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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 12 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 12 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 November 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 12 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 12 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 691W, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not part of the HQ estate and which buildings not part of the HQ estate (i) are and (ii) are not fully accessible to disabled people. | | (163915) | 2
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many transactions over post office counters in the City of York there were in each of the last five years; what the value was of each; how much the Post Office charges for each payment made to local authorities over post office counters; and which local authorities (a) pay the charge in whole, (b) pay part of the charge on behalf of the customer and (c) require the customer to pay the charge in full. | | (163933) | 3
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he was informed of the Prime Minister's decision to close the Defence Export Services Organisation and to move part of its remit to UK Trade and Investment. | | (162996) | 4
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the implications of the Comprehensive Spending Review are for funding of (a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency and (b) the decommissioning of nuclear power stations. | | (162904) | 5
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which decommissioning contracts and works at Winfrith have been the subject of a gateway review by the Office of Government Commerce; and which proposals in the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency's three-year business plan will be the subject of future Gateway reviews. | | (162905) | 6
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people in Scotland earn the minimum wage; what percentage of the population in work this figure represents; and if he will make a statement. | | (163526) | 7
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Office of Fair Trading on (a) the improvement of information for consumers in relation to the total cost of buying event entertainment tickets and (b) the rules governing event entertainment advertising; and if he will make a statement. | | (163090) | 8
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has made any request, or otherwise indicated, that it wishes to extend the operating life of the B205 reprocessing plant at Sellafield beyond its current planned closure date of 2012. | | (163672) | 9
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will publish an update on the review of security arrangements for nuclear waste storage being undertaken by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. | | (163857) | 10
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many meetings of the Infosec forum on nuclear security information have been held in the last 12 months; which organisations attend the forum; whether the funding comes from the budget of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security; and if he will publish the minutes of each meeting. | | (163898) | 11
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of pensioner householders were defined as being in fuel poverty in Stroud constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (163575) | 12
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to strengthen the regulation of the safety of toys; and what discussions he has had on the subject with the European Commission. | | (163642) | 13
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effects on rural areas of ending postal collections on Sundays. | | (162102) | 14
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost has been of re-branding his Department following the change in name from the Department of Trade and Industry. | | (162105) | 15
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has (a) made and (b) evaluated of the potential effects on remaining post offices as a result of the Post Office Ltd. closure programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163780) | 16
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans his Department has to provide extra capacity at post offices that act as alternative branches under Post Office Ltd. closure programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163781) | 17
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations his Department has made to Post Office Ltd. on taking account of future population and demographic projections in plans for post office closures; and if he will make a statement. | | (163783) | 18
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if his Department will make representations to Post Office Ltd. on taking into account deprivation at local government ward level when considering post office closures; and if he will make a statement. | | (163784) | 19
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 3rd May 2007, Official Report, column 186W, on Iran: export credits guarantees, what conclusions have been reached on the applicability of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 to the provision of export credits to Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (163949) | 20
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what motorsport experience was required for members of the board of Motorsport Development UK in each of the last five years. | | (163791) | 21
| Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which international exhibitions have been attended by representatives of Motorsport Development UK; at which such exhibitions the organisation maintained a stand; and how much was spent on such activities in each of the last three years. | | (163923) | 22
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on promoting the automation of British manufacturing; and what incentives are available for those companies who wish to automate. | | (163874) | 23
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what productivity per worker is in the UK; what information his Department holds on equivalent figures for (a) the USA, (b) Germany, (c) France, (d) China and (e) India; and if he will make a statement. | | (163875) | 24
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effects of increased use of industrial robots on UK industrial productivity. | | (163876) | 25
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effects on the costs of UK manufacturing industry investment of increased use of industrial robots. | | (163877) | 26
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on proposals by the European Union to cut the cost of mobile telephone calls throughout the EU. | | (163545) | 27
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with Royal Mail on the provision of a free postcode database for use by charities. | | (163912) | 28
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of how many employees in the manufacturing industry working in England reside in Wales. | | (162497) | 29
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what he expects the estimated annual cost to be of (a) expenses, (b) salary, (c) office space, (d) administrative support and (e) special advisers for Lord Jones of Birmingham in his capacity as Minister of State. | | (163488) | 30
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many citizens' juries were arranged for his Department for each year between 1997 and June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (163602) | 31
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163614) | 32
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information his Department holds on statutory national minimum wages in (a) each EU member state, (b) the United States, (c) China, (d) India, (e) Russia and (f) Japan expressed in (i) local currency and (ii) sterling (purchasing power parity) in each case. | | (163075) | 33
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many public telephone boxes are in use. | | (163420) | 34
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who the special advisers in his Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163421) | 35
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when his Department plans to publish a formal response to the recently concluded consultation on the future of nuclear power; and if his Department will publish a list of all respondents to the consultation. | | (162998) | 36
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any proposed designs for new nuclear power stations have been received by his Department for generic design assessment. | | (162999) | 37
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects his Department to approve the first pre-authorisation consent for new nuclear power stations. | | (163000) | 38
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budget is for the North West Development Agency in financial years (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. | | (163001) | 39
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) research and (b) development grants were awarded by the North West Development Agency in each of the last five financial years. | | (163002) | 40
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses within the Copeland area have declared bankruptcy in each of the last five financial years. | | (163003) | 41
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses within Copeland have ceased trading within (a) 12 months and (b) three years of starting to trade in the last five years. | | (163026) | 42
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK registered businesses trade (a) with Pakistan and (b) in Pakistan. | | (163042) | 43
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many new small businesses have been established within Copeland in the last five years; and how many received support and advice through (a) Business Link and (b) other agencies. | | (163043) | 44
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of business start up grants made to new businesses in Copeland was in the last five financial years. | | (163045) | 45
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many business support staff were employed by statutory agencies operating within the Copeland area in the last period for which figures are available. | | (163046) | 46
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of new job opportunities that have been created by the small business sector in Copeland in the last five years. | | (163047) | 47
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether sports clubs whose members pay for their membership by instalments are required to hold consumer credit licences; and if he will make a statement. | | (163106) | 48
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163678) | 49
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecasted total value is of each contract. | | (163811) | 50
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163980) | 51
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his appraisal of the feasibility of a Severn Barrage will include an appraisal of alternative methods of harnessing the tidal power of the River Severn; and if he will make a statement. | | (163527) | 52
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consideration the Government has given to the merits of adding combined heat and power to (a) Port Talbot, (b) Uskmouth and (c) New Pembroke power stations; what estimate he has made of the potential annual savings in terms of (i) primary energy input and (ii) carbon emission; and if he will make a statement. | | (162955) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 53
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 889W, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not considered main areas of the Treasury; and which buildings not considered main areas are not fully accessible to disabled people. | | (163913) | 54
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid by his Department to Goldman Sachs for its advice on Northern Rock. | | (162087) | 55
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he or another Minister in his Department was first advised by the Bank of England of its view that the bank depositors' protection scheme needed improvement. | | (162908) | 56
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the employee surveys relating to his Department for (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (162109) | 57
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS on tax credit administration, how many tax credit claimants have been mistakenly notified by HM Revenue and Customs that their finalised tax credit awards had been re-opened incorrectly and that overpayments would be remitted and what the value was of the remittances made to such tax credits claimants. | | (162396) | 58
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS on tax credit administration, how many tax credit claimants have been notified by HM Revenue and Customs that their finalised tax credit awards had been re-opened incorrectly and that overpayments would be remitted and what the value was of the remittances made to such tax credits claimants. | | (162397) | 59
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of VAT registration applications were processed within the target time in each of the last three calendar months. | | (162849) | 60
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of VAT registration applications received in 2007 were not processed within (a) 40, (b) 50 and (c) 60 days. | | (162850) | 61
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes in the prevalence of multiple births in England have taken place in the last 10 years. | | (163274) | 62
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many births there were in England in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the age of the mother at the time of birth. | | (163275) | 63
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of deaths in (a) the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, (b) Cornwall and (c) the UK were suicides in each of the last 10 years. | | (163279) | 64
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce tax relief from the new flat rate of capital gains tax announced in his pre-budget report for gains made on investments in second homes. | | (163280) | 65
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to monitor the effect of the changes to capital gains tax announced in his pre-budget report on the (a) number of and (b) trends in purchasing second homes. | | (163281) | 66
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were recorded due to listeria infections in each of the last five years. | | (162913) | 67
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tax credit claimants are consulted before deductions are made to compensate for overpayments. | | (163504) | 68
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to make the system for claiming tax credits simpler. | | (163505) | 69
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overpayments resulted from tax credit office error in each year since 2003; and of these how many are deemed recoverable. | | (163506) | 70
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to assist families in financial hardship as a result of tax credit overpayments. | | (163507) | 71
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the implications are for Iranian banks based in the UK of the designation of Iranian entities and individuals for proliferation activities and support for terrorism by the United States on 25th October. | | (163896) | 72
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps will have to be taken by the UK in response to the 25th October designation of Bank Melli and its branches and subsidiaries by the United States in relation to proliferation activities and support for terrorism. | | (163897) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the indexation relief claimed on the disposal of (a) business assets and (b) non-business assets in each year since 1997. | | (162907) | 74
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average market value was of share options exercised under the Enterprise Management Incentive scheme in each year since 2001-02. | | (162967) | 75
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of taper relief since inception on the length of time (a) business and (b) non-business assets were held. | | (162968) | 76
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the value of unutilised indexation relief. | | (162978) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the receipts from capital gains tax were in each month since May 1997. | | (162979) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were (a) the number of disposals, (b) the disposal values, (c) the chargeable gains net of in-year losses before the deduction of taper relief and (d) the chargeable gains net of both in-year losses and the deduction of taper relief were for assets held up to (i) six months, (ii) one year, (iii) two years, (iv) three years, (v) four years, (vi) five years, (vii) 10 years and (viii) over 10 years for (A) business assets and (B) non-business assets in each year since 1997. | | (162981) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) the number of gains, (b) the amount of gains and (c) the amount of tax paid were on capital gains between (i) £1 and £9,999, (ii) £10,000 and £24,999, (iii) £25,000 and £99,999, (iv) £100,000 and £249,999, (v) £250,000 and £499,999, (vi) £500,000 and £999,999 and (vii) £1,000,000 and above for (A) business assets and (B) non-business assets in each year since 1997. | | (162982) | 80
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of ovarian cancer were (a) diagnosed and (b) cured in (i) Gateshead and (ii) Sunderland in each of the last 10 years. | | (163358) | 81
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of breast cancer were (a) diagnosed and (b) cured in (i) Gateshead and (ii) Sunderland in each of the last 10 years. | | (163359) | 82
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent estimate is of the cost over the next comprehensive spending review period of reversing the small companies rate increases announced in the 2007 budget. | | (163258) | 83
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million while maintaining the married couples transferable allowance over the comprehensive spending review period. | | (163259) | 84
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates of persons resident in Wales were liable to inheritance tax in each of the last three financial years. | | (163512) | 85
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of people in the UK who are eligible to claim non-domicile tax status; and if he will make a statement. | | (163436) | 86
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure liquidity in the financial markets following recent instability in the UK financial sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (163546) | 87
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has set HM Customs and Revenue a date by which to complete the review of tax credit cases referred to in the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS, on tax credit administration. | | (162386) | 88
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households HM Customs and Revenue has written to in respect of tax credit awards for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 with reference to the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS, on tax credit administration. | | (162387) | 89
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he has taken to deal with the tax credit cases affected by the administrative problems described in the Written Statement of 25th July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-3WS on tax credit administration. | | (162395) | 90
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163603) | 91
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median income is in the UK; how many people have less than (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40, (e) 50, (f) 60 and (g) 70 per cent. of that income; how many people have (i) 25, (ii) 50, (iii) 100, (iv) 200, (v) 300, (vi) 400, (vii) 500, (viii) 600, (ix) 700, (x) 800, (xi) 900, (xii) 1,000, (xiii) 2,000, (xiv) 5,000, (xv) 10,000 and (xvi) 20,000 per cent. higher incomes than that income; and what the threshold income is in each case. | | (163061) | 92
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he had discussions with Ministers from other EU states to consider co-ordinated action to outlaw the activities of vulture funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (162390) | 93
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the activities of vulture funds were discussed at the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank; and if he will make a statement. | | (162391) | 94
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy is on calls by the finance ministers of highly indebted poor countries for (a) codes of conduct to be agreed for creditors not to sell sovereign debts on secondary markets and (b) international lawyers not to represent litigants who sue poor countries in pursuit of these debts; and if he will make a statement. | | (162392) | 95
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent vulture funds operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (162958) | 96
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many requests to reconsider the recovery of overpayments of working tax credit were received by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (163392) | 97
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of compensation payments due to errors and delays in tax credit office administration in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (163393) | 98
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from national insurance contributions in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. | | (163394) | 99
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each parliamentary constituency have been in receipt of the incorrect level of working tax credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (163624) | 100
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who were born in Wales now live in England; and how many who were born in England now live in Wales. | | (162502) | 101
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163694) | 102
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers there are in the UK. | | (163167) | 103
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many skilled public sector jobs have been filled by Romanian and Bulgarian migrant workers since the accession of their countries to the EU. | | (163168) | 104
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the geographical distribution of Eastern European migrants in the UK. | | (163170) | 105
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value including all VAT and disbursements of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163707) | 106
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163971) | 107
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of VAT received by the public purse from telephone calls by members of the public inviled by television shows under false pretences. | | (162774) | 108
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will donate to the unclaimed registrar fund the VAT receipts from telephone calls invited under false pretences by television shows. | | (162969) | 109
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will donate to charity the VAT receipts from telephone calls invited under false pretences by television shows. | | (162970) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 110
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163953) | 111
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what arrangements are in place in England for teaching children in school about safe browsing of content on the internet; and if he will make a statement. | | (162099) | 112
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the likely demand for specialist qualified early years teachers for early years settings in each of the next three years. | | (162786) | 113
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what work Ofsted has undertaken in relation to the effectiveness of the collection by local authorities of information on private fostering in the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (162961) | 114
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department collects on the qualifications of existing childcare and early years workers in registered settings. | | (163354) | 115
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assesment he has made of the effect of the transformation fund on levels of qualifications held by the childcare and early years workforce. | | (163355) | 116
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of childcare and early years workers who have qualifications of a standard of less than NVQ Level 3. | | (163356) | 117
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken since 1997 to encourage more students to learn foreign languages at school. | | (162779) | 118
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken since 1997 to tackle problems of bullying in schools. | | (162780) | 119
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what action the Government has taken to encourage more families to consider adopting children since 1997. | | (162971) | 120
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what action the Government has taken to keep siblings together during fostering and adoption since 1997. | | (162972) | 121
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department has had with the No Outsiders Project; and if he will make a statement. | | (163835) | 122
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost has been of re-branding his Department following the change in name from the Department for Education and Skills. | | (162104) | 123
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of comprehensive schools have sixth forms. | | (163628) | 124
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of secondary schools were oversubscribed for admissions in 2007. | | (163629) | 125
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in the UK have a specialist dyslexia teacher with a relevant British Dyslexia Association approved qualification. | | (163005) | 126
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of schools in identifying dyslexia. | | (163006) | 127
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours of training on average were undertaken by teachers on dyslexia awareness in 2006-07. | | (163360) | 128
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been paid to Capita for that firm's work in assessing and selecting school improvement partners since the inception of the programme. | | (162110) | 129
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the amount paid by schools in England to teacher supply agencies in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (162111) | 130
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in each of the last five years, broken down by category of expenditure. | | (162112) | 131
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what outcomes were expected of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust for each category of funding allocated to it by his Department in each of the past five years; and if he will provide an assessment of how the organisation performed against each expected outcome. | | (162113) | 132
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact of the reduction of the basic need allocation for Milton Keynes on the future school building programme for the city. | | (162848) | 133
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department on (a) business class and (b) first class flights in the last 12 months. | | (163096) | 134
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department on first class train tickets in the last 12 months. | | (163097) | 135
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average SATs test scores by special educational needs pupils taught in mainstream schools were in each of the last 10 years. | | (163098) | 136
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each local education authority provide wraparound school care. | | (163099) | 137
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanism is available to (a) local authorities and (b) the Government to ensure that academy schools take appropriate numbers of (i) special educational needs students and (ii) students entitled to free school meals. | | (163100) | 138
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to his Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, columns 834-6W, on curriculum, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of children in year 11 in English schools taught each GCSE subject not listed in the table in the Answer for each year between 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163101) | 139
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the evidential basis is for his statement in the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, columns 389-90W, on A-level: standards, that improvements in success rates at A-level are a result of additional public expenditure on (a) teachers, (b) support staff and (c) school buildings; and if he will make a statement. | | (163102) | 140
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage score has been required for a GCSE in mathematics at grade C for each examination board in each year from 1997 to 2007. | | (163180) | 141
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what marks have been required in key stage (a) 2 and (b) 3 tests in (i) English and (ii) mathematics to achieve a level (A) 4 and (B) 5 in each year from 1997 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163181) | 142
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of secondary school pupils were taught in schools with more than (a) 1,000 pupils, (b) 1,500 pupils and (c) 2,000 pupils in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2005, (v) 2006 and (vi) 2007. | | (163182) | 143
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact of school meal costs on school meal uptake in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163183) | 144
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the merits and the costs of providing free school meals. | | (163184) | 145
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on his latest plans to claw back five per cent. of school year-end surpluses; and if he will publish the responses to the public consultation on the issue. | | (163185) | 146
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of how many local authorities are currently discharging each of their responsibilities in respect of permanently excluded children; and if he will make a statement. | | (163188) | 147
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Ofsted is up-to-date with its planned cycle of inspections; and if he will make a statement. | | (163189) | 148
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate of the total annual cost of school improvement partners is; and if he will make a statement. | | (163190) | 149
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of questions tabled to his Department for answer on a named day received a substantive reply on the day named since the establishment of his Department. | | (163191) | 150
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was paid by the Department for Education and Skills to Capita Group plc and its subsidiaries in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06. | | (163192) | 151
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): 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. | | (163193) | 152
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest. | | (163194) | 153
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments his Department and its predecessor made to Geronimo Communications in each year since 1997. | | (163195) | 154
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on official hospitality in the last 12 months. | | (163196) | 155
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its prececessor spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio, (c) print media and (d) other matters. | | (163197) | 156
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what target his Department has adopted on the maximum time taken to respond to hon. Members' correspondence; and what performance against that target was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (163198) | 157
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people were employed by his Department and its predecessor on 1st January in each of the last five years; and how many of these staff were (a) permanent employees, (b) temporary staff and (c) contractors. | | (163199) | 158
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which are the 200 lowest performing primary schools in terms of (a) SATs results and (b) value added over the last 10 years. | | (163200) | 159
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which are the 200 lowest performing secondary schools in terms of (a) GCSE results, (b) value added and (c) the number of pupils leaving with no GCSE grade A to C passes over the last 10 years. | | (163201) | 160
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and which academies have reached recognition agreements with (a) teaching unions and (b) unions representing other members of staff. | | (163202) | 161
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what qualifications are required to be an examiner for (a) A-levels and (b) GCSEs. | | (163203) | 162
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints have been made to him about the marking of Key Stage 3 English SATs in 2007. | | (163204) | 163
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants have reached NVQ level (a) 2 and (b) 3 of the Training Development for School programme. | | (163205) | 164
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what programmes are in place to provide looked-after-children with access to one-to-one reading tuition. | | (163206) | 165
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that looked-after-children do not fall behind other pupils with their reading skills. | | (163207) | 166
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the name is of each special adviser in his Department. | | (163208) | 167
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have been appointed to his Department outside Civil Service grades in the last 30 days. | | (163209) | 168
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on taxis in the last 12 months. | | (163210) | 169
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many press officers are employed by his Department. | | (163211) | 170
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether people aged between 16 to 18 years in full-time education studying in (a) school sixth forms, (b) sixth form colleges, (c) further education colleges and (d) academies, whose parents fulfil the qualifying criteria in other respects, are entitled to free lunches; and if he will make a statement. | | (163222) | 171
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what diplomas he intends to have in place by the years (a) 2013 and (b) 2015. | | (163290) | 172
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what public benefit test is applied to private schools for charitable purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (163291) | 173
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the teachers' pension scheme is funded out of the budget for his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (163292) | 174
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies sponsored by the local authority (a) exist and (b) are planned in Manchester; and if he will make a statement. | | (163293) | 175
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether it is his policy that the main sponsor of an academy can be a local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (163294) | 176
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in reviewing the standards of GCSE modern language examinations and their level of difficulty in comparison with other GCSE examinations; and if he will make a statement. | | (163295) | 177
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made in reaching its objective that between 50 and 90 per cent. of a school's Key Stage 4 cohort should study a foreign language leading to a recognised qualification. | | (163296) | 178
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on the operation of the proposed academic diplomas; how many separate subjects will have to be taught for these in respect of each diploma for those pupils above Key Stage 4; and what financial provision he proposes to make for the diplomas. | | (163297) | 179
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage score was required for a GCSE pass in mathematics at Grade A for each examination board in each year from 1997 to 2007. | | (163306) | 180
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the average cost of a day place at a private school. | | (163307) | 181
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the most recent GCSE performance measures are for each secondary school in Tower Hamlets; and if he will make a statement. | | (163308) | 182
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children took (a) GCSEs and (b) A-levels in Tower Hamlets local authority area in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007; and how many of them achieved (A) five or more A* to C GCSEs and (B) better than or equal to one A grade and two B grades at A-level; and if he will make a statement. | | (163309) | 183
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies have performance figures for five or more GCSE exams at grades A* to C, including mathematics and English, of below 30 per cent. in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (163310) | 184
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of children known to be eligible for free school meals in each academy and its predecessor school for each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (163311) | 185
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the average levels of (a) pay and (b) qualifications for school teaching assistants; and if he will make a statement. | | (163312) | 186
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in (a) Somerset, (b) Surrey and (c) Derbyshire have free school meal eligibility of above 20 per cent.; what their level of funding per pupil is in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (163313) | 187
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have eligibility levels for free school meals of 20 per cent. or more in local authorities with overall eligibility levels for that type of school of less than 15 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. | | (163314) | 188
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he proposes to raise the minimum level of qualifications required for teachers in maintained schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (163315) | 189
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what data his Department holds on the qualifications achieved by those applying for initial teacher training programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (163316) | 190
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many entrants to initial teacher training programmes had (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science GCSE grades of (i) A/A*, (ii) B and (iii) C in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (163317) | 191
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools demonstrate a surplus on their school meals service; and if he will make a statement. | | (163318) | 192
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether schools may spend profits on their school meal services in other areas of school expenditure; and if he will make a statement. | | (163319) | 193
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the most recent attendance figures are for pupils in each school year from year three to year 11; and if he will make a statement. | | (163320) | 194
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which period of the school year is used for the measurement of school attendance by pupils in each year group; and if he will make a statement. | | (163321) | 195
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on his plans for music education in schools. | | (163322) | 196
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) young people and (b) all people consulted by his Department (i) supported, (ii) opposed and (ii) neither supported nor opposed the Government's proposal to extend the education leaving age to 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163323) | 197
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to place new duties on employers in relation to education and training for young people between the ages of 16 and 18 years. | | (163324) | 198
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on employment opportunities for young people aged 16 to 18 years of the Government's plans to raise the education leaving age to 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163325) | 199
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the evidential basis is for compulsory training or education for 17 and 18 year olds being economically beneficial for (a) individuals and (b) the public purse; and if he will make a statement. | | (163326) | 200
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of registered childminders have a Level 3 qualification; and if he will make a statement. | | (163327) | 201
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date he plans to publish the Government's Strategy Paper on Pay and Rewards for the Early Years and Childcare Sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (163328) | 202
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at what level he intends to fix the registration fee for registered childminders on the compulsory early years register; what account will be taken of affordability in setting that level; and if he will make a statement. | | (163329) | 203
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): 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. | | (163382) | 204
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): 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. | | (163383) | 205
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): 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 2020-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value is of each such asset; and what the expected revenue is from each such sale. | | (163384) | 206
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have agreed co-sponsorship arrangements under the Academies Programme. | | (163385) | 207
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 19th July 2007, Official Report, column 531W, on Departments: cost effectiveness, what the target is for efficiency savings to be divided between the two newly created departments. | | (163386) | 208
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average number of hours worked per week was for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers in each of the last five years. | | (163427) | 209
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there are in each (i) Government region and (ii) local education authority. | | (163428) | 210
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what areas it is proposed that his Department will achieve annual net cash savings of £4.5 billion by 2010-11, as set out in the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (163429) | 211
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of total spending by schools on provision of equipment for collecting fingerprints of pupils in each year between 2003-04 and 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163430) | 212
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many assaults there were on school teachers in 2005-06 which led to exclusions, broken down by (a) category of assault and (b) local education authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (163431) | 213
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of child sexual abuse committed by family members or carers of the victim; and if he will make a statement. | | (163432) | 214
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) target and (b) outturn numbers of recruits to initial teacher training in each secondary school subject were in each year since 2001-02; what the target is for 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (163433) | 215
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the likely percentage increase in total schools capital allocation in real terms between 2008-09 and 2010-11 for each English local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (163434) | 216
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what capital expenditure on schools per pupil was in each English (a) region and (b) local authority in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07 in real terms using 2005-06 prices; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for 2007-08 to 2014-15. | | (163435) | 217
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the expenditure on the Building Schools for the Future programme was (a) in each local authority area and (b) on each school covered by the project in 2006-07; what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for 2007-08 to 2021-22; and if he will make a statement. | | (163437) | 218
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of insurance taken out by schools in respect of school trips was in each year since 1997. | | (163438) | 219
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school trips abroad were made by schools in each (a) Government region and (b) local education authority in each of the last 10 years. | | (163439) | 220
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the average number of hours spent on school sports per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1996-97. | | (163440) | 221
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each local education authority area applied for expansion in each year since 1996-97; how many requests were granted in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (163441) | 222
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what expenditure on schools was as a proportion of gross domestic product in each year since 1997; what estimate he has made of the likely proportion in each year until 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (163442) | 223
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria determine whether a school can apply to be an academy; whether he plans to alter these criteria; and if he will make a statement. | | (163443) | 224
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the (a) consistency and (b) quality of the marking of Key Stage 3 English tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (163444) | 225
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools have refused to have their pupils take the Key Stage 3 English tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (163445) | 226
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of the Key Stage 3 literacy tests were marked by overseas markers in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (163446) | 227
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the costs of administering national tests at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2, (c) Key Stage 3, (d) Key Stage 4 and (e) AS level were in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163447) | 228
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost of the national examination and national testing systems in England was for all maintained schools in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. | | (163448) | 229
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the likely number of academies in England in each year until 2020; and if he will make a statement. | | (163449) | 230
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of school time spent preparing for Key Stage 2 tests by children in year 6; and if he will make a statement. | | (163450) | 231
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to introduce the formal teaching of modern languages at an earlier stage in the schools system. | | (163451) | 232
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) maintained and (b) independent schools which introduced (i) international GCSEs and (ii) the International Baccalaureate in each year from 1997 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163452) | 233
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many modular exams for (a) AS levels and (b) A2 levels have been re-taken at least once by students in each year from 1997 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163453) | 234
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were (a) permanently and (b) temporarily excluded from school for physical assault against (i) a pupil and (ii) an adult in (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05, (C) 2005-06 and (D) 2006-07. | | (163454) | 235
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what response his Department has made to the recommendation from the General Teaching Council in 2006 that the Government should introduce a sample test of pupils in English schools on an annual basis across the whole curriculum; and if he will make a statement. | | (163455) | 236
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether it is his policy to retain (a) GCSE and (b) A level qualifications. | | (163532) | 237
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what subjects will be studied as part of the new diplomas in (a) construction and the built environment, (b) creative arts and media, (c) engineering, (d) information technology and (e) society, health and development; and if he will make a statement. | | (163533) | 238
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether it is the policy of his Department to regard trends in examination results in England as reliable quantitative indicators of long-term changes in educational standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (163534) | 239
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of more modular examinations at GCSE and A level on examination results since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163535) | 240
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of per pupil deprivation-related funding for each school in England for the latest 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (163536) | 241
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on the different methodologies used by local authorities to distribute deprivation-related funding. | | (163537) | 242
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what total expenditure has been incurred by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in each (a) month and (b) quarter since April 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163538) | 243
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what evidence he has assessed from international surveys of improvements in educational standards in England since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163539) | 244
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what subjects will be studied by students taking the new diplomas in (a) science, (b) languages and (c) humanities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163540) | 245
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what additional funding allocations will be made for the delivery of the new diplomas in each year from 2008-09 to 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (163541) | 246
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on his Department's new progress targets; what consultation has been carried out in relation to these targets; and when they will be implemented. | | (163542) | 247
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what costs were incurred by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for the hire of outside meeting rooms, broken down by (a) location and (b) general purpose of each meeting in 2006-07; how much has been incurred for the same purpose in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (163543) | 248
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils taking GCSEs secured a grade A*-C in both English and mathematics in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. | | (163544) | 249
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of year 11 pupils have taken five or more GCSE examinations in each year from 1990 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163547) | 250
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimates he has made of the proportion of (a) science and (b) mathematics teachers in secondary schools who were not qualified at degree level in these subjects in each year from 1995 to 2007. | | (163548) | 251
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children educated in maintained schools in each inner London education authority achieved at least three A levels at A grade in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. | | (163549) | 252
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which London hotels have been used by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for conferences and off site meetings in each month since May 2007; at what cost; for what purpose; and if he will make a statement. | | (163551) | 253
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of expenditure by his Department and its predecessor on all forms of consultancy for each (a) year and (b) quarter from 31st March 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163552) | 254
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many unqualified teachers marked (a) A-level, (b) GCSE, (c) Key Stage 3 SATs and (d) Key Stage 2 SATs examination papers in each year since 2001. | | (163553) | 255
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints his Department has received from (a) primary school headteachers, (b) secondary school headteachers and (c) further education colleges on the marking standard of external exam papers in the last 12 months. | | (163554) | 256
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to exam boards on employing people overseas to mark exam papers. | | (163555) | 257
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the standard of literacy among overseas markers; and if he will make a statement. | | (163556) | 258
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average time taken was for A-level papers to be re-marked after the original marks had been appealed in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) subject and (b) examination board. | | (163557) | 259
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of students who lost their place at university due to their exam papers having to be re-marked in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (163558) | 260
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) A-level, (b) GCSE, (c) Key Stage 3 SATs and (d) Key Stage 2 SATs marks were appealed and re-marked in each year since 2001, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) examination board. | | (163559) | 261
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) A-level, (b) GCSE, (c) Key Stage 3 SATs and (d) Key Stage 2 SATs marks were changed as a result of being re-marked, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) examination board in each year since 2001. | | (163560) | 262
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by OFSTED on (a) taxis, (b) Government cars, (c) internal flights in the UK, (d) overseas flights, (e) rail travel and (f) couriered documents in each (i) year and (ii) quarter since 31st March 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163561) | 263
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupil entrants are admitted on the basis of aptitude in each academy school; and if he will make a statement. | | (163562) | 264
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of curriculum time is allocated to (a) English, (b) mathematics and ICT academies; and if he will make a statement. | | (163563) | 265
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what powers are available to (a) his Department and (b) local authorities to deal with underperforming academies; and if he will make a statement. | | (163564) | 266
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the length of the school day is in each academy school; and if he will make a statement. | | (163565) | 267
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which academies have classes on (a) weekends and (b) school holidays; and if he will make a statement. | | (163566) | 268
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets he has set for school meal uptake for each year until 2015; what steps he is taking to reach these targets; and if he will make a statement. | | (163567) | 269
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his estimate is of the cost of introducing the nutrient standards for school meals in each year between 2006-07 and 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (163568) | 270
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the 20 English schools with the worst GCSE success rates in 2007 on the basis of (a) five A*-C at GCSE and (b) five A*-C at GCSE including mathematics and English. | | (163569) | 271
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list by local authority area all schools which achieved less than 30 per cent. five A*-C in GCSEs including mathematics and English in 2007. | | (163570) | 272
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities were deemed to be underperforming on educational services as at 30th June 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163571) | 273
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to place academies under local authority oversight; and if he will make a statement. | | (163622) | 274
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish research his Department has conducted on the capital costs of increasing the education leaving age to 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163756) | 275
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the expected lifetime earnings gains to young people with low status who take up (a) level 1 and (b) level 2 qualifications after year 11; and if he will make a statement. | | (163757) | 276
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of those who did not stay on in education after the age of 16 years in 2007 had five or more A* to C grade GCSEs; and if he will make a statement. | | (163758) | 277
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of imposing sanctions on young people to keep them in education and training; and if he will make a statement. | | (163759) | 278
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the future of the Educational Maintenance Allowance if the education leaving age is raised to (a) 17 and (b) 18 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163760) | 279
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of 17 year olds participated in education and training in 2006; what estimated proportion he expects to participate in (a) 2013, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020; and if he will make a statement. | | (163761) | 280
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of maintained secondary schools which did not offer GCSE in (a) chemistry, (b) ICT, (c) physics and (d) history in (i) 2000, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007. | | (163762) | 281
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of maintained secondary schools offering Mandarin to (a) GCSE and (b) A-level. | | (163763) | 282
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects on numbers of pupils choosing subjects at (a) GCSE and (b) A-level of Government targets to improve the share of pupils achieving higher grades in these qualifications; and if he will make a statement. | | (163764) | 283
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils studying for A-levels and GCSEs have taken (a) A-level and (b) GCSE examinations in each subject in (i) 1988, (ii) 1996, (iii) 2000, (iv) 2004 and (v) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163765) | 284
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of those studying for mathematics A-level were educated in (a) maintained and (b) private schools in each year from 1988 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163766) | 285
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils in maintained schools studied mathematics at A-level or AS-level in each year from 1988 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163767) | 286
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the price elasticity of demand for school lunches; and if he will make a statement. | | (163770) | 287
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to increase the number of students taking mathematics to A-level; and if he will make a statement. | | (163771) | 288
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified (a) mathematics, (b) physics and (c) chemistry teachers there were in maintained schools in England in each year from 1988 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163820) | 289
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils at the 100 (a) top and (b) bottom performing maintained secondary schools by GCSE results in 2007 were known to be eligible for free school meals; what the equivalent national percentage average was for all maintained secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (163821) | 290
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the area cost adjustment factor is for schools in each local authority in England; what (a) assumptions and (b) data were used to determine these figures; and if he will make a statement. | | (163822) | 291
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons there are differences in teacher pay rates between local authorities in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (163823) | 292
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) proportion and (b) number of (i) 16, (ii) 17 and (iii) 18 year olds were in education and training in each year from 1997 to 2006; and what his estimate is of the equivalent figures in each year from 2007 to 2015. | | (163824) | 293
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimates he has made of the number of attendance orders which would be issued as a consequence of the raising of the education leaving age to (a) 17 and (b) 18 in each year from 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement. | | (163825) | 294
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment has been made of the likely economic costs to (a) individuals and (b) businesses of raising the education leaving age to 18 in relation to (i) foregone employment income and (ii) additional staff costs; and if he will make a statement. | | (163826) | 295
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assumptions underline his estimate of a £10 million cost of annual enforcement in relation to raising the education leaving age to 18; and if he will make a statement. | | (163827) | 296
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how he calculated the estimated additional annual costs to local authorities of implementing the plans to raise the education leaving age to 18; if he will break down the estimated costs by (a) registration system, (b) support and guidance to students and (c) enforcement; and if he will make a statement. | | (163828) | 297
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of the schools budget was retained centrally by each local authority in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the total schools budget in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (164015) | 298
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children are estimated to be eligible for free school meals at (a) Manor Court Primary School, Chard, Somerset, (b) Neroche Primary School, Somerset, (c) South Petherton Junior School, Somerset (d) Parcroft Junior School, Somerset, (e) Gran Royal Junior School, Somerset, (f) Norton Sub Hamdon Primary School, Somerset and (g) Wadham School, Somerset. | | (164016) | 299
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what freedoms accrue to academies as a consequence of his policy that they do not have to follow national curriculum disapplication procedures; and if he will make a statement. | | (164017) | 300
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) academies and (b) other schools use their powers to admit up to 10 per cent. of children on the basis of aptitude. | | (164018) | 301
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools are designated high performing specialist schools. | | (164019) | 302
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list each (a) trust school and (b) foundation school in England as at (i) 1st September 2006 and (ii) 1st September 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (164020) | 303
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of secondary schools with free school meal eligibility of between 35 per cent. and 50 per cent. are not specialist schools; and what the estimated annual revenue cost to these schools is as a consequence of their non-specialist status. | | (164021) | 304
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students at further education colleges in England are resident in Wales. | | (162499) | 305
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on his proposals for education of children aged 16 and over; and if he will make a statement. | | (163160) | 306
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many citizens' juries were arranged for his Department and its predecessors for each year between 1997 and June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (163597) | 307
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163610) | 308
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to require all teachers to undertake training on teaching children with dyslexia as part of their teaching degree. | | (163748) | 309
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make an estimate of the number of 17 year olds who are likely to truant each year in the event of the school leaving age being raised to 18 years. | | (163651) | 310
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers working in English schools reside in Wales. | | (162504) | 311
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of places which will be required at educational establishments in Colchester constituency to cater for those between 16 and 18 years old if the school leaving age is to be raised to 18 years. | | (163742) | 312
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163679) | 313
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the guidance referred to in the Answer of 24th October 2007, Official Report, column 425W, on teaching aids: climate change, will be sent to secondary schools; and if he will place a copy in the Library. | | (162654) | 314
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163805) | 315
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163985) | 316
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils gained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in each of the last five years. | | (163689) | 317
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of (a) pupils and (b) boys did not gain five GCSEs at grades A* to C in each of the last five years. | | (163690) | 318
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of boys did not obtain one or more GCSEs at grades A*-C in each of the last five years. | | (163691) | 319
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils gained five GCSEs at grades A*-C in each of the last five years. | | (163692) | 320
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the accounting arrangements are for the Building Schools for the Future budgets allocated to local authorities. | | (162494) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 321
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to disabled people. | | (164014) | 322
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163609) | 323
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163804) | 324
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163987) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 325
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1159W, which two buildings occupied by her Department are not fully accessible to disabled people; and how many people work in each. | | (163916) | 326
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with developers on the Merton Rule. | | (164001) | 327
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on maintaining the Merton Rule in the forthcoming Climate Change Planning Policy Statement. | | (164002) | 328
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library copies of responses to the discussion paper on updating standards relating to overcrowded housing. | | (163155) | 329
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who has responded to the discussion paper on updating standards relating to overcrowded housing. | | (163156) | 330
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will add to her Department's Public Service Agreement 20 performance indicators on (a) the number of families with children living in overcrowded housing and (b) the number of social rented homes to be built in 2008-09 and 2009-10. | | (163157) | 331
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 18th April 2006, Official Report, column 105W, on homelessness, when she expects to publish the research commissioned from Herriot Watt University to evaluate the range of homelessness prevention initiatives in case study local authorities. | | (163524) | 332
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to improve fire services in the West Midlands. | | (162777) | 333
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what public expenditure has been made on affordable housing in the West Midlands in the last 12 months. | | (162778) | 334
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings she or other Ministers in her Department have held with non-governmental organisations on planning reform; and what the outcome of such meetings was. | | (163859) | 335
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the applications for new town developments are from; and what the timetable is for the selection of the 10 candidate sites. | | (163939) | 336
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to implement the proposal that disabled facilities grants should be available to improve access to back gardens and other outside areas. | | (163261) | 337
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to (a) central government and (b) local government of rebranding the disabled facilities grant as accessible homes grant. | | (163262) | 338
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list in date order (a) white papers and (b) other Government reports or papers produced relating to rural regeneration and social exclusion since May 1997. | | (163263) | 339
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the status is of the local area agreement in Gloucestershire; which bodies are responsible for setting it up; and what stakeholders are represented. | | (163264) | 340
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) second homes and (b) holiday lets in each local authority in Gloucestershire there were in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163265) | 341
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to make a statement on the level of disabled facilities grant funding available for 2008-09. | | (163267) | 342
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords, (c) voluntary sector organisations and (d) others responded to the consultation on her Department's proposals to improve the delivery of the disability facilities grant programme. | | (163268) | 343
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many respondents to the Department's Disability Facilities Grant programme consultation supported (a) the proposal to reclaim that grant when a property is sold and (b) a proposal to make changes to the means test. | | (163269) | 344
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much each local authority spent on the Disabled Facilities Grant in 2006-07. | | (163639) | 345
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on vulnerable people of the changes to private sector housing renewal funding in the South West; what effect this is likely to have on the decent homes standard; and if she will make a statement. | | (163936) | 346
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations have been made to her Department on the use of temporary events notices; what assessment her Department has made of the use of temporary events notices instead of regular licensing; and how many temporary events notices have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each London borough in each of the last three years. | | (163749) | 347
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals who are not UK citizens are housed by (a) Cross Keys Homes and (b) other registered social landlords in Peterborough under the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004. | | (162842) | 348
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of the introduction of home information packs on the residential housing market in the Peterborough City Council area; and if she will make a statement. | | (163179) | 349
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of local government in England reside in Wales. | | (162498) | 350
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters employed by fire authorities in England reside in Wales. | | (162500) | 351
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislation is in place to protect owners of land against illegal encampment by itinerant travellers; what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of that legislation; and whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly on this matter. | | (162909) | 352
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163611) | 353
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for ratification of the South East Regional Spatial Strategy; and what plans there are for subsequent reviews of it. | | (163886) | 354
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given to (a) regional planning bodies and (b) local authorities on planning for more traveller sites. | | (163887) | 355
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department uses to assess whether a local authority is required to plan to establish more authorised traveller sites. | | (163888) | 356
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average annual real terms change in the 2008-09 management and maintenance allowance would be required for the average allowance in England to reach the real terms level of management and maintenance expenditure set out in the estimate of the Need to Spend on Maintenance and Management in Local Authority Housing, published in June 2003 by 2010-11. | | (163509) | 357
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, by (a) how many percentage points and (b) how much the average management and maintenance allowances changed in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (163510) | 358
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many small businesses in Copeland have applied for small business rate relief over the last five financial years. | | (163004) | 359
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what standards will be applied to development rights for single family dwellings in (a) conservation areas and densely built-up urban areas and (b) modern, low density suburban areas. | | (163409) | 360
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether single family dwellings in conservation areas will be exempted from the change in the development rights as set out in Changes to Permitted Development, Consultation Paper 2: Permitted Development Rights for Householders. | | (163410) | 361
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to set a date for the implementation of home information packs on one and two bedroom properties; whether energy performance certificates (EPCs) will be required for (a) commercial and (b) one and two bedroom domestic properties; when EPCs will be introduced; whether home condition reports will be mandatory; whether training grants will be available to inspectors to assist with ongoing training costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (163104) | 362
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers the Planning Inspectorate has to consider applications which the local planning authority has deemed invalid; under which regulations this power exists; and if she will make a statement. | | (163105) | 363
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163706) | 364
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to issue Hampshire County Council with revised tonnages for sand and gravel extraction for the purposes of formulating the Hampshire Regional Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (163152) | 365
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the changes in demand for aggregates over the last five years; when she plans to issue new guidance to local authorities; and if she will make a statement. | | (163153) | 366
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding each local authority has made to children's hospices in each of the last five years. | | (163712) | 367
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts her Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163806) | 368
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the full-time equivalent headcount in her Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for her Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (163986) | 369
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many qualified domestic energy assessors there are in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) the Maldon district. | | (163086) | 370
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many qualified domestic energy assessors need to be in place in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) the Maldon district to allow a full roll-out of the Energy Performance Certificate scheme. | | (163087) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 371
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in each constituency in Northern Ireland were in receipt of the free television licence for over 75s at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (163530) | 372
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in Northern Ireland were penalised for not having a valid television licence in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (163531) | 373
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the TV Licensing Authority has taken in fines in (a) 2006, (b) 2005 and (c) 2004. | | (162691) | 374
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the TV Licensing Authority is able to estimate the number of people who own a television but do not have a licence. | | (162692) | 375
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fines the TV Licensing Authority issued in (a) 2006, (b) 2005 and (c) 2004. | | (162693) | 376
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of ticket pricing policy and arrangements in the event entertainment industry on access to cultural events; and if he will make a statement. | | (163091) | 377
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when a decision is expected from English Heritage on the possibility of listing remaining buildings at the Standish Hospital site. | | (163641) | 378
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the marketing budget for Visit Britain is in 2007-08. | | (163078) | 379
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for funding of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in the period 2008 to 2012; what plans he has to provide support for finds liaison officers; and if he will make a statement. | | (162101) | 380
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 18th October 2007, Official Report, column 1217W, on UK Sport's overseas conferences, what UK Sport's involvement is with the Legacy Lives 2008 conference taking place in Barbados in January 2008; and what the cost to the public purse of its involvement is estimated to be. | | (163747) | 381
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate has been made of the value of tourism to the UK economy. | | (163514) | 382
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many placements have been granted under the Young Graduates for Museums and Galleries programme; and which institutions have provided these placements. | | (163515) | 383
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) administrative support his Department and its agencies provided for the Young Graduates for Museums and Galleries programme in each of the last four years. | | (163516) | 384
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the next meeting of the organisations taking part in the Where We Live programme will take place; and whether a representative from his Department will attend. | | (163517) | 385
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the Where We Live programme in each of the last three years. | | (163518) | 386
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on problem gambling of (a) slot machines and (b) fixed odds betting terminals following the conclusion of the Gambling Commission's problem gambling prevalence study; and if he will make a statement. | | (163643) | 387
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from bingo clubs and adult gaming centre operators on levels of trade since (a) September 2007 and (b) the commencement of relevant provisions of the Gambling Act 2005. | | (163644) | 388
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the evidential basis was for the decision to ban section (a) 16 and (b) 21 machines from adult gaming centres and bingo halls; how many section (i) 16 and (ii) 21 machines were in use in the UK in August 2007; and how many (A) bingo clubs and (B) betting offices were licensed in September (1) 2005, (2) 2006 and (3) 2007. | | (163645) | 389
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens' juries were arranged for his Department for each year between 1997 and June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (163598) | 390
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163608) | 391
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163705) | 392
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which remote gaming operators in respect of whom no legal proceedings are under way have been prosecuted for breach of section 42(1)(c) of the Gaming Act 1968. | | (163713) | 393
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been allocated to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in each of the financial years to 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (163593) | 394
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in recording archaeological finds made by members of the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (163595) | 395
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council on the future funding of the Portable Antiquities Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163596) | 396
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163803) | 397
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163988) | 398
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the report by Mike Dixon on the appointment of a Departmental Chief Scientific Adviser; and if he will make a statement. | | (163084) | 399
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on progress in developing a UK national heritage science strategy. | | (163085) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 400
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings, not including military bases or barracks, his Department occupies, broken down by region. | | (163954) | 401
N | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAE Systems mine resistant ambush protection vehicles are in the possession of UK armed forces; and whether any such vehicles are on order for UK armed forces. | | (162082) | 402
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) active and (b) discharged military personnel have committed suicide following return from operational deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (163076) | 403
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Thetford) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163022) | 404
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Warminster) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163023) | 405
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Telford) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163024) | 406
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Rosyth) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163025) | 407
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decisions to waive the liability charge on Defence Estate (Aldershot) have been made for charity events since 2006; and what events were involved. | | (163027) | 408
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Andover) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163028) | 409
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Sutton Coldfield) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163029) | 410
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Salisbury) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163030) | 411
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Osbaldwick, York) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163031) | 412
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (High Wycombe) has billed in liability charges for charity events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (163032) | 413
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment the UK gifted to Iraqi forces in each year since 2003. | | (163033) | 414
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military equipment the Government plans to gift to Iraq over the next 12 months. | | (163034) | 415
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings have taken place between UK and US officials on the research and development of new nuclear weapons, with particular reference to the reliable replacement warhead. | | (163044) | 416
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of UK military-related imports from Israel in each of the last five years. | | (163049) | 417
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel have roles in (a) training and (b) mentoring Iraqi forces. | | (163072) | 418
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops he expects to be assigned roles in (a) training and (b) mentoring Iraqi forces following the drawdown of forces in Basra in spring 2008. | | (163073) | 419
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel are working with operational mentoring and liaison teams in Afghanistan. | | (163074) | 420
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department charged the charity organisers for the RAF Brize Norton 2005 Children in Need concert. | | (163146) | 421
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a break down of the costs charged to the Army Benevolent Fund for the use of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 22nd, 23rd and 24th September 2006 for the Music on Fire event. | | (163147) | 422
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many joint strike fighters will be operationally deployable by 2015. | | (163035) | 423
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many joint strike fighters will be used for (a) system development and demonstration, (b) evaluation, (c) instructor training and (d) operational conversion unit. | | (163036) | 424
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Joint Strike Fighters he estimates will be in service by 2015. | | (163037) | 425
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the financial allocation was to the Defence Housing budget for the (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2008-09. | | (163048) | 426
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to conclude his review of military airfields; and if he will make a statement. | | (162966) | 427
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are being made to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice of 1918 next November; and if he will make a statement. | | (162378) | 428
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163618) | 429
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Iraqi civilians who have worked for the British Government in Iraq will be eligible for the assistance package he announced in his Written Ministerial Statement on 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 30WS, on Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (163414) | 430
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his definition of the term rogue state as used in his statement on Ballistic Missile Defence of 25th July 2007, column 72WS is; whether the term differs from the term countries of concern; when the decision was taken to begin using the term rogue state in relation to UK involvement in the US Ballistic Missile Defence programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163938) | 431
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK forces personnel there are on operational duty in each foreign country; and if he will make a statement. | | (163395) | 432
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which staff from his Department of each grade are on secondment to EU military bodies. | | (163396) | 433
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the special advisers in his Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163397) | 434
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the financial position of each (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy base is. | | (163745) | 435
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases will be closed over the Christmas period; and how many were closed for Christmas 2006. | | (163746) | 436
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163704) | 437
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men were recruited to HM Armed Forces in each of the last five years. | | (163465) | 438
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total number of women who have served, including those currently serving, in HM Armed Forces. | | (163466) | 439
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women are serving in HM Armed Forces in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (163467) | 440
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163816) | 441
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163973) | 442
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the effectiveness and efficiency of (a) Hunt Class and (b) River Class patrol vessels are measured; what the principal differences are between them; and if he will make a statement. | | (163374) | 443
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what types of armaments and military equipment have been exported to Libya from the United Kingdom in each of the last three years; and how much was paid for such material. | | (164990) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 444
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on rationalising his Department's property portfolio; and if he will make a statement. | | (162782) | 445
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163952) | 446
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect birds of prey. | | (163878) | 447
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whose responsibility is it to repair the faulty drains at the Pirbright Research Laboratory in Surrey; and when he expects this work to be carried out. | | (162993) | 448
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what movement restrictions were imposed upon Northern Irish lambs in relation to the summer 2007 foot and mouth outbreak. | | (163071) | 449
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses in (a) written submissions and (b) on-line answers to consultation questions his Department received in its consultation on managing radioactive waste safely before 2nd November 2007; when he expects to post written submissions received on his departmental website; and when he expects to publish the Government's conclusions on the consultation. | | (163858) | 450
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to launch the next tranch of consultations on the Environmental Liability Directive. | | (163270) | 451
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has investigated whether there was any deliberate release of foot and mouth from the Pirbright Centre. | | (163271) | 452
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed Hunts Grove settlement, near Gloucester, is (a) in the flood plain and (b) likely to have an impact on the adjacent flood plains. | | (163272) | 453
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with local authorities in Gloucestershire on whether the flooding in summer 2007 is likely to cause a re-assessment of where to place new residential developments. | | (163273) | 454
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the reasons why householders install (a) energy efficiency methods and (b) micro-renewable technologies. | | (163636) | 455
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigations he has undertaken of the Cheltenham Rule to increase energy efficient methods in new builds and reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions. | | (163637) | 456
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fresh water was pumped out to sea by the drainage authorities in (a) Norfolk, (b) Suffolk and (c) Essex in the last 12 months. | | (163687) | 457
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes he proposes to make in respect of the rules and regulations for keeping and breeding ducks for human consumption; what assessment he has made of the welfare of ducks being so bred; and if he will make a statement. | | (162379) | 458
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in international organisations to protect dolphins; and if he will make a statement. | | (163851) | 459
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met his Japanese counterpart to discuss the killing of dolphins in Japanese waters; and if he will make a statement. | | (163854) | 460
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to give (a) electricity sub-stations and (b) water treatment infrastructure greater protection from flooding. | | (163750) | 461
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on construction industry contracts for flood defences for (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (163751) | 462
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to revise the Statement of Principles with the insurance industry. | | (163752) | 463
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider having a direct contact point for the construction industry in the Environment Agency on flood defences and other infrastructures that affect coastal, river and pluvial flooding. | | (163753) | 464
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of fly tipping on farmland; and what plans he has to require contractors to produce site waste management plans to prevent fly tipping. | | (163754) | 465
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to exempt contractors from having to apply for an abstraction licence to pump water; and why he discontinued the earlier exemption for contractors from having to apply for such an abstraction licence. | | (163755) | 466
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many citizens' juries were arranged for his Department for each year between 1997 and June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (163599) | 467
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163616) | 468
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK was from (a) power generation, (b) road transport, (c) air travel, (d) industry, (e) buildings, (f) households and (g) other sources in each year since 1990. | | (162276) | 469
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has been given to the relative environmental merits of plastic milk bottles and re-usable glass bottles; and if he will make a statement. | | (162975) | 470
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for requiring supermarkets to take greater responsibility for the environmental impact of the waste they generate; and if he will make a statement. | | (162976) | 471
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether consideration has been given to the introduction of deposits on glass and plastic bottles; and if he will make a statement. | | (162977) | 472
N | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require manufacturers of plastic containers to rationalise the types of plastic they use and to specify its type; and if he will make a statement. | | (162980) | 473
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the issue of contagious diseases affecting livestock; and if he will make a statement. | | (163995) | 474
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on plans to compensate farmers in Wales who have made losses due to the restriction on the movement of their cattle introduced as a consequence of the recent foot and mouth outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (163996) | 475
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on provisions to contain any further outbreaks of bluetongue and foot and mouth disease in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (163997) | 476
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the possibility of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue entering Welsh farming stock; and if he will make a statement. | | (163998) | 477
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of tendering for bluetongue vaccine. | | (163456) | 478
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to issue a formal tender for a bluetongue vaccine bank. | | (163458) | 479
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of doses of bluetongue vaccine which will be necessary to eradicate the disease from the UK. | | (163459) | 480
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for a vaccination strategy for bluetongue disease when a vaccine becomes available. | | (163460) | 481
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received on the likelihood of uninfected midges becoming infected in 2008 from biting ruminants which have recovered from bluetongue disease. | | (163461) | 482
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for blood-testing of ruminants outside the bluetongue protection zone to establish the spread of disease. | | (163462) | 483
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163703) | 484
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken by the Marine Consents and Environment Unit to safeguard the environment when it determines the application by Wightlink to modify existing fenders, ramps and linkspan bridges on the Lymington to Yarmouth route. | | (162083) | 485
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the advice from Natural England that proposals for new ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth constitute a project for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 85/337. | | (162084) | 486
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response he has made to the recommendation of the Farm Animal Welfare Council that the use of aversive gas mixtures for stunning and killing pigs should be phased out within five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (162903) | 487
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163813) | 488
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163978) | 489
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has discussed the planned UK Marine Bill and associated White Paper with (a) the European Commission and (b) counterparts from other countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (163229) | 490
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, if he will make a statement on the proposal to give the Commission the power to develop a roadmap in 2008 to facilitate the development of maritime spatial planning by member states; and if he will make a statement. | | (163230) | 491
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, whether there are any differences between the Commission's use of the concept of maritime spatial planning and his Department's use of the concept marine spatial planning in the Marine Bill White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (163231) | 492
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, when he expects the European Atlas of the Seas to be launched; and if he will make a statement. | | (163232) | 493
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final. | | (163247) | 494
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, when he expects the European Union to adopt a Directive on an Integrated Maritime Policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (163248) | 495
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact the publication of the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, had on the timetable for the Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (163249) | 496
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, whether he supports the proposal for a European Strategy for Marine Research; and if he will make a statement. | | (163250) | 497
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the maritime research work his Department is conducting with other (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU countries. | | (163251) | 498
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, what his policy is on the proposal for a European network for maritime surveillance; and if he will make a statement. | | (163252) | 499
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what maritime surveillance work his Department is conducting with other (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (163253) | 500
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, if he will make a statement on the proposed network of maritime clusters and the possible effect on UK interests. | | (163254) | 501
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, if he will make a statement on the proposed review of EU labour law exemptions for the shipping and fishing sectors. | | (163255) | 502
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on possible changes to EU labour law exemptions for the fishing sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (163256) | 503
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, COM(2007) 575 final, when he expects the proposed roadmap towards marine spatial planning by member states to be introduced; what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the proposal with the proposed Marine Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (163257) | 504
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the relative effectiveness and efficiency of (a) Hunt Class and (b) River Class patrol vessels in performance of fishery protection duties as referred to in the Answer of 16th October 2007, Official Report, columns 945-6W, on fisheries: protection; and if he will make a statement. | | (163373) | 505
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken of initiatives to reduce emissions and develop clean energy technologies in determining policy on market mechanisms, with particular reference to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. | | (162959) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 506
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1316W, what reasonable adjustments the Department has made in accordance with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, broken down by building; what each such adjustment cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (163914) | 507
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is open to the UK to refer Burma to (a) the International Court of Justice and (b) another international body for persistent use of forced labour; and if he will make a statement. | | (164005) | 508
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of the recent visit of the Head of State of Saudi Arabia. | | (162490) | 509
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK Government has given to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. | | (163902) | 510
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Morocco on its obligations as an occupying power to provide for the protection and welfare of the West Saharan population. | | (163903) | 511
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Mexican government on the welfare of Napoleon Gomez Urrutia, leader of the National Union of Mine and Metallurgical Workers of the Mexican Republic known as Los Mineros. | | (163904) | 512
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in reducing the use of torture by official agencies in Uzbekistan since the report on that country by the UN special rapporteur on torture in 2002. | | (163905) | 513
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Uzbekistan government on its observance of human rights and the use of torture; and if he will make a statement. | | (163906) | 514
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of the visit to the UK by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. | | (163908) | 515
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN on ensuring a referendum on the Western Sahara is carried out. | | (163924) | 516
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the WAGs Guide to Travel was produced by his Department; how much it cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (163831) | 517
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the British High Commissioner for Cyprus last visited Rizo Karpasso in Northern Cyprus; what assessment he made of the (a) number, (b) scale and (c) reasons given for demolition of Greek Cypriot homes; what representations he made to the Turkish Cypriots; and if he will make a statement. | | (163110) | 518
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made with the missing persons initiative in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (163111) | 519
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will make available to the UN Missing Persons Committee in Cyprus the information it holds on atrocities which result in the deaths of Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots and foreign nationals between 1960 and 1974; and if he will make a statement. | | (163112) | 520
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what currency will circulate in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus when Cyprus joins the euro in July 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (163113) | 521
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made on opening new crossing points over the green line in Cyprus, apart from Ledra Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (163114) | 522
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) prospects for and (b) obstacles to opening a new green line crossing point at Ledra Street, Nicosia; and if he will make a statement. | | (163115) | 523
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made in the refurbishment of Ledra Palace Hotel, Nicosia; what the estimated cost is; who is paying for it; and if he will make a statement. | | (163116) | 524
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the statement by President Gul in Northern Cyprus that the island consists of two states, two peoples and two religions; what his policy on this matter is; and if he will make a statement. | | (163117) | 525
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the North Cyprus Property Commission's ability to (a) pay compensation for and (b) order restitution of Greek Cypriot property (i) promptly and (ii) in full. | | (163118) | 526
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on EU trade and shipping of the Turkish embargo on Cypriot and Cyprus associated shipping; and if he will make a statement. | | (163121) | 527
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Turkey on their embargo on Cypriot shipping; and if he will make a statement. | | (163122) | 528
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the expected budget shortfall for the UN missing persons initiative in Cyprus is for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (163123) | 529
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial assistance the UK is giving to the UN missing persons initiative in Cyprus in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (163124) | 530
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) prison conditions and (b) prisoners' rights for Cypriots held in the Sovereign Base Areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (163125) | 531
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the euro circulating in the Republic of Cyprus on (a) the Turkish Cypriot economy and (b) Turkish Cypriot people and their savings; and if he will make a statement. | | (163126) | 532
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Turkish Cypriot economy to comply with standards required by the EU acquis communitaire; and if he will make a statement. | | (163127) | 533
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the EU's 259 million euros aid package to Turkish Cypriots (a) has been spent and (b) is contracted to be spent; what obstacles there are to the disbursement of the aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (163128) | 534
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the rate of building on Greek Cypriot-owned land in northern Cyprus (a) before and (b) after the rejection of the Annan plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (163129) | 535
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of cross-green line crime in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (163130) | 536
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress there has been in cross-green line co-operation between police services of the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriots; and if he will make a statement. | | (163131) | 537
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the rate of migration from Turkey to the north of Cyprus (a) before and (b) after the rejection of the Annan plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (163132) | 538
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to promote progress on the July 2006 Gambari Agreement in Cyprus; what assessment he has made of the obstacles to such progress; and if he will make a statement. | | (163133) | 539
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the (a) effectiveness of the bicommunal school in Limassol and (b) proposals for Turkish Cypriots resident in Limassol of a separate school for Turkish Cypriot children; and if he will make a statement. | | (163134) | 540
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) Famagusta and (b) Kyrenia meet the requirements of the 2004 International Ships and Ports Facility Security Code; and if he will make a statement. | | (163213) | 541
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK stopped providing data to the Republic of Cyprus authorities about movements of people from the North of Cyprus through the Sovereign Base Areas check points; for what reason this stopped; and if he will make a statement. | | (163214) | 542
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Turkish Cypriots (a) resident in the south of Cyprus and (b) visiting the south on a daily basis for work; and if he will make a statement. | | (163215) | 543
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process of preparing conversion of the currency in the Republic of Cyprus to euros; and if he will make a statement. | | (163216) | 544
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Turkish troops situated in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (163217) | 545
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of bicommunal activity in Cyprus sponsored or organised by (a) the UK, (b) the UN, (c) other countries, (d) the Republic of Cyprus, (e) Turkish Cypriots, (f) civil society in the Republic of Cyprus and (g) civil society in Northern Cyprus. | | (163218) | 546
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) processes for and (b) impact of commercial development in the buffer zone in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (163219) | 547
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the factors affecting the use of telecommunications across the green line in Cyprus. | | (163220) | 548
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the scale of cross-green line trade and (b) obstacles to growth of cross-green line trade in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | (163221) | 549
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of support for EU accession amongst (a) the people of Turkey and (b) of Turkish Cypriots; and if he will make a statement. | | (163284) | 550
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made towards demining in Cyprus by (a) the Republic of Cyprus, (b) Turkey and (c) Turkish Cypriots; and if he will make a statement. | | (163627) | 551
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Turkish Cypriots on the development of the Karpas region with particular reference to (a) the electrification project and (b) the hotel and tourism building programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163793) | 552
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk of smuggling (a) people and (b) narcotics from Syria to Northern Cyprus and into the EU through the green line, with particular reference to the new ferry service from Syria to Famagusta; and if he will make a statement. | | (163794) | 553
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the account taken by Turkish Cypriots of the EC environmental assessment on the Karpas electrification project; and if he will make a statement. | | (163795) | 554
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) Turkey and (b) Turkish Cypriots on the return of Famagusta/Varosha; and if he will make a statement. | | (163796) | 555
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to ensure that economic development in the north of Cyprus proceeds with a view to integration and convergence with the economy in the south; and if he will make a statement. | | (163797) | 556
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the dismissal in 2006 of imans in northern Cyprus and their replacement with imans from Turkey; and if he will make a statement. | | (163798) | 557
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with President Musharraf of Pakistan on the situation in that country; and what steps he plans to take in relation to the replacement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan. | | (162106) | 558
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will make representations to the Palestinian authority in the case of Parvaiz Aslam Chaudhry recently arrested in Pakistan. | | (163260) | 559
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will intervene in the case of Asma Jahangir, who is in prison in Pakistan. | | (163578) | 560
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the request of the French government for stronger sanctions against Iran; and whether any proposed sanction will include the relevant activities of the Total Oil Company. | | (163638) | 561
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge the Pakistani authorities to release all non-violent democracy and human rights activists recently arrested, including the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Ms Asma Jahangir and the Director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Mr I. A. Rehman. | | (163937) | 562
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the British Council's policy is on conducting Criminal Records Bureau checks on (a) its employees and (b) people working on its behalf. | | (163688) | 563
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of lifting the ban on UK defence exports to China. | | (164051) | 564
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of cooperation between Government departments involved in offering assistance to Iraqi staff who are working for, and who have worked for, the Government; and if he will make a statement. | | (163860) | 565
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UN/EU High Representative's decision to improve the functioning of state institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and of the effect this decision has had on political stability in the country. | | (163861) | 566
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress being made in negotiations on the final status of Kosovo. | | (163862) | 567
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Peace Implementation Council on 31st October on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | | (163863) | 568
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the EU and (b) the US on the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | | (163864) | 569
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what decisions have been made about the level at which the UK will be represented at the EU-African Union Summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (163865) | 570
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi nationals meet the eligibility criteria for ex gratia assistance and either work or have worked in Iraq as (a) direct employees of the UK armed forces or the Ministry of Defence, (b) on letters of appointment from the British Embassy in Baghdad or the British Embassy offices in Basra and the Kurdistan Region and (c) as direct employees of the Department for International Development or the British Council. | | (163871) | 571
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what written guidance has been provided to British staff employed in the British embassies in (a) Iraq, (b) Egypt, (c) Iran, (d) Syria and (e) Lebanon on the implementation of the Government's policy of assistance to locally-employed Iraqi staff; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (163884) | 572
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures have been put in place to ensure that those Iraqi contracted staff who meet the criteria for ex gratia assistance are fully informed about the assistance available to them. | | (163885) | 573
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) status of those held in detention following the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (163892) | 574
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which relevant bodies are charged with elaborating further restrictive measures against Burma, including a ban on new investments, as set out in the 15th October statement by EU Foreign Ministers. | | (163893) | 575
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent statement by the Financial Action Task Force that the Islamic Republic of Iran's lack of a comprehensive anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism regime represents a significant vulnerability within the international financial system; and what international action the UK will be proposing on the matter. | | (163894) | 576
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has (a) provided information to and (b) received representations from British banks on the statement by the Financial Action Task Force that Iran's lack of a comprehensive anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism regime represents a significant vulnerability within the international financial system. | | (163895) | 577
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the trial of Congolese army soldiers and employees of the company Anvil Mining accused of complicity in the massacre of civilians in the town of Kilwa; what representations he has made to the Democratic Republic of Congo government on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (163872) | 578
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the work of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Government's commission reviewing natural resource contracts in that country. | | (163873) | 579
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (163879) | 580
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Ugandan Government about the time taken to publish its investigation into reports that the Ugandan Army in Karamoja province has engaged in the extra-judicial killing of children and other civilians. | | (163880) | 581
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Ugandan government about ensuring that the disarmament process across the Karamoja region is carried out in a way which guarantees protection of civilians, especially children. | | (163881) | 582
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to the government of Rwanda in relation to the conflict between Congolese armed forces and troops of the dissident general Laurent Nkunda. | | (163882) | 583
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to implement its responsibilities under the European Charter for Minority and Regional Languages since signing the Charter. | | (162785) | 584
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163604) | 585
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues have made to their (i) Portuguese and (ii) Belgian counterparts on the decision to split the December meeting of the European Council between Lisbon and Brussels. | | (162081) | 586
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Pakistan government following the decision by President Musharraf to suspend that country's constitution. | | (162095) | 587
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) financial value was of (i) military and (ii) other assistance given to the Pakistani government in each of the last three financial years; what the planned expenditure for each category is in the (A) current and (B) next financial year; which elements of assistance are under review following the suspension of the Pakistani constitution; and if he will make a statement on other areas of bilateral co-operation. | | (162096) | 588
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on implementing the European Inter-institutional Agreement on better law making 2003, with particular reference to measure 34 on the creation and publication of transposition tables; whether a transposition co-ordinator has been appointed; and if he will make a statement. | | (163411) | 589
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) Iraqis and (b) non-Iraqis remain in British custody in Iraq; what arrangements have been made for the handover of these detainees to the Iraqi authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163412) | 590
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi civilians have worked for the British Government since the invasion of Iraq in 2003; how many of these were contracted for a period of (a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) 12 months or more; and if he will make a statement. | | (163413) | 591
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163702) | 592
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Pakistan. | | (162108) | 593
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration on his request for the release of Shaker Aamer, Jamil El Banna, Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed and Abdennour Sameur from Guantanamo Bay; what assessment he has made of the likelihood of their release; and if he will make a statement. | | (162100) | 594
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who chairs the China Task Force; on what dates it met in 2007; and what was discussed at each meeting. | | (164012) | 595
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the China Task Force has taken to further its stated goals in the areas of (a) science and technology, (b) trade and investment, (c) education and (d) sustainable environment/development. | | (164013) | 596
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163819) | 597
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for financial years (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163972) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 598
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Health Services) will meet the hon. Member for Nottingham North to discuss the issues relating to incontinence arising from the Westminster Hall debate on 24th October 2007, Official Report, columns 93-100WH. | | (163630) | 599
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is being done to raise awareness of and tackle, sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. | | (164004) | 600
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the draft versions of the updated specialised services national definition set will be circulated for consultation to the wider stakeholder community, including patients' groups. | | (164006) | 601
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council on whether dental bleaching may be carried out by qualified hygienists or qualified dental auxiliaries after training by a dentist (a) in a surgery and (b) at a patient's home using surgery-supplied equipment. | | [R] (163050) | 602
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes to the system of dental contracts the NHS Dental Contract Implementation Group have introduced in the last 12 months; and what changes they plan to introduce in the next 12 months. | | [R] (163051) | 603
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reductions there have been in the number of beds at St. Helier Hospital, Surrey in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164052) | 604
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed at St. Helier Hospital, Surrey in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164053) | 605
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to hospitals in the Greater London area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164054) | 606
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the provision of maternity services at St. Helier Hospital, Surrey in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164055) | 607
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student doctors were based at St. Helier Hospital, Surrey in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164056) | 608
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the full cost was of the installation of the centralised computer booking system at St. Helier Hospital, Surrey. | | (164057) | 609
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish guidelines on therapeutic and preventative interventions to be made available for children who have (a) been abused and (b) abused others. | | (163158) | 610
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to facilitate access to out-of-hours operating theatre capacity at Edgware Hospital; when these plans will be enacted; and if he will make a statement. | | (162987) | 611
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that rheumatologists at Edgware Hospital will be able to continue to refer patients direct to physiotherapy and podiatry services at Edgware Hospital on the same day; what the reasons were for the change in these arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (162988) | 612
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of standards of cleanliness at Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospital Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (162989) | 613
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in work to reduce numbers of teenage pregnancies in Barnet; and if he will make a statement. | | (162990) | 614
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve access to GP appointments in Hendon; and if he will make a statement. | | (162991) | 615
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in Barnet treat NHS patients; how many patients in Barnet are unable to access NHS dental treatment; how many dental practices ceased to provide NHS treatment in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (162992) | 616
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs were borne by social services associated with the special adaptation of homes and other facilities for those affected by Thalidomide in each of the last 10 years. | | (162115) | 617
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs were borne by social services associated with providing carers and personal assistants for those affected by Thalidomide in each of the last 10 years. | | (162116) | 618
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what direct medical costs were associated with the treatment of the parents of those affected by Thalidomide for conditions associated with their child's condition borne by the NHS in each of the last 10 years. | | (162117) | 619
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in direct medical costs was borne by the NHS associated with the treatment of those affected by Thalidomide in each of the last 10 years. | | (162126) | 620
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value is of the remuneration package, excluding bonuses, of the Director General of the Commercial Directorate of his Department. | | (162383) | 621
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are for determining the bonus payable to the Director General of the Commercial Directorate of his Department. | | (162384) | 622
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any applicant company for a contract with the NHS or his Department has been excluded because of convictions for a criminal offence or cases of gross professional misconduct since 2004. | | (162385) | 623
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what he expects the cost of the Clinical Summit meeting being organised by Lord Darzi in London on 21st and 22nd November 2007 to be. | | (162088) | 624
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department's review of the information it releases in relation to primary care trusts' contracts with independent sector treatment providers in Cornwall to be completed, as referred to in the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 1026W, on health services: private sector. | | (162994) | 625
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) the NHS, (b) NHS hospital and community health services and (c) NHS maternity services in the 2006-07 financial year as referred to in the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, column 266W, on NHS: finance. | | (162995) | 626
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the costs borne by primary care trusts for providing dental care are taken into account in the funding provided by his Department. | | (163007) | 627
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultant-led, (b) midwife-led and (c) other NHS maternity units there were in each region of England in the latest two periods for which figures are available. | | (163276) | 628
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of data available that relates to maternity services. | | (163277) | 629
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of growing levels of obesity on pregnancy and childbirth. | | (163278) | 630
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what extra funding he plans to make available to primary care trusts to allow them to extend breast cancer screening to women between the ages of 47 and 73 years. | | (163282) | 631
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many campylobacter infections were recorded in England in each of the last five years. | | (162911) | 632
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the transmission routes of (a) campylobacter and (b) listeria in the human population. | | (162912) | 633
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what redundancy payments were made during the last reorganisation of primary care trusts in Hampshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (163375) | 634
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was available for alcohol rehabilitation services in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (163378) | 635
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the hygiene risk posed by Christmas decorations; and if he will make a statement. | | (163626) | 636
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to the development of telecare initiatives in each of the past three years. | | (164058) | 637
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospital appointments were made using Choose and Book in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by primary care trust. | | (164059) | 638
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have accessed treatment abroad for which the NHS has paid in each of the last five years. | | (164060) | 639
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered as (a) partially deaf and (b) deaf in (i) 1985, (ii) 1990, (iii) 1995, (iv) 2000 and (v) 2007 in (1) South Tyneside, (2) the North East and (3) England. | | (163159) | 640
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department holds on the anticipated range of charges to be levied by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency for processing applications under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive for (a) single ingredient products and (b) more complex products; and what assistance he plans to make available to small manufacturers to meet these charges. | | (163490) | 641
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy urgently to survey specialist manufacturers of herbal remedies to identify the total likely cost burden of submitting dossiers for registration under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (163491) | 642
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if Ministers in his Department will meet a delegation of specialist manufacturers of herbal remedies to discuss compliance with the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. | | (163492) | 643
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the proposed fee of £7,480 for processing applications for registration of complex herbal products under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive has been calculated; and how many such fee payments the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency expects to receive annually. | | (163493) | 644
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) the proposed fee of £1,496 for a single day inspection of a manufacturer of herbal products and (b) the fee of £1,266 for inspection of a wholesale dealer under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive has been calculated; with what frequency such inspections are expected to be undertaken in relation to any one applicant for registration of products under the legislation; and how many of each such fee payments the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency expects to receive annually. | | (163494) | 645
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a full economic impact assessment has been undertaken and published on the proposed fee increases for applications for registration under the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive as set out in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency's consultation letter of 17th October 2007. | | (163495) | 646
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate (a) the anticipated fee income to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency associated with the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive and (b) the net cost of processing the necessary applications. | | (163496) | 647
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals store mother's milk to feed children other than those of the donors; what the cost of such collection and storage is; upon whose authority in each case the decision whether or not to form a storage bank is made; and if he will make a statement. | | (162399) | 648
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent of the £50 million allocated to the sexual health advertising campaigns programme announced in 2004, broken down by campaign; and what plans his Department has made for further sexual health advertising campaigns. | | (163164) | 649
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 14 year olds were treated for alcohol-related health problems in the last 12 months, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (163165) | 650
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of amending the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Charging Regulations 1989 to extend the period of absence disregarded when establishing residence from less than three months in the 12 months immediately preceding treatment to less than six months in the 12 months immediately preceding treatment. | | (163166) | 651
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any changes have been made to the (a) terms and (b) value of the Medical Training Application Service contract with Methods Consulting Ltd in light of the alterations to the scope of the project since the security breaches earlier in 2007; and whether any compensation has been paid by Methods Consulting Ltd in respect of breach of contract conditions. | | (163172) | 652
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of the Medical Training Application System, including (a) its implementation, (b) the remedial action taken and (c) the reviews which were commissioned on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (163173) | 653
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the conclusions of the review of the outcome of the first year of operation of the new dentists' contracts. | | (163174) | 654
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Milton Keynes Hospital is expected to receive its deep clean. | | (162781) | 655
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was provided by strategic health authorities in 2006-07 as funding support to trusts in financial difficulties, broken down by trust; and on what basis such funding support was given. | | (163361) | 656
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cash income injections (a) his Department and (b) strategic health authorities provided to trusts in financial difficulties in each of the last three years. | | (163362) | 657
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the 100 new GP practices for the 25 per cent. of primary care trusts with the poorest primary care provision are (a) able to embrace the latest, most modern models of primary care, (b) situated in convenient locations and (c) open into the evenings and at weekends. | | (163363) | 658
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was top-sliced from primary care trusts in 2006-07, broken down by trust; how much of these top-sliced funds have so far been paid back, broken down by trust; and by what date these funds will be fully paid back to primary care trusts. | | (163364) | 659
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is being top-sliced from primary care trusts in 2007-08, broken down by trust. | | (163365) | 660
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which trusts are part of his Department's turnaround programme for organisations in particular financial difficulties; and how much funding has been allocated to pay for turnaround teams in 2007-08. | | (163366) | 661
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the multi-professional education and training levy allocated to strategic health authorities in 2006-07 was not spent on workforce development in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of overall strategic health authority budgets, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (163367) | 662
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date (a) the first and (b) all the 100 new general practitioner practices for the 25 per cent. of primary care trusts with the poorest primary care provision will be open. | | (163368) | 663
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the recovery plans agreed by strategic health authorities for all trusts that were in deficit at the end of 2006-07. | | (163369) | 664
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the baseline cost pressure on the NHS in (a) cash terms and (b) percentage terms resulted from increases in private finance initiative revenue costs in each financial year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (163370) | 665
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide the data supporting Table 2.1 on page 11 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' remuneration (i) as presented and (ii) including agency costs. | | (163371) | 666
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the underlying demand cost pressure on the NHS in (a) cash terms and (b) percentage terms results from achieving and sustaining the 18 week referral to treatment waiting time target. | | (163372) | 667
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will break down Table 2.3 on page 16 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration by expenditure on each type of pressure in each financial year by programme; and how the three per cent. efficiency savings were calculated. | | (163376) | 668
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in the number of NHS staff directly employed in the NHS he expects to result from the decrease in the percentage of NHS revenue spending being spent on the pay of such staff in 2008-09, as set out in Table 2.4 on page 24 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. | | (163377) | 669
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Table 2.4 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' remuneration, how many full-time equivalent staff he expects NHS revenue spending on pay for staff who are not directly employed in the NHS to provide in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11. | | (163379) | 670
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours per week a full-time equivalent staff member is expected to work for each of the groups listed in paragraph 3.4 on page 20 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. | | (163380) | 671
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he expects to publish his Department's 2007 Autumn Performance Report. | | (163381) | 672
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 3.6 on page 20 of his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration, how many voluntary redundancies there were over the same period, broken down into clinical and non-clinical redundancies. | | (163387) | 673
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of Table 18, referred to in his Department's evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. | | (163388) | 674
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the NHS surplus in 2006-07 was accounted for by lower than expected expenditure on items classed as non-cash or capital; and how much of the surplus was used to cover pay costs. | | (163389) | 675
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to provide cash income injections for trusts in financial difficulties. | | (163390) | 676
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers to his Department on the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust's financial position. | | (163391) | 677
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis he has made of the (a) merits and (b) costs of screening men aged 65 years or over for aortic aneurysm. | | (163681) | 678
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many lives might be saved each year if universal screening for aortic aneurysm in men aged 65 years or over was available across the National Health Service. | | (163682) | 679
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whom he intends to consult in respect of the renegotiation of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. | | (163683) | 680
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his objectives are in relation to the re-opened negotiations on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme; when he expects to publish the Government's substantive response to the Office of Fair Trading's market study on the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (163684) | 681
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he or Ministers and officials from his Department have held with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry on the re-opened negotiations about the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme; whom they met on each occasion; and if he will publish a consultation document on the matter. | | (163685) | 682
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25th April 2007, Official Report, column 1192W, on abdominal aortic aneurysm, what further steps he has taken following the recommendation of the National Screening Committee that a national screening policy should be implemented by his Department for abdominal aortic aneurysm. | | (163999) | 683
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when, and on what terms he permitted Hillingdon Primary Care Trust to access the suppliers under the Framework for External Support for Commissioning. | | (164046) | 684
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations he has included in the list of suppliers on the Framework for External Support in Commissioning. | | (164047) | 685
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were prescribed Ritalin in each quarter since January 1980; and if he will make a statement. | | (163186) | 686
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who work for the NHS in England reside in Wales. | | (162496) | 687
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the protection of elderly people living in private care homes; and if he will make a statement. | | (163853) | 688
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of English conceptions which ended in terminations in each of the last five years. | | (162974) | 689
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163617) | 690
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will inquire into the reasons for the maintenance craft workers at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Trust taking strike action on 5th November. | | (162272) | 691
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients being cared for by each Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services Home Team (a) have changed their support workers in the last four months, (b) have been discharged back to their GPs in the last four months, (c) no longer have a support worker and (d) have a care manager who is not permanently in the team. | | (163062) | 692
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the community being cared for by each Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services Team have changed care manager in the last four months. | | (163063) | 693
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services teams are closed to referrals. | | (163064) | 694
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had their hospital discharge delayed because a community service is not available to them under the auspices of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services. | | (163065) | 695
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients being cared for by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services in (a) north, (b) central and (c) south Manchester are receiving (i) acute home treatment as an alternative to admission and (ii) outreach services. | | (163066) | 696
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients being cared for by Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services are (a) receiving an early intervention in psychosis service and (b) waiting to be admitted to hospital. | | (163067) | 697
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services teams', psychiatric emergency and assessment unit has opened. | | (163068) | 698
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the sickness levels amongst staff in Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services teams were in 2006-07. | | (163069) | 699
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients each Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Community Services Team has on its waiting list to be allocated to a care manager. | | (163508) | 700
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for the statement on page 7 of the consultation document Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances - and related services - to Primary Care that there are indications that underlying manufacturing costs have gone down. | | (163866) | 701
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies supplying products listed in Part IX of the Drug Tariff have provided information to his Department of a decline in manufacturing costs. | | (163867) | 702
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names and specialties are of the healthcare professionals who carried out the classification of products in the latest consultation on Part IX of the Drug Tariff. | | (163868) | 703
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to a private employer of a specialist nurse visit. | | (163869) | 704
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which products were used to set the benchmark price in the proposed new pricing model for catheter, incontinence and stoma items; and when they were first listed on the Drug Tariff. | | (163870) | 705
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future provision of antenatal services available to patients who are expecting a multiple birth. | | (163889) | 706
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to maternity units to ensure that new born twins, triplets or quads are cared for in the same (a) unit and (b) hospital. | | (163890) | 707
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives and (d) health visitors receive in the care and treatment of patients expecting a multiple birth. | | (163891) | 708
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area have been diagnosed with (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) pneumoconiosis on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (163398) | 709
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of each sexually transmitted disease were diagnosed in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area in each of the last three years. | | (163399) | 710
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people between the ages of 16 and 18 years have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area in the last three years. | | (163400) | 711
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) methicillin resistant staphyloccus aureus, (b) vancomycin-intermediate staphyloccus aureus, (c) clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea, (d) vancomycin-resistant staphyloccus aureus and (e) glycopeptide-resistant enterococci were recorded in each hospital in England in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (163401) | 712
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Government (a) grants and (b) loans were made to NHS dental clinics in each NHS trust in each of the last five years; whether conditions on practising within the NHS were attached to each; and if he will make a statement. | | (163402) | 713
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of diagnostic scans in the NHS were carried out by private healthcare companies in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163403) | 714
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the use of mixed sex wards to end in the NHS. | | (163404) | 715
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of compulsory ward inspections on (a) hygiene standards and (b) infection rates in hospitals. | | (163405) | 716
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS trust spent on external financial consultants in the last five years. | | (163406) | 717
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the special advisers in his Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163407) | 718
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that when regulations are issued in relation to the Draft Order in Council under section 62 (10) of the Health Act 1999 relating to the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous amendments) (No. 2) Order 2007, that the order contains provisions that will allow the free transfer of the appropriate membership lists from the Association of Educational Psychologists similar to that facility proposed for the British Psychological Society and its members. | | (163671) | 719
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices are operating in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland. | | (163013) | 720
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists on NHS contracts were registered in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in each year since 2001. | | (163014) | 721
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on plans to deep clean hospitals. | | (163015) | 722
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years have received free NHS eye tests in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last five years. | | (163016) | 723
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) drug awareness campaigns in Copeland over the last five years. | | (163017) | 724
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on information campaigns about sexually transmitted infections over the last five years. | | (163018) | 725
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were for (a) cancer and (b) cardiac operations in Copeland in each of the last five years. | | (163019) | 726
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hospital-acquired infections have been diagnosed at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven in the last five years. | | (163020) | 727
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clients were placed by (a) English social services departments in Wales and (b) Welsh social services departments in England, in each of the last five years. | | (162501) | 728
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer specialists were recruited in each year since 2000; how many full time equivalent cancer specialists there were in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (163285) | 729
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many oncologists per capita there were in each strategic health authority area in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (163286) | 730
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of which groups are typically under-represented in the NHS routine breast cancer screening programme; and what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of routine breast cancer screening among these groups. | | (163287) | 731
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many linear accelerators operating in England are more than 10 years old; and if he will make a statement. | | (163288) | 732
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how Regulation (EC) 141/2000 on orphan medicinal products is being implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (163289) | 733
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have died of hospital acquired infections in each year since 1997. | | (163677) | 734
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163701) | 735
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs have received specialist training on chronic fatigue syndrome. | | (163142) | 736
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of GP visits made by patients was before being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome over the last five years. | | (163143) | 737
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to develop statistical and qualitative data on the life experiences and employment histories of people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. | | (163144) | 738
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist care and treatment facilities for chronic fatigue syndrome are provided by the NHS in each region. | | (163145) | 739
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust to give weight to the petition organised by the Worcester News on service restructuring commensurate with the 2,092 signatures gathered; and if he will make a statement. | | (163021) | 740
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the compliance of primary care trusts with the public sector gender duties; and what support the Government will provide to NHS organisations to help them reduce gender inequalities in health outcomes. | | (163934) | 741
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to introduce a screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms in older men. | | (163935) | 742
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the French government to enable retired British citizens living in France to access French healthcare without private medical insurance. | | (163052) | 743
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens living in France who will be affected by the French government's decision to change healthcare law. | | (163053) | 744
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received on the legality under EU law of the French government's decision to change its rules on access to healthcare for British citizens. | | (163054) | 745
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on children's hospices from (a) the public purse and (b) voluntary contributions in each of the last five years. | | (163709) | 746
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has provided to primary care trusts on their funding of children's hospices. | | (163710) | 747
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding each primary care trust has provided to children's hospices in each of the last five years. | | (163711) | 748
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of professional malpractice concerning employees of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust were reported to (a) the General Medical Council, (b) the Nursing and Midwifery Council, (c) the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, (d) the Health Professions Council and (e) other professional regulators by (i) NHS trusts, (ii) ambulance services, (iii) mental health organisations, (iv) primary care trusts and (v) members of the public in the period between April 2004 and September 2006. | | (163469) | 749
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the Healthcare Commission on the provisions to regulate health professionals to be contained in the forthcoming Health and Social Care Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (163520) | 750
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Healthcare Commission's investigation into outbreaks of clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust between April 2004 and September 2006. | | (163594) | 751
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in financial savings made by Hertfordshire's acute trusts in (a) the 2007-08, (b) the 2005-06 and (c) the 2006-07 financial year; and what the savings were in each year in (i) monetary and (ii) percentage value of the budget. | | (162906) | 752
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the monetary value was of the budget reductions made by Hertfordshire Partnership Trust in the (a) 2007-08, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07 financial year. | | (162914) | 753
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage reduction was in the Hertfordshire Partnership Trust budget for the (a) 2007-08, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07 financial year. | | (162915) | 754
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163814) | 755
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163977) | 756
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding per capita was given to each primary care trust in England in 2006-07; and what the average level was of per capita funding for primary care trusts. | | (163088) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 757
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which buildings occupied by her Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to disabled people; and if she will make a statement. | | (163829) | 758
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations are entitled to access data on telephone calls made in the UK. | | (162489) | 759
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales have referred cases to the National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC) involving passwords in each year since NTAC's inception; how many cases in each year were resolved within three months; and what the average time frame was for a case to be resolved in each year. | | (162097) | 760
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates she has made of the cost to police forces in England and Wales of making a disclosure request under section 52, Part III of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; and whether forces are liable to pay when the protected information requested is not subsequently disclosed. | | (162098) | 761
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England and Wales have referred cases involving encryption to the National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC) in each year since NTAC's inception; how many such cases were resolved within three months; and what the average time frame for such cases being resolved was in 2006-07. | | (162130) | 762
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations from the US Administration about the US Department of Justice Mutual Legal Assistance request with regard to BAE Systems. | | (163485) | 763
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations from BAE Systems with regard to the US Department of Justice Mutual Legal Assistance request into allegations of misconduct involving BAE Systems. | | (163486) | 764
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the US Administration has made representations to his Department with regard to the UK processing of the US Mutual Legal Assistance request into allegations of misconduct involving BAE Systems. | | (163487) | 765
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether US investigators have visited the UK in relation to the US Department of Justice investigation into allegations of bribery involving BAE Systems in the last two months; and whether investigators have met officials from her Department. | | (163525) | 766
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the proficiency in English of workers obtaining leave to enter under (i) the highly skilled migrants scheme and (ii) the work permit scheme; and what assessment she has made of the proficiency in English of those who have obtained leave to enter under these schemes. | | (162956) | 767
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the pass rate was of those taking the (a) English language test and (b) Life in the UK test with a view to obtaining UK citizenship in each year since these requirements were introduced; and how many people (i) took and (ii) passed these tests in each year, broken down by nationality. | | (162957) | 768
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Oral Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 548, on inward migration, how many and what percentage of migrants to the UK were (a) EEA nationals, (b) non-EEA nationals, (c) dependents and (d) students in each of the last five years. | | (163940) | 769
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are applied in determining bonus payments for senior police officers. | | (163726) | 770
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what competencies are required of police community support officers. | | (163834) | 771
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables are attached to the Lincolnshire constabulary. | | (162962) | 772
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in Lincolnshire in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (162963) | 773
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables are attached to police constabularies in England and Wales. | | (162964) | 774
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in England and Wales in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (162965) | 775
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the numbers of skilled restaurant staff, especially chefs, who speak English to the required level, whom the (i) China and (ii) South Asian restaurant trades will be able to recruit overseas. | | (163799) | 776
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the numbers of skilled restaurant staff (a) China and (ii) South Asian restaurants need to recruit annually to maintain their businesses; and if she will make a statement. | | (163800) | 777
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European Extradition Warrants have been served on British citizens in each of the 32 categories of crime covered by the warrants; how many British citizens have been extradited to each EU country under a European Extradition Warrant; how many British citizens extradited under a European Extradition Warrant have subsequently been found guilty; and how many extradition requests under the European Extradition Warrant have been refused by a British court. | | (163060) | 778
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports of illegal guns arriving in mainland Great Britain through the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. | | (163010) | 779
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements exist on the recording of observations on the condition of animals used for scientific testing, whether or not there is a change in condition. | | (163011) | 780
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether records on the condition of animals are kept on a 24-hour basis by establishments with a certificate of designation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. | | (163012) | 781
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised from fines of drivers of vehicles carrying stowaways in each year since the inception of such fines. | | (163092) | 782
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal (a) Two, (b) Three and (c) Four in the first six months of 2007. | | (163093) | 783
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were seized as stowaways in trucks in each of the last 10 years. | | (163094) | 784
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Heathrow Terminal One in the first six months of 2007. | | (164048) | 785
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was at immigration for non-EEA citizens entering the UK via London Gatwick South Terminal in the first six months of 2007. | | (164049) | 786
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on UK embarkation controls; and if she will make a statement. | | (164050) | 787
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many terrorist operations have been foiled in each year for which records are available. | | (162273) | 788
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum seekers living on the streets; and if she will restore the provision of section 95 support to refused asylum seekers. | | (162775) | 789
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ascertain the (a) nationality, (b) residential status and (c) right to remain in the United Kingdom of the prisoners held in England and Wales whose nationality is classified as unknown. | | (163344) | 790
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners are subject to deportation notices. | | (163345) | 791
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were deported or removed in each year from 2002 to 2006; and how many have been deported or removed in 2007. | | (163346) | 792
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were (a) released into the community, (b) detained on the Prison Estate pending deportation proceedings, (c) transferred into Home Office detention and (d) deported or removed in each year since 1997. | | (163347) | 793
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons working for her Department have unspent criminal convictions. | | (163348) | 794
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to foreign prisoners in compensation for unlawful detention in custody beyond the end of their sentences in each of the last 10 years. | | (163351) | 795
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means her Department ensures that deported convicted foreign nationals cannot return to the United Kingdom at a later date. | | (163352) | 796
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) foreign nationals and (b) foreign national prisoners were (i) deported or removed and (ii) informed that they were not subject to deportation or removal proceedings after receiving a non-custodial sentence in each year since 1997. | | (163708) | 797
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police commmunity support officers retired on grounds of ill health in each year since 1997. | | (162843) | 798
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in each Welsh police force in each year since they were introduced. | | (162844) | 799
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each Welsh police force in each year since 1997. | | (162845) | 800
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many freedom of information requests her Department and its agencies received in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163038) | 801
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 her Department turned down in the last year; and for what reasons. | | (163039) | 802
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of freedom of information requests granted by her Department in 2006 made a full disclosure of the information or documents requested within the statutory 20 working days. | | (163040) | 803
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which elements of the Government's points based immigration system require further primary legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (163041) | 804
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements the Government has made to maintain and improve immigration and security operations on the Channel Tunnel rail link in perparation for Ebbsfleet International Station opening; and if she will make a statement. | | (163137) | 805
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which foreign governments the Government has had recent discussions on the assurance and validity of travel documents; and if she will make a statement. | | (163138) | 806
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were found trying to enter the United Kingdom with stolen or forged passports in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by nationality. | | (163139) | 807
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries issue passports that are not readable by electronic or automated passport readers; and how many citizens from such countries presented themselves for entry into the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163140) | 808
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries do not issue passports that are capable of being read by electronic or automated passport readers; what estimate her Department has made of the number of countries likely to be issuing such passports when the e-border system becomes operational; and if she will make a statement. | | (163141) | 809
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which local authorities asylum seekers were dispersed to in 2006 under the asylum seekers dispersal programme; and how many asylum seekers were dispersed to each local authority in the programme. | | (163148) | 810
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those asylum seekers required to report to an immigration detention centre while their applications were being processed missed at least one appointment in (a) June and (b) September 2007. | | (163149) | 811
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were under an obligation to report to a reporting centre as at (a) 30th June and (b) 30th September 2007. | | (163150) | 812
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will announce a timetable for the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on People Trafficking; and if she will make a statement. | | (163151) | 813
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) airlines and (b) airport operators have offered the Border and Immigration Agency financial assistance to pay for extra immigration officers; and how many such offers have been accepted. | | (163773) | 814
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department and the Border and Immigration Agency have made about the manpower requirements for the immigration service at Heathrow Airport on the opening of Terminal 5; what plans her Department has to meet those requirements; and if she will make a statement. | | (163774) | 815
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average operational cost per bed space was in each establishment in the immigration detention estate as at 30th June 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (163775) | 816
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to act upon the recommendations made by the National Audit Office in its report, The cancellation of Bicester Accommodation Centre; and if she will make a statement. | | (163776) | 817
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been convicted of crimes related to the (a) possession of firearms and (b) selling of illegal drugs in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (163778) | 818
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the target times for passengers to be processed through immigration controls at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick and (c) Stansted airports. | | (163785) | 819
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of student visa holders from (a) India, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) Pakistan and (d) South Africa applied to extend their visa at the end of their initial period in the latest 12 months for which figures are available. | | (163786) | 820
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the inclusion of passenger name record information in the e-borders programme. | | (163787) | 821
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply to the letter of 30th July from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163941) | 822
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply to the letter of 5th July from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163945) | 823
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors were taken into account in determining the format of the notices posted in airports for incoming passengers at the UK's borders. | | (163686) | 824
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects detained under counter-terrorism legislation have been released without charge because of expiry of the 28 days limit on such detention. | | (164007) | 825
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risks of premature charging of suspects in terrorism cases due to the impending expiry of the 28 day limit on detention without charge; and if she will make a statement. | | (164008) | 826
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on periods of detention without charge in relation to counter-terrorism in other EU member states. | | (164009) | 827
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist offences since July 2006 were released (a) before 10 days, (b) between 11 and 20 days, (c) between 21 and 26 days, (d) on the 27th day and (e) on the 28th day. | | (164010) | 828
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the people detained on suspicion of terrorist offences since July 2006 were charged (a) before 10 days, (b) between 11 and 20 days, (c) between 21 and 26 days, (d) on the 27th day and (e) on the 28th day. | | (164011) | 829
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place for (a) giving notice to her and (b) seeking leave from her by the Director General of the Security Service (DGSS) in relation to the making of speeches on matters within his responsibilities, with particular reference to the DGSS's speech to the Society of Editors on 5th November 2007. | | (162124) | 830
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she was first informed of the (a) delivery date and (b) content of the speech delivered by the Director General of the Security Services on 5th November 2007 to the Society of Editors. | | (162271) | 831
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people the Border and Immigration Agency employs in (a) Gloucestershire, (b) the South West and (c) Wales to ensure that foreign workers are employed legally. | | (162611) | 832
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24th October 2007, Official Report, column 346W, on entry clearances, whether she plans to collect and collate data on applications for indefinite leave to remain for individuals on a (a) constituency basis and (b) local authority area basis; and if she will make a statement. | | (163103) | 833
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) acceptable behaviour orders and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Peterborough and (ii) Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction; and if she will make a statement. | | (163178) | 834
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department received the original mutual legal assistance request from the US Department of Justice on BAE Systems; what representations her Department has received from (a) the US Administration, (b) BAE Systems, (c) other Government departments and (d) other persons about the progress of the mutual legal assistance request; and on what dates these representations were made. | | (163521) | 835
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has forwarded a copy of the US Department of Justice's mutual legal assistance request on BAE Systems to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) another law enforcement agency. | | (163522) | 836
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19th July 2007, Official Report, column 504W, on BAE Systems inquiry, what protocols are encompassed by the phrase considered in the usual way. | | (163523) | 837
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Border and Immigration Agency about the application process which Somali nationals resident in the UK are required to undergo to obtain travel documents. | | (163089) | 838
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163606) | 839
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) pension and (b) other benefits packages are offered to new police constables joining the (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) Hertfordshire Constabulary. | | (163408) | 840
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crack houses in Hertfordshire have been closed in the last five years. | | (163415) | 841
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the special advisers in her Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163416) | 842
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for selling alcohol to minors in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each of the last five years. | | (163417) | 843
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff serving with English police forces live in Wales. | | (162505) | 844
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163700) | 845
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she received from her counterparts in Romania and Bulgaria before making the decision to continue the restrictions on migrant workers from these countries. | | (163169) | 846
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of written answers by her Department were later found to contain erroneous statistics in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (163171) | 847
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts her Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163817) | 848
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the full-time equivalent headcount in her Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for her Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (163974) | 849
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to each police authority in England and Wales of employing healthcare professionals at custody suites in each of the last five years. | | (162089) | 850
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department uses to estimate the numbers of migrants in police authorities in England and Wales. | | (162090) | 851
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what adjustments are made to the police formula grant for police authorities in (a) England and (b) Wales to take account of the numbers of migrants in individual police authority areas. | | (162091) | 852
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department uses to estimate the number of tourists visiting police authority areas in England and Wales. | | (162092) | 853
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what adjustments are made to the police formula grant in England and Wales to take account of the numbers of tourists visiting individual police authority areas. | | (162093) | 854
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to the letter of 1st October 2007 from the hon. Member for Walsall North regarding a constituent, ref: M19658/7. | | (162401) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 855
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much of the £1 billion announced on the publication of the conclusions of the Sainsbury Review, to be spent on business innovation and technology development, is additional resources not previously (a) announced and (b) allocated. | | (163163) | 856
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163951) | 857
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) timetable and (b) content is of the bilateral action plan agreed with the Indian intellectual property rights authorities, as referred to in the Answer of 5th July 2007, Official Report, column 1163W, on intellectual property: India. | | (162997) | 858
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost has been of re-branding his Department following the change in name from the Department for Education and Skills. | | (162103) | 859
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether there is a funding gap for work to research and develop a new tuberculosis vaccine being undertaken in the UK, with reference to the Answer of 23rd May 2007, Official Report, column 1340W on tuberculosis: vaccination. | | (163357) | 860
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of prospective students who have been unable to access funding offered by the Arts and Humanities Research Council due to delays in the postal system during the last three years. | | (162382) | 861
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funds were paid to which (a) Jewish, (b) Muslim and (c) Christian seminaries by his Department and its predecessors in each year since 2001. | | (162398) | 862
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many colleges and other educational establishments were (a) investigated and (b) subsequently removed from the Government Register of Educational Providers in relation to immigration-related considerations in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (163788) | 863
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to reply to the letter of 27th September from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163948) | 864
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time mature students enrolled on a higher education course in each year since 2001. | | (162118) | 865
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time mature students withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2001. | | (162119) | 866
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time students enrolled in higher education courses in each year since 2001. | | (162120) | 867
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of the additional support budget of the Train to Gain programme was spent in each English region by the Learning and Skills Council in 2006-07. | | (162121) | 868
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time students under 22 years old withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2001. | | (162122) | 869
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether access to the skills account for advanced apprentices announced in his speech of 31st October 2007 will be means-tested. | | (162776) | 870
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will visit Moulton College, Northamptonshire to meet staff and students and discuss future further education provision. | | (162107) | 871
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeship schemes are operating in the Peterborough City Council area; and if he will make a statement. | | (163175) | 872
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people have taken out career development loans. | | (163646) | 873
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to higher education institutions on keeping places available for those students waiting for their A-level papers to be re-marked. | | (163550) | 874
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of students in English universities were from (a) England, (b) the UK, (c) other EU countries and (d) non-EU countries in each year from 1990 to 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163768) | 875
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of full-time first degree students at (a) Oxford, (b) Cambridge, (c) the London School of Economics and (d) Durham University were from (i) private schools in the UK, (ii) grammar schools in the UK, (iii) maintained schools in the UK that are non grammar and (iv) outside the UK in each year from 1990 to 2007. | | (163769) | 876
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many citizens' juries were arranged for his Department in each year between 1997 and June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the cost was of each. | | (163600) | 877
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163607) | 878
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163699) | 879
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, prior to its removal from the Register of Education and Training Providers on 19th July 2007, on what dates official visits or checks were carried out on Kelvin Business School. | | (163992) | 880
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what date his Department first received representations on the legitimacy of Kelvin Business School as an education provider. | | (163993) | 881
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what dates Ministers attended meetings to discuss Kelvin Business School's removal from the Register of Education and Training Providers. | | (163994) | 882
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163801) | 883
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163991) | 884
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the selection criteria are for the establishment of (a) student juries and (b) the National Student Forum. | | (163079) | 885
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the terms of reference are for the National Student Forum; and how its independence will be ensured. | | (163080) | 886
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, by what means the findings of student juries will be made available to the public. | | (163081) | 887
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, by what means the minutes of the National Student Forum will be made available to the public after each of its meetings. | | (163082) | 888
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what criteria were used to select London, Sheffield, Bristol and Manchester to hold student juries; and where the fifth student jury will be held. | | (163083) | 889
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether a formal assessment was made of the quality of student representation provided by the National Union of Students before the decision to establish the National Student Forum was taken. | | (163212) | 890
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with industry on the criteria used to appraise UK involvement with the Galileo system; and if he will make a statement. | | (163479) | 891
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, for what reasons single source procurement of space systems is used; and what the evidential basis is for this providing best value. | | (163480) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 892
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to protect developing countries from the effects of the activities of vulture funds. | | (162492) | 893
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance has been given to aid the return of Burundi refugees from Tanzania and Uganda to their homes. | | (163909) | 894
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the government of Guatemala on the welfare of Guatemalan street children. | | (163910) | 895
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK aid has been given to the government of Guatemala for projects aimed at improving the welfare of Guatemalan street children. | | (163911) | 896
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was given in aid to Burundi over the last five years; and what conditionality was attached to it. | | (163925) | 897
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's personnel are in each province of Afghanistan; what their role is in each province; and if he will make a statement. | | (163772) | 898
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, further to his letter of 1st August, when he expects to write to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163944) | 899
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations his Department has made in relation to the time taken to begin the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (163883) | 900
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163615) | 901
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) nature and (b) financial value was of development assistance given to the Pakistani government in each of the last three financial years; what planned expenditure is on such assistance in the (i) current and (ii) next financial year; which elements of such assistance are under review following the suspension of the Pakistani constitution; and if he will make a statement. | | (162094) | 902
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of heavily indebted countries at risk from vulture funds' actions; and if he will make a statement. | | (162388) | 903
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on ensuring that highly indebted poor countries have access to the legal assistance they need to defend themselves against litigation from vulture funds, with particular reference to the proposals at the African Development Bank to develop a legal assistance facility to help countries facing legal action gain access to technical and legal support; and if he will make a statement. | | (162389) | 904
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to visit the Island of St Helena following the appointment of a new Governor; and if he will make a statement. | | (163740) | 905
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to be able to announce a decision on the construction of an airport on the Island of St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (163741) | 906
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163698) | 907
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163812) | 908
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163979) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 909
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which buildings occupied by his Department (a) are and (b) are not fully accessible to people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (163950) | 910
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 17th May 2007, Official Report, column 873W, on Prison Service, whether inmates are fingerprinted on reception at (a) HM Prison Brixton, (b) HM Prison Holloway, (c) HM Prison Pentonville, (d) HM Prison Wandsworth, (e) HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs and (f) HM Young Offender Institute Feltham; and if he will make a statement. | | (163243) | 911
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 17th May 2007, Official Report, column 873W, on Prison Service, whether all prison establishments are required to fingerprint prisoners on reception; and if he will make a statement. | | (163244) | 912
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the exceptional circumstances were that led the Deputy Director General of HM Prison Service to authorise the managed move of (a) Phil Riley to HM Prison Buckley Hall, (b) Paul Baker to change manager at HM Prison Pentonville, (c) Paul Baker to Deputy Governor at HM Prison Pentonville and (d) Gary Deighton to HM Prison Service Professional Standards Unit; and if he will make a statement. | | (163245) | 913
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what correspondence has been received by HM Prison Service from Ron Tasker on the commissioning of the investigation that he is carrying out; and if he will make a statement. | | (163246) | 914
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the governing governor of HM Young Offender Institution Feltham is to be appointed as an area manager within HM Prison Service; whether this is a managed move; and if he will make a statement. | | (163468) | 915
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts Service spent in 2006-07 on civilian fines officers; and how much the civilian fines officers recovered in the same period. | | (163577) | 916
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates' courts in England and Wales have access to full Libra functionality. | | (163579) | 917
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of terrorist offences have committed further crimes (a) since being released and (b) while on licence in each of the last three years. | | (163727) | 918
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what drug testing is done on prisoners upon (a) arrival and (b) leaving prison. | | (163728) | 919
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the regard to be given to time spent on remand when sentencing those convicted of more than one offence where time spent on remand has already been taken into account in relation to sentencing for a separate offence; and if he will make a statement. | | (163730) | 920
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the purpose was of the internal audit of the operation of the victim's surcharge; whether magistrates were involved in the audit; and what conclusions have been reached. | | (163731) | 921
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been collected via the victim's surcharge since inception; where the funds raised are held; what plans there are for use of such funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (163732) | 922
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research has been used to formulate sentencing options in cases of domestic violence where there are (a) male perpetrators with female victims, (b) female perpetrators with male victims, (c) male perpetrators with male victims and (d) female perpetrators with female victims; what sentencing options are available in such cases; what training is provided to magistrates in each category of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement. | | (163733) | 923
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were killed by their current or former partners in each of the last five years. | | (163734) | 924
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to grant magistrates the power to deport foreign criminals. | | (163735) | 925
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to the Crown Prosecution Service on plea bargaining. | | (163736) | 926
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes have been made to the process of selecting magistrates in each of the last three years. | | (163737) | 927
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons for applying a victim surcharge on fines for a non-payment of a TV licence are. | | (163738) | 928
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have developed a drug addiction in prison over the last 10 years. | | (163739) | 929
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will use the re-offending rates of those released from approved premises in measuring the effectiveness of those premises. | | (163832) | 930
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the representations he has received on the victim's surcharge since its inception were in favour of it . | | (163833) | 931
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons working for his Department have unspent criminal convictions. | | (163349) | 932
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend prison rules, orders and instructions relating to Irish prisoners following abolition of the Common Travel Area. | | (163350) | 933
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the starting salary of a prison officer was (a) in 1997, (b) in 1997 in 2007 prices and (c) in 2007. | | (163353) | 934
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken to make access to the Violent and Sex Offender Register compliant with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act. | | (163729) | 935
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which police forces in England and Wales have (a) declined to deploy, (b) not yet begun to deploy and (c) not yet completed deployment of the Violent and Sex Offender Register; and how the work of the Probation Service has been affected by declinations to deploy. | | (163917) | 936
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the ability of the police in England and Wales to access, evaluate and share information with probation services in the United Kingdom has been affected by the establishment of the Violent and Sex Offender Register. | | (163918) | 937
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the training database for the Violent and Sex Offender Register is available in all probation board areas in England and Wales. | | (163919) | 938
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the deployment by police authorities and probation areas in England and Wales of the Violent and Sex Offender Register. | | (163920) | 939
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's expenditure on the Violent and Sex Offender Register is in each financial year of the lifetime of the project. | | (163921) | 940
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the training database for the Violent and Sex Offender Register is available to all police forces in England and Wales. | | (163922) | 941
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on the Violent and Sex Offender's Register in each financial year of the project; and how much has been allocated to the project for each financial year within the existing planning horizon. | | (164061) | 942
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted prisoners have been held overnight in police cells or custody suites in Wales; and for how many nights each prisoner has been so held, broken down by police force area. | | (162846) | 943
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in each of the Welsh prison establishments (a) retired on ill health grounds, (b) took early retirement and (c) were dismissed from the Prison Service in each year since 1997. | | (162847) | 944
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which foreign states the UK has arrangements for the return of prisoners to their home country to complete their prison sentences; how many nationals of such countries are currently in UK prisons; and how many prisoners the Government expects to be returned as a result of the arrangements in place. | | (163779) | 945
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the number of foreign national prisoners who will qualify under the exemptions contained in the UK Borders Act 2007 from automatic deportation expressed as a percentage of foreign national prisoners in the prison and immigration removal estate. | | (163782) | 946
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners were held in jails in Kent on 31st October. | | (163789) | 947
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to reply to the letter of 18th July from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163942) | 948
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to respond to the letter of 11th April 2006 from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163947) | 949
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons Charles Roy Taylor has been committed in HMP Nottingham; for how long he has been committed; and if he will make a statement. | | (163008) | 950
N | John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long and for what reason Charles Roy Taylor has been committed to HMP Nottingham; and if he will make a statement. | | (163266) | 951
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the proposed pilot on youth juries is; what the objectives of the policy are; whether there are any plans to extend this beyond Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. | | (162400) | 952
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163605) | 953
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of fines expected to be handed out to 17 year olds who truant in the first year of implementation of such a policy. | | (163649) | 954
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on numbers of prison places of any custodial sentences handed out to 17 year olds who have not paid fines for truanting in the first year following implementation of such a policy. | | (163650) | 955
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the likely number of custodial sentences which will be handed out to 17 year olds who have not paid fines for truanting in the first year following implementation of such a policy. | | (163652) | 956
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff working in Crown Courts in England reside in Wales. | | (162503) | 957
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of vice-related offences in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and how many of these have been (i) UK citizens, (ii) EU foreign nationals and (iii) non-EU foreign nationals. | | (163675) | 958
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sick record in each of the last five years. | | (163697) | 959
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of inmates in (a) secure training centres, (b) youth offender institutions and (c) prisons were in local authority care as children in the most recent year for which data is available. | | (163056) | 960
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163818) | 961
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163975) | Questions to the Leader of the House 962
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Leader of the House, whether funds are provided from the public purse for travel by (a) rail and (b) air by the Leader of the Opposition in his capacity as such. | | (162491) | 963
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Leader of the House, when she will publish a summary of consultation responses to the draft legislative programme. | | (162787) | 964
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Leader of the House, who the special advisers in her Office are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163418) | 965
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Leader of the House, what contracts her Office has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163810) | 966
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Leader of the House, what the full-time equivalent headcount in her Office is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for her Office is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (163981) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 967
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will, with the Policing Board, review the underlying basis for consideration of the location of the Police Training College in the light of the forthcoming availability as a potential police college of the Ballykelly Army Base. | | (162916) | 968
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the public inquiry led by Lord Saville into the events in Londonderry in January 1972 to announce its findings. | | (163528) | 969
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles on the roads of Northern Ireland are estimated not to have road tax paid on them; and what assessment he has made of how this figure compares on a pro-rata basis with the other nations and regions of the United Kingdom. | | (163529) | 970
| Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) investigations, (b) arrests, (c) charges and (d) successful prosecutions for stirring up hatred or arousing fear on the grounds of (i) religious belief, (ii) ethnicity, (iii) race, (iv) nationality and citizenship, (v) sexual orientation and (vi) disability were made in Northern Ireland in each year since the relevant legislation was enacted in 1987. | | (163970) | 971
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government intends to take to fulfil its commitment in Annex B of the St Andrew's Agreement to introduce an Irish Language Act reflecting on the experience of Wales and the Republic of Ireland. | | (164022) | 972
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive on an Irish Language Act; and how the Government proposes to meet its undertaking to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to enhance and protect the development of the Irish language. | | (164023) | 973
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the level of violent crime in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (163161) | 974
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many brothels have been raided in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (163673) | 975
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of vice-related offences in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many of these have been (i) UK citizens, (ii) EU foreign nationals and (iii) non-EU foreign nationals. | | (163674) | 976
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163802) | 977
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163989) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 978
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what support is available for (a) Peterborough City Council and (b) other local authorities in Cambridgeshire to develop their strategies and policies in relation to the hosting of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (163177) | 979
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether (a) an up-to-date budget, (b) the monthly cashflow and (c) a breakdown of contingency funds allocated to specific projects is made available to members of the Olympic Board at each board meeting. | | (162085) | 980
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. | | (162086) | 981
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she expects to be able to provide estimated overall costs for the planned (a) Spitalbrook site and (b) alternative site for Olympic canoeing facilities, with reference to the Answer of 24th October 2007, Official Report, column 369W, on Olympic Games: Greater London. | | (162274) | 982
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the forecast of (a) VAT, (b) contingency and (c) legacy transportation costs of the main Olympic stadium will be, with reference to the Answer of 22nd October 2007, Official Report, column 48W, on Olympic Games: Greater London. | | (162275) | 983
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, with reference to the Answer of 18th April 2007, Official Report, columns 638-9W, on London Olympics (Ref 129383 and 129384), if she will provide a more detailed breakdown of the planned expenditure on the Olympic Park and infrastructure and regeneration. | | (162278) | Questions to the Prime Minister 984
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Sir Alistair Graham indicated his willingness to serve a second term as Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. | | (162493) | 985
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with King Abdullah of Jordan on 7th November about Jordan's possible membership of the International Whaling Commission. | | (164003) | 986
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the (a) content and (b) application of the rules in the Ministerial Code of Conduct relating to the requirement for (i) Ministers and (ii) parliamentary private secretaries to notify hon. Members when visiting their constituencies to take part in party political activities. | | (162129) | 987
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to King Abdullah about human rights violations in Saudi Arabia during the King's recent visit to the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (163907) | 988
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to attend (a) the Signature Ceremony to conclude the 2007 Intergovernmental Council in Lisbon on 13th December and (b) the European Council in Brussels on 13th to 14th December. | | (163856) | 989
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Prime Minister, what arrangements are in place for (a) giving notice and (b) seeking leave by the Director General of the Security Service (DGSS) in relation to the making of speeches on matters within his responsibilities, with particular reference to the DGSS's speech to the Society of Editors on 5th November 2007. | | (162123) | 990
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed of the (a) delivery date and (b) content of the speech made by the Director General of the Security Service on 5th November 2007. | | (162128) | 991
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, who he has officially entertained at Chequers since 28th June. | | (163154) | 992
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, which local and regional newspapers were briefed on his education speech of 31st October 2007 by the (a) Senior Press Officer - Regions, in the Prime Minister's Press Office and (b) other press officers in the Prime Minister's Press Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (163572) | 993
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of the Downing Street Press Office in each quarter since 31st March 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (163573) | 994
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what instructions were given to the regional press officers in the Downing Street Press Office in relation to the Prime Minister's education speech on 31st October 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (163574) | 995
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, which schools the Downing Street Press Office told journalists would be mentioned in his education speech of 31st October; which schools were mentioned in the speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (163623) | 996
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will provide a list of Government special advisers since 27th June 2007 with pay bands and costs, including support costs, on a comparable basis to the information provided in the Written Statement of 26th July 2006, Official Report, columns 86-91WS, on special advisers. | | (162685) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 997
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps have been taken by the Government to comply with the recommendations of the report of the Committee of Experts on the Charter for Minority and Regional Languages in respect of Scottish Gaelic and Scots. | | (162784) | 998
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who the special advisers in his Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163419) | 999
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163815) | 1000
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163976) | Questions to the Solicitor General 1001
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to her Answer of 21st May 2007, Official Report, column 1145W, on Prison Service: homophobia, for what reason this information is not held by the Treasury Solicitor; and if she will make a statement. | | (163233) | 1002
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Solicitor General, whether investigators from the (a) US Department of Justice and (b) other US officials have held meetings with (i) her Department and (ii) staff from the Serious Fraud Office with regard to allegations of misconduct involving BAE Systems in relation to Saudi Arabia. | | (163519) | 1003
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking in relation to Mohammed Salih from Iraq, wanted in the UK in connection with the killing of Banaz Mahmood; and if she will make a statement. | | (162960) | 1004
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in her Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 1005
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) carbon monoxide and (b) organophosphates poisoning were reported on (i) Flybe 146 flights, (ii) 146 aircraft, (iii) Boeing 757 flights and (iv) other flights in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163162) | 1006
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration of safety factors there will be before a decision is reached on the future of the manned railway crossing at Frinton-on-Sea. | | (163489) | 1007
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of changing from a manned railway crossing to an unmanned railway crossing in Frinton-on-Sea on safety; and what the evidential basis is for her assessment. | | (163591) | 1008
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths there were at (a) unmanned and (b) manned railway crossings in each of the last five years. | | (163592) | 1009
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to accessibility improvements at Shipley railway station under the Access for All programme. | | (163836) | 1010
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for a ship calling at a port which does not meet the 2004 International Ships and Ports Facility Security Code. | | (163792) | 1011
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on whether mobility scooters should only be available after approval has been sought from a general practitioner. | | (163107) | 1012
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving mobility scooters were recorded in each of the last three years records for which information is available. | | (163108) | 1013
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Stroud District Council on the proposed new railway station at Hunts Grove. | | (163109) | 1014
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new railway station or halt openings or re-openings have occurred in the last 10 years; what the date of each was; and what the estimated population hinterland was in each case. | | (163625) | 1015
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce compulsory training for the use of mobility scooters. | | (163640) | 1016
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which UK airports handling one million or more passengers per annum will be affected by the EU Airports Charges Directive; when the provisions of that Directive will be applied to UK airports; and how many UK airports are affected by existing UK price control regulation. | | (162910) | 1017
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what tests are carried out on commercial aircraft to measure levels of tricresyl phosphate in cabin air. | | (163077) | 1018
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to publish Professor Mackinnon's report on longer heavier vehicles. | | (163283) | 1019
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officers in the British Transport Police have received specialist training to assist them in tackling illegal immigration; and if she will make a statement. | | (163135) | 1020
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total serving strength of the British Transport Police is; and how many officers work primarily in (a) airports and (b) international railway stations. | | (163136) | 1021
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on carrying out the Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England study in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (162125) | 1022
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to reply to the letter of 26th September from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163943) | 1023
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to reply to the letter of 18th September from the hon. Member for Beaconsfield. | | (163946) | 1024
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase (a) car parking capacity and (b) platform availability at York Railway Station; and if she will make a statement. | | (162380) | 1025
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last considered the adequacy of (a) car parking and (b) platform capacity at York Railway Station; and if she will make a statement. | | (162381) | 1026
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of the Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England study published by her Department on 2nd November 2007; and how much was spent on fees to MVA consultants. | | (162080) | 1027
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional trains under the new timetable will be stopping at central Milton Keynes train station once the work at the station is complete. | | (162917) | 1028
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by her Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163612) | 1029
| Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include the Visual Light Transmission standard in the MOT test. | | (163055) | 1030
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many light rail schemes have been completed and opened since 1997. | | (163422) | 1031
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of transport infrastructure needs in Hertfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (163423) | 1032
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many personal injury collisions occurred at the site of each fixed speed camera in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in the 12 months (i) before and (ii) after installation of each. | | (163424) | 1033
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the special advisers in her Department are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (163425) | 1034
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response she has made to the Foresight report on Tackling Obesities: Future Choices in relation to the role of transport policy in the development of obesogenic environments. | | (163743) | 1035
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by her Department to work on policies to encourage more (a) walking and (b) cycling. | | (163744) | 1036
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163695) | 1037
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects Regulation (EC) No. 2320/2002 to be fully revised and implemented. | | (162973) | 1038
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue was received from the calls to the Highways Agency's (a) automated traffic information line and (b) enquiry line in each of the last five years; how many telephone calls were made to the (i) automated traffic information line and (ii) enquiry line in each year; what the average call time was to the (A) automated traffic information line and (B) enquiry line in each year; and how much was spent on (1) staffing costs, (2) call centre facilities and (3) consultancy fees on the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency customer services telephone line in each year. | | (163223) | 1039
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of proposals to widen the M6; how this scheme will be affected by proposals to introduce hard shoulder driving on parts of the M6; what discussions she has had with (a) safety groups, (b) insurance groups and (c) other interested parties on proposals to extend hard shoulder driving beyond the M42 pilot scheme; and what motorways will be considered by her study into extending advanced signalling and traffic management systems. | | (163224) | 1040
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list each motorway and trunk road building project since 1997; and what the (a) tender cost and (b) outturn cost was in each case. | | (163225) | 1041
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list each motorway and trunk road building project that has been submitted for the targeted programme of improvement scheme; and which schemes (a) have been (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful and (b) are still being considered. | | (163226) | 1042
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on (a) motorway and trunk road building, (b) motorway and trunk road improvement and widening and (c) motorway and trunk road maintenance in each of the last five years. | | (163227) | 1043
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road projects were (a) listed, (b) completed on time and (c) completed on budget in each of the last five Highways Agency business plans. | | (163228) | 1044
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road projects will receive increased funding as a result of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007; which new road projects will be undertaken as a result of the provisions of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007; and what the effects of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 will be on the Transport Innovation Fund. | | (163234) | 1045
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected cost is of the two A1 dualling projects listed as on hold on the Highways Agency website. | | (163235) | 1046
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcomes were of discussions she has had with the aviation industry on ensuring that the UK's aviation security regime is properly enforced without causing unnecessary inconvenience to passengers; and how her Department is implementing these outcomes. | | (163236) | 1047
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultatations she has had with the (a) aviation and (b) security industries on the future of the one item of hand luggage rule; and if she will make a statement. | | (163237) | 1048
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her plans are relating to the one item of hand luggage rule. | | (163238) | 1049
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have been held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers since 27th June; and what the dates were of each meeting. | | (163239) | 1050
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings were held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in each of the last five years. | | (163240) | 1051
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on transport in each of the UK regions in each of the last five years. | | (163241) | 1052
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was budgeted for transport in each of the UK regions in each of the last five years. | | (163242) | 1053
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement about rises in rail fares. | | (163298) | 1054
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department (a) shares, (b) is in discussion to share and (c) has been approached in the last 12 months to share with other Government departments; and which departments have requested information. | | (163299) | 1055
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight will be provided by (a) her Department and (b) the Mayor of London of cost management of Crossrail construction. | | (163300) | 1056
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect the decision to fund Crossrail has had on the status of other (a) road and (b) rail projects. | | (163301) | 1057
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new websites have been published by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and their subsidiaries since her Department announced its website rationalisation process. | | (163302) | 1058
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which websites are run by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies, listed by the order in which they went live. | | (163303) | 1059
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) cost and (b) revenue raised has been of the www.dvlaregistrations.co.uk website. | | (163304) | 1060
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which websites run by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies are live but are no longer updated. | | (163305) | 1061
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was budgeted for major transport developments in each of the UK regions in each of the last five years. | | (163471) | 1062
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2048W, how much was spent by (a) her Department and (b) the Highways Agency on the creation of (i) an eighth Highways Agency regional operating unit in 2005-06 and (ii) a ninth Highways Agency regional operating unit in 2006-07. | | (163472) | 1063
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports were received of British Transport Police officers being (a) physically assaulted, (b) verbally assaulted and (c) spat at in each of the last five years. | | (163473) | 1064
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outcomes were of meetings held between her Department and Transport for London as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review about (a) their future funding needs and (b) liabilities they may face as a result of Metronet's entry into administration. | | (163474) | 1065
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London (TfL) relating to TfL's bid to take over the London Underground maintenance contracts originally awarded to Metronet. | | (163475) | 1066
| 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. | | (163476) | 1067
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on the recent competition for early refranchising of the East Coast main line. | | (163477) | 1068
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what areas she expects Network Rail to make savings in order to achieve the 31 per cent. target by 2009; how Network Rail will make efficiency savings of 31 per cent. by 2009; and what savings she has already identified within Network Rail | | (163478) | 1069
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts her Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163807) | 1070
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the full-time equivalent headcount in her Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for her Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (163984) | 1071
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evaluation criteria have to be satisfied before the Galileo system may be judged successful; and what criteria have to be satisfied before the programme is expanded. | | (163457) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 1072
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163808) | 1073
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163983) | 1074
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what in-year changes were made to the Barnett formula as it applies to Wales in each year since 2000. | | (164000) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 1075
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department's Green Paper, In Work, Better Off did not consider options for a single system of working age benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | (163830) | 1076
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, columns 784-9W, on departments: disabled, where the information on which of the buildings of which his Department is the major occupier are fully accessible to disabled people is held; and how many of the buildings of which his Department is the major occupier have had audits to determine whether they are fully accessible to disabled people. | | (163968) | 1077
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were issued to (a) dependents of non-EU work permit holders, (b) non-EU students, (c) non-EU highly skilled migrants, (d) non-EU International Graduate Scheme participants, (e) non-EU Fresh Talent in Scotland Scheme participants, (f) non-EU working holidaymakers and (g) non-EU work permit holders since 1st January 2004, broken down by nationality. | | (162686) | 1078
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were issued to non-EU citizens with leave to remain in the UK by virtue of (a) refugee status, (b) humanitarian protection, (c) discretionary leave and (d) leave under the backlog criteria between (i) 3rd April 2002 and 31st December 2003 and (ii) 1st January 2004 to 5th April 2007. | | (162687) | 1079
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers were issued to (a) dependents of non-EU work permit holders, (b) non-EU students, (c) non-EU highly skilled migrants, (d) non-EU Fresh Talent Working in Scotland Scheme participants, (e) non-EU working holidaymakers and (f) non-EU work permit holders between (i) 3rd April 2002 and 31st December 2003 and (ii) 1st January 2004 to 5th April 2007. | | (162688) | 1080
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to EU A8 nationals in (a) each year and (b) each quarter since 1st January 2004, broken down by nationality; and what the percentage change was in each period, broken down by nationality. | | (162689) | 1081
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change was in the number of national insurance registrations issued to (a) UK citizens and (b) foreign citizens in each year since 2002; and what the percentage change was in each period in each category. | | (162690) | 1082
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were defined as being in child poverty in Stroud constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (163576) | 1083
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government's response to the Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions recommended the introduction of a statutory override to allow schemes to implement the Pensions Act 2004 changes which reduced the limited price indexation cap from five per cent. to 2.5 per cent.; and if he will place in the Library the advice he received on this matter. | | (163647) | 1084
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government's response to the Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions recommended the reduction of the cap for revaluation of deferred rights from five per cent. to 2.5 per cent.; and if he will place in the Library the advice he received on this matter. | | (163648) | 1085
N | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants stopped claiming benefit in each month since 1992. | | (162783) | 1086
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used to assess eligibility for a crisis loan. | | (163497) | 1087
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that the appeal process for refused Social Fund applications is accessible and easy to use. | | (163498) | 1088
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether budgeting advice is offered to Social Fund claimants. | | (163499) | 1089
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken for Jobcentre Plus to process crisis loans in each year since 2002. | | (163500) | 1090
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average time was taken for Jobcentre Plus to process community care grants in each year since 2002. | | (163501) | 1091
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process applicants must go through to prove their eligibility for a crisis loan. | | (163502) | 1092
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that those living in rural communities can easily access a crisis loan. | | (163503) | 1093
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of refusal was for Social Fund applications in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) type and (b) reason for rejection. | | (163513) | 1094
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of advice given by Jobcentre Plus that was provided (a) face-to-face, (b) by letter, (c) online and (d) by telephone in the last period for which figures are available. | | (163580) | 1095
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those visiting Jobcentre Plus to access a crisis loan are offered an alternative to a telephone claim. | | (163581) | 1096
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to monitor how Jobcentre Plus personal advisers spend their working time; and if he will make a statement. | | (163582) | 1097
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the ease of access to Jobcentre Plus in rural areas. | | (163583) | 1098
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to ensure that contact between people with mental health and learning difficulties and Jobcentre Plus is appropriately managed. | | (163584) | 1099
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to make Jobcentre Plus more accessible to people who do not speak English as a first language. | | (163585) | 1100
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in improving the accessibility of Jobcentre Plus accessibility to elderly people; and if he will make a statement. | | (163586) | 1101
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Jobcentre Plus personal advisers to enable them to meet the demands of clients with unusual or distinct needs. | | (163587) | 1102
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in improvements to Jobcentre Plus IT systems; and if he will make a statement. | | (163588) | 1103
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in implementing the Crisis Loans Improvement Plan; and if he will make a statement. | | (163589) | 1104
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of diary support officers on the amount of time that personal advisers at Jobcentre Plus are able to spend with clients. | | (163590) | 1105
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) on-flow and origin, (b) off-flow and destination and (c) stock figures for (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) incapacity benefit (not credits only), (iii) severe disablement allowance, (iv) income support with incapacity benefit credits and (v) income support, broken down by statistical group, were for each of the last 36 months for which figures are available. | | (162114) | 1106
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) on-flow and origin, (b) off-flow and destination and (c) stock figures for people participating in (i) the New Deal for Over 50s, (ii) the New Deal for Lone Parents, (iii) the New Deal for Young People, (iv) the New Deal for over-25s, (v) the New Deal for Disabled People, (vi) the New Deal for Partners, (vii) Pathways to Work Pilot schemes, (viii) employment zones and (ix) Local Employment Partnerships were in each of the last 36 months for which figures are available. | | (162393) | 1107
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list those contractors who have won contracts under the New Deal in each of the last three years; and what the value of each contract was. | | (162394) | 1108
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expected (a) on-flows, (b) off-flows and (c) stock claimant numbers for (i) incapacity benefit (credits only), (ii) incapacity benefit (benefits) (iii) severe disablement allowance, (iv) income support and (v) jobseeker's allowance in each year to 2019-20. | | (163511) | 1109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of participants in the New Deal for Young People in the Peterborough City Council unitary authority area were repeat participants in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163176) | 1110
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of disability living allowance claims were rejected in the first instance in the latest period for which figures are available; and of this percentage how many of these cases were overturned on appeal. | | (163330) | 1111
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether parents can claim disability living allowance for children with behavioural problems which require prescriptions of Ritalin; and if he will make a statement. | | (163187) | 1112
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) budget and (b) remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; who the chairman is of each; and to what salary, including bonuses and expenses, each chairman is entitled. | | (163613) | 1113
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the range of incomes in (a) each decile, (b) the top 5 per cent., (c) the top 1 per cent., (d) the top 0.1 per cent. and (e) the top 0.01 per cent. of incomes in the UK population. | | (162277) | 1114
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit recipients live outside the UK in a country where they can receive (a) index-linked benefit entitlement and (b) non-index-linked benefit entitlement. | | (163426) | 1115
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the costs of setting up the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission as a non-departmental public body. | | (162495) | 1116
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) over 55 years of age and (b) in retirement have made use of (i) grants and (ii) training schemes available through his Department to learn new job skills in each of the last three years. | | (163676) | 1117
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last five years. | | (163693) | 1118
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time was for child support applications in each constituency in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (163463) | 1119
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unrecovered child maintenance payments are outstanding in each constituency in Scotland; and how much in each case is not expected to be recovered. | | (163464) | 1120
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. | | (163809) | 1121
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the full-time equivalent headcount in his Department is; what the forecast full-time equivalent headcount for his Department is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (163982) | 1122
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether women who draw a retirement pension based on their husband's contributions receive a higher rate of pension if their husband defers drawing his pension at the age of 65; and if he will make a statement. | | (163095) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1123
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to eradicate the illegal ivory trade in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (163852) | 1124
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the international trade in illegal ivory is eradicated. | | [Transferred] (163855) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1125
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people, including their dependants, from outside the EEA were given permission to (a) enter and (b) stay on in the UK in a visa category which could lead to them being granted the right to settle in each of the last five years; and how many of these permissions were in work-related categories. | | [Transferred] (163790) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 1126
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) existing and (b) planned measures will be used to implement the Prime Minister's undertaking to deport newcomers to the UK who are caught (i) selling drugs or (ii) using guns; whether this policy will apply to all foreign nationals convicted of drugs and firearms offences; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (163777) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 1127
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Prison Officers' Association about their recommendation to issue batons to prison officers, with particular reference to their issue in young offender institutions. | | [Transferred] (163635) |
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