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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 12 September 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 12 September 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 12 September of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 12 September of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 12 September see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value was of international trade in (a) goods and (b) services for the Yorkshire and Humber region in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available; and what percentage of gross domestic product in each year each figure represents. | | (155273) | 2
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses in the Yorkshire and Humber region export goods and services. | | (155274) | 3
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much foreign investment was received in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York in each year since 2003; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs generated from it. | | (155275) | 4
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many regional development agencies have offices in Boston, Massachusetts. | | (155236) | 5
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average annual domestic electricity bill for a typical consumer in (a) Cheltenham constituency and (b) each region was in each year since 1998. | | (155303) | 6
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average annual domestic gas bill for a typical consumer in (a) Cheltenham constituency and (b) each region was in each year since 1998. | | (155304) | 7
N | Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will seek to obtain from the Chairman of British Gas replies to letters sent to him on 23rd July, 23rd August and 31st August by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S. Stephenson. | | (155261) | 8
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by his Department to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155243) | 9
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to ensure that the cost of gas and electricity is affordable to fuel-poor households; and if he will make a statement. | | (155225) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 10
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) women aged 60 to 64, (b) women aged 65 and over and (c) men aged 65 and over complete a self assessment tax return; and what proportion of each group has a gross income of (i) under £8,000, (ii) £8,000 to £15,000 and (iii) above £15,000. | | (155280) | 11
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many IT contracts in his Department were put out to competitive tender in each year since 1997; how many bidders there were for each tender; and which company won each tender. | | (155281) | 12
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) estimated and (b) actual (i) cost and (ii) duration was of each IT contract tendered out by his Department since 1997. | | (155282) | 13
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of (a) all pensioners and (b) pensioner households pay income tax. | | (155283) | 14
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the level of stamp duty for first-time home-buyers in the South East; and what steps he is taking in response to such representations. | | (155152) | 15
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) jobs and (b) public sector jobs there were in each Greater Merseyside constituency in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (155324) | 16
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which constituencies have seen the greatest (a) growth and (b) fall in the total number of (i) jobs and (ii) public sector jobs between 1997 and the latest date for which figures are available. | | (155325) | 17
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in the manufacturing industries in each local authority in each year for which figures are available, broken down by five year age band. | | (155348) | 18
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many lone parents there were in each local authority in each year for which figures are available, broken down by five year age band. | | (155349) | 19
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many finalised tax credit awards for (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 were re-opened under the notification procedure set out in section 19 of the Tax Credit Act 2002. | | (155263) | 20
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written statement of the Financial Secretary of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 62WS, on tax credit administration, how many tax credit cases were re-opened incorrectly in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06. | | (155264) | 21
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written statement of the Financial Secretary of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 62WS, on tax credit administration, what estimate he has made of (a) the amount to be repaid to claimants and (b) the administrative cost to HM Revenue and Customs of remedying the errors described. | | (155265) | 22
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written statement of the Financial Secretary of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 62WS, on tax credit administration, when he was first aware of (a) the administrative errors described in the written statement and (b) the necessity of repaying amounts to claimants. | | (155266) | 23
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written statement of the Financial Secretary of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 62WS, on tax credit administration, when he expects the process of remedying the administrative error identified in the written statement to be completed. | | (155267) | 24
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, why HM Revenue and Customs has not replied to the letter of 6th June from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the case of Mr P. J. E. of Aylesbury concerning tax credit claims for his disabled son and daughter-in-law; and when HM Revenue and Customs expects to reply. | | (155170) | 25
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at the Office of Government Commerce in each year between 1997 and 2006; and what the total cost was of those bonuses. | | (155339) | 26
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the written ministerial statement by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-63WS, on tax credit administration, when the administrative problem with tax credit awards was first identified; which ministers were informed about the problem; and when those ministers were informed. | | (155306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 27
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what evaluation he has made of the policies of schools on entering students to GCSE examinations other than English and Mathematics. | | (155331) | 28
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on teachers' pay since his appointment; and if he will make a statement. | | (155136) | 29
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received from teaching unions on his Department's academies programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (155251) | 30
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of state primary schools in England offer teaching in a modern foreign language other than French. | | (155252) | 31
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers of modern foreign languages in secondary schools have degree level qualifications in (a) Mandarin and (b) Urdu. | | (155253) | 32
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of teachers of modern foreign languages in state secondary schools have a degree level qualification in the languages they teach. | | (155254) | 33
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when and for what reasons the decision to end nationally co-ordinated truancy sweeps was taken. | | (155176) | 34
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures his Department has in place to monitor the effectiveness of truancy sweeps; and what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of such sweeps. | | (155278) | 35
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd August 2007 to Question 152922, on City Academies, when officials from his Department first discussed with Essex Local Education Authority the possibility of establishing city academies in (a) Essex and (b) Colchester. | | (155301) | 36
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has commissioned into the impact of assessments and testing on children's future engagement with education. | | (155166) | 37
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has commissioned into the effectiveness of (a) state pre-school education and (b) privately funded pre-school provision in raising pupil attainment in the short and long term. | | (155167) | 38
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to address school uniform shop monopolies, including shops run by (a) schools and (b) external enterprises. | | (155171) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 39
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office Departmental Report 2007 Making Government Work Better cost to design, produce and publish. | | (155196) | 40
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what criteria are used to determine whether to use (a) preferred suppliers or (b) reverse auctions in Government procurement projects; and if he will make a statement. | | (155231) | 41
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the savings accrued as a consequence of the Pan-Government Office solutions tender earlier this year; and if he will make a statement. | | (155232) | 42
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he plans to increase the use of reverse auctions as a procurement mechanism for Government (a) projects and (b) supplies; and if he will make a statement. | | (155234) | 43
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the savings accrued as a consequence of the use of reverse auctions as a procurement mechanism by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (155235) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 44
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans there are to improve infrastructure in Wellingborough under the South Midlands and Milton Keynes spatial strategy; and if she will list the projects to be undertaken and their (a) start and (b) completion dates. | | (155126) | 45
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of new homes to be built as part of the Milton Keynes and South Midlands spatial strategy which will be occupied by migrant workers from the European Union in (a) total, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) Wellingborough. | | (155128) | 46
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much council tax was raised in the last year for which figures are available. | | (155216) | 47
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of administering the council tax system in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (155217) | 48
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of council tax on pensioners. | | (155218) | 49
N | Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2007, Official Report, column 226W, on playing fields: planning, when the consultation on the review of statutory consultees is expected to take place. | | (155300) | 50
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) viability of Multi-Area Agreements (MAAs) between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and (b) effectiveness of MAAs in the South West region. | | (155335) | 51
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she intends formally to establish any rural or non-metropolitan equivalents of city regions. | | (155336) | 52
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average age of first time house buyers in (a) the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, (b) Cornwall and (c) each Government region in each region since 1997, broken down by sex. | | (155344) | 53
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Minister for the South West has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and HM Treasury on the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (155149) | 54
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations the Minister for the South West has made to (a) the Department for (i) Transport, (ii) Health, (iii) Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, (iv) Communities and Local Government, (v) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (vi) Work and Pensions and (b) the Wales Office regarding (A) the interests of the South West in the formulation of central government policy and (B) the development of the single regional strategy. | | (155168) | 55
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Minister for the South West's most recent assessment is of the priorities for the South West. | | (155169) | 56
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the grant awarded by her Department in 2007 towards improving the operation and co-ordination of traffic lights in Kettering has been spent on; and what the impact of that spending has been on levels of co-ordination and operation. | | (155133) | 57
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes in (a) private and (b) public ownership were empty for more than six months in each year since 1997. | | (155229) | 58
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households are living in temporary accommodation. | | (155230) | 59
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the level of financial support provided through the Supporting People programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (155288) | 60
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's legal, constitutional and management responsibilities are for (a) each of its non-departmental public bodies, (b) each of its Executive Agencies and (c) the Government Offices for the English Regions. | | (155337) | 61
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers her Department has with regard to each of its non-departmental public bodies, Executive Agencies and the Government Offices for the English Regions to (a) grant and withdraw delegated personnel responsibilities, (b) oversee and control the exercise of delegated personnel responsibilities (including those for pay) and (c) ensure compliance with all equality legislation. | | (155338) | 62
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by her Department to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155241) | 63
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £14 million relief package promised by the Prime Minister for those areas affected by the recent flooding has so far been dispensed, broken down by recipient; and for what purpose each recipient received money. | | (155181) | 64
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) quarterly and (b) annual cost was of producing and distributing the East of England Development Agency magazine Source in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (155296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 65
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government expects to sell the Tote within the next three months. | | (155151) | 66
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many internet gambling companies are registered in the UK. | | (155314) | 67
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to review the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005 after it becomes law. | | (155315) | 68
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new applications for casinos made under the Gambling Act 1968 were made in 2006; and how many have been made in 2007. | | (155319) | 69
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):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. | | (155292) | 70
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards his Department's target of providing £200 million towards Children's Play; and if he will make a statement. | | (155293) | 71
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) assessed into links between the portrayal of violence in the media and instances of violence in society. | | (155294) | 72
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England has given to cricket clubs affected by flood damage during the Summer 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (155308) | 73
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made in finding a sponsor for the Panathlon Challenge. | | (155310) | 74
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many publicly-funded athletes in the Olympic disciplines have missed two out-of-competition drug tests. | | (155311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 75
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fatalities each unit that has served in Iraq has experienced; and how many of those (a) died in Iraq and (b) subsequently died of wounds elsewhere. | | (155268) | 76
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) members of the public and (c) campaign organisations on his Written Ministerial Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on ballistic missile defence. | | (155194) | 77
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when development work began on the high surety warhead at Aldermaston; how much has been spent on the warhead; and what the total projected cost for the new warhead is. | | (155195) | 78
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of Taliban leader Naim Atallah, allegedly responsible for the killing of Captain David Hicks of the 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, who was captured by British Forces in Helmand Province in August. | | (155143) | 79
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of Woolwich barracks. | | (155144) | 80
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation claims were made under the (a) War Pensions Scheme in each year from 1997 to 2006 and (b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2006. | | (155145) | 81
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many outstanding claims there were from the (a) War Pensions Scheme in each year from 1997 to 2006 and (b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2006. | | (155146) | 82
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition he uses of over watch as used to describe the role of British Armed Forces in Southern Iraq. | | (155150) | 83
N | Michael Gove (Surrey Heath):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi citizens have been trained at Sandhurst since 2003; how much the Government has spent on supporting the training of Iraqi officers at RMA Sandhurst; and if he will make a statement. | | (155255) | 84
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Royal Air Force flights were scrambled to intercept aircraft approaching the UK in each month for the latest year for which figures are available; and in each case from which countries the approaching aircraft originated. | | (155132) | 85
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many attacks there have been on British forces stationed at Basra Airport in Iraq in each of the last 12 months; how many British personnel were injured or killed as a result of these attacks; and if he will make a statement. | | (155317) | 86
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding he intends to make available to (a) regional and (b) local organisations to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army; and if he will make a statement. | | (155233) | 87
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Pinzgauer vector protected patrol vehicles have been issued to British forces in Afghanistan; how many such vehicles have been subject to mine and improvised explosive device strikes; and how many personnel have been killed or seriously injured while crewing such vehicles as a result of such strikes. | | (155173) | 88
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Wimik land rovers issued to British forces in Afghanistan were written off in each of the last three years; how many were written off as a result of (a) accidental damage or mechanical failure and (b) enemy action; and how many written off as a result of enemy action were the subject of mine or improvised explosive device strikes. | | (155174) | 89
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Wimik land rovers were issued to British forces in Afghanistan in each of the last three years. | | (155175) | 90
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Forces personnel in Afghanistan were (a) seriously injured and (b) killed while crewing Wimik land rovers as a result of (i) accidental damage or mechanical failure and (ii) enemy action in each of the last three years; and of those injured or killed by enemy action, in how many cases this was as a result of mine/IED strikes. | | (155182) | 91
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Mastiff protected patrol vehicles have been (a) issued to British Forces in Afghanistan and (b) subject to mine/IED strikes; and how many personnel have been killed or seriously injured while crewing such vehicles as a result of such strikes. | | (155183) | 92
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will amend the criteria to enable the South Atlantic Medal 1982 to be awarded to those who served on RMS St Helena in support of the UK Government; how many peopled served on the RMS St Helena during the Falklands War; and if he will make a statement. | | (155202) | 93
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to reimburse Royal Mail to enable parcels to be posted free of charge to military personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (155204) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 94
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated (a) number and (b) value is of new payment entitlements following the abolition of the fruit, vegetable and potato authorisation system in England under the rules of the single payment scheme. | | (155350) | 95
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last inspection of biosecurity standards at the Pirbright Laboratory in Surrey took place before August 2007; and what the outcome was of that inspection. | | (155351) | 96
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of bee colonies in the UK affected by colony collapse disorder. | | (155352) | 97
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many bee keepers each National Bee Unit inspector is responsible in the six months of the year when inspections are undertaken. | | (155353) | 98
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the National Bee Unit received in each of the last five years; and how much it will receive in the next financial year. | | (155354) | 99
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date he expects to bring forward a Marine Bill. | | (155318) | 100
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of the reintroduction of dog licensing. | | (155345) | 101
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which organisations and projects the £20 million announced in the Budget 2006 to help local authorities and other to promote energy efficiency and incentivise energy efficiency measures in households has been allocated; and how much has been allocated to each. | | (155237) | 102
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on implementation of the new rural development programmes in England for the period 2007-13. | | (155358) | 103
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when spending bodies will be allocated their budgets under the Rural Development Programme in England for the period 2007-13; and if he will make a statement. | | (155359) | 104
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons were for his Department commissioning Agra Leas Consulting to produce a report into the potential for future GB-European trade in liquid milk. | | (155360) | 105
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what biosecurity breaches have occurred over the last five years at Government-funded laboratories conducting research into infectious animal diseases; and what penalties have been imposed on those responsible. | | (155361) | 106
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response the Government has made to the EU's extension for one year of duty on imports from China of energy saving light bulbs. | | (155165) | 107
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the recommendation in the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group for England's fifth annual report that funding for the Warm Front scheme be maintained at the 2007-08 level of £351 million per annum until 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (155222) | 108
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to revise the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy in light of the upward price movements in the energy market since its publication in November 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (155224) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 109
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the UK Government has made of the impact of the changes in recent years in Iran's treatment of Baha'is in respect of higher education; and if he will make a statement. | | (155356) | 110
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been (a) received and (b) made by the UK Government regarding the effects on Baha'i students of religious requirements introduced for entry to Iran's technical and vocational institutes. | | (155357) | 111
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) Pakistani and (b) United States counterparts on securing the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan; what the outcome was of these discussions; and if he will make a statement. | | (155316) | 112
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held with his US counterpart about extending (a) financial, (b) trade and (c) travel sanctions against Iran. | | (155186) | 113
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, following the UN Security Council's passing of Resolution 1769, authorising the deployment of 26,000 peacekeepers to Darfur, (a) what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other countries, (b) when these discussions were held, (c) what actions have been taken to date and (d) what future actions are planned to ensure the success of the mission. | | (155179) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 114
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his letter of 27th July to the hon. Member for Wellingborough, what the evidential basis was for his statement that Mrs Waterer has had the treatment Avastin made available to her. | | (155129) | 115
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the variety in the intepretations and determinations of the European Working Time Directives in relation to hospital staff in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (155269) | 116
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the conclusions of the Healthcare Commission were on the contributory factors to maternal deaths at Northwick Park following the merger with Central Middlesex; and how many births there were at Northwick Park (a) before and (b) after the merger. | | (155270) | 117
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where Worthing Hospital maternity service is positioned in the national rates of still births and neonatal mortality; and how many qualified consultants' hours were available to Worthing Hospital maternity service per week in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (155272) | 118
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local drug anti-wastage practices in primary care trusts. | | (155159) | 119
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that strategic health authorities are integrating approaches to prescribing across primary and secondary care so that there is consistency between general practitioners' and consultants' choices of drugs with regard to patients discharged into primary care as recommended by the National Audit Office's report, Prescribing Costs in Primary Care. | | (155160) | 120
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that stategic health authorities are integrating approaches to prescribing across primary and secondary care so that patients discharged into primary care are not continued on their course of drug treatment for longer than necessary, as recommended by the National Audit Office's report Prescribing Costs in Primary Care. | | (155161) | 121
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that stategic health authorities are integrating approaches to prescribing across primary and secondary care so that patients discharged into primary care have their medicines reviewed regularly, as recommended by the National Audit Office's report Prescribing Costs in Primary Care. | | (155162) | 122
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2007, Official Report, columns 1104-5W, on the NHS: drugs, what progress has been made on commissioning research to establish the extent of medicines waste and the complex and varied reasons for it. | | (155184) | 123
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether recent action has been taken to remove the restrictions on local authorities in England which do not allow them to make and pay for residential placements in Scotland and Northern Ireland. | | (155333) | 124
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental patients were treated in Cornwall in each year since 1997. | | (155343) | 125
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reasons he was given for the resignation of the Chairman of the West Sussex Primary Care Trust, Mr David Taylor. | | (155219) | 126
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the operation of citizens' juries on the NHS will (a) reflect and (b) affect the terms of the devolution settlement in Wales. | | (155192) | 127
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines have been produced by his Department which would indicate NHS funding for wheelchair users should be awarded on the basis of home-use only. | | (155198) | 128
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of response staff in each ambulance NHS trust are (a) ambulance technicians, (b) paramedics and (c) emergency care practitioners. | | (155131) | 129
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent midwives there were in (a) Cheltenham and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since 1997. | | (155164) | 130
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT) had waited longer than 18 weeks between general practitioner referral and hospital treatment in each quarter since the PCT's establishment. | | (155305) | 131
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio is of maternity nurses to births in each health authority area. | | (155287) | 132
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by his Department to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155245) | 133
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated for providing general dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS) dentistry in 2006-07 net of patient charge income; and how much was spent on GDS and PDS dentistry in 2006-07. | | (155238) | 134
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure sufficient supply of seasonal influenza vaccine for the 2007-08 winter. | | (155239) | 135
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) dentists were employed in the NHS in (i) full-time equivalent terms and (ii) headcount terms in (A) 1979, (B) 1997 and (C) the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (155240) | 136
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tinnitus clinics there are in England. | | (155220) | 137
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on research into tinnitus in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (155221) | 138
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has undertaken into the cost of sick leave to the NHS. | | (155246) | 139
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trusts have waived their rights to recovery of maternity pay as set out in part 3, section 15.30 of Agenda for Change: NHS terms and conditions of service handbook, January 2005. | | (155247) | 140
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has carried out into the cost implications of NHS trusts waiving their rights to recovery of maternity pay as set out in part 3, section 15.30 of Agenda for Change: NHS terms and conditions of service handbook, January 2005. | | (155248) | 141
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the terms of reference for the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's review of Suffolk Primary Care Trust's plans for health services in Sudbury. | | (155177) | 142
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether under the terms of reference of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's review of Suffolk Primary Care Trust's plans for health services in Sudbury, Sudbury WATCH will be given the opportunity to address the panel. | | (155178) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 143
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personal passport interviews had been completed by 1st July 2007. | | (155340) | 144
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer profiles were removed from the database on retirement or resignation in each year since 2000. | | (155341) | 145
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual cost was of (a) storing and (b) processing (i) DNA samples and (ii) DNA profiles taken for the National DNA Database in each year since 2000. | | (155342) | 146
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths there were in police custody in each of the last five years. | | (155346) | 147
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government expects to pay Equifax for the contract to provide reference information on passport applicants in (a) financial year 2007-08 and (b) in each of the next three financial years. | | (155347) | 148
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were removed under immigration law to (a) Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) Congo (Brazzaville) in each of the last six months; and what plans he has to remove people to either country in future. | | (155330) | 149
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies have been undertaken into the effect of appellant asylum seekers who have been denied benefits on social services departments. | | (155332) | 150
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 498W, on prisoners: genetics, of the 5,400 prisoners identified as not having a profile on the database why no more than 3,722 subsequently had a sample taken. | | (155193) | 151
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on public pay since her appointment; and if she will make a statement. | | (155135) | 152
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many injuries were caused to lorry drivers by attempted illegal immigrants at the Channel ports in (a) 2006, (b) 2005 and (c) 2004; how many have been caused in 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (155256) | 153
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those imprisoned since 1997 have their records on the national DNA database. | | (155257) | 154
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of individuals on the DNA database are under 16; and if she will make a statement. | | (155258) | 155
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will break down the Ministers of Religion in Table 2.2 of Control of Immigration Statistics UK 2006, by faith group. | | (155259) | 156
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempted illegal immigrants were detected in lorries passing through the Channel ports in (a) the first six months of 2007, (b) the final six months of 2006, (c) the first six months of 2006, (d) the final six months of 2005 and (e) the first six months of 2005. | | (155260) | 157
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were the subject of stop forms used by police officers in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary area in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (155320) | 158
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knife-related crimes were recorded in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (155322) | 159
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilians staff were employed per capita of general population in each police authority in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2007. | | (155289) | 160
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total amount of funding was provided for each police authority in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2007. | | (155290) | 161
N | Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to announce the 2008-09 funding settlement for police authorities. | | (155291) | 162
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries were (a) reported and (b) successfully detected in Surrey in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (155326) | 163
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years were murdered as a result of (a) gun crime and (b) knife crime in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (155142) | 164
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers were prosecuted for corruption in each of the last five years. | | (155138) | 165
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the establishment is of the Serious Organised Crime Agency; how many staff are dealing with human trafficking issues; and if she will make a statement. | | (155139) | 166
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators are used for the immigration services. | | (155140) | 167
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assistant directors of immigration services are in post; and where they are based. | | (155141) | 168
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer given on 12th July 2007, Official Report, column 1635W, on EU law: human trafficking, what changes to domestic legislation processes and guidance are required before the UK will ratify the treaty; what progress has been made to date on each of those changes; and what the anticipated date is by which all such changes will be complete. | | (155307) | 169
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to complete the review of Special Branch; and if she will make a statement. | | (155249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 170
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students, aged 21 years and under, withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2003; and for what reasons they withdrew. | | (155199) | 171
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether the United Kingdom is a net importer or exporter of higher education. | | (155172) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 172
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the indicators for the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness his Department is not on target for; when he expects his Department to meet those targets; and by what means. | | (155284) | 173
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made towards the target of spending 90 per cent. of aid on the poorest countries; and what percentage of UK aid goes to the poorest countries. | | (155285) | 174
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made towards the target of allocating 50 per cent. of UK bilateral aid to developing countries for public services; and what percentage of bilateral aid is allocated for (a) health, (b) education, (c) sanitation and (d) water. | | (155286) | 175
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by his Department to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155244) | 176
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of Syrian plans to change visa requirements for Iraqi refugees; what assessment he has made of the impact this will have on Iraqi refugees in the region; what discussions he has had with Syrian counterparts about these plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (155297) | 177
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of refugees from Iraq in (a) Syria, (b) Jordan, (c) Egypt, (d) Saudi Arabia, (e) Turkey, (f) Lebanon and (g) Iran; what financial assistance the Government gave to these countries for the purpose of addressing the humanitarian needs of those refugees in each year since March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (155298) | 178
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial assistance the Government provided to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees for the purpose of addressing the problem of Iraqi refugees in each year since March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (155299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 179
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring outstanding sections of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 into effect. | | (155205) | 180
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were sentenced for offences, committed when over the age of 18 years, under sections 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or (c), or section 5(1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968, to (a) five or more years imprisonment, (b) imprisonment of less than five years and (c) a non-custodial sentence in each year since 2004. | | (155206) | 181
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were sentenced for second serious offences covered by s.2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to a sentence of (a) life imprisonment, (b) a determinate period of imprisonment and (c) a non-custodial sentence in each year since 1998. | | (155207) | 182
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were sentenced for a second class A drug trafficking offence covered by s.3 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to a sentence of (a) seven or more years imprisonment, (b) imprisonment of less than seven years and (c) a non-custodial sentence in each year since 1998. | | (155208) | 183
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were sentenced for a third domestic burglary offence covered by s.3 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 to a sentence of (a) seven or more years imprisonment, (b) imprisonment of less than seven years and (c) a non-custodial sentence in each year since 1998. | | (155209) | 184
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent the emergence of a monopoly in the provision of e-conveyancing through the chain matrix system. | | (155329) | 185
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for the supply of video works to individuals who are under the age of the designated classification in each of the last 10 years. | | (155295) | 186
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on commissioning and procuring the C-NOMIS IT system; how much of that total sum has been spent (a) on outside agencies and consultants and (b) internally within the Department, broken down by internal divisions, agencies and services within the Department, including the National Offender Management Service, that spent the money; and when C-NOMIS will be operational within the police service. | | (155163) | 187
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources his Department has made available to cover the cost of new prison places in each of the next seven years. | | (155188) | 188
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net cost to his Department was of industrial action by prison officers on 29th August. | | (155189) | 189
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers he expects to be employed in prisons in England and Wales in each of the next seven years. | | (155190) | 190
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers he expects to be employed by the National Offender Management Service in each of the next seven years. | | (155191) | 191
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which sites in Wales have been identified for consideration for future prison expansion. | | (155212) | 192
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in prisons in England gave their last registered address in Wales. | | (155213) | 193
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that future elections in new parliamentary constituencies with recently revised district council ward boundaries are conducted on the basis of the new boundaries. | | (155134) | 194
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to improve the accountability of local magistrates for the decisions which they take in relation to bail applications where the award of bail is followed by further offences whilst on bail. | | (155210) | 195
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals normally domiciled in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire have been released early from the prison estate under the Early Release scheme in the 12 months to 31st August; and if he will make a statement. | | (155321) | 196
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firearm-related offences were recorded in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (155323) | 197
N | Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to answer the letter to him dated 12th July from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs K. Kerry. | | (155262) | 198
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people detained at open prisons have been granted permission to keep and use a car for work assignments; and how many have been convicted of (a) murder, (b) grievous bodily harm, (c) sexual offences and (d) rape. | | (155312) | 199
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are taken into account when considering whether to grant a prisoner detained at an open prison permission to keep and use a car for work assignments; and whether the nature of the crime committed is taken into account. | | (155313) | 200
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of those convicted for a burglary committed in Surrey in each of the last five years were sentenced to a custodial sentence; and how many were under 21 years when convicted. | | (155327) | 201
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released early under the Home Detention Curfew scheme in each of the last five years; and for which offences those released had been convicted. | | (155180) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 202
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Criminal Records Check applications were received in each of the last three calendar years, broken down by category; how many have been received in 2007; what the trend is in average processing times during this period; how many staff are involved in undertaking this work; and what the budget is for the work in 2007-08. | | (155355) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 203
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she has taken to ensure that small businesses benefit from the 2012 Olympics; and what estimate has been made of the number of small businesses who will benefit from these games. | | (155200) | 204
N | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assistance is being provided to employers in London in relation to training local people, in respect of the skills and services that will be required in preparing for and staging the 2012 Olympics. | | (155201) | 205
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many public affairs consultancies have been shortlisted for the position of London 2012 Public Affairs Advisor; and whether any of those agencies have declared (a) a party political donation to the Labour Party in the last three years and (b) attendance at the Labour Party fundraiser at Wembley in July as part of the tendering process. | | (155309) | Questions to the Prime Minister 206
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers would take lead responsibility for the operation of Government in the event of the Prime Minister's unforeseen incapacity. | | (155130) | 207
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Bush concerning the location of US missile sites in Czech Republic and Poland; and if he will make a statement. | | (155328) | 208
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Prime Minister, by what method jurors would be selected for service on a citizens' jury; and how that method would ensure that jurors were representative of their local community. | | (155148) | 209
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he put proposals to the US president on (a) implementing the 13 practical steps towards disarmament agreed at the 2000 NPT Review Conference, (b) ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and (c) supporting the model Nuclear Weapons Convention during his recent visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (155362) | 210
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he and President Bush discussed Israel joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapons state; and if he will make a statement. | | (155334) | 211
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to invite President George W. Bush to the United Kingdom before the President leaves office. | | (155185) | 212
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Prime Minister, whether the Wilson Doctrine extends to a ban on UK Government departments and agencies instructing/requesting or handling intercept material from a foreign power that relates to (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the House of Lords. | | (155250) | 213
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he put proposals to President Bush on creating a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone during his recent visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (155363) | 214
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):To ask the Prime Minister, whether he put proposals to President Bush on NATO's (a) nuclear doctrine, (b) nuclear sharing agreement and (c) nuclear first strike policy during his recent visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (155364) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 215
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to improve transport infrastructure in Wellingborough under the South Midlands and Milton Keynes spatial strategy; and if she will list the projects to be undertaken and their (a) start and (b) completion dates. | | (155127) | 216
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded accidents there were on the A264 between Lington Green and Rusthall in each of the last 10 years. | | (155197) | 217
N | Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has held following the report of the Office of Rail Regulation on the increase in rail defects caused by heavier trains introduced over the last two years. | | (155158) | 218
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for UK aviation security policy differing from that aviation security policy recommended by the EU; and if she will make a statement. | | (155137) | 219
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Gateway reviews were undertaken by her Department in each of the last five years. | | (155153) | 220
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on the M25 widening project at the most recent date. | | (155154) | 221
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected cost is of each of the sections of the project to widen the M25. | | (155155) | 222
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations she has held since taking office on motorway widening schemes. | | (155156) | 223
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the M25 widening projects are (a) on schedule and (b) late. | | (155157) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 224
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether a referendum to give primary law-making powers to the National Assembly for Wales would be subject to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. | | (155211) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 225
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, column 255W, on social security benefits: Highland Council, what information has been gathered by the two postholders; and what evaluation has been carried out of the two posts. | | (155187) | 226
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the cost of benefits paid to people who were unemployed and seeking work in the City of York in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006-07, at 2006-07 prices. | | (155276) | 227
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value of attendace allowance and disability living allowance payments to people over retirement age living in the City of York local authority area was in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006-07. | | (155277) | 228
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) fairness of requiring applicants for income support, jobseekers allowance and incapacity benefit to use a telephone; if he will review the requirement that an emergency crisis loan cannot be made from a Jobcentre Plus office customer phone; what estimate he has made of the number of claimants who applied on pay-as-you-go mobile phones that do not give free calls to the 0800 number in the latest period for which figures are available; what estimate he has made of how often applicants did not complete the journey through the automated menu options; and what estimate he has made of how often staff offered applicants alternative means to claim. | | (155271) | 229
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum number is of pages of the council tax benefit form a person is required to complete to claim the benefit. | | (155214) | 230
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people, (b) senior citizens and (c) families (i) were entitled to and (ii) received council tax benefit in each borough in the last period for which figures are available. | | (155215) | 231
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has for using citizens' juries as part of the policy making process. | | (155147) | 232
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by his Department to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155242) | 233
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many non-resident parents were required, having had their Child Support Agency maintenance payments deducted from their income by their employer, to pay a second time when the employer's business went into liquidation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (155203) | 234
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners entitled to the UK state pension whose pensions are frozen because they have retired outside the UK live in each of the British Overseas Territories. | | (155279) | 235
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Beverley and Holderness were registered for incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (155226) | 236
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials an incapacity benefit claimant has to deal with on average before he or she can claim the benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (155227) | 237
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost was of dealing with a single incapacity benefit claimant in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (155228) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 238
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safe houses there are in the UK for victims of human trafficking; and how many trafficking victims these safe houses accommodated in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (155302) |
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