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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 18 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 18 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 18 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 Thursday 18 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 18 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the debt owed to the Export Credits Guarantee Department by the Maldives was (a) in each of the last five years and (b) on the most recent date for which information is available; what plans he has to write off outstanding debt owed by the Maldives; what recent representations he has received on this; and if he will make a statement. | | (159642) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of (a) imports and (b) exports of (i) goods and (ii) services between the Maldives and the United Kingdom was in each of the last 10 years. | | (159643) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to increase trade between the United Kingdom and the Maldives; how much his Department has spent on the promotion of trade between the United Kingdom and the Maldives in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (159644) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials in his Department of each grade worked on the promotion of trade between the United Kingdom and the Maldives in (a) 1983, (b) 1987, (c) 1992, (d) 1997, (e) each year between 1998 and 2005 and (f) at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (159645) | 5
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the contracts his Department signed on a consultancy basis with a net value of more than £20,000 in 2006. | | (159317) | 6
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on the progress to date of introducing the individual recognition scheme for the Bevin Boys. | | (159276) | 7
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what military goods have been licensed for export to the Channel Islands from the UK in the last three years. | | (158736) | 8
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159503) | 9
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159633) | 10
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on progress with the assistance offered to those affected by the Farepak collapse; and what (a) compensation and (b) restitution they have received. | | (159026) | 11
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Pomeroy Review of Christmas hamper savings schemes. | | (159027) | 12
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made by the inquiry set up by his predecessor Department to investigate the Farepak collapse. | | (159042) | 13
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his assessment is of the potential contribution of microgeneration in the UK to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (159102) | 14
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which stakeholders he has met as part of the study being carried out with HM Treasury on the economics of information pricing. | | (159473) | 15
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when his Department's study of the economics of public sector information pricing will be completed. | | (159474) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 16
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what preparatory work has begun in (a) Southend on Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England for the 2011 census; what representations he has received since 2005 on that census; and if he will make a statement. | | (159648) | 17
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the population is in (a) Southend on Sea and (b) Southend West constituency; and what estimate he has made of the likely equivalent figures in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2015. | | (159649) | 18
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of figures for (a) Southend on Sea and (b) Essex in each of the last two censuses; what representations he has received on this in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (159650) | 19
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on investment in the hotel and hospitality industry in the South West of the abolition of the hotel building allowance. | | (159629) | 20
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the amount which may be invested in an individual savings account. | | (159646) | 21
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial impact of the proposed changes in inheritance tax on (a) single parent families and (b) divorced couples. | | (159275) | 22
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of his Department's employees possess a professional accountancy qualification; and what proportion of employees at each of the six most senior grades possess a professional accountancy qualification. | | (159478) | 23
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of non-domiciles who have been resident in the UK for more than seven years. | | (159479) | 24
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the parties to the tripartite agreement are to carry out a review of their actions during the recent international financial market turbulence. | | (159270) | 25
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review for (a) police and (b) defence in the Vale of York. | | (159421) | 26
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward fiscal measures to encourage UK businesses to develop production of microgeneration for supply of energy for domestic and commercial consumption. | | (159100) | 27
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he and his Ministers have had with representatives of Lloyds TSB in the last two months. | | (159448) | 28
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the 18 to 24 year old population of Reading East constituency was not in education, training or employment in each quarter since the second quarter of 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (159528) | 29
N | Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the effect of a decision to pay child benefit to a separated parent on the entitlement to (a) tax credits and (b) other benefits of the other parent, when both parents have applied for child benefit in relation to a child. | | (159106) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 30
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of prospective students who have been unable to access funding offered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council due to mistakes in the postal system in the last three years. | | (159272) | 31
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he next plans to meet the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council. | | (159443) | 32
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will respond to the concerns of teachers of Shrewsbury Sixth Form College on proposals to relocate their college to another part of Shrewsbury. | | (159444) | 33
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will meet the hon. Member for Shrewsbury to discuss the proposals to co-locate Shrewsbury Sixth Form College with Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology College. | | (159445) | 34
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will meet scout leaders of Monkmoor Scouts in Shrewsbury to discuss a grant for a new scout hut. | | (159446) | 35
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what response he plans to make to the recommendation of the National Foundation for Education Research Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study that the statutory citizenship curriculum be strengthened in (a) status, (b) credibility and (c) visibility. | | (159647) | 36
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to allow pupils who have not mastered basic numeracy skills (a) to have extra tuition and (b) not to be required to take GCSE in mathematics. | | (159041) | 37
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will rescind his policy requiring all schools to repay five per cent of any surplus carried forward from the financial year 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (159030) | 38
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159497) | 39
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take account and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159638) | 40
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his estimate is of (a) the number of children in the care of a local authority who are placed outside that authority's area and (b) the percentage of such children who are privately fostered; and if he will initiate a formal review of the guidance issued to local authorities on managing such placements. | | (159103) | 41
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in Warrington borough have received the education maintenance allowance. | | (159104) | 42
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support the Government provides for childminders to obtain higher early years qualifications. | | (159450) | 43
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of early years staff qualified to level 3 are registered childminders. | | (159451) | 44
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of registered childminders (a) had no qualifications, (b) were qualified to level 1 or 2, (c) were qualified to level 3 and (d) were qualified to level 4 or above in each year since 1997. | | (159452) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 45
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the contracts his Department signed on a consultancy basis with a net value of more than £20,000 in 2006. | | (159318) | 46
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by the Cabinet Office since June; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 47
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the impact on public expenditure of treating the dedicated schools grant as part of a local authority's overall budget for the purposes of calculating the threshold over which Bellwin funding may be claimed; and if she will make a statement. | | (159672) | 48
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff support each of the Ministers for the Regions in their regional roles, broken down by grade; what the engagements of each Minister were from the date of their appointment to 1st October 2007; over what budget for 2007-08 for each region each Minister has control; what each Minister's regional responsibilities are; and what the cost is of the staff of each Minister. | | (159271) | 49
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) lowest and (b) highest cost has been of a home information pack; and what the reported (i) longest and (ii) shortest time taken to compile a pack has been. | | (159447) | 50
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by her Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each exercise. | | (159498) | 51
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of her Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159637) | 52
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Fire Safety Order 2006 on the intended outcome of the integrated risk management policy introduced in 2003. | | (159028) | 53
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effects of introducing regional call handling centres for fire emergencies; and if she will make a statement. | | (159029) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 54
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much revenue was collected from fees for bookmakers' premises licences in the UK in 2006-07; and what percentage of this came from independent bookmakers. | | (159031) | 55
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many independent bookmakers there are in the UK; and what the cost to them of (a) licence fees charged, (b) the operating licence charged and (c) the premises licence charged was in 2006-07. | | (159032) | 56
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to review the system of betting licences, operating licences and premise licences issued to British bookmakers. | | (159033) | 57
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to review the number of category B1 machines permitted in adult amusement centres. | | (159098) | 58
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to review the rollout of premises licences issued by local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (159099) | 59
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met his French, Spanish and German counterparts to discuss EU gambling legislation. | | (159105) | 60
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the written statement of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 2WS, on casinos, what the Government's policy is on the establishment of a supercasino in the UK. | | (159171) | 61
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who regularly take part in rugby union games and training, including tag and touch rugby; and if he will make a statement. | | (159035) | 62
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159496) | 63
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159639) | 64
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with banks and other financial institutions which issue credit cards on the use of such cards in gambling; if he will bring forward proposals restricting the use of credit cards for gambling; and if he will make a statement. | | (159481) | 65
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) ministers and (b) officials plan to attend the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final in an official capacity. | | (159144) | 66
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11th October 2007, Official Report, column 693W, on the Big Lottery Fund, whether interest is earned on this sum. | | (159357) | 67
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution English Heritage was projected to make to departmental savings as part of the Lyons Review; and what proportion of those savings have been realised. | | (159536) | 68
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration English Heritage has given to the use of London office space available through the Office of Government Commerce. | | (159537) | 69
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many English Heritage staff were located at Bunhill Row, London in each year since 2004. | | (159538) | 70
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projections were made of the number of staff English Heritage who would move to Bunhill Row, London. | | (159539) | 71
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many English Heritage staff were located at 1 Waterhouse Square, London in each year since 2004. | | (159540) | 72
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projections were made of the number of staff English Heritage who would move to 1 Waterhouse Square, London. | | (159541) | 73
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many English Heritage staff relocated from London to other parts of the country in each year since 2000. | | (159542) | 74
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was received by English Heritage from Legal and General in respect of the break made in their lease on offices at 23 Savile Row, London. | | (159543) | 75
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on regional cultural consortiums in each year since their formation. | | (159477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 76
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contracts his Department signed on a consultancy basis with a net value of more than £20,000 in 2006. | | (159316) | 77
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payments have been made to former servicemen for adverse health effects arising from exposure to radiation from British nuclear tests in Australia and Christmas Island in the Pacific; and how many applications for compensation are under consideration. | | (159425) | 78
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Treaty between the Government and the US Administration concerning defence trade co-operation includes transfers of component parts for (a) national missile defense and (b) nuclear weapons systems. | | (159476) | 79
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serious hand injuries have occurred to soldiers in (a) Iran and (b) Afghanistan over the last 12 months. | | (157439) | 80
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department has given to basing the four Bay class landing ship dock (auxiliaries) alongside the Royal Navy's other amphibious vessels at Devonport. | | (159043) | 81
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department has given to the merits of basing the Antarctic survey ship HMS Endurance with the remainder of the hydrographic surveying squadron at Devonport. | | (159044) | 82
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to moving the headquarters of 1 Assault Group Royal Marines from Poole to Devonport; and if he will make a statement. | | (159045) | 83
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will audit records of the number of collisions between commercial vessels and (a) Royal Navy warships and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels in Portsmouth harbour in each of the last 10 years. | | (159046) | 84
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159490) | 85
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what seismological recording stations there are in the UK. | | (159676) | 86
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 87
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of volumes of tallow disposals following the planned introduction of banding in the renewables obligation in 2009. | | (159036) | 88
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the volume of tallow disposed of in landfill over the last three years. | | (159037) | 89
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely costs to industry of converting tallow into biodiesel; and if he will make a statement. | | (159038) | 90
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the environmental and sustainability impact of converting tallow into biodiesel. | | (159039) | 91
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports he has received of the meeting in Vienna on 30th September on nuclear safety and the environment held by his Irish, Austrian, German, Italian, Latvian and Norwegian counterparts. | | (159475) | 92
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the National Audit Office report The Climate Change Levy and Climate Change Agreements. | | (159480) | 93
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason he originally intended to announce a package of assistance for the Welsh livestock sector to compensate for the effect of the foot and mouth outbreaks in his statement on foot and mouth/bluetongue of 8th October 2007, Official Report, columns 39-56; who decided the package should not be included in the statement; when this decision was received in his Department and who received it; and when he informed (a) the Secretary of State for Wales or an official from his Department and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government or an official of that Government (i) of the original intention to announce a package of assistance for the Welsh livestock sector and (ii) of the decision not to announcement a package in his statement. | | (159023) | 94
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159505) | 95
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159632) | 96
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the insurance industry on the provision of (a) adequate flood defences by the Government and (b) insurance cover in areas vulnerable to flooding; and if he will make a statement. | | (159097) | 97
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of wild bass stocks. | | (159471) | 98
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has commissioned studies on the effects of commercial catching practices on recreational sea angling. | | (159472) | 99
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on discussions he has had with (a) IT consultants, (b) stakeholders and (c) the Rural Payments Agency on the delivery of partial single farm payments. | | (159544) | 100
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions on making part of the 2007 single farm payment before the 2007 payment window opens in December; and if he will make a statement. | | (159545) | 101
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the European Commission to implement the disallowance relating to the implementation of common agricultural policy schemes and the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (159546) | 102
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to be able to begin making 2007 single farm scheme payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (159547) | 103
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to the merits of making partial single farm scheme payments in December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (159548) | 104
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets he has set for delivering 2007 single farm scheme payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (159549) | 105
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of financial disallowance the European Commission will impose on the United Kingdom arising from the implementation of (a) the common agriculture policy and (b) the single farm payment scheme in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (159550) | 106
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many claims for the single farm payment remain to be validated, broken down by year of application; and if he will make a statement. | | (159551) | 107
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which laboratories have been licensed by his Department under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 with conditions that (a) require and (b) do not require routine inspections and risk assessments of drainage facilities. | | (159590) | 108
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 450W, on the Institute for Animal Health: waste disposal, what inspection regime is followed for laboratories handling animal pathogens under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (159591) | 109
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 450W, on the Institute for Animal Health: waste disposal, what discussions he has had on the effectiveness of the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 in preventing breaches of biosecurity; and if he will make a statement. | | (159592) | 110
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 450W, on the Institute for Animal Health: waste disposal, if he will bring forward amendments to the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998 to provide for the drainage systems of laboratories to be routinely inspected; and if he will make a statement. | | (159593) | 111
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 450W, on the Institute for Animal Health: waste disposal, which systems in a licensed laboratory are required to undergo (a) routine and (b) non-routine inspections; and if he will make a statement. | | (159594) | 112
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what risk assessments have been carried out at the Pirbright laboratory facility on the drainage system; and if he will make a statement. | | (159595) | 113
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates Government research facilities handling animal pathogens for which his Department is responsible had their drainage systems (a) inspected and (b) risk assessed since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (159596) | 114
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 450W, on the Institute for Animal Health: waste disposal, what discussions he had with (a) the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and (b) the former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the biosecurity of the Pirbright laboratory facility and its drainage system; and if he will make a statement. | | (159597) | 115
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he received on biosecurity from (a) the Institute for Animal Health, (b) Merial, (c) the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council, (d) the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and its predecessor the Department for Trade and Industry and (e) other sources on the Pirbright laboratory facility prior to August 2007. | | (159598) | 116
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU countries have submitted their European Fisheries Fund (a) operational programme and (b) strategic plan to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (159599) | 117
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU countries have had their European Fisheries Fund operational programme approved by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (159600) | 118
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU countries are receiving European Fisheries Fund monies; and if he will make a statement. | | (159601) | 119
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which dates each EU country with an operational programme approved by the European Commission will begin receiving European Fisheries Fund monies; and if he will make a statement. | | (159602) | 120
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 777W, on fisheries: subsidies, when he expects the UK operational programme to be ready for submission to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (159603) | 121
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 777W, on fisheries: subsidies, when he expects UK fishermen to begin receiving European Fisheries Fund monies; and if he will make a statement. | | (159604) | 122
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time fishermen there are in each European Economic Area country. | | (159605) | 123
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) under-10 metre and (b) over-10 metre fishing vessels there are in each European Economic Area country. | | (159606) | 124
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the domestic fishing industry in each European Economic Area country. | | (159607) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 125
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 534W, on Tibet, what estimate he has made of the proportion of applications from journalists for permission to enter Tibet which have been successful. | | (159320) | 126
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken to include the issue of the occupation of the Golan Heights in the proposed November peace conference. | | (159426) | 127
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was informed of the recent Israeli attack on the alleged Syrian military installation; and what representations he has made to the Israeli government on the attack. | | (159427) | 128
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Israeli attack on Syria on or about 6th September. | | (159428) | 129
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, columns 838-9W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, whether he has received confirmed reports of counter-terrorist operations by Turkish security forces within Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (159559) | 130
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the recent conclusion by the Financial Action Task Force on the Islamic Republic of Iran's lack of comprehensive anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism regime represents a significant vulnerability within the international financial system; and what steps the UK will be advocating in this regard. | | (159560) | 131
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the impact of the increase in poppy cultivation in Burma on peace and security in the region; and if he will make a statement. | | (159561) | 132
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the UK has put forward for EU financial, technical and political support for Iraq, including to the Iraqi Neighbours process; and if he will make a statement. | | (159562) | 133
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the UK has put forward for EU efforts to re-engage and expand the EU mission to support the Palestinian civilian police; and if he will make a statement. | | (159563) | 134
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of (a) poverty and (b) unemployment levels in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (159564) | 135
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations from the Iraqi government on its intentions to change Iraqi law governing the operation of private security firms within Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (159565) | 136
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Mr Blair as Middle East Envoy on (a) Libya's approach to the Arab League's initiative on peace in the Middle East and (b) Mr Blair's last visit to Libya in 2007. | | (159432) | 137
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consultation his Department has undertaken with the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in relation to the Chief Executive's Green Paper on Constitutional Development, published in July 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (159468) | 138
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Green Paper on Constitutional Development produced by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in July; what Government policy is in regard to the proposals for China's future role in Hong Kong's constitutional affairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (159469) | 139
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many votes took place at the European General Affairs and External Relations Council in each of the last 12 months; how many times the British Government (a) applied a veto, (b) voted negatively and (c) abstained in such votes in each month; and if he will make a statement. | | (159484) | 140
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with countries with a territorial interest in the Arctic on potential claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (159483) | 141
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the planned (a) near cash departmental expenditure limit, (b) non-cash departmental expenditure limit and (c) capital departmental expenditure limit is for the (i) BBC World Service and (ii) British Council for financial years 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (159024) | 142
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) near cash and (b) non-cash administration cost limit for his Department is for financial years 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (159025) | 143
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a further date has been set by the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in Burma following its discussions on 5th October 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (159172) | 144
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his statement of 15th October 2007, what further measures he expects the UN Security Council to consider taking against Burma if it does not take clear steps towards the return of democracy. | | (159173) | 145
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU arms embargo on the (a) sale and (b) re-sale of military equipment and technology from EU member states to the Burmese regime. | | (159174) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 146
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the contracts his Department signed on a consultancy basis with a net value of more than £20,000 in 2006. | | (159319) | 147
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to assess the impact of primary care trusts assuming responsibility for the provision of healthcare services to prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (159434) | 148
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have been (a) struck off and (b) stopped from making prescriptions for prescribing controlled drugs; and if he will make a statement. | | (159441) | 149
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who were in receipt of controlled drugs through prescription in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (159442) | 150
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many persons resident in Wales were treated as (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients at the Walton Centre, Fazakerley, Liverpool in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (159466) | 151
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations have been commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159507) | 152
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people using NHS dentists as a percentage of the population in (a) East Midlands, (b) East of England, (c) London, (d) North East, (e) North West, (f) South Central, (g) South East Coast, (h) South West, (i) West Midlands and (j) Yorkshire and The Humber strategic health authority area. | | (159531) | 153
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159630) | 154
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal actions took place against people improperly using protected titles of health professions in the last 12 months. | | (159429) | 155
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of (a) abuse and (b) neglect of residents in residential care homes were (i) investigated and (ii) the subject of successful prosecution in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (159482) | 156
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2007, Official Report, column 803W, if his Department will now collect information on dentist practices which have closed their lists to NHS patients since the inception of the new NHS dentist contract. | | (159034) | 157
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions he plans to make for cross-border user representation within local involvement networks to reflect situations where residents from one local authority area routinely use services within another. | | (159095) | 158
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of smoking among adults in each ward in the Borough of Sandwell. | | (159465) | 159
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):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 dental practice in Wokingham; and if he will make a statement. | | (159526) | 160
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):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 dental practice in Reading; and if he will make a statement. | | (159527) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 161
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to reduce the amount of paperwork required to be undertaken by a police officer to process an arrest; what recent representations she has received on this from (i) members of police forces, (ii) chief constables and (iii) members of the public; and if she will make a statement. | | (159609) | 162
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period of time was for a police officer to process an arrest in (a) 1983, (b) 1992, (c) January 1997, (d) 1998, (e) each year since 2003 and (f) the most recent date for which information is available. | | (159610) | 163
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department on the average amount of time spent by a police officer on processing arrests; and if she will make a statement. | | (159611) | 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pages of forms and (b) forms were required to be completed by a police officer on arresting a suspect (i) in 1983, (ii) in 1984, (iii) in 1985, (iv) in 1992, (v) in January 1997, (vi) in 1998, (vii) in each year since 2001 and (viii) at the most recent date for which information is available. | | (159683) | 165
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department on trends in the numbers of arrests made by police officers against the wishes of the victim of the crime; and if she will make a statement. | | (159684) | 166
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department into the numbers of children arrested for alleged violence against another child; and if she will make a statement. | | (159685) | 167
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests relating to crimes committed by members of gangs there were in 2006. | | (159608) | 168
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial and other assistance she plans to offer to Cambridgeshire Constabulary to tackle the implications of human trafficking for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (159558) | 169
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to (a) the letter to her predecessor from the hon. Member for Woking dated 29th March 2007 regarding Mr Evans N7737/7 (148492) and (b) Question 148492 tabled by the hon. Member for Woking on 4th July 2007 on the same subject. | | (159096) | 170
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by her Department since June; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each exercise. | | (159491) | 171
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued to doctors and nurses from Africa by the Government in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999. | | (159566) | 172
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many votes took place at the European Justice and Home Affairs Council in each of the last 12 months; which of these votes were under the (a) qualified majority voting and (b) unanimity procedure; how many times the British Government (i) applied a veto, (ii) voted negatively and (iii) abstained in such votes in each month; and if she will make a statement. | | (159485) | 173
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159631) | 174
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the impact on levels of investment in research and development of the activity of animal rights extremists in England and Wales in the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (159674) | 175
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government classifies offences committed by organisations that define themselves as pursuing animals' rights as acts of terrorism; and if she will make a statement. | | (159675) | 176
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to provide security for the Appleby Horse Fair in future; what the outcome of inquiries into events at the last fair have been; and if she will make a statement. | | (159680) | 177
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum seekers living in the Borough of Sandwell. | | (159467) | 178
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what means are provided to employers by her Department to enable the checking of the immigration status of prospective employees; and if she will make a statement. | | (159525) | 179
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Reading, (ii) Wokingham and (iii) Berkshire in each year since their introduction. | | (159510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 180
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159495) | 181
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159640) | 182
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what provision he plans to make for core funding of university museums from 2009. | | (158484) | 183
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he had been informed that the drainage system at the Pirbright laboratory site posed a risk to biosecurity prior to the foot and mouth outbreak; whether he received any representations on the risk to biosecurity of the drainage system and effluent pipes at Pirbright; and if he will make a statement. | | (159532) | 184
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when Government research facilities handling animal pathogens for which his Department is responsible have had their drainage systems (a) inspected and (b) risk assessed since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (159533) | 185
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the reasons were for the time taken to provide funds for repair work to the drainage system at the Pirbright laboratory facility; and if he will make a statement. | | (159534) | 186
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what representations he received from (a) the Institute for Animal Health, (b) Merial, (c) the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council, (d) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (e) other sources on biosecurity at the Pirbright laboratory facility prior to the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak. | | (159535) | 187
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his responsibilities are in relation to the Pirbright laboratory facility; and if he will make a statement. | | (159627) | 188
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Pirbright laboratory facility. | | (159628) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 189
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159504) | 190
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what methodology the annual net cash-releasing savings of £492 milion per year by 2010-11 mentioned on page 238 of the Comprehensive Spending Review have been calculated. | | (159552) | 191
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the main element will be of his Department's value for money programme which will generate annual net cash-releasing savings of £492 million per year by 2010-11, as mentioned on page 238 of the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (159553) | 192
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the increased capital expenditure for his Department announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review will be allocated. | | (159554) | 193
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the evidential basis is of the statement made on page 237 of the Comprehensive Spending Review report that his Department estimates that UK development assistance is helping to permanently reduce the number of people living in poverty by 3 million per year. | | (159555) | 194
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means the effectiveness of the Environmental Transformation fund will be measured. | | (159556) | 195
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's research budget will be spent on research into (a) sustainable agriculture, (b) life-threatening diseases, (c) good governance, (d) climate change technology and (e) other matters up to 2010-11; and by what mechanisms funding in each category will be allocated to projects. | | (159557) | 196
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) objectives and (b) targets of the International Environmental Transformation Fund are; what criteria he plans to use to award grants from the fund; how much (i) was allocated to the fund for disbursement in each year since its inception and (ii) has been allocated for each of the next five years; and what research he has (A) commissioned and (B) evaluated on (1) the reduction of poverty through environmental management and (2) means of assisting developing countries to respond to climate change. | | (159567) | 197
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much he has allocated to overseas conservation organisations aimed at improving the use of natural resources and protecting endangered species in developing countries, with particular reference to primates. | | (159679) | 198
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether Baroness Vadera has attended meetings at HM Treasury on the international economic system. | | (159449) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 199
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Legal Services Commission is funding a case brought by Mr Saleh Hassan against the UK Government in relation to Israeli policy in the West Bank. | | [R] (159040) | 200
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are suspended from duty within HM Prison Service; what estimate he has made of the cost of these suspensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (159433) | 201
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest period is for which a member of staff of HM Prison Service has been suspended (a) at the current time and (b) at any time; what the estimated cost is of such suspensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (159435) | 202
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by how many staff each prison establishment is short of full staffing levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (159436) | 203
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are planned to become available at each prison establishment through the opening of (a) existing, but non-functional, and (b) new wings; and if he will make a statement. | | (159437) | 204
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many auditors are employed within the internal audit department of his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (159438) | 205
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were detained as a consequence of breaching release licensing conditions at each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (159439) | 206
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners (a) detained on remand and (b) serving a custodial sentence were previously members of the armed forces in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (159440) | 207
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Legal Services Commission remains in contract with First Assist for services relating to the delivery of CDS Direct. | | (159677) | 208
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the Legal Services Commission's contract with First Assist with services related to the delivery of CDS Direct was in each of the last six months. | | (159678) | 209
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on special bonus payments to staff in the Prison Service between 1st April and 30th September. | | (159681) | 210
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Prison Service workplaces made special bonus payments to staff between 1st April and 30th September; how many staff at each workplace of each (a) sex, (b) grade and (c) ethnicity received payments; and what the nature was of the work undertaken to attract each payment. | | (159686) | 211
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the oldest outstanding inquest is in each coroner's jurisdiction. | | (156048) | 212
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to complete an inquest in England and Wales in each year since 2001, broken down by coroner's jurisdiction. | | (156049) | 213
N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests were pending before coroners in England and Wales at the end of each calendar year since 2001, broken down by coroner's jurisdiction. | | (156050) | 214
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July 2007, Official Report, column 570W, on Departments: ministerial red boxes, on what basis he decided that the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. | | (159573) | 215
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many citizens' juries were arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations have been commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159506) | 216
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that court hearings, including appeal hearings, relating to underage sales of alcohol are conducted promptly. | | (159101) | Questions to the Leader of the House 217
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Leader of the House, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by her Office since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 218
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159494) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 219
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what progress has been made in constructing facilities for shooting sports at the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (159570) | 220
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, to what uses the shooting facilities being constructed for the 2012 Olympic Games will be put following the games. | | (159571) | 221
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the estimated cost is of the shooting facilities required for the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (159572) | 222
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much in 2007-08 prices the Government spent on the Olympics in each year since the UK bid was successful. | | (159420) | Questions to the Prime Minister 223
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a list of special advisers to Ministers. | | (159668) | 224
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Prime Minister, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Office since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159493) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 225
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 226
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2006, Official Report, columns 42-3, on road safety campaigns, how many hits the www.hedgehogs.gov.uk site received in each month since October 2006; and what further assessment of the effectiveness of the website has been conducted since November 2006. | | (159487) | 227
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the website Arrive Alive. | | (159488) | 228
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the locations of (a) existing 20 mph zones and (b) 20 mph zones under construction in England. | | (159430) | 229
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the schools in England which have 20 mph zones outside them, broken down by local authority; and what percentage of schools in England have such zones outside. | | (159431) | 230
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many citizens' juries were arranged by her Department since June 2007; which organisations have been commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159499) | 231
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159636) | 232
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new rail vehicles for (a) inter-city services, (b) commuter services in London and (c) local regional rail services were procured in each of the last 10 years. | | (159314) | 233
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the costs of equipping all buses in England with smartcard readers. | | (159315) | 234
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements she has put in place to ensure that medication taken into an aircraft cabin is required by the passenger. | | (159470) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 235
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159500) | 236
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159635) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 237
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the cost was of creating signs for ministerial offices displaying the Government Equality Office's name. | | (159422) | 238
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the total cost was of the establishment of the Government Equalities Office; and what the costs were of (a) relocation and (b) rebranding (i) signs, (ii) stationery and (iii) official publications. | | (159423) | 239
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many civil servants work for her in her role as Minister for Women and Equality, broken down by grade; what the pay bands are for each of the grades; how many civil service posts were created at the time that the Government Equalities Office was established; what the budget is of the new Government Equalities Office; and when she will publish a business plan for the new Office. | | (159424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 240
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men aged between 60 and 65 years are required to sign on at job centres but are not receiving any benefits. | | (159682) | 241
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who are saving insufficient funds for retirement. | | (159612) | 242
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March 2006, Official Report, column 1205W, on pensions, what his estimate is of the number of people who have lost their pensions due to the insolvency of the sponsoring employer or where the employer no longer exists; and what progress has been made towards providing a breakdown of this figure by (a) constituency and (b) region. | | (159613) | 243
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May 2007, Official Report, column 769W, on pensions, how many of the estimated number of people with pension losses are (a) at or above age 65 years and (b) at or above their scheme retirement age. | | (159614) | 244
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of pensioners subject to some form of means testing for a part of their income. | | (159615) | 245
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many occupational pension schemes have fully wound up since 1997; how many are in the process of winding up; and what the membership of such schemes was in each year since 1997. | | (159616) | 246
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of private sector employers who offered a pension to their employees in each year since 1997 for which data is available. | | (159617) | 247
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the working age population that belonged to an employer-sponsored defined benefit pension scheme in each year since 1997. | | (159618) | 248
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) average cost of getting a person back into work in each year since 1997 and (b) the average savings to the Government for each individual that has moved off benefits and into work, including tax uplift and the cost of tax credits and other work-related benefits. | | (159619) | 249
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their benefits reduced as a consequence of not taking a reasonable job offer in each of the last 10 years. | | (159620) | 250
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 50 years and over moved off benefits and into work in each of the last 10 years. | | (159621) | 251
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in each of the New Deal programmes returned to benefits within (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12 months and (d) two years of leaving the programme in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (159622) | 252
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in each of the New Deal programmes returned to out of work benefits, including those who continued to claim an out of work benefit whilst participating in the New Deal, in each year since 1997. | | (159623) | 253
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people who have moved off jobseeker's allowance onto (a) incapacity benefit and (b) income support in each year since 1997. | | (159624) | 254
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit advisers are employed by Job Centre Plus. | | (159625) | 255
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Financial Assistance Scheme has paid out in compensation to qualifying members. | | (159626) | 256
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the selection criteria were for those organisations invited to sign up to his Department's jobs pledge; whether steps were taken to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the scheme; what monitoring was undertaken of the impact of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (159669) | 257
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to link the lower limit of the earnings disregard of incapacity benefit with (a) the minimum wage and (b) average earnings. | | (159670) | 258
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the lower limit of the earnings disregard of incapacity benefit on benefit recipients' (a) willingness and (b) ability to enter the labour market. | | (159671) | 259
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what publicly-funded assistance is available to young people with a disability who wish to move from education into work. | | (159273) | 260
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what publicly-funded assistance is provided to help people with a severe stammer to gain and retain employment. | | (159274) | 261
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens' juries were arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations have been commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. | | (159501) | 262
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's public service agreement targets (a) take and (b) do not take account of rural proofing. | | (159634) | 263
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals in (a) Reading, (b) Wokingham and (c) Berkshire were issued with national insurance numbers in (i) the last year for which figures are available and (ii) each of the preceding four years. | | (159508) | 264
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in the New Deal for Young People in (a) Reading, (b) Wokingham and (c) Berkshire were repeat participants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (159509) | 265
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in the New Deal for Young People in (a) Reading, (b) Wokingham and (c) Berkshire returned to receiving jobseeker's allowance (i) immediately and (ii) within one year after leaving the New Deal in (A) 2006 and (B) 2004. | | (159511) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 266
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector workers have been relocated (a) outside London, (b) outside London and the South East, (c) in the three Northern regions, (d) in Yorkshire and the Humber, (e) in West Yorkshire and (f) in Huddersfield since the publication of the Lyon's Review; and what assessment he has made of this performance's compliance with the conclusions of the Lyons Review of the location of public sector workers. | | [Transferred] (159529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 267
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Respect programme in Stoke on Trent. | | [Transferred] (159418) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 268
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the provision and location of facilities to enable British competitors in pistol shooting to practise legally within the UK prior to the 2012 games. | | [Transferred] (159569) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 269
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for measures to regulate the activities of the trainers and exhibitors of performing animals; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (159673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 270
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's response to the hon. Member for Islington North following his Oral Statement on Iraq on 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 33, what the evidential basis was for not accepting the figure quoted by the hon. Member on the number of Iraqi civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion; and what his estimate is of the number of such deaths. | | [Transferred] (159486) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 271
| Mr David Amess (Southend West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 11 to 13 years, (ii) 14 to 16 years and (iii) under 18 years were arrested for violence against another person aged under 18 years in each of the last two years for which information is available; and how many persons in each age group received (A) a caution, (B) detention in a young offender institution and (C) an acquittal in each of those two years. | | [Transferred] (159651) | 272
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for determining (a) the number and (b) location of polling stations for local government elections; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (159568) |
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