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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 14 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 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 Wednesday 14 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 14 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164377) | 2
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest. | | (164495) | 3
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the Department of Trade and Industry spent on departmental branded stationery between 1st January and 27th June. | | (164497) | 4
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which (a) lawyers and (b) legal firms have been given work by HM Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office since 1st January 2005; and what the cost was of such contracts, broken down by (i) lawyer and (ii) firm. | | (164498) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): 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; and what the approximate cost to the Department or agency of each engagement was. | | (164502) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164882) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164937) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164940) | 9
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the minimum distance from the nearest dwelling at which wind turbines should be located. | | (164445) | 10
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what basis Lord Truscott, in his letter to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, dated 27th June 2007, was able to state that the £68 million taken from unspent funds in the Research Councils met departmental budgetary pressures that included (a) the restructuring of British Energy, (b) meeting the shortfall in EU structural funds, (c) the collapse of MG Rover and (d) increased spend on the Technology Programme and Space Projects. | | (164821) | 11
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the threat to bats imposed by on-shore wind turbines; what assessment he has made of the merits of warning devices being fitted to turbine blades to protect bats from being killed or injured; and if he will make a statement. | | (162983) | 12
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people served by English postal sorting offices reside in Wales. | | (164075) | 13
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Buncefield oil depot to re-open; and if he will make a statement. | | (164564) | 14
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served (a) exclusively and (b) at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164289) | 15
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in his Department and (ii) in the executive agencies for which his Department is responsible. | | (164324) | 16
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what capacity building he has undertaken to increase carbon (a) capture and (b) storage infrastructure. | | (164386) | 17
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the size is of the UK's strategic reserves of (a) petroleum and (b) gas. | | (164665) | 18
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164739) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Islington North constituency were in receipt of tax credits in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the (a) equivalent figure and (b) average amount paid was in each of the last three years. | | (164902) | 20
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164364) | 21
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides advice on budgeting to people in receipt of tax credits. | | (164486) | 22
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that repayment demands made of tax credit claimants who have received overpayments are affordable. | | (164661) | 23
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that tax credit award notices are amended to provide more extensive details on overpayments. | | (164662) | 24
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role Ministers played in authorising the fast-tracking of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 request on inheritance tax released on 8th November. | | (164754) | 25
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days before the pre-budget report was published the section on inheritance tax was sent to the printers. | | (164772) | 26
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records his Department holds of complaints received on services provided to the public by (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs. | | (164773) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the guidance set out in the model contract and code of conduct for special advisers, what (a) notices of external employment and (b) other conflicts of interest were declared by his Department's former special adviser, the hon. Member for Normanton, between 2nd May 1997 and 1st July 2004. | | (164854) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance reports. | | (164880) | 29
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164935) | 30
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164958) | 31
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the investment-grade credit rating of (a) the NHS and (b) foundation trusts; and if he will make a statement. | | (164820) | 32
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the operation of the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement. | | (164566) | 33
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated extra annual revenue to the Exchequer would be if income tax were levied at (a) 50 per cent. on incomes over £100,000, (b) 60 per cent. on incomes over £250,000 and (c) 70 per cent. on incomes over £500,000; and how many people would be subject to each of these tax rates. | | (163336) | 34
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether accommodation provided to junior doctors at a partial or fully subsidised rate by NHS trusts is eligible for tax as a benefit in kind. | | (164576) | 35
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Foundation Year 1 doctors' accommodation costs are tax deductible. | | (164578) | 36
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce the fuel duty paid by individuals who use petrol and diesel powered farm machinery and agricultural road vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (164721) | 37
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164286) | 38
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on reducing the VAT rate on condoms. | | (164303) | 39
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours in (i) his Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164326) | 40
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of recipients of child benefit draw it from post offices (a) nationally and (b) in Oxfordshire. | | (163338) | 41
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164746) | 42
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inward migration on economic activity in Chipping Barnet constituency over the last 10 years. | | (164622) | 43
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inward migration on the labour market in Chipping Barnet constituency over the last 10 years. | | (164698) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 44
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to ensure child poverty targets are met. | | (164415) | 45
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to support the work of organisations attempting to increase the number of black and ethnic minority adopters; and if he will make a statement. | | (164417) | 46
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164378) | 47
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list in tabular form the value of the guaranteed per pupil unit of funding for each local education authority in order of the largest sum payable downwards in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (164827) | 48
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which items in his Department's budget have been reclassified, according to the classifications in HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, as a result of the decisions taken in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case; and what activity is supported by each item. | | (164491) | 49
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): 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. | | (164499) | 50
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) date, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each advertising campaign commissioned by his Department and its predecessors was in each of the last two years. | | (164503) | 51
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and his predecessors spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997. | | (164505) | 52
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments his Department and its predecessors made to Geronimo Communications in each year since 1997. | | (164506) | 53
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have agreed co-sponsorship arrangements under the academies programme. | | (164507) | 54
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): 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. | | (164509) | 55
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which financial years since 2001 his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (164512) | 56
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes there have been to his Department's projection 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 are for those changes. | | (164513) | 57
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets; what the value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (164514) | 58
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (164515) | 59
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average number of meetings per pupil per year that schools hold with parents or guardians to discuss children's performance. | | (164522) | 60
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of schools using email to provide feedback to parents on pupil performance. | | (164523) | 61
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the Government's policy is on independent schools taking over failing maintained schools. | | (164524) | 62
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the first executive board to take over management of a failing school further to the Prime Minister's announcement of 31st October 2007. | | (164525) | 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what new incentives are to be offered to teachers to teach in unpopular schools further to the Prime Minister's announcement of 31st October 2007. | | (164526) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what annual improvement targets he has set for failing schools in 2007-08, broken down by school. | | (164527) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were closed due to poor performance on instruction from Ministers in each year since 1992. | | (164528) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which failing schools have been identified for possible takeover further to the Prime Minister's announcement on 4th September. | | (164755) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made on granting new powers to headteachers to apply to courts for parenting orders. | | (164756) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish the action plan on providing young people with jobs, education or training. | | (164758) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the timescale is for the National Council for Educational Excellence inquiry into university applications. | | (164759) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of how long it will take for one million children to benefit from the gifted and talented programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (164760) | 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department plans to weigh children on leaving primary school as part of the tackling obesity agenda. | | (164764) | 72
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proposals he plans to bring forward to implement the Prime Minister's announcements in relation to failing schools of 31st October; and what powers Ministers have to close failing schools. | | (164767) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library copies of each document prepared for each of his Department's citizens' juries. | | (164857) | 74
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been allocated to Dr Tanya Byron's review. | | (164862) | 75
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164879) | 76
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164934) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164957) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the role of the finance director in his Department is in relation to authorising policies with significant financial implications for the Department. | | (164966) | 79
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people receive adequate information on the effects and risks of alcohol; and if he will make a statement. | | (164482) | 80
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on preparing for the GCSE pilots for embedding functional skills assessment within GCSE English and ICT. | | (164420) | 81
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons were for the decision not to proceed with the GCSE pilots for embedding functional skills assessment within GCSE English and ICT. | | (164421) | 82
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what minimum level of qualification is required to teach a modern foreign language in a primary school. | | (164422) | 83
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of unauthorised absence was in each school in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (164423) | 84
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of teaching assistants working in schools have a (a) level one, (b) level two and (c) level three qualification as their highest qualification. | | (164424) | 85
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on the roles and responsibilities of (a) teaching assistants and (b) technicians working in schools. | | (164425) | 86
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many assaults there were on adults in schools in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2006-07 which led to exclusions, broken down by (i) category of assault and (ii) local education authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (164441) | 87
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of the school population in each age cohort who will be studying (a) GCSEs, (b) A-levels, (c) academic diplomas and (d) vocational diplomas in each year from 2008 to 2015; and if he will make a statement. | | (164442) | 88
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of young people who are expected to start the new vocational diplomas in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (164443) | 89
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the terms of the review of A-levels in 2013 are; and if he will make a statement. | | (164444) | 90
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils gained five A* to Cs at GCSE including a modern language in each year since 1997. | | (164818) | 91
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children (a) were entitled to and (b) claimed free school meals in each of the last 10 years. | | (164243) | 92
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children claiming free school meals achieved five or more GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (164244) | 93
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 16 to 18 year olds were recorded as not being in education, employment or training in each of the last 10 years. | | (164245) | 94
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much expenditure on education maintenance allowance (EMA) was provided to people in each local education authority in each year since the inception of the allowance; how many people of each (a) sex and (b) ethnic group have received EMA in each academic year since its inception; how many of those in receipt of EMA in each academic year went on to (i) study and (ii) complete a course at university; and what assessment has been made of those trends. | | (164381) | 95
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many fraudulent claims of education maintenance allowance there were in each year since 1999-2000. | | (164382) | 96
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the administrative costs of the education maintenance allowance scheme were in each year since 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (164383) | 97
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what expenditure on Sure Start was in 2006-07; and how much has been allocated to the programme in 2007-08. | | (164805) | 98
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Phase (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 Sure Start centres (i) there are and (ii) are planned in each (A) local education authority and (B) Parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (164823) | 99
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to publish in final form guidance on the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement. | | (164824) | 100
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the tendering process to begin for the e-enablement of the Common Assessment Framework; and if he will make a statement. | | (164825) | 101
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are providing access to the full core offer of extended services broken down by (i) region, (ii) local education authority and (iii) Parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (164826) | 102
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to issue guidance on forced adoption. | | (164702) | 103
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to place children for adoption in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164703) | 104
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to support efforts designed to meet the National Adoption Target; and if he will make a statement. | | (164704) | 105
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many babies aged under one year were taken into social care as a consequence of (a) interim full care orders and (b) police or emergency protection orders in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (164705) | 106
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) mechanisms and (b) guidance exist on the provision to parents with substance abuse histories of access to their children whilst in care; and if he will make a statement. | | (164706) | 107
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the relative costs of child benefit and foster care in the provision of support to (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people. | | (164707) | 108
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on the decision-making process used to determine whether to take (a) a baby, (b) children or (c) young people into care. | | (164708) | 109
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) support and (b) guidance is made available to local authorities for keeping families together before taking (i) babies, (ii) children and (iii) young people into care; and if he will make a statement. | | (164709) | 110
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people were taken into care in each region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (164710) | 111
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has commissioned into the causes of the recent increase in the number of (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people taken into care; and if he will make a statement. | | (164711) | 112
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on contingencies prepared for the possible re-deployment of school staff in support of other public services as a consequence of any future influenza pandemic, as identified in Exercise Winter Willow. | | (164907) | 113
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will provide an update on the policy for the closure of schools in the event of any future influenza pandemic, identified as a consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164908) | 114
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164293) | 115
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will allow local authorities to direct school academies to admit pupils who have a statement of special educational needs. | | (164451) | 116
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164322) | 117
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the guidance for the disabled children's indicator of Public Service Agreement 12 will cover children's palliative care services. | | (163725) | 118
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164747) | 119
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students in each London borough were unable to secure a secondary school place within their borough of residence in each of the previous five years. | | (164610) | 120
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact of inward migration on schools in Chipping Barnet constituency over the last 10 years. | | (164618) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 121
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance he has issued on the relationship between special advisers and civil servants. | | (164529) | 122
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what items of EU branded material were purchased by his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (164540) | 123
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what projects are being undertaken by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. | | (164545) | 124
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether salaries have been paid from the public purse to (a) Bob Shrum and (b) Stan Greenberg since 27th June. | | (164725) | 125
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether Government facilities have been provided to (a) Bob Shrum, (b) Stan Greenberg and (c) Deborah Mattinson since 27th June. | | (164726) | 126
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) date and (b) purpose of each COBRA meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and held since May 1997 was. | | (164770) | 127
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the sponsoring firm is of each external consultant working in his Department. | | (164774) | 128
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the list being drawn up of departmental assets planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11, including the (a) description, (b) book value and (c) expected revenue from sale of each such asset. | | (164775) | 129
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many EU flags are (a) held and (b) owned by his Department and its agencies. | | (164863) | 130
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he expects to publish (a) his Department's and (b) No. 10 Downing Street's autumn performance report. | | (164877) | 131
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164932) | 132
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164955) | 133
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff have been disciplined for smoking inside the premises of the Cabinet Office. | | (164970) | 134
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Cabinet Office keeps a record of sick days taken by (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in (i) his and (ii) other departments. | | (164971) | 135
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what plans the Cabinet Office has to prevent public authorities from using the .gov.uk domain name if they do not meet accessibility standards. | | (164308) | 136
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library copies of the media monitoring reports produced for the Strategy Unit between the period 21st October to 26th October. | | (164309) | 137
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average cash incentive payment or expenses payment given to participants to take part in citizens' juries was in each citizens' jury so far held. | | (164310) | 138
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he plans to issue guidance on the stock of home supplies over and above that which is already available contained in the Planning for Emergencies publication as a consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164888) | 139
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164285) | 140
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours in the Cabinet Office. | | (164334) | 141
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164740) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 142
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) local authority social lettings and (b) registered social landlord lettings were made to foreign nationals from (i) EU member states and (ii) non-EU states in each year since 1997. | | (164359) | 143
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many foreign nationals obtained a tenancy of social housing without holding an existing social housing tenancy in each year since 1997. | | (164360) | 144
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the definition of affordable housing to be used by planning authorities when considering planning applications for mixed housing. | | (164900) | 145
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164379) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) Sunderland City Council and (b) Sunderland Housing Group received for their housing renewal programme in each year since 2001. | | (164501) | 147
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which locations have applied to become eco-towns. | | (164771) | 148
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish her Department's autumn performance report. | | (164878) | 149
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the office costs for her Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164933) | 150
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164956) | 151
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the role of HomeBuy agents in marketing housing schemes for first time buyers. | | (164560) | 152
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) receptions, (b) dinners and (c) conferences and seminars that included receptions or meals, have been attended by the Chief Executive of Thames Gateway, in her official capacity; since her appointment. | | (162608) | 153
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition she uses of eco-home. | | (164666) | 154
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the difference between actual housing rents charged and notional rents assumed by each local authority in each year since 1990; and what assessment she has made of the areas of expenditure in which any additional income has been spent. | | (164716) | 155
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of enabling all local authorities to achieve the Decent Homes standard. | | (164839) | 156
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities do not have a strategy for meeting the Decent Homes standard. | | (164840) | 157
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on which date each local authority is expected to meet the Decent Homes standard. | | (164841) | 158
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities are using the new prudential borrowing framework; and how much each such local authority has borrowed. | | (164842) | 159
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which authorities included overage provisions in stock transfer agreements with a registered social landlord. | | (164914) | 160
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for gap funding have been received in the latest round of housing stock transfers, broken down by local authority area. | | (164915) | 161
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much gap funding was provided for stock transfers in each year since 1997; how such funding has been financed; and if she will make a statement. | | (164916) | 162
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities received financial support for (a) arms length management organisations and (b) private finance initiatives in the latest year for which figures are available; how much was provided to each local authority; and how many homes were affected in each local authority. | | (164917) | 163
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much additional rental income will arise from rent restructuring if continued in each year to 2011. | | (164939) | 164
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Right to Buy capital was set aside in each year since the scheme started; and to what extent each local authority has used set aside capital to repay historical debt. | | (164960) | 165
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government spent on housing in each financial year since 1997-98; and of these sums how much was (a) spent on council owned housing stock, (b) spent through registered social landlords and (c) used to support home ownership schemes in each year. | | (164961) | 166
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Housing and Regeneration Bill will be published. | | (164962) | 167
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total financial contribution from the public purse to registered social landlords was in each year since 1997; and how much of this was spent on (a) building new social homes and (b) meeting the decent homes standard for homes on their stock. | | (164963) | 168
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with (a) devolved administrations, (b) regional government and (c) local government representatives to discuss the co-ordination of any response in consequence of a potential pandemic influenza outbreak considered arising from Exercise Winter Willow; and if she will make a statement. | | (164897) | 169
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (164300) | 170
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in her Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164333) | 171
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (164748) | 172
| Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the effects on previously retired firefighters of the amended guidance on the ill health benefits of the Firefighters Pension Scheme; and if she will review the guidance in the light of these representations. | | (164489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 173
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164375) | 174
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been granted by the Arts Council for England to (a) opera, (b) ballet and (c) brass bands in the last five years. | | (164547) | 175
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department allocated to (a) community and (b) school sport in each year since 1990. | | (164311) | 176
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of young people who cease participating in sport after leaving school. | | (164313) | 177
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many extra licence fee payers there are expected to be as a result of household growth in each year between 2007 and 2016; and how much the BBC expects to receive from such licence fee payers over this period. | | (164338) | 178
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) name, (b) licence area and (c) character of service is of each of the cable and satellite television channel stations licensed for broadcast in the UK. | | (164339) | 179
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there are any schemes funded in whole or in part by the Government that encourage sporting participation among children under five years old. | | (164340) | 180
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people in his Department are working on the 2018 FIFA World Cup bid. | | (164543) | 181
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what documentation his Department has produced on the 2018 FIFA World Cup bid since 27th June. | | (164544) | 182
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes of the meeting of the Cost Review Group on 9th March 2006. | | (164780) | 183
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164875) | 184
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164930) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164953) | 186
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost was of the 2012 scholarship programme in each of the last three years. | | (164238) | 187
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many 2012 scholarships were awarded in each of the last three years; and what the average award value has been. | | (164239) | 188
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many places of worship were restored for public use in each of the last three years. | | (164240) | 189
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have taken part in the Music Mentoring Programme. | | (164241) | 190
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many mentors have been appointed as part of the Music Mentoring Programme announced on 1st November 2006. | | (164242) | 191
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people who regularly use sports facilities in England live in Wales. | | (164074) | 192
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons his Department decided to hold a consultation on altering its guidance on the flying of the Union flag from UK Government buildings. | | (164361) | 193
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164292) | 194
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in his Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which his Department is responsible. | | (164317) | 195
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164749) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 196
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164374) | 197
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the proposed European Security and Defence Policy Mission to Guinea Bissau. | | (164426) | 198
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the EU Progress Catalogue 2008 to be finished. | | (164428) | 199
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the joint paper by Germany, Portugal and Slovenia on revising the EU's rapid response force. | | (164429) | 200
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the recent events in Pakistan on International Security Assistance Force military operations along the Afghan-Pakistan border. | | (164430) | 201
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of fuel leaks from Nimrod aircraft have been recorded in the last 12 months. | | (164431) | 202
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) voluntary outflow of personnel was from the (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Marines Reserve, (iii) Royal Naval Reserve and (iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (164432) | 203
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the percentage of gapped posts was recorded for a ship at sea in the last 12 months; and what the percentage was in each case. | | (164433) | 204
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the list of his Department's losses and special payment cases in financial year 2006-07. | | (164434) | 205
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on a European Security and Defence Policy mission to Guinea Bissau. | | (164435) | 206
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) stationery and (b) office supplies in each year since 2003-04. | | (164450) | 207
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual full-time strength is of the (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Marines Reserve, (iii) Royal Naval Reserve and (iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force. | | (164549) | 208
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department carries out separate continuous attitude surveys for reserve forces. | | (164550) | 209
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned funding for the (a) Royal Marines Reserve, (b) Royal Naval Reserve and (c) Royal Fleet Auxiliary is in the financial years (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (164551) | 210
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) established and (b) current trained strength of officers in the Army is, broken down by arm. | | (164556) | 211
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) stationery and (b) office supplies in each year since 2003-04. | | (164807) | 212
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the telephone allowance is in minutes per week for civilian staff posted to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (164531) | 213
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on mobile telephone (a) handsets and (b) calls for departmental advisers in 2006-07. | | (164532) | 214
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the staff canteen at the headquarters building is subsidised. | | (164533) | 215
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many journeys by helicopter Ministers in his Department have made since 27th June. | | (164534) | 216
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on health and safety training for non-industrial civilian staff in 2006-07. | | (164535) | 217
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on (a) temporary and (b) part-time staff in the last financial year. | | (164536) | 218
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental mobile telephones were lost in each year since 1997; and what the replacement costs were for each year. | | (164783) | 219
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which consultancy firms were hired for defence procurement in each of the last six months; which programmes or projects each firm worked on; and what the approximate cost was of each engagement. | | (164860) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164874) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164929) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164951) | 223
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are followed in his Department on signing off policies with significant financial implications for his Department, with particular reference to the role of the finance director. | | (164965) | 224
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list for each of the last four years the principal items of military equipment acquired under the Urgent Operational Requirements procedures which have been transferred to his Department's budget; when they were so transferred; and what proportion of Urgent Operational Requirements acquired equipment in the 2007-08 financial year he expects to be charged to his Department's budget in 2007-08. | | (164657) | 225
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Industrial Strategy II will be published. | | (164658) | 226
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chest seals were issued to personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2003. | | [R] (164546) | 227
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the guidelines on the use of defence assets in addressing a national crisis, such as an influenza pandemic. | | [R] (164975) | 228
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164288) | 229
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164331) | 230
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent improvements have been made to the treatment of ex-service personnel suffering from anxiety, panic and depression following their service in combat areas. | | (164548) | 231
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164751) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 232
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on (a) supporting and (b) financing the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution; and if he will make a statement. | | (164140) | 233
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase recycling rates for paper associated with direct mail. | | (164141) | 234
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to (a) finalise and (b) implement a preference service for people to opt-out of receiving unaddressed direct mail. | | (164142) | 235
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the (a) financial value of direct mail to Royal Mail and (b) potential impact on Royal Mail's revenues of the introduction of an enforced opt-in system for direct mail. | | (164143) | 236
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential impact on the income of the charitable sector of the introduction of an opt-in system for direct mail. | | (164144) | 237
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grants under the Home Energy Efficiency (Warm Front) Scheme have ben offered to householders in (a) England, (b) the South West and (c) Torridge and West Devon; and how many of those grants have been taken up by the applicants. | | (164822) | 238
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Eaga's average administration cost was for grants made under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Warm Front) in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (164910) | 239
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164373) | 240
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure a derogation under the nitrate vulnerable zone regulations from the 230kg total nitrogen limit in relation to grassland. | | (164608) | 241
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the small scale intensive dairy farming in England of the 230kg nitrogen limit in relation to grassland. | | (164609) | 242
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of British companies had a turnover of less than £2 million and produced less than 50 tonnes of packaging a year in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (164447) | 243
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (164494) | 244
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of air travel by officials of the Rural Payments Agency was in 2006-07; and how much carbon dioxide was offset in relation to these flights. | | (164508) | 245
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who the members are of the Committee on Climate Change; and when he expects it to meet. | | (164784) | 246
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164873) | 247
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164928) | 248
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164952) | 249
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account is taken of security of supply by his Department in formulating policy relating to support for UK agriculture. | | (164699) | 250
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will amend the guidance given in the Government's Code for Sustainable Procurement to give greater weight to the procurement of locally produced food and drink. | | (164700) | 251
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much district veterinary managers have authorised each local authority to spend under the terms of the Animal Health and Welfare Framework Agreement in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (164336) | 252
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has contracted to pay to each local authority for animal health work under the terms of the Animal Health and Welfare Framework Agreement in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (164337) | 253
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development on the upcoming fisheries negotiations in Brussels; and whether an agreed strategy has been drawn up. | | (164396) | 254
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of lamb prices on farming incomes between June 2007 and October 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (164717) | 255
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average lamb prices paid to farmers were in each month in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (164718) | 256
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any special economic arrangements exist between the UK and New Zealand on the import of New Zealand lamb to the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (164719) | 257
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include information on food miles in food labelling; and if he will make a statement. | | (164720) | 258
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the difference between what farmers are paid for lambs and other livestock and what consumers are charged for meat products in supermarkets; and if he will make a statement. | | (164722) | 259
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the bluetongue outbreak on agriculture farmgate prices in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (164723) | 260
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on fuel duty as it relates to farm machinery; and if he will make a statement. | | (164724) | 261
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164301) | 262
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in his Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which his Department is responsible. | | (164325) | 263
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164750) | 264
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the foot and mouth outbreak to the (a) public purse and (b) agriculture industry. | | (164394) | 265
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is being provided to farmers within the foot and mouth disease restriction areas. | | (164395) | 266
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to prevent further leaks from the laboratory at Pirbright. | | (164406) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 267
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates UK Government (a) officials and (b) Ministers held discussions with the US Administration on new arrangements for Chagos Islanders to work on two-year contracts on Diego Garcia; and when these new arrangements came into effect. | | (164814) | 268
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Chagos Island contract community members are eligible to apply for work on Diego Garcia; and what regulations will apply to such workers. | | (164816) | 269
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164372) | 270
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made in the Council of Europe on revision by international instrument of Article 3 of the European Charter of Human Rights as it applies in deportation cases. | | (164448) | 271
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on allegations of torture in West Papuan prisons. | | (163057) | 272
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Indonesian government on self-determination for West Papua; and if he will make a statement. | | (163058) | 273
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Free West Papua Campaign; and if he will make a statement. | | (163059) | 274
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on a European Security and Defence Policy mission to Guinea Bissau. | | (164436) | 275
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months. | | (164496) | 276
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many EU flags are (a) held and (b) owned by his Department and its agencies. | | (164538) | 277
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what items of EU branded material were purchased by his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost. | | (164539) | 278
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received on the location of the new offices in London for the European Parliament and European Commission. | | (164541) | 279
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conferences have been hosted by Wilton Park since 27th June 2007; and what the (a) cost to the public purse, (b) titles and (c) names of ministers attending and (d) names of private sponsors were. | | (164852) | 280
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164872) | 281
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164927) | 282
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164950) | 283
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the case of Haider Samad; and if he will make a statement. | | (164480) | 284
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Ministry of Defence on the case of Haider Samad. | | (164481) | 285
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the method of approval of the European Reform Treaty referred to in the Gracious Speech will be done by way of a specific clause being included on the face of the Bill that gives effect in UK law to the provisions of the Treaty. | | (162403) | 286
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164299) | 287
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in his Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which his Department is responsible. | | (164320) | 288
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the General Affairs and External Relations Council last issued a statement on Pakistan; and whether it plans to do so in the near future. | | (164304) | 289
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari's recent meeting with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi; what progress has been made towards securing her release; and if he will make a statement. | | (164305) | 290
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the numbers of those detained by the Burmese government following recent protests (a) who have been released and (b) who remain in detention. | | (164306) | 291
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164752) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 292
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of hospital acquired infections of the widespread introduction of subcontracting in hospital cleaning; and if he will make a statement. | | (164412) | 293
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the health implications for people with light sensitivity of banning the sale of incandescent light bulbs. | | (164341) | 294
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the commissioning of new research into the scale, costs and causes of waste medicines to inform policy development for influencing both health professionals and members of the public to reduce the amount of unwanted medicines as referred to in the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2084W, on primary care trusts: drugs. | | (164145) | 295
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS chiropody services are defined as health care. | | (164247) | 296
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will make an assessment of standards of chiropody services provided by primary care trusts. | | (164248) | 297
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used by the NHS Appointments Commission in evaluating the suitability of candidates for the position of chair of NHS hospital trusts. | | (164898) | 298
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164371) | 299
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proposed Drug Treatment Agency allocation is for (a) Bristol and (b) North Somerset for each year covered by Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (164427) | 300
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any of his Department's special advisers have declared a conflict of interest. | | (164510) | 301
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which departmental budget items have been reclassified, under Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 decisions; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (164516) | 302
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value of each such asset is; and what the expected revenue from each such sale is. | | (164517) | 303
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodical subscriptions in the last 12 months. | | (164521) | 304
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage the location of GP practices on high streets. | | (164761) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff have been disciplined for breaking the public smoking ban inside the premises of his Department or its agencies. | | (164856) | 306
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of each document prepared for each of his Department's citizens' juries. | | (164858) | 307
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164871) | 308
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164926) | 309
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what opinion polls his Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164949) | 310
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health benefits of breastfeeding for (i) babies and (ii) mothers. | | (164701) | 311
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all representations made relating to the West Sussex Primary Care Trust's Fit for the Future consultation before 26th July 2007 will be considered. | | (164139) | 312
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to undertake further research on the impact of NHS reorganisation on (a) access to healthcare for vulnerable populations and (b) local economies. | | (164561) | 313
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 17th October 2007, Official Report, column 1162W, on Ambulance Services, South East Coast Strategic Health Authority, if he will list the publications to which the Answer refers; and if he will place in the Library copies of such publications. | | (164563) | 314
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the per capita funding of each NHS trust in England was in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (164567) | 315
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial position of West Hertfordshire NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (164568) | 316
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial position of each NHS trust is; and if he will make a statement. | | (164569) | 317
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the report of the Government's task force on encouraging organ donations; and if he will make a statement. | | (164479) | 318
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are of the National Pandemic Influenza Working Group; on which dates it has met; and what the costs of running the group have been to date. | | (164835) | 319
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is being made available on the use of (a) anti-viral drugs, (b) facemasks and (c) stocking of home supplies in consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164836) | 320
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to (a) strengthen and (b) codify links with international bodies in consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164837) | 321
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Irish Government in consequence of the Exercise Winter Willow programme in the preparations for a potential influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164838) | 322
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in considering the development of a streamlined death certification process in the event of any future influenza pandemic as identified in Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164843) | 323
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in the development of a strategy for the operational aspects of anti-viral allocation as a consequence of any future influenza pandemic. | | (164845) | 324
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to consider the prioritisation of (a) anti-viral drugs, (b) vaccines and (c) antibiotics in the event of a shortage of supply caused by any future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164846) | 325
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of a national stockpile of (i) masks and (ii) anti-biotics for health professionals in preparation for any future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164847) | 326
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of the Scientific Advisory Group in the event of any future influenza pandemic. | | (164883) | 327
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that the continuity of supply of (a) anti-viral stocks, (b) masks and (c) anti-biotics in the event of any future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164884) | 328
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) use and (b) effectiveness of the internet as a mechanism for communicating with the public during any future influenza pandemic; what measures will be used to ensure effective communication with those who do not possess a connection to the internet; and if he will make a statement. | | (164889) | 329
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of the communication strategy identifying the best channels of communication with the public during any future pandemic influenza outbreak in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (164890) | 330
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide an update on the development of protocols for effective sharing of national communications messages for (a) local and (b) regional use as a consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164891) | 331
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the improvement in public understanding of pandemic (a) risk and (b) policy as a consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164892) | 332
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the production of a clear and agreed script for use in communications during any future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164893) | 333
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition his Department used of business as usual as part of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164894) | 334
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the role of the National News Co-ordination Centre in co-ordinating messages across departments was not tested as part of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164895) | 335
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reviewing the reporting template for the collection of data as a consequence of Exercise Winter Willow; and if he will make a statement. | | (164896) | 336
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the involvement of the voluntary sector in planning preparations for any future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164903) | 337
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the discussions he has had with national voluntary agencies on issues relating to any future influenza pandemic. | | (164904) | 338
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he anticipates publishing guidance on business continuity for health services during any potential influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164905) | 339
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist to ensure effective dissemination of best practice in workforce guidance arrangements during any potential future influenza pandemic; and if he will make a statement. | | (164906) | 340
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been provided to ambulance services as part of the UK Framework for Responding to an Influenza Pandemic; what mechanisms exist to deploy ambulances on the basis of urgent medical treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (164909) | 341
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased demand for countermeasures against an influenza pandemic on the supply of (a) masks and (b) antibiotics; what steps he is taking to ensure that supply meets demand in the event of an outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (164974) | 342
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which web browsers are compatible with Choose and Book. | | (164552) | 343
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what web browsers are compatible with (a) each element and (b) all elements of the NHS information technology programme. | | (164553) | 344
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department proposes to decrease the number of sub-categories within the classification system for Part IX of the drug tariff; what account was taken of the balance of responses to the Department's recent consultation on the subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (164554) | 345
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) personnel and (b) staff hours his Department allocated to supporting the Review of Social Care Funding; and what the cost of such allocation was. | | (164570) | 346
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Review of Social Care Funding Group met in the period between its inception and the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review; on what dates it met; what the cost of its operations were in this period; if he will publish the minutes of those meetings; what meetings the group has scheduled for the future; and how much he has allocated to the group for its further activities. | | (164571) | 347
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the letter of 6th October from the hon. Member for Eddisbury on malnutrition. | | (164572) | 348
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when decisions on changes to the arrangements for accommodation for junior doctors were made. | | (164573) | 349
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the ability of Foundation Year (a) 1 and (b) 2 doctors to make interest payments on their student loans. | | (164574) | 350
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the number of places available for Foundation Year 1 doctors reflects a reduction in hours arising from the application of the EU Working Time Directive. | | (164575) | 351
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the tax liabilities of junior doctors receiving (a) partially and (b) fully subsidised hospital accommodation. | | (164577) | 352
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS trusts have a statutory responsibility to provide accommodation for rent to junior doctors. | | (164579) | 353
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of removing free hospital-owned accommodation for junior doctors on meeting the requirements of the EU Working Time Directive. | | (164580) | 354
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS trusts on (a) contractual and (b) other obligations on junior doctors renting hospital-owned accommodation. | | (164581) | 355
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medical Act 1983 (Approved Medical Practices and Conditions of Residence) Regulations 2005 (S.I., 2005, No. 2413) applies to Foundation Year (a) 1 and (b) 2 junior doctors. | | (164582) | 356
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has given to NHS trusts on charging junior doctors for hospital-owned accommodation. | | (164583) | 357
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of rent charged by NHS trusts to junior doctors for hospital-owned accommodation. | | (164584) | 358
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts provide accommodation (a) free of charge and (b) on a rental basis for junior doctors. | | (164586) | 359
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with junior doctors on the removal of the statutory responsibility of trusts to require junior doctors to reside on site. | | (164587) | 360
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Foundation Year 1 places he plans to provide for junior doctors from August 2008. | | (164588) | 361
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether suppliers using the NHS Shared Business Service are required to use the OB10 invoicing system; how many suppliers the NHS Shared Business Service deals with; and what the impact on costs to (a) his Department and (b) Xansa are from OB10 being used. | | (164589) | 362
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Shared Business Service costs (a) his Department and (b) Xansa to run. | | (164590) | 363
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS (a) trusts and (b) other organisations are implementing the OB10 invoicing system; what guidance his Department has given on the OB10 system; what assessment he has made of the effect on the price the NHS organisations pay for services and goods of the OB10 system; what estimate he has made of the net financial effect on the NHS of the OB10 invoicing system; and whether (i) the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, (ii) NHS Supply Chain and (iii) Collaborative Procurement Hubs (A) are using and (B) plan to use the OB10 system. | | (164591) | 364
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) inflation and (b) wage inflation was in the NHS in each year since 1995. | | (164592) | 365
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) administration and (b) management in the NHS in each year since 1992 (i) in gross terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total NHS budget. | | (164593) | 366
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) administration and (b) management (i) as a percentage of the total budget and (ii) as the cost per head of population in the areas covered by each (A) primary care trust, (B) acute trust, (C) ambulance trust, (D) mental health trust, (E) foundation trust, (F) strategic health authority, (G) special health authority and (H) NHS arms length body in England in the last year for which figures are available. | | (164594) | 367
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of general practitioners' premises were above minimum standards on the most recent date for which figures are available in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust area; and what percentage in each primary care trust area failed to meet minimum standards through not complying with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. | | (164595) | 368
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 458W, on cost benefit analysis, if he will make available the results of the evaluation of demonstration sites. | | (164596) | 369
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of atypical tuberculosis were recorded in each of the last five years; which species of mycobacteria was responsible for each infection; and where these infections occurred. | | (164597) | 370
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on Choose and Book to date; and to which companies payments have been made in respect of Choose and Book. | | (164598) | 371
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to the letter of 28th June 2007 from the hon. Member for Eddisbury to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on the Registered Nursing Care Contribution. | | (164599) | 372
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 28th June 2006, Official Report, column 459W, on cost benefit analysis, when the results referred to in the Answer were published; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the results. | | (164601) | 373
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts (a) paid and (b) did not pay 95 per cent. of undisputed invoices within (i) contract terms or (ii) 30 days in cases where no terms were agreed, in (A) 2005-06 and (B) 2006-07; and what the total value was of those invoices in each case. | | (164602) | 374
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of finished episodes of care with a primary diagnosis of (a) coronary heart disease, (b) stroke and transient ischaemic attack, (c) diabetes, (d) chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, (e) cancer, (f) dementia, (g) depression and (h) chronic kidney disease had a secondary diagnosis of malnutrition or nutritional anaemias in each year since 1997-98. | | (164603) | 375
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of finished episodes of care with a primary diagnosis of (a) malnutrition and (b) nutritional anaemias had a secondary diagnosis of (i) coronary heart disease, (ii) stroke and transient ischaemic attack, (iii) diabetes, (iv) chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, (v) cancer, (vi) dementia, (vii) depression and (viii) chronic kidney disease in each year since 1997. | | (164604) | 376
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of (i) malnutrition and (ii) nutritional anaemias in each year since 1997-98. | | (164605) | 377
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3rd September 2007, Official Report, column 1884W, on patients: nutrition, how many bed days for finished episodes there were where the (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis was (i) malnutrition and (ii) nutritional anaemias in each year since 1997-98. | | (164606) | 378
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make available the IP addresses of computers in his Department used by (a) special advisers, (b) Ministers and (c) press officers. | | (164607) | 379
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the report of the review by the Social Care Funding Group. | | (164613) | 380
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he had with HM Treasury officials to discuss the settlement for social care in the comprehensive spending review; at which of those meetings the subject of payment for long-term care was discussed; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings. | | (164614) | 381
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of invoices were paid on time in each year since 1997 by (a) NHS trusts, (b) primary care trusts, (c) ambulance trusts, (d) strategic health authorities, (e) other NHS organisations and (f) the NHS. | | (164615) | 382
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the two year consultation relating to Part IX of the Drug Tariff was; and what the cost was of Deloitte and Touche's fees for work on the consultation. | | (164616) | 383
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which management consultancies his Department has engaged in the last 12 months, broken down by departmental directorate; and which such companies also work (a) as and (b) for providers to the NHS. | | (164617) | 384
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164291) | 385
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164319) | 386
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department will provide to match the £280 million for specialist short breaks for disabled children from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, as stated in the Pre-Budget Report, Comprehensive Spending Review, Chapter 5. | | (163724) | 387
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164753) | 388
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of inward migration on health services in Chipping Barnet constituency over the last 10 years. | | (164620) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 389
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on returning Darfuri refused asylum-seekers to Sudan; and if she will make a statement. | | (164411) | 390
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of destitute asylum seekers; for what period those asylum seekers have been destitute; and if she will make a statement. | | (164413) | 391
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department gives to voluntary organisations who provide refused asylum-seekers with emergency legal advice and other services; and if she will make a statement. | | (164414) | 392
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what incompatibilities there are between the requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on Action on Trafficking in Human Beings and domestic immigration legislation. | | (164483) | 393
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt the Interpol global database system that allows border checks to be made on documents to tackle human trafficking. | | (164484) | 394
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the EU anti-trafficking hotline. | | (164485) | 395
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164370) | 396
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has made in the Council of Europe on revision by international instrument of Article 3 of the European Charter of Human Rights as it applies in deportation cases. | | (164449) | 397
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many security breaches were reported at nuclear power facilities in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; where each breach occurred; and what the circumstances were of each breach. | | (164437) | 398
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to secure nuclear power facilities in the United Kingdom from terrorist attack. | | (164438) | 399
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of shipping containers entering the United Kingdom by (a) ship, (b) plane, (c) truck and (d) train were tested for radioactive materials in each month in 2007. | | (164439) | 400
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times unauthorised radioactive material was detected in shipping containers entering the United Kingdom in each year since 2001; and what (a) quantity and (b) type of radioactive substance was detected. | | (164440) | 401
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have (a) opened and (b) closed in the Metropolitan Police area in each year since 2002. | | (164542) | 402
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has allocated for educational programmes in schools in 2007-08 aimed at tackling gun crime. | | (164757) | 403
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department revised its estimate of the portion of the total cost of the identity card and biometric passport scheme that would be incurred in order to introduce the second biometric passport in June 2007. | | (164765) | 404
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration's mobile telephone bill for the last month for which figures are available. | | (164776) | 405
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in respect of 10 to 17 year olds for the longest period for which figures are available, broken down by local authority area. | | (164779) | 406
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which groups, public bodies and organisations have submitted reports to the Migration Advisory Committee. | | (164786) | 407
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies and programmes in her Department will have a real terms reduction in their budget in 2008-09 arising out of the conclusions of the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (164787) | 408
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) the identity cards project and (b) external consultants working on the identity cards project to date. | | (164788) | 409
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Asylum Case Resolution Programme will be completed. | | (164790) | 410
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals' cases have been resolved under the Asylum Case Resolution Programme; and how many of those cases resulted in (a) deportation, (b) grant of indefinite leave to remain, (c) grant of British citizenship and (d) another outcome. | | (164791) | 411
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations undertaken by her Department have not been open to the public in the last year. | | (164792) | 412
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals and organisations have a statutory duty to report to the Migration Advisory Committee. | | (164793) | 413
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the most recent Accession Monitoring Report, what estimate she makes of the number of dependants who have entered the UK with applicants to the Worker Registration Scheme. | | (164794) | 414
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the submissions to the Migration Advisory Committee. | | (164795) | 415
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total funding allocated to the Respect Task Force was in each year since it was established. | | (164796) | 416
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes designed to combat anti-social behaviour are administered by her Department; and what the budget for each was for the last five years for which figures are available. | | (164797) | 417
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what drugs programmes are administered by her Department; and what the budget for each was for the last five years for which figures are available. | | (164798) | 418
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the likely cost of an identity card and passport package in 2007-08 prices. | | (164799) | 419
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first identity cards are likely to be issued in the UK. | | (164800) | 420
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many paper and electronic records have been processed under the Asylum Case Resolution Programme. | | (164801) | 421
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police force scenes of crime officers there were in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. | | (164802) | 422
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Civil Service pay band is for Louise Casey. | | (164803) | 423
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the degree to which the Respect Task Force has met its objectives; and if she will make a statement. | | (164804) | 424
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants currently work in, or for, the Respect Task Force; and at what pay grade each is employed. | | (164806) | 425
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the costs of the pilots for good behaviour youth cards announced on 8th March 2006 were; and if she will make a statement. | | (164853) | 426
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the operational costs of the identity card and biometric passport scheme she estimates will be covered by fees charged for the cards and passports issued. | | (164855) | 427
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library copies of each document prepared for each of her Department's citizens' juries. | | (164859) | 428
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish her Department's autumn performance report. | | (164881) | 429
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are followed for authorising policies with significant financial implications for her Department, with particular reference to the role of the finance director; and if she will make a statement. | | (164887) | 430
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the office costs for her Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164936) | 431
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164959) | 432
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the finance director in her Department is required to authorise policies with significant financial implications for the Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (164964) | 433
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assumptions formed the basis of her Department's estimate in June 2007 that biometric passports accounted for 70 per cent. of the total cost of the biometric passport and ID card scheme. | | (164967) | 434
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assumptions underlay her Department's estimate of the apportionment of costs between passports and identity cards in the Identity Cards Scheme Costs Report published in November 2007. | | (164968) | 435
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of likely increases in population on the delivery of policing services in (a) government designated growth areas and (b) Northamptonshire. | | (162135) | 436
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received, and from whom, on the operation of wheel clampers operating on car parks and private land; and if she will bring forward legislation in this regard. | | (163340) | 437
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to regulate the size of the signs and warnings necessary before wheel clampers operating on car parks and private land can immobilise motor vehicles. | | (163341) | 438
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines have been issued to police forces on criteria to be applied to formal contacts between the police and Muslim organisations and groups; and if she will make a statement. | | (164410) | 439
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the development of policy for the handling and management of the deceased as a consequence of increased mortality during any future pandemic influenza outbreak; when she plans to issue revised guidance; and what discussions she has had with devolved authorities on the co-ordination of policy. | | (164844) | 440
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) advice and (b) resources would be made available to local authorities in addressing the problems of increased mortality as a consequence of an influenza pandemic; and if she will make a statement. | | (164973) | 441
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many speeding tickets have been issued by Cheshire Constabulary in the 40 mph zone on the M56 between Frodsham and Runcorn since the introduction of the zone. | | (164600) | 442
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (164287) | 443
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of the Identity and Passport Service on the role that post offices could play in the enrolment process for identity cards and biometric passports. | | (164246) | 444
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164318) | 445
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (164736) | 446
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have provided a sample for the DNA database (a) following arrest and (b) voluntarily to eliminate themselves from suspicion of involvement in an offence. | | (164664) | 447
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any individuals identified as working in the security industry without valid immigration status are working in Chipping Barnet constituency. | | (164621) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 448
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the new Houses of Parliament pass (a) designs and (b) text on the reverse were authorised; and how much the introduction of the new passes has cost. | | (164555) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 449
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, for what reasons the review into the impact of tuition fees is commencing in 2009. | | (164362) | 450
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will continue Learning and Skills Council funding of charities which assist people who suffer from mental health problems to return to work, with particular reference to InterAct in Chelmsford. | | (162918) | 451
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what Departmental budget items have been reclassified, according to the classifications in HM Treasury's Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, as a result of the decisions taken in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case; and what activity is supported by each item. | | (164492) | 452
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, to which periodicals his Department subscribes. | | (164500) | 453
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what advertising campaigns his Department has run since its establishment; and what was the (a) date and (b) cost of each. | | (164504) | 454
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): 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. | | (164511) | 455
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which financial years his Department's outturn for its capital budget at the end of the year was less than planned at the beginning of the year since 2001-02; and what the (a) value and (b) reason for the underspend was in each case. | | (164518) | 456
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what departmental assets are planned to be sold in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; what the (a) description and (b) book value is of each such asset; and what the expected revenue is from each such sale. | | (164519) | 457
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what dates his Department breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the total value of each breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. | | (164520) | 458
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely cost of student policy juries in 2007-08. | | (164850) | 459
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164870) | 460
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164925) | 461
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164948) | 462
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164323) | 463
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164735) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 464
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164369) | 465
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164869) | 466
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164924) | 467
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164947) | 468
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much UK development aid was given to (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each year since 2000. | | (164408) | 469
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164294) | 470
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164332) | 471
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 472
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to further negotiations with the Jamaican government to facilitate the return of Jamaican nationals convicted in the UK to serve their sentence in Jamaica; and if he will make a statement. | | (164419) | 473
| Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review or reform the work of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. | | (164490) | 474
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 received the mandatory sentence established by the the Act in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006, broken down by age group. | | (163963) | 475
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence of those convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 was in each of the last four years. | | (163964) | 476
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is the policy of the Court Service to pursue parents for fines levied against juvenile offenders where a parent of the offender was the victim of the offence. | | (164404) | 477
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences under the Street Offences Act 1959 there were in each year since 1997; and how many of those convicted were (a) 16 or 17 years old and (b) 18 years or older. | | (164405) | 478
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Departmental budget items have been reclassified under the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, following the outcomes of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007; and what the (a) former and (b) new (i) classification and (ii) sum budgeted is in each case. | | (164493) | 479
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the consultation on the Statement of British values has been to date including (a) external consultancy costs and (b) consultations. | | (164530) | 480
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the Government has concluded formal agreements for the return of foreign prisoners to serve a proportion of their sentence in their home country. | | (164809) | 481
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payments the Government has made to foreign countries for the transfer of foreign nationals imprisoned in the UK to serve the final part of their sentence in their home country. | | (164810) | 482
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which agencies and programmes in his Department will have a real terms reduction in their budget in 2008-09. | | (164812) | 483
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were recorded as being (a) drug free and (b) having a drug addiction on release from prison in the last year for which figures are available. | | (164813) | 484
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of prisoners who have taken illegal drugs whilst in prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (164817) | 485
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what drugs programmes are administered by his Department; and what the budget of each was in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (164851) | 486
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was of the speed dating style youth conference held on 9th October. | | (164861) | 487
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164876) | 488
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations were undertaken by his Department which have not been made open to the public in the last year. | | (164885) | 489
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for education and training for offenders in prisons was in the last financial year; and what percentage this represents of the total prisons' budget. | | (164886) | 490
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164931) | 491
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164954) | 492
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the incidence of serious alcohol dependency was amongst prisoners in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make it his policy to record the level of funding given for the provision of treatment and rehabilitation of people with an alcohol dependency within the criminal justice system. | | (164819) | 493
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were sentenced to prison in each year since 2000. | | (164407) | 494
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there were of men accused of trafficking under-age women into the UK in each year since 2000. | | (164409) | 495
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many television sets have been bought by the prison service in each year since 1997; and what the cost of such purchases was in each year. | | (164565) | 496
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164290) | 497
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase access to legal aid in criminal cases in Northern Ireland. | | (161982) | 498
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164316) | 499
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164742) | Questions to the Leader of the House 500
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to prevent questions from falling as a result of the prorogation. | | (164342) | 501
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, what the office costs for her Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164923) | 502
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, what the maximum financial amount in cash terms is in 2007-08 that can be transferred to communications allowance from (a) incidental expenses provision and (b) staffing allowance. | | (164307) | 503
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance has been published on using party political descriptions in literature financed under the communications allowance. | | (164314) | 504
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours in her Office. | | (164315) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 505
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) cost and (b) construction timetable is of the proposed new wall at Hazelwood Integrated Primary School; and if he will make a statement. | | (164312) | 506
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164368) | 507
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164866) | 508
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164920) | 509
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164944) | 510
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Northern Ireland economy in the last 12 months. | | (164387) | 511
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in assessing the Police Service of Northern Ireland's business case for police community support officers; and what the expected timeframe is for this process. | | (164388) | 512
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cells in the prison estate in Northern Ireland are not in use; and if he will make a statement. | | (164389) | 513
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of (a) the likely prison population in Northern Ireland in each year until 2012 and (b) the number of places needed to accommodate it. | | (164390) | 514
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of those convicted for burglary committed in Northern Ireland were given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years. | | (164391) | 515
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many criminal charges of animal cruelty were brought in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (164392) | 516
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of those convicted for supplying illegal drugs in Northern Ireland were given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years. | | (164393) | 517
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling anti-social behaviour in Northern Ireland. | | (164397) | 518
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on reducing levels of drug trafficking in Northern Ireland. | | (164398) | 519
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of budgetary plans on future police office numbers in Northern Ireland. | | (164399) | 520
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on plans to develop further community policing in Northern Ireland. | | (164400) | 521
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the likely impact of the provision of the Draft Marine Bill on Northern Ireland. | | (164401) | 522
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland were charged with attacking emergency service workers in each of the last five years. | | (164446) | 523
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164295) | 524
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in his Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164327) | 525
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164743) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 526
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she has taken to promote training and development opportunities in boroughs where the London Olympics is likely to create jobs; and if she will make a statement. | | (164418) | Questions to the Prime Minister 527
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Prime Minister, what was the contribution to the Joint Intelligence Committee's assessments in the build up to the war on Iraq of the CIA's liaison officer in London. | | (164557) | 528
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, who was responsible for the inclusion of the phrase British jobs for British workers in his speech of 24th September. | | (164785) | 529
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the office costs for No. 10 Downing Street's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164938) | 530
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what opinion polls No. 10 Downing Street has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164941) | 531
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (164296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 532
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164366) | 533
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164865) | 534
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164919) | 535
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164943) | 536
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164330) | 537
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what entertainment or hospitality members of the Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164744) | Questions to the Solicitor General 538
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Solicitor General, what the policy of the Crown Prosecution Service is on financial penalties for juvenile offenders where a parent of the offender was the victim of the offence. | | (164403) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 539
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail and Transport for London on the possible electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line. | | (164899) | 540
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had on proposals to transfer Finsbury Park station to Transport for London. | | (164901) | 541
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by her Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164365) | 542
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the length in kilometres of cycle lanes in England in each year since 1997. | | (164762) | 543
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration her Department has given to (a) increasing the number of cycle lanes and (b) designing safe walking routes to schools in the proposed eco-towns. | | (164763) | 544
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many items have been lost or misplaced by the Government Mail Service in each year since 1997. | | (164777) | 545
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to publish her Department's autumn performance report. | | (164868) | 546
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the office costs for her Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164922) | 547
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164946) | 548
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to upgrade the A42 to motorway. | | (163339) | 549
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (164297) | 550
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to meet the actual costs of free off-peak bus travel within each local authority area. | | (164656) | 551
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from local authorities on the costs of extending free off-peak bus travel next year. | | (164659) | 552
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in her Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164321) | 553
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what entertainment or hospitality members of her Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if she will make a statement. | | (164745) | 554
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the contribution to Crossrail to be made by London business identified in the Pre-Budget Report which will be made by (a) the Corporation of London, (b) the Canary Wharf Group and (c) BAA. | | (164558) | 555
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's responsibilities are regarding the oversight of the construction of Crossrail; what responsibilities she is delegating to the Mayor of London; and if she will make a statement. | | (164559) | 556
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of her Department's budget is spent on combating vehicle crime. | | (164619) | 557
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on measures to encourage cycling since her appointment as Secretary of State for Transport. | | (164623) | 558
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her officials are working on proposals to reduce the traffic generated by the school run. | | (164624) | 559
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on measures to reduce traffic generated by the school run since her appointment as Secretary of State for Transport. | | (164625) | 560
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which light rail schemes she has visited since her appointment as Secretary of State for Transport. | | (164626) | 561
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her officials are working on proposals relating to light rail. | | (164627) | 562
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is considering introducing measures to encourage cycling by children. | | (164628) | 563
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of her Department's spending has been devoted to encouraging cycling in each of the last five years. | | (164629) | 564
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of her Department's spending has been devoted to measures to reduce the amount of traffic generated by the school run in each of the last five years. | | (164630) | 565
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she continues to support the European Commission target of reducing average emissions from new cars sold in the EU to 130g/km by 2012. | | (164631) | 566
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings she has had with representatives of the cycling community since her appointment as Secretary of State for Transport. | | (164632) | 567
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded challenges against penalty charge notices there were in each local authority area in each of the last 12 months; and how many of these were successful. | | (164633) | 568
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds will accrue to her Department as a result of any cost efficiencies achieved by Network Rail. | | (164634) | 569
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the recent increases in unregulated rail fares. | | (164635) | 570
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conclusions she has reached following her Department's review of unregulated rail fares; and if she will make a statement. | | (164636) | 571
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of railway costs were borne by the (a) taxpayer and (b) fare payer in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (164637) | 572
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on consultants in each of the past five years. | | (164638) | 573
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what projects her Department has commissioned from external consultants in each of the last five years; and how much was paid by her Department to those consultants in each instance. | | (164639) | 574
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what surveys have been conducted by (a) her Department and (b) external consultants; and how much each survey cost in each of the last five years. | | (164640) | 575
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are tasked with assisting the Ministerial Design Champion in his duties as such, broken down by grade. | | (164641) | 576
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (b) drivers' representative groups and (c) the motor industry on the possible deregulation of MOT fees. | | (164642) | 577
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to seek to charge foreign hauliers for their use of UK roads. | | (164643) | 578
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many customer complaints the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency received in the last 12 months, broken down by type of complaint received. | | (164644) | 579
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have worked in her Department on national road pricing in each of the last five years, broken down by grade. | | (164645) | 580
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded challenges against penalty charge notices there were in each region in each of the last five years; and how many of these were successful. | | (164649) | 581
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded challenges against penalty charge notices there were in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and how many of these were successful. | | (164650) | 582
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her full-time equivalent officials have worked on proposals to combat vehicle crime over the last six months. | | (164697) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 583
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164376) | 584
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of expenditure on renovation and refurbishment of his Department's properties in the next 12 months. | | (164380) | 585
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164864) | 586
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164918) | 587
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164942) | 588
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164328) | 589
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164737) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 590
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to childcare for lone parents who are being encouraged back to work. | | (164416) | 591
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what form the 50+ face-to-face guidance work options pilot project is expected to take. | | (164384) | 592
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 50 years will be consulted by each of the six contractors participating in the 50+ face-to-face guidance work options pilot project. | | (164385) | 593
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on renovation and refurbishment of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (164363) | 594
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of extra maintenance which might be paid by compliant non-resident parents under the provisions of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill. | | (164284) | 595
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the organisations which provide advice on the making of decisions on applications to the Social Fund. | | (164487) | 596
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department records on the decisions of the Social Fund. | | (164488) | 597
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) quality and (b) appropriateness of advice offered by staff to social fund applicants. | | (164653) | 598
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that applicants requiring assistance who have had a social fund application rejected are directed to more appropriate sources of funding. | | (164654) | 599
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to ensure that community care grants are awarded to the applicants who are most in need of them. | | (164655) | 600
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of vacancies in the UK economy that will be filled by British workers in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (164766) | 601
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new jobs for (a) British citizens and (b) non-British citizens that the British jobs for British workers policy will produce. | | (164769) | 602
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people were not in education, employment or training in each local authority area in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available. | | (164778) | 603
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government has taken to promote British jobs for British workers; and what estimate he has made of the number of such jobs that will be created over the next (a) year, (b) three years and (c) decade. | | (164808) | 604
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (164867) | 605
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support staff; and how many full-time equivalent civil servants work in support of such special advisers. | | (164921) | 606
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what opinion polls the Department has conducted of (a) the public and (b) staff since 27th June 2007; and what the (i) name of the firm employed to conduct the poll, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (164945) | 607
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) women aged 60 and over and (b) men aged 65 and over will have accrued 30 years National Insurance contributions before April 2010. | | (164651) | 608
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the net annual cost for each year from 2008 to 2025 of (a) paying the basic state pension at its current level, increased annually in line with average earnings to all pensioners, (b) raising the basic state pension to the current level of the Pensions Credit Guarantee, increased annually in line with average earnings and paying it to all pensioners and (c) raising the basic state pension to 60 per cent. of median population income, increased annually in line with average earnings and paying it to all pensioners. | | (164652) | 609
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which dates the Child Support Agency (CSA) office in Falkirk requested from the Child Support Agency in Bolton the case files on cases NST/06/NP717772D and NST/321015478395 on Mr M. N. of Aylesbury; and when he expects the CSA in Bolton to respond to those requests. | | (163481) | 610
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost would be of increasing the pension credit to (a) 20 per cent., (b) 40 per cent. and (c) 60 per cent. of the average wage (i) in gross terms and (ii) net of existing benefits foregone and extra tax paid. | | (163337) | 611
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in developing arrangements for (a) sickness certification and (b) payment of benefits as preparation for dealing with any future pandemic influenza outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (164972) | 612
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (164298) | 613
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours (i) in the Department and (ii) the executive agencies for which the Department is responsible. | | (164329) | 614
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what entertainment or hospitality members of his Department's management board have received in each of the last three financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (164738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 615
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to review legislation on the maximum noise level permitted for publicly purchased fireworks with reference to their potential impact on animals. | | [Transferred] (164663) | 616
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had on post office closures in Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (164402) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 617
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place for consultations between his Department and HM Revenue and Customs to ensure that demands for repayments made to tax credit claimants who have been overpaid by both departments are affordable. | | [Transferred] (164660) | 618
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens of the Republic of Ireland he estimates are resident in the UK; and what estimate he has made of the likely change in this figure over the next 10 years. | | [Transferred] (164969) | 619
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms exist to ensure that child benefit payments are made only to claimants with a legitimate claim; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (164712) | 620
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is provided to local benefit offices on the provision of the name of alternative claimants for child benefit to parents of the child concerned; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (164713) | 621
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the current system for allocation and payment of child benefit in circumstances where multiple claimants are unable to agree who should receive payment; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (164714) | 622
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases in each of the last 12 months the Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs have made decisions concerning which claimant should receive child benefit, where there are multiple applicants; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (164715) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 623
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent by the Prime Minister's Office on renovation and refurbishment of its property in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (164367) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 624
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration has been given to offering Chagos Islanders employment within the UK military attachment on Diego Garcia. | | [Transferred] (164815) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 625
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of applications for visas for spouses made by applicants were (a) not granted and (b) granted within (i) 13 weeks, (ii) six months, (iii) a year, (iv) 18 months, (v) two years, (vi) two and a half years, (vii) three years and (viii) longer in each year since 2001. | | [Transferred] (164585) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 626
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from BAE Systems with regard to the US Department of Justice Mutual Legal Assistance request in relation to allegations of misconduct involving BAE Systems; and on what dates such representations were received. | | [Transferred] (164611) | 627
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations have been received by her Department on the UK processing of the US Mutual Legal Assistance request into allegations of misconduct involving BAE Systems; and on what dates such representations were received. | | [Transferred] (164612) | 628
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of the youth crime seminar held at No. 10 Downing Street on 8th November. | | [Transferred] (164789) | 629
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners have been deported to (a) Jamaica, (b) Nigeria, (c) Vietnam and (d) China in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (164811) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 630
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners receive Sky or other digital television services in their cells; and what the cost to the Prison Service was of prisoners receiving such services in their cells in financial year 2006-07. | | [Transferred] (164781) | 631
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure was incurred for maintenance and repair of prisoner accommodation in 2006-07. | | [Transferred] (164782) | 632
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Privy Council staff (a) have applied to work flexible hours and (b) work flexible hours in the Privy Council. | | [Transferred] (164335) | 633
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many penalty charge notices have been issued in each region of the UK in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (164646) | 634
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many penalty charge notices have been issued by each local authority in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (164647) | 635
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many penalty charge notices have been issued by each local authority in each of the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (164648) | Questions to the Prime Minister 636
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalents work on speech-writing in his Office. | | [Transferred] (164537) | 637
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the communications budget was for Number 10 Downing Street and his Office for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (164768) | 638
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff are employed to translate material on the Number 10 Downing Street website. | | [Transferred] (164848) | 639
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent translating material on the Number 10 Downing Street website since 1st January 2007, including the cost of staff time. | | [Transferred] (164849) |
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