of the home information pack regulations.

(152384)

188
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of (a) PPG3 and (b) PPS3 on the supply of flats in the housing market; and if she will make a statement.

(152385)

189
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list each housing private finance initiative scheme, by local authority, that her Department and its predecessors have approved since May 1997.

(152386)

190
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the last technology tracking system report produced by Ordnance Survey.

(152387)

191
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list each of her Department's special advisers.

(152388)

192
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will name each of the accreditation bodies for (a) home inspectors and (b) domestic energy inspectors.

(152389)

193
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to assist local authorities in implementing their obligations under the single status agreement.

(152390)

194
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what annual efficiency savings have been set for local authorities in each year from 2008 to 2011.

(152391)

195
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support her Department expects to provide to the Ministers for the Regions.

(152392)

196
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding local authorities received for (a) coastal and (b) flood defences in the latest period for which figures are available.

(152393)

197
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new dwellings were constructed in the South East government office region or equivalent area in each year since 1979.

(152394)

198
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which purposes local authorities are required to place notices in local newspapers.

(152398)

199
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on which indicators her Department collects information from local authorities.

(152399)

200
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) targets and (b) Best Value performance indicators are set and recorded for local authorities on the number of children in care.

(152401)

201
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has allocated to the Green Shift cyber-warming programme.

(152402)

202
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department and its agencies have given to (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations on providing interpreters and translation services for those who do not speak English.

(152403)

203
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department carbon off-sets foreign visits made by its staff; at what cost for visits made in the last 12 months; and what level of carbon dioxide was offset.

(152404)

204
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many travellers in England were recorded as occupying unauthorised encampments in each year since 1997.

(152405)

205
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of new households which will be single person households in the next 12 months.

(152406)

206
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) councils and (b) housing associations are offering Extended Open Market Homebuy schemes.

(152407)

207
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the council tax collection rates of (a) Manchester, (b) Salford and (c) Hackney councils in 2006-07.

(152408)

208
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the market demand for zero-carbon homes.

(152409)

209
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of construction costs of (a) a zero carbon home and (b) an average non-zero carbon home.

(152410)

210
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an energy performance certificate will need to be commissioned for a new build domestic dwelling for sale.

(152411)

211
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given to fire authorities and fire brigades on the use of (a) flashing lights and (b) sirens when travelling to emergency call-outs.

(152413)

212
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many business premises in England have (a) small-scale wind turbines and (b) solar panels, according to Valuation Office Agency valuation records.

(152414)

213
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic properties in England have (a) small-scale wind turbines and (b) solar panels, according to Valuation Office Agency valuation records.

(152415)

214
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse is of commissioning Europe Economics for its work on home information packs.

(152416)

215
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place the research by Europe Economics on home information packs in the Library.

(152417)

216
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fines were levied for breaching the Ordnance Survey Act 1841, in relation to preventing a representative of Ordnance Survey from entering a property to conduct an inspection in each year since 1997.

(152418)

217
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2007, Official Report, column 239W, on home information packs, if she will break down expenditure on home information packs since March 2007.

(152419)

218
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 817W, on the Valuation Office, which consultants have been commissioned to assist with the automated valuation model since September 2005.

(152420)

219
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many representations her Department has received on compensation payments for home inspectors and energy inspectors.

(152421)

220
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legal advice her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) received on home information packs and liability for compensation for home inspectors and energy inspectors.

(152422)

221
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1856W, on council tax: valuation, what use is being made by the Valuation Office Agency of data from Rightmove now that the council tax revaluation in England has been postponed.

(152423)

222
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath, of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1524W, on best value, what estimate she has made of the number of Best Value inspections that will take place each year under the Comprehensive Area Assessment regime.

(152425)

223
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 18th June 2007, Official Report, column 1524W, on best value, whether best value performance indicators will still be collected under the comprehensive area assessment regime.

(152426)

224
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 20th June 2007, Official Report, column 1863W, on the Valuation Office: contracts, whether the future payments by the Valuation Office Agency to Rightmove for the duration of the existing contracts are fixed.

(152427)

225
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 77W, on floods: Milton Keynes, why Milton Keynes Unitary Authority did not receive a payment from the Flood Recovery Grant Scheme.

(151821)

226
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria were used in assessing which local authorities received payments from the Flood Recovery Grant Scheme.

(151822)

227
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the 240,000 houses which are planned to be built per year by 2016 she expects to be built by (a) the private sector, (b) housing associations and (c) local authorities in each year until 2016.

(150835)

228
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built by (a) the private sector, (b) housing associations and (c) local authorities in each year since 1990.

(150883)

229
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which stock option each local authority with council housing has chosen to meet the Decent Homes standard; whether tenants have supported or rejected the strategy in each case; and what the performance rating is of the housing service (number of stars and expectations of future performance) in the case of retaining authorities and those that plan to set up an arms length management organisation.

(151901)

230
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts with social enterprises each council in England has; and what the total value is of such contracts.

(152266)

231
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts the East of England Development Agency has with Luton-based social enterprises; and what the value is of each contract.

(152267)

232
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England are estimated to be homeless; and how many are under 16 years of age in each case.

(151445)

233
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many former UK armed forces service pesonnel in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England are estimated to be homeless.

(151446)

234
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding (a) Leeds City Council and (b) voluntary sector organisations in Leeds have received from the Homelessness Directorate under the Hostels Improvement Programme.

(151447)

235
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the duties and responsibilities of the Minister for the South West Region; what the budget is for that position; how many staff are employed in relation to those duties; and if she will make a statement.

(151715)

236
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built in West Sussex in each year since 1997.

(151783)

237
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase the availability of affordable housing in the South East.

(151784)

238
N Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition she uses of (a) bedrooms, (b) studies, (c) lofts and (d) bathrooms in relation to home information packs.

(151774)

239
N Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Question 148411 tabled by the hon. Member for Isle of Wight on 4th July 2007 on tree preservation orders.

(151775)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

240
N Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote art as a way of improving the wellbeing of elderly people.

(151095)

241
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the national museums in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) City of York received in Government grants in each year since 1997.

(152185)

242
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government spent on sport in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) City of York in each year since 1997.

(152186)

243
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance the Government has given to (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in York since 1997.

(152187)

244
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was granted to the Yorkshire Tourism Board in each year since 1996.

(152199)

245
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people visited each of the national museums in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1997.

(152200)

246
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151837)

247
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hotels there are in Cornwall; and how many there were in 1997.

(152096)

248
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151976)

249
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery funding was provided to (a) athletics, (b) swimming and (c) rowing in each year since 1998.

(152289)

250
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for funding from (a) sports and (b) arts lottery distributors were (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful in each year since 1997.

(152290)

251
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in the appointment of the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House what account was taken of the recommendation of the 2003 Higgs review of the effectiveness of non-executive directors that the role of chairman and chief executive should be separated; and if he will make a statement.

(152177)

252
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what will happen to any unallocated monies from the Big Lottery Fund funding for play projects when the September deadline for applications passes.

(152089)

253
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rules governing the application process for grants from the Big Lottery Fund for play projects.

(152090)

254
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projects have been funded under the Big Lottery Fund children's play initiative.

(152091)

255
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the money available under the Big Lottery Fund children's play initiative has been (a) committed and (b) spent.

(152092)

256
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the diversion of Lottery funding for the London Olympics on future Lottery funding in Wales.

(151856)

257
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of homes in Islwyn constituency which have digital television.

(151857)

258
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether funding for Renaissance in the West Midlands is planned to be continued following the Comprehensive Spending Review.

(152287)

259
Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Renaissance funding on museums in (a) Hereford and (b) Leominster.

(152291)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

260
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular military personnel, (b) Territorial Army and other part-time military personnel and (c) civilian personnel were employed by his Department in (i) total, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) North Yorkshire and (iv) City of York in each year since 1979.

(152184)

261
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151842)

262
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the minimum number of submunitions is which a weapon must carry for it to be defined as a cluster munition.

(151751)

263
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason a direct fire capability prevents a rocket with a sub-munition capability from being defined as a cluster munition, with particular reference to the CRV-7 MPSM rocket; and if he will make a statement.

(152213)

264
Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the uniformed participation of members of the armed forces in Gay Pride events.

(151943)

265
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research the UK has undertaken to assess the humanitarian impact of the use of cluster munitions containing M85 submunitions in (a) Iraq and (b) Lebanon.

(150990)

266
N Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his official engagements were for the week of 9th to 15th July.

(151507)

267
N Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British military units formed the EU battle group in 2005; and which units will form the EU battle group in 2008.

(151509)

268
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an ex gratia payment to Gulf War veterans who have suffered illnesses; and if he will make a statement.

(152367)

269
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from the Royal British Legion on Gulf War illnesses.

(152370)

270
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has for the future of the Defence Export Services Organisation; and if he will make a statement.

(151758)

271
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports were made of faulty cookers in service families accommodation in each year since 2005; and what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken to make repairs to such cookers was in each year.

(151759)

272
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Standard (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 accommodation units there are at UK bases in Germany.

(151760)

273
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken between ordering and installing made to order parts for boilers in Service Families and Single Living Accommodation was in each year since 2005.

(151761)

274
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) the purchase of made to order parts for boilers in Service Families and Single Living Accommodation and (b) the installation of made to order parts for such boilers in each year since 2005.

(151762)

275
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK service personnel who served in the 1990-91 Gulf conflict and as a result of injuries sustained there have embedded uranium shrapnel.

(151763)

276
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of blue on blue incidents in which UK forces have been hit by depleted uranium munitions; and if he will make a statement.

(151764)

277
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the health implications of embedded uranium shrapnel to serving and retired personnel; and if he will make a statement.

(151765)

278
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of (a) impact and (b) effectiveness of the use of thermobaric weapons by British forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(152212)

279
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on researching enhanced blast munitions; what orders have been made for them; and what plans there are for future procurement of the munitions.

(152215)

280
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who made the decision to waive the liability charge for the Sgt Biddiss Charity event held at RAF Brize Norton.

(152352)

281
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the decision of Defence Estate officials to waive the liability charge for the Sgt Biddiss Charity event held at RAF Brize Norton.

(152353)

282
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors were taken into account in deciding not to waive the liability charge for the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Music on Fire charity.

(152354)

283
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Aldershot) billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005 to 2007.

(152355)

284
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the suitability of 36 Grays Lane, Headley Court for temporary service family accommodation.

(152356)

285
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will support the Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Families Association in its application to the local council to make alterations to its property in Ashtead, Surrey, for armed forces' families visiting Headley Court.

(152357)

286
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to (a) support and (b) accommodate service families when visiting injured relatives at Headley Court.

(152358)

287
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were reported as absent without leave in each (a) month and (b) year since January 2004.

(152359)

288
Nick Harvey (North Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel classed as being absent without leave since 1997 have not yet been accounted for.

(152360)

289
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the Main Building, Whitehall funded by the public purse in his Department are classified as people without posts.

(152256)

290
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151975)

291
N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 16, on military inquests, how many military coroners inquests are outstanding; on what dates he held meetings with ministerial colleagues to discuss outstanding coroners' inquests since he came into office; what discussions he has had with the (a) Leader of the House and (b) the Secretary of State for Justice on military inquests since 12th July 2007; and what his definition is of backlog.

(151600)

292
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff are employed by the Defence Export Service Organisation (DESO); what estimate he has made of the volume of UK defence exports which are principally attributable to the work of DESO since 1995; and if he will make a statement on the future of DESO.

(152014)

293
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he has had with external bodies and representative organisations since 27th June 2007.

(152288)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

294
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from the insurance industry on the number of homes considered to be uninsurable due to high risk of flooding; and if he will make a statement.

(151883)

295
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151841)

296
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to finalise the appointment of the members of the reconstituted Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.

(152286)

297
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was allocated to Natural England for 2007-08.

(151786)

298
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of Cornish fishing crews which are migrant workers.

(152029)

299
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries were sustained by Cornish fishermen at work between (i) 1977 and 1986, (ii) 1987 and 1996 and (iii) 1997 and 2006.

(152031)

300
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the volume of fish caught by Cornish fishing crews was between (a) 2001 and 2006, (b) 1996 and 2000 and (c) 1990 and 1995.

(152032)

301
N Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for financial support for coastal clear-up in Cornwall.

(152040)

302
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) village shops and (b) post offices in Cornish villages with a population of less than (i) 1,000, (ii) 2,000 and (iii) 5,000 inhabitants which have closed in the last five years.

(152125)

303
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the Government's paper consumption by 2010.

(152449)

304
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of waste from central Government buildings is recycled.

(152450)

305
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the percentage of waste from central Government buildings that is recycled by 2010.

(152451)

306
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the new Timber Procurement Officer is at his Department.

(151752)

307
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 10W, how his Department defines significant flooding.

(151916)

308
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential environmental impact of the proposed Severn Barrage project, with particular reference to flood protection upstream.

(151917)

309
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the expenditure by local authorities on the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme on expenditure on other areas of sustainable waste management.

(151729)

310
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much revenue was received from each local authority under the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme in each year since the scheme has been operational.

(151730)

311
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected total expenditure was when the scheme was approved of each (a) capital and (b) resource expenditure flood defence project (i) under way and (ii) completed in the last two years, at 2007 prices; and what the final total expenditure was or expenditure to date has been on each scheme at 2007 prices.

(151731)

312
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected total expenditure on each coastal defence project (a) under way and (b) completed in the last two years was when the scheme was approved, at 2007 prices; and what the final total or expenditure to date has been on each scheme at 2007 prices.

(151732)

313
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) advertising and other promotion, (b) grants for households and (c) research to promote more efficient use of water in the household since 1997.

(151733)

314
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for recent trends in the per capita demand for water in households.

(151734)

315
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the likely effects on (a) plastic bag use and (b) the waste stream of a plastic bag tax being introduced at a rate of 10 pence per bag.

(151737)

316
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the case for a trial of a plastic bag tax.

(151738)

317
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is of the Office of Climate Change for 2007-08; and what budget is planned for future years.

(151739)

318
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference are of the Office of Climate Change; what work it has undertaken; and what further work is planned.

(151740)

319
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by the Office of Climate Change, broken down by salary band; and what the staff equivalent or annual cost is of (a) employment agency temporary staff, (b) consultants and (c) contractors being employed by that Office.

(151741)

320
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the energy efficiency of mini-fridges; and what assessment he has made of the merits of placing restrictions on their sale in the UK.

(151742)

321
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the annual carbon emissions from barbecues based on figures for the total annual sale of charcoal and barbecue gas canisters.

(151743)

322
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151744)

323
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the per capita annual carbon emissions resulting from the (a) space heating and (b) air conditioning of domestic and non-domestic buildings.

(151745)

324
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the impact on per capita demand for water within households of the use of power showers.

(151829)

325
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the impact of trends in the numbers of swimming pools, jacuzzis and other water spa pools and decorative water features and ponds within the home and garden on per capita demand for water within individual households over the last 10 years and (b) the likely impact of such trends over the next 10 years.

(151876)

326
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) research his Department has undertaken into and (b) support his Department has given to the development of water saving products.

(151932)

327
Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.

(152262)

328
Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects in High Peak have been funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund; and what the value is of each project.

(152263)

329
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what liaison there is between the Agriculture Department of the Scottish Executive and his Department's officers in England to ensure the maximum level of protection for red squirrels.

(151753)

330
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make funding available for the protection of red squirrels in England and, in selected areas, the eradication of grey squirrels.

(151754)

331
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research is being undertaken by his Department on the control of grey squirrels.

(151755)

332
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 23 recommendations of the Commission for Rural Communities in the report Rural Disadvantage and Priorities for Action have been implemented.

(152081)

333
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase recycling rates.

(151953)

334
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to implement measures which will increase the recycling of printer cartridges.

(151954)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

335
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on (a) Chinese policy on tiger conservation and (b) the manner in which the Chinese State Forestry Administration International Workshop on Strategy for Tiger Conservation was organised; and if he will make a statement.

(152026)

336
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the adjournment debate in Westminster Hall of 13th June 2007, Official Report, column 288WH, on the Iraq Dossier (September 2002), when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay, dated 18th June, on John Williams's draft Iraq dossier.

(151824)

337
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reports that the Indian government has confirmed that negotiations are ongoing to supply military advance light helicopters to Burma/Myanmar and that such helicopters would contain significant components from EU countries, including the UK; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the EU arms embargo on Burma is enforced and UK components are not transferred from India to Burma.

(152258)

338
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with India on its proposed sale of military advanced light helicopters to Burma/Myanmar; and what steps the Government has taken to ensure that UK military equipment, including components, is not transferred to Myanmar as part of increasing defence co-operation between the two countries.

(152260)

339
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151844)

340
Mr Martin Caton (Gower):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to introduce measures to control and regulate UK-based private military and security companies working abroad.

(151756)

341
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Russian nationals and (b) Russian born citizens given British nationality, resident in the United Kingdom, are currently subject to requests for extradition by the Russian Federation; and what responses have been given in each case.

(152276)

342
N Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the multilateral enrichment of uranium for the production of nuclear power in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

(151636)

343
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what suggestions were put forward by (a) the US and (b) France at the 2007 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting on the issue of withdrawal from the NPT; and if he will make a statement.

(152304)

344
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the status and safety of Christian communities in Gaza following the takeover of Gaza by Hamas; and if he will make a statement.

(152305)

345
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on steps to be taken by the UK following the content of the Final Communique of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting of 14th and 15th June 2007 relating to work needed to enhance the ability to protect information systems of critical importance to the Alliance against cyber attacks.

(152306)

346
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of recent violence in North Waziristan for the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(152307)

347
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the blanket overflight clearance for American military flights for operations against terrorism granted by the UK along with other NATO states on 12th September 2001 still applies; and if he will make a statement.

(152308)

348
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is Government policy that the Prime Minister will not attend the EU-AU Summit in Lisbon this year if Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the summit; and if he will make a statement.

(152309)

349
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151974)

350
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter to his predecessor dated 7th June from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Ms L. Lavell.

(152282)

351
Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter to his predecessor dated 4th June from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr Farooq Ahmed.

(152283)

352
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether HM High Commission Harare has received notification of the judgement of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the case of Ms L.K., wife of Mr P.H. of Aylesbury (post reference 115884; AIT reference OA/44119/2006); and if he will make a statement.

(152003)

353
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July 2007, Official Report, column 1029W, on Uganda: politics and government, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) strength, (b) leadership and (c) political objectives of the Ugandan People's Redemption Army; how long it has been active; what reports he has received that it has attacked villages, towns and commercial or civilian infrastructures in Uganda; and if he will make a statement.

(152128)

354
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many diplomats Russia was authorised to have in the United Kingdom or accredited to the Court of St James on 13th July; and how many there will be following the decision, announced on 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 22, to expel diplomats.

(151252)

355
N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will undertake to make a written statement to the House should the number of authorised Russian diplomats in London vary from the levels permitted following the decision to expel four Russian diplomats which he announced on 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 22.

(151253)

356
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of Indian citizens employed by his Department in India are Dalits.

(149612)

357
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has consulted major UK oil companies on contracts for them in Iraq.

(151847)

358
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials from his Department first received a copy of the draft Iraqi oil law.

(151848)

359
N Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on the execution of Rizana Nafeek; and if he will make a statement.

(151251)

360
Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2007, Official Report, column 251W, on the European Council, when the Presidency Conclusions were received by the Government.

(151878)

361
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current UK and EU sanctions against Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

(151991)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

362
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions on the health benefits of the Link Up service.

(152049)

363
N Tony Baldry (Banbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral statement of 4th July 2007, Official Report, columns 91-3, on NHS next stage review, if he will refer the decision to the Oxfordshire Radcliffe NHS Trust to reconfigure services at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, referred to him by the Oxfordshire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to the independent reconfiguration panel.

(151599)

364
N Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay, dated 31st May, on the subject of testosterone deficiency.

(151823)

365
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners in York have had free eye tests since they were reintroduced.

(152198)

366
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in the promotion of fluoridated water supplies following the passing of the Water Act 2003.

[R] (151918)

367
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department categorises teeth bleaching carried out by dentists as a health procedure.

[R] (152011)

368
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct primary care trusts to make all treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration available to patients on the National Health Service.

(151949)

369
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of specialist nurses in the delivery of health and social care to those with long-term conditions.

(152007)

370
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy is involved in the processing of applications and appointments for hospital doctors' training posts in the London Kent Survey and Sussex Unit of Application; when it was appointed; what the process of appointment was; and what the estimated cost of the work is.

(151884)

371
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151843)

372
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, columns 173-4W, on hospitals: finance, on what date in 2008 he expects the financial close of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Pembury Hospital Private Finance Initiative scheme to take place.

(151637)

373
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; and what its budget is for 2007-08.

(151767)

374
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what strategy is in place to increase the number of organ donors.

(151768)

375
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the main limiting factors are in the timescale of the development of new tuberculosis vaccine.

(152395)

376
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce the gap between the funding required for the research and development of the new tuberculosis vaccine and the funding available to it.

(152396)

377
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in England between 2000 and 2006.

(152397)

378
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is considering phasing out national clinical directors.

(151720)

379
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be responsible for implementing the cancer reform strategy.

(151721)

380
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is on course to meet the 2010 target for halving the conception rate of under 18s.

(152182)

381
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on dental services, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that units of dental activity which were commissioned in 2006-07 but not provided by 1st April 2007, are provided by primary care trusts in 2007-08.

(152220)

382
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what value of dental services were commissioned, expressed as units of dental activity, in (a) the test year of 1st October 2004 to 30th September 2005 and (b) the financial year immediately preceding the implementation of the new general dental services contract.

(152222)

383
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to primary care trusts on applying the index of orthodontic treatment need.

(152223)

384
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas he expects trials of the information prescription to take place; how many people will be involved in the trials; what funding has been allocated for the trials; and if he will make a statement.

(152224)

385
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which conditions he expects information prescriptions to be available.

(152225)

386
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to make an assessment of the information prescription trial.

(152226)

387
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he is making for the full roll out of information prescriptions; and how much he expects the full roll out of information prescription to cost.

(152227)

388
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full and (b) part time health trainers there are in each trust.

(152228)

389
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the introduction of health trainers; and in which primary care trusts they have been employed.

(152229)

390
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to allocate the £1 billion funding proposed in the Public Health White Paper between (a) health trainers, (b) sexual health services, (c) school nurses and (d) other services; and if he will make a statement.

(152230)

391
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health trainers there are in (a) Southampton Primary Care Trust, (b) Hampshire Primary Care Trust and (c) Portsmouth Primary Care Trust.

(152231)

392
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of employing NHS accredited health trainers; and what estimate he has made of the number of health trainers needed to implement the scheme in all trusts.

(152232)

393
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on what progress has been made and what the timetable is for future steps towards all schools reaching healthy status by 2009 as described in the White Paper Choosing Health; and if he will make a statement.

(152233)

394
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the national screening programme for chlamydia has been rolled out completely in all trusts; and if he will make a statement.

(152234)

395
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time community matrons there were in each of the last five years, broken down by trust.

(152235)

396
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made and what the timetable is for future steps to be taken towards the commitment in the White Paper Choosing Health that everyone referred to a genito-urinary medicine clinic should be able to have an appointment within 48 hours; and if he will make a statement.

(152236)

397
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in tackling health deprivation in the spearhead primary care trusts.

(152237)

398
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts are running a skills for health programme; and how much this has cost.

(152238)

399
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to NHS Direct in each of the last five years; and what progress is being made on the development and implementation of the telephone internet and digitial service as recommended in the White Paper, Choosing Health.

(152239)

400
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to each primary care trust for implementing the targets in the White Paper, Choosing Health; and whether any of this funding was ring-fenced.

(152240)

401
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress primary care trusts are making in delivering outcomes described in the White Paper, Choosing Health; and if he will make a statement.

(152241)

402
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of whether the public service agreement target to halt the year on year rise in obesity among children under 11 by 2010 will be met.

(152251)

403
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the progress towards the pledge to reduce health inequalities measured by infant mortality by 2010.

(152252)

404
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many travel advisers have been recruited for schools.

(152253)

405
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dieticians were employed in each NHS trust in each of the last 10 years.

(152254)

406
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Health minister on the Commissioning Directive on Epilepsy Services developed in response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy.

(151510)

407
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the number of young people under 16 who are regular binge drinkers.

(152243)

408
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish mandatory alternative treatment options for patients for whom Alendronate is unsuitable; and if he will make a statement.

(152363)

409
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases cold perfusion of body parts has been (a) started and (b) continued to transplant in each year since 2000; and what the success rate has been.

(151691)

410
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the nurses' pay award 2007.

(151904)

411
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151747)

412
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on human health of man-made chemicals found in household goods, with particular reference to (a) perfluorinated compounds, (b) phthalates, (c) phenolic compounds and (d) brominated flame retardants; and what measures the Government plans to protect human health against the effects of such chemicals.

(151748)

413
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has conducted into the impact on (a) indoor air quality and (b) human health of the use of air fresheners.

(151749)

414
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect costs of a blood transfusion.

(151995)

415
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of cancer patients who suffer from anaemia.

(151996)

416
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the proportion and (b) the number of blood transfusions given to cancer patients in the latest period for which figures are available.

(151997)

417
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the economic cost of working days lost due to cancer-related anaemia and fatigue.

(152021)

418
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on costs to the NHS of using erythropoetin for the treatment of cancer-related anaemia.

(152022)

419
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are (a) licensed, (b) recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and (c) being reviewed by NICE for the treatment of cancer-related anaemia.

(152023)

420
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of cancer patients receiving treatment for cancer-related anaemia.

(152098)

421
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the nature is of each private finance initiative scheme for which his Department is responsible (a) approved since January 2006 and (b) under consideration; what the planned capacity is of the facilities to be provided by each project; what the contracted or expected construction cost is of each; on what date the contract for each was or is planned to be finalised; what the planned completion date is of each; what the period of each contract is; what the annual charge to the relevant NHS trust is in each case; and what the estimated annual carbon dioxide emissions associated with each development are.

(151887)

422
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th July 2007, Official Report, columns 1437-40W, on cancer: drugs, what the date of licence in the UK was for each drug.

(152435)

423
N Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were treated overseas in 2006, broken down by (a) country in which treatment was obtained and (b) type of treatment; and what the cost was to the NHS of these treatments, broken down by country in which treatment was obtained.

(151702)

424
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further discussions he has held with (a) EU health ministers and (b) the European Commission on the subject of building an EU-wide stockpile of antivirals for use in the event of an influenza pandemic since the informal meeting of 25th and 26th April 2006.

(152126)

425
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to (a) businesses and (b) other organisations outside the health and social care sectors on the safe use of (i) pharmacological and (ii) other clinical interventions to mitigate the impact of a potential influenza pandemic.

(152169)

426
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names are of each strategic health authority's influenza lead, as described on page 13 of the Chief Medical Officer's 2006 Annual Report, On the State of Public Health.

(152170)

427
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the scope is of the audit of NHS pandemic preparedness described on page 13 of the Chief Medical Officer's 2006 Annual Report, On the State of Public Health; which (a) organisations and (b) other parties will be subject to audit; who will conduct the audit; when the decision was taken to conduct the audit; whether the results of the audit will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(152171)

428
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the main headings of the information presented to the 14th February 2007 meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations on risk groups relating to the prioritisation of vaccinations in the event of an influenza pandemic; what progress is being made combining this information with mathematical modelling in order to present a comprehensive package of information; by which (a) parties and (b) Government departments this comprehensive package of information will be used; and if he will make a statement.

(152172)

429
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of stockpiling (a) oseltamivir, (b) zanamivir, (c) other antivirals and (d) prepandemic vaccines to prepare the NHS for tackling an influenza pandemic.

(152173)

430
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper summarising the published scientific data currently available on pre-pandemic and pandemic vaccines presented to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations on 14th February 2007.

(152174)

431
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on the national framework for responding to an influenza pandemic.

(152175)

432
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) manufacturing capacity, (b) distribution capacity and (c) storage capacity of the pre-pandemic vaccine producers.

(152176)

433
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th September 2006, Official Report, columns 228-4W, on influenza pandemic, which research groups have been (a) offered and (b) taken delivery of A/H5N1 vaccine from the 3.5 million stockpile; how many vaccines have been delivered to research groups; what the current size of the remaining stockpile is; what safety data his Department has received on the A/H5N1 vaccine which contribute to the stockpile; and if he will make a statement.

(152242)

434
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2007, Official Report, column 130W, on influenza, whether he has considered the practicalities of giving short courses of antivirals as prophylaxis to members of the household of a person infected with pandemic influenza; what estimate he has made of the size of the antiviral stockpile necessary to do so; whether he plans to consider the possibility of using antivirals as prophylaxis in (a) schools, (b) healthcare settings and (c) other institutions; when he expects to take a final decision regarding stockpiling additional antivirals for prophylactic purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(152310)

435
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, column 2298W, on influenza, when he plans to publish a final framework.

(152311)

436
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of additional call handlers in England required to maintain 24/7 access to local health services during an influenza pandemic; what role NHS Direct will have in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement.

(152312)

437
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has taken a decision on whether to procure and stockpile face masks centrally.

(152313)

438
John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he communicates Government health policy to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); and what requirements are placed on NICE to follow such policies.

(151907)

439
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent (a) in the NHS, (b) in each primary care trust area and (c) by each primary care trust on payoffs to staff in each of the last three years.

(152268)

440
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of operating walk-in centres was in each primary care trust in the latest year for which figures are available.

(152269)

441
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with East of England Strategic Health Authority on payoffs to staff and the effect of such payoffs on the Strategic Health Authority's budget.

(152270)

442
Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of accident and emergency departments that will close in Cambridgeshire over the next five years.

(151722)

443
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in identifying a suitable risk assessment engine to calculate cardiovascular risk in patients in England and Wales; and what consideration has been given to the importance of including waist circumference for assessment by such a tool.

(152178)

444
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the delay in his Department's Vascular Programme and guidance on vascular assessment; and when he expects this to be published.

(152179)

445
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the guidance on vascular risk assessment being prepared by his Department will be implemented successfully at primary care level.

(152361)

446
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which conditions are treated by ambulance trusts as Category (a) A and (b) B emergencies.

(151817)

447
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the competition for selection of the new Chief Executive of Connecting for Health will open; who will sit on the selection panel; what the starting salary for the post will be; and how bonuses for the post will be (a) set, (b) calculated and (c) paid.

(151938)

448
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) bonuses and (b) pension benefits the outgoing Chief Executive of Connecting for Health will accrue before leaving Connecting for Health; what severance pay he will be eligible for; and when he will have completed his notice period at the agency.

(151939)

449
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new Chief Executive of Connecting for Health will be empowered to renegotiate contracts with local service providers.

(151940)

450
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the tenure of the outgoing Chief Executive of Connecting for Health will overlap with that of his successor.

(151941)

451
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2007, Official Report, columns 1630-4W, for what reason a recurrent budget for 2007-08 is given for the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

(151942)

452
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether responsibility for delivering Connecting for Health will lie with (a) Ministers and (b) the new Chief Executive of Connecting for Health.

(151947)

453
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June 2007, Official Report, columns 1383-5W, on departments: contracts, what contractual advantage service category 27 delivered over service category 11.

(152083)

454
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists practised in Gloucestershire in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by constituency.

(151716)

455
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of NHS dental services in Gloucestershire.

(151717)

456
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to tackle the spread of genital warts, especially amongst people between 16 and 25.

(152439)

457
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the incidence of genital warts on genito urinary medicine clinical resources.

(152442)

458
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the Joint Committee on Immunisation and Vaccination considers the benefits of the Australian model for introducing a human papilloma virus immunisation programme.

(152443)

459
Christine Russell (City of Chester):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will cosider allowing young women up to the age of 25 to self refer for human papilloma virus vaccination for two years after the proposed programme begins in 2008.

(152444)

460
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many London hospitals that have completed or committed to private finance initiative (PFI) contracts may be affected by the Darzi proposals to reorganise NHS services in London; and what estimate he has made of the potential level of PFI debt that may fall back onto the (a) Exchequer and (b) NHS in the event of closure.

(152400)

461
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) West Sussex; and what percentage of each is employed in (i) management, (ii) administrative, (iii) scientific, (iv) research, (v) clinical medical, nursing and midwifery and (vi) other roles.

(151785)

462
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of clostridium difficile in the Royal Brompton Hospital was in each of the last three years, broken down by age category of patient.

(151450)

463
N Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has given to hospitals on the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of clostridium difficile.

(151451)

464
N Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of foundation hospitals whose boards met wholly in private; and what percentage this figure repesents of the total number of foundation hospitals.

(151511)

465
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in adult social care in the (a) public and (b) private sector in (i) Leicestershire, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) England.

(150882)

466
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of physiotherapists the NHS in England will need to employ in each of the next three financial years.

(150901)

467
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in (a) Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust and (b) North Lancashire NHS Trust are registered with an NHS dentist.

(152015)

468
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in (a) North Lancashire NHS Trust and (b) Morecambe Bay have NHS patients.

(152016)

469
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to collect national figures on the number of people with autism.

(151951)

470
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transplant co-ordinators are employed in (a) England, (b) Norfolk and (c) Great Yarmouth.

(151957)

471
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the hubs and centres involved in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme which are operational; and what the timeframe is for implementation of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme at new hubs and centres across England.

(151965)

472
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information has been provided to (a) GPs and (b) the media on the roll-out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

(151966)

473
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many enquiries to the (a) NHS Direct telephone service and (b) NHS Direct online service on the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme have been made since April 2006.

(151967)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

474
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what controls exist on the use of equipment outside buildings capable of listening in on conversations inside buildings but which is not covered by the Interception of Communications Act 1985.

(151893)

475
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity of illegal drugs was seized by the police in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.

(152183)

476
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of police forces in the UK which are trained and equipped to use Taser stun guns; and if she will make a statement.

(152025)

477
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the e-borders programme will continue to have passenger name record data as an integrated part of that programme.

(150833)

478
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine suitable consortia to deliver the full e-borders programme.

(150834)

479
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued with more than one anti-social behaviour order.

(151723)

480
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum number is of recorded breaches of a single anti-social behaviour order.

(151724)

481
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current breach rate is of anti-social behaviour orders.

(151725)

482
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people in receipt of anti-social behaviour orders had previously received (a) a criminal conviction, (b) a police caution, (c) a penalty notice for disorder and (d) another form of anti-social behaviour intervention in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(151726)

483
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of prior convictions is of persons in receipt of anti-social behaviour orders.

(151727)

484
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June 2007, Official Report, columns 2073-4W, on drug seizures, what the (a) date and (b) weight was of each seizure referred to on page 22 of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's Annual Report; and which agency was responsible for each seizure.

(152448)

485
N Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security checks are made of a recruited member of Identity and Passport Service staff responsible for approving passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

(151504)

486
N Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has taken to improve the IPS detection of passport fraud since 2001.

(151505)

487
N Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which consultants were employed by the (a) Identity and Passport Service and (b) her Department to examine and give advice on passport security and fraud detection and prevention in each of the last five years; what the (i) duration, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was of each contract; what reports were submitted; and if she will make a statement.

(151506)

488
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(151833)

489
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were removed from the UK by immigration officials in each of the last five financial years.

(151500)

490
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the time taken to verify (a) a biometric passport and (b) a non-biometric passport at passport control (i) prior to and (ii) after the introduction of biometric-capability passport readers.

(151501)

491
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records (a) are kept of the performance of the Border and Immigration Agency and (b) were kept of the performance of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, in processing incoming passengers at ports of entry.

(151502)

492
N Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process an incoming passenger through passport control at a port of entry to the UK was in each of the last five years, broken down by port of entry.

(151503)

493
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether undercover police cars are obliged to display a no-smoking sign following the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places.

(152077)

494
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people under 16 were arrested for (a) driving whilst under the influence of (i) drugs and (ii) alcohol and (b) drink-related offences in each of the last three years.

(152245)

495
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151985)

496
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police officers were dedicated traffic police officers in each year since 1999, broken down by region.

(151827)

497
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police resources in (a) England and Wales and (b) each region was allocated to traffic policing in the last period for which figures are available.

(151861)

498
Tom Levitt (High Peak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the full implementation of the agreed police funding formula without floors and ceilings.

(152261)

499
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received notification from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal of its decision in the case of Ms L.K., wife of Mr P.H. of Aylesbury (AIT OA/44119/2006; post reference 115884 Harare); and if she will make a statement.

(152002)

500
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was ordered in costs against her Department in the House of Lords cases (a) Huang (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Kashmiri (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department.

(152099)

501
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July 2007, Official Report, column 979W, on terrorism: detainees, if she will seek the information requested from each police force.

(150787)

502
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases in which credit card fraud is alleged in respect of suspects identified during Operation Ore had such suspects previously reported fraud or theft.

(152167)

503
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects identified as part of Operation Ore who are claiming credit card fraud are (a) men and (b) women.

(152168)

504
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the workforce was on long-term absence in each police authority in each of the last five years, broken down by reasons for absence.

(152271)

505
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual rate of sickness absence was in each police force in each of the last five years.

(152272)

506
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with operators of the seasonal agricultural workers scheme on the future of the scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(151695)

507
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the ability of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme to fill the requirement for agricultural labour in 2008.

(151698)

508
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) Romanians and (b) Bulgarians (i) available to fill the agricultural labour requirement in 2008; and what assessment she has made of whether they possess the necessary skills.

(151699)

509
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme quota will be set for 2008.

(151700)

510
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken following the meeting with the National Farmers' Union about the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme on 2nd May 2007.

(151701)

511
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is given to police officers in the use of stop and search procedures.

(152053)

512
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the police per head of population in (a) Sussex and (b) the South East of England for 2007-08.

(151782)

513
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the process of identifying an individual through analysis of a DNA profile takes.

(151750)

514
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of crimes committed have been identified as having drug and alcohol abuse as a (a) primary and (b) contributory factor, broken down by category of crime; and if she will make a statement.

(151992)

515
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) quantity and (b) street value of illegal drugs was seized by (i) the Serious Organised Crime Agency, (ii) its predecessor agencies and (iii) local police forces in each of the last 10 years, broken down by type of narcotic.

(152034)

516
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total amount of illegal drugs imported into the UK in each of the last three years.

(152035)

517
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were fined for speeding in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

(152043)

518
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the change in the quantities of illegal drugs in the UK over the last 10 years; and what assessment she has made of the changes to the average street value of illegal drugs in that period.

(152051)

519
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of safer neighbourhood teams in Great Yarmouth.

(151968)

520
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of drink driving there were in Great Yarmouth in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex.

(151969)

521
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to reduce drink driving rates.

(151970)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

522
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Commission paid in legal bills to Carter Ruck and Partners in each year since 1997.

(151437)

523
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on legal (a) advice and (b) actions on behalf of (i) the Commission as a whole and (ii) individual members of the Commission in each year since 1997.

(151438)

524
Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the (a) brand and (b) chemical composition is of the wall primers and paints (i) usually used for routine maintenance and (ii) being used in the course of the major summer works being undertaken in the House; and what their cost is per litre.

(151894)

525
John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members' staff passes were valid on the dates of 1st July (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c) 2007.

(152165)

526
John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House of Commons Press Gallery passes were valid on the dates of 1st July (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c) 2007.

(152166)

527
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to replace the visitor stickers issued to visitors to the Parliamentary Estate with another form of temporary pass.

(151877)

528
Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress has been made on the Tebbit Review of Management and Services of the House.

(152079)

529
Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on senior staff appointments in the House.

(152080)

530
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent by the House on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151988)

531
Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many electronic items were disposed of by the House in each year since 2001; how many were in working order when they were disposed of; and how many were (a) recycled and (b) donated to charitable organisations.

(151998)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

532
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many local Train to Gain budgets are (a) overspent, (b) on target or (c) underspent.

(152350)

533
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which Bills in policy areas for which his Department is responsible introduced in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151831)

534
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of teenage parents aged 16 to 19 are in education, employment or training.

(152181)

535
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many mature students withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2003; and for what reasons they withdrew.

(152284)

536
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what role Hertfordshire University has in the development of policy on business facing universities.

(151888)

537
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the employability of Hertfordshire University graduates following the business-facing university pilot.

(151889)

538
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the pilot making Hertfordshire University a business facing university.

(151890)

539
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department takes any measures to encourage social entrepreneurship at universities.

(152255)

540
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what plans he has to give new responsibilities to (a) the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (b) the regional development agencies and (c) sector skills councils in the provision of further education for people aged over 19 years; and if he will make a statement.

(152432)

541
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of people in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment enrolled on college courses in England in the last five years.

(151826)

542
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what incentives are in place to encourage employers to spend money on on-the-job training.

(151849)

543
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to improve on-the-job training.

(151850)

544
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what measures are in place to identify skills shortages and train workers to address any shortages.

(151851)

545
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps are being taken to encourage co-operation between universities and business.

(151852)

546
Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students in Great Yarmouth went on to higher education in each of the last 10 years.

(151963)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

547
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151840)

548
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of anti-retroviral drugs in programmes (a) run and (b) supported by his Department for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in (i) Rwanda and (ii) other developing countries.

(149178)

549
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the nature is of his Department's relationship with the Africa Progress Panel.

(149301)

550
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department received from Mr Howard Horsley, former Education Field Office Manager in Ghana, before his dismissal in January 2000 on corruption and misconduct.

(152076)

551
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1246W, on departments: dismissal, what the reasons were for the summary dismissal of the three members of staff without allegations of misconduct or written warnings; and what procedures were followed in those dismissals.

(152078)

552
Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support he has given to governments in developing countries to provide (a) training for water and sanitation workers and providers and (b) education for water and sanitation workers and providers.

(152452)

553
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151973)

554
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1248W, on HIV infection: medical treatments, what his policy is on the public ownership of patents resulting from publicly-funded research into anti-retroviral medication for use in developing countries.

(152129)

555
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided for palliative care in Sierra Leone in the last three years; what such support is planned for the future; and if he will make a statement.

(151846)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

556
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the Boundary Commission's mechanisms for co-ordinating its work on parliamentary constituencies and local government boundaries.

(151690)

557
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of the damage caused during the recent outbreak of disorder at Lancaster Farm Young Offender Institution.

(152017)

558
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of the planned replacement of the uniform of prison officers working in young offender institution.

(152018)

559
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on prisons in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of the cost for the next three years.

(152036)

560
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates of young offender institutions received injuries requiring an overnight stay in hospital following restraint by prison officers in each of the last three years.

(152037)

561
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether juveniles held in (a) secure training centres and (b) secure children's homes are allowed to smoke cigarettes.

(152039)

562
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) playstations (one or two) and (b) Xboxes were purchased for inmates of young offender institutions (YOIs) in each of the last three years; and how much was spent on (i) Playstations (one or two) and (ii) Xboxes for YOIs in each of the last three years.

(152085)

563
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of establishing the Public Defender Service Office in St John's Street, Liverpool; and what its running costs have been since establishment.

(151776)

564
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the comparative (a) cost and (b) quality of service of the Public Defender Service Office and private sector criminal defence lawyers.

(151777)

565
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expected completion dates are of the public defence pilots in (a) Swansea, (b) Middlesbrough, (c) Birmingham, (d) Cheltenham and (e) other locations.

(151778)

566
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the Public Defence Office pilots.

(151779)

567
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates of prisons in England and Wales were foreign nationals in each of the last five years.

(151766)

568
Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people convicted of drug offences as a result of the Misuse of Drugs Act 2005; and how many such people have received a prison sentence.

(152257)

569
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) prison service orders, (b) prison service instructions and (c) other written directions have been issued to (i) police, (ii) prison, (iii) court and (iv) transporting staff directing them not to detain prisoners in prisoner transport vehicles when awaiting or following court hearings.

(152348)

570
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the possible use of spare capacity in secure psychiatric hospitals to accommodate (a) male and (b) female adult sentenced prisoners.

(152349)

571
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what means the manpower needs of the National Offender Management Service are assessed; and what processes are in place to ensure such needs are met.

(152351)

572
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the proposed non-statutory Chief Coroner would enforce decisions; whether such decisions would be subject to judicial review; and if he will make a statement.

(151692)

573
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for providing coroners' court facilities; and who will be responsible under his Department's proposals for reform.

(151693)

574
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessors and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151982)

575
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was of prisoners from each prison in the latest period for which figures are available.

(152086)

576
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, columns 47-8W, on Google: Doubleclick, whether he has held discussions with the Information Commissioner on privacy and data protection in the context of Google's proposed acquisition of Doubleclick; and if he will make a statement.

(152433)

577
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006, broken down by police authority.

(151860)

578
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average electorate is for a single member (a) district council ward, (b) county council ward, (c) unitary council ward, (d) London borough ward and (e) metropolitan council ward, in England.

(152412)

579
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal notified (a) the Home Office and (b) HM High Commission, Harare of its decision in the case of Ms L.K., wife of Mr P.H. of Aylesbury (reference AIT OA/44119/2006).

(152001)

580
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions were given to those under 16 in (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

(151448)

581
N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many coroner's inquests arising from (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been completed; and how many were completed by coroners other than the Oxfordshire and Wiltshire Coroner.

(151638)

582
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were cautioned for drug-related offences in each of the last 10 years; what average prison sentence was awarded for each different category of drug-related offence in each of those years; and what average prison sentence was served by those convicted of drug-related offences in each of the last 10 years, broken down by category of offence.

(151993)

583
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cautions, (b) on-the-spot fines and (c) formal warnings were issued by each police force in each of the last 10 years, for which figures are available.

(152033)

584
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of prisoners held in prisons are prescribed medication for mental health-related reasons.

(152044)

585
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing an additional 10,000 prison places by 2012.

(152045)

586
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who underwent treatment programmes for addiction in prison were referred to outside programmes on their release from prison in each of the last five years.

(152046)

587
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners released under the Government's early release scheme were undergoing treatment for drug or alcohol-related problems; and how many of those were required to continue such treatment outside prison as part of the terms of their early release.

(152047)

588
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which case in each coroner's district has been waiting the longest time for the opening of an inquest; and if he will make a statement.

(152138)

Questions to the Leader of the House

589
Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions she has had with the UK Youth Parliament on its future programme.

(151787)

590
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent by her Office on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151987)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

591
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151830)

592
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151972)

593
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the historical inquiries which (a) are being undertaken and (b) are about to be commenced in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(151718)

594
N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by (a) the police and (b) other agencies on historical inquiries in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(151719)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

595
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many spectators are expected to be able (a) to walk the course and (b) to spectate at the equestrian events in Greenwich Park at the 2012 Olympics.

(151696)

Questions to the Prime Minister

596
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the Deputy Prime Minister vacated Dorneywood; and to what use the building is now being put.

(151439)

597
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the (a) responsibilities, (b) units and (c) personnel he is transferring to the Cabinet Office from his purview.

(151689)

598
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 28th June 2007, Official Report, column 39WS, on machinery of Government: departmental organisation, for what reasons the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit now reports jointly to him and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

(151819)

599
N Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, who the present occupants are of (a) Chevening, (b) the flat above number 11 Downing Street, (c) the flat in 1 Carlton Gardens, (d) Flat 1 in Admiralty House, (e) Flat 2 in Admiralty House, (f) Flat 3 in Admiralty House and (g) Government House in Pimlico.

(152019)

600
N Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) nuclear weapons reductions and (b) non-proliferation matters were discussed at his meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General on 11th July.

(151250)

601
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy when answering written questions by reference to a comment made by his official spokesman in a press briefing to include the full relevant extract in the Official Report rather than a direct reference to the appropriate URL to the press conference in question.

(152381)

602
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, how many full-time members of staff are employed in Number 10 Downing Street.

(152246)

603
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, how many people are employed in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit.

(152247)

604
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, how many people are employed in the Prime Minister's Strategic Communications Office.

(152248)

605
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, who lives in the flat above Number 10 Downing Street.

(152249)

606
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers have been allocated official Ministerial accommodation.

(152250)

607
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask the Prime Minister, when his Office sent to the Home Department the correspondence dated 4th April from Mr R.N.R. of Aylesbury HP22 5NL, about the registration of a child as a British citizen, which the Direct Communications Unit of his Office acknowledged on 16th April.

(152004)

608
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish the practice of holding exit interviews with Ministers leaving the Government.

(152055)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

609
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 188W, on Dover House: official hospitality, how many receptions held at Dover House in each of the last five years were organised and funded by (a) trade unions, (b) charities, (c) businesses and (d) other types of organisation; and what income his Department received from charges for the use of facilities for receptions in each of the last five years.

(152010)

610
N Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were for the week of 9th to 15th July.

(151508)

611
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151978)

612
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings his predecessor had with (a) voluntary groups and charities, (b) businesses or business representatives, (c) Scottish parliamentary officials, (d) Members of the Scottish Parliament and (e) political party leaders in his capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland.

(152292)

613
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he has had with (a) the First Minister of the Scottish Executive, (b) leaders of the Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Labour and other parties in Scotland, (c) members of the Scottish Parliament and (d) public servants in Scotland; and how many meetings his predecessor had with each between 3rd May 2005 and 27th June 2007.

(152293)

614
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he has had with representative organisations since his appointment.

(152294)

615
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times he has visited Scotland on official business since his appointment.

(152295)

616
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he has had with business and business representatives in his capacity as Secretary of State since his appointment.

(152296)

Questions to the Solicitor General

617
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officer's Departments on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151986)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

618
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Government grant the City of York received for transport schemes in each year since the unitary authority was established.

(152201)

619
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage change in bus usage in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, (c) the City of York and (d) London has been since 1997.

(152202)

620
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles in York pay reduced vehicle excise duty (VED) because they have smaller engines; and how many are exempt from VED because they are old vehicles.

(152203)

621
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) serious travel-related accidents there were in (i) the City of York and (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 1992.

(152204)

622
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental impact and noise pollution caused by private aircraft.

(152005)

623
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to introduce measures to reduce noise and noise pollution caused by private aircraft.

(152006)

624
N Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of security measures at UK airfields from which private aircraft and pilots operate.

(152024)

625
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(151834)

626
N Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timescale will be covered by the UK's proposed derogation from the EU proposal 2004/0048 (COD) for a European Parliament and Council directive on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the Community's rail network.

(151452)

627
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the European Aviation Safety Authority granted airworthiness certification for the Airborne Global System for Mobile Equipment; when the House was informed of this decision; what the consultation process was prior to this decision; what the dates were of the consultation; which organisations were consulted; and if she will make a statement.

(152012)

628
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to (a) increase the numbers of (i) British registered merchant ships and (ii) merchant navy officers and (b) to increase the size of the UK maritime skills base; and if she will make a statement.

(152365)

629
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential of the proposed Severn Barrage to provide a new rail link from South Wales to London and the South East; and if she will make a statement.

(151920)

630
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the numbers and movements of flights involving radioactive materials carried within UK airspace.

(151924)

631
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) safety and (b) security of (i) trains, (ii) aircraft and (iii) road freight transporting radioactive material; and with whom responsibility lies for conducting the risk assessment for such trains.

(151925)

632
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times nuclear flasks were shipped from (a) Torness, Hunterston and Hartlepool power stations and (b) Bradwell, Sizewell and Dungeness power stations to Sellafield in each of the last five years.

(151926)

633
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether radioactive materials may legally be transported (a) on passenger ferries and (b) through the Channel Tunnel.

(151927)

634
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by the Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151928)

635
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents there were involving the transportation of radioactive material by (a) air, (b) road, (c) rail and (d) ship in each year since 1977.

(151931)

636
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by the Office of the Rail Regulator since November 2005; what the nature was of the assignment for each consultant; and what the value was of work done by each consultant.

(151828)

637
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were received by (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), (b) her Department and (c) other bodies on the process by which licence applications are processed by the DVLA in each year since 2000-01, broken down by nature of the complaint.

(151862)

638
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) incidents of and (b) prosecutions there were for (i) vandalism, (ii) informed vandalism and (iii) trespass on rail lines in each year since 2001-02.

(151863)

639
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of railway stations in each region were accredited under the Secure Stations Scheme in each year since 1998.

(151864)

640
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidences of arson on the railways there were in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) train operating company and (b) line.

(151865)

641
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) car drivers and (b) passengers died in drink driving-related accidents in (i) December and (ii) January in each year since 2003, broken down by local authority area.

(151905)

642
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents were caused by drink-driving in each year since 2003, broken down by local authority area.

(151906)

643
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services have been (a) withdrawn and (b) added to service (i) in total and (ii) in each traffic area region in each year since 2004-05.

(152132)

644
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average (a) number and (b) distance of trips as calculated by the National Travel Survey was by (i) car driver, (ii) car passenger, (iii) bus, (iv) walking and (v) other modes of transport for the purposes of (A) commuting, (B) business, (C) education, (D) escort education, (E) shopping and (F) other reasons, broken down by (1) sex and (2) ages (v) under 17 years, (w) 17 to 29 years, (x) 30 to 49 years, (y) 50 to 59 years and (z) over 60 years in the latest period for which figures are available.

(152136)

645
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average (a) number of trips and (b) trip length taken each year (i) by bus and (ii) in total was for people in each income decile and in each region in each year in which a national travel survey has been published.

(152143)

646
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated set-up cost is of the new concessionary bus travel schemes set up under the Concessionary Bus Travel Bill per individual smart card; and how these costs were calculated.

(152180)

647
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will fund the new bus schemes arising from the Concessionary Bus Travel Bill by specific grants direct to local transport authorities.

(152244)

648
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by how much the (a) total and (b) average per person use of (i) bus and (ii) light rail in (A) England and (B) each region changed between (1) 2000, (2) 1995, (3) 1990, (4) 1980 and (5) 1970 and the latest year for which figures are available.

(152382)

649
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been paid by the Department in consultancy fees to Deloitte and Touche in respect of its study into the possible outsourcing of elements of the work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.

(152434)

650
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in each of the last three years; and what percentage of these were employed on (a) a supply, (b) a temporary and (c) an agency basis.

(152436)

651
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what percentage of road accidents resulting in the death or serious injury in each of the last five years vehicle defects were found to be a contributory factor.

(152437)

652
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to consult on changes to the UK's MOT testing regime.

(152440)

653
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the study by Deloitte and Touche into the possible outsourcing of elements of the work of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to be presented to the Department for Transport Board.

(152441)

654
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost per mile is to resurface a motorway with (a) noise reducing materials and (b) non-noise reducing materials; and if she will make a statement.

(151820)

655
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the volume of traffic (a) on the M3 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 and (b) entering and leaving the motorway at those junctions was in each year since 1993.

(151999)

656
N Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the public financial liabilities which may arise from Metronet going into administration.

(151818)

657
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements for (a) MOT and (b) vehicle insurance are placed on owners of vehicles used in the UK but registered in other EU member states.

(151247)

658
Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycle parking spaces were installed by each highway authority in England in each of the last five years.

(152050)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

659
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151979)

660
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many projects for which the UK Government is responsible have been built in Wales under the private finance initiative.

(151854)

661
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has held with Welsh ministers on the possible devolution of responsibility for criminal justice to the National Assembly for Wales.

(151855)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

662
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Yorkshire and Humber and (b) City of York received (i) winter fuel payments and (ii) free television licences in the last year for which figures are available.

(152188)

663
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unfilled job vacancies there were at York Jobcentre at (a) 1st January and (b) 1st July in each year since 2000.

(152209)

664
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of unemployment benefits was (a) at current prices and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product in each year since 1979.

(152210)

665
Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly income of (a) a pensioner couple and (b) a single pensioner in (i) the UK, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) City of York constituency was in (A) real and (B) cash terms in (1) 1997 and (2) the latest date for which figures are available.

(152211)

666
Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome is of the disability equality impact assessment of the Personal Capability Assessment.

(152130)

667
N Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was provided to the Scottish Executive for the payment of council tax benefit in each of the last five years.

(151499)

668
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(151839)

669
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in net income of each income decile has been in the UK since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(151913)

670
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those in receipt of (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) jobseekers allowance in each year since 1997 had been on benefit for more than 12 months; and what proportion of claimants those figures represent in each year.

(152041)

671
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of his Department in receipt of statutory sick pay moved on to incapacity benefit in each year since 1997, broken down by disease group.

(152146)

672
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what total amount of statutory sick pay was received by employees of his Department in each year since 1997.

(152147)

673
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) national average rate of absence from work, (b) public sector average rate of absence from work through sickness and (c) average rate of absence from work through sickness for the Department of Work and Pensions was in each of the last 10 years.

(152156)

674
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expenditure by his Department on managing and rehabilitating sick employees of his Department in the last 12 months.

(152157)

675
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals recruited by his Department from New Deal programmes since the inception of the scheme left within (a) six and (b) 12 months.

(152158)

676
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals his Department has recruited from New Deal schemes since the inception of the New Deal, broken down by scheme.

(152159)

677
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration was of an absence from work through sickness in his Department in each year since 1997.

(152160)

678
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department were in receipt of statutory sick pay in each year since 1997.

(152161)

679
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much occupational sick pay has been paid to employees of his Department in each year since 1997.

(152162)

680
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department keeps a record of the recruitment of individuals from New Deal programmes by other Government departments.

(152445)

681
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how environmental sustainability will be taken into account in developing the 30 local employment partnerships announced on 18th July 2007, Official Report, column 284.

(152216)

682
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 18th July 2007, Official Report, column 280, what his definition is of high-quality wrap-around childcare.

(152217)

683
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how appointments will be made to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills; and what matters in respect of environmental sustainability will be taken into account in the work of the Commission.

(152218)

684
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make arrangements to ensure that eligibility arrangements for (a) disability living allowance and (b) vehicle excise duty are amended in line with the pension eligibility change when pensionable age is raised to 67.

(152274)

685
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he plans to make of the analysis of the barriers to work set out in the National Audit Office report Helping People from Workless Households into Work, HC 609.

(152280)

686
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the Welfare to Work proposals set out in In Work, Better Off: Next steps to full employment, Cm 7130, with the Human Rights Act 1998.

(152285)

687
N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people lived in households earning less than 40 per cent. of median income (a) in 1997 and (b) in 2006, broken down by region.

(152027)

688
N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people lived in households earning (a) less than 30 per cent., (b) less than 40 per cent., (c) less than 50 per cent., and (d) less than 60 per cent. of (i) median and (ii) mean income in (A) 1997 and (B) 2006.

(152038)

689
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on the hire of mobile air conditioning units in each of the last five years.

(151980)

690
N Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are available for hon. Members to take when dissatisfied with the response by the Child Support Agency to their representations.

(152068)

691
Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the responsibilities are of the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington with regard to the Child Support Agency.

(152070)

692
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to employers on financial arrangements for employee assistance programmes; what recent steps he has taken to promote the programme to employers; and what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on employee assistance programmes.

(151249)

693
N Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his target is for the number of full-time equivalent staff in each JobCentrePlus office in Scotland at the end of 2007-08.

(152052)

694
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases resulted in the Child Support Agency (CSA) in each of the last three years; how many such payments the CSA made in each year; and what the total amount of such payments was in each year.

(151853)

695
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to answer Questions (a) 147300 and (b) 147298, on the Abingdon Carpets pension fund, tabled by the hon. Member for Islwyn on 28th June.

(151929)

696
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the statement by the Minister for Pensions Reform on 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 194, on the Pensions Bill, how many members of the Abingdon Carpets pension scheme he expects to be affected by the commitment to match the extra funds that the Young Review identifies with the goal of moving towards 90 per cent. of expected core pension for all recipients.

(151930)

697
N Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February 2007, Official Report, column 1226W, on home responsibilities protection (HRP), what estimate he has made of the number of women who began to receive state retirement pension who had any recorded HRP, including women for whom such HRP did not reduce the number of qualifying years needed for a full state pension, in each year between 1978-79 and 2004-05.

(151449)

698
Mr Mike Weir (Angus):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which retailers have been chosen (a) in Scotland and (b) throughout the UK to supply the incentive vouchers used by engagement consultants employed by Working Links to attract potential recruits under the scheme since its commencement.

(152362)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

699
N Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to increase sporting participation among children nationally as part of the legacy of the 2012 Games.

[Question Unstarred][Transferred] (151118)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

700
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what matters relating to environmental protection and control of liquid discharges to the Irish Sea were discussed at the British-Irish Council on 16th July in Belfast; and what decisions were reached.

[Transferred] (152264)

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