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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 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 Wednesday 10 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will review the takeover code in the light of the instability at Northern Rock. | | (156044) | 2
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings he has had with representatives of (a) Royal Mail Ltd and (b) the Communication Workers Union at which the resolution of the postal strike has been discussed. | | (157264) | 3
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has for further meetings with representatives of (a) Royal Mail Ltd and (b) the Communications Workers Union to discuss resolution of the postal strike. | | (157265) | 4
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of Royal Mail Ltd on the proposed changes to the pensions scheme for Royal Mail staff. | | (157266) | 5
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the pensions scheme on Royal Mail staff. | | (157267) | 6
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on the pensions holiday taken by Royal Mail Ltd between 1995 and 2002. | | (157268) | 7
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on (a) changes to the daily delivery times of mail to residential addresses and (b) the collection of post on Sundays. | | (157269) | 8
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures he is taking to prevent energy companies demanding payments arising from not recalibrating token meters and subsequently seeking backdated payments. | | (157103) | 9
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with the energy regulator on energy suppliers who charge backdated payments after delays in the recalibration of token prepayment meters; and if he will make a statement. | | (157104) | 10
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures he plans to take to assist households who have received backdated payment requests by energy suppliers who have not recalibrated token prepayment meters; and if he will make a statement. | | (157105) | 11
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to encourage a settlement in the postal dispute that takes into account postal workers' views of changes to working practices and pensions. | | (156921) | 12
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the proposed feasibility study for a Severn Barrage energy scheme will include a full environmental impact assessment. | | (156922) | 13
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the Government's policy is on introducing smart meters for gas and electricity in the domestic sector; over what timescale meters are expected to be introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (156949) | 14
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the projection is of the percentage of energy in the UK which will be produced from renewables by 2020. | | (157091) | 15
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to meet the EU target of 20 per cent. of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. | | (157199) | 16
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to ensure that a market-dominant vertically integrated business is required to wholesale its channels on a reasonable basis to other retailers. | | (157027) | 17
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the level of retail price competition in the pay TV market; and what assessment he has made of the effect of this level on consumers. | | (157028) | 18
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on consumer choice in the pay TV market. | | (157029) | 19
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (156996) | 20
| Bob Russell (Colchester):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 764W, on audio equipment: health hazards, what the evidential basis was for his statement that it is already widely understood that playing personal audio equipment too loud can damage people's hearing. | | (157167) | 21
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2068W, on fuel poverty, what definition his Department uses of a proportional programme of assistance; what methodology is used by his Department to measure proportionality; and which of the major six energy companies offer a proportional programme of assistance. | | (156822) | 22
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he plans to maintain responsibility for the granting of offshore oil and gas consents under the Petroleum Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (157244) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 23
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to guarantee retail deposits held by UK citizens with banks operating in the UK but which are not British-owned or operating as British subsidiaries. | | (156043) | 24
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers or officials in his Department first discussed the issuing of a guarantee to retail banking depositors with Northern Rock with (a) the Governor of the Bank of England and (b) other Bank of England officials. | | (156045) | 25
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to seek amendments to the EU Market Houses Directive to allow covert intervention by central banks. | | (156046) | 26
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional funding to improve wheelchair and mobility equipment available to disabled children and young people as set out in the report Aiming High for Disabled Children by his Department and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. | | (156953) | 27
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what income (a) his Department and (b) the Government receives from rental property; and if he will make a statement. | | (156916) | 28
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was in the National Insurance Fund in each month in each of the last 10 years. | | (157170) | 29
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors underlie changes in the quantities of class A drugs (a) seized by HM Revenue and Customs and (b) reaching UK streets in each year since 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. | | (157245) | 30
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tax aircraft emissions rather than impose air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement. | | (157260) | 31
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will require the Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise to reply to the letter to him of 29th August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Ms K. Cassidy. | | (156909) | 32
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how civil service annual pay increases to basic pay rates are calculated within overall earnings growth amounts. | | (156827) | 33
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) basic increase elements and (b) overall earnings growth figures for civil service pay are calculated in the same way as other parts of the public sector. | | (156828) | 34
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) overall paybill increase, (b) average basic pay and progression increase and (c) average performance pay of annual pay increases for (i) the civil service, (ii) local government workers, (iii) teachers and (iv) NHS staff was in each year since 1997. | | (156829) | 35
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the cost was of those preparations. | | (156992) | 36
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incidents of wild bird smuggling have been recorded by HM Revenue and Customs since 1st July 2007. | | (156833) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the marginal cost of (a) asking one additional question to all responders and (b) computerising the additional data for (i) the British Household Panel Survey, (ii) the Expenditure and Food Survey and (iii) the Labour Force Survey. | | (156903) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 38
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on the evolution of the European Schools programme, with particular reference to its activities in England. | | (156946) | 39
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the total cash balances held by all schools in each year between 1990-91 and 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (156967) | 40
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on deducting money from schools' balances; and if he will make a statement. | | (156968) | 41
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have the ability to collect and hold fingerprint data for pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (156969) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many fingerprints have been collected of pupils in English schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (156970) | 43
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance has been given to schools on collecting and holding fingerprint data for pupils. | | (156971) | 44
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of total spending by schools on equipment for collecting fingerprints of pupils in each year between 2003-04 and 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (156972) | 45
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to agree to fund Building Schools for the Future programmes where the local authority has produced a sound plan for the development of secondary education whether or not an academy is included. | | (157224) | 46
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (156989) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 47
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what definition his Department uses of a volunteering opportunity for the purposes of its policy to promote volunteering. | | (156940) | 48
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reasons the decision was taken to abolish the ChangeUp Hubs of Expertise; and what input the Office of the Third Sector had in the decision. | | (156941) | 49
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Experience Corps has paid any fees to the Government with regard to assets accumulated during or as a result of its period of grant funding by the Home Office. | | (156942) | 50
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the legal status is of the ChangeUp Hubs of Expertise and of any intellectual property or other assets associated with the hubs. | | (156943) | 51
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress has been made in implementation of the policy statement Delegation and Coherence issued by the Cabinet Office in September 2006. | | (156830) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 52
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to increase local involvement in the planning process; and if she will make a statement. | | (156948) | 53
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on the provision of public documents in English; and if she will make a statement. | | (156950) | 54
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is a statutory requirement for local councils to provide public documents in languages other than English. | | (156951) | 55
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory guidance is provided to local authorities on the provision of public documents in languages other than English. | | (156976) | 56
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage developers to use water resilient flooring and fittings in houses built in areas with a high risk of flooding. | | (156835) | 57
N | Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of raised level flooring to counter the effects of flooding. | | (156836) | 58
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make the stock condition survey assessment model used by her Department accessible to local authorities in the same manner as the HM Treasury model; and if she will make a statement. | | (157263) | 59
| Margaret Moran (Luton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's initiatives to encourage local authorities to support social enterprise; and if she will make a statement. | | (156939) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 60
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) grant-in-aid and (b) National Lottery funding was allocated to the Arts Council England (ACE) in each of the last five years; and how much ACE awarded to brass bands in the same period. | | (157098) | 61
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) adults and (b) children came to events organised with the Portable Antiquities Scheme as part of National Archaeology Week 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (156938) | 62
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many finds were (a) identified and (b) recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme as part of National Archaeology Week 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (157067) | 63
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many listed buildings were (a) substantially damaged and (b) destroyed in each year since 1997-98. | | (157220) | 64
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what obligations there are on the owners of listed buildings to ensure they are fully insured. | | (157221) | 65
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many grade (a) I, (b) II* and (c) II listed buildings there are. | | (157222) | 66
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (157004) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 67
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much depleted uranium ammunition has been used by British forces in Operation Herrick since 2002. | | (156824) | 68
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1608W, on armed forces: housing, how many (a) service family accommodations and (b) single living accommodations in (i) Cyprus, (ii) Gibraltar and (iii) Germany are in each Standard for Condition category. | | (156961) | 69
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1608W, on armed forces: housing, what the criteria are for classification within each Grade for Change category. | | (156962) | 70
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) 5.56 mm, (b) 7.62 mm and (c) 105 mm rounds have been discharged in Afghanistan by British forces since June 2006. | | (157026) | 71
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his official engagements were between 9th September and 7th October. | | (157030) | 72
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of procuring one (a) SA-80 rifle, (b) Type-45 Destroyer, (c) Astute Class Submarine, (d) Typhoon aircraft, (e) Chinook helicopter and (f) Apache helicopter. | | (157032) | 73
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the extra planned funding for Combat Stress will be provided. | | (157033) | 74
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the disposals made to fund the £80 million towards single living accommodation announced on 25th September; and how much was generated by each. | | (157034) | 75
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have served in (a) Afghanistan since 2001 and (b) Iraq since 2003. | | (157035) | 76
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals (a) captured and (b) killed by British Forces in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since 2001 have been of Iranian nationality. | | (157036) | 77
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with his European counterparts on a European Union military mission to Chad during the meeting of Defence Ministers in Evora, Portugal, 28th September; and if he will make a statement. | | (157037) | 78
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visits were (a) cancelled and (b) reduced in size in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan in each year since 2001, broken down by reason. | | (157038) | 79
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many roulements have been delayed in entering theatre due to aircraft availability in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each year since 2001. | | (157039) | 80
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of days for Relief in Place operations between each roulement to (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq was in each year since 2001. | | (157040) | 81
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total number of each type of armoured vehicle was cannibalised in each of the last 12 months. | | (157041) | 82
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles are in service with the Army, broken down by type. | | (157042) | 83
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many volunteer reservists in each service were deployed on operations in each year since 1997. | | (157043) | 84
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many volunteer reservists in each service are deployed on operations. | | (157044) | 85
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the results of his Department's most recent public attitude survey. | | (157045) | 86
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total budget was for all helicopter procurement projects in each year since 2001. | | (157046) | 87
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft are in service in the RAF, broken down by type. | | (157047) | 88
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans exist for using the armed forces to replace prison guards during a strike. | | (157048) | 89
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of lost mail between military personnel and their families have been recorded in the last 12 months. | | (157049) | 90
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 8th October 2007, Official Report, columns 21-38, on Iraq, where the 2,500 British personnel in Iraq will be based from spring 2008 providing the security conditions on the ground in Iraq to permit the reduction of British military forces. | | (157133) | 91
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current mission objectives are of British forces operating along the Iraq-Iran border. | | (157134) | 92
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his American counterpart on the future security of the Iraq-Iran border. | | (157135) | 93
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Armed Forces have been assigned to the Coalition Forces Land Component Command in Kuwait since 2003, broken down by (a) rank and (b) branch. | | (157136) | 94
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the ordered 140 Mastiff vehicles announced during the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq of 8th October 2007, Official Report, columns 21-38, will be sent to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and by what date in each case. | | (157138) | 95
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his assessment is of the security situation in (a) Basra, (b) Maysan, (c) Dhi Qar and (d) Al Muthanna. | | (157139) | 96
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times British or coalition military forces have intervened militarily in (a) Maysan, (b) Dhi Qar and (c) Al Muthanna since the handover to the Iraqi government. | | (157140) | 97
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who will make the decision for any British military intervention in (a) Maysan, (b) Dhi Qar and (c) Al Muthanna. | | (157141) | 98
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what conditions British Forces would be expected to intervene in (a) Maysan, (b) Dhi Qar and (c) Al Muthanna. | | (157142) | 99
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his American counterpart on the use by British forces of the American military base Camp Arifjan in Kuwait; and if he will make a statement. | | (157143) | 100
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which private contractors provided force protection for British Forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2001, broken down by company. | | (157144) | 101
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministers or officials on public access and countryside activities on his Department's land in (a) foot and mouth disease risk areas and (b) foot and mouth disease low risk areas. | | (157072) | 102
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions he has placed on public access and leisure activities on his Department's land in foot and mouth disease low risk areas. | | (157073) | 103
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether trail and drag hunting is permitted on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. | | (157074) | 104
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department's programme to fit air conditioning units to many current and future armoured fighting vehicles and protected patrol vehicles began; and what percentage of vehicles identified as requiring such units now have them. | | (157089) | 105
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future location of the office issuing medals to members of the Army; what assessment he has made of the impact of any future move of the office on (a) staff and (b) the effectiveness of the issuing process; and what further costs will be incurred in any such move. | | (157096) | 106
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review for (a) RAF Linton on Ouse, (b) RAF Leeming, (c) Dishforth Airfield and (d) Allanbrook Barracks at Topcliffe; and if he will make a statement. | | (156973) | 107
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (157003) | 108
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ground personnel in theatre are required to keep each (a) Eurofighter, (b) GR7 Harrier, (c) Merlin, (d) Lynx, (e) Sea King, (f) Chinook and (g) Apache operational. | | (157075) | 109
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of those who set out to be pilots of (a) Eurofighter, (b) GR7 Harrier, (c) Merlin, (d) Lynx, (e) Sea King, (f) Chinook and (g) Apache were successful in each of the last three years. | | (157076) | 110
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Mastiff vehicle will be (a) delivered to the UK and (b) shipped to theatre. | | (157077) | 111
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the option for a further 400 Panther command and liaison vehicles will be taken up. | | (157078) | 112
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any units of the British Army have declined to take (a) Snatch Landrovers and (b) other vehicles to operational theatre. | | (157079) | 113
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the individual cost per aircraft is of the (a) purchase of six Danish Merlin helicopters and (b) downgrading of eight Chinook helicopters. | | (157160) | 114
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the 1st July DASA figures under TSP04 published on 25th August did not include the Army. | | (157161) | 115
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have lost limbs, or parts thereof, from mine strikes in Afghanistan on (a) WMIK and (b) Snatch Landrover vehicles. | | (157162) | 116
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Territorial Army personnel on weekend training are expected to pay for their meals. | | (157163) | 117
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the regulations governing the return of fatalities to the UK; whether they are transported on aircraft carrying soldiers; and whether coffins are transported in view of travelling personnel. | | (157164) | 118
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rate of recruitment to the Army was in each of the last five years, broken down by sector. | | (157165) | 119
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) officers and (b) sergeants on six-month operational tours have to pay a UK mess bill. | | (157166) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 120
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th September 2007, Official Report, column 2221W, on Pirbright Laboratory standards, what issues were identified; what progress has been made in addressing those issues; whether issues identified in 2006 had been previously identified; and whether recommendations made in previous reports had been implemented. | | (157090) | 121
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons trail and drag hunting is prohibited in foot and mouth disease low risk areas. | | (157068) | 122
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are biosecurity hazards associated with trail and drag hunting. | | (157069) | 123
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will allow trail and drag hunting on foot and mouth disease (a) low risk and (b) risk areas. | | (157070) | 124
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministry of Defence ministers or officials on restrictions on civilian leisure activities on Ministry of Defence land as a result of foot and mouth disease. | | (157071) | 125
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation will be made available to (a) auction marts which suffered closure owing to foot and mouth measures and (b) farmers who were unable to enter their stock for sale in such auction marts. | | [R] (157080) | 126
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (157002) | 127
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) European counterparts and (b) UK egg producers on the 1999 EU Laying Hens Directive. | | (156831) | 128
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when officials in his Department last discussed measures to prevent the illegal importation of wild birds into the EU with the relevant European agency. | | (156832) | 129
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what frequency was assigned to the recent floods in the Thames and Severn catchments on the basis of the existing modelling; what changes have been made to the flood frequency modelling since those events; and if he will make a statement. | | (157234) | 130
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the (a) Marine Bill and (b) Draft Marine Bill was not included in the 2006 Queen's Speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (157238) | 131
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a (a) Marine Bill and (b) Draft Marine Bill will be included in the 2007 Queen's Speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (157239) | 132
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the inclusion of a (i) Marine Bill and (ii) Draft Marine Bill in the 2007 Queen's Speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (157240) | 133
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on (a) the issuing of offshore consents and (b) a Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (157241) | 134
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the UK Operational Programme for the European Fisheries Fund. | | (157246) | 135
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Welsh Assembly Government and (c) the Northern Ireland Executive on the UK Operational Programme for the European Fisheries Fund priorities; when he expects the draft Operational Programme to be ready for consultation; and if he will make a statement. | | (157247) | 136
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much European Fisheries Fund funding is available to the fishing industry in the UK over the period January 2007 to December 2013; how much has already been paid to the UK fishing industry, broken down by (a) licensing district and (b) sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (157248) | 137
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the size of the European Fisheries Fund for the period January 2007 to December 2013 is in (a) euros and (b) pounds sterling; and how much is being allocated to each country. | | (157249) | 138
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the UK Operational Programme containing the UK priorities for the European Fisheries Fund will be scrutinised by the European Commission; how long he expects this process to last; and if he will make a statement. | | (157250) | 139
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding priorities he has identified for the allocation of grants from the European Fisheries Fund for the period January 2007 to December 2013; and if he will make a statement. | | (157251) | 140
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK Strategic Plan in relation to the European Fisheries Fund for the period January 2007 to December 2013. | | (157252) | 141
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the report Badgers and Cattle TB: Final Report of the Independent Scientific Group was peer reviewed; who peer reviewed it; what feedback was received from the peer review; and if he will make a statement. | | (157271) | 142
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the cost to farmers in England of the summer floods, broken down by (a) county and (b) region; and if he will make a statement. | | (157272) | 143
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which recommendations from the July 2002 report for BBSRC Council Review of the Institute of Animal Health - Pirbright Laboratory have been (a) implemented and (b) not implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (157273) | 144
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the fishing opportunities available for UK vessels in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (157274) | 145
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle passport applications he expects to be received late due to the postal strike; and how many cattle he estimates this will render valueless. | | (157275) | 146
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates he has made of the number of fat lambs which remain unsold due to foot and mouth restrictions. | | (157276) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 147
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what initiatives are being pursued by (a) his Department and (b) the British Embassy in Baghdad to encourage investment by British companies and British nationals in reconstruction and other economic activity in Iraq. | | (157100) | 148
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what categories of assistance are available from the British Embassy in Baghdad to encourage and promote direct investment in Iraq by British companies and British nationals; what such investments have been made over the last 12 months; and what assistance was provided by the British Embassy in each case. | | (157101) | 149
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) investment and (b) contractual work in Iraq involving British companies over the period since formal hostilities were declared to be over. | | (157102) | 150
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the Serbian Foreign Minister in London on 18th September on Serbia's possible membership of the International Whaling Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (156047) | 151
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq of 8th October, Official Report, columns 21-38, how many Iraqis are eligible to receive a package of financial payment for resettlement. | | (157121) | 152
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a programme similar to that for Iraqi staff will be established to recognise local Afghan staff working for the British Government in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (157122) | 153
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqis worked for the British Government in each year since 2003 but do not qualify for a package of financial payment for resettlement. | | (157123) | 154
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the packages of financial payment for resettlement to begin to be made to Iraqi staff. | | (157124) | 155
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps were taken to ensure (a) the safety of and (b) recognition of the contribution made by local Iraqi staff prior to 2005. | | (157125) | 156
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the approving authority is in determining which Iraqi staff qualify for a package of financial payment to aid resettlement. | | (157126) | 157
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq of 8th October 2007, which occupations qualify as professional staff. | | (157127) | 158
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq of 8th October 2007, what the difference is between staff and professional staff with regard to local Iraqi staff. | | (157128) | 159
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what coordination he has had with his counterparts in the local region on the resettlement of local Iraqi staff. | | (157129) | 160
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement on Iraq of 8th October 2007, which countries are included in his definition of local region. | | (157130) | 161
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the cost of a single financial payment to aid resettlement for an Iraqi in (a) Iraq and (b) elsewhere in the region. | | (157131) | 162
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from where the aid resettlement package for local Iraqi staff will be funded. | | (157132) | 163
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the agreed circumstances are in which local Iraqi staff may receive admission to the United Kingdom. | | (157137) | 164
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian government in relation to the protection of Eman Muhammad el-Sayed. | | (157261) | 165
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer the letter of 6th August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr M. K. J. Iqbal. | | (156908) | 166
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether before Sir Michael Peat's press conference on 26th June his Department was aware that the official gift given during the official visit to the USA in 2005 by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to President Bush had been selected and purchased by Michael Fawcett; and if he will make a statement. | | (156853) | 167
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th April 2007, Official Report, columns 49-50W, on the USA: Prince Charles, and with reference to the letter subsequently sent to the hon. Member for Thurrock on 16th May 2007, how much of the cost of gifts was spent purchasing the Churchill Book presented by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as an official present to President Bush; whether the reimbursement for its purchase was paid from the public purse to Premier Mode, Michael Fawcett, a consultant or His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Household; and if he will make a statement. | | (156854) | 168
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's Household was consulted in preparing the Answer given to the hon. Member for Thurrock on 17th November 2005, Official Report, column 1491W, on the United States (Prince of Wales's Visit); and if he will make a statement. | | (156855) | 169
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what basis Michael Fawcett was authorised to select and purchase the official gift given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to President Bush during his official visit to the USA in 2005; and when Mr Fawcett's role in this task became known to his Department. | | (156856) | 170
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for variations in the web content of the websites of overseas territories on (a) the list of Human Rights Conventions with which they are expected to comply and (b) details of the gross domestic product per head of population. | | (156912) | 171
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what oversight his Department has of the granting of belongers status, or other comparable status, by overseas territory governments to people from outside the territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (157206) | 172
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (157001) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 173
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what briefing Lord Darzi received on the proposals to downgrade Worthing and Chichester hospitals before his recent interview on GMTV. | | (157255) | 174
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born while their mothers were in the process of travelling to (a) Brighton hospital and (b) Worthing hospital in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (157256) | 175
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the recent local consultation to determine whether to shut the Peter Bruff Ward at Clacton Hospital. | | (156984) | 176
N | Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received from the Health Protection Agency to the Stakeholder Advisory Group on ELF EMF's report; if he will place a copy of the advice in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (156852) | 177
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on public health of mercury in (a) vaccinations, (b) dental amalgams and (c) low energy light bulbs. | | (156823) | 178
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he was (a) informed and (b) given sight of the recent petition from Surrey residents on the future of hospital services in the county; and if he will make a statement. | | (156913) | 179
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on family unit care homes. | | (156914) | 180
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Department has taken to restrict the promotion of breast milk substitutes. | | (157223) | 181
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the medical testing of school children for obesity is conducted on a parental opt-out basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (157253) | 182
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reverse his decision on consent for dental screening epidemiological surveys for school children to enable the scheme to operate on a parental opt-out basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (157254) | 183
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he expects (a) the NHS Breast Screening Programme to be extended to cover all women aged 47 to 73 years and (b) everyone with breast problems to be seen by a specialist within two weeks, following a referral by their GP; and if he will make a statement. | | (157259) | 184
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the numbers of herbal products currently on sale in the United Kingdom which will require registration under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive if they are to remain on the market; by what date applications for registrations must be made to ensure continuity of supply; and by what date the products will become illegal if not successfully registered. | | (157225) | 185
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for registration of herbal products have been received by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; and how many positive decisions the Agency has taken to register herbal products under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. | | (157226) | 186
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of herbal products which are likely to become unavailable to specialist retailers as a result of the inability or reluctance of manufacturers to submit applications for registration of such products under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (157227) | 187
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many proposed claims have been submitted to the Food Standards Agency for consideration for authorisation for use on products under the provisions of Article 13 of the Nutrition and Health Claims Made on Food Regulations; if he will give a breakdown of that total by the major categories of the substance to which those claims refer, including (a) macronutrients, (b) vitamins and minerals, (c) botanical ingredients and (d) other substances. | | (157228) | 188
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Food Standards Agency assists manufacturers submitting applications for authorisation of claims under the Nutrition and Health Claims Made on Food Regulations to support those applications through the authorisation process; and what steps the Agency intends to take to support small and medium sized businesses involved in this process. | | (157229) | 189
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when officials of the Food Standards Agency last met representatives of (a) manufacturers of specialist herbal food supplements and (b) specialist health food retailers to discuss the submission of claims under the Nutrition and Health Claims Made on Food Regulations. | | (157230) | 190
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to maximise the opportunities afforded under the Traditional Herbal Medicines Products Directive and other legislation to allow the continued availability of long-established herbal products whilst maintaining appropriate safety standards. | | (157231) | 191
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on treatment and rehabilitation of people outside the criminal justice system who were dependent on alcohol in each of the last 10 years. | | (157233) | 192
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Merseyside have been diagnosed with mesothelioma in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital trust. | | (157106) | 193
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) gun shot and (b) knife wounds the NHS has treated in the last 12 months. | | (156834) | 194
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what official response the Government (a) has made and (b) plans to make to the report of the findings of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research programme. | | (157200) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what health advice he plans to provide to the public following the findings of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research programme. | | (157201) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Health Protection Agency on the findings of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research programme; whether the Health Protection Agency will be updating its advice to the public in the light of the report from the programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (157202) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of current health advice on the use of mobile telephones in the light of the findings of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (157203) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on raising awareness of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research programme report and its findings. | | (157204) | 199
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has undertaken in the last two years on the (a) minimum size and (b) staffing needs of (i) an accident and emergency unit and (ii) a maternity unit in order to meet the August 2009 requirements of the European Working Time Directive; what cost to the public purse he expects to arise from meeting those requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (157005) | 200
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that all consultations on NHS service reconfiguration will contain as one option the retention of services in their existing configuration. | | (157006) | 201
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis West Sussex Primary Care Trust is of the view that its share of the NHS budget will increase by 4.5 per cent. a year over the next few years from 2007-08, as stated in its consultation document Fit for the Future: modernising healthcare in West Sussex; whether this figure relates to real-terms increases or cash-terms increases; and if he will make a statement. | | (157007) | 202
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent evidence his Department has considered on the effect on clinical outcomes of centralisation of services for (a) stroke, (b) heart attack, (c) respiratory problems and (d) other conditions. | | (157008) | 203
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on survival rates of victims of (a) cardiac arrest and (b) heart attack which take place outside a hospital. | | (157009) | 204
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what evidential basis the South East Coast Strategic Health Authority describes as a myth the proposition that patients' lives will be at risk if it takes longer for the ambulance to transport them to accident and emergency as described on its website http://www.southeastcoastfff.nhs.uk. | | (157010) | 205
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age for hospital admissions was in England for the last year for which figures are available. | | (157011) | 206
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by Primary Care Trust area the areas in England with the highest proportion of residents over the age of retirement per head of population for the latest year in which figures are available. | | (157012) | 207
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age was for patients admitted to accident and emergency units in hospitals in the West Sussex Primary Care Trust geographical area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (157013) | 208
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision his Department has made for extra funding for health services in areas with disproportionately high levels of elderly residents. | | (157014) | 209
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into the impact of relocation or closure of hospital services on patient access to healthcare facilities in areas with disproportionately high numbers of elderly residents. | | (157015) | 210
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proposal from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges that facilities at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex Primary Care Trust be downgraded. | | (157016) | 211
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to issue revised guidance or instructions to primary care trusts on optimum ambulance travel times to accident and emergency units. | | (157017) | 212
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on safe travel times for emergency admissions to hospitals in England. | | (157018) | 213
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact on travel times to emergency facilities in West Sussex Primary Care Trust in the event of the relocation of accident and emergency facilities away from Worthing Hospital. | | (157019) | 214
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance there is for NHS staff to relocate to work in alternative healthcare facilities in the event of the closure or downgrading of district hospitals. | | (157020) | 215
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact on local economies of closing district general hospitals. | | (157021) | 216
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the age of the population on demand for healthcare. | | (157022) | 217
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to commissioners of healthcare services for assessing the predicted health needs of the populations they serve. | | (157023) | 218
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) hospitals, (b) parliamentary constituencies and (c) other NHS sites have been visited by Lord Darzi for the purposes of conducting his review of the NHS. | | (157024) | 219
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (157000) | 220
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 14 year olds were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each county in the East of England region in the last 12 months. | | (156988) | 221
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the problem of counterfeit drugs in the NHS supply chain; and if he will make a statement. | | (157205) | 222
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the case for full implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guideline of the assessment and treatment of people with fertility problems if there is a move towards introducing single embryo transfer for selected patients. | | (157094) | 223
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) each strategic health authority, (b) each primary care trust and (c) England will be eligible for the free influenza vaccine this winter; and if he will make a statement. | | (157235) | 224
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccination doses (a) are available and (b) will be available this winter to those eligible for the free winter influenza vaccine in each (i) strategic health authority, (ii) primary care trust and (iii) England; and if he will make a statement. | | (157236) | 225
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of influenza vaccination are available in 2007 for (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts and (c) doctors surgeries to purchase this winter; and if he will make a statement. | | (157237) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 226
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she expects the bed capacity to be in the Immigration Detention Estate in each of the next five years. | | (156975) | 227
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to transfer establishments from the Immigration Estate to Her Majesty's Prison Service; and if she will make a statement. | | (156977) | 228
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Ministry of Justice on the use of the Immigration Detention Estate for the housing of prisoners; and if she will make a statement. | | (156978) | 229
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department and the Border and Immigration Agency spent on (a) the design and (b) the production of uniforms for immigration officers in the last 12 months. | | (156979) | 230
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which establishments and offices within the Border and Immigration Agency and the Immigration Detention Estate Ministers in her Department have visited in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (156980) | 231
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to Question 150410, on Muktar Ibrahim, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford on 12th July. | | (156981) | 232
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to Written Question 150411, on Muktar Ibrahim, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashford on 12th July. | | (156982) | 233
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) treatment and (b) proposed experiments on Felix the macaque monkey by compliance of the Oxford University with the project licence granted in respect of the primate; if she will suspend this licence pending investigation of the matter; and if she will make a statement. | | (157219) | 234
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dog handlers were employed by North Wales Police on (a) 31st December 2004, (b) 31st December 2005, (c) 31st December 2006 and (d) the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (156952) | 235
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the cost of processing applications for British citizenship. | | (157092) | 236
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all changes made to the fees required of applicants for British citizenship in the last 10 years; and what the reasons were for any above-inflation increases. | | (157093) | 237
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 9th August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr Larry Allen. | | (156904) | 238
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 6th August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr M. Sultan. | | (156905) | 239
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 12th July from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Ewmid Hasan Abdulla. | | (156906) | 240
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 6th August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr E. Abdulla. | | (156907) | 241
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 3rd September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr Butt. | | (156910) | 242
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency preparations her Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs of those preparations were. | | (156999) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 243
| John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions illegal drugs have been found in the Palace of Westminster in the last 30 years. | | (156911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 244
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make a statement on his Department's involvement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Programme of International Student Assessment. | | (156947) | 245
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Prince's Trust on the roll out of the Trust's Get Into work-based scheme to provide apprenticeships in the construction, retail and hospitality sectors for the lowest academically achieving school leavers; and what discussions he has held with his counterparts in the devolved administrations in respect of the Get Into scheme. | | (156983) | 246
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (156998) | 247
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average net marginal cost is of a student taking (a) a GCSE in English Literature, (b) a GCSE in English Language, (c) a GCSE in Mathematics, (d) an A-level in English Literature, (e) an A-level in English Language and (f) an A-level in Mathematics at a further education college. | | (156954) | 248
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students aged 20 or over took (a) GCSEs and (b) A-levels in (i) English Literature, (ii) English Language and (iii) Mathematics in each year since 1997. | | (156955) | 249
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students aged 20 or over received (a) an A*, (b) an A, (c) a B, (d) a C, (e) a D and (f) an E grade or less at (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level in (A) English Literature, (B) English Language and (C) Mathematics in each year since 1997. | | (156956) | 250
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many scientific research prizes were issued by his Department in each year since 1997; and what their total value was. | | (156957) | 251
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people claiming incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or disabled living allowance have taken courses at further education colleges in each year since 1997; and how many courses were taken by those people. | | (156958) | 252
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what average fees were charged to individuals claiming incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or disabled living allowance for each course taken by them at further education colleges in each year since 1997. | | (156959) | 253
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average cost to the public purse was for each course at further education institutions taken by individuals claiming incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or disabled living allowance in each year since 1997. | | (156960) | 254
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many interventions by the Connexions Service involved (a) a face-to-face meeting with the individual only, (b) a telephone call only, (c) a text message only, (d) an e-mail only, (e) a face-to-face meeting and a text message only, (f) a face-to-face meeting and an e-mail only, (g) a face-to-face meeting and a telephone call only, (h) two or more forms of communication but no face-to-face meeting and (i) two or more forms of communication in each year since 2003. | | (156963) | 255
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the marginal cost of an intervention by the Connexions Service was by (a) a text message, (b) an e-mail, (c) a telephone call and (d) a face-to-face meeting in each year since 2003. | | (156964) | 256
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) text messages, (b) e-mails, (c) telephone calls and (d) face-to-face meetings there were as part of an intervention by the Connexions Service in each year since 2003. | | (156965) | 257
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many interventions made by the Connexions Service were for (a) careers or educational advice only, (b) other forms of advice only and (c) more than one type of advice in each year since 2003. | | (156966) | 258
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average (a) training and (b) student support costs were to train (i) a doctor on a conventional undergraduate training scheme over six years and (ii) a doctor on a fast-track postgraduate training scheme over four years in the latest period for which figures are available; and from which budgets the funding was drawn. | | (156986) | 259
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average (a) training and (b) student support cost was to train (i) a science teacher, (ii) a maths teacher and (iii) another teacher in their year of teacher training in the most recent period for which figures are available; and from which budgets the funding was drawn. | | (156987) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 260
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs of those preparations were. | | (156997) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 261
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers were prosecuted for being involved in fatal hit-and-run accidents in each of the last five years; and what the average length of sentence handed down was. | | (157097) | 262
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions or meetings Ministers or officials in his Department had with the Home Office on the use or transfer of the Immigration Detention Estate for use in housing prisoners. | | (156974) | 263
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals arrested in the Northern Basic Command Unit of Cambridgeshire Constabulary area were non-UK citizens of the European Union in each quarter since May 2004. | | (156825) | 264
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of uninsured drivers in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary area in each recording period since May 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (156826) | 265
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expenditure was on (a) treatment and (b) rehabilitation for illegal drug users and (b) treatment and rehabilitation of people dependent on alcohol within the criminal justice system in each of the last 10 years. | | (157232) | 266
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any special arrangements will be made for Ashley Mote MEP, to enable him to continue his European Parliamentary work whilst in prison. | | (157025) | 267
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have passed the date on which they are eligible for parole but have not yet been assessed; and by how many days they are overdue on average. | | (156985) | 268
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of identity fraud being carried out as a result of information received via on-line applications for change of title administered by the Land Registry. | | (157095) | Questions to the Leader of the House 269
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Leader of the House, what contingency preparations her Office made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs of those preparations were. | | (156995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 270
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs of those preparations were. | | (156994) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 271
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what preparations have been made for handover ceremonies at Beijing 2008; how much money has been set aside for such ceremonies; and how much has so far been spent. | | (156944) | 272
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what proportion of the Cultural Olympiad budget is allocated to Tier 1 events; and how much has already been spent. | | (156945) | Questions to the Prime Minister 273
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Prime Minister, what record is kept of video conferences between him and the President of the United States; and if he will make a statement. | | (157066) | 274
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, what consideration he gave when he last re-organised Government departments and their responsibilities to give the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs responsibility for offshore oil, gas and energy consents; and if he will make a statement. | | (157243) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 275
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were between 9th September and 7th October. | | (157031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 276
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hit-and-run accidents there were in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) England in each of the last five years; and how many accidents resulted in (i) injury and (ii) death. | | (157099) | 277
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the car-free day initiative in Hampshire in September 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (157257) | 278
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with First Great Western on the service offered to passengers on 15th September 2007 on its service from Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff; and if she will make a statement. | | (157258) | 279
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the amount of emissions from each type of aircraft using UK airports; what plans she has (i) to incentivise and (ii) to penalise the worst offending operating companies; and if she will make a statement. | | (157262) | 280
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency preparations her Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (156993) | 281
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the extra rail carriages announced by her Department in the five-year plan published on 24th July have been introduced; and on which lines. | | (156923) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 282
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made on infrastructure projects in support of the Defence Training Review project at RAF St Athan; and if he will make a statement. | | (156148) | 283
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs were of those preparations. | | (156991) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 284
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff employed by (a) the Commission for Racial Equality, (b) the Disability Rights Commission and (c) the Equal Opportunities Commission were made redundant prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157107) | 285
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much was spent on redundancy packages for staff employed by (a) the Commission for Racial Equality, (b) the Disability Rights Commission and (c) the Equal Opportunities Commission prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157108) | 286
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff are employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157109) | 287
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff were employed by the (a) Commission for Racial Equality, (b) Disability Rights Commission and (c) Equal Opportunities Commission prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157110) | 288
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the total annual cost was of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions and (c) bonuses of staff employed by the (i) Commission for Racial Equality, (ii) Disability Rights Commission and (iii) Equal Opportunities Commission in the latest period available prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157111) | 289
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the total estimated annual cost is of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions and (c) bonuses of staff employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157112) | 290
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much was spent on (a) branding, (b) marketing and (c) website design as part of the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157113) | 291
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much was spent on (a) branding, (b) marketing and (c) website design in changing the title of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157114) | 292
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the addresses were of each of the premises occupied by the (a) Commission for Racial Equality, (b) Disability Rights Commission and (c) Equal Opportunities Commission prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157115) | 293
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the addresses are of each of the premises occupied by the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157116) | 294
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the total budgets were of the (a) Commission for Racial Equality, (b) Disability Rights Commission and (c) Equal Opportunities Commission in the most recent period prior to the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. | | (157117) | 295
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the annual budget of the Equality and Human Rights Commission is expected to be. | | (157118) | 296
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what meetings she has held with ministerial colleagues to discuss the possible closure of rape crisis centres. | | (157119) | 297
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what representations she has received on the possible closure of rape crisis centres. | | (157120) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 298
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) sanctions for benefit fraud there were in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by benefit. | | (156915) | 299
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pensioners have been subject to means testing for the purpose of determining benefit entitlement in each year since 1993. | | (156917) | 300
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the projected total cost is of establishing the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. | | (156918) | 301
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the money paid into the wrong Post Office card accounts by his Department has been recovered over the last three years. | | (156919) | 302
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who claimed benefit for the first time due to marriage breakdown in each of the last five years. | | (156920) | 303
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of the Pensions Service Board are entitled to a final salary pension. | | (157168) | 304
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed by his Department, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (157169) | 305
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on foreign travel in each of the last five years. | | (157171) | 306
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on hotel accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (157172) | 307
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on its own pension scheme in each of the last five years. | | (157173) | 308
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the staff at the Pensions Service are entitled to a final salary pension scheme. | | (157174) | 309
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many departmental staff have been dismissed for gross misconduct in each of the last five years. | | (157175) | 310
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people found guilty of claiming benefits illegally in each of the last three years were not British. | | (157176) | 311
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about handling of claims for the state pension the Pensions Service received in each of the last five years. | | (157177) | 312
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on branding in each of the last five years. | | (157178) | 313
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has any plans to charge customers for telephoning the Pensions Service. | | (157179) | 314
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on equality schemes in each of the last five years. | | (157180) | 315
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on customer relationship management software in each of the last five years. | | (157181) | 316
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on translation costs in each of the last 10 years. | | (157182) | 317
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming pension credit in each of the last three years, broken down by reason for non-continuance. | | (157183) | 318
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming pension credit in each of the last three years, broken down by income decile. | | (157184) | 319
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud were reported in each super-output area in each of the last five years. | | (157185) | 320
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of pension or pension credit fraud were investigated where the false claimant was under 60 years old in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by government office region. | | (157186) | 321
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensions were paid into the wrong bank accounts in each of the last five years. | | (157187) | 322
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit applications were not processed within 10 days in each of the last three years. | | (157188) | 323
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many large databases there are at the National Pensions Centre; what each one is used for; and what data are held in each one. | | (157189) | 324
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many state pension claims took more than 20 days to process in each of the last 10 years. | | (157190) | 325
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraudulent claims for winter fuel allowance there were in each of the last five years; and of these how many claimants were aged under 60 years. | | (157191) | 326
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Pensions Service have been on long-term sick leave in each of the last 10 years. | | (157192) | 327
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service paid in bank charges in each of the last five years. | | (157193) | 328
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraudulent claims for housing benefit there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by super-output area. | | (157194) | 329
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraudulent applications for maternity pay there were in each of the last 10 years; and how many of the claimants were men. | | (157195) | 330
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of pension credit fraud were (a) opened and (b) successfully closed in each of the last three years. | | (157196) | 331
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pensions Service spent on interpreters in each of the last 10 years. | | (157197) | 332
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters sent by the Pensions Service were misdirected in each of the last 10 years. | | (157198) | 333
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency preparations his Department made for the possibility of a general election in autumn 2007; and what the costs of those preparations were. | | (156990) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 334
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what priority he has given to the inclusion of a (a) Marine Bill and (b) Draft Marine Bill in the 2007 Queen's Speech; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (157242) |
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