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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 22 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 22 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 22 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 Monday 22 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 22 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what average level of damages has been recovered by the 10 firms of solicitors with the highest number of cases registered under (a) the British Coal Vibration White Finger scheme and (b) the British Coal Respiratory Disease scheme in relation to those schemes. | | (160281) | 2
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of Royal Mail's proposal to cease Sunday and Bank Holiday postal collections. | | (160444) | 3
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what records his Department keeps of which UK registered companies are trading (a) with and (b) in Burma. | | (160100) | 4
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the proposed Post Office closures so far announced in public consultations are located within retail outlets which are part of national retail chains. | | (159732) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what dates his Department has breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of the breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160321) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160340) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160402) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160410) | 9
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1267W, on seals: animal products, what progress has been made in the European Commission on the EU-wide ban on the import of seal products; and if he will make a statement. | | (160030) | 10
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on telephone call charges incurred by UK households who receive unsolicited sales calls from overseas; and what estimate has been made of the cost to UK households as a result of such charges. | | (160439) | 11
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Postcomm in fulfilling its role to protect the universal service and to ensure that operators, including Royal Mail, meet the needs of their customers. | | (160200) | 12
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans his Department has to bring forward proposals to amend legislation or regulations on the conduct of ballots for industrial action by trade unions. | | (160432) | 13
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total turnover of post offices was over the last five years, broken down by region. | | (160129) | 14
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the level of post office turnover of the impending closure of 2,500 post offices, broken down by region. | | (160130) | 15
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many jobs he estimates will be lost as a (a) direct and (b) indirect result of the closure of 2,500 post offices, broken down by region. | | (160131) | 16
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which companies have applied for licences in Cardigan Bay in the 24th licensing round. | | (160284) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 17
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a value at which a tax credit overpayment would be considered unreasonable in a situation in which there was no official error and the claimant had notified HM Revenue and Customs of the relevant change of circumstance. | | (160363) | 18
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants had their tax credits overpaid by (a) under £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £1,999, (c) £2,000 to £2,999, (d) £3,000 to £3,999, (e) £4,000 to £4,999, (f) £5,000 to £5,999, (g) £6,000 to £6,999, (h) £7,000 to £7,999, (i) £8,000 to £8,999, (j) £9,000 to £9,999 and (k) over £10,000 in the financial year (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06 and (iv) 2006-07. | | (160364) | 19
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest tax credit overpayment waived was in the financial year (a) 2006-07, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2004-05 and (d) 2003-04. | | (160365) | 20
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credits overpayments waived were worth (a) under £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £1,999, (c) £2,000 to £2,999, (d) £3,000 to £3,999, (e) £4,000 to £4,999, (f) £5,000 to £5,999, (g) £6,000 to £6,999, (h) £7,000 to £7,999, (i) £8,000 to £8,999, (j) £9,000 to £9,999 and (k) over £10,000 in the financial year (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06 and (iv) 2006-07. | | (160366) | 21
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions one unit of HM Revenue and Customs has indicated an intention to take court action, a claimant who had already reached a repayment agreement with another unit of HM Revenue and Customs in relation to a tax credit overpayment. | | (160367) | 22
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions tax credit claimants who had submitted documentary evidence of their wage have had their income registered as nil by HM Revenue and Customs and subsequently been overpaid. | | (160368) | 23
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office of National Statistics projections of net migration into the UK assume a change in arrangements for workers from Romania and Bulgaria. | | (159981) | 24
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what matters in respect of the use of fiscal instruments to combat climate change were discussed at the meeting of G7 finance ministers in Washington DC on 20th October 2007; and what decisions were taken on the matter. | | (159518) | 25
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations of alleged tax defaulters begun by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years have resulted in (a) proceedings being issued and (b) a conviction. | | (159817) | 26
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what disciplinary action has been taken further to the theft of a laptop computer from HM Revenue and Customs in September; and if he will make a statement on the rules concerning keeping laptop computers in cars by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (160237) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what type of data was held on the laptop stolen from HM Revenue and Customs in September 2007; how many records were stored on the laptop; to which financial institutions the records applied; and to how many individuals the records applied. | | (160248) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints about (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs were received from members of the public by his Department in 2006-07. | | (160256) | 29
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates his Department has breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of the breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160309) | 30
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160328) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160344) | 32
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160420) | 33
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) people under the age of (i) one and (ii) five died from (A) clostridium difficile and (B) MRSA infection in each year from 1997 to 2006. | | (160268) | 34
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases being investigated by HM Revenue and Customs under the settlements legislation were stopped as a result of the House of Lords judgment in the Jones v Garnett case. | | (157550) | 35
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the Jones v Garnett case, including all legal fees and associated charges. | | (157551) | 36
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigations under the settlements legislation was in each of the last three years, including legal charges and HMRC and departmental staff costs. | | (157552) | 37
N | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister was responsible for approving the original decision for HM Revenue and Customs to pursue the Jones v Garnett case under the settlements legislation. | | (158299) | 38
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it compulsory for HM Revenue and Customs enquiry centres to issue receipts when receiving documents and forms from customers. | | (160097) | 39
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress in the review of tax credit awards for 2003-04 and 2004-05 affected by HM Revenue and Customs procedural errors. | | (160140) | 40
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury has authorised additional borrowings by Transport for London to help them meet liabilities relating to the administration of Metronet. | | (160245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 41
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of (a) 15 year olds and (b) pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including (i) English, mathematics and science and (ii) English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language in (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2005-06. | | (160110) | 42
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes there have been to his Department's projections for the number of academies to be opened by the end of each of the next five financial years since inception of the programme; and what the reasons were for those changes. | | (160259) | 43
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department gained the approval of (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Prime Minister for the transfer of the delivery of the Academies programme to Partnerships for Schools. | | (160260) | 44
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) capital and (b) resource expenditure was spent on the Building Schools for the Future programme in each financial year since the programme began; and how many private finance initiative credits were allocated in each financial year. | | (160274) | 45
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160324) | 46
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160343) | 47
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160405) | 48
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the items in his Departmental budget that have been reclassified, according to the classifications in HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, as a result of the decisions taken in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; and what the (a) activity, (b) former classification, (c) new classification, (d) former sum budgeted and (e) new sum budgeted is for each item. | | (160446) | 49
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age in (i) each local authority in the Eastern Region and (ii) each ward in the Peterborough City Council area attended independent schools in each year since 1997. | | (160214) | 50
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what factors affected the decision (a) to include pupils who have been relocated through managed moves to new schools in the new schools performance statistics and (b) not to include in those statistics those pupils permanently excluded. | | (160080) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies opened (a) before and (b) after September 2005 have exceeded budgets for (i) new buildings and (ii) start up costs. | | (160374) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of academies opened since September 2005 have exceeded budgets for (a) new buildings and (b) start up costs. | | (160375) | 53
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average amount is by which academies opened since September 2005 have exceeded original budgets for (a) new buildings and (b) start up costs. | | (160376) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what areas his Department will make annual net cash savings of £4.5 billion by 2010-11 as set out in the comprehensive spending review. | | (160378) | 55
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25th June 2007, Official Report, columns 1-5WS, on schools, early years and 14-16 funding (2008-2011), for what reasons local authority assessments of the cost of delivering free early years entitlement in the private and voluntary sector will be carried out; what use will be made of the results of these assessments; and when he plans to publish the results. | | (159587) | 56
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many vacancies for school nurses there are in each local education authority; and how many of those vacancies are for full-time positions. | | (160095) | 57
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of 11 year olds who were functionally illiterate in each of the last 10 years. | | (159816) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 58
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the total cost of running the citizens' juries since June, broken down where possible by (a) market research company payments, (b) other outsourced services, (c) venue and catering expenses, (d) payments to participants for (i) attendance and (ii) transportation, (e) analysis and presentation of results and (f) other costs. | | (160257) | 59
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether salaries are paid from the public purse to (a) Bob Shrum and (b) Stan Greenberg. | | (160275) | 60
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether Government facilities have been provided to (a) Bob Shrum, (b) Stan Greenberg and (c) Deborah Mattinson. | | (160276) | 61
| 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: press, how orders for newspapers and periodicals subscribed to by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Prime Minister's offices are (i) authorised and (ii) placed. | | (160290) | 62
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160311) | 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160330) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160348) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160418) | 66
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much 10 Downing Street spent on (a) cosmetics and (b) make-up artists for media appearances, in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) since the Prime Minister took up office. | | (160434) | 67
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether Mr Jonathan Powell has been on the Government payroll since 27th June. | | (160252) | 68
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) unique visits there have been to the Have Your Say on the Government's Draft Legislative Programme section of the Cabinet Office website and (b) unique visitors there have been to the Draft Legislative Programme section of the hmg.gov.uk website since 11th July 2007. | | (160291) | 69
N | Mr Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people will be working in the office building at 35 Great Smith Street. | | (159175) | 70
N | Mr Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the planned use of the office building at 35 Great Smith Street. | | (159176) | 71
N | Mr Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will publish departmental guidelines on obtaining planning permission for the installation of air conditioning units in government buildings. | | (159177) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 72
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to encourage landlords of student accommodation to sign up to the Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme; and what further plans she has to encourage such landlords to sign up to the scheme. | | (160203) | 73
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her criteria are for assessing the effect of the activities of (a) Muslim and (b) other community organisations on tackling extremism and promoting shared values. | | (159866) | 74
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 24W, on departments: redundancy pay, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest redundancy payment was; what the budget was for redundancies in that period; and how many redundancies were (i) voluntary and (ii) involuntary. | | (159868) | 75
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of redundancies in the Department in the 12 months preceding (a) 30th June 2004, (b) 30th June 2005 and (c) 30th June 2006. | | (159872) | 76
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what dates her Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160310) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which financial years since 2001 her Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160329) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160347) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160419) | 80
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will give examples of the use her Department has made of the Compact Codes of Good Practice on Community Groups and on Black and Ethnic Minority Organisations in its work on communities, cohesion and integration; and if she will make a statement. | | (160114) | 81
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice she has given to local authorities on the resource implications of implementing local compacts between local public bodies and the voluntary and community sector; and if she will make a statement. | | (160115) | 82
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will review the operation of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 as amended in 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (160109) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 83
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what targets were set by his Department for income generation by the Royal Parks Agency for each year since 2001; and what targets have been set for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (158297) | 84
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's expenditure was in real terms on the Royal Parks in each year since 1997. | | (158298) | 85
| Mr Don Foster (Bath):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) station name, (b) licence area and (c) character of service is of each of the radio stations licensed for broadcast in the UK. | | (160435) | 86
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms he will use to review the list of sporting events which must be offered at a fair and reasonable price to free-to-view broadcasters; and if he will make a statement. | | (160427) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether each of his Department's special advisers have declared conflicts of interest. | | (160280) | 88
| 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 no agendas were drawn up for the meeting after 9th March. | | (160282) | 89
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budget since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160313) | 90
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160332) | 91
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160350) | 92
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160416) | 93
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) off-licensed premises and (b) on-licensed premises had their licences revoked for selling alcohol to underage customers in each of the last four years. | | (159464) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 94
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to determine which contractors submitting an expression of interest when bidding to supply an equipment programme are issued with a pre-qualification questionnaire; and if he will make a statement. | | (160239) | 95
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to determine which contractors submitting a pre-qualification criteria are issued with an invitation to tender; and if he will make a statement. | | (160240) | 96
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of offer prices quoted by contractors on DEFFORM 47s in the last two years were within (a) 10 per cent., (b) six per cent. and (c) two per cent. of the expenditure figure declared in the initial invitation to tender. | | (160241) | 97
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of offer prices on equipment programmes worth more than £100 million quoted by contractors on DEFFORM 47s since 2001 were within (a) 10 per cent., (b) six per cent. and (c) two per cent. of the expenditure figure declared in the initial invitation to tender. | | (160242) | 98
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of offer prices on equipment programmes quoted by contractors on DEFFORM 47s since 2001 were over the expenditure figure declared in the initial invitation to tender. | | (160243) | 99
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the appropriateness of the process whereby his Department reveals to would-be contractors the budgeted expenditure figure or associated year-on-year financial profile when issuing invitations to tender. | | (160244) | 100
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action the Government has taken to eradicate racism within the armed forces. | | (159059) | 101
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future number of warships required by the Royal Navy. | | (159395) | 102
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160314) | 103
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160333) | 104
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160351) | 105
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160415) | 106
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Service Families Accommodation (SFA) and Single Living Accommodation (SLA) in the UK will be at Standard (a) 1 and (b) 2 after his Department's planned programme of expenditure over the next 10 years; and by what date he expects all SFA and SLA to be at Standard (i) 1 and (ii) 2. | | (160026) | 107
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's Harmony Guidelines have been met across all three services since the publication of the Autumn Performance Report in 2006. | | (160027) | 108
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost to his Department if all three services were at their target manning liability. | | (160028) | 109
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the required liability of all three services would have needed to be for Harmony guidelines to have been met since January 2006. | | (160029) | 110
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the tog rating is of the sleeping bags issued to troops in Afghanistan; and how many have been issued. | | (159871) | 111
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions over the last 12 months Royal Navy ships ported in Devonport have been required to sail to Portsmouth or Marchwood in order to undertake ammunitioning or de-ammunitioning activity. | | (160124) | 112
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions during the last 12 months Royal Navy or Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have been required to remain outside Devonport Harbour and await entry to the port due to tidal window or other movement restrictions. | | (160125) | 113
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions over the last two years it was necessary to divert Royal Navy or Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels due alongside in Devonport to other commercial or military ports as a result of tidal window or other restrictions. | | (160126) | 114
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions during the last 12 months it was necessary to stop Royal Navy or Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel movements within Devonport Harbour as a result of poor visibility due either to fog, rain and high winds. | | (160127) | 115
| Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours were worked per week on average by regular trained junior ranks in the Army in 2005-06; and whether time on annual leave was included in the calculations for the figures given on 16th June 2006, Official Report, column 1520W, on army personnel (working hours). | | (160249) | 116
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 71W, on Iraq: armed forces, what changes were made to plans agreed before the invasion as a consequence of the flexibility to respond to events. | | (159657) | 117
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where and when he raised the concerns of Sir Mike Jackson on US policy in Iraq with his US counterpart; and if he will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (160176) | 118
| Ann Winterton (Congleton):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account is taken of performance in the combat fitness test in the assessment of (a) suitability and (b) progress of Territorial Army applicants for potential junior NCO courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (160421) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 119
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what specific actions the Waste Strategy Board is undertaking to ensure the adequacy of biological treatment infrastructure in order to meet targets in waste strategy 2007. | | (160357) | 120
| Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals the Waste Strategy Board has to inform local communities about the merits of new biological treatment infrastructure. | | (160358) | 121
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what access (a) visitors, (b) students and (c) temporary or part-time students had to foot and mouth virus strains at the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright in the last 12 months; what the application procedures were for activities involving such access; and if he will make a statement. | | (160381) | 122
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the post of Deputy Director of Science, Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright was (a) created and (b) filled. | | (160382) | 123
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who was responsible for (a) biosecurity and (b) health and safety at the Institute of Animal Health at Pirbright prior to 1st September 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (160383) | 124
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's assessment is of the optimum minimum landing size for sea bass required to promote the creation of a robust stock structure and stimulate the development of recreational sea fishery. | | (158055) | 125
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities comply with Government guidelines when entering records on the Flycapture Database so that those records are harmonised and the resulting published tables reflect a fair comparison of local authority performance. | | (158056) | 126
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints the Rural Payments Agency has received in the last 12 months. | | (160255) | 127
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160315) | 128
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160334) | 129
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160352) | 130
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160414) | 131
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on improving animal welfare standards for the sale of domestic animals. | | (160440) | 132
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on improving animal welfare standards in member states of the European Community. | | (160441) | 133
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) central Government, (b) research councils, (c) UK levy boards and (d) industry through LINK schemes spent on animal science research and development in each year from 1996-97 to 2006-07; what estimate he has made of the equivalent amounts in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10; what the distribution is of the estimated spend from 2007 to 2010 by type of research and development; and what information his Department holds on comparable expenditure on research and development for animal science by other EU and OECD nations. | | (160437) | 134
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the operation of the proposed carbon offsets scheme of (a) including and (b) excluding credits from voluntary emission reductions projects. | | (159358) | 135
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the inclusion of voluntary emissions reduction credits in the Code of Best Practice on carbon credits. | | (159359) | 136
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the mechanism by which the funds for flood defences will be dispersed throughout the country. | | (159861) | 137
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (160108) | 138
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of each fisheries quota swap to each party involved in each year since 1997. | | (160166) | 139
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the value of the fish swapped in the cross year quota swap of 40 tonnes Area VII angler fish in 2007 to the South West Producer Organisation in exchange for 40 tonnes of Channel Plaice in 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (160167) | 140
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cross-year fisheries quota swaps have taken place in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (160179) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 141
N | Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Dutch State Council's report on the EU Reform Treaty. | | (160031) | 142
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Government policy on the Western Sahara. | | (160429) | 143
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160316) | 144
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160335) | 145
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160353) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160413) | 147
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department is playing in establishing the countries being approached by Japan to join the International Whaling Commission. | | (160024) | 148
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department is playing in discussions about whaling with countries that vote with Japan at the International Whaling Commission but have no vested interest in whaling. | | (160025) | 149
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether titles awarded to citizens of the Irish Republic are deemed to be honorary in circumstances where the recipient was born after (a) 29th December 1937, (b) 21st December 1948 and (c) 18th April 1949. | | (157156) | 150
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether foreign citizens who are made honorary knights or dames are entitled to use the titles associated with those honours used by British recipients. | | (157157) | 151
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Police Force of the Turks and Caicos Islands was last inspected by HM Inspectorate; and if he will place a copy of the Inspectorate's report in the Library. | | (157210) | 152
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the change in the level of the resident population of the Turks and Caicos Islands was over the past 20 years, broken down by those who were (a) UK subjects, (b) belongers and (c) foreign nationals. | | (157211) | 153
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of diplomatic rank who were responsible for or privy to (a) the decision to dispose of Glencairn, Co. Dublin, (b) its subsequent lease back to his Department and (c) the purchase of Marlay Grange, Dublin have since 2000 (i) been raised to the peerage, (ii) received Knighthood or rank of Dame and (iii) been recipients of any other honours from the Queen. | | (159052) | 154
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hectares comprised the Glencairn House and Estate prior to its disposal; how many hectares have subsequently been leased back; what the rental cost is for each year of Glencairn's lease back to his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (159053) | 155
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department became aware that Marlay Grange, Dublin had an asbestos problem; why the asbestos was not revealed in the survey commissioned prior to its purchase; and if he will make a statement. | | (159054) | 156
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost was of the purchase of Marlay Grange, Dublin; what the subsequent cost to date has been of (a) asbestos treatment and removal and (b) all other refurbishment costs; what (i) other costs of maintenance of the buildings, (ii) other costs of maintenance of the grounds and (iii) other maintenance costs have been incurred; and if he will make a statement. | | (159055) | 157
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the receipt from the sale of Glencairn House, Co. Dublin was; what the cost is each year of its subsequent rental; and what the total costs were of legal agents and other fees relating to its sale and subsequent lease back. | | (159056) | 158
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's objectives are in the negotiations with Spain on the location and subsequent excavation of the sunken British warship Sussex off the coast of Gibraltar. | | (160163) | 159
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the gold onboard the sunken warship, the Sussex, is not claimed by the Spanish government. | | (160164) | 160
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide the (a) details and (b) conditions of the economic recovery package for Burma that the Prime Minister has proposed to other G7 leaders. | | (159863) | 161
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a deadline has been set for reconciliation talks between the Burmese regime and opposition party politicians; and what the status is of these talks. | | (159864) | 162
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the EU plans to take to promote UN engagement with Burma; what form such engagement is likely to take; and if he will make a statement. | | (159865) | 163
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the effectiveness of the new package of EU sanctions announced in the EU Council Conclusions on Burma/Myanmar on 15th October will be (a) monitored, (b) assessed and (c) reviewed; and if he will make a statement. | | (159867) | 164
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 255W, on Iraq: armed forces, what changes were made to plans agreed before the invasion as a consequence of the flexibility to take full account of developments on the ground; and if he will make a statement. | | (159519) | 165
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, where and when he raised the concerns of Sir Mike Jackson on US policy in Iraq with his US counterpart; and if he will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (160174) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 166
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means he monitors NHS contracts with higher education institutions for initial training and professional development services for NHS personnel with reference to the (a) quality of delivery and (b) appropriateness of funding in relation to the costs of these services. | | (160098) | 167
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has held with representatives of higher education institutions on workforce planning involving initial professional qualification and continuing professional development for NHS staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (160099) | 168
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that no healthcare organisations indicted for fraud against the federal or state governments in the US are given contracts to provide services for the NHS or NHS patients. | | (159277) | 169
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that no healthcare organisations found by US federal audits to have practised deceptive sales tactics on Medicare or Medicaid recipients will be given contracts to provide services for the NHS or NHS patients. | | (159278) | 170
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the lowest number of ambulances available for emergency response in Shropshire is likely to be on a single day in 2007-08; whether there is a minimum number of on call units set for safe coverage; and if he will make a statement. | | (160426) | 171
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national weighted capitation formula was last changed; and whether he plans to make alterations to it. | | (160379) | 172
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to adjust the market forces factor. | | (160380) | 173
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in the review of the market forces factor. | | (160391) | 174
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to (a) produce a report on and (b) publish findings of its review of the impact of the market forces factor on the funding levels of local health trusts. | | (160396) | 175
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts there are for primary care trusts (PCTs) to purchase elective procedures from independent sector treatment providers in Cornwall; for how long each contract lasts; and how much each contract will cost the local PCT for (a) each year and (b) over the full length of the contract. | | (160425) | 176
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September 2007, Official Report, column 2205W, on dental services, whether his Department reviews the local needs assessment of primary care trusts. | | (160442) | 177
| Andrew George (St Ives):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September 2007, Official Report, column 2205W, on dental services, what recent assessment his Department has made of the provision of NHS dentistry against assessed need. | | (160443) | 178
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, columns 1867-8W, on Departments: Finance, if he will break down the chapter, Differences from Previous Plans, into (a) near cash, (b) non-cash and (c) capital budget; and what his Department's budget was in (i) the years covered by the 2004 Spending Review and (ii) at the time of the 2006 Budget, broken down into (A) near-cash, (B) non-cash and (C) capital expenditure plans for each year. | | (160235) | 179
| 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, to which trusts 13 loans (a) are and (b) were planned for 2007-08; and what the value of the loan planned is or was for each trust. | | (160238) | 180
| 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, how the loans issued on 22nd March 2007 are treated on the balance sheet of individual Trusts. | | (160247) | 181
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what central monitoring process will be used by his Department to monitor the deep cleaning of all hospitals over the next year. | | (160251) | 182
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring documents officials in his Department plan to compile to assess the effectiveness of deep cleaning programmes for hospitals in tackling superbugs. | | (160253) | 183
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160317) | 184
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160336) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160354) | 186
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160412) | 187
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who misuse benzodiazepines presented themselves for treatment to the statutory drug treatment services in each year since 2000. | | (160161) | 188
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made by the statutory drug treatment services for the treatment of clients whose primary problem is misuse of benzodiazepines. | | (160162) | 189
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of chlamydia there were in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (160210) | 190
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of MRSA were reported in each hospital in the Eastern Region in each of the last five years. | | (160211) | 191
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals aged 11 to 18 years resident in the Peterborough constituency were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each year since 1997. | | (160212) | 192
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th January 2007, Official Report, column 700W, on the Small Change, Big Difference campaign, what the expenditure on the campaign has been since April 2006, broken down by major item of expenditure. | | (160180) | 193
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th March 2007, Official Report, column 736W, on the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development, whether the National Centre for Health Outcomes Development has reported to his Department the results of its research on emergency readmissions; and whether he plans to place a copy of these results in the Library. | | (160181) | 194
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 913W, on general practitioners, whether Lord Darzi will examine the (a) clinical and (b) access domain in his consideration of the Quality and Outcomes Framework; and if he will make a statement. | | (160182) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of dental practices in England he estimates offer NHS dental services to at least two-thirds of their patients. | | (160198) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish referral-to-treatment waiting times for non-admitted patients. | | (160199) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's total expenditure on managing the NHS identity, as explained on the website www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk, was in 2006-07. | | (160221) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency readmissions to hospitals there were within 28 days of discharge in each year since 1997; and what percentage this figure represents of all live discharges. | | (160261) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the benefits and risks are which are being considered as part of the decision to change arrangements for the seasonal influenza programme, as referred to in his letter to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire, reference PO00000237366. | | (160262) | 200
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the pandemic influenza antiviral stockpile which may be (a) accidentally prescribed to those who are not infected with pandemic influenza, (b) accidentally destroyed and (c) wasted. | | (160263) | 201
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has put in place to ensure that the UK's stockpile of antivirals can be distributed to the population within the window of therapeutic opportunity. | | (160264) | 202
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce screening for pandemic influenza infection at points of national border entry or exit in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (160265) | 203
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representions his Department has received from (a) NHS staff and (b) other interested parties on (i) NHS continuing care and (ii) NHS-funded nursing care relating to the changes to long-term care funding introduced on 1st October. | | (160266) | 204
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reassign points in the clinical domain of the Quality and Outcomes Framework to the access domain. | | (160267) | 205
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the guide to healthy communities published in The Times on 16th October. | | (160269) | 206
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of community pharmacies which offer chlamydia screening. | | (160270) | 207
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the pharmacy chlamydia screening pathfinder project; when the project started; when he expects the findings of the project to be published; and what plans he has to introduce pharmacy screening of chlamydia on a national basis. | | (160271) | 208
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce indicators of sexual health in the clinical domain of the Quality and Outcomes Framework of the general medical services contract. | | (160272) | 209
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department is making towards the aim that primary care trusts should screen 15 per cent. of the 15 to 24 year old population for chlamydia; when his Department set this aim; whether this aim refers to the proportion of the 15 to 24 year old population screened over a number of years or annually; and if he will make a statement. | | (160438) | 210
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1171-2W, on influenza: vaccinations, when he expects all 15 million doses of the seasonal influenza vaccination to be delivered; what targets the UK Vaccine Industry Group has been given for (a) producing and (b) delivering the 15 million doses of seasonal influenza vaccine; and if he will make a statement. | | (160424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 211
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the next meeting of the Inter-departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking to be held. | | (160132) | 212
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is given to police forces on actions to be taken when trafficked minors present themselves at police stations to seek assistance. | | (159109) | 213
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the number of minors who were illegally trafficked into the UK in each of the last four years. | | (159110) | 214
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many minors trafficked into the UK were (a) taken into social services or foster care and (b) subsequently deported from the UK in each of the last four years. | | (159111) | 215
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for illegally trafficking minors into the UK in each of the last four years. | | (159112) | 216
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures were taken to ascertain whether the workers arrested in the Immigration Service raids on restaurant businesses in central London on 11th October 2007 were victims of trafficking and forced labour; what (a) counselling and (b) other assistance is available to any such workers who are identified as victims of trafficking and forced labour; and what measures are taken to ensure that any such workers are not placed in a situation where they might be vulnerable to recycling as forced labourers by the trafficking gangs. | | (160116) | 217
| Philip Davies (Shipley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the e-Borders contract to be awarded. | | (160133) | 218
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff of the Border and Immigration Agency and those working under contract for her Department and its agencies (a) were formally warned, (b) were dismissed and (c) faced other disciplinary actions as a result of mistreating those being removed from the UK in each of the last three years. | | (160170) | 219
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries she expects to be issuing passports which are not capable of being read by electronic or automated or electonic passport readers when the e-borders system is fully operational. | | (160171) | 220
| Damian Green (Ashford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passports issued by other countries which are not capable of being read by automated or electronic passport readers. | | (160172) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates her Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budget since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160308) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which financial years since 2001 her Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160327) | 223
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160345) | 224
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160395) | 225
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times police armed response units were deployed in the Northern Division of Cambridgeshire Constabulary in each year since 1997; and how many and what percentage of these incidents resulted in a police officer discharging their weapon. | | (160215) | 226
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the efficacy of dispersal orders made under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003. | | (160128) | 227
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to the letter of 10th September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Lessie Baterra. | | (160258) | 228
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to the letters of (a) 21st June and (b) 3rd August from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare on behalf of a constituent about immigration rules. | | (160373) | 229
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for concurrent animal and non-animal testing of recreational drugs. | | (160165) | 230
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies are being evaluated as potential service providers for the e-borders programme. | | (160123) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 231
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many university students have taken up grants since the latest change in the criteria for eligibility. | | (160201) | 232
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what financial support is made available by the Government to support post-graduate students. | | (160202) | 233
| Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanism the Government will use to assess the impact of the introduction of differential fees for higher education degrees. | | (160428) | 234
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many school leavers in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England (i) went into further education, (ii) took up a modern apprenticeship and (iii) did not remain in education after the completion of their GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (160168) | 235
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many school leavers in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England were (i) employed and (ii) unemployed for (A) less and (B) more than six months after the completion of their GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (160169) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160307) | 237
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160326) | 238
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160406) | 239
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will list the items in his Departmental budget that have been reclassified, according to the classifications in HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, as a result of the decisions taken in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; and what the (a) activity, (b) former classification, (c) new classification, (d) former sum budgeted and (e) new sum budgeted is for each item. | | (160445) | 240
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the Government spent on higher education, broken down by budget heading in each of the last 15 years; and how much is budgeted for 2007-08. | | (160173) | 241
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when the Government expects to meet its 50 per cent. participation rate target in university education for young people aged 18 to 30 years. | | (160177) | 242
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of the adult population is participating in university education as mature students. | | (160178) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 243
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid he has allocated to the Windward Islands in relation to the summer hurricanes; what financial assistance he plans to make available in respect of the loss of the August 2007 to January 2008 banana crop and related unemployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (159862) | 244
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160318) | 245
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160337) | 246
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160355) | 247
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160411) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 248
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are on whole life tariffs. | | (160135) | 249
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been sentenced to life imprisonment on a whole life tariff in each year since 1997. | | (160136) | 250
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action is taken against prisoners who remain unlawfully at large until their scheduled release date after release on the End of Custody Licence Scheme. | | (160137) | 251
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners recalled to prison after release on the End of Custody Licence Scheme remained unlawfully at large until their scheduled release date. | | (160138) | 252
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on reserving unused police cells under Operation Safeguard since October 2006. | | (160139) | 253
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what organisation was commissioned to run the speed dating youth conference on 9th October 2007. | | (160250) | 254
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160312) | 255
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160331) | 256
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160349) | 257
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160417) | 258
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers in the Peterborough constituency lost their licences through disqualification under the penalty points system in the last five years for which data are available. | | (160217) | 259
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers in Peterborough constituency were given endorsements for speeding offences in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (160218) | 260
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department consequent upon the introduction of regional pay for court staff. | | (160119) | 261
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the effectiveness of his sentencing policy. | | (160283) | 262
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, column 1994W, on Legal Aid, if his Department will assess whether Arani and Co. solicitors should be allowed to remain on the list of legal aid firms. | | (160121) | Questions to the Leader of the House 263
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Leader of the House, if she will place in the Library a copy of the responses to the consultations received so far on the draft legislative programme. | | (160205) | 264
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Leader of the House, which organisations and businesses have submitted responses to the consultation on the Government's draft legislative programme. | | (160206) | 265
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) written and (b) e-mailed submissions she has received since 11th July on the draft legislative programme in addition to those comments posted on the Cabinet Office website; and how many have been received from (i) individuals and (ii) corporations and organisations. | | (160207) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 266
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160319) | 267
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160338) | 268
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160356) | 269
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160408) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 270
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on which dates updates to financial estimates have been made by the Olympics cost review group. | | (160285) | 271
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1604W, on the Olympic Games, what confidentiality arrangements were agreed at the meeting of 26th January 2006. | | (160286) | 272
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what decision timescales were agreed at the meeting of the Olympics cost review group on 21st February 2006. | | (160287) | 273
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether any of the £2.7 billion contingency fund announced as part of the Olympic budget in March 2007 is drawn from the National Lottery. | | (160082) | Questions to the Prime Minister 274
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, what the pension arrangements are for the previous Lord Chancellor; and if he will make a statement. | | (160236) | 275
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) hits and (b) signatures were received on the e-petition on holding a general election in 2007 on the Downing Street website before 12 noon on 10th October 2007; and how many there have been since that time and date. | | (160277) | 276
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 10th October 2007, Official Report, column 680W, on Departments: ministerial policy advisers, whether his adviser on political press issues has a written job description. | | (160288) | 277
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160306) | 278
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160325) | 279
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Prime Minister, what office assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160346) | 280
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 820W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, for what reason he has not identified any of the factors he took into account in deciding when to inform the Secretary of State for Defence of his decision to announce troop withdrawals from Iraq. | | (160079) | 281
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2007, Official Report, column 959W, on departmental responsibilities: offshore industry, for what reasons he decided to allocate responsibilities for offshore oil, gas and energy consents to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; and if he will make a statement. | | (160422) | 282
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2007, Official Report, column 959W, on departmental responsibilities: offshore industry, what representations he received on the allocation of responsibilities for offshore oil, gas and energy consents; and if he will make a statement. | | (160423) | 283
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East):To ask the Prime Minister, where and when he raised the concerns of Sir Mike Jackson on US policy in Iraq with his US counterpart; and if he will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (160175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 284
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160320) | 285
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160339) | 286
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160401) | 287
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160407) | 288
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many responses the Scotland Office has received to the consultation on the Government's legislative programme. | | (160134) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 289
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to make it mandatory for children under 14 to wear a helmet when cycling on a public highway. | | (159870) | 290
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on the decision to allow the Morning Miracle to transfer to the UK Shipping Register; and what assessment was made of her fire fighting capabilities. | | (159869) | 291
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of passenger vehicles in England and Wales are estimated to be foreign registered. | | (160101) | 292
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles not registered in the UK by migrant workers within six months of arrival; and if she will make a statement. | | (160102) | 293
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles that have incurred (a) 0 to 10, (b) 11 to 50 and (c) 51 and over unpaid penalty charges for decriminalised traffic contraventions; and if she will make a statement. | | (160103) | 294
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of foreign registered passenger vehicles that belong to (a) immigrants, (b) migrant workers and (c) tourists and other short term visitors; and if she will make a statement. | | (160104) | 295
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures she plans to take to improve the collection of data on foreign registered passenger vehicles entering the UK. | | (160105) | 296
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles entering the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (160106) | 297
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the compliance rate of the drivers of foreign registered passenger vehicles with civil and criminal legislation and regulation in England and Wales. | | (160107) | 298
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether analysis of the costs and benefits of Heathrow expansion was taken into account in the findings of the latest Attitudes to Noise from Aircraft Sources study; and if she will make a statement. | | (160384) | 299
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the findings of the latest Attitudes to Noise from Aircraft Sources study will be used in relation to the forthcoming consultation on Heathrow expansion; and if she will make a statement. | | (160386) | 300
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to apply for a temporary derogation in relation to nitrogen dioxide air pollution around Heathrow Airport; and if she will make a statement. | | (160387) | 301
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures her Department is putting in place to achieve compliance with the European Union targets for reductions in nitrogen dioxide pollution by 2010; and if she will make a statement. | | (160388) | 302
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling her Department has undertaken of runway lengths in relation to Heathrow Airport's expansion; and if she will make a statement. | | (160430) | 303
| Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to model the public health impacts of proposals for Heathrow expansion; whether public health modelling will inform the consultation document on Heathrow Airport expansion; and if she will make a statement. | | (160431) | 304
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what dates her Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160322) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which financial years since 2001 her Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160341) | 306
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160403) | 307
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160409) | 308
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hit-and-run accidents there were in the Peterborough constituency in each of the last five years; and how many accidents resulted in (a) injury and (b) death. | | (160216) | 309
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June 2005, Official Report, column 1266W, on the M3, what estimate she has made of the level of road traffic noise between junctions 5 and 7 of the M3 motorway calculated using her Department's traffic noise model for each year since 1995. | | (159584) | 310
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of road traffic pollution were (a) estimated and (b) recorded in the vicinity of junctions 5 to 7 of the M3 motorway in each year since 1995; and if she will make a statement. | | (159585) | 311
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average daily traffic flow was (a) between junctions 5 and 6 of the M3 motorway, (b) between junctions 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway and (c) entering and leaving junctions 5, 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway in each year since 1995; and if she will make a statement. | | (159586) | 312
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that grants to local authorities to cover the concessionary bus pass scheme fully reflect the number of (a) qualifying residents in and (b) visitors to an area. | | (160096) | 313
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people held full UK driving licences in (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (160120) | 314
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Trinity House on the working hours regulation of pilots on the Thames. | | (158485) | 315
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on the availability of pilots for the river Thames and the Thames estuary. | | (158486) | 316
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is for fishermen to make claims under the London Gateway Port reclamation area disturbance payment compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (159057) | 317
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on progress on the compensation to be paid to fishermen under the London Gateway Port disturbance payment compensation scheme. | | (159058) | 318
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the London Gateway Port on road congestion in Essex; and if she will make a statement. | | (160219) | 319
| Bob Spink (Castle Point):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the impact of the London Gateway Port on twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity demand at other English ports; and if she will make a statement. | | (160220) | 320
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age is of rolling stock providing (a) inter-city services, (b) commuter services in London and the South East and (c) local regional rail services. | | (159813) | 321
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on rolling stock for (a) inter-city services, (b) commuter services in London and the South East and (c) local regional rail services in each of the last 10 years. | | (159814) | 322
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure that smartcard-based passes are issued and all buses have smartcard readers before the start of the English concessionary bus fares scheme. | | (159815) | 323
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of motorists who used their vehicles to drive (a) fewer than five miles, (b) between five and 25 miles and (c) more than 25 miles in each of the last five years. | | (159656) | 324
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage the use of smartcards as means of paying for public transport in the UK. | | (160111) | 325
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the inter-operability of local congestion charging schemes. | | (160112) | 326
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects a national road pricing scheme to be implemented. | | (160113) | 327
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contributions to the cost of Crossrail will be made by (a) the Corporation of London, (b) the Canary Wharf Group and (c) BAA. | | (160246) | 328
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure interoperability between the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation and Oyster smart cards on the public transport network. | | (160278) | 329
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her officials have had with train operating companies on the effect on fares of increases in franchise premia payments. | | (160279) | 330
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent meetings she has attended at which vehicle crime was discussed. | | (160436) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 331
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average percentage of pensioners' energy bills that was met by the winter fuel allowance in 2006; and what the estimated percentage is for 2007. | | (160359) | 332
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost of the winter fuel allowance is in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11 and (e) 2011-12. | | (160360) | 333
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the winter fuel allowance has been in each year since the scheme was established. | | (160361) | 334
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle long-term fuel poverty. | | (160362) | 335
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment on the recommendations of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits to reduce occupational exposure limit values for formaldehyde to 0.2 ppm for 8-hour time weighted average and to 0.4 ppm for short-term exposure limits (up to 15 minutes). | | (160222) | 336
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults of working age were claiming incapacity benefits in (a) each Welsh unitary authority, (b) each English region, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland (i) in 1997, (ii) in 2001, (iii) in 2005 and (iv) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (160234) | 337
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides financial support to terminally ill people without an estate, next of kin or life insurance, to assist them in making personal arrangements for their funerals. | | (160433) | 338
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning in private student accommodation. | | (160204) | 339
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly expenditure is on jobseeker's allowance claimants, excluding the benefit, by Jobcentre Plus (a) for the first three months and (b) thereafter. | | (160081) | 340
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (160323) | 341
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (160342) | 342
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (160394) | 343
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (160404) | 344
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women aged 60 and over and (b) men aged 65 and over will have accrued 30 years or less National Insurance contributions before April 2010. | | (160392) | 345
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the net annual cost for each year from 2008 to 2025 of (a) paying the basic state pension at its current level, increased annually in line with average earnings to (i) all pensioners and (ii) all pensioners who have accrued at least 30 years of National Insurance contributions, (b) raising the basic state pension to the current level of the Pensions Credit Guarantee, increased annually in line with average earnings and paying it to (A) all pensioners and (B) all pensioners who have accrued at least 30 years of National Insurance contributions and (c) raising the basic state pension to 60 per cent. of median population income, increased annually in line with average earnings and paying it to (1) all pensioners and (2) all pensioners who have accrued at least 30 years of National Insurance contributions. | | (160397) | 346
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of adults of working age in Peterborough constituency were claiming incapacity benefits in each year since 1997. | | (160209) | 347
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he is making in updating Health and Safety Leaflet INDG209 to contain information on the use of automated tanning salons. | | (160208) | 348
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government will adopt the recommendations of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits to reduce occupational exposure limit values for formaldehyde to 0.2 ppm for eight-hour time weighted average and to 0.4 ppm for short-term exposure limits up to 15 minutes. | | (160389) | 349
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE's) Disease Reduction Programme has concluded its benchmarking exercise; what steps the HSE plans to take on workplace exposure limits for formaldehyde; and if he will make a statement. | | (160390) | 350
| Mr John Spellar (Warley):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many free television licences were issued in (a) Warley constituency and (b) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in each of the last five years. | | (160122) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 351
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures he is taking to encourage migrant workers to report instances of forced labour and exploitation. | | [Transferred] (160117) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 352
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many winter excess deaths there were in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1996-97. | | [Transferred] (160273) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 353
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Prime Minister's Office has spent on speech-coaching and related consultancy since 27th June 2007. | | [Transferred] (160289) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 354
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners have children; and how many children have a parent currently serving a prison sentence. | | [Transferred] (160118) | 355
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which companies contracts have been agreed on citizens' juries; and what value of payments has been agreed with each company. | | [Transferred] (160254) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 356
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Peterborough constituency were in receipt of disability living allowance in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (160213) |
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