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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 23 October 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 October 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 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 Tuesday 23 October of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 23 October see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, column 2030W, on fuel prices, what assessment he has made of the price variations for (a) unleaded and (b) diesel within the South West; and if he will make a statement. | | (159707) | 2
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with national suppliers of (a) unleaded and (b) diesel on regional variations in the price of petrol; and if he will make a statement. | | (159733) | 3
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what accountability mechanisms his Department uses to ensure the fair and competitive pricing of petrol; what complaint procedures are in place to allow customers to challenge regional variations in pricing; and if he will make a statement. | | (159734) | 4
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the average difference in the price of (a) unleaded and (b) diesel between urban and rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (159735) | 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160556) | 6
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, at which post offices proposed for closure in Portsmouth the postmaster has applied for a severance or redundancy payment. | | (160477) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 7
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will be subject to marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. under the 2008-09 tax and benefits system. | | (160299) | 8
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for child benefit in respect of children living outside the UK that have yet to be concluded originated in each Government Office Region. | | (159060) | 9
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the last 12 editions of his Department's staff magazine. | | (159061) | 10
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160540) | 11
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the figure of £145 for the value of goods that can be imported into the UK from outside the EU without paying tax was reached; when this figure was last revised; if he will make it his policy to index that figure in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement. | | (160083) | 12
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gender ratio was for children born in England and Wales in each income decile in the last year for which data is available. | | (160492) | 13
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many divorces occurred in families with (a) one relevant male child and (b) one relevant female child in the last year for which data are available. | | (160493) | 14
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates which were charged inheritance tax were the estates of widows or widowers in each year since 1997; and of these how many were valued as being between the value of the inheritance tax lower threshold and twice the value of the inheritance tax lower threshold. | | (160521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 15
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160555) | 16
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to extend free early years education places for two year olds piloted in local authorities in 2007; when the scheme is likely to be rolled out in Blackpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (160508) | 17
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teacher vacancies there were in local authority maintained (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) England, (B) the South East and (C) Hampshire constituencies in each year since 2000. | | (160226) | 18
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will have discussions with colleagues in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to consider what steps can be taken to prevent use of the internet as a vehicle for bullying. | | (160224) | 19
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government intends to take in response to the judgment in the case of Stuart Dimmock v the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on the showing of Al Gore's film on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, in schools in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (160454) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 20
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether there are rules governing donations by senior civil servants to political parties in foreign countries. | | (160377) | 21
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160557) | 22
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance has been given to local authorities and primary care trusts on practical aspects of commissioning of services from the voluntary sector, particularly on (a) funding arrangements for a period longer than one financial year and (b) agreeing common reporting mechanisms where more than one public body is commissioning or funding a service. | | (160225) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 23
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what efficiency savings her Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160554) | 24
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 reasons were for the level of redundancy payments; and if she will make a statement. | | (160295) | 25
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that a copy of the draft feasibility study and completed feasibility study on a sporting village for Chorley commissioned by the North West Regional Development Agency is placed in the Library. | | (160447) | 26
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what process was followed by Firebuy Limited in setting the technical specifications for procurement on behalf of the Fire and Rescue Service; what mechanism is in place to provide assurance in relation to this process; what recent (a) discussions she has had and (b) representations she has received from (i) the Fire and Rescue Service and (ii) others on the (A) procedures and practices, (B) conclusions and (C) overall performance against objectives of Firebuy Limited in relation to the Integrated Clothing Project; and if she will make a statement. | | (160485) | 27
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Firebuy Limited has spent on determining the (a) items and (b) item specifications of procurement on behalf of the Fire and Rescue Service; and over what period of time such determination was conducted. | | (160486) | 28
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the summary of stakeholder responses to the public consultation on proposals for unitary status in Exeter. | | (160476) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 SR04 targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160553) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 30
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Greenwich Hospital, Middleton Estate at Belford, Northumberland, is being marketed in separate lots; what information is being provided to farm and cottage tenants about the progress of the sale; and if he will make a statement. | | (159113) | 31
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records his Department holds on how many (a) British service personnel, (b) medical auxiliaries, (c) UK Atomic Energy Authority personnel, (d) Atomic Weapons Research Establishment personnel and (e) others took part in the British nuclear testing programme in the Pacific and Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. | | (160505) | 32
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what categories of records of human exposure to radiation during (a) British nuclear warhead tests and (b) plutonium dispersal tests at Maralinga are held by the Health Protection Agency. | | (160506) | 33
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the title is of each document relating to British nuclear tests in (a) Australia, (b) Christmas Island and (c) Malden Island that has been withheld from public release at the National Archives. | | (160507) | 34
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the potential adverse health effects of the use of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane to control flies on Christmas and Malden Islands during their use in British nuclear warhead tests. | | (160509) | 35
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) was invited to attend and (b) attended the meetings on nuclear test veterans held on 15th and 16th October 2007 at the House of Commons, chaired by the hon. Members for Norwich North and Billericay. | | (160527) | 36
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on Fijian nationals who were present at the British nuclear tests in the Pacific. | | (160529) | 37
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance has been given to regimental commanding officers about the circumstances in which they may speak to their constituency hon. Members. | | (160460) | 38
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether army officers are required to seek permission from his Department before holding discussions with hon. and right hon. Members. | | (160470) | 39
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many frontline personnel were casualty evacuations during 12 Brigade's operational tour in Helmand Province. | | (160227) | 40
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that NHS boards in Scotland are (a) aware of and (b) implementing their responsibilities in respect of the treatment of armed services personnel and veterans. | | (160510) | 41
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in accelerated access fees to provide service personnel and veterans with priority access to NHS facilities in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available. | | (160511) | 42
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160552) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 43
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efficiency savings his Department was required to make as part of its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets; what efficiency projects have been undertaken in the Department in pursuit of those targets; on what date each was initiated; and how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160551) | 44
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to co-ordinate efforts across Government to reduce the Government's carbon footprint. | | (159758) | 45
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made in establishing which countries are being approached by Japan to join the International Whaling Commission. | | (160292) | 46
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made in engaging in discussions about whaling with countries that vote with Japan at the International Whaling Commission but have no interest in whaling. | | (160294) | 47
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent fatal shooting of a chimpanzee at Whipsnade Zoo; and if he will make a statement. | | (159661) | 48
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines are in force to advise zoo owners of appropriate action to take when an animal escapes; whether requirements are in place to require the use of tranquilising darts rather than firearms; and if he will make a statement. | | (159662) | 49
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions of the growing of biofuels. | | (160474) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160550) | 51
| Anne Milton (Guildford):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the welfare of Christians in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (160473) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 52
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide match funding for the London Project's research into dry macular degeneration. | | (160298) | 53
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process the Government followed in deciding its policy and interpretation of Commission Directive 2006/14/EC on Infant Formula and Follow-on-Formula; and when it expects to announce related decisions. | | (160484) | 54
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salary including bonuses is of the Commercial Director of the Department of Health; and what other benefits he receives as part of his remuneration package. | | (160398) | 55
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many births there were at (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, (c) Darenth Valley Hospital, Dartford and (d) Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough in each of the last five years. | | (160464) | 56
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of providing maternity services at (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, (c) Darenth Valley Hospital, Dartford and (d) Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough in 2006-07. | | (160465) | 57
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered births there were under the auspices of (a) Bexley Care Trust, (b) Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust, (c) Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Primary Care Trust and (d) Bromley Care Trust in each of the last five years. | | (160466) | 58
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people attended accident and emergency at (a) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and (b) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich in each of the last five years. | | (160467) | 59
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes for patients admitted via accident and emergency under the responsibility of Bexley Primary Care Trust there were in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average age was of those patients. | | (160468) | 60
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reduction in NHS expenditure arising from the two-year price freeze on products in part 1X of the drug tariff. | | (160451) | 61
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of his Department's proposals for Part IX of the drug tariff on the workloads of specialist nurses. | | (160452) | 62
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish an impact assessment on the proposed changes to Storma and Incontinence appliances in Part IX of the drug tariff. | | (160453) | 63
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160549) | 64
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether decisions on the methods used for deep-cleaning hospitals will be made according to national or local guidelines. | | (160457) | 65
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people under the age of 16 years were diagnosed with hepatitis C in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (160518) | 66
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 59 years were diagnosed with hepatitis C in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (160528) | 67
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed by the Healthcare Commission to deal with NHS complaints; and what the cost was of administering this function in the last 12 months. | | (160471) | 68
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Healthcare Commission in dealing with NHS complaints; and if he will make a statement. | | (160472) | 69
| Mr David Willetts (Havant):To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the life expectancy at (a) birth, (b) 18, (c) 40 and (d) 60 years is for (i) men and (ii) women in each local authority area. | | (160491) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 70
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people arrested in the last 12 months had a DNA sample taken from them; and what factors are taken into account in deciding whether to take a DNA sample from an individual who has been arrested. | | (160300) | 71
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the special National Criminal Intelligence Service report on money-laundering in the Library. | | (160385) | 72
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 786W, on anti-terrorism control orders, how many of those subject to control orders (a) remain subject to a control order, (b) have been prosecuted under terrorism legislation, (c) have been deported and (d) are now free of all restrictions. | | (160558) | 73
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 786W, on control orders, how many of the seven individuals who have absconded have now been located and are under supervision. | | (160559) | 74
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a breakdown of the Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160548) | 75
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to bring under Parliamentary scrutiny the money spent by police forces on paying police informants. | | (160084) | 76
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by each police force on police informants in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (160085) | 77
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the levels of disruption caused by queues at Heathrow Airport passport control. | | (160489) | 78
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police funding for each police authority in England and Wales was spent at (a) central and (b) divisional level in each of the last 10 years, listed in descending order according to level of central spending. | | (160519) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 79
| Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the documents (a) Tackling Obesities: Future Choices and (b) Tackling Obesities Future Choices - Obesity System Atlas cost (i) to produce and (ii) to distribute. | | (160478) | 80
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160547) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 81
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the construction of the Women's Park in Lashkar Ga, Afghanistan; what the objectives of the project are; how much has been allocated to the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (160228) | 82
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160546) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 83
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on cinema systems in (a) prisons and (b) young offender institutions in each of the last three years. | | (160461) | 84
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) purchasing, (b) renting and (c) installing telephone systems for inmates in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (160469) | 85
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crimes are known to have been committed by offenders whilst on licence from prison in (a) 2002 and (b) 2006. | | (160560) | 86
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of (a) influenza, (b) Legionnaires' disease, (c) MRSA, (d) dysentery, (e) tuberculosis and (f) clostridium difficile there were within prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2000. | | (160561) | 87
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on voting rights for convicted prisoners. | | (160562) | 88
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of each type of food served in prisons in England and Wales was of (a) British, (b) English and (c) Welsh origin in the last year for which figures are available. | | (160563) | 89
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the starting salary for prison officers was in May 1997, in 2007-08 prices. | | (160564) | 90
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been issued to prison governors and officers on the showing of 18 certificate films in prisons and young offenders institutions. | | (160565) | 91
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2007, Official Report, column 1160W, on prison accommodation, whether any modular temporary prison units will be withdrawn in the next five years. | | (160566) | 92
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2095W, on prison accommodation: Wales, if he will list the potential sites in Wales which are being investigated as possible sites for new prison development. | | (160158) | 93
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160545) | 94
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his definition is of a working day in connection with a coroner's responsibility to contact next of kin with reference to his Department's latest draft charter for the bereaved. | | (160488) | 95
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates have absconded from Sudbury open prison since the beginning of the year; how many of these were convicted murderers; and what further steps he is taking to ensure that persons sent to prison remain in custody. | | (159660) | 96
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many interpreters in (a) Lithuanian, (b) Czech, (c) Polish, (d) Bulgarian, (e) Estonian, (f) Arabic, (g) Hungarian, (h) Romanian and (i) Slovakian were employed (i) full and (ii) part time in the criminal courts or doing associated work in (A) the Greater London area and (B) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (160301) | 97
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost was of (a) full and (b) part time interpreters in criminal cases or associated work in (i) the Greater London area and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (160302) | 98
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which four languages required the most interpreters in courts in (a) the Greater London area and (b) England and Wales in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (160303) | 99
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full and (b) part time interpreters were employed for court work or associated matters in (i) the Greater London area and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (160304) | 100
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South):To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the contribution that structured volunteering can make to restorative justice; and if he will make a statement. | | (160223) | Questions to the Leader of the House 101
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):To ask the Leader of the House, if she will (a) publish and (b) place in the Library before 25th October all responses to the consultation on the draft legislative programme. | | (160297) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 102
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160544) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 103
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington):To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she has taken to promote relevant training and development opportunities in those boroughs where hosting the London Olympics in 2012 is likely to create jobs; and if she will make a statement. | | (160520) | Questions to the Prime Minister 104
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 819W, on 10 Downing Street: official hospitality, for what reason he did not provide the information requested on (a) hon. Members, (b) former hon. Members and (c) Peers who are not members of the Labour Party. | | (160449) | 105
N | Norman Baker (Lewes):To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 1st October 2007, Official Report, column 820W, on Tony Blair, for what reason he did not give the date of his last meeting with Tony Blair. | | (160450) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 106
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160543) | Questions to the Solicitor General 107
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Solicitor General, if she will place in the Library a breakdown of the Law Officer's Departments' efficiency savings in relation to their Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160542) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 108
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on the roads. | | (159520) | 109
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to improve the availability of public transport in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry. | | (159810) | 110
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many practical driving tests were conducted with an interpreter in the car in each of the last three years. | | (160462) | 111
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving theory tests were conducted in a language other than English or Welsh in each of the last three years. | | (160463) | 112
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow process in each year since 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (160393) | 113
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which other organisations also provided funding in relation to work carried out as part of the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow; how much was provided in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (160400) | 114
N | Mr John Grogan (Selby):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th July 2007, Official Report, column 1580W, on the A69, Greenhead, if she will publish the agreement made in 1983 between the Ministry of Transport and the Northumberland County Council on the A69 Greenhead Diversion Scheme Project. | | (160459) | 115
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a breakdown of her Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160541) | 116
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ban heavy goods vehicles from using the third lane of the M18 motorway north of junction 6 in both directions whilst the current roadworks are taking place and the inside lane is not in use. | | (159658) | 117
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason roadworks have commenced at the northernmost part of the M18 motorway on both carriageways whilst roadworks are still taking place just beyond the southern end of the M18 motorway on the M1; why such roadworks could not be phased so as to take place consecutively rather than concurrently; and if she will make a statement. | | (159659) | 118
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to allow safety camera partnerships to have access to (a) information on whether a vehicle is (i) insured and (ii) has an MOT and (b) other driver or vehicle information. | | (160086) | 119
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the implementation of a renewable transport fuel obligation does not damage rain forests. | | (160475) | 120
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the AirTrack proposals since BAA announced that they have agreed to provide the funding for the promotion of a Transport and Works Act (1992) Order for the project; and if she will make a statement. | | (160448) | 121
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place between Ministers and officials of her Department and the Home Department to co-ordinate activities at Heathrow Airport, with particular reference to improving conditions for users of the airport. | | (160490) | 122
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will establish a dedicated unit within her Department to work with organisations working to re-open dismantled railways. | | (159767) | 123
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Minister has responsibility for (a) the Government Car and Dispatch Agency, (b) Passenger Focus, (c) legislative priorities, (d) relations with devolved administrations, (e) freedom of information, (f) deregulation and (g) finance in her Department; and for what reasons these roles were not set out in the Cabinet Office List of Ministerial Responsibilities, October 2007. | | (160499) | 124
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September 2007, Official Report, column 2192W, on Gateway reviews, what percentage of the projects which returned (a) red, (b) amber and (c) green upon Gateway reviews have subsequently been successful. | | (160500) | 125
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had on (a) improving the MOT fee-setting process and (b) the possible deregulation of fees for MOTs. | | (160501) | 126
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date she plans to open a consultation on proposals to improve the MOT fee-setting process and the possible deregulation of MOT fees. | | (160502) | 127
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on road maintenance in each of the last five years. | | (160512) | 128
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on road (a) building and (b) improvements in each of the last 10 years. | | (160513) | 129
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was ring-fenced by her Department for road projects over the last 10 years; and what projects were included. | | (160514) | 130
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to road (a) building, (b) improvements, (c) pricing and (d) other projects as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) 2007; and which projects are the result of CSR 2007 decisions. | | (160515) | 131
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken by her Department in relation to (a) research into, (b) development of and (c) preparation for a national road pricing scheme. | | (160516) | 132
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have been employed by her Department to work on research, development and preparation for a national road pricing scheme over the last five years. | | (160517) | 133
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason road project each categorised on the Highway Agency's website as on hold is so categorised. | | (160522) | 134
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations she and her predecessors have held on the use of High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes since 2004. | | (160523) | 135
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the 2004 Highways Agency feasibility study into High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes. | | (160524) | 136
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the General Lighthouse Fund (a) received from and (b) paid to the Commissioners of Irish Lights in each of the last 10 years. | | (160525) | 137
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential impact of the sale of spectrum access on (a) British ports and (b) British shipping and freight companies. | | (160526) | 138
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on carrying out Gateway Reviews in each of the last five years, broken down by budget heading. | | (160530) | 139
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the Ministerial Design Champion is; and what his or her role entails. | | (160531) | 140
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 16th October 2007, Official Report, columns 971-2, on Departments: secondments, in what teams the seconded members of staff have worked during the course of their secondment. | | (160532) | 141
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 16th October 2007, Official Report, columns 971-2, on Departments: secondments, when each seconded member of staff joined her Department. | | (160533) | 142
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 16th October 2007, Official Report, columns 971-2, on Departments: secondments, what measures are in place to ensure that seconded staff do not work on matters which may affect their official employer. | | (160534) | 143
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 16th October 2007, Official Report, columns 971-2, on Departments: secondments, what requirements for confidentiality are placed on staff seconded to her Department from outside Government. | | (160535) | 144
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2007, Official Report, column 1094W, on railways: rolling stock, how many extra rail carriages will be introduced in each stage; and on which lines. | | (160536) | 145
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what means she plans to ensure that the Crossrail project offers best value for money in its construction and implementation. | | (160537) | 146
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial controls she will place on those carrying out work on Crossrail. | | (160538) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 147
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham):To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the responses received by the Wales Office to the Government's consultation on its legislative programme. | | (160296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 148
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington will answer the letter of the 29th May 2007 from the hon. Member for Birkenhead. | | (160455) | 149
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform will answer the letter of 24th August 2007 from the hon. Member for Birkenhead. | | (160456) | 150
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's efficiency savings in relation to its Spending Review 2004 (SR04) targets, including (a) the efficiency projects in the Department, (b) the date on which they were initiated and (c) how much each was predicted to contribute to the SR04 target. | | (160539) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 151
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw):To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether coalminers required to remain working in collieries during the Second World War will be deemed eligible for a Bevin Boy badge from his Department. | | [Transferred] (160458) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 152
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of her Department's policy of encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in public sector contracts when awarding the contract under the Integrated Clothing Project for the Fire and Rescue Service; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (160487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 153
N | Justine Greening (Putney):To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department received a letter of a formal notice from the European Union Commission for failing to meet its legal obligations in relation to (a) sulphur dioxide and (b) nitrogen dioxide pollution of the air; if he will place in the Library a copy of such correspondence; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (160399) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 154
N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last met representatives of First Group; and what the subject was of their discussions. | | [Question Unstarred] (159760) | 155
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West):To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of 20 mph zones in reducing the incidence of child casualties and improving road safety; and if she will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (159763) |
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