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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 20 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 20 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 20 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance he has given the Post Office on the contents of the branch access report; what constitutes a sloping terrain; and if he will make a statement. | | (166396) | 2
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had on the proposed closure of Heswall village post office. | | (166397) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will estimate the return per £1 spent on trade promotion by UK Trade and Investment in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [R] (166753) | 4
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what date the Registrar of Companies informed his Department that he would effect the necessary changes to Companies House systems and processes for the relevant sections of the Companies Act 2006 by 1st October 2009 and not 1st October 2008. | | (166487) | 5
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the financial effect on companies as a result of the change in the proposed date for the implementation of provisions of the Companies Act 2006 from 1st October 2008 to 1st October 2009. | | (166488) | 6
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reason the Registrar of Companies is not able to implement changes to Companies House systems and processes in relation to sections (a) 1, 3-6, (b) 7-16, (c) 17-28, (d) 31-38, (e) 53-85, (f) 86-88, (g) 89-111, (h) 112-144, (i) 540-657, (j) 658-737, (k) 854-859, (l) 860-894, (m) 1000-1034, (n) 1040-1042, (o) 1044-1059, (p) 1060-1062, (q) 1064-1076, (r) 1081-1084, (s) 1093-1101, (t) 1108-1110, (u) 1112-1120, (v) 1182-1191 and (w) 1192-1208 of the Companies Act 2006 before 1st October 2008. | | (166489) | 7
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of the electricity used by his Department was generated from (a) renewable sources and (b) on-site microgeneration facilities in the last period for which figures are available. | | (166473) | 8
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October 2007, Official Report, column 130W, on motorsports, which elements of motorsport experience each of the members of the advisory board of Motorsport Development UK has. | | (166577) | 9
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what investigations his Department is making into price fixing in the dairy industry; and what mechanisms he has put in place to prevent price fixing. | | (165099) | 10
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to meet (a) representatives of the British Furniture Confederation and (b) managers of large UK furniture retailers to discuss (i) raising awareness of the Furniture and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 and (ii) the impact of compliance with those regulations on fire safety. | | (166732) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 11
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what financial year he expects the European Court of Auditors to be able to approve the European Union's accounts. | | (165626) | 12
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of levels of migration to the UK by individuals from French overseas departments and former French colonies since 2002. | | (166694) | 13
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many unnatural deaths have taken place in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (166494) | 14
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in tax credits in each financial year since 2003-04; and how much of this overpayment he expects to recover. | | (166665) | 15
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been spent on recovering tax credit overpayments in each year since the introduction of tax credits; and what estimate he has made of future costs of recovery. | | (166666) | 16
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of writing off debts arising from the overpayment of tax credits for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) for all overpayments. | | (166667) | 17
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish his Department's statement of the principles governing its approach to any bid to acquire Northern Rock; and if he will make a statement. | | (166617) | 18
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether water poverty is included as a component in the delivery of public service agreements on child poverty. | | (166618) | 19
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged between 16 and 25 years were not in employment, education or vocational training in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 1997 and (d) 2000. | | (166733) | 20
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revisions to the definition of public sector productivity there have been since 1997; and how many times this definition has changed since 1997. | | (166746) | 21
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to HM Revenue and Custom's press release of 1st November, how much of the £150 million allocated by HM Revenue and Customs research and development units has been allocated to companies in the computer games industry. | | (166738) | 22
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, column 25W, on welfare tax credits, how many full-time equivalent staff at HM Customs and Revenue are working to complete the review of tax credits awards from 2003 to 2006. | | (166412) | 23
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, column 25W, on welfare tax credits, how many tax credits claimants are subject to reduced payments as a consequence of alleged over payments from 2003 to 2006 which are now the subject of the review by HM Customs and Revenue. | | (166413) | 24
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of non-domicile tax status personnel currently associated with the UK for at least part of the year; how many have incomes of (a) less than £100,000, (b) £100 to 500,000, (c) £500,000 to £1 million, (d) £1 to 5 million, (e) £5 to 20 million, (f) £20 to 50 million, (g) £50 to 100 million and (h) in excess of £100 million; and what revenue would be raised if a tax were applied of (i) 40 per cent. to each category below £1 million, (ii) 50 per cent. to each category between £1 million and £5 million and (iii) 60 per cent. on each category above £5 million. | | (166164) | 25
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average wage was for persons aged between 16 and 25 years (a) in total, (b) for those with higher education qualifications and (c) for those without higher education qualifications in (i) Cornwall, (ii) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (iii) the South West and (iv) England in each year since 1979. | | (166710) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 26
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training is provided to students studying for (a) a bachelor's degree and (b) a postgraduate certificate in education on supporting children with speech, language and communication difficulties. | | (166391) | 27
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the (a) bachelor's degree in education and (b) postgraduate qualifications in teaching courses are made up of learning relevant to identifying and supporting children with (i) a disability and (ii) speech and language difficulties; and if he will make a statement. | | (166392) | 28
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets his Department has set to improve the quality of childcare provision in England. | | (166393) | 29
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets his Department has set to increase the (a) numbers and (b) levels of relevant qualifications held within the childcare workforce. | | (166394) | 30
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from each local authority area were looked after by another local authority in (a) local authority children's homes, (b) private children's homes, (c) foster care, (d) hostels and (e) under other arrangements in each of the last five years. | | (166237) | 31
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) 0 to five years, (b) six to 10 years and (c) 11 to 16 years old from each local authority area were looked after outside their local authority area in (i) local authority children's homes, (ii) private children's homes, (iii) foster care, (iv) hostels and (v) under other arrangements in each of the last five years. | | (166238) | 32
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many supply teacher days there were in each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Merseyside in 2006-07; and what the average number of such days was in each category of school in England in the same period. | | (166718) | 33
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils left school at 16 years with (a) no GCSE qualifications and (b) no GCSE qualifications but with vocational qualifications in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007 to date. | | (166723) | 34
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students took GCSE examinations in chemistry in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 2000, (d) 2005 and (e) 2007 to date; and how many gained A to C grades in the same years. | | (166747) | 35
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school sport partnerships there are; and how many he estimates there will be in 2010. | | (166672) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish each representation received from business groups on the proposal to raise the education leaving age to 18 years. | | (166700) | 37
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools opened in each year since 1980, excluding those that resulted from merger or amalgamations, those that closed and re-opened as new schools, and those which opened as a result of a move from a three tier to a two tier system. | | (166701) | 38
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of headteachers in England were within (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) five years and (e) 10 years of normal pension age at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (166702) | 39
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary schools had more than (a) 1,000 pupils and (b) 1,500 pupils in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. | | (166703) | 40
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which schools more than half of the pupils have special educational needs, excluding special schools. | | (166704) | 41
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many fixed period exclusions there were in each year since 1997. | | (166705) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many fixed period exclusions there were in England in 2006-07, broken down by age and sex of excluded pupil. | | (166706) | 43
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made by his Department in improving protection for children from sex offenders; and if he will make a statement. | | (166707) | 44
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 26th July 2007, Official Report, column 1397W, on pupils: personal records, what research is available on the family circumstances of a sample of pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (166731) | 45
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with his colleagues at the Department for Transport on the effect on schools' extra-curricular activities of the way in which the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency interprets new licensing requirements in respect of minibus drivers; and if he will make a statement. | | (164477) | 46
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact of new driving licence regulations for minibuses on extra-curricular activities in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (164478) | 47
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what central Government funding was for vocational higher education in (a) Cornwall and (b) England in each year since 1979. | | (166708) | 48
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what central Government funding for leisure facilities for persons aged between 16 and 21 years was (a) in total and (b) per capita in (i) Cornwall, (ii) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (iii) England in each year since 1979. | | (166709) | 49
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school leavers in Cornwall remained in the county and did not enter higher education in each year since 1979; and what percentage of all such school leavers this figure represented in each year. | | (166711) | 50
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of (a) beef, (b) lamb, (c) pork and (d) dairy products used in (i) schools and (ii) sixth form colleges were imported products in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (166745) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 51
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department received a draft copy of the National Audit Office's report on Housing Market Renewal. | | (166235) | 52
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the National Audit Office's Housing Market Renewal report; and if she will make a statement. | | (166236) | 53
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for eco-pubs and eco-clubs to operate in eco-towns. | | (166739) | 54
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library the responses to the consultation on the Disabled Facilities Grant Programme. | | (166310) | 55
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what occasions Judith Armitt, the Thames Gateway Chief Executive, has visited Thurrock in an official capacity since her appointment; and for what purposes. | | (165125) | 56
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of the visit by the Chief Executive of Thames Gateway and others to Emscher Park in Germany's Ruhr Valley in October; and if she will make a statement. | | (165126) | 57
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Thames Gateway news web page was last updated; and what alterations have been made to this web page since 12th July. | | (165127) | 58
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department's webpage relating to Judith Armitt, Chief Executive of the Thames Gateway was last updated; and what alterations have been made to this web page since March. | | (165128) | 59
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the dinner at the Thames Gateway Forum on 28th November at Excel, London; from what budget funding will be drawn; and if she will make a statement. | | (165129) | 60
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will assess the effects on local authorities of the legislative framework for meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. | | (165539) | 61
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the pressures on local authorities arising from meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers. | | (165540) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 62
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has given to the Football Foundation in each of the last five years. | | (166673) | 63
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has given to the Churches Conservation Trust in each of the last five years. | | (166674) | 64
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 639W, on sports: schools, by what date he estimates that the 225 competition managers will be in post. | | (166677) | 65
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new restrictions published by Ofcom in February on television advertising of food and drink products to children. | | (166691) | 66
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population which is within 20 minutes of a multi-sport facility. | | (166736) | 67
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to encourage cricket in primary schools. | | (162137) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 68
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military units will form the UK's contribution to the NATO Response Force in 2008. | | (166003) | 69
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiment or battalion forms the Spearhead Land Element (SLE); whether the SLE is fully equipped; whether the present SLE is deployed; and when the new SLE will take over from the present SLE. | | (166004) | 70
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the receipt of (a) war disablement pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments in the calculations of child support payments. | | (166312) | 71
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether mechanisms exist in his Department for recording the number of homosexual recruits joining HM armed forces. | | (166408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 72
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received from local councils on the funding of their budgets for animal health. | | (166483) | 73
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes are planned to the level of funding of local authority health teams; and if he will make a statement. | | (166484) | 74
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided to local authority animal health teams in each year since 2001; and what the projected expenditure is for 2007-08. | | (166485) | 75
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has put in place a revised national contingency plan following the recent foot and mouth outbreak. | | (166735) | 76
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward propoals to ban the sale of foie gras in the UK. | | (166282) | 77
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to compensate lowland livestock farmers for losses incurred as a result of restrictions introduced in respect of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease. | | (166481) | 78
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has for the application of a bluetongue vaccine. | | (166482) | 79
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to assess whether there is a requirement to amend (a) UK and (b) EU legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), to take account of genetic use restriction technologies and to ensure it is in compliance with the Convention on Biological Diversity decision V/5. | | (166752) | 80
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reviews the Environment Agency is undertaking into flood and tidal risk management related to the River Severn. | | (166313) | 81
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on removing (a) pesticides and (b) nitrates from drinking water supplies in each of the last five years. | | (165538) | 82
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many mobile gassing units are available to cull poultry; and what the slaughter capacity is of each. | | (166402) | 83
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many poultry are registered on the GB Poultry Register in the avian influenza (a) protection zone, (b) surveillance zone and (c) restricted zone; and how many free range poultry there are in each zone. | | (166403) | 84
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many holdings are registered on the GB Poultry Register in the avian influenza (a) protection zone, (b) surveillance zone and (c) restricted zone; and how many free range holdings there are in each zone. | | (166404) | 85
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) poultry and (b) free range poultry are registered on the GB Poultry Register in each county. | | (166405) | 86
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) holdings and (b) free range holdings are registered on the GB Poultry Register in each county. | | (166406) | 87
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of bathing waters which will be classified as (a) poor, (b) sufficient, (c) good and (d) excellent by 2015; and if he will make a statement. | | (166741) | 88
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to business of implementing Directive 2006/7/EC on the management of bathing water quality to (a) sufficient, (b) good and (c) excellent status; and if he will make a statement. | | (166742) | 89
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which bathing waters he expects to be exempt from the requirement to achieve sufficient status by 2015 under the procedure in Article 5(4) of Directive 2006/7/EC; and if he will make a statement. | | (166743) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 90
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has made to the proposals of some of the Commonwealth African members who wish to transfer the Commonwealth Headquarters from London to Kampala, Uganda. | | (166017) | 91
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government contributed to the cost of the renovation of the Ugandan State House prior to HM Queen Elizabeth's visit. | | (166018) | 92
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Azerbaijan on the prison conditions of (a) Farhad Aliev and (b) Rafig Aliev; and if he will make a statement. | | (166750) | 93
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the ability of (a) opposition politicians, (b) the media, (c) members of the judiciary and (d) other representatives of civil society in Azerbaijan to be able to operate free from government interference or pressure; and if he will make a statement. | | (166751) | 94
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, columns 39-40W, on Iraq: resettlement, how many locally employed staff in Iraq have been made redundant or have had to resign from their job because of what the Government assesses to be exceptional circumstances who had (a) attained and (b) not attained 12 months or more continuous service in each year since March 2003. | | (166730) | 95
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 9th November 2007, Official Report, column 167, on Pakistan (detention), what assessment he has made of the treatment of (a) Mrs Asma Akhtar and (b) other UK nationals who are involved in child custody cases in Pakistan's courts. | | (166414) | 96
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters has been invoked in Pakistan's courts on behalf of a parent who has obtained relief by order of the High Court of the Family Division of England and Wales, regarding a child or children unlawfully retained there; and on how many of those times has a child or children been subsequently returned to England and Wales. | | (166472) | 97
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters is being observed by Pakistan's courts; and what representations he has received on the matter. | | (166474) | 98
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has taken steps to implement the recommendation in paragraph 7 of the UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters to the governments of the UK and Pakistan to identify or consider creating a provision for an enforcement authority. | | (166475) | 99
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will take steps to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on the land rights of indigenous people. | | (165257) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 100
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th November 2007, Official Report, column 178W, on health spending, how many finished consultant episodes there were in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2007-08. | | (166297) | 101
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by central Government on the NHS in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2007-08; and what the figure for 1996-97 is when adjusted for inflation. | | (166315) | 102
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to give the NHS Business Services Authority the (a) power and (b) additional resources to monitor the number of claim payments for medicines use reviews by each contractor. | | (166395) | 103
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies exceeded the limit on claim payments for medicines use reviews in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (166398) | 104
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much pharmacy contractors exceeded the limit on claim payments for medicines use reviews in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (166399) | 105
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has provided towards national tobacco strategies in each of the last five years. | | (166697) | 106
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure incurred by NHS Estates was in the disposal of the Atkinson Morley Hospital. | | (166719) | 107
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-clinical staff are employed by Sutton Merton Primary Care Trust; and how many were employed in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005. | | (166720) | 108
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by (a) the NHS, (b) his Department and (c) Sutton Merton Primary Care Trust on the consultation on Better Healthcare Closer to Home. | | (166721) | 109
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses there were in (a) Wimbledon constituency and (b) the London Borough of Merton in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. | | (166722) | 110
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on the employment of people who have studied (a) midwifery and (b) other healthcare-related subjects post-qualification. | | (166749) | 111
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each hospital trust on hotel accommodation for families of patients in (a) their own trust area and (b) other trust areas in the last year for which such information is available. | | (166671) | 112
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Bridlington Hospital to receive its deep clean. | | (165098) | 113
| 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 national publications in which the evidence referred to in the Answer is a theme; and if he will place copies of such publications in the Library. | | (166734) | 114
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of introducing NHS vouchers to meet the cost of sports glasses for those under 19 years of age and in full-time education. | | (166740) | 115
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the five non-executive directors who resigned from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Hospitals Trust as a result of the clostridium difficile outbreak were in post when the outbreak occurred; and if he will make a statement. | | (166614) | 116
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the strategic health authority was consulted about the proposed compensation payment to the outgoing chief executive of the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Hospitals Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (166615) | 117
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the infection rates were for clostridium difficile in the East and West Kent NHS Hospitals Trust in each of the last three years; and on what basis these rates are calculated. | | (166616) | 118
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in North Dorset in each year since 1997; and how many of them (a) admitted new adult patients to their list and (b) treated NHS patients between the ages of 18 and 65 years in each of those years. | | (165255) | 119
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) 18 to 65 and (b) under 18 year olds were registered for NHS dentist treatment in North Dorset in each year since 1997. | | (165256) | 120
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) beef, (b) lamb, (c) pork and (d) dairy products used in NHS premises were imported products in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (166744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 121
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies her Department has conducted into the (a) potential effects of the impending transition of Schengen area EU states including Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on border control systems of nations such as Ukraine and (b) consequential impact on UK immigration policy. | | (166692) | 122
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of the impending transition of Schengen area EU states including Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on the unskilled and semi-skilled sectors of the UK labour market. | | (166693) | 123
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in terrorist attacks taking place in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (166491) | 124
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on combating terrorism in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (166492) | 125
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested for and (b) convicted of terrorist offences in each of the last five years. | | (166493) | 126
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) required and (b) actual headcount is of uniformed police officers in each London borough division of the Metropolitan police force; and if she will make a statement. | | (166675) | 127
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cells there were in each police force area on 1st November; and how many of these were reserved under Operation Safeguard. | | (166696) | 128
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what undertakings were given at the time of the formulation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) to (a) serving and (b) former police officers or their representative body, the Public and Commercial Services Union, on the effect that SOCA would have on access to the police pension on attaining 30 years service or 50 years of age; and if she will make a statement. | | (165596) | 129
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held discussions at EU level on the principle of community preference in respect of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme. | | (166613) | 130
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibility her Department has to monitor the number of foreign nationals residing in Northern Ireland; and what measures her Department takes to combat illegal immigration in Northern Ireland. | | (166727) | 131
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to meet local authority representatives to discuss grant payments for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. | | (165417) | 132
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence of costs incurred is taken into account by her Department in setting the level of grants to local authorities for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. | | (165418) | 133
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set up an anonymous helpline for members of the public to report suspicions of sex workers who have been (a) trafficked and (b) subject to coercion. | | (166407) | 134
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the results of her Department's study of differential rape convictions and detection rates in eight police force areas in England and Wales. | | (166409) | 135
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimated timetable is for full implementation of the UK action plan on human trafficking. | | (166410) | 136
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the population is of each police force area. | | (166411) | 137
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of crimes were committed by persons aged between 16 and 25 years in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 1979, broken down by category of offence. | | (166712) | 138
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of crimes committed by persons aged between 16 and 25 years in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 1979. | | (166713) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 139
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people graduated with chemistry degrees in (a) 2005 and (b) 2007. | | (166748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 140
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 15th November 2007, Official Report, column 92WS, on Departmental Expenditure (DfID), if he will make a statement on the transfer from his Department's budget of £1 million to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in relation to the London 2012 International Sport Development Initiative. | | (166281) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 141
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many British prisoners who have been transferred to the UK from other countries under international agreements have subsequently (a) been pardoned and (b) had their sentences reduced by the UK authorities. | | (166283) | 142
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has been invoiced by each police force for the use of police cells under Operation Safeguard in each month since October 2006. | | (166669) | 143
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of Operation Safeguard has been in each month since October 2006. | | (166670) | 144
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated cost is of constructing (a) the 8,000 new prison places announced by the former Home Secretary and (b) the further 1,500 new prison places announced by the former Lord Chancellor; and with respect to how many of these places planning permission has been obtained. | | (166690) | Questions to the Leader of the House 145
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to amend the procedures for setting up meetings of the Welsh Grand Committee. | | (166309) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 146
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many calls have been received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland's 0845 600 8000 line; how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions have resulted from information received on this line; and how much it has cost to operate this service in the last 12-month period for which figures are available. | | (166726) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 147
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths took place on British roads in each of the last five years. | | (166490) | 148
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations her Department has received from South West Trains on the Winchester to Romsey rail link bus; and if she will make a statement. | | (166400) | 149
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional British Transport Police staff she expects to be required to facilitate the recently announced initiative on anti-social behaviour on trains. | | (166737) | 150
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money is to be paid in total to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to enable the proposed Bridlington Park and Ride scheme and associated works to go ahead. | | (165100) | 151
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of constructing the upper floor car parking area at Beaconsfield Railway Station was; and when such construction took place. | | (165101) | 152
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her most recent estimate is of the date work will start on widening the M1 motorway in Nottinghamshire; if she will ensure that concurrently with the road widening motorway lighting is installed; and if she will make a statement. | | (165602) | 153
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 1979; and how many (i) injuries and (ii) deaths resulted from them in each year. | | (166714) | 154
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central Government funding was provided for road safety measures in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 1979. | | (166716) | 155
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central Government funding was provided for road safety awareness in schools in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 1979. | | (166717) | 156
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the new Virgin Pendolino carriages to be in use on the West Coast main line. | | (166729) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 157
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to arrange meetings of the Welsh Grand Committee in Wales. | | (166234) | 158
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what change there has been in the number of officials in his Department since the publication of the 2007 Annual Departmental Report; what the grades and responsibilities are of staff recruited since that time; and how many and what vacancies his Department has. | | (166280) | 159
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Written Statement of 15th November 2007, Official Report, columns 111-112WS, on Departmental Expenditure (Wales Office), what the reasons are for the transfers of (a) £226,000 from the Parliamentary Counsel Office to the Wales Office, (b) £220,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government to the Wales Office and (c) £30,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government to the Wales Office. | | (166668) | 160
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2007, Official Report, column 312W, on departmental consultations, if he will place copies of the 18 responses in the Library. | | (166676) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 161
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hits the ndfmlearning.com website received in each of the last 10 years for which data is available. | | (166728) | 162
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the report of the meeting of the United Kingdom Advisory Network on Disability Equality held on 12th November. | | (166311) | 163
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Child Support Agency cases have been transferred from the original system to the 2003 system. | | (166314) | 164
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to migrants from the EU accession countries in eastern Europe in (a) England, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) Kettering in the last year. | | (166486) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 165
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the role of post offices in rural communities. | | [Transferred] (166401) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 166
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) speeding and (b) dangerous driving offences were recorded in (i) Cornwall, (ii) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall and (iii) England in each year since 1979. | | [Transferred] (166715) | Questions to the Leader of the House 167
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Leader of the House, what regional events were held in the West Midlands for organisations and stakeholders to discuss the Government's draft legislative programme published in July with the Minister for the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (166695) |
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