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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 17 September 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 17 September 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 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 Monday 17 September of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 17 September see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will introduce a national ban on the import and sale of seal products. | | (155371) | 2
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of Barbara Thomas Judge to undertake her functions as Chair of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. | | (155375) | 3
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from (a) the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (b) other government departments, (c) the private sector and (d) non-governmental organisations on proposed stakeholder participation in developing policies to meet the UK's commitment to the EU 20 per cent. renewable energy target; and what recent changes his Department has made to its plans. | | (155415) | 4
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of the UK's energy supply he expects to come from renewable sources by 2020. | | (155416) | 5
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from non-governmental organisations on changes to the Merton rule; what discussions he held with ministerial colleagues ahead of the announcement of those changes; and what impact he expects the changes to have on the Government's micro-generation strategy. | | (155446) | 6
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much of the £500 million committed to capital grants and research and development in the field of emerging low carbon technologies has been spent, broken down by technology. | | (155489) | 7
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the obstacles to fulfilling targets for the proportion of energy to be produced from renewable sources. | | (155499) | 8
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Renewables Obligation will be banded in order to provide different levels of support for different renewable energy technologies. | | (155500) | 9
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how Companies House is expected to report on its activities to (a) the public and (b) Parliament following the introduction of the Companies Act 2006. | | (155588) | 10
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much income Companies House received from the late filing of accounts in each of the last 10 years. | | (155589) | 11
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the impact on the rural post office network of the decision to share the Network Subsidy Scheme with the urban post office network. | | (155443) | 12
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether Post Office Limited has negotiated agreements with suppliers of goods or services which do not allow all branches to sell those products. | | (155444) | 13
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Post Office expects to publish information relating to the intention of sub-postmasters to leave the network during the local area plan consultation. | | (155445) | 14
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate he has made of the stability risk threshold for the national grid in terms of (a) total measured output and (b) percentage of total electricity produced from wind turbines; and if he will make a statement. | | (155506) | 15
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the total cost to energy companies of supplying power lines and other infrastructure to connect wind turbines to the national grid in each of the last 10 years; and what forecast he has made of the equivalent costs over the next 10 years. | | (155514) | 16
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total subsidy paid to the owners of wind turbines under the Renewables Obligation Certificate Scheme has been in each of the last 10 years; and what forecast he has made of such payments for each of the next 10 years. | | (155515) | 17
N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many wind turbines were installed in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years; what total installed wind turbine capacity was in each such year; and what forecast he has made of such capacity in each of the next 10 years. | | (155539) | 18
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department has given advice to businesses on the storage of commercial radiological materials. | | (155405) | 19
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will seek to hold discussions with brewery companies on support for rural public houses in England and Wales. | | (155406) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 20
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children in (a) Yorkshire and Humber and (b) the City of York received child benefit (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available; what the weekly value is of child benefit; and what it was in 1997. | | (155430) | 21
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate (a) direct and (b) indirect taxes as a percentage of gross income for households with an income (i) lower and (ii) higher than (A) 95 per cent. of all households, (B) 99 per cent. of all households, (C) 75 per cent. of all households and (D) 25 per cent. of all households for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (155376) | 22
N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will abolish the differential between the duty paid on cider and that paid on beer. | | (155385) | 23
N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the differential between the duty payable on cider and that paid on beer; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the differential on the level of sales of each product in the last two years. | | (155386) | 24
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent estimate is of the annual cost of paying child benefit to EU nationals who are resident in the UK though their children are not. | | (155543) | 25
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) ministerial committees and (b) permanent groups involving senior civil servants have been set up by the Treasury to liaise with the Ministers for Women. | | (155432) | 26
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a windfall tax on the armaments industry to fund (a) enhanced compensation payments for members of the armed forces injured in Afghanistan and Iraq and (b) charities engaged in assisting serving and former members of the armed forces and their families. | | (155482) | 27
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints he has received on non-acceptance of Scottish bank notes in other home nations of the UK in each of the last five years. | | (155421) | 28
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total value of transactions using Scottish bank notes in the UK, excluding Scotland, in each of the last five years. | | (155422) | 29
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of Scottish bank notes in circulation in the UK, excluding Scotland. | | (155423) | 30
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to promote the acceptance of Scottish bank notes by retailers in home nations of the UK other than Scotland; and what legislation governs the issue and usage of Scottish bank notes across the UK. | | (155424) | 31
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of section 18 of the Tax Credit Act 2002 have occurred since it came into force; and what sums of money were involved in each case. | | (155408) | 32
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax credit has been reclaimed in each of the last five years; from how many individuals tax credits payments were reclaimed in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the amount to be reclaimed in 2007-08. | | (155409) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 33
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of children who did not improve their level of attainment between the end of Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 in education authorities that are (a) non-selective and (b) wholly or partially selective. | | (155442) | 34
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) mean and (b) median total point score was in England at Key Stage (i) 2 and (ii) 3 in each year since 1997. | | (155425) | 35
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of 11 year olds with special educational needs achieved level 4 at Key Stage 2 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (d) reading, writing and mathematics, broken down by special educational need. | | (155426) | 36
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) children in receipt of free school meals, (b) pupils with special educational needs and (c) all children aged 11 years at the end of each academic year since 1997-98 achieved level (i) 4 and (ii) 5 at Key Stage 2 in (A) reading, (B) writing, (C) mathematics and (D) reading, writing and mathematics, broken down by type of school attended. | | (155461) | 37
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children (a) in receipt of free school meals, (b) with special educational needs and (c) aged 14 years at the end of each academic year since 1997 achieved level (i) 5 and (ii) 6 at Key Stage 3 in (A) reading, (B) writing, (C) mathematics and (D) reading, writing and mathematics, broken down by type of school attended. | | (155462) | 38
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who attained level 4 or below in the 2007 Key Stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science in each year since 1997 had previously attained level 4 or above at Key Stage 2. | | (155463) | 39
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many spare school places in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there are within (i) Cheltenham constituency and (ii) other Gloucestershire constituencies. | | (155496) | 40
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish in final form guidance on the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement. | | (155388) | 41
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the tendering process to begin for the e-enablement of the Common Assessment Framework; and if he will make a statement. | | (155389) | 42
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any of the funding commitments to the proposed federated academy on the Isle of Sheppey are dependent on the sale of local school property for development. | | (155397) | 43
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) organisations and (b) individuals have lead responsibilities for taking forward the plans for a federated academy on the Isle of Sheppey. | | (155410) | 44
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the team in charge of the development of the federated academy on the Isle of Sheppey has met the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. | | (155411) | 45
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans there are to appoint a client design adviser to the executive team responsible for the development of the federated academy on the Isle of Sheppey. | | (155412) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 46
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many Government (a) departments and (b) ministers there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (155495) | 47
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements there are for collaboration between the Emergency Planning College and the Fire Service College for training in multi-agency response. | | (155485) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 48
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the meetings and discussions with representatives of the private sector in respect of the decision to amend the Merton rule. | | (155447) | 49
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what impact she expects the recent changes to the Merton rule to have on progress towards the Government's targets for carbon dioxide emission reduction. | | (155448) | 50
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning decisions were appealed against in each year since 1996; and how many such appeals were successful. | | (155483) | 51
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to ensure that local communities are involved in decisions about the spending of section 106 monies for developments affecting their area. | | (155518) | 52
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many part-time and full-time firefighters there were in (a) England, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) Wellingborough in each year since 1997. | | (155519) | 53
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the ratio between central Government funding and council tax revenue was for (a) all London boroughs and (b) each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (155553) | 54
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what housing targets have been set for (a) Bournemouth, (b) Dorset and (c) the South West. | | (155459) | 55
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of (a) the merits of devolution outside the city regions and (b) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly's suitability for devolved powers. | | (155556) | 56
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions have taken place with fire brigades on the implications for fire and rescue services of the changes in the requirements for vehicle signage in the UK following conclusion of the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road and rail. | | (155488) | 57
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial assistance has been given to (a) Cheltenham and (b) Gloucestershire in relation to this summer's serious floods; which organisations received money; and what the money was intended to pay for. | | (155541) | 58
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to complete her review of the impact of immigration on (a) new house build and (b) previously-occupied housing. | | (155516) | 59
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it a requirement for local authorities to publish an annual report listing the (a) new and (b) existing buildings in their area which in the previous 12 months have installed energy (i) reducing and (ii) producing measures; and if she will make a statement. | | (155478) | 60
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what schemes her Department sponsors designed to assist all categories of first time buyers to buy a home; what public expenditure has been on each such scheme since inception; how many first time buyers have used each scheme since inception, broken down by region; and what estimate she has made of potential total demand for each such scheme in 2008-09. | | (155526) | 61
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the number of house building starts and completions there have been in each of the last four quarters. | | (155530) | 62
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were prosecuted for the non-payment of council tax, broken down by (a) region and (b) ethnicity of the defendant in each of the last five years for which records are available; and how much council tax arrears were written off by local authorities over the same period. | | (155561) | 63
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of homes sold through property location agents. | | (155413) | 64
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether buyers selling their homes through a property location agent are required to commission a home information pack; and if she will make a statement. | | (155414) | 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, how much funding has been allocated to a tourism strategy for the 2012 Olympics. | | (155439) | 66
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the overseas offices of regional development agencies which deal wth tourism. | | (155440) | 67
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many prosecutions have been brought against on-line gaming companies for breaking existing legislation on advertising internet gambling. | | (155441) | 68
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with football authorities on the number of overseas players registered to play with English clubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (155479) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 69
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March 2007, Official Report, column 604W, on Diego Garcia: USA, if he will list the occasions in each year from 1979 to date when the US has sought approval for operations they wished to undertake from the island. | | (155373) | 70
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role his Department has in the Joint Energy Security of Supply Working Group. | | (155398) | 71
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the NATO Pipeline System; and if he will make a statement. | | (155399) | 72
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises for (a) active duty regular forces and (b) the Territorial Army were suspended due to the recent foot and mouth outbreak; and what steps are being taken to reschedule those exercises. | | (155400) | 73
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his official engagements were for the period of 22nd July to 8th September. | | (155401) | 74
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent and scale of ordinance, explosives and other weaponry used against UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 12 months which his Department believes to have originated in, or passed through, Iran. | | (155537) | 75
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the compensation paid to armed forces personnel injured in the line of duty; and if he will make a statement. | | (155527) | 76
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the projects being planned to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army; and if he will make a statement. | | (155436) | 77
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget has been allocated to celebrations to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army; and if he will make a statement. | | (155437) | 78
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military vehicles for use by the Army were purchased by his Department in 2006-07, broken down by country of manufacture. | | (155390) | 79
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether regulations are in place governing communications from officers commanding military establishments to (a) the hon. Member in whose constituency the establishment is located, (b) other hon. Members and (c) others. | | (155391) | 80
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected cost is of the proposed fence at Kenley Airfield, Croydon. | | (155507) | 81
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to locate further units of 16 Air Assault Brigade at Colchester Garrison; and if he will make a statement. | | (155480) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 82
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration was given to prioritising the repair and maintenance of the effluent pipes at Pirbright in the context of the current refurbishment of the site; what the estimated cost is of replacing the effluent pipes; and when his Department first obtained an estimate for such costs. | | (155573) | 83
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the Sydney Declaration on Climate Change. | | (155574) | 84
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the requests made to the Government for funding to maintain, upgrade or replace facilities at government-run laboratories for which his Department is responsible in each year since 2001, broken down by laboratory. | | (155575) | 85
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which recommendations of the Spratt Review into the outbreak of foot and mouth disease the Government does not intend to take forward in full. | | (155576) | 86
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak to (a) farmers within the surveillance zone and (b) farmers in England. | | (155577) | 87
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much central government funding has been spent on energy efficiency measures in (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private homes in York in each year since 1997. | | (155492) | 88
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of the fluoridation of public water supplies. | | (155451) | 89
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review (a) flood defences and (b) sea defences in the Bournemouth area. | | (155460) | 90
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the amount of uninsured losses arising from the Summer 2007 floods. | | (155563) | 91
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) properties and (b) businesses were affected by the Summer 2007 floods, broken down by county. | | (155564) | 92
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the economic impact of the Summer 2007 floods on the (a) agriculture industry, (b) horticulture industry, (c) local government and (d) tourism industry. | | (155565) | 93
N | Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports and publications the Department published in 2006-07; and how many of these were printed on 100 per cent. recycled paper. | | (155481) | 94
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th July 2007, Official Report, column 946W, on fly-tipping, how many incidents of fly-tipping were recorded in 2006-07, broken down by local authority; what the estimated cost was of dealing with incidents of fly-tipping in that year in each local authority area; and how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for fly-tipping in each local authority area in the UK in 2006-07. | | (155579) | 95
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what central government funding to the Institute of Animal Health estate was in each year since 1997. | | (155476) | 96
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last inspection of the effluent pipes at Pirbright took place; and if he will list the dates of the effluent pipe inspections at Pirbright since 2001. | | (155477) | 97
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Ministers were first informed that the effluent pipes at the Pirbright Institute for Animal Health were deficient and likely to leak effluent. | | (155531) | 98
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice Ministers received about the implications for bio security of the decision not to fund the repair of deficient pipework at the Pirbright Institute for Animal Health site. | | (155532) | 99
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when Ministers were first informed of requests to replace or renew the effluent pipes at Pirbright. | | (155544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 100
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the representations made to him on the justiciability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the United Kingdom, under the auspices of the draft EU treaty on constitutional arrangements. | | (155583) | 101
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) political and (b) legal agreements were made at the EU Foreign Ministers meeting of 7th and 8th September in relation to the draft EU treaty on constitutional arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (155584) | 102
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government requested changes to the wording of the draft EU treaty on constitutional arrangements in relation to the Charter of Fundamental Rights at the EU Foreign Ministers meeting of 7th and 8th September. | | (155585) | 103
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had any discussions with representatives of the trade unions on the justiciability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the UK under the auspices of the draft EU treaty on constitutional arrangements. | | (155586) | 104
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the United Kingdom has an opt out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights appended to the draft EU treaty on constitutional arrangements. | | (155587) | 105
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26th July 2007, Official Report, column 1464W, on African Union: EU external relations, when invitations will be issued to the EU-AU Summit in Portugal; and what UK Government policy is on the attendance will be issued of the President of Zimbabwe. | | (155370) | 106
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | | (155417) | 107
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK policy is on the 21st August 2007 agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran in relation to Iran's nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (155418) | 108
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes from unanimity to other forms of decision-making would be enacted by the existing text of the proposed EU Reform Treaty. | | (155471) | 109
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which articles in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe have been (a) retained (i) in full and (ii) in amended form and (b) omitted from the draft EU Reform Treaty; and which articles in the draft EU Reform Treaty were not in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. | | (155472) | 110
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the killing of Kurdish civilians in Turkey by Turkish armed forces and law enforcement agencies over the last three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (155534) | 111
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) action the UK Government has taken and (b) discussions it has had since 1st July on the future status of Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (155535) | 112
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government has collected on the hacking into of (a) Government, (b) Parliament and (c) UK commerce and industry computers and databases from China; and what action he has taken with the Chinese government to halt such activity. | | (155536) | 113
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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. | | (155433) | 114
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many special envoys have been appointed to (a) foreign countries, (b) overseas and dependent territories and (c) states under UN mandates since 27th June 2007. | | (155403) | 115
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions British Ambassadors, High Commissioners or other diplomatic staff have met (a) Robert Mugabe and (b) other members of the Zimbabwean Government in the last three years, broken down by (i) date and (ii) place of meeting. | | (155567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 116
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the presence of a functioning incinerator and the incidence of infant mortality in that area. | | (155374) | 117
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to primary care trusts on the funding of the care of patients that are incapacitated and would rather stay at home and be cared for at home, but would cost less if they were moved to a residential home. | | (155438) | 118
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the conditions for which extended travel times on blue light emergency ambulance journeys are (a) material and (b) immaterial to mortality. | | (155522) | 119
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by primary care trust the medical GP practices which use 0844 revenue-shaving telephone numbers; and what guidance he has issued on the use of such numbers. | | (155523) | 120
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many of the 10 strategic health authority visits by Lord Darzi's review group the NHS has agreed a filming opportunity for the Labour Party. | | (155524) | 121
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a Minister from his Department last visited Worthing Hospital. | | (155525) | 122
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of fluoridated water to make infant formula milk. | | (155452) | 123
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the addition of fluorosilicates to the public water supply in relation to the requirements of the EU Food Supplements Directive. | | (155453) | 124
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the making of medical claims by NHS employees in relation to the fluoridation of the public water supply. | | (155454) | 125
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training healthcare staff receive on the prevention, detection and treatment of pressure sores; and what part of this training is a mandatory requirement. | | (155549) | 126
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department funded into pressure sores in each of the last 10 years. | | (155550) | 127
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory reporting of incidents of pressure ulcers; and if he will make a statement. | | (155551) | 128
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance and standards his Department has issued in respect of the prevention, management and treatment of pressure sores for all care settings; and how many care homes, nursing homes, hospitals and primary care trusts meet such guidance and standards. | | (155552) | 129
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department set for access to NHS dentists under the new dental contract. | | (155557) | 130
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children in each primary care trust have access to NHS dentistry. | | (155558) | 131
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of dentist surgeries offered NHS services in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. | | (155559) | 132
N | Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children were treated by NHS dentists in Cornwall, broken down by the smallest available areas for which data is available in each of the last five years. | | (155560) | 133
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards full provision of dentistry on the NHS. | | (155427) | 134
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to consult with asthma sufferers as part of its review of prescription charges. | | (155473) | 135
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the cost of prescriptions for medication to treat asthma. | | (155474) | 136
N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of general practitioners have received formal training in the provision of family planning services. | | (155508) | 137
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from overseas countries have (a) entered the UK to work in the NHS and (b) subsequently returned to their own country in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country of origin. | | (155572) | 138
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) French and (b) Spanish governments on healthcare costs of UK citizens resident in each such country. | | (155469) | 139
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds the UK has sought from (a) Poland, (b) Romania, (c) Hungary and (d) Brazil for treatment of their citizens by the NHS in each of the last three years. | | (155470) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 140
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of crimes reported to the police in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) North Yorkshire in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available were cleared up. | | (155493) | 141
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much central government funding has been spent on closed-circuit television in York since 1997. | | (155494) | 142
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of gang-related kidnappings (a) which were unreported and (b) where no charges were forthcoming during the financial year 2006-07; and how many gang-related kidnappings occurred during each month of (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007, broken down by police area. | | (155570) | 143
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of offences related to forced marriage were investigated in each of the last five years by each police force in England and Wales. | | (155517) | 144
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers were located at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports on 30th August (i) 2007, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2004, (v) 2003, (vi) 2002 and (vii) 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (155533) | 145
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people resident in the United Kingdom who will be affected by the retrospective changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (155538) | 146
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in England and Wales were charged for the recovery of their stolen vehicle from police, and police approved, car pounds in each of the last five years, broken down by police force; and how much was received by such car pounds in each such year. | | (155540) | 147
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of incidents of gang-related kidnappings has been since April 2005, broken down by police area. | | (155365) | 148
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the steps which must be taken, and the requirements which must be met, for the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation successfully to obtain extradition of a person from the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (155546) | 149
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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. | | (155435) | 150
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extra resources have been given to local authorities to provide safe housing and special support to child victims of trafficking discovered as a result of Operation Pentameter 2. | | (155456) | 151
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she expects to launch Operation Pentameter 2; whether Devon and Cornwall Constabulary will be involved in the operation; who will be heading it; what its objective will be; what additional staff will be allocated to the operation; and what the budget will be for the operation. | | (155457) | 152
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July 2007, Official Report, column 694W, on genetics, what the average length of time taken by her Department's agencies to identify an individual through analysis of DNA was in each of the last five years. | | (155420) | 153
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which and how many locations in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland will be used for the capture of UK citizens' biometric data as part of the identity card scheme. | | (155466) | 154
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the progress of the review of Special Branch. | | (155467) | 155
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Special Branch officers serving at ports and airports will continue to be part of the local constabulary. | | (155468) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 156
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what advice the Government has given to universities and education research facilities on the storage of radiological materials. | | (155404) | 157
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average time taken for a university graduate to find employment following graduation has been in each of the last 10 years; and what the average starting salary of a university graduate was in each such year. | | (155578) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 158
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make UK aid and development funds for Eritrea conditional on the improvement of the observance of (a) human rights and (b) religious freedoms in that country in 2008. | | (155407) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 159
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the nature was of the offence referred to on page 11 of the report on Satellite Tracking of Offenders for which an offender subject to satellite monitoring received a sentence of life imprisonment; and what the offender's name was. | | (155502) | 160
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce Custody Plus. | | (155503) | 161
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's estimate is of the effect on the prison population of reversing the presumption in favour of bail in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. | | (155504) | 162
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Libra computer system will be operational in all magistrates courts in England and Wales. | | (155505) | 163
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments of compensation to victims were ordered by courts for (a) young and (b) adult offenders in each of the last three years. | | (155392) | 164
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments of compensation to victims have been made by (a) young and (b) adult offenders in each of the last three years. | | (155393) | 165
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders with unpaid work orders have (a) not completed their orders and (b) been summoned back to court within the term of the order in each supervising court in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (155394) | 166
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders completed their unpaid work orders in each supervising court in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (155395) | 167
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his assessment is of the financial implications of implementing sections 154 and 155 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. | | (155545) | 168
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced to unpaid work since 1st January 2007 have been unable to commence their sentences owing to a lack of supervising staff or placements. | | (155568) | 169
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any probation areas in England and Wales have issued policy statements since 1st January 2006 on (a) the existence of or the attitude to be taken towards gang membership and (b) the reporting arrangements for offenders believed to be gang members or affected by gang membership. | | (155569) | 170
N | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work were ordered by the courts during 2006-07. | | (155379) | 171
N | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many orders for unpaid work were completed during 2006-07. | | (155380) | 172
N | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were sentenced to unpaid work during 2006-07. | | (155381) | 173
N | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any national probation areas have experienced difficulties in transporting offenders to unpaid work placements since January 2007. | | (155382) | 174
N | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been stood down during any period of unpaid work in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Cheshire, (c) Warwickshire, (d) Avon and Somerset, (e) Wiltshire, (f) Essex, (g) Dorset, (h) Norfolk, (i) Cheshire, (j) Devon, (k) Greater London and (l) Gwent probation areas since January. | | (155383) | 175
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government will publish its review of electoral systems in use in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (155490) | 176
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how participants in citizens' juries will be chosen; and who is responsible for the (a) process and (b) decisions. | | (155547) | 177
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the operation of citizens' juries will comply with the Code of Practice on Consultation. | | (155548) | 178
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to publish (a) transcripts and (b) reports of citizens juries. | | (155554) | 179
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the dates and subject matters of citizens' juries to be held by the Government. | | (155555) | 180
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to the last Lord Chancellor as a lump sum on termination of his employment. | | (155580) | 181
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for offenders joining unpaid work groups has been since January, broken down by probation area. | | (155366) | 182
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unpaid work appointments have been cancelled since January, broken down by probation area. | | (155367) | 183
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the adequacy of supply of unpaid work supervisors between January and August, broken down by probation area. | | (155368) | 184
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any unpaid work groups have been stood down in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Cheshire, (c) Warwickshire, (d) Avon and Somerset, (e) Wiltshire, (f) Essex, (g) Dorset, (h) Norfolk, (i) Devon, (j) Greater London and (k) Gwent probation area since January. | | (155369) | 185
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of legal aid has been since 1997; how much has been spent on legal aid in each year since 1997; and how many hours of legal aid work have been provided in each such year. | | (155449) | 186
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has conducted on the impact of fixed legal aid fees on the provision of legal aid since the publication of Lord Carter's review of legal aid procurement in 2006. | | (155450) | 187
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency plans are in place to meet the needs and requirements of legal aid clients in circumstances where significant numbers of legal aid providers cease operating. | | (155475) | 188
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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. | | (155434) | Questions to the Leader of the House 189
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Leader of the House, what the address is of (a) the offices and (b) any official residences she is entitled to use in her capacity as a Minister. | | (155431) | Questions to the Prime Minister 190
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, what the date was of the last day in office of the former Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life; for what reason his successor has not been announced; and if he will make a statement. | | (155372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 191
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were for the period of 22nd July to 8th September. | | (155402) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 192
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign vehicles were inspected at the roadside in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; how many were served with an immediate prohibition; how many of these prohibitions related to drivers' hours; what the countries of origins were of these drivers; and how many prosecutions followed these roadside stops. | | (155387) | 193
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the effect on costs to local authorities of the abolition by the Road Safety Act 2006 of the exemption from the private hire taxi licensing regime for vehicles hired on a long-term basis. | | (155428) | 194
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are to replace vehicle signage compliant with the United Kingdom Hazard Information System with vehicle signage compliant with the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road and rail. | | (155486) | 195
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents there were involving (a) buses, (b) pedestrians and (c) cyclists in (i) Cheltenham constituency and (ii) other Gloucestershire constituencies in each of the last five years. | | (155497) | 196
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) motor vehicles, (b) cars and taxis, (c) motorcycles, (d) buses and coaches, (e) light vans, (f) other goods vehicles and (g) pedal cycles there were on the roads in each region of the UK in each of the last five years. | | (155498) | 197
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints she has received from passengers about Heathrow Airport in each of the last three months; and if she will make a statement. | | (155520) | 198
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints she has received from airline passengers in relation to delayed and lost baggage in each of the last six months; and if she will make a statement. | | (155528) | 199
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to seek an increase in the baggage liability limitations applicable to airline passengers; and if she will make a statement. | | (155529) | 200
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of the public lost their lives on the railway in the last three years; and how many deaths (a) occurred on Network Rail's Western Route and (b) are (i) suspected to be and (ii) confirmed as the result of suicide. | | (155455) | 201
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of gateway reviews returned (a) red, (b) amber and (c) green colour coding in each of the last five years. | | (155509) | 202
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent in total on gateway reviews in each of the last five years. | | (155510) | 203
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the cost of a gateway review is met by (a) her Department, (b) the budget for the project into which the review has been commissioned and (c) the companies contracted in to carry out the work on the project. | | (155511) | 204
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue each of her Department's executive agencies received from customer services calls in each of the last five years. | | (155512) | 205
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was (a) spent on and (b) recouped by the customer services departments of each of her Department's executive agencies in each of the last five years. | | (155513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 206
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many IT contracts were put out to competitive tender by his Department in each year since 1997; how many bidders there were for each tender; and which company won the tender in each case. | | (155377) | 207
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) estimated and (b) outturn (i) cost and (ii) duration was of each IT contract tendered by his Department since 1997. | | (155378) | 208
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners who will be eligible for pension credit in each year up to 2050. | | (155384) | 209
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account he takes of changes in the level of council tax in setting pension rates. | | (155419) | 210
N | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners resident abroad have their pensions (a) frozen and (b) uprated in line with those living in the UK. | | (155521) | 211
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reason is for the further delay in dealing with the case of Mr and Mrs Beardsmore of Paignton and responding to the hon. Member for Totnes' letter of 4th July and subsequent letter of 13th August to the Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency. | | (155458) | 212
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements he has made for individuals with personal computers using (a) Microsoft Windows and (b) Apple Macintosh operating systems to make online applications for (i) attendance allowance and (ii) other social security benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (155464) | 213
N | Steve Webb (Northavon):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many men aged (a) 65, (b) 66, (c) 67, (d) 68, (e) 69, (f) 70, (g) 71, (h) 72, (i) 73 and (j) 74 are currently receiving state pensions of 98 per cent. or less of the full rate. | | (155465) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 214
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed in City of York by each Government department or executive agency in each year since 1996-97. | | [Transferred] (155491) | 215
N | Damian Green (Ashford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections the Government has made of levels of net immigration in (a) 2008, (b) 2013, (c) 2018 and (d) 2023; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (155542) | 216
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people from the 2004 EU accession countries entered the UK in each year since the accession, broken down by country of origin; what the average length of stay was estimated to be of such visitors; and how many have subsequently returned to their home country. | | [Transferred] (155571) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 217
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in reducing pregnancy rates amongst under 18 year olds since 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (155396) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 218
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are (a) still living and (b) have lived in emergency accommodation as a result of the Summer 2007 floods, broken down by (i) county and (ii) type of accommodation. | | [Transferred] (155562) | 219
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress the Government has made in securing funds from the EU Solidarity Fund in relation to the Summer 2007 floods. | | [Transferred] (155566) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 220
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans there are to improve flood defences in North Northamptonshire. | | [Transferred] (155484) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 221
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the earliest stage is at which a foreign prisoner becomes liable for deportation during his sentence. | | [Transferred] (155501) | 222
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in England and Wales from (a) outside and (b) within the EU, other than the UK and Ireland, have been identified as liable for deportation. | | [Transferred] (155429) | 223
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted criminals were deported to their own country in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (155487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 224
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of black and minority ethnic households that are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of council tax benefit. | | [Transferred] (155581) | 225
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are in receipt of council tax benefit, broken down by region; and what estimate he has made of the number of households eligible to receive council tax benefit. | | [Transferred] (155582) |
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