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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 17 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 17 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 17 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 17 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 17 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159298) | 2
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what total amount of electricity was generated in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK from landfill gas in each year since its introduction as a fuel for electricity generation. | | (159188) | 3
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the estimated cost to (a) Royal Mail and (b) UK business has been of the recent Royal Mail dispute. | | (159191) | 4
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will estimate the value of the Merton rule to the UK's microgeneration industry in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008. | | (159364) | 5
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations the Energy Minister has received from the renewable energy industry on the future of the Merton rule. | | (159365) | 6
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions the Energy Minister has held with the Housing Minister on the future of the Merton rule; and if he will make a statement. | | (159366) | 7
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of the UK contribution to the 20 per cent. renewables obligation by 2020 he expects to be generated by decentralised renewable sources. | | (159389) | 8
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what UK's budget for 2007-08 Trade and Investment is, broken down by sector; and how many staff it employs, broken down by sector. | | (159134) | 9
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on carbon emissions of (a) the proposed introduction of outreach service points to replace certain post offices branches in (i) the UK and (ii) Suffolk Coastal and (b) the proposed closure of post offices in (A) the UK and (B) Suffolk Coastal. | | (158890) | 10
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding his Department provided for Advantage West Midlands to subsidise the move by Severn Trent Water plc from Birmingham to Coventry; whether the subsidising by the regional development agency (RDA) of a company's move within the region is in accordance with his Department's policy on the appropriate use of RDAs' funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (159305) | 11
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses have been identified as holding bogus closing down sales in the last 12 months; and what steps have been taken against such businesses. | | (159136) | 12
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive on future prosecutions or other action against bogus closing down sales. | | (159137) | 13
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many sub-post offices closed in the East of England in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. | | (159211) | 14
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158945) | 15
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158914) | 16
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by the Department, and its predecessor on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158928) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 17
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the opening of the consultation period on his announced changes to air passenger duty. | | (159300) | 18
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the UK's structural deficit in comparison with those of other EU member states. | | (158997) | 19
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for unclaimed assets in dormant bank and building society accounts. | | (159251) | 20
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow buy-to-let properties to be included in self-invested personal pensions. | | (159266) | 21
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow transfers from equity into cash individual savings accounts. | | (159267) | 22
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the occasions on which HM Revenue and Customs has been taken to court in the last five years in respect of which no proceedings remain active; for what it was taken to court in each case; and what the outcome was of each case. | | (159268) | 23
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of long-term adult unemployment was in each London constituency in each year since 2005. | | (158987) | 24
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the identity cards programme to his Department. | | (159017) | 25
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of uncollected tax that was written off by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 1997 and (b) the proportion of uncollected tax written off in each year which was due to taxpayer insolvency. | | (159018) | 26
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) personal insolvencies and (b) individual voluntary arrangements involving a loss of tax revenue there were in each year since 1997. | | (159019) | 27
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent from the public purse on staff parties at HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years. | | (159020) | 28
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent from the public purse by his Department and its agencies on organising conferences to be held by them that were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years. | | (159022) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when it was decided that the title of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review would be Meeting the aspirations of the British people. | | (159066) | 30
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of small companies which have faced larger corporation tax bills as a result of changes to the associated company rule. | | (159068) | 31
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the 18 to 24 year old population of the Peterborough constituency was not been in education, training or employment in each quarter since the second quarter of 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (158648) | 32
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the time taken to provide new businesses with a VAT registration number; what the performance against the eight week target period (a) has been in the last period for which figures are available and (b) is expected to be over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (158996) | 33
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158943) | 34
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158905) | 35
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158925) | 36
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of unpaid work undertaken in the economy in each of the last five years, broken down by region. | | (159070) | 37
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact of unpaid work undertaken on (a) the economy and (b) public expenditure; and if he will make a statement. | | (159071) | 38
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of personal debt was as a percentage of disposable income (a) before and (b) after housing costs in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (158980) | 39
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of personal debt was as a percentage of gross disposable income in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (158981) | 40
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of (a) secured and (b) unsecured personal debt was as a percentage of gross disposable income in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (158982) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 41
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159284) | 42
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice he has received from the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the installation of renewable energy generation in new schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (159390) | 43
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what education is given to pupils about road safety; and if he will make a statement. | | (159263) | 44
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the teacher-pupil ratio was in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (159003) | 45
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on consultation exercises carried out by (a) Cambridge Education Associates and (b) Norfolk County Council on the Heartsease school closure. | | (159093) | 46
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. | | (159258) | 47
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advertising campaigns his Department and its predecessor ran in each year since 1997; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | | (159261) | 48
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will meet the Head of Coleham Primary School to discuss funding issues in Shrewsbury. | | (159163) | 49
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will increase funding for schools in Shropshire to the national average. | | (159164) | 50
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was allocated to schools in 2006 in Shropshire Local Education Authority area. | | (159165) | 51
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was allocated to schools in 2006 in the Normanton Local Education Authority area. | | (159166) | 52
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to enable schools to assist students to get involved in their communities, particularly through volunteering, as part of the citizenship curriculum. | | (159074) | 53
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will introduce a full GCSE qualification in citizenship. | | (159075) | 54
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to support (a) hon. Members, (b) Parliament's Education Service and (c) local authorities in the contributions that they make to the teaching in schools of the political literacy strand of the citizenship curriculum. | | (159076) | 55
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contribution his Department made to the National Foundation for Education Research's Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study; what steps he intends to take in response to its conclusions; and if he will make a statement. | | (159077) | 56
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the statutory citizenship courses in schools. | | (159078) | 57
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of teachers teaching citizenship who have not received citizenship-related training. | | (159079) | 58
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to recruit and retain teachers who specialise in teaching citizenship. | | (159082) | 59
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what effect the introduction of Key Stage 2 tests has had on the number of hours spent teaching non-tested subjects to Key Stage 2 pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (158886) | 60
| Martin Linton (Battersea):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the most improved secondary school was in terms of the GCSE five A*-C score measure between 1999 and 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (159013) | 61
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding was allocated to special needs provision in each county in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159214) | 62
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department plans to spend per school pupil in each local education authority in the East of England in 2007-08; and how much was spent in each academic year since 1997-98. | | (159215) | 63
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in each local education authority in the East of England at key stage (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in each year since 1997. | | (159217) | 64
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average (a) middle school and (b) upper school class size was in each constituency in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159218) | 65
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158947) | 66
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity since his appointment. | | (158915) | 67
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158929) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 68
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159294) | 69
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158934) | 70
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158930) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 71
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what policy changes her Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159286) | 72
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Climate Change Planning Policy Statement will encourage all local planning authorities to require onsite renewables in all major new developments. | | (159332) | 73
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the meetings which the Housing Minister has held with representatives of (a) the onsite renewable energy industry and (b) housing developers and their representatives since June 2006. | | (159333) | 74
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to lay before Parliament in accordance with section 10 (3) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 a report of any review she has conducted in accordance with section 10 (1) of the same Act. | | (159334) | 75
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to exercise her powers under section 59 (2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 so as to provide that development orders made by virtue of that section facilitate development in England consisting of the installation, within the curtilage of a dwelling place, of equipment apparatus or appliances for microgeneration in accordance with section 10 (3) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006. | | (159335) | 76
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the representations she has received on the Merton Rule since January 2007. | | (159336) | 77
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate the total onsite renewable energy capacity which will be installed by 2010 as a result of the Merton planning rule. | | (159337) | 78
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from the UK microgeneration industry on the Merton planning rule; and if she will make a statement. | | (159338) | 79
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-governmental organisations opposed the continuation of the Merton planning rule in their responses to the December 2006 consultation on the Climate Change Planning Policy Statement. | | (159339) | 80
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of respondents to the December 2006 Climate Change Planning Policy Statement consultation objected to the Merton planning rule requiring onsite renewable energy in all major new developments; and what percentage of respondents to the consultation objected to the rule on grounds of cost. | | (159340) | 81
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which trade associations representing the onsite renewable energy sector sit on her Department's Climate Change Planning Policy Statement sounding board. | | (159341) | 82
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many developments in Greater London have been built with onsite renewable energy as a result of the Merton planning rule; and what the average change has been in the level of carbon dioxide emissions attributable to such a development. | | (159343) | 83
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice she has received from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the role of the Merton planning rule in delivering the Government's micro-generation strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (159344) | 84
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the marginal cost to a housing developer of installing a domestic solar hot water system under the planning requirements of the Merton planning rule. | | (159345) | 85
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons she has struck out the draft Merton rule policy requiring 10 per cent. onsite renewable energy in all major new developments from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (159348) | 86
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's definition is of the Merton planning rule. | | (159349) | 87
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the representatives of the onsite renewable energy sector who are full members of her Department's Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce. | | (159362) | 88
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the members are of her Department's Zero Carbon Homes Taskforce. | | (159363) | 89
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regional authorities have included a Merton planning rule requiring onsite renewable energy in new developments in their regional spatial strategies. | | (159367) | 90
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for finalising the Climate Change Planning Policy Statement; and if she will make a statement. | | (159368) | 91
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken since March 2007 to consult the UK's onsite renewable energy industry on the future of the Merton planning rule. | | (159369) | 92
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice her Department is giving to local planning authorities wishing to adopt a Merton planning rule requiring onsite renewable energy; and what changes have been made to that advice since the written Ministerial Statement of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 33WS, on PPS22. | | (159370) | 93
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local planning authorities have included a Merton planning rule requiring onsite renewable energy in new developments in their draft local development frameworks. | | (159373) | 94
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is Government policy that all local planning authorities should require on site renewable energy installations in all major new developments; and if she will make a statement. | | (159374) | 95
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities (a) have adopted a Merton rule requiring onsite renewables in all major new developments and (b) have included a Merton rule requiring onsite renewables in all major new developments as part of their draft local development frameworks. | | (159375) | 96
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the visits she has made to developments incorporating onsite renewable energy installations in the last 12 months. | | (159376) | 97
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Climate Change Planning Policy Statement to be published. | | (159377) | 98
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's estimate is of (a) the number of completed Merton rule developments in England and (b) the average change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions attributable to such developments delivered as a result of the Merton rule. | | (159378) | 99
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's estimate is of the total cost to local planning authorities of developing Merton planning rules as directed by the Housing Minister in the written Ministerial statement of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 33WS, on PPS22. | | (159379) | 100
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's estimate is of the amount of time spent by officials and inspectors in her Department in promoting the Merton rule as required by the written Ministerial statement of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 33WS, on PPS22. | | (159380) | 101
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's estimate is of the total cost to the public purse of promoting the Merton rule as required by the written Ministerial statement of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 33WS, on PPS22. | | (159381) | 102
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's estimate is of the number of individual developments which gained planning approval under local planning authority Merton rules in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (159382) | 103
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate the total annual change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions by 2010 if every English local planning authority adopts a Merton rule requiring onsite renewable energy in all major new developments. | | (159383) | 104
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department's Climate Change Planning Policy Statement sounding board will next meet; and which organisations will be invited to attend. | | (159384) | 105
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from the Greater London Assembly on the future of the Merton planning rule; and if she will make a statement. | | (159385) | 106
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the London Borough of Merton adopted its planning rule requiring onsite renewable energy; and how many appeals there have been by developers against decisions under that rule since its adoption. | | (159386) | 107
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Housing Minister has had with the Energy Minister about the Merton planning rule and its role in delivering the Government's microgeneration strategy. | | (159387) | 108
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has formed a view in accordance with section 10(2) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 as to what provision (or further provision) development orders issued under section 59(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 should make to facilitate development in England consisting of the installation, within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, of equipment, apparatus or appliances for microgeneration. | | (159388) | 109
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice planning inspectors are giving to local planning authorities who wish to adopt Merton rules requiring on site renewable energy in their local development frameworks. | | (159391) | 110
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the written Ministerial Statement of 8th June 2006, Official Report, column 33WS, on PPS22, is implemented in full. | | (159392) | 111
N | Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure the use of land in Parliament Square as a campsite complies with the provisions of the Public Health Act 1936. | | (158646) | 112
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy for local government public documents to be provided in English-language versions only. | | (158887) | 113
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much homelessness grant was paid to each London local authority in each of the last five years. | | (158998) | 114
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much homelessness grant was paid to voluntary sector organisations in each London constituency in each of the last five years. | | (158999) | 115
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of (a) housing association and (b) private sector housing in each London constituency was judged to be unfit in each of the last five years. | | (159000) | 116
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 9th October 2007, Official Report, columns 25-7WS, on planning, what the Government's policy is on the application of the statutory planning charge to a charity which develops its own property for its own use rather than for sale. | | (159179) | 117
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review the efficacy of the regulatory and legislative framework in respect of houses in multiple occupation; and if she will make a statement. | | (158986) | 118
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the counties in the East of England according to the level of council tax rises (a) in each year since 1997, (b) between 1997 and 2001, (c) between 1997 and 2005, (d) between 1997 and 2007 and (e) between 2005 and 2007. | | (159212) | 119
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether each local authority pension fund in the East of England is in surplus or in deficit; and by how much in each case. | | (159213) | 120
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) her Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by her Department are above state retirement age. | | (158935) | 121
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average market price, including VAT, has been of a home information pack for an (a) four and (b) three bedroom (i) freehold and (ii) leasehold home. | | (159133) | 122
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158916) | 123
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158932) | 124
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation her Department has undertaken with the police on the new planning application form planned for use nationally from April 2008. | | (158052) | 125
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will require the inclusion of a question on crime prevention measures in the new standard planning application form. | | (158053) | 126
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Stage 3 Review of the Integrated Clothing Project by 4ps (Public and Private Partnerships Programme) gateway review team undertaken from 18th to 20th June. | | (159132) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 127
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159295) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support he has made available to the Cotswold Heritage Academy; and if he will make a statement. | | (159361) | 129
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria are used in deciding whether to fund a national sport governing body; whether recognition of that body by the international federation of that sport is taken into account; and how the criteria were applied in the case of the British Bob Skeleton Association. | | (159239) | 130
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 311W, on the Big Lottery Fund, which statutory bodies received grants, and for what purpose, in each year since 2004. | | (158825) | 131
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department (a) allocated for spending and (b) spent on (i) the arts, (ii) sport and (iii) heritage in each year since 1997 in 2007-08 prices. | | (158829) | 132
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings his Department has had with representatives from sporting national governing bodies on betting in sport in the last three years; and on what dates these meetings took place. | | (158830) | 133
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of the betting industry on betting in sport in the last three years; and on what dates such meetings took place. | | (158831) | 134
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158952) | 135
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158917) | 136
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158931) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 137
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159289) | 138
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance he has issued to the armed forces on terms in contracts for Iraqi workers relating to entitlements to assistance in resettling in (a) the UK and (b) elsewhere. | | (158798) | 139
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many stakeholders the team carrying out the review of the UK Hydrographic Office has met during the course of their work thus far. | | (158888) | 140
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce the outcome of the review of the UK Hydrographic Office. | | (158889) | 141
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of land at HM Naval Base Portsmouth is allocated to (a) museums and heritage purposes, (b) Vosper Thorneycroft Shipbuilders and (c) operational Royal Navy requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (159021) | 142
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) retired service personnel suffering from multiple sclerosis have multiple sclerosis (i) wholly and (ii) partially attributable to their work in the armed forces. | | (159140) | 143
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes in the Territorial Army structure he plans to make; and if he will make a statement. | | (158975) | 144
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the inflow of the Army Service personnel was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (159005) | 145
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outflow of the Army Service personnel was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (159007) | 146
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) outflow and (b) inflow of the Territorial Army was in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (159009) | 147
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158936) | 148
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158918) | 149
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158933) | 150
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what regulations cover the driving hours per week of Territorial Army drivers with private carriage vehicles and heavy goods vehicle licences who also drive professionally in their civilian job in those categories; and if he will make a statement. | | (159154) | 151
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition he uses of killed in theatre; and whether it is used of those who sustain injuries in theatre but who die later. | | (159170) | 152
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Combat Fitness Test is undertaken at the start of the Potential Junior NCOs course for Territorial Army personnel. | | (159180) | 153
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were (a) very seriously wounded, (b) seriously wounded and (c) wounded in action in the recent and current tours of Afghanistan of the (i) 1st Battalion Royal Anglian, (ii) 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, (iii) 1st Battalion Scots Guards, (iv) 1st Battalion Worcester and Sherwood Foresters and (v) 1st Battalion Royal Welsh. | | (159181) | 154
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Supercat MWMIK vehicle will be used on (a) conventional patrols and (b) convoy duty. | | (159182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 155
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase awareness of the potential benefits of (a) waste incineration and (b) energy from waste technologies; and if he will make a statement. | | (158834) | 156
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159291) | 157
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has (a) to update the publication Protecting Whales: A global responsibility and (b) to distribute it in advance of next year's International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile; and if he will make a statement. | | (159302) | 158
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is surplus capacity to recycle plastic waste in the UK. | | (159187) | 159
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Executive on preserving and developing wildlife nature reserves in Scotland. | | (159280) | 160
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with EU Ministers on Japan's killing of whales. | | (159351) | 161
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that Natural England has sufficient resources to cope with the re-negotiation of environmentally sensitive area agreements as part of the new EU regional development plans. | | (159327) | 162
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the funding of the South West Rural Enterprise Gateway to help farmers diversify. | | (159328) | 163
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of carbon emissions generated by storing (a) ultra high temperature milk and (b) fresh milk. | | (159329) | 164
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent Severn Trent Water from back-dating bills for five years. | | (159156) | 165
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to tackle the increase in the incidence of bovine TB in Shropshire. | | (159157) | 166
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the dredging of the River Severn in Shrewsbury. | | (159159) | 167
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will lift the restrictions placed on drag hunting during the foot and mouth outbreak. | | (159161) | 168
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet Shropshire farmers to discuss financial support following the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey. | | (159162) | 169
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are plans to repeal the Hare Preservation Act 1892 in full or in part. | | (158628) | 170
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what bio-security measures are in force at the Institute for Animal Health Laboratory and the adjoining Merial Animal Health Laboratory at Pirbright to ensure that human and animal health is not affected by work being carried out there; and if he will make a statement. | | (158629) | 171
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to revise the Government's policy on the EU ban on battery cages from 2012; and if he will make a statement. | | (159142) | 172
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to encourage the recycling of plastic; and if he will make a statement. | | (159145) | 173
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to stop the rise in the number of species threatened with extinction and on the IUCN Red List. | | (159244) | 174
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the protection of chelonians, with particular reference to turtles. | | (159245) | 175
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are any plans to revise the rules covering the movement of livestock following the latest outbreaks of foot and mouth and blue tongue. | | (159248) | 176
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to warn the public about the dangers of leaving pets outdoors around 5th November. | | (159249) | 177
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average percentage change in domestic water bills has been in each local authority area in the East of England since May 1997. | | (159219) | 178
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158944) | 179
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on official hospitality by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (158891) | 180
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158919) | 181
| Peter Viggers (Gosport):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the conservation of sea bass stocks. | | (159331) | 182
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in developing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for detecting bovine tuberculosis (TB); what discussions he has had with the Institute of Animal Health and Smiths Detection on the matter; and when he expects PCR testing to be used to detect bovine TB. | | (158985) | 183
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the 40 tonnes of Area VII angler fish swapped away from the under 10 metres pool has been swapped for. | | (159135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 184
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159299) | 185
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the recent death under interrogation of a pro-democracy activist in Burma; and what representations he has made to the Burmese authorities. | | (159301) | 186
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the Israeli authorities in the case of Khaled Mudallel on his return from Gaza to his business studies course at Bradford University. | | (158826) | 187
N | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British residency permit holders unable to leave Gaza due to official action. | | (158827) | 188
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish reports received from British embassies relating to Alisher Usmanov. | | (158765) | 189
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions has he had with the governments of (a) Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) Rwanda on how to deal with the militia under the control of General Nkundu. | | (159326) | 190
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterparts on the Security Council the relocation of UN offices away from Geneva until and unless the Swiss government has a more enlightened policy on immigration and asylum. | | (159330) | 191
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of cooperation between Government departments involved in offering assistance to Iraqi staff working and who have worked for the Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (159252) | 192
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what written guidance has been provided on the implementation of the Government's policy of assistance to locally-employed Iraqi staff for British staff employed in the British embassies in (a) Iraq, (b) Egypt, (c) Iran, (d) Syria and (e) Lebanon; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (159253) | 193
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions on Anglo-Libyan trade with the British Council. | | (159158) | 194
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Czech counterpart on the proposed EU Reform Treaty. | | (159160) | 195
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to attend the next meeting of the Arab League. | | (159167) | 196
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is having with his Saudi counterpart on Arab League proposals for peace in Middle East/Palestine. | | (159168) | 197
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letters of (a) 25th May 2007, (b) 25th July 2007 and (c) 4th September 2007 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare in relation to his constituent Mr Ivor Chivers and his company Eco Solutions. | | (159073) | 198
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158949) | 199
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158892) | 200
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on a UN arms embargo against Burma; and when this subject will next be raised at the UN Security Council. | | (159114) | 201
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken by (a) the UK Government and (b) the EU to engage with the Association of South East Asian Nations governments on the situation in Burma. | | (159115) | 202
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) aid and (b) advice is provided to British citizens who are called upon to act as witnesses in foreign courts; and when such support was last reviewed. | | (158885) | 203
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens involved in court cases abroad in each of the last five years. | | (158963) | 204
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the average level of expenses faced by British citizens who act as witnesses in court cases abroad; and what advice his Department provides to such people. | | (159086) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 205
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159296) | 206
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NHS performance against targets for supply of hearing aids, with particular reference to (a) the wait for a first instrument, (b) the wait for exchange from an analogue to a digital aid, (c) the wait from referral to hearing assessment and (d) differences in performance between primary care trusts and regions in meeting those targets. | | (159087) | 207
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatients died in NHS mental health accommodation in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (159138) | 208
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place (a) to record and (b) to publish the cause of death of inpatients who die in NHS mental health accommodation. | | (159139) | 209
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd May 2007, Official Report, column 1843W, on healthcare: acquired infections, when his Department expects the project to evaluate environmental cleaning for MRSA using Steris vaporised hydrogen peroxide equipment along with wet disinfection to be completed. | | (159269) | 210
| Mr David Drew (Stroud):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the treatment of anorexia; and what research is being (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by his Department. | | (159325) | 211
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of clostridium difficile there were in hospitals in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (159256) | 212
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Lancashire hospitals were successfully treated for clostridium difficile in each of the last five years. | | (159257) | 213
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of incidents requiring the attendance of an ambulance which were alcohol-related in 2006-07. | | (158988) | 214
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities only fund social care at a critical level of need; and how many sufferers from (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) epilepsy and (c) Alzheimer's had requests for care funding turned down between (i) 2005 and 2007 and (ii) 2001 and 2005. | | (159141) | 215
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spare capacity, expressed in patient numbers, is available for (a) under 18, (b) over 18 fee-paying and (c) over 18 charge-exempt people to register with each NHS dental practice in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (158647) | 216
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were in training for qualifications in neonatal specialty in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (159203) | 217
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were to neonatal units in England in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (159204) | 218
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered NHS dentists there were in Shropshire in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (159169) | 219
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spare capacity, expressed in patient numbers, is available for (a) under 18, (b) over 18 fee-paying and (c) over 18 charge-exempt people to register with each NHS practice in Milton Keynes. | | (159205) | 220
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the removal of the exemption for audiology from the 18 week GP referral to assessment target on patients; and if he will make a statement. | | (159234) | 221
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the removal of ring-fenced funding for the NHS hearing aid services on patients; and if he will make a statement. | | (159235) | 222
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place to ensure that the contracting-out of audiology services to the private sector does not damage NHS services; and if he will make a statement. | | (159236) | 223
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) financial analysis, (b) review of current audiology services and (c) evidence was used when writing his Department's audiology plan. | | (159237) | 224
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how follow-up care will be provided for those using the independent sector for NHS audiology treatment; how such patients will be assessed; how the quality of (a) service and (b) the hearing aids dispensed to such patients will be monitored; and if he will make a statement. | | (159238) | 225
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected cost of running and administering the East of England Strategic Health Authority was in each year for which figures are available. | | (159220) | 226
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by (a) West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust and (b) Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust on salaries and wages for (i) general and senior managers, (ii) nurses and midwives and (iii) administrative and clerical staff in each year since 1997. | | (159221) | 227
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by Suffolk Primary Care Trust on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each year since its creation. | | (159222) | 228
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses per 100 beds there were in (a) England, (b) the West Suffolk Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital in each year since 1997. | | (159223) | 229
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) paediatric beds and (b) paediatric wards there were in each primary care trust area in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159224) | 230
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in the East of England are taking on new NHS patients. | | (159225) | 231
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in the East of England undertake NHS work. | | (159226) | 232
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158950) | 233
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158893) | 234
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of ophthalmic services in each of the regions was in each of the last three years. | | (158908) | 235
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GP practices in each of the regions had at least 50 per cent. of their patients living three or more miles away in each of the last two years. | | (158909) | 236
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average practice list size was for (a) GPs and (b) dentists in each of the regions in each of the last two years. | | (158910) | 237
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GP practices in each of the regions was single-handed in each of the last two years. | | (158911) | 238
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) fillings and (b) extractions were carried out on children's teeth in each of the regions in each of the last three years. | | (158912) | 239
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158913) | 240
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public health workers were employed in the NHS in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159085) | 241
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on the substituting of trans-fats with sustainable palm oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (159352) | 242
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on the use of sustainable palm oil in UK food products; and if he will make a statement. | | (159353) | 243
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to take to encourage the use of palm oil derived from sustainable sources in food products; and if he will make a statement. | | (159354) | 244
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were made to students who have filled out an HC1 form for anti-depressants in each of the last 10 years. | | (158990) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 245
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply to the correspondence of 9th October 2007 from the hon. Member for Nottingham North on the report by Lord Stevens on A commentary on the crime situation in Nottingham: celebrating success; and if she will make a statement. | | (159342) | 246
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy changes her Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159297) | 247
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of first time applicants were awarded UK passports from the Glasgow Passport Office within six to eight weeks of the date of application in the last period for which figures are available. | | (159183) | 248
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what involvement Tayside and Central Scotland police will have in Operation Pentameter2. | | (159185) | 249
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first time passport applicants in the UK who failed in their initial application for a UK passport were successful in their (a) second, (b) third and (c) fourth attempts in the last period for which figures are available. | | (159303) | 250
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first time passport applicants in Scotland who failed in their initial application for a UK passport were successful in their (a) second, (b) third and (c) fourth attempts in the last period for which figures are available. | | (159304) | 251
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first time passport applicants in the UK had their initial application refused in each year since 1997. | | (159306) | 252
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first time passport applicants from Ochil and South Perthshire had their initial application refused in each year since 1997. | | (159307) | 253
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first time passport applicants from Scotland had their initial application refused in each year since 1997. | | (159308) | 254
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in crime levels where CCTV has been introduced; and if she will make a statement. | | (159264) | 255
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of CCTV cameras on crime detection in areas where they have been introduced; and if she will make a statement. | | (159265) | 256
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 18 years ran away from their homes in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these subsequently returned home. | | (159254) | 257
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 18 years were reported missing in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these cases were subsequently resolved. | | (159255) | 258
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to assist Iraqis who wish to enter Great Britain and claim asylum, with particular reference to those who have worked in Iraq for the British Army. | | (158799) | 259
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were cautioned or charged for the offence of driving whilst unfit under the influence of drugs in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. | | (159001) | 260
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents there were of a vehicle failing to stop at the scene of a crime in the Greater London area in each of the last five years. | | (159004) | 261
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of the identity cards programme to her Department during the initial setup period of the programme. | | (159014) | 262
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the (a) setup and (b) running costs of the identity cards scheme will be funded by (i) her Department and (ii) from fees charged for identity cards. | | (159015) | 263
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of her Department's departmental expenditure limit budget will be spent on the identity cards programme in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (159016) | 264
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the effectiveness of the experiment initiated by East Renfrewshire Council in appointing of police officers to three secondary schools; whether there is evidence that the level of vandalism and other youth offences has dropped as a result; and she will consider the merits of introduction of further campus police officers in England and Wales in the light of her findings. | | (158627) | 265
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the threshold of moderate pain in animal experimentation is being adhered to. | | (159240) | 266
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animal rights extremists have been arrested over the past 12 months. | | (159241) | 267
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there have been any arrests of animal rights extremists since May. | | (159242) | 268
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to address violence perpetrated by animal rights extremists. | | (159243) | 269
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Government defines moderate pain in relation to animal experimentation. | | (159246) | 270
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of support of asylum seekers was to each local authority in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159227) | 271
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in each year since 1997, broken down by police authority. | | (159228) | 272
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers convicted of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the East of England in each year since 1997 had previous convictions for the same offence, broken down by police authority. | | (159229) | 273
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of shoplifting in the East of England in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and how many of these convictions led to (a) a caution, (b) probation and (c) a custodial sentence. | | (159230) | 274
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of assets (a) seized and (b) frozen under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each police force area in the East of England in each year since 2002. | | (159231) | 275
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars whilst uninsured in each police authority area in the East of England in each year since 1997. | | (159233) | 276
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) her Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by her Department are above state retirement age. | | (158951) | 277
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158894) | 278
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158920) | 279
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases remain to be determined under the initiative announced on 24th October 2003 on the right to remain of asylum seekers with children. | | (158197) | 280
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to process applications for indefinite leave to remain designated as priority cases in the last period for which figures are available. | | (158966) | 281
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target timescale is for dealing with applications for indefinite leave to remain designated as priority cases. | | (158967) | 282
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of letters sent by hon. Members to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in 2003 received a substantive reply within (a) three, (b) four, (c) six, (d) eight, (e) 10 and (f) more than 10 weeks; and if she will make a statement. | | (158973) | 283
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between the receipt of a letter by the Border and Immigration Agency and its predecessor from a hon. Member and the sending of a substantive reply in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (158979) | 284
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of letters sent by hon. Members to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in 2001 received a substantive reply within (a) three, (b) four, (c) six, (d) eight, (e) 10 and (f) more than 10 weeks; and if she will make a statement. | | (158983) | 285
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of letters sent by hon. Members to the Border and Immigration Agency in 2006 received a substantive reply within (a) three, (b) four, (c) six, (d) eight, (e) 10 and (f) more than 10 weeks; and if she will make a statement. | | (158984) | 286
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on the policing and marshalling of local events; and if she will make a statement. | | (159149) | 287
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received about the policing and marshalling of local events. | | (159150) | 288
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme; what progress has been made in extending its remit to cover the training of stewards and road marshals for local events; and if she will make a statement. | | (159151) | 289
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to permit the training of stewards and marshals by professional and amateur organisers for the policing and direction of traffic at local events; and if she will make a statement. | | (159152) | 290
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by her Department to chief police officers on the policing, marshalling and directing of traffic at local events; and what plans she has to change this guidance. | | (159153) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 291
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to make independent legal advice available to the House and to hon. Members on the legality of (a) war-making and (b) voting on war-making. | | (159323) | 292
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans he has for Parliament to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Oliver Cromwell. | | (159080) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 293
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159283) | 294
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many applications for undergraduate university courses were made by students from each London constituency in each year since 2005-06. | | (159011) | 295
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on advertising and promotional campaigns since its establishment; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. | | (159259) | 296
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since its establishment; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each. | | (159260) | 297
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding from the public purse has been paid to the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in Surrey in the last 12 months. | | (158630) | 298
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk local education authority for the 2007-08 academic year received them in time for the start of that year; and what the equivalent figures were in the 2006-07 academic year. | | (159216) | 299
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158946) | 300
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality since its establishment in the last 12 months. | | (158895) | 301
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity since appointment. | | (158921) | 302
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of students per year who will be eligible for a maintenance grant as a result of the policies announced in the statement of 5th July 2007, Official Report, columns 1108-10, on higher education (student support). | | (158796) | 303
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the nationalities of postgraduate students studying (a) nuclear physics and (b) biochemistry were in the last period for which figures are available. | | (158991) | 304
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which pathogens acting on (a) human and (b) animals require licences to study or store; and what guidance on security conditions is given to sites storing or studying such cultures. | | (158992) | 305
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which pathogens acting on (a) human and (b) animals are considered to be viable terrorist bioweapons; and what (i) guidance and (ii) security conditions are given to sites storing or studying such cultures. | | (158993) | 306
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent on the security of (a) public and (b) private institutions studying pathogens which act on (i) humans and (ii) animals in each of the last five years in 2006 prices. | | (158994) | 307
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which (a) private and (b) public institutions have a licence to store or study pathogens which act on (i) animals and (ii) humans; and for which pathogens each is licensed. | | (158995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 308
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159292) | 309
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what value of additional aid has been provided to Indonesia following the recent series of earthquakes in the region. | | (159186) | 310
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expertise the UK has shared with Indonesia on effective and safe disposal of household waste. | | (159189) | 311
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what value of aid the UK provided to Indonesia in each year since 1997. | | (159190) | 312
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to minimise the impact of natural disasters in developing countries. | | (158295) | 313
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to increase accessibility of health care in developing countries. | | (158296) | 314
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance has been provided by his Department for development in Palestine. | | (158631) | 315
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance has been provided by his Department for development in the Republic of Congo. | | (159012) | 316
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158937) | 317
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158896) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 318
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159287) | 319
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that returning officers are maximising participation in the compilation of electoral registers in Scotland. | | (159184) | 320
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what physical restraint techniques are permitted for use on adult prisoners. | | (158956) | 321
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles died in custody as a result of (a) natural causes, (b) self-harm, (c) accidents and (d) violence committed by a third party in each year since 1997. | | (158957) | 322
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what physical restraint techniques are permitted for use on juvenile prisoners. | | (158958) | 323
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the nose distraction technique has been approved for use on adult prisoners. | | (158959) | 324
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, that recent representations he has received on the issue of lowering the national voting age to 16. | | (158884) | 325
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in prison in the Greater London area; and what the capacity of Greater London prisons is. | | (159002) | 326
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of the prison population is undergoing treatment for drug addiction. | | (159006) | 327
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where women prisoners from North Wales have served their sentence in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (159346) | 328
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where prisoners sentenced in courts in North Wales to terms of imprisonment served their sentence in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (159347) | 329
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners housed in Wales had home addresses in other parts of the United Kingdom immediately prior to their imprisonment in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (159350) | 330
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the National Offender Management Service has taken in response to representations from the Prisoners' Families Helpline as regards visit booking arrangements at HMPs Risley, Wandsworth and New Hall. | | (159143) | 331
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission a report from the National Offender Management Service on the steps it is taking to provide an effective booking system for prison visits. | | (159146) | 332
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will require the National Offender Management Service to set minimum standards for the prison visit bookings system; and if he will make a statement. | | (159147) | 333
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information the National Offender Management Service collects on the efficacy of the visit booking arrangements at individual prisons. | | (159148) | 334
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) non-UK nationals and (b) non-EU nationals there are in prisons in England and Wales. | | (159356) | 335
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158953) | 336
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department, and its predecessor, on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158897) | 337
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of transferring a prisoner between prisons was in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (158968) | 338
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders attached to Welsh young offending teams were transferred between secure accommodation units during their sentence (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (158969) | 339
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were transferred between prisons during their sentence (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (158970) | 340
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff in prisons resigned from each prison establishment in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (158974) | 341
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how much (a) South Wales police, (b) Gwent police, (c) Dyfed Powys police and (d) North Wales police have invoiced his Department to cover costs incurred under Operation Safeguard since 31st March; what the dates of those invoices were; and if he will make a statement. | | (158976) | 342
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per prisoner night was of holding prisoners overnight in facilities in Cardiff court buildings since the start of 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (158977) | 343
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been held overnight in facilities in Cardiff court buildings in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (158978) | 344
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoner-on-prisoner and (b) prisoner-on-officer assaults were recorded in each prison establishment in each month in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (159094) | Questions to the Leader of the House 345
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Leader of the House, what plans she has for Parliament to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Oliver Cromwell. | | (159081) | 346
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Leader of the House, how many and what percentage of employees in her Office are above state retirement age. | | (158941) | 347
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent by her Office on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158898) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 348
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159293) | 349
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158942) | 350
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158899) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 351
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was spent by her Office on official hospitality since its establishment. | | (158900) | 352
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity since appointment. | | (158922) | Questions to the Prime Minister 353
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent by his Office on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158901) | 354
N | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask the Prime Minister, how many hours are spent each week in preparation for Prime Minister's Questions by (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers (i) in Downing Street and (ii) on average in other Departments; and if he will make a statement. | | (158828) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 355
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159282) | 356
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158939) | 357
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158902) | 358
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department has provided to the inquiry led by Ron Gould into the conduct of the Scottish elections in May 2007 on automatic adjudication of ballot papers without human supervision. | | (159067) | Questions to the Solicitor General 359
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officers' Departments on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158903) | 360
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158923) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 361
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policy changes her Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159288) | 362
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1109W, on the A358, what discussions she has had with the (a) Highways Agency and (b) Regional Fire Control Centre at Blackbrook on the proposed scheme to link the A358 and M5 at Blackbrook in Taunton constituency; and what the outcome of those discussions was. | | (158625) | 363
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1109W, on the A358, if she will take steps to make the Highways Agency report into alternative schemes to link the A358 and M5 at Blackbrook in Taunton constituency available to local residents; if she will undertake a further public consultation on the alternative schemes; and if she will place a copy of the report in the Library. | | (158626) | 364
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents in each of the last five years involved children; and if she will make a statement. | | (159262) | 365
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her most recent estimate is of the number of uninsured vehicles in the Greater London area. | | (159008) | 366
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £15 billion for rail infrastructure which she announced recently will be set aside for (a) new stations and (b) loops to permit slow trains on high speed train lines. | | (159092) | 367
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to Chorley Borough Council to fund the free local concessionary bus travel scheme in 2007-08. | | (158729) | 368
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what increase in the rate support grant Chorley Borough Council will receive to fund free national off-peak travel for pensioners and disabled people for 2008-09. | | (158730) | 369
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents there were involving cyclists in Peterborough constituency in each of the last five years. | | (158960) | 370
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the performance of First Capital Connect services between Peterborough and London over the last five years. | | (158961) | 371
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) traffic offences occurred involving hire cars in Peterborough constituency in each of the last five years. | | (158962) | 372
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to meet Virgin Trains to discuss improvements to speed and reliability of trains between Euston and Wolverhampton. | | (159155) | 373
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the ratio of capacity to passenger numbers on Arriva Trains serving Shropshire in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (159281) | 374
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers passed through (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports between April and September 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (159355) | 375
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were on the A14 in Suffolk in each year since 1997; and how many involved drivers under the age of 21 years in each case. | | (159209) | 376
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent traffic flow data are for each section of the A14. | | (159210) | 377
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) her Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by her Department are above state retirement age. | | (158948) | 378
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158904) | 379
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158924) | 380
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London and the Mayor of London on the (a) funding and (b) construction of Crossrail. | | (159116) | 381
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on street signs in each of the last five years. | | (159117) | 382
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on removing street signs in each of the last five years. | | (159118) | 383
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many street signs have been removed since the Manual for Streets launch. | | (159119) | 384
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department gives to councils on (a) the issuing of penalty charge notices, (b) the collection of fines and (c) towing away private vehicles. | | (159120) | 385
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices have been issued by each council in the last five years. | | (159121) | 386
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue has been collected through penalty charge notices by each council in the last five years. | | (159122) | 387
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was to issue a penalty charge notice in the last period for which figures are available. | | (159123) | 388
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded challenges against penalty charge notices there were in each of the last five years; and how many of these were successful. | | (159124) | 389
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices resulted in bailiffs being called to recover fines. | | (159125) | 390
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on its rolling programme of customer research in each of the last five years; how much of that was spent on procurement of skills from (a) external consultants, (b) polling companies and (c) other service providers; and what areas were covered in the last year's rolling programme of customer research. | | (159126) | 391
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by her Department on (a) website creation and (b) website management in the last 10 years; which of her Department's websites are due to close; how many will be closed in each year until 2011; how her Department plans to ensure that the public are made aware of these website closures; and whether all the information held on the websites due to close will be moved to Directgov. | | (159127) | 392
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she and representatives of her Department have had with the Home Department and others on sharing data and identity management; and what the conclusions were of these discussions. | | (159128) | 393
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on a possible national road pricing scheme; and how many (a) departmental staff and (b) external consultants have worked on her Department's road pricing policy. | | (159129) | 394
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take forward lorry road user charging independently of a national road pricing scheme; how much her Department has spent on a possible lorry road user charging scheme; and how many (a) departmental staff and (b) external consultants have worked on proposals for lorry road user charging. | | (159130) | 395
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) records are incorrect; and how many customer complaints the DVLA has received in the last 12 months, broken down by the regional origin of the complaint. | | (159131) | 396
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for increased premia payments for train operating companies under franchise agreements; and if she will make a statement. | | (159192) | 397
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for recent increases in rail fares; and if she will make a statement. | | (159193) | 398
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what use the Eurostar platforms and facilities at Waterloo will be put after the opening of the new terminal at St Pancras; and if she will make a statement. | | (159194) | 399
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an EU-US taskforce on biofuels has been set up in accordance with the statement made in the 2007 Budget. | | (159195) | 400
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of funding for Crossrail will come from (a) public funding, (b) supplementary business rates, (c) additional business funding, (d) future farebox projections and (e) other sources; and if she will make a statement. | | (159196) | 401
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the financial risk for Crossrail will be managed; and if she will make a statement. | | (159197) | 402
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers her Department has to monitor the building of Crossrail and to prevent any budget overruns. | | (159198) | 403
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority database; and what steps have been taken to improve levels of accuracy of the database. | | (159199) | 404
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much transport funding made available in the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review will be spent on projects which have not yet been announced; and how much funding made available in the Review has been ring-fenced for existing or previously announced projects. | | (159200) | 405
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to achieve the £1,238 million per year saving at her Department through efficiency improvements in Network Rail's management processes and cost control and robust and effective franchise agreements, as stated in the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (159201) | 406
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how £144 million will be saved by her Department through standardising and tightening major maintenance contracts, as described in the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (159202) | 407
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail passengers travelled on railway lines in Wales in each year since 1992; and if she will make a statement. | | (158971) | 408
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway carriages were used on railway lines in Wales in each year since 1992; how many seats were provided in those carriages in each of those years; and if she will make a statement. | | (158972) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 409
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159285) | 410
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158940) | 411
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158906) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 412
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158926) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 413
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policy changes his Department has implemented since 27th June 2007. | | (159290) | 414
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of measures announced in the recent Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review upon pensioner poverty in Scotland. | | (159279) | 415
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of pensioner poverty in Ochil and South Perthshire since 2005. | | (159311) | 416
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of pensioner poverty in Clackmannanshire in each year since 1997. | | (159312) | 417
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the liklely effect of measures announced in the recent pre budget report and comprehensive spending review on pensioner poverty in Ochil and South Perthshire. | | (159313) | 418
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents the Child Support Agency is seeking to collect maintenance from in each London constituency. | | (159010) | 419
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children he estimates will be taken out of poverty when the new £40 disregard for child maintenance is introduced. | | (158797) | 420
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many service personnel were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and discharged under the old war pension scheme (AFCS75) (a) with and (b) without the award of attributable benefits. | | (159088) | 421
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many service personnel were released other than on medical grounds but have subsequently been awarded war pensions (AFCS75) and attributable benefits because they suffered symptoms of multiple sclerosis whilst serving. | | (159089) | 422
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many service personnel with multiple sclerosis were discharged under the new scheme (AFCS05) (a) with and (b) without attributable benefits. | | (159090) | 423
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many service personnel have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis whilst still serving and have been awarded benefits under the AFCS05 scheme. | | (159091) | 424
N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals in the Shepway district were issued with national insurance numbers in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the preceding four years. | | (156611) | 425
N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in the New Deal for Young People in the Shepway district were repeat participants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (156612) | 426
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in the New Deal for Young People in Milton Keynes unitary authority were repeat participants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (159206) | 427
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals in the Milton Keynes unitary authority were issued with national insurance numbers in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the preceding four years. | | (159207) | 428
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls made to the Pension Service in the East of England (a) met an engaged tone, (b) were received and (c) were handled by an adviser in each year since 1997, broken down by call centre; and what area within the East of England is served by each call centre. | | (159208) | 429
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. | | (158938) | 430
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (158907) | 431
| David Simpson (Upper Bann):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months. | | (158927) | 432
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the campaign his Department is running to promote the take up of council tax benefit by pensioners; and what assessment he has made of the impact of this campaign so far. | | (158054) | 433
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to improve the state pension entitlement of people who stay at home to care for (a) children and (b) elderly relatives. | | (159069) | 434
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into rates of benefit take-up, broken down by (a) gender and (b) type of benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (159072) | 435
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency cases in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk have been outstanding for more than five years. | | (159084) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 436
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his assessment is of the role local authorities can play in increasing the use of microgeneration for supplying energy for domestic and commercial consumption. | | [Transferred] (159083) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 437
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of youth employment in Ochil and South Perthshire since 2005. | | [Transferred] (159309) | 438
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of youth unemployment in Clackmannanshire in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (159310) | 439
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many conceptions among girls under 18 years old occurred in each London constituency in 2005. | | [Transferred] (158989) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 440
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the Youth Citizenship Forum to meet. | | [Transferred] (158954) | 441
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department will have lead responsibility for the Youth Citizenship Forum. | | [Transferred] (158955) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 442
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the proposals in the Strategy Unit's Strategic Priorities for the UK: the Policy Review are under review. | | [Transferred] (159324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 443
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of puppies from unlicensed farms and rearing establishments. | | [Transferred] (159247) | 444
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is (a) taking and (b) planning to take to prevent British holidaymakers from participating in the illegal wildlife trade. | | [Transferred] (159250) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 445
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration has been given to the return of travel documents to visa applicants pending decisions in long-running cases. | | [Transferred] (158964) | 446
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what system is in place to inform visa applicants of the progress of their applications. | | [Transferred] (158965) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 447
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government plans to put in place to help Iraqi interpreters who have worked for the British Army to claim asylum in the UK. | | [Transferred] (158800) | 448
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will set up a website with instructions on claiming asylum in the UK aimed at Iraqis who have been employed by the British Army. | | [Transferred] (158801) | 449
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means the Government plans to implement its commitment in Section 5.6 of the 2006 document A Coordinated Prostitution Strategy, January 2006, to amend the definition of a brothel so that two (or three) individuals may work together. | | [Transferred] (159178) |
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