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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 9 October 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 9 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 9 October 2007


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 9 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 9 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 9 October see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what advice his Department has issued to British companies undertaking business in Burma.
(156761)
2
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what monitoring the Government undertakes of British business activities in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(156762)
3
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department and its predecessors have bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156740)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
4
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer Question 136787, on taxation and allowances, tabled on 8th May 2007 by the hon. Member for Blaydon.
(156858)
5
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much net revenue was raised through the sale of tobacco products in the last 12 months.
(156769)
6
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Tax Credit Office will respond to the letters of 26th March and 28th June 2007 from the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire to the Director.
(156820)
7
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target time is for responses to be made to correspondence sent to HM Revenue and Customs.
(156821)
8
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases in Northern Ireland are affected by administrative error in HM Revenue and Customs' Tax Credit Office; and if he will make a statement.
(156846)
9
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices bought for the use of departmental Ministers have been returned to the Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156730)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
10
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in Suffolk passed five GCSEs including English and mathematics at A* to C grade in each of the last five years.
(156768)
11
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department and its predecessors have bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156738)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
12
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of new departmental Ministers in the Cabinet Office following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156742)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
13
N
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 11 December 2006, Official Report, column 898W, on the Mayor of London, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse, including the costs incurred by the Mayor, which will be met by the Standards Board.
(156376)
14
N
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to prevent local authorities from adopting a Merton rule in the planning process; and if she will make a statement.
(156609)
15
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority local enterprise growth initiative bids included social enterprise in each round.
(156817)
16
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local authorities support social enterprise.
(156844)
17
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices her Department and its predecessors have bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(156739)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
18
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many treasure finds were reported in (a) 2006, (b) 2005, (c) 2004 and (d) 2003; and if he will make a statement.
(156842)
19
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of treasure finds were reported via a finds liaison officer in 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(156843)
20
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure spectrum allocation for (a) Gaelic and (b) Welsh language service on digital terrestrial television after the digital switchover.
(156859)
21
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156733)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
22
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1617W, on Departments: BAe Systems, for what reasons the annual figure for applicants given differ from those in the Answer of 5th July 2007, Official Report, 1132W.
(156751)
23
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156737)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156735)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
25
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek assurances from the Hamas leadership in Gaza that there will be no restrictions on the activity of Christian groups.
(156804)
26
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) written guidance and instructions provided to officials in his Department who draft parliamentary Answers and (b) the declaration required to be made by such officials on submitting drafts for ministerial approval; and if he will make a statement.
(156849)
27
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official visits are planned for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to countries where Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State in the next 12 months; what estimated proportion of the costs of each visit will be met from (a) United Kingdom funds and (b) host country funds; and if he will make a statement.
(156850)
28
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what official visits are planned for Her Majesty the Queen to countries where Her Majesty is Head of State in the next 12 months; what estimated proportion of the costs of each visit will be met from (a) United Kingdom funds and (b) host country funds; and if he will make a statement.
(156851)
29
N
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) hon. Members and (b) peers have been appointed special envoys to other nations since 1997.
(156125)
30
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156734)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
31
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of hospital beds occupied by smokers.
(156770)
32
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of a medicines use review per patient in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the benefits to patients of such reviews.
(156752)
33
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of medicines use reviews resulted in a change of drug treatment or dosage in 2006.
(156753)
34
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medicines use reviews were conducted in Wirral in 2006; and at what cost.
(156754)
35
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors are considered before a medicines use review is undertaken.
(156755)
36
Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what happens to the drugs prescribed to a patient before a treatment change as a result of a medicines use review.
(156756)
37
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th September 20067, Official Report, column 2085W, on Departmental Strategies, when he will publish an urgent care strategy; whether the work being undertaken by the Healthcare Commission as part of its review of urgent and emergency care will inform the urgent care strategy; and to what extent Lord Darzi will consider the provision of urgent care as part of his review of the NHS.
(156746)
38
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1200W, on NHS Treatment Centres, whether the review of NHS walk-in centre funding arrangements is complete; and when he plans to publish the review report.
(156747)
39
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th July 2007, Official Report, column 1332W, on influenza: disease control, on what date he plans to publish the National Framework.
(156748)
40
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 1223W, on influenza pandemic, whether any of the stockpile of A/H5N1 vaccines have been used; at what cost the stockpile was purchased; and what the shelf-life of the vaccine is.
(156749)
41
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th July 2007, Official Report, column 1226W, on medical equipment, when he plans to take a decision as to whether to procure and stockpile face masks centrally.
(156750)
42
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which industries he has deemed essential in the event of an influenza pandemic; and what support will be provided to them by the Government.
(156771)
43
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the public purse of the Ipsos MORI research study on public engagement to inform the 2007 pandemic influenza national framework and supporting guidance, published on 30th May 2007; whether his Department is undertaking any other programmes of work to engage the public on plans to prioritise treatment in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
(156772)
44
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what total expenditure was on research into pharmaceutical interventions for use in the event of an influenza pandemic from (a) his Department's research and development budget, (b) the Medical Research Council and (c) other sources of public funding in each year since 1997-98.
(156773)
45
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the modelling referred to in the paper published on his Department's website on 8th August 2007 entitled Use of antiviral drugs in an influenza pandemic.
(156774)
46
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Home Department on the 25 per cent. clinical attack rate assumed for planning purposes in the Home Office's consultation document Planning for a possible influenza pandemic - a framework to manage deaths - consultation, published on 30th August 2007; what his latest estimate is of the most likely clinical attack rate in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
(156775)
47
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in developing a clinically-based algorithm for use by call handlers in the event of an influenza pandemic.
(156776)
48
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has put in place to ensure NHS ambulance trusts can decontaminate their ambulances in the event of an influenza pandemic.
(156777)
49
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an influenza pandemic on the (a) supply of and (b) demand for (i) blood and (ii) blood components; what steps he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of blood in the event of a pandemic; and if he will make a statement.
(156778)
50
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many matrons were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997.
(156779)
51
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths resulting from influenza infection there were in each year since 1979; what the population coverage of seasonal influenza immunisation was in each year since 1979; and in which years since 1979 there were epidemics of seasonal influenza.
(156780)
52
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Department's press release of 16th August 2007 entitled Government announces advanced supply contracts for pandemic influenza vaccine, how many doses of pandemic vaccine have been secured as part of the advanced supply contracts; and in which country the pandemic vaccines will be manufactured in the event of an influenza pandemic.
(156781)
53
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many linear accelerators he expects to be available to the NHS in each year of the next 10 years.
(156782)
54
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all radiotherapy centres have plans in place to deliver the 4-tier skills mix model.
(156783)
55
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radiotherapy departments have more than eight linear accelerators.
(156784)
56
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of fractions per linear accelerator was in the most recent period for which figures are available, broken down by radiotherapy facility.
(156785)
57
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many linear accelerators were available to the NHS in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what average number of fractions per annum was delivered by each.
(156786)
58
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of hybrid virtual environments on radiotherapy training sites.
(156787)
59
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for the statement made by the Prime Minister that the Darzi review is the largest consultation on the future of the NHS ever conducted, as stated in his article of 18th September 2007 at www.pm.gov.ukoutput/Page13219.asp.
(156788)
60
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) type 1 accident and emergency attendances and (b) 999 calls resulted in a subsequent emergency admission on the grounds of a diagnosis of (i) stroke, (ii) heart attack and (iii) serious head injury in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(156790)
61
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage primary care trusts to ensure that pharmacies offer chlamydia testing kits as part of the chlamydia screening programme.
(156791)
62
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) HIV, (b) chlamydia, (c) gonorrhoea, (d) syphilis, (e) genital warts and (f) genital herpes there were in England in each year since 1997.
(156792)
63
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 16 to 24 year old (a) males and (b) females were tested for chlamydia infection as part of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme broken down by primary care trust in each year since 2003-04; and what proportion of 16 to 24 year olds this represented in each year.
(156793)
64
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tests for chlamydia infection have been undertaken in the 16 to 24 year old age group in the year 2007-08 to date (a) in England and (b) broken down by primary care trust; and what percentage of 16 to 24 year olds this represents in each case.
(156794)
65
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultants and (b) other staff worked in the NHS in the accident and emergency specialty in each year since 1997; and how many of each this represented per 1,000 patient attendances at (i) a type 1 accident and emergency department and (ii) all accident and emergency departments.
(156795)
66
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research referred to on page 3 of his Department's document Reforming Emergency Care: First steps to a new approach, published on 25th October 2001.
(156796)
67
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in developing measures of patient outcome and experience of provision of NHS ambulance services referred to on page 60 of Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance services, published on 30th June 2005.
(156797)
68
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendation in paragraph 4.13 of Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance services, published on 30th June 2005, to encourage greater clinical decision-making during initial telephone calls to (a) 999, (b) NHS Direct, (c) out-of-hours providers and (d) other telephone access points in the NHS.
(156798)
69
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in increasing consistency in call handling across urgent care referred to in Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance services, published on 30th June 2005.
(156799)
70
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many urgent care networks there are in England; where they operate; and if he will make a statement.
(156800)
71
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) number of beds and (b) bed category rate was in the NHS (i) in total and (ii) broken down by bed occupancy in (A) England and (B) each strategic health authority area in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-2007.
(156801)
72
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has established the standard competency framework and core training syllabus for call-handling staff referred to in Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance Services, published on 30th June 2005.
(156802)
73
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many providers of clinical decision support software supply products to the NHS there are; which providers (a) supplied such software to the NHS in June 2005 and (b) supply software now; what steps he is taking to rationalise the number of software programmes used following the recommendation in paragraph 4.8 of Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance Services, published on 30th June 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(156803)
74
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for the policy of deep cleaning NHS wards, as stated in his Department's press release of 25th September 2007, entitled Johnson crackdown on cleanliness and infections; what methodology was used to estimate the cost of deep cleaning at £50 million; which organisations will undertake the evaluation of the first programme of deep cleaning, and at what cost to the public purse; whether the deep cleaning of NHS wards will be mandatory for all NHS organisations which operate wards; when he expects the deep cleaning of NHS wards to happen; and if he will make a statement.
(156805)
75
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis was for the statement in his Department's White Paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, Cm 6737, published on 30th January 2006, that dual registration at GP surgeries was (a) costly and (b) difficult to introduce.
(156806)
76
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Programme Budgeting Atlases, referred to at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policy andguidance/Organisationpolicy/Financeandplanning/Programmebudgeting/DH_075743 are available only to NHSnet users; and if he will place the atlases on a publicly accessible website.
(156807)
77
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the basis is for the decision to put in place new arrangements for a comprehensive regional presence outlined in his Department's Capability Review and Development Plan, published on 12th September 2007; which arrangements currently exist to support the Department's regional presence; whether he anticipates the reconfiguration of strategic health authorities in support of the new arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
(156808)
78
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of primary care trusts participated in the chlamydia screening programme in the most recent period for which figures are available; which primary care trusts are not participating in the programme; and if he will make a statement.
(156810)
79
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned to establish the level of medical support necessary to maximise the effectiveness of clinical telephone advice following publication of Taking Healthcare to the Patient: Transforming NHS Ambulance Services on 30th June 2005.
(156811)
80
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices his Department bought for the use of departmental Ministers following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156736)
81
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has submitted evidence to the Archer Inquiry into the Safety of Blood Products; and if he will make a statement.
(156814)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
82
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to meet representatives of Cambridgeshire Police Authority to discuss funding of Cambridgeshire Police in the next six months; and if she will make a statement.
(156760)
83
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in ensuring that homophobic crimes are dealt with in a sensitive manner.
(156757)
84
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homophobic hate crimes were reported to police forces in England and Wales in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.
(156758)
85
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) written guidance and instructions provided to officials in her Department who draft parliamentary Answers and (b) the declaration required to be made by such officials on submitting drafts for ministerial approval; and if she will make a statement.
(156848)
86
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain on the grounds of domestic violence have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected since the introduction of the domestic violence rule.
(156818)
87
Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was for the final determination of immigration cases involving domestic violence at the most recent date for which figures are available.
(156819)
88
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in her Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(156815)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
89
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the matter of legal advice recently given to the Speaker and its cost.
(156789)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
90
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in his Department and its predecessors following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156745)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
91
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to identify and cancel outstanding international illegitimate debts.
(156857)
92
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in his Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156726)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
93
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether additional payments were made to prison staff who worked through the strike by prison officers in August 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(156759)
94
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of those convicted for burglary committed in Suffolk were given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.
(156764)
95
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of those convicted for supplying illegal drugs in Suffolk were given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.
(156765)
96
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in his Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156744)
Questions to the Leader of the House
97
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new departmental Ministers in her Office following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(156741)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
98
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether a recent assessment of the security threat to Downpatrick police station has been made; and how the requirement for security measures at this station compares to other police stations in Down district.
(156847)
99
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) shortest sentence, (b) shortest suspended sentence and (c) lowest fine handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland was following conviction for (i) rape, (ii) attempted rape, (iii) indecent assault on a female, (iv) indecent assault on a male, (v) indecent assault on a female child, (vi) indecent assault on a male child, (vii) gross indecency with a child, (viii) buggery with a boy under 16 years of age, (ix) buggery with a girl, (x) unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 14 years, (xi) unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 17 years, (xii) permitting a girl under 17 years to use premises for intercourse, (xiii) incest by man, (xiv) indecent exposure with intent to assault a female, (xv) exposure, (xvi) voyeurism, (xvii) sex offender failing to notify police of change of address, (xviii) breach of interim sex offender's prevention order, (xix) bigamy, (xx) distributing indecent photographs of children, (xxi) possessing indecent photograph of a child, (xxii) taking indecent photograph or pseudo photograph of children and (xxiii) making indecent photograph or pseudo photograph of children in each of the last three years.
(154009)
100
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland who were released from prison after serving a sentence for drug-related offences subsequently re-offended in each of the last five years.
(154010)
101
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland previously convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual assault have subsequently committed other sexual offences in each of the last five years.
(154011)
102
N
David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average sentence handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland for (a) possession of and (b) dealing in drugs was in each of the last five years.
(154012)
103
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in his Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156727)
Questions to the Prime Minister
104
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Prime Minister, what contributions to the cost of the Royal Household are met by countries other than the United Kingdom where Her Majesty the Queen is Head of State; and if he will make a statement.
(156845)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
105
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of buying new (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices for new Ministers in his Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156728)
Questions to the Solicitor General
106
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices bought for the use of departmental Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have been returned to the Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(156743)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
107
Robert Key (Salisbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish on her departmental website a summary of the results of the public consultation on GPS in-vehicle information systems which closed in January 2007.
(156812)
108
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has undertaken on the potential to save lives of the introduction of compulsory personal flotation devices to the UK fishing fleet; and if she will make a statement.
(156816)
109
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices bought for the use of departmental Ministers have been returned to the Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(156731)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
110
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices bought for the use of departmental Ministers have been returned to the Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156729)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
111
Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Hemsworth constituency claimed the winter fuel allowance in each year since its introduction.
(156809)
112
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistant devices bought for the use of departmental Ministers have been returned to the Department following each Cabinet reshuffle since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(156732)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
113
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people in (a) England and (b) Suffolk aged 60 years or over declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997.
[Transferred] (156767)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
114
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) were diagnosed with and (b) died from (i) cancer and (ii) breast cancer in (A) Jarrow constituency, (B) South Tyneside and (C) the North East in each year since 1997.
[Transferred] (156763)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
115
N
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of how changes to qualified majority voting in the European reform treaty would affect the ability of the UK and the EU to promote the environment and fight climate change.
[Question Unstarred] (156138)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
116
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people resident in Suffolk were charged with attacking emergency service workers in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred] (156766)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
117
Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much of the budget held by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research is used for the replacement of the use of animals in research.
[Transferred] (156813)

 
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