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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 19 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 19 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 19 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 Friday 19 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 19 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what name will be given to the new organisation within UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) which will have responsibility for defence exports; and how many employees of the Defence Exports Service Organisation will be transferred to UKTI. | | (160067) | 2
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he was informed of the Prime Minister's decision to close the Defence Exports Services Organisation and to move part of its remit to UK Trade and Investment. | | (160069) | 3
| Roger Berry (Kingswood):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July 2007, Official Report, column 902W, on export credits guarantees, which company made each non-standard application in respect of which country in each case; and what type of product was involved in each such application. | | (159720) | 4
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small business closures there have been in each region in the last five years. | | (159875) | 5
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses have closed in the last five years during their first (a) 12 months and (b) five years of trading, broken down by region. | | (159876) | 6
| Lorely Burt (Solihull):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rate of small business closures on (a) each region and (b) England. | | (159877) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the date was of each meeting held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department with the Communication Workers Union since 27th June. | | (159786) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the Department for Trade and Industry spent on departmental branded stationery between 1st January and 27th June. | | (159789) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any payments have been withheld by his Department from projects awarded funding under Round One of the Union Modernisation Fund. | | (159883) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value is of the contract with Opinion Leader Research for the consultation on nuclear energy. | | (159930) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total budget is for each regional development agency for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. | | (159951) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by Yorkshire Forward Regional Development Agency on headed paper in each of the last five years; and what each figure represents per sheet. | | (159954) | 13
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for how many projects awarded funding under Round One of the Union Modernisation Fund an independent accountant's report has been received by his Department. | | (159955) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what total funding has been claimed so far in respect of each project awarded funding under Round One of the Union Modernisation Fund. | | (159956) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budget is for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. | | (159958) | 16
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the tendering process was for selecting Opinion Leader Research for the consultation on nuclear energy. | | (160078) | 17
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) his Department's and its predecessor's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160020) | 18
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many VAT (a) registrations and (b) de-registrations there were in Warley constituency in each of the last five years. | | (160043) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value to the Exchequer of VAT receipts arising from repair and reconstruction work made necessary by the 2007 summer floods; and if he will make a statement. | | (159462) | 20
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much would be raised in a year by an additional 1 penny on the income tax rate. | | (159978) | 21
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised in income tax in the last year for which figures are available. | | (159979) | 22
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on tax revenue of his recent announcement on changes to the structure of air passenger duty. | | (159827) | 23
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will put mechanisms in place so that payments made on ceasing to hold office as Mayor of London or London Assembly Member are exempt from tax up to the first £30,000. | | (160048) | 24
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is made available to departments on using departmental funding for energy-saving measures. | | (159891) | 25
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken by his Department to simplify the process for departmental expenditure on energy-saving measures. | | (159892) | 26
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses he has received to the consultation on the abolition of industrial buildings allowance which (a) support and (b) oppose the abolition; and if he will make a statement. | | (159903) | 27
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the response of (a) the Bank of England and (b) the Financial Services Authority to the consultation on the implementation of the EU Market Abuses Directive. | | (159108) | 28
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were recorded where clostridium difficile was (a) mentioned and (b) the underlying cause of death in (i) Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) England in each of the last five years. | | (159667) | 29
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, columns 1967-8W, on the Building Schools for the Future programme, how many of the half dozen to two dozen recommendations of the review of the Building Schools for the Future Programme were to be taken forward by his Department. | | (159837) | 30
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding hours were held by staff in his Department as a result of its flexi-time scheme at the end of each of the last 12 months. | | (159913) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to staff in overtime in his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (159914) | 32
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the printing costs were of (a) the 2007 Pre-Budget Report, (b) the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review main document and (c) the 2007 Budget Report. | | (159915) | 33
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date and at what time printing began for (a) the 2007 Pre-Budget Report, (b) the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review main document and (c) the 2007 Budget Report. | | (159916) | 34
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the projects listed as being the responsibility of the Department for Education and Skills on the private finance initiative signed projects lists available on his Department's website form part of (a) the Building Schools for the Future programme and (b) the Academies programme. | | (159917) | 35
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many laptops have been stolen from HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months. | | (159919) | 36
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of security have occurred at HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months. | | (159920) | 37
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which team in his Department is responsible for developing policy on the taxation of non-domiciled individuals. | | (159921) | 38
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which team in his Department is responsible for developing policy on inheritance tax. | | (159922) | 39
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bottles of champagne his Department purchased in the last 12 months. | | (159928) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he decided his plans for inheritance tax that he announced on 9th October 2007. | | (160059) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of a draft from before 1st October of his Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review speech. | | (160077) | 42
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Office of National Statistics will publish the 2006-07 Excess Winter Mortality Statistics. | | (159726) | 43
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the life expectancy was for people in (a) the five most deprived areas in England and (b) England in each year since 1979. | | (159808) | 44
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unemployed (a) male and (b) female young people live in Glasgow East constituency; and what percentage each figure represents. | | (160055) | 45
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160021) | 46
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from gunshot wounds in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (160004) | 47
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warley constituency and (b) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council area were (i) employed (A) full-time and (B) part-time and (ii) unemployed at (1) the latest date for which figures are available and (2) at the same date in each of the last 10 years. | | (160041) | 48
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Treasury received a document stating that Lloyds TSB had agreed to purchase Northern Rock; and whether this document had been agreed by the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority. | | (159819) | 49
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department overruled an agreement between Lloyds TSB and Northern Rock on the sale of Northern Rock. | | (159820) | 50
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provided information to Baroness Vadera on the proposed sale of Northern Rock to Lloyds TSB. | | (159821) | 51
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers from his Department have had meetings with Baroness Vadera to discuss Northern Rock. | | (159822) | 52
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has the power under the tripartite agreement on the regulation of the financial system to overrule a sale of Northern Rock. | | (159824) | 53
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of low value consignment relief made available to businesses based in the Channel Islands for the import into the United Kingdom of food supplements and herbal remedies which either contain illegal ingredients or are marketed with illegal claims; what steps officials of his Department plan to take to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs addresses this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (159998) | 54
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the purchaser of Northern Rock plc fully funds the existing and future liabilities of the employees' pension schemes. | | (159897) | 55
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he and his officials have made of the maximum potential liability of (a) the Government and (b) the Bank of England for Northern Rock employees' pensions if Northern Rock plc (i) enters administration, (ii) is taken into public ownership by the Bank of England and (iii) is sold at a discount to its net asset value. | | (159898) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 56
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to following his predecessor's Department's research on school exclusions (a) to give schools clear targets to lower levels of exclusions, (b) to increase and expand mentoring schemes, (c) to help with the transition from primary to secondary school, (d) to provide support for teachers when dealing with difficult pupils and (e) to encourage early intervention with difficult pupils. | | (159717) | 57
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds have been granted an education maintenance allowance since its inception. | | (159845) | 58
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school children in Leeds West were in receipt of free school meals in the last 12 months; and what percentage of the total number of school children in the area this represents. | | (159858) | 59
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the Department for Education and Skills spent on departmental branded stationery between 1st January and 27th June. | | (159790) | 60
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what options his Department considered for the delivery of the Academies programme other than Partnerships for Schools. | | (159793) | 61
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether a Task Force, Steering Group or any other regular series of meetings was set up to consider the transfer of the delivery of the Academies programme to Partnerships for Schools. | | (159794) | 62
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Minister took the decision to transfer the delivery of the Academies programme to Partnerships for Schools. | | (159795) | 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) schools, (b) local authorities and (c) partnerships for schools on the action plan drawn up to address the recommendations of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit's review of the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (159796) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance documents his Department, and its predecessor, issued to (a) local authorities and (b) schools on (i) the Building Schools for the Future programme and (ii) the Academies programme since each commenced. | | (159797) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates liaison meetings were held between the academies and schools capital divisions in his Department and Partnerships for Schools since July 2005. | | (159803) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) policy and (b) delivery issues led to the Building Schools for the Future programme being delayed. | | (159834) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July 2007, Official Report, column 1092-4W on pupils: intimidation, if he will list all other prompts the National Strategies use to assess whether a school needs additional support with its anti-bullying work; and what percentage of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools are tackling bullying effectively, according to each prompt. | | (159838) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints his Department received in each of the last 12 months on private finance initiative arrangements in schools. | | (159888) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method rating is of each school that has opened so far under the (a) Academies Programme and (b) Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (159889) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July 2007, Official Report, column 531W, on Departments: cost effectiveness, what the target is for efficiency savings to be divided between the two newly created Departments. | | (159890) | 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have agreed co-sponsorship arrangements under the Academies programme. | | (159911) | 72
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools (a) have closed and (b) are planned to close to be replaced with new schools under the (i) Building Schools for the Future programme and (ii) Academies programme. | | (159912) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments his Department and its predecessor made to Geronimo Communications in each year since 1997. | | (159926) | 74
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether funding for the running costs of a city academy co-sponsored by a local authority is provided directly by his Department once the school is opened. | | (159947) | 75
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1704W, on the Building Schools for the Future programme: private finance initiative (PFI), if he will list the 30 new build schools under construction; what the capacity is of each new school in pupil numbers; and what the total cost is of the construction of each school, in capital funding allocated or total cost over the lifetime of the PFI contract for the construction element. | | (160002) | 76
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent under the Building Schools for the Future programme on sports facilities. | | (159454) | 77
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) competition managers and (b) sports co-ordinators for schools have been appointed; and what proportion of schools are in a school sport partnership. | | (159455) | 78
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many specialist sports colleges have been established. | | (159702) | 79
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on supporting the educational work of England's museums and galleries in each year since 2005. | | (159704) | 80
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of school travel plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (159514) | 81
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of schools have school travel plans in place. | | (159515) | 82
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received on introducing road safety as a compulsory part of the national curriculum; and whether this issue is being reviewed. | | (159516) | 83
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether there are any plans to introduce road safety as a compulsory part of the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement. | | (159517) | 84
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting held between the Secretary of State for Education and the delegation from Milton Keynes held on 19th June. | | (159581) | 85
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons the national basic need allocation of £400 million has not been increased since 1995. | | (159582) | 86
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the basic need capital allocations are for Milton Keynes Unitary Authority for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2010-11; and what they were for the previous two allocation periods. | | (159583) | 87
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) his Department's and its predecessor agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160023) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 88
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of the last four meetings of his Department's (i) Delivery and (ii) Contact Council. | | (159780) | 89
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's guidance on appointments to the Delivery Council. | | (159781) | 90
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Department of Health was last represented on his Department's Delivery Council. | | (159782) | 91
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the members are of his Department's (a) Delivery and (b) Contact Council; and on what date each was appointed. | | (159783) | 92
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library copies of the guidance documents the Government Communication Network has issued to staff in departments in the last three months. | | (159785) | 93
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the most recent conference on delivering value for money organised by the Cabinet Office was held. | | (159791) | 94
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many rooms in Number 12 Downing Street are allocated to (a) Government whips, (b) communications and (c) special advisers. | | (159886) | 95
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his Department's budget is for media, press and public affairs training for 2007-08. | | (159918) | 96
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants have moved from the Treasury to work in No 10 or the Prime Minister's offices since May 2007. | | (159931) | 97
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total cost has been of each citizens jury held to date. | | (159932) | 98
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 9th October 2007, Official Report, column 530W, on departments: aviation, how much was spent on non-ministerial flights in (a) first class and (b) business class in the last six months. | | (160034) | 99
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many copies (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Prime Minister's Office holds of the Conservative Party's Policy Review Group reports. | | (160060) | 100
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the total estimated annual cost of (a) expenses, (b) salary, (c) office space, (d) administrative support and (e) special advisers were for the right hon. Member for Dulwich and West Norwood in her capacity of Paymaster General. | | (159836) | 101
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160013) | 102
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether regional pay for England outside London is to be introduced across all departments. | | (159908) | 103
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many separate negotiating bodies for pay, terms and conditions there are in the Civil Service; and how many there were in 2001. | | (159909) | 104
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what protocols have been agreed to protect the terms and conditions of civil servants who transfer between Whitehall departments following the introduction of regional pay in England outside London. | | (159910) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 105
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on local government from the public purse in the last year for which figures are available. | | (159977) | 106
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of rough sleepers in (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (159853) | 107
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list in date order Government (a) reports and (b) white papers produced relating to urban renewal and social inclusion since June 2005. | | (159854) | 108
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the local government financial assistance schemes available through Leeds City Council aimed at tackling urban poverty in the area. | | (159859) | 109
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, columns 848-50W, on housing: immigrants, what estimate has been made of the number of foreign national headed households in social housing in each of the last 10 years. | | (159718) | 110
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the impact of immigration on (a) new house building and (b) previously occupied housing, with particular reference to Peterborough. | | (159576) | 111
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with Peterborough City Council on the impact of EU migration on the provision of social housing in Peterborough. | | (159577) | 112
N | Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will announce details of the qualifications, training and accreditation required for those producing display energy certificates and advisory reports as required by the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. | | (159574) | 113
N | Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the operational rating methodology for the display energy certificates software and accompanying guidance notes will be published; and if she will make a statement. | | (159575) | 114
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) her Department's and its predecessor's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160009) | 115
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reponse she has made to the recommendation made by the Williams Commission in its report, Quality First: The Commission on Design of Affordable Housing in the Thames Gateway, that the Planning Inspectorate should send a stronger message to developers and local authorities that low quality in the design of housing schemes is a legitimate basis upon which planning applications should be refused. | | (160076) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 116
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1604W, on the Olympic Games, for what reason the meeting of 9th March 2006 was cancelled. | | (159885) | 117
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on the Where We Live programme in each of the last three years. | | (159456) | 118
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to respond to the Ofcom publication The Future of Radio. | | (159697) | 119
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to implement the proposals outlined in Ofcom's publication The Future of Radio. | | (159698) | 120
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of radio listening which occurs through digital platforms. | | (159699) | 121
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many take-away restaurants which do not sell alcohol have been licensed under the Licensing Act 2003. | | (159701) | 122
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people received funding from the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme in each year in which it has been running; and how much was allocated under the Scheme in each year. | | (159703) | 123
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160010) | 124
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Olympic size swimming pools (a) there are and (b) are planned to be built before 2012 in the (i) Yorkshire and the Humber, (ii) North, (iii) North West, (iv) South West, (v) East Midlands, (vi) West Midlands, (vii) East of England and (viii) London region. | | (159715) | 125
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the expected cost is of launching the Gaelic digital television service; and what the estimated annual running costs are. | | (160040) | 126
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to meet representatives of the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh rugby football unions. | | (159902) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 127
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees from the Defence Exports Service Organisation have (a) left voluntarily and (b) been made redundant since 25th July 2007. | | (160061) | 128
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was informed of the Prime Minister's decision to close the Defence Exports Services Organisation and to move part of its remit to the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. | | (160062) | 129
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formal consultations have taken place with union representatives concerning the decision to move responsibilities for defence exports from his Department to UK Trade and Investment. | | (160063) | 130
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military staff will be seconded to UK Trade and Investment to support defence exports following the changes announced on 25th July. | | (160064) | 131
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultation took place with defence exporters prior to 25th July on the decision to move responsibility for defence exports from his Department to UK Trade and Investment. | | (160068) | 132
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will still have support for defence exports as part of its remit following the changes to departmental responsibilities in this area announced on 25th July 2007. | | (160094) | 133
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the United States Administration on options for United Kingdom involvement in the US National Missile Defense Programme; and whether the British Ambassador to the United States has played any part in such negotiations. | | (159512) | 134
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1624W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, what the total core costs were before the net additional costs of the units that have been present in Iraq in each financial year since 2002-03. | | (159884) | 135
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he was first informed of the Prime Minister's plans to visit Iraq in October. | | (160051) | 136
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence houses were sold in each of the last 10 years. | | (160053) | 137
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160017) | 138
| Angus Robertson (Moray):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what areas of land in Scotland were sold by his Department in each of the last five years; what the use was of each area prior to sale; what revenue was received for each area of land; and if he will make a statement. | | (160003) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 139
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Japanese government ministers on the killing of whales for alleged scientific research. | | (159826) | 140
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of replacement white goods and televisions were recycled in England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (159829) | 141
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of reductions proposed is in the Department's staff at its offices in Alnwick, Northumberland. | | (157823) | 142
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition he is using of the rest of the public estate as it appears at paragraph 140 of his Department's document, Energy Efficiency: The Government's Plan for Action (Cm 6168), published in April 2004. | | (159893) | 143
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sheep there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (159652) | 144
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (159653) | 145
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on compensation to farmers who have been affected by export bans arising from the most recent foot and mouth outbreak. | | (159654) | 146
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the British economy resulting from the ban on farming exports during the most recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease. | | (159655) | 147
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to implement the recommendations of the 2005 Securing the Benefits report on the fishing industry with regard to recreational sea angling; and if he will make a statement. | | (159719) | 148
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in developing a vaccine for the bluetongue strain BTV8; what the involvement of (a) Merial and (b) other pharmaceutical companies is in this process; and what work is being undertaken in co-operation with other EU countries. | | (159530) | 149
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of air travel by officials of the Rural Payments Agency was in 2006-07; and how much carbon dioxide was offset in relation to these flights. | | (159788) | 150
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is for the Environmental Transformation Fund for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. | | (159957) | 151
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made in recruiting more pro-conservation countries to join the International Whaling Commission. | | (159982) | 152
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) his Department's and its predecessor's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160014) | 153
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood defence schemes the Environment Agency considered implementing in each of the last three years; what estimates were made of the costs of these schemes; and which schemes the Agency has (a) decided to implement and (b) already installed. | | (159463) | 154
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent the felling of trees on sites of special scientific interest. | | (160049) | 155
| 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 plans he has to amend the conditions for issuing a licence under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (159894) | 156
| 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, for what reasons the Goverment has not yet submitted the operational programme to the European Commission. | | (159899) | 157
| 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, what proposals have been put forward for the division of the European Fisheries Fund monies between the devolved administrations. | | (159900) | 158
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the percentage of the 2007 single farm payment which will be paid in (a) December 2007, (b) January 2008, (c) February 2008, (d) March 2008, e) April 2008, (f) May 2008, (g) June 2008 and (h) after June 2008. | | (159904) | 159
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the number of the 2007 single farm payment claims which will receive their payments in (a) December 2007, (b) January 2008, (c) February 2008, (d) March 2008, e) April 2008, (f) May 2008, (g) June 2008 and (h) after June 2008. | | (159905) | 160
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which of his Department's budget headings the funding for the package of support measures for English farmers announced on 8th October will be provided. | | (159687) | 161
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the package of support measures for English farmers announced on 8th October will be provided from budgets used to provide services or programmes in England and Wales. | | (159688) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 162
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Minister approved the use of the section 36 exemption of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 referred to in the letter of 11th October from his Department to the hon. Member for Billericay. | | (159578) | 163
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many representations the Government has received from UK ambassadors and high commissioners since 25th July on arrangements in Government for defence exports. | | (160065) | 164
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Defence Export Services Organisation first secretaries there are in UK embassies and high commissions; and what plans there are to change that number. | | (160066) | 165
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the number of injuries sustained by UK citizens travelling outside the European Economic Area in each of the last five years, broken down by type of injury. | | (158162) | 166
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate (a) the number of enquiries which his Department receives annually from UK citizens about injuries sustained outside the European Economic Area, (b) the number of these enquiries which are about compensation payments from travel insurance and (c) the number of enquiries that complain about non-payment of compensation due to an injury type that is not covered by standard travel insurance policies. | | (158163) | 167
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department is playing in recruiting more pro-conservation countries to join the International Whaling Commission. | | (159513) | 168
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to improve EU-Commonwealth relations; and if he will make a statement. | | (160046) | 169
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160022) | 170
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the areas where the UK has plans to stake territorial claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (159989) | 171
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to guarantee the security of the civilian Tutsi community of eastern DRC during and after the military operations in the area. | | (159696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 172
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the average cost per week of (a) keeping a person in hospital and (b) keeping a person in a nursing home in Leeds. | | (159850) | 173
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered drug addicts there were in the (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) the City of Leeds in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (159851) | 174
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rheopheresis in treating dry age-related macular degeneration. | | (159980) | 175
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost was of the care and treatment of the 53 attendees of the World Scout Jamboree in August who received treatment at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford and were not eligible for free NHS treatment. | | (158832) | 176
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. | | (159825) | 177
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he received prior to publishing the 2005 guidance paper Working Together to Safeguard Children. | | (159878) | 178
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the 2006-07 Resource Accounts for the NHS pension scheme to be published. | | (159107) | 179
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to grant free prescriptions for (a) all people with long-term illnesses and (b) those with asthma; and if he will make a statement. | | (159895) | 180
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which long-term illnesses people are entitled to free prescriptions; and what criteria are used to determine to which illnesses the provision applies. | | (159896) | 181
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to hospital trusts on the management and eradication of hospital-acquired infections. | | (159665) | 182
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) infections and (b) deaths due to clostridium difficile in (i) Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) England in each of the last five years. | | (159666) | 183
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Financial Regime given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March, how much was deducted from trusts in relation to the deficit incurred in 2005-06, broken down by trust; and which strategic health authorities were granted such funds, broken down by amount received. | | (159792) | 184
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Financial Regime, given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March 2007, which trusts were issued loans on 22nd March 2007; and what the value was of each loan. | | (159833) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1873W on departments: public expenditure, if he will list those items of specific guidance which relate to spending spending reviews. | | (159839) | 186
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5th July 2007, Official Report, column 1183W, on general practitioners: conditions of employment, what his Department's (a) highest and (b) lowest estimate was of the effect the new contract for general practitioners would have on (i) average salaries for general practitioners and (ii) annual additional costs to the public purse as part of the discussions prior to the 2002 Budget. | | (159840) | 187
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members were of the Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity funding committee on 13th September. | | (159925) | 188
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bottles of champagne his Department has purchased in the last 12 months. | | (159929) | 189
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Policy Costing Overview given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March, what arrangements for revenue challenge existed prior to his Department's restructuring exercise. | | (159948) | 190
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Policy Costing Overview given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March, what other needs were identified as part of his Department's restructuring exercise aside from the need for a Revenue Challenge Function. | | (159949) | 191
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Financial Regime given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March , whether the loans issued on 22nd March affected the financial position in 2006-07 of the trusts to which they were issued. | | (159950) | 192
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department underspent its capital budget in 2006-07. | | (159959) | 193
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average length of time he expects the deep clean of a hospital to take. | | (159960) | 194
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the cost per hospital of his Department's hospital deep cleaning programme; and who will meet the cost of each hospital's programme. | | (159961) | 195
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department's deep cleaning programme for hospitals is expected (a) to start and (b) to finish. | | (159962) | 196
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which team in his Department has lead responsibility for the work of NHS Direct. | | (159963) | 197
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the guidance documents which are issued to staff answering calls at NHS Direct. | | (159964) | 198
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what issue the most complaints were received by NHS Direct in each of the last 12 months. | | (159965) | 199
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were received by NHS Direct in each financial year since it was established. | | (159966) | 200
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the draft of his Department's Policy Costing Handbook dated 7th March, which policy proposals his Department classed as high risk in each of the last five financial years. | | (159967) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the draft of his Department's Policy Costing Handbook dated 7th March, for which policy proposals his Department sought formal HM Treasury approval in each of the last five financial years because they have revenue costs above his Department's delegated limits or have been classed as high risk, as referred to in paragraph 33 on page 9. | | (159968) | 202
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the draft of his Department's Policy Costing Handbook dated 7th March, what Delphi is. | | (159969) | 203
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the final version of his Department's Policy Costing Handbook was completed; and if he will place a copy of the final version in the Library. | | (159970) | 204
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the draft of his Department's Policy Costing Handbook dated 7th March, if he will list his Department's improvement objectives as referred to on page 6. | | (159971) | 205
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Policy Costing Overview given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March 2007, what arrangements for policy costing existed prior to the drafting of the Policy Costing Handbook. | | (159972) | 206
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Policy Costing Overview given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March 2007, for what reason his Department's relationship with HM Treasury needed to be restored. | | (159973) | 207
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the presentation entitled Policy Costing Overview given at the Financial Management and Reporting Steering Group meeting on 23rd March 2007, on what date the restructuring of his Department took effect. | | (159974) | 208
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking (a) to monitor and (b) to audit the implementation of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on IVF treatment across England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (159047) | 209
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the take up by pensioners in Peterborough constituency of influenza vaccinations in each year since 1997. | | (159050) | 210
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the additional funding for therapies announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review is planned to be allocated to the rehabilitation treatments provided by the NHS for patients with alcohol and drug dependencies. | | (159695) | 211
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department was informed of (a) the proposed resignation of the former Chief Executive of the Maidstone NHS Trust and (b) the fact that a financial package was being negotiated for her. | | (159453) | 212
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, column 1950W, on ambulance services: standards, what percentage of ambulance trusts achieved the target response times for category (a) A and (b) B of emergency ambulance dispatches; and if he will place in the Library the performance data for each ambulance trust in each category. | | (159713) | 213
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2082W on the NHS: working hours, if he will place in the Library the information received by the Department on the national workforce projects and pilot schemes which are being conducted to judge the NHS's readiness for implementation of the European Working Time Directive. | | (159714) | 214
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the definition of a healthcare associated infection was in (a) 1980 and (b) 1993-94; and what definition is now in use. | | (159727) | 215
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the data collected from each of the 190 acute hospitals which were surveyed as part of the Third Prevalence Survey of Healthcare Associated Infections in Acute Hospitals in England 2006, published by his Department on 12th September 2007. | | (159728) | 216
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated in each acute hospital in England in each year since 1997. | | (159729) | 217
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence of (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was in each of the last three years using the definition of prevalence included in the Third Prevalence Survey of Healthcare Associated Infections in Acute Hospitals in England 2006, published by his Department on 12th September. | | (159730) | 218
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many smoking cessation clinics there are in (a) the five most deprived areas in England and (b) England; and whether the Government has targets to increase the number of smoking cessation clinics in either category over the next two years. | | (159731) | 219
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government spent on alcohol information campaigns in each year since 1997; and how much it plans to spend in the next 12 months. | | (159804) | 220
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of junior doctors worked a maximum of 48 hours a week in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (159805) | 221
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of providing cognitive behavioural therapy was to the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (159806) | 222
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many courses of cognitive behavioural therapy were provided by the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (159807) | 223
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will break down by subheading the £8.2 billion efficiency savings identified in the Comprehensive Spending Review for his Department; how each saving will be delivered; and how much money will be released by each. | | (159933) | 224
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which 20 areas of the country his Department will be rolling out psychological therapies in 2008. | | (159936) | 225
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to public health spending in each year from 2007-08 until 2010-11. | | (159937) | 226
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts form the 25 per cent. of trusts with the poorest GP provision; and what measures are used to calculate such provision. | | (159938) | 227
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements in procurement practices in the NHS his Department plans to make in order to achieve savings of £1 billion a year by 2011. | | (159939) | 228
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas funding in his Department's budget has been ring-fenced; and what the (a) amount ring-fenced and (b) purpose of the ring-fence was in each case. | | (159940) | 229
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the first programme of hospital deep cleaning will commence; when he expects it to be completed; when the programme will be evaluated in order for the commencement of a second programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (159941) | 230
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS bodies have been unable to reach local resolutions between themselves and independent providers of NHS services, as referred to on page 5 of his Department's report Who Pays? Establishing the Responsible Commissioner published on 18th September 2007. | | (159942) | 231
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by his Department occurred in each of the last five years; whether the breach resulted from internal or external sources in each case; how many records were compromised on each occasion; and what estimate was made of the total number of records accessible to the individuals concerned. | | (159943) | 232
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the long-term plans for the 17 NHS trusts referred to in his Department's report NHS financial performance quarter four, published on 6th June 2007, as unable to service and repay loans over an acceptable period. | | (159944) | 233
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio was of midwives to live births in each strategic health authority for each year since 1997. | | (159945) | 234
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department plans to put in place the new arrangements for a comprehensive regional presence referred to on page 18 of his Department's Capability Review and Development Plan, published on 12th September; which arrangements are in place to support the Department's regional presence; whether he expects to reconfigure strategic health authorities in support of the new arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (159946) | 235
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent elder abuse. | | (159457) | 236
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of obesity in England. | | (159458) | 237
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent alcohol abuse in England. | | (159459) | 238
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to improve dental services. | | (159460) | 239
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160019) | 240
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community matrons were employed on 16th October 2007. | | (159721) | 241
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department holds on the number of people with mental illnesses in each year since 1997. | | (159722) | 242
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of midwives that will be needed in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011. | | (159723) | 243
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department holds on the number of practising school nurses employed in England in each year since 1997. | | (159724) | 244
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent midwives entered the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (159725) | 245
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether time spent asleep by a junior doctor on call counts against the 48 hour working time directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (159986) | 246
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proposed changes to oncology provision at Airedale NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (159987) | 247
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics are in training in each strategic health authority area in England; and what the numbers were in 2005. | | (159988) | 248
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he is giving to NHS ambulance trusts in light of the Sheffield Study. | | (159991) | 249
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of (a) the meeting between the Food Standards Agency and the European Commission on 12th September 2007 to discuss the interpretation and implementation of Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive and (b) the Working Group of the Council and Commission held on 24th September. | | (159992) | 250
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his planned future actions in relation to the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements. | | (159993) | 251
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in achieving his objectives for the setting of maximum permitted levels for nutrients in food supplements. | | (159994) | 252
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to visit a specialist health food retailer to discuss the possible impact of the setting of maximum permitted levels for nutrients in food supplements. | | (159995) | 253
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether officials of (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency plan to liaise with their counterparts in (i) the Republic of Ireland and (ii) each other EU member state to discuss their position on the setting of maximum permitted levels of nutrients in food supplements. | | (159996) | 254
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letters recently sent to the government of (a) Guernsey and (b) Jersey by (i) the Food Standards Agency and (ii) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in relation to the trade in food supplements and herbal remedies. | | (159997) | 255
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the European Commission and Working Groups of the Council to bring forward figures for the permitted levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements; who is participating in those working group discussions to represent the United Kingdom; what steps he is taking to influence other member state governments outside the working group meetings; when last he met the European Commissioner to discuss these matters; and if he will make a statement. | | (159999) | 256
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the conclusions were of the Food Standards Agency and Better Regulation Executive assessment of the regulatory impact on (a) specialist manufacturers, (b) specialist retailers and (c) other businesses of the setting of maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements under the provisions of Article 5 of the Food Supplements Directive; and if he will offer compensation to small and medium sized enterprises which suffer adversely as a result of the implementation of this legislation. | | (160000) | 257
| David Tredinnick (Bosworth):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency plan to take in relation to the trade in food supplements and herbal remedies from the Channel Islands. | | (160001) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 258
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to investigate recent reports of abuse of failed asylum seekers during forced removal. | | (159716) | 259
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th October 2007, Official Report, column 718W, on police: firearms, how many operations there were in which firearms were authorised in (a) the City of Leeds and (b) Leeds West constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (159841) | 260
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private landlord properties in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds West were used by the National Asylum Support Service in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (159857) | 261
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibilities West Yorkshire Police Service has in relation to water rescue; and if she will make a statement. | | (159984) | 262
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government has taken to eradicate racism within the police force. | | (159051) | 263
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the performance of Bedfordshire Police following the Police Performance Assessment 2006-07 produced by her Department and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary; and if she will make a statement. | | (159691) | 264
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Bedfordshire Police are taking to improve the level of service provided for vulnerable people; and if she will make a statement. | | (159692) | 265
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses when assessing the percentage of an officer's time which is spent on the front line; and if she will make a statement. | | (159693) | 266
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Bedfordshire Police are taking to improve the implementation of neighbourhood policing; and if she will make a statement. | | (159694) | 267
| Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Bedfordshire Police are taking to improve working with local partners and community stakeholders; and if she will make a statement. | | (159712) | 268
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of reclassifying drugs on their production, supply and use. | | (159832) | 269
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for security of the application procedures for the EU driving licence; and if she will make a statement. | | (159663) | 270
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations are in use in each parliamentary constituency. | | (159952) | 271
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations were in use in each year since 1997. | | (159953) | 272
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was to public funds of the event held for the Immigration Minister in Essex on 16th October. | | (159975) | 273
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many take-away restaurants have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently shut by the police as a result of anti-social behaviour since the Licensing Act 2003 came into force. | | (159700) | 274
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain were received from individuals domiciled in Peterborough constituency in each quarter since 1997. | | (159048) | 275
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160016) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 276
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprentices there were in Sandwell in 2005-06. | | (160038) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 277
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of EU aid to Commonwealth countries was in each of the last five years; and what proportion was attributable to the UK in each year. | | (160047) | 278
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether UK aid channelled through the EU may be earmarked by the UK for specific (a) purposes and (b) countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (160052) | 279
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160015) | 280
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the UK gave to (a) Jamaica, (b) Nigeria and (c) Pakistan in each of the last five years. | | (160044) | 281
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether Baroness Vadera has attended meetings at HM Treasury on Northern Rock. | | (159818) | 282
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings Baroness Vadera has had with representatives of UBS on the sale of Northern Rock to Lloyds TSB. | | (159823) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 283
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentenced receptions there were in prisons in England and Wales for offences related to (a) violence against persons (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery, (e) theft, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage, (h) motoring offences, (i) drug offences and (j) other offences in each of the last five years. | | (159846) | 284
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales had sentences which were of (a) under three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six months to a year, (d) one year to two years, (e) two years to three years, (f) three years to four years, (g) four years to five years, (h) five years to 10 years, (i) 10 years to less than life and (j) life and at the pleasure of the Secretary of State on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (159847) | 285
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in HMP Armley prison are (a) on remand for offences related to (i) fine defaulting, (ii) violence, (iii) damage to property, (iv) trafficking and (v) possession of prohibited drugs and (b) foreign nationals. | | (159848) | 286
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales are in immediate custody for offences related to (a) fine defaulting, (b) violence, (c) damage to property and (d) trafficking or possession of prohibited articles. | | (159849) | 287
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per week was of keeping a prisoner in (a) HMP Armley Prison and (b) all prisons in England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (159852) | 288
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells in the prison estate are not in use; and if he will make a statement. | | (159711) | 289
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of determining how many prisons fingerprint inmates on reception; and if he will make a statement. | | (159831) | 290
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1684W, on the Tasker Inquiry, when he expects the final report to be submitted. | | (159976) | 291
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what services are being delivered under the contract between the Legal Services Commission and First Assist. | | (160070) | 292
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the end date is of the contract between the Legal Services Commission and First Assist. | | (160071) | 293
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 188W, on Departments: publicity, whether the public awareness campaign on human rights will include increasing awareness of the Human Rights Act 1998. | | (159881) | 294
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 188W, on Departments: publicity, if he will place in the Library a copy of the plans for the public awareness campaign on human rights. | | (159882) | 295
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was of the speed dating youth conference held on 9th October (a) venue hire and (b) payments to external firms; and how many members of the public attended. | | (159907) | 296
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many seizures of illicit drugs have taken place at HMP Peterborough in each month since May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (159049) | 297
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what response he has made to the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of limitation periods. | | (159689) | 298
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to publish a Bill containing provisions relating to reform of limitation periods. | | (159690) | 299
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used for determining pay hotspots for his Department's employees. | | (159706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 300
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160011) | Questions to the Prime Minister 301
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has met the (a) Chief of the Defence Staff, (b) First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, (c) Chief of the General Staff and (d) Chief of the Air Staff in the last 12 months. | | (159923) | 302
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying additional (a) salaries and (b) pension contributions for the seven additional Ministers he has employed since 27th June 2007. | | (159927) | 303
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, how many speech-writers his Office employs. | | (160035) | 304
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each reception held in No 10 Downing Street since 1st August. | | (160050) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason the publishing of the annual list of special advisers was delayed. | | (160058) | 306
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) hon. and right hon. Members and (b) Government Ministers have received honours whilst in post in the last 10 years. | | (159461) | 307
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Prime Minister, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160012) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 308
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160018) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 309
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) identification documents and (b) driving licences are required to receive a full EU driving licence. | | (159664) | 310
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the date was of each meeting held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers since 27th June. | | (159787) | 311
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pedestrians and cyclists aged between 0 and 15 years (a) died and (b) were seriously injured on UK roads in 2006. | | (160072) | 312
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change there was in the number of road deaths of children aged up to 15 years between 2000 and 2006. | | (160073) | 313
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many children aged up to 15 years (a) killed and (b) seriously injured on UK roads in each of the last 10 years were killed (i) on their journey to or from school and (ii) within 300 metres of their home; and how many were travelling (A) on foot, (B) on a bicycle and (C) in a vehicle in each case. | | (160074) | 314
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lane kilometres of (a) motorways and (b) non-motorway trunk roads were built in each of the last 30 years. | | (160005) | 315
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160008) | 316
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the train operating companies and others on ways to simplify and give greater coherence to rail fares. | | (159990) | 317
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether foreign lorry drivers given on-the-spot fines will be required to pay the fine before the vehicle is allowed to proceed. | | (160039) | 318
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's latest estimate is of the cost of constructing a high speed rail line between London and Scotland via (a) the North East and (b) the West Midlands and the North West. | | (160042) | 319
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by whom possible cost over-runs on Crossrail would be met. | | (159906) | 320
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to meet any of the saving which the 2007 Pre-Budget Report requires from her Department through efficiency improvements in Network Rail's management processes and cost control and robust and effective franchise agreements by means of increased franchise premia payments from train operating companies. | | (160075) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 321
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160007) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 322
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in finding additional funding to improve the Financial Assistance Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (159828) | 323
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to people on low incomes for funeral expenses; and if he will make a statement. | | (159855) | 324
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for winter fuel payments were made in the Leeds West constituency in each year since their introduction. | | (159860) | 325
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the flexibility afforded by his Department's guidance for the payment of local housing allowance. | | (159842) | 326
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on the number of landlords providing tenancies to people in receipt of housing benefit of the implementation of local housing allowance. | | (159843) | 327
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable people in receipt of local housing allowance can choose for the benefit to be paid directly to their landlords. | | (159844) | 328
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of people ceasing to claim jobseeker's allowance had (a) moved immediately onto other benefits and (b) returned to (i) jobseeker's allowance and (ii) other benefits (A) up to six months, (B) between six and 12 months and (C) more than 12 months after leaving benefit in each year since 1992. | | (159580) | 329
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th October 2007, Official Report, columns 2368-9W, on Jobcentre Plus, whether an investigation was conducted on the performance of Jobcentre Plus districts against their points profile; and if he will make a statement. | | (159830) | 330
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many factories Remploy (a) owns and (b) leases; and what the ownership status is of each factory. | | (160036) | 331
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average annual cost has been of administering (a) a fuel direct payment under the Third Party Deductions Scheme and (b) each payment under other key benefit payments administered by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (159934) | 332
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average level of fuel direct payment was for (a) gas and (b) electricity to each supplier in the last full year for which figures are available. | | (159935) | 333
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the statistical measurement of living in poverty is in the UK. | | (160054) | 334
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) males and (b) females living in Glasgow East constituency are drawing state retirement pension. | | (160057) | 335
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many citizens' juries were arranged for (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each year since 1997; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (160006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 336
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what grants his Department makes available to (a) public landlords and (b) owner-occupiers to install solar power in housing; and how many properties in Leeds have received assistance. | | [Transferred] (159856) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 337
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which aspects of the 2006-07 policy review were adopted in the final version of the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | [Transferred] (160037) | 338
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of infant mortality was in (a) the five most deprived areas in England and (b) England in each year since 1979. | | [Transferred] (159809) | 339
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unemployed adult (a) males and (b) females live in Glasgow East constituency; and what percentage each figure represents. | | [Transferred] (160056) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 340
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews were conducted in each London constituency in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (159879) | 341
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews were conducted in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (159880) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 342
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Departments have Strategy Unit staff seconded to them; and to which teams within each Department such staff are seconded. | | [Transferred] (159784) | 343
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff left the (a) Strategy and (b) Delivery Unit in each month since March, broken down by pay band. | | [Transferred] (159798) | 344
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what projects the Strategy Unit has begun since 1st July. | | [Transferred] (159799) | 345
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff from HM Treasury have been seconded to the Strategy Unit since June, broken down by pay band; and how many such staff are expected to be seconded to his Strategy Unit in the next six months. | | [Transferred] (159800) | 346
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library copies of any guidance issued to departments on working with the Strategy Unit in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (159801) | 347
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are (a) employed, (b) were employed in April 2007 and (c) are expected to be employed in December 2007 in the Strategy Unit. | | [Transferred] (159802) | 348
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what discussions there were between Government Ministers and ministers of devolved administrations on the preparation of the ministerial codes of those administrations. | | [Transferred] (159710) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 349
| John Battle (Leeds West):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what responsibilities West Yorkshire Fire Service has in response to water rescue; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (159983) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 350
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times and on what dates the Tourism 2012 Group has met to discuss its Tourism 2012 Strategy. | | [Transferred] (159705) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 351
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Prime Minister of New Zealand on Japan's whaling activity in the Southern Ocean sanctuary; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (160045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 352
| Paul Flynn (Newport West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to amend the law so as to allow protests against war in the vicinity of the Cenotaph. | | [Transferred] (159835) | Questions to the Leader of the House 353
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward legislation to exclude from membership of Parliament any individual who is not a UK resident for tax purposes. | | [Transferred] (159985) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 354
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1593W, on the Olympic Games: Greater London, whether (a) KPMG and (b) officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport made updates to financial estimates of the cost of the Olympics. | | [Transferred] (159887) |
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