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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 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 Tuesday 13 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total budget is for each regional development agency for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (164158) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many individual bankruptcy petitions were received by the official receivers where council tax arrears were mentioned as a significant reason in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164226) | 3
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the insolvency provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (164227) | 4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of individual voluntary arrangements were made (a) pre-bankruptcy and (b) post-bankruptcy in each year since the introduction of the Enterprise Act 2002; and if he will make a statement. | | (164228) | 5
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164234) | 6
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the last three years; which programmes or projects each firm worked on; what the approximate cost to the Department or agency concerned was of each engagement; and if he will make a statement. | | (164237) | 7
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the (a) role, (b) work and (c) effectiveness of Motorsport Development UK. | | (163837) | 8
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he last met (a) the board of Motorsport Development UK and (b) other representatives of the British motorsports industry. | | (163838) | 9
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the annual savings are that are anticipated to accrue to the Post Office from those post offices so far proposed for closure, broken down by (a) each post office area and (b) each proposed closure. | | (163839) | 10
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether subpostmasters whose post offices have been proposed for closure are permitted to speak publicly against that closure without putting their compensation package at risk. | | (163840) | 11
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what priorities and objectives he has set for Motorsport Development UK; and what expenditure it has incurred in each of the last three years, broken down by main budget heading. | | (163927) | 12
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many complaints the Certification Officer received in each of the last five years; how many were upheld in whole or in part; and what enforcement action was taken as a result. | | (164083) | 13
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on the use of (i) direct debit mandates, (ii) standing order mandates and (iii) check off payments from salaries for trades union subscriptions. | | (164084) | 14
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which trades unions have political funds according to the records held by the Certification Officer; and in what year the fund was established in each case. | | (164218) | 15
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations he and his predecessors in the Department for Trade and Industry have specified may act as independent scrutineers for trade union political fund ballots. | | (164220) | 16
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether trades union members who opt out of the union's political fund are charged the cost of the political fund contribution when they pay their union subscription. | | (164221) | 17
N | Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the value of British food and drink exports to India in the last year for which figures are available. | | (163655) | 18
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many undergraduate students in England declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997. | | (164205) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for North East Hampshire of 23rd June 2006, 1st September 2006, 29th November 2006 and 20th June 2007 on the tax credit problems of the right hon. Member's constituent Mrs Adair. | | (164103) | 20
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for North East Hampshire of 21st August and 19th June 2007 on the tax credit problems of the right hon. Member's constituent Mrs Thayre. | | (164104) | 21
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants there have been in West Chelmsford constituency since January 2007, broken down by those (a) underpaid, (b) overpaid, (c) paid the correct amount and (d) in dispute over their payments. | | (162132) | 22
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to reply substantively to the letter of 30th April 2007 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford, regarding a constituent, Mrs C Austin (HMRC ref: 2007/05 00517); what the reasons are for the time taken to reply; and if he will make a statement. | | (162402) | 23
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints about (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs were received from members of the public by his Department in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (164164) | 24
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism he calculated the amount to be paid by Northern Rock for the guarantee given by the Government to that company's depositors; and if he will make a statement. | | (164173) | 25
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming non-domicile tax status in the UK who were born in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (164225) | 26
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions he made in estimating the revenue raised from modernisation of residence and domicile taxation in table B4, page 164 of the pre-budget report about (a) the number of non-domiciles who would pay the new £30,000 charge, (b) the gain from non-domiciles who choose to bring their tax affairs on-shore and (c) other factors for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (164230) | 27
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on organising conferences to be held by his Department and its agencies that were subsequently cancelled in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164231) | 28
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had about the treatment for accounting purposes of the guarantee given to Northern Rock depositors; and if he will make a statement. | | (164236) | 29
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1185W, on the minimum wage, what percentage of those in the South West Region earning less than the minimum wage are (a) male and (b) female. | | (163955) | 30
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median salary including pro-rata salary for part-time workers of (i) full-time men, (ii) full-time women, (iii) part-time men and (iv) part-time women was in the St Ives constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (164070) | 31
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median salary including pro-rata salary for part-time workers of (i) full-time men, (ii) full-time women, (iii) part-time men and (iv) part-time women was in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years. | | (164071) | 32
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median salary, including the pro-rata salary for part-time workers, of (i) full-time men, (ii) full-time women, (iii) part-time men and (iv) part-time women was in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (164072) | 33
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rate of unemployment was for (a) men and (b) women in (i) the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, St Ives constituency and (ii) Cornwall in each of the most recent 10 years for which figures are available. | | (164073) | 34
N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were attributed to listeria in each of the last five years in (i) the UK and (b) Norfolk. | | (163653) | 35
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which official publication the definitive Barnett formula is published; and if he will make a statement. | | (162607) | 36
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the purchasing power was as at November 2007 of the pound sterling at May 1997 prices. | | (164115) | 37
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people had tax credit payments suspended due to overpayments in (a) each county in England and Wales and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since tax credits were introduced. | | (164116) | 38
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants in Hemel Hempstead constituency there were in each year since the scheme began; and how many have been (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid. | | (164117) | 39
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths where alcohol was the primary cause there were in (a) Dacorum and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years. | | (164118) | 40
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in (a) call centres and (b) manufacturing in Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (164119) | 41
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths where misuse of drugs was the primary cause there were in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years. | | (164120) | 42
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit claimants had (a) in-year and (b) end-of-year adjustments made to their awards in each year since 2003-04; and in how many in-year adjustments the tax credit award was reduced to zero. | | (164121) | 43
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate for each type of tax credit the value of unclaimed credits in each parliamentary constituency. | | (164122) | 44
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of unclaimed tax refunds was in each year since 2001. | | (164123) | 45
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of unclaimed assets in national savings accounts. | | (164124) | 46
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people in Dacorum are classified as (a) professionals and (b) skilled workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (164125) | 47
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people in Dacorum are employed in (a) service industries and (b) manufacturing industries; and if he will make a statement. | | (164126) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 48
| Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the documents (a) Tackling Obesities; Future Choices and (b) Tackling Obesities Future Choices - Obesity System Atlas cost to (i) produce and (ii) distribute. | | (164134) | 49
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the proportion of families using less than 12.5 hours a week of early years education for children who are eligible to receive it without paying but are paying a fee; and if he will make a statement. | | (163901) | 50
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of local authorities' progress in preparing for the new duty under the Childcare Act 2006 of providing a comprehensive information service for all parents; and if he will make a statement. | | (164031) | 51
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much has been saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164147) | 52
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each asset is; what the expected revenue from each sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164156) | 53
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and how much was spent on (a) television, (b) radio, (c) print media and (d) other costs in each campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (164170) | 54
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the costs were of his Department's Centre for Procurement Performance in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement. | | (164232) | 55
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any of his Department's advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164233) | 56
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list in tabular form by each UK university the proportion of post-graduate students who are from (a) the UK, (b) the EEA and (c) the rest of the world; and what assessment he has made of trends in such figures over the last 10 years. | | (163680) | 57
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many specialist music colleges there are. | | (164024) | 58
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on the Music Standards Fund in each year since 2004. | | (164025) | 59
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding the Music Standards Forum is planned to receive over the next two years. | | (164026) | 60
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many dedicated physical education teachers have (a) been appointed and (b) left schools in each of the last four years. | | (164027) | 61
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many dedicated physical education teachers are employed in England. | | (164028) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in which fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils have achieved five A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics in each year since 2002 have been rated as (a) excellent and (b) good by Ofsted. | | (164131) | 63
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations (a) his Department and (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has received about grade boundaries for modern language GCSE courses; what steps are being taken in response to those representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (164133) | 64
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds in Devon are in (a) education, (b) training and (c) employment. | | (164107) | 65
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of additional places in schools for further education and apprenticeships which will be needed in (a) England and (b) Devon if the school leaving age is increased to 18 by 2013. | | (164108) | 66
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of additional school places required in each local education authority area if the school leaving age is increased to 18 by 2013. | | (164109) | 67
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether planned guidance on the collection of biometric data in schools will be made available other than on the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency website. | | (164203) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 68
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164165) | 69
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government's proposals for reform of charity legislation will allow charities to be set up and run (a) exclusively and (b) mainly for (i) political and (ii) campaigning purposes. | | (164212) | 70
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Government's proposals on charities engaging in political campaigning will apply to student unions. | | (164213) | 71
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which external law firms or barristers were paid from the public purse for legal advice to employees in connection with the police inquiry into honours. | | (164214) | 72
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the timetable is for the Government to publish the cost of the legal advice for employees in connection with the police inquiry into honours. | | (164215) | 73
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether (a) electronic and (b) hard copy guidance, in addition to the Ministerial Code, has been circulated by the Government on the use of Dorneywood by departments and Ministers, other than the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the official resident. | | (164216) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 74
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will set out her response to the concerns of the European Commission which have led to the suspension of European Regional Development Fund funding in (a) the West Midlands,(b) London and (c) the North West; and what steps she is taking to tackle the concerns. | | (163956) | 75
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much European Regional Development Fund funding is suspended by the European Union in relation to (a) the West Midlands, (b) the North West and (c) London. | | (163957) | 76
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the suspension of European Regional Development Fund funding in (a) the West Midlands, (b) the North West and (c) London to be lifted. | | (163958) | 77
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to submit the invitation to Bedfordshire County Council, Mid Bedfordshire District Council and South Bedfordshire District Council to submit proposals for unitary government in the Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire districts. | | (163959) | 78
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what efficiency savings projects her Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if she will make a statement. | | (164148) | 79
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if she will make a statement. | | (164166) | 80
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many licences were granted under section 107 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 for people to use Ordnance Survey maps in each of the last five years. | | (164138) | 81
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were on the housing waiting list for (a) each local authority and (b) social landlords in each local authority area in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2007. | | (163332) | 82
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many socially rented houses the Government is proposing to build in each year to 2020. | | (163926) | 83
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) percentage increase and (b) cash change in (i) housing management allowance, (ii) housing maintenance allowance and (iii) major works allowance subsidies for local authorities in England was in each year since 1997. | | (164189) | 84
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to announce her decision whether to return to the basic rent restructuring formula with caps and limits or extend rent restructuring to reduce the steepness in the trajectory guideline and actual rent rises. | | (164190) | 85
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish a summary and analysis of the responses to her Department's consultation on the Mechanism for Setting Guideline Rents in Housing Revenue Account subsidy 2008-09 and 2009-10. | | (164191) | 86
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which organisations responded to her Department's consultation on the Mechanism for Setting Guideline Rents in Housing Revenue Account subsidy 2008-09 and 2009-10. | | (164192) | 87
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library copies of her Department's consultation on the Mechanism for Setting Guideline Rents in Housing Revenue Account subsidy 2008-09 and 2009-10. | | (164193) | 88
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect on tenants of the rental constraint allowance mechanism in the last three years. | | (164194) | 89
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of her policy of rent restructuring. | | (164195) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 90
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164146) | 91
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in raising £100 million from the private sector for elite sport announced in the 2006 Budget and referred to in the Answer of 9th July 2007, Official Report, columns 1293-4W, on sports: finance; and if he will make a statement. | | (163720) | 92
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many government bodies are involved in the 2008 Legacy Lives Conference in Barbados; and if he will make a statement. | | (163721) | 93
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to include upgrades for video games in a review of the classification of video games. | | (164067) | 94
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had any discussions with the BBFC on the criteria used by video games manufacturers to select the video games submitted to the BBFC for classification. | | (164068) | 95
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had any discussions with his European counterparts on the adoption of a compulsory system for the classification of video games. | | (164069) | 96
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department received about the link between violent video games and the actions of their users in each of the last five years. | | (164209) | 97
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors are taken into account before a video game is released for sale. | | (164210) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 98
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what spending plans are being made for the Red Arrows from 2010 to 2012. | | (163333) | 99
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which countries the mandate for participation in (a) ISAF and (b) Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan will expire in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (164102) | 100
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of a nuclear weapons convention; and if he will make a statement. | | (164135) | 101
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for reducing the number of Trident warheads to below 160. | | (164136) | 102
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last health and safety audit was carried out at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield; what the outcome was with particular reference to the state of Gravel Gertie facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (164137) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 103
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has undertaken to investigate the phenomena of Colony collapse disorder; and whether he intends to make more funds available for research into honey bees. | | (162134) | 104
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164151) | 105
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164167) | 106
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much brine his Department estimates Thames Water's proposed desalinisation plan will produce on average each year when it is operating to full capacity; and what plans there are for dealing with this brine. | | (164197) | 107
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest estimate is of the amount of wine purchased by the EU by intervention in 2007. | | (164094) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 108
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164162) | 109
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to Morocco to encourage it to join a third round of talks agreed by the Polisario and Algeria on the future of the Western Sahara. | | (163928) | 110
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on Napoleon Gomez Urritia, leader of the National Union of Mine and Metallurgical Workers of the Mexican Republic known as Los Mineros. | | (163932) | 111
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK passport holders are estimated to be living in Pakistan. | | (163334) | 112
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the threat posed to the UK by terrorist factions in East Africa, with particular reference to Somalia. | | (164096) | 113
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the forthcoming report by the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy on the outcome of his discussions with Iran on its nuclear programme will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (164097) | 114
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on whether a co-ordinator to head international reconstruction and development work in Afghanistan at the UN Security Council should be appointed; and if he will make a statement. | | (164098) | 115
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of mechanisms to co-ordinate international reconstruction and development work in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (164099) | 116
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to discuss the situation in Pakistan with his ASEAN counterparts; and if he will make a statement. | | (164100) | 117
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries have pledged troops to the UNAMIS peacekeeping operation in Darfur; and how many troops each has pledged. | | (164101) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 118
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164161) | 119
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164168) | 120
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164176) | 121
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for health of hydrogenated fats. | | (164182) | 122
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths of patients have occurred in mental health institutions over the last five years. | | (163929) | 123
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of what percentage of deaths occurring in mental health institutions inquests were held in the last five years. | | (163930) | 124
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to mental health trusts on (a) procedures to be followed and (b) enquiries to be made following deaths of patients held under mental health legislation. | | (163931) | 125
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to increase the availability of hospital beds in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (162788) | 126
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government have taken to reduce deaths caused by breast cancer since 1997. | | (164029) | 127
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to educate young women about the importance of diagnosing breast cancer at the early stages to improve survival rates. | | (164030) | 128
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Government funding for biomedical research in ME/chronic fatigue syndrome is ring-fenced. | | (164079) | 129
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart failure nurses are (a) employed and (b) on maternity leave in West Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (164105) | 130
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for physiotherapy treatment in West Hertfordshire Acute Trust in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (164106) | 131
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in each constituency in England in each year since 1997; and how many of them (a) admitted new adult patients to their list and (b) treated NHS patients between the ages of 18 and 65 years in each of those years. | | (164110) | 132
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Hemel Hempstead constituency have not been able to register directly with a general practioner's surgery and have had to register centrally since 1997. | | (164111) | 133
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled at West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust within (a) seven days and (b) 24 hours of the appointment time in each year since 1997. | | (164112) | 134
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average patients requiring cardiac rehabilitation waited to be referred to each NHS hospital trust in England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (164113) | 135
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of practising NHS general practitioners to population was in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (164114) | 136
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by the trial for ovarian cancer screening; what the expected completion date of this trial is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164033) | 137
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to public health awareness campaigns in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (164034) | 138
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish Dr Harper's review of the 2003 Genetics White Paper. | | (164035) | 139
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the attendance rate for (a) breast cancer, (b) cervical cancer and (c) bowel cancer screening in each year since 2000 was, broken down by primary care trust. | | (164036) | 140
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of KPMG's consultancy for Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust. | | (164206) | 141
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS GP surgeries in Leicester use premium rate phone lines for patient appointments; what guidance his Department provides to NHS GP surgeries on the use of premium rate phone lines for patient appointments; and if he will make a statement. | | (164132) | 142
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review (a) the level of prescription charges and (b) the long-term conditions which allow exemption from prescription charges. | | (164062) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 143
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the power to authorise stop and search for offensive weapons within a specified area for the period of 24 hours under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was used by a senior police officer in each year since the Act came into force. | | (163714) | 144
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches were carried out by police under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each year since the Act's introduction; and how many and what percentage of those searches resulted in arrest. | | (163715) | 145
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) training and (b) written guidance is provided to police officers for the use of stop and search powers under (i) section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and (ii) section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (163716) | 146
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets are set for maximum waiting times at (a) EU and (b) non-EU immigration desks at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Stansted and (iii) Gatwick airports; what performance was achieved against these targets in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (164223) | 147
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent immigration officers were employed screening incoming passengers at (a) Heathrow, (b) Stansted and (c) Gatwick airports in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (164224) | 148
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of the unitary payments of each private finance initiative scheme overseen by her Department over the lifetime of the contract expressed in constant 2007-08 prices; and if she will make a statement. | | (164229) | 149
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Operation Kratos remains in force. | | (164095) | 150
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of the offence of acts preparatory to terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2006. | | (164064) | 151
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist offences for 28 days; and how many of these were (a) charged and (b) released without charge. | | (164065) | 152
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any suspects detained without charge on suspicion of terrorist offences for 28 days and then released without charge have been subsequently re-arrested and charged with a terrorist offence. | | (164066) | 153
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average, (b) longest and (c) shortest period is which has elapsed between the receipt in the UK of a European Extradition Warrant and it being served on the person covered by it. | | (163331) | 154
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the number of asylum seekers living on the streets. | | (163634) | 155
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standalone passports issued, (b) standalone identity cards issued and (c) identity cards issued jointly with passports are included in the estimate of the annual volume of products issued in table 4 of the November 2007 identity cards cost report. | | (164091) | 156
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests were made by the UK to (a) the USA, (b) each EU member state and (c) other countries in each of the last five years; and how many of those were (i) successful and (ii) refused. | | (164090) | 157
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the effectiveness of the Clan Ebor scheme will be measured. | | (164183) | 158
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what language (a) the Clan Ebor questionnaires will be distributed and (b) the case conferences element of the Clan Ebor scheme will be conducted. | | (164184) | 159
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Clan Ebor scheme began. | | (164185) | 160
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how participants were selected for the Clan Ebor scheme in West Yorkshire; what criteria were used in this selection process; and what geographical area the scheme will cover. | | (164186) | 161
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps will be taken against those within the Clan Ebor scheme who do not return the questionnaire in the allotted two week period. | | (164187) | 162
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice will be available for those selected to take part in the Clan Ebor scheme. | | (164188) | 163
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether families with children under the age of five years have been included in the Clan Ebor scheme. | | (164196) | 164
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to seek the deportation of foreign prisoners from the date of their conviction; and if she will make a statement. | | (163723) | 165
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were killed in gun or knife attacks in (a) London, (b) Lewisham, (c) Lambeth, (d) Brent, (e) Hackney, (f) Southwark, (g) Leicester, (h) Birmingham, (i) Liverpool and (j) Manchester in each of the last five years. | | (164093) | 166
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violent attacks and (b) murders that were judged to be linked in some way to violent video games occurred in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (164211) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 167
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's definition is of campaigning with regards to the prohibition of the use of House stationery for campaigning. | | (164174) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 168
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164150) | 169
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164160) | 170
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on advertising and promotional campaigns since its establishment; and what the cost of (a) television, (b) radio, (c) print media and (d) other elements of each campaign was; and if he will make a statement. | | (164171) | 171
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of his decision to withdraw Equal and Lower Qualification student funding on the income of (a) Birkbeck College and (b) the Open University. | | (163845) | 172
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to identify and record instances of age discrimination in the workplace. | | (164128) | 173
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what plans the Government has to encourage businesses to (a) retain and (b) develop and enhance the skills of older workers. | | (164129) | 174
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funding his Department provides for research into alternatives to using animals for research purposes. | | (164127) | 175
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): 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. | | (164198) | 176
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): 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. | | (164199) | 177
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of employers in England were involved in (a) 16+ apprenticeships and (b) Train to Gain in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08; and what proportion were engaged in both 16+ apprenticeships and Train to Gain in each year. | | (164201) | 178
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many fires there were in (a) further education colleges and (b) higher education institutions in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (164202) | 179
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) has been spent and (b) is planned to be spent on establishing his Department and its corporate identity. | | (164204) | 180
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) students and (ii) mature students enrolled on higher education courses in each year since 2001. | | (164207) | 181
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): 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. | | (164208) | 182
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what criteria he will use to assess the performance of the Galileo system. | | (163482) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 183
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164153) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 184
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the housing of young offenders when they have completed their sentences. | | (163900) | 185
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on the impact of changes in legal aid on residential family assessments and on the future of kinship care. | | (164032) | 186
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each asset is; what the expected revenue from each sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164155) | 187
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (164159) | 188
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average length of time has been spent on purposeful activity by those detained in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institutions in England and Wales in the last 12 months. | | (164178) | 189
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners on (a) end of custody licence, (b) release on temporary licence and (c) home detention curfew are eligible to vote if registered. | | (164179) | 190
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on end of custody licences from each prison in England and Wales since 29th June had been convicted of violence against the person. | | (164180) | 191
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of victims of crime reported satisfaction with the criminal justice system in each of the last 10 years. | | (164181) | 192
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out of england certificates have been signed by the coroner, deputy coroner and assistant deputy coroner in each London jurisdiction in each year from 2000 to 2006. | | (163841) | 193
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bodies of UK citizens were returned to the UK via Heathrow Airport in each year from 2000 to 2006; and which coroner's jurisdictions received them. | | (163842) | 194
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government's plans to bring forward legislation on reform of party funding will include measures on (a) reform of the Electoral Commission and (b) a cap on donations. | | (164078) | 195
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he has had with trades union representatives in the last 12 months. | | (164081) | 196
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he received from trades unions on the financing of political parties in the last 12 months. | | (164082) | 197
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to consult before publishing proposals on the regulation of party funding and expenditure. | | (164086) | 198
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish the background papers produced by Sir Hayden Phillips and circulated to the political parties during the inter-party talks on party funding. | | (164087) | 199
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the emails, papers and correspondence produced by Sir Hayden Phillips and his team during the inter-party talks on party funding are deemed to be held by his Department for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (164088) | 200
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ballot papers were rejected at the 2005 General Election. | | (164092) | 201
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) convicted offences and (b) nationalities were of the 34 people who received early releases since June 2007 from Channing Wood Prison, Denbury, South Devon. | | (163484) | Questions to the Leader of the House 202
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, what the level of the communications allowance for hon. Members is in 2007-08; and what it will be in 2008-09. | | (164080) | 203
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, whether the communications allowance may be spent on payments to political parties for the provision of communications services on (a) commercial and (b) non-commercial terms. | | (164085) | 204
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, what her definition is of campaigning with regard to the prohibition of the use of communications allowance for campaigning. | | (164175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 205
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164152) | 206
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164169) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 207
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what budgetary information is brought before every meeting of the Olympic Board. | | (163717) | 208
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she plans to relocate the Secretariat to the Olympic Board from Canary Wharf to Whitehall; and if she will make a statement. | | (163718) | 209
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what functions are performed by (a) the Secretariat to the Olympic Board and (b) the Government Olympic Executive; how many people work in each body; and how much has been spent on staffing each body. | | (163719) | Questions to the Prime Minister 210
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying additional (a) salaries and (b) pension contributions for the additional Ministers he has employed since 27th June; and if he will make a statement. | | (164172) | 211
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Prime Minister, what assets of his Office are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164235) | 212
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he held with his Czech counterpart on 8th November on the US deployment of national missile defense in Europe; and what conclusions were reached. | | (163899) | 213
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the list of special advisers following his appointment. | | (164077) | 214
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Prime Minister, when he referred the letter from Access to Community Education, Brixham of 12th July to the Department for Work and Pensions for reply. | | (163483) | 215
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to ensure that a person nominated for (a) membership of the House of Lords and (b) an honour is domiciled in the UK for income tax purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (163654) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 216
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if he will make a statement. | | (164149) | 217
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each sale is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164163) | 218
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Scotland Office submitted its views on the de-coupling of the Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament elections to the Scottish Executive. | | (163960) | 219
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations the Scotland Office made to the then Department for Constitutional Affairs on the timetable for the enactment of the Electoral Administration Act 2006. | | (163961) | 220
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the legislation sub-group of his Department's 2007 elections steering group was consulted on the proposed ballot paper for the Scottish Parliament elections. | | (163962) | Questions to the Solicitor General 221
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Solicitor General, what efficiency savings projects her Department put in place under the Spending Review 2004 targets; on what date each was initiated; how much each was expected to contribute to the target; how much was saved by each; and if she will make a statement. | | (164154) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 222
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what calculations the Commission has made of the number of parliamentary constituencies there would be in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland if all constituencies had equal numbers of voters. | | (163633) | 223
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission spent on (a) foreign travel and foreign subsistence and (b) hospitality in 2006-07. | | (164219) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 224
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what facilities will be put in place to ensure that commuters travelling between Liverpool Street and Chelmsford will not be affected by severe congestion during the Olympics. | | (162131) | 225
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the standard of service on the Liverpool Street to Chelmsford line for commuters; and if she will make a statement. | | (162133) | 226
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each asset is; what the expected revenue from each sale is; and if she will make a statement. | | (164157) | 227
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries occurred on the A262 between Goudhurst and Cranbrook in each of the last 10 years. | | (164130) | 228
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what response she has made to the joint planning statement for Daedalus airfield by Fareham and Gosport borough councils with particular regards to their requirement that future development should seek to maximise the benefit of the existing runways for general and private aviation use; and if she will make a statement. | | (164089) | 229
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Highways Agency expects to publish its options appraisal for improving the capacity of the A14 around Kettering. | | (163843) | 230
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assumptions have been made by the Highways Agency about the number of new dwellings which would need to be built in Kettering to trigger the introduction of demand management measures for access to and from the A14 around Kettering. | | (163844) | 231
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her most recent estimated cost is of the proposed M6 widening between junctions 11a and 19. | | (164177) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 232
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments there were of pension credits in each of the last three years; what the average sum involved was; and how much has been or is expected to be recouped from the executors of deceased pension credits claimants. | | (163335) | 233
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will institute procedures so that foreign workers have to register with the worker registration scheme before they are issued with a national insurance number. | | (164063) | 234
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases in each constituency being dealt with by the Child Support Agency in Scotland under the old system which will remain open when the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's rules are introduced. | | (162789) | 235
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many duplicate national insurance numbers have been issued in error in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (163722) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 236
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what legal advice has been commissioned on the pension claim by the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer; and how much has been spent on commissioning advice. | | [Transferred] (164222) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 237
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on its human rights obligations towards people it is detaining in Iraq. | | [Transferred] (164200) | 238
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the (a) European Commission and (b) European Parliament in relation to Commission proposal COM (2007) 0364 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003. | | [Transferred] (164076) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 239
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recognitition agreement between the Electoral Commission and the Public and Commercial Services Union. | | [Transferred] (164217) |
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