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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 26 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 26 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 26 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 26 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 26 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many attempted hackings or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) his Department and (b) the Registrar of Companies in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (167975) | 2
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses in West Chelmsford constituency applied for small business tax relief in each of the last five years. | | (166239) | 3
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what renewable energy developments are now being investigated where hitherto Britain has not led the way, with reference to the Prime Minister's answers to questions following his speech on climate and energy policy on 19th November 2007. | | (167911) | 4
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proposals he has to improve the development and uptake of renewable and low carbon energy technologies through targeted sectoral deployment support measures. | | (167913) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the evidential basis is for the figure of 7.5 per cent. of Britain's total energy coming from nuclear sources, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech to the Worldwide Fund for Nature forum at the Foreign Press Association on 19th November. | | (167915) | 6
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has undertaken on the capacity of existing power station sites in the UK to accommodate (a) nuclear new build and (b) renewable technologies. | | (168174) | 7
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what timetable the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has set for the disposal of the nuclear laboratory site at Berkeley. | | (168175) | 8
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the capability of the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to undertake the process of generic design assessment for new nuclear power stations. | | (167859) | 9
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he expects the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to hire external consultants to carry out the process of generic design assessment for new nuclear power stations. | | (167860) | 10
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made by the Environment Agency on the process of pre-authorisation for new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. | | (167861) | 11
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the capability of the Environment Agency to undertake the process of pre-authorisation for new nuclear power stations. | | (167862) | 12
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he expects the Environment Agency to hire external consultants to carry out the process of pre-authorisation for new nuclear power stations. | | (167863) | 13
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many wind farms there are in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England. | | (168304) | 14
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of overall energy needs is met by wind power in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England. | | (168305) | 15
| Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the net savings to Post Office Ltd of the closure of (a) the St Leonards Green Post Office, (b) the White Rock Post Office in St Leonards, (c) the Hastings Old Town Post Office and (d) the Tilling Green Post Office in Rye. | | (168450) | 16
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168593) | 17
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had on reducing carbon dioxide emissions; and what consideration he has made of the potential effect of electric heating on carbon dioxide emissions. | | (168058) | 18
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will have discussions with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the potential environmental effects of use of electric heating. | | (168128) | 19
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to implement options for utilising a lower carbon grid policy arising from the Prime Minister's commitment to treble the amount of electricity produced from renewable sources by 2015. | | (168129) | 20
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168080) | 21
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168267) | 22
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data kept by his Department on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168308) | 23
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded onto compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data onto computer discs before its transfer; and what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures. | | (168330) | 24
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on maternity services provided by (a) the NHS and (b) the independent sector of the transposition into UK law of the EU Services Directive. | | (168235) | 25
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the transposition into UK law of the EU Services Directive on the ability of providers of maternity services based in another EU member state to offer their services in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (168239) | 26
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many responses have been received to the six-week consultation over proposed post office closures in East Essex and Suffolk. | | (167505) | 27
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reasons his Department has not published the number of households in England in fuel poverty since 2004; and when he expects to publish that information. | | (167506) | 28
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on the takeover of Telent by the Pensions Corporation. | | (167594) | 29
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of the Telent site in Chorley. | | (167595) | 30
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with the Pensions Corporation on pension rights for existing Telent employees. | | (167596) | 31
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions have been held with (a) Ministers and officials in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) the Pensions Regulator on pension rights for Telent employees following the takeover by the Pension Corporation. | | (167597) | 32
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support has been given to Telent by (a) the North West Development Agency and (b) Government Office North West. | | (167598) | 33
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what legislation governs the importation of toys into the UK; and what estimate he has made of the percentage of toys bought in England that were imported from overseas in each year since 1997. | | (168325) | 34
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to promote small business start-up schemes among young people. | | (168326) | 35
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value was of defence exports in each of the last five years for which full year data is available; and if he will provide a table showing (a) the UK share of the global defence exports market in each year and (b) the split by (i) number and (ii) value of contracts in sterling between government-to-government contracts or agreements and non-government-to-government contracts or agreements. | | (168382) | 36
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167939) | 37
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2007, Official Report, columns 495-6W, on Macfarlan Smith's: monopolies, what the terms of reference of the analysis of the effect of Macfarlan Smith's position are; when the work began; when the analysis is expected to be completed; which Department is undertaking the work; and if he will make a statement. | | (168654) | 38
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many late filing penalties were imposed by Companies House in October (a) 2007 and (b) 2006; and how much revenue was raised by the Government through such late filing penalties in each year. | | (168377) | 39
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) each borough in Hertfordshire and (c) England (i) are classified as living in fuel poverty and (ii) have been classified as living in fuel poverty in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168001) | 40
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect on fair competition of supermarkets selling alcohol at cost price. | | (168116) | 41
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many submissions from (a) the general public, (b) local authorities and (c) others he received on each post office in Nottinghamshire in response to the recent consultation on post office closures. | | (168180) | 42
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many persons he estimates are working (a) at below the minimum wage, (b) at the minimum wage, (c) for between £5.53 and £7.00 per hour, (d) for between £7.01 and £8.00 per hour, (e) for between £8.01 and £9.00 per hour, (f) for between £9.01 and £10.00 per hour and (g) for between £10.01 and £12.50 per hour; and what percentage each of these groups are of the total workforce. | | (167850) | 43
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the remaining post offices can accommodate greater numbers of customers as part of the Post Office closure programme. | | (168522) | 44
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the Post Office takes into account local factors such as public transport access before closing a post office. | | (168530) | 45
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent by his Department and its predecessor on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167965) | 46
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168133) | 47
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168822) | 48
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many breaches of data protection security there have been in his Department or his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168835) | 49
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168481) | 50
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the London low emission zone on small and medium-sized businesses; and what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on that effect. | | (168685) | 51
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168756) | 52
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with the (a) Electoral Commission and (b) Ministry of Justice on measures to improve the efficiency and security of postal voting. | | (167993) | 53
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on UK domestic gas and electricity bills of maintaining British Summer Time in winter and introducing double British Summer Time in summer. | | (168762) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 54
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether staff authorised to access the full child benefit database are subject to criminal record checks. | | (167676) | 55
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the agreement between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the National Audit Office (NAO) that governs the NAO's access to personal data held by HMRC. | | (167677) | 56
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Social Investment Bank to make its first loan; and whether (a) local authorities and (b) local strategic partnerships will be able to borrow from the Social Investment Bank. | | (168291) | 57
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the Invest to Save programme. | | (168292) | 58
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation. | | (168293) | 59
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's trade balance with other EU member states was in 2006-07; what the UK's trade balance with those countries in goods and services was in that year; and what proportion those figures represent of the UK's overall trade balance in each case. | | (167787) | 60
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's trade balance with other member states of the European Economic Community (EEC) was in the first 12 months after the UK joined the EEC as expressed in the value of the pound in 2007; what that balance was in (a) trade in goods and (b) trade in services; and what proportion these figures represented of the UK's trade balance in each case. | | (167788) | 61
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total value, (b) value of goods and (c) value of services of the UK's exports to other EU member states was in 2006-07; and what percentage of the UK's exports in that year these figures represent. | | (167789) | 62
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the UK's exports to other European Economic Community (EEC) member states (a) in total, (b) in goods and (c) in services expressed by the value of the pound in 2007 in the first 12 months after the UK joined the EEC. | | (167790) | 63
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) taxpayers and (b) recipients of tax credits or pension credits whose personal details have been misdirected or mislaid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or may otherwise be at risk of becoming victims of identity theft due to error or omission by HMRC; and if he will make a statement. | | (167591) | 64
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people under the age of 18 years died as a consequence of excessive alcohol consumption in the last period for which figures are available. | | (167988) | 65
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recommendations he has received from the Public-Private Forum on Identity Management; and if he will make a statement. | | (167989) | 66
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (167990) | 67
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have been disciplined or dismissed for (i) alleged breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (167991) | 68
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) other Departments or agencies have access to (i) the entire child support database and (ii) the entire child tax credit database. | | (167992) | 69
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of migrant workers there were in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. | | (166240) | 70
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information from the Child Benefit database was requested by the National Audit Office from HM Revenue and Customs in October; and in what respect the information sent in response was more extensive that that requested. | | (167701) | 71
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs was first informed by the National Audit Office of the non arrival of information from the Child Benefit database despatched on 18th October. | | (167702) | 72
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department have had access to the Child Benefit database in 2007; and what action he has taken to reduce the numbers having such access. | | (167703) | 73
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff he expects to be transferred to the Border Security Force. | | (168002) | 74
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1183W, on Departments: complaints, if he will require HM Revenue and Customs to maintain records of complaints about them which they receive from members of the public. | | (168586) | 75
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will change the arrangements for the submisions of the P87 tax relief fund for those who undertake essential mileage, especially those working in the care industry. | | (168172) | 76
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) planning to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168857) | 77
| Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of encrypting all sensitive emails sent from his Department. | | (168866) | 78
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit claimants in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley are affected by the loss of bank account details by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168169) | 79
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials had access to a full copy of HMRC's data on the payment of child benefits as at 18th October 2007. | | (167771) | 80
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many CD copies have been made of the full copy of HM Revenue and Customs' data on the payment of child benefit in the last 12 months. | | (167772) | 81
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs officials had permission to copy onto a computer disc a full copy of HMRC's data on the payment of child benefits as at 18th October 2007. | | (167773) | 82
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 20th November 2007, whether the same HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) official provided the National Audit Office with a full copy of HMRC's data in relation to the payment of child benefit in (a) March 2007 and (b) October 2007. | | (167847) | 83
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 20th November 2007, whether the Government will reimburse clearing banks for all or part of the costs of taking measures to prevent identity theft arising as a consequence of the loss of data. | | (167848) | 84
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HM Revenue and Customs' staff training in procedures on access to copying and dissemination of personal data. | | (168049) | 85
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) guidance provided to and (b) training procedures for HM Revenue and Customs staff on access to copying and dissemination of personal data. | | (168050) | 86
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal prosecutions were brought against HM Revenue and Customs staff for matters relating to their employment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (168051) | 87
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs have received in the last 12 months from tax credit claimants claiming they have been victims of identity theft. | | (168052) | 88
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 1101-18, on HM Revenue and Customs, whether he intends to publish the advice he received from the Information Commissioner. | | (168053) | 89
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have access to a full copy of data held by (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs on tax credit claimants. | | (168054) | 90
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of tax credit payments erroneously made to a perpetrator of identity theft in the last 12 months. | | (168055) | 91
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures HM Revenue and Customs have taken to (a) prevent, (b) detect and (c) prosecute identity theft related to tax credit awards. | | (168056) | 92
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on whether changes to the tax system should be announced to Parliament first. | | (168531) | 93
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168594) | 94
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of child benefit recipients' potential vulnerability to identity theft following the loss of their personal records by HM Revenue and Customs; what steps his Department has taken to guard against that risk. | | (167680) | 95
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions CDs containing personal data have been despatched to (a) other departments, (b) agencies and (c) the National Audit Office by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years; and how many of those CDs were (i) encrypted and (ii) password-protected. | | (167681) | 96
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what staff grade at HM Revenue and Customs have the (a) authority and (b) ability to (i) access the entire child benefit database and (ii) transfer data on that database to other storage devices. | | (167682) | 97
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) procedures and (b) protocols govern the transfer of personal data between his Department and (i) other Government departments, (ii) local authorities and (iii) other Government agencies. | | (167684) | 98
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) date and (b) purpose was of each event held at No. 11 Downing Street by or in conjuction with the Smith Institute in the last 24 months or the nearest period for which records are available. | | (167667) | 99
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records his Department holds of charitable events that were organised or hosted by his Department, including those held at No. 11 Downing Street, where donations were raised for the charity. | | (167668) | 100
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guest list of each Smith Institute event held at No. 11 Downing Street between 1st January and 27th June. | | (167669) | 101
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total block grant allocated to (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales and (d) comparable Government spending on services in England was in each year since 2001-02. | | (167900) | 102
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168073) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the HM Revenue and Customs official who posted two compact discs containing confidential child benefit information was authorised to access and download such information to disc. | | (168207) | 104
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sanctions have been taken against the HM Revenue and Customs official who posted two compact discs containing confidential child benefit information. | | (168208) | 105
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on tracing the lost compact discs containing child benefit data. | | (168209) | 106
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions compact discs containing unencrypted confidential data have been sent out by his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (168210) | 107
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the grade was of the HM Revenue and Customs official who downloaded and posted discs containing confidential child benefit information. | | (168211) | 108
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions packages containing confidential data have been sent from his Department and its agencies without using registered or recorded delivery services in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (168212) | 109
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what technical protections have been in place in HM Revenue and Customs child benefit office in 2007 to date to prevent unauthorised personnel downloading confidential information to disc. | | (168246) | 110
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the loss of confidential child benefit information was not made public until 20th November; whether (a) banks and (b) the Information Commissioner requested the matter not to be made public until that time; and if he will make a statement. | | (168247) | 111
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168263) | 112
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168284) | 113
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will bear the cost of the police operation to trace the lost disks containing confidential child benefit information. | | (168289) | 114
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff work in the Child Benefit Agency's IT department. | | (168909) | 115
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 709W, on register of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships, what the underlying assumptions were for the original business plan which proved to be incorrect; who was responsible for drawing them up; who is responsible for drawing up the revised assumptions; and if he will make a statement. | | (168389) | 116
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answers of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 593W, on VAT: game and 10th October 2006, Official Report, column 725W, on game birds, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the percentage of game birds shot for sport which are (i) consumed by humans and (ii) disposed of by other means; and if he will make a statement. | | (168407) | 117
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid VAT was (a) detected and (b) reclaimed by the HM Revenue and Customs Game Shooting Industry National Pilot Project. | | (168915) | 118
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much unpaid income tax has been recovered through the HM Revenue and Customs Game Shooting Industry National Pilot Project. | | (168916) | 119
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the HM Revenue and Customs Game Shooting Industry National Pilot Project. | | (168917) | 120
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure all CD burners are removed from HM Revenue and Customs computer departments until security procedures have been reviewed. | | (168650) | 121
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of disks containing data protected by the Data Protection Act that were sent to the National Audit Office by (a) (i) recorded and (ii) non-recorded delivery and (b) (A) Government, (B) private and (C) Royal Mail systems in each of the last two years. | | (168364) | 122
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 1110-18, on HM Revenue and Customs, how many individual records or cell fields were contained in the two missing discs. | | (168365) | 123
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls there were to HM Revenue and Custom's Child Benefit Helpline on each day since 19th September 2007. | | (168366) | 124
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of roll-over relief was claimed in respect of gains made on agricultural land in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (168757) | 125
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the role of TNT in the loss of two discs containing personal details of families claiming tax credits; and if he will make a statement. | | (168222) | 126
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to search for the missing discs containing information about families claiming tax credits. | | (168223) | 127
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of using an alternative courier to transport data from the HM Revenue and Customs to external destinations. | | (168224) | 128
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security procedures are in place governing the transport of discs and documents containing personal tax related information. | | (168225) | 129
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place to compensate individuals for losses arising from fraudulent activity using data released by HM Revenue and Customs inadvertently or by virtue of official error; and if he will make a statement. | | (168226) | 130
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families in Peterborough constituency whose personal data relating to their child benefit claims has been lost by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement. | | (167917) | 131
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people resident in the Peterborough City Council area over the age of 65 died during the winter months in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168121) | 132
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people in the Peterborough City Council area are classified as (a) professionals and (b) skilled workers; and if he will make a statement. | | (168122) | 133
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people in the Peterborough City Council area are employed in (a) service industries and (b) manufacturing industries; and if he will make a statement. | | (168123) | 134
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Peterborough constituency were paid less than the minimum wage in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168140) | 135
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of inward migration on (a) economic activity and (b) the labour market in Peterborough constituency over the last 10 years. | | (168765) | 136
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to help alleviate concerns of child benefit recipients whose data was lost by HM Revenue and Customs on possible (a) identity fraud and (b) criminal use of bank or building society account details. | | (168651) | 137
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167924) | 138
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's practice to attach to Written Answers hard copies of earlier replies cited in such Answers where these were previously given to hon. Members other than the hon. Member to whom the Answer is addressed. | | (167767) | 139
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long the computer system in the HM Revenue and Customs office at Bradford has been out of operation; what the reasons were for the failure of the system; and what steps he is taking to ensure that such failures are not repeated. | | (167969) | 140
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the computer discs which went missing from the Newcastle HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office; what steps his Department has taken to advise the public on the loss of the discs and their personal details being compromised; and what steps he is taking to ensure that personal data is held securely by HMRC. | | (167970) | 141
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for his Department setting 25th December as the date by which to reply to the letter of 21st June from the hon. Member for Bassetlaw. | | (167509) | 142
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means his Department plans to reply to the letter of 21st June from the hon. Member for Bassetlaw, on tax credits, as stated in the letter of 16th October to the hon. Member. | | (167510) | 143
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that European Union legislation on the regulation of the commercial insurance brokerage industry is not gold-plated in its implementation by the Financial Services Authority. | | (168620) | 144
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those children and parents' personal details contained on the two CD-Roms lost in transit between HM Revenue and Customs and the National Audit Office on 18th October were from (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire. | | (168188) | 145
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) children and (b) adults in (i) East Cambridgeshire, (ii) South Cambridgeshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire and (iv) the South East Cambridgeshire constituency have had their personal details lost in the recent security breach at HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168721) | 146
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many British citizens with the right of abode in the UK but domiciled overseas moved their tax affairs on shore and became UK residents for tax purposes in each year since 2000. | | (168615) | 147
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change to the budget of the National Assembly for Wales has been arising from the application of the Barnett formula comparability factor to expenditure on (a) the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, (b) London and Continental Railway and (c) the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. | | (168340) | 148
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the areas of devolved expenditure are upon which the comparability assessment for nuclear non-proliferation set out in the Statement of Funding Policy was based. | | (168355) | 149
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on Cycling England since its inception; and what the corresponding change to the budget of the National Assembly for Wales was as a result of applying the Barnett formula comparability factor to this expenditure. | | (168361) | 150
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Northern Rock's assets are free of specific charge as collateral for loans. | | (168523) | 151
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of assets the Bank of England has accepted as collateral for loans to Northern Rock. | | (168524) | 152
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what due diligence his Department and the Bank of England completed before lending money to Northern Rock. | | (168525) | 153
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the lending to Northern Rock by his Department and the Bank of England is unsecured. | | (168526) | 154
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the Bank of England's total assets are represented by claims on Northern Rock and its assets. | | (168527) | 155
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Northern Rock meets banking covenants on (a) profitability and (b) cash flow on its borrowing from his Department and the Bank of England. | | (168528) | 156
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what repayment scheme has been put in place for lending by the Bank of England and his Department to Northern Rock. | | (168529) | 157
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guarantees his Department has offered the Bank of England on its loans to Northern Rock. | | (168532) | 158
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to determine whether proceeds from rugby league testimonial events are regarded as taxable income; and how many people have been contacted about their potential tax liability arising from such events. | | (167919) | 159
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167946) | 160
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168097) | 161
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials arising from Crossrail in each of the next five years. | | (168130) | 162
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials arising from Thameslink in each of the next five years. | | (168131) | 163
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the effectiveness of the retail price index in measuring the real cost of living; and if he will make a statement. | | (168621) | 164
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he estimates will be the total cost to his Department of the repercussions of the loss of personal information from the Child Benefit database, including setting up the HM Revenue and Customs Child Benefit Helpline. | | (168118) | 165
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people he estimates will be directly affected by the loss of personal data from the Child Benefit database in each London borough. | | (168119) | 166
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will notify all those who may have been directly affected by the loss of personal data from the Child Benefit database. | | (168120) | 167
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in North West Cambridgeshire had their personal details on the two disks which have been lost by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168381) | 168
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168459) | 169
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what standard procedure is used at HM Revenue and Customs for the transportation of personal information outside secure offices. | | (168463) | 170
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many copies are routinely made of personal information by HM Revenue and Customs when dealing with a case. | | (168464) | 171
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many CDs that carry information on members of the public have been mislaid by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 10 years. | | (168465) | 172
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how CDs are identified as carrying secure personal information by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168466) | 173
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training procedures are in place for staff at HM Revenue and Customs on security of information. | | (168467) | 174
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security clearance is required before a member of staff is allowed access to personal information at HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168468) | 175
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when officials from HM Revenue and Customs last met representatives of the security industry. | | (168469) | 176
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was budgeted by his Department in the last 12 months for ensuring the security of personal information. | | (168470) | 177
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements are in place for Northern Rock to pay interest on monies advanced to it by the Bank of England; what interest rate applies; and when it will be payable. | | (168358) | 178
N | Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) Government and (b) other bodies of the loss of personal data from the Child Benefit database. | | (168359) | 179
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168754) | 180
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the most recent information security guidelines were issued by (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) his Department. | | (167685) | 181
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the child benefit data missing from HM Revenue and Customs carried a protective (a) marking and (b) classification. | | (167686) | 182
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Ministers in his Department have responsibility for security of information held by (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs. | | (167687) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 183
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) other departments and Government agencies are eligible to have access to the entire content of the ContactPoint database. | | (167971) | 184
N | Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he had with the Scottish Executive on the allocation of additional funding to Scotland for expenditure on disabled children and their families arising from the Government's response to the 2006 review of support for disabled children and their families, Aiming High for Disabled Children; and if he will make a statement. | | (168295) | 185
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to reduce truancy since 1997. | | (167895) | 186
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to encourage parents to assist their children with learning to read at home. | | (167896) | 187
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to increase standards of teaching in the West Midlands. | | (167897) | 188
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) planning to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168849) | 189
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of students in post-16 full-time education were entered for A-level or equivalent examinations in (a) French, (b) German, (c) Spanish, (d) Mandarin Chinese, (e) Russian and (f) another modern foreign language in (i) Ribble Valley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England in each year since 1997. | | (167774) | 190
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools and colleges in each London local authority offered international baccalaureates in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168649) | 191
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168595) | 192
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of setting in schools; and when such guidance was issued. | | (168514) | 193
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 951W, on Capita, what services Capita and its subsidiaries provide to his Department. | | (168899) | 194
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister on 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, which schools will be twinned under the proposals announced; what he expects the costs of this programme to be; how he plans to measure the effectiveness of this programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (168347) | 195
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he expects the youth panel announced by the Prime Minister to be set up; who he expects its members to be; what he expects its costs to be; and if he will make a statement. | | (168415) | 196
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168082) | 197
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168249) | 198
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Department has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168270) | 199
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the provision of alternative and augmentative communication equipment aids for children with disabilities. | | (168778) | 200
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made in its consultation on the proposed children's plan; and when he expects the consultation process to be completed. | | (168311) | 201
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167937) | 202
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Lord Adonis attended the academies seminar on 1st November 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (168191) | 203
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who will appoint the board of governors of each of the seven new academies to be established in Manchester; who will (a) appoint the head teacher and (b) set the schools' goals in each case; what the role of the local authority will be in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (168192) | 204
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who the co-sponsors are of the seven academy projects planned for Manchester; and if he will make a statement. | | (168193) | 205
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who the (a) sponsors and (b) co-sponsors are of academies approved since June 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (168194) | 206
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons local authorities are under an obligation to remove surplus school places; and if he will make a statement. | | (168196) | 207
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the pupil absence rate during the second half of the summer term 2007; when the decision was taken not to collect school absence data for the second half of the summer term; and if he will make a statement. | | (168197) | 208
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of schools in England have admissions criteria based on (a) ability, (b) aptitude and (c) faith; and if he will make a statement. | | (168198) | 209
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary schools had fewer than (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent., (f) 60 per cent., (g) 70 per cent., (h) 80 per cent. and (i) 90 per cent., of pupils obtaining five A* to C grades in GCSEs (i) including English and mathematics and (ii) in all subjects in the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (168199) | 210
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils were entitled to free school meals in each school in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (168760) | 211
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what account he plans to take of the findings of the Making ContactPoint work initiative conducted by the Children's Rights Director for England in the development of ContactPoint. | | (168727) | 212
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will review the number of people to whom his Department will make the details stored on ContactPoint available with a view to reducing risks of deliberate and inadvertent misuse of personal data. | | (168728) | 213
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will reduce the number of children on whom ContactPoint will store information. | | (168922) | 214
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department has had on access to ContactPoint since 15th November 2007. | | (168923) | 215
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average daily cost to the public purse was of food provided in schools for each pupil in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (168205) | 216
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he plans to convene the new forum of headteachers referred to by the Prime Minister; who he expects its members to be; what he expects the costs to be; and if he will make a statement. | | (168439) | 217
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities included in the Building Schools for the Future programme have made submissions which have not included a proposal to open an academy. | | (168290) | 218
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of students in Romford is on the Gifted and Talented programme. | | (168336) | 219
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of students in (a) Romford and (b) the London Borough of Havering is eligible to receive free school meals. | | (168337) | 220
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Havering and (d) Romford constituency achieved more than five A*-C grades at GCSE in each year since 1997. | | (168338) | 221
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average Government spending per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is (i) in Romford and (ii) in London. | | (168387) | 222
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that residents from the London Borough of Havering will have the necessary skills to ensure they can take advantage of jobs resulting from the Olympics in 2012. | | (168417) | 223
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to improve sports programmes within secondary schools in 2006-07; and what funding has been allocated for that purpose for 2007-08. | | (168418) | 224
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what transport support provision is available for home to school or college for students in further education in the London Borough of Havering. | | (168419) | 225
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to maximise job and training opportunities during the Olympics for those attending schools, colleges and youth services in the London Borough of Havering. | | (168420) | 226
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 18 to 22 year olds from Romford were studying at university (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (168421) | 227
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students in Romford have been charged with a criminal offence by the police for incidents that took place (a) in educational institutions or (b) on school property in each of the last five years. | | (168423) | 228
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students from Romford entering higher education have required loans from the Student Loan Company in each year since 1997. | | (168424) | 229
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the levels of numeracy and literacy are among primary school leavers in (a) Romford and (b) the London Borough of Havering. | | (168426) | 230
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the percentage of young entrants to full-time first degree courses from state schools in Romford was over the past five years. | | (168427) | 231
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) learning assistants there were in Romford secondary schools on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (168428) | 232
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students from EU accession countries have obtained places at London universities in each year since 2004. | | (168429) | 233
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students from British Overseas Territories have obtained places at London universities in each year since 1997. | | (168430) | 234
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students from British Crown Dependencies have obtained places at London universities in each year since 1997. | | (168431) | 235
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of participation by 18-year-olds in higher education in Romford was in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (168432) | 236
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been allocated per child in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the (i) Romford, (ii) Hornchurch and (iii) Upminster constituencies in each of the last five years. | | (168433) | 237
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 18 to 22 year olds from Romford were studying at university (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (168434) | 238
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167962) | 239
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168113) | 240
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in the care of each local authority were excluded from school in each of the last three years. | | (167599) | 241
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in the care of a local authority placed outside that authority area were excluded from school in each of the last three years, broken down by authority. | | (167600) | 242
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the impact of new minibus driving licence regulations on school budgets; and if he will make a statement. | | (167994) | 243
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice his Department has issued to local authorities on the interpretation of new minibus driving licence regulations. | | (167995) | 244
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much schools in each London borough spent on translation services in each of the past five years. | | (168117) | 245
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168820) | 246
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many breaches of data protection security there were in his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168831) | 247
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168482) | 248
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168753) | 249
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the recruitment target for all forms of secondary teacher training in (a) biology, (b) chemistry, (c) physics, (d) mathematics, (e) engineering and (f) computer science was in each of the last 10 years. | | (168297) | 250
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students were entered for examination at A2 level in (a) biology, (b) physics, (c) chemistry, (d) engineering and (e) computer science in each year since 1997. | | (168299) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 251
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems at No. 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (167974) | 252
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on charities and political campaigning dated 30th October. | | (167606) | 253
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) procedures and (b) protocols govern the transfer of personal data between central Government departments and (i) other Government departments, (ii) local authorities and (iii) other Government agencies. | | (167683) | 254
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what Government policy is on the use of Government facilities for fundraising by registered charities; and if he will make a statement. | | (167665) | 255
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value was of invoices sent by the Cabinet Office to the Smith Institute (a) since 27th June 2007 and (b) in 2006-07. | | (167666) | 256
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what reviews have been undertaken of the Cabinet Office's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of the Cabinet Office's compliance with data protection laws; and if the Office will undertake a review of its compliance with data protection laws. | | (168081) | 257
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions in the Cabinet Office confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures the Office has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by the Office being sent outside the Office; what changes have been made to the Office's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions the Office's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures the Office has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in the Office's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the Office's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168266) | 258
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many employees of each grade in the Cabinet Office (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of the Office's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of the Office has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of the Office for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168268) | 259
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many officials in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) No. 10 Downing Street have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167938) | 260
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from the Office of the Leader of the House in each year since 1997; which organisations' staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. | | (168722) | 261
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what preparations have taken place for the co-ordinated relaxation of specific (a) regulations and (b) targets during any future outbreak of pandemic influenza; which (i) regulations and (ii) targets are being considered; and if he will make a statement. | | (168240) | 262
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent by No. 10 Downing Street on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167950) | 263
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Office. | | (168095) | 264
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what procedures are in place in the Cabinet Office to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168460) | 265
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Cabinet Office's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168755) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 266
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases of tuberculosis there were in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds West constituency in each year since 1997. | | (168125) | 267
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what publications her Department and its predecessors have produced relating to faith communities since 1997. | | (168126) | 268
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) public houses, (b) restaurants and (c) supermarkets, shops and other licensed retail outlets were caught by trading standards officers selling alcohol to persons under the aged of 18 years in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. | | (168700) | 269
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits were undertaken by or on behalf of trading standards officers to (a) public houses, (b) restaurants and (c) supermarkets, shops and other licensed outlets to check compliance with the terms of licences in connection with the sale of alcohol. | | (168701) | 270
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to promote regeneration in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (167511) | 271
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to promote tourism in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (167512) | 272
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to increase the involvement of young people in local government decisions since 1997. | | (167513) | 273
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes she plans to expenditure on private sector housing renewal and repair; and if she will make a statement. | | (168176) | 274
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of a change in grant support to private sector housing renewal and repair; and if she will make a statement. | | (168177) | 275
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of private sector housing renewal grant is planned (a) for older people and (b) for people with disabilities in 2007-08; and what the level was in each of the last five years. | | (168178) | 276
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 783, on local authorities: finance, what proportion of total annual expenditure of the seven Gloucestershire local authorities the cost of administrative overheads was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (168329) | 277
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what land surplus to her Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168846) | 278
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much money has been allocated by the Government Office of the South West to the Bournemouth area in each of the last five years. | | (167508) | 279
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role she plans for the proposed new Office for Tenants and Social Landlords in (a) supporting access by tenants to digital television receiving systems and (b) encouraging provision by landlords of communal digital television receiving systems for dwellings in multiple occupation. | | (168510) | 280
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make any changes to the building regulations to support digital switchover. | | (168511) | 281
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what standards or minimum requirements for digital television receiving infrastructure are included in the building regulations to support digital switchover. | | (168512) | 282
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage social landlords and local authority housing providers to upgrade communal television systems in advance of digital switchover. | | (168513) | 283
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of newly-built dwellings for multiple occupation equipped with communal digital television receiving infrastructure. | | (168515) | 284
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of her Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168598) | 285
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, if she will publish the work of the Economic Research Council, Kings College and the Royal Society for Arts on dealing with radicalisation both at home and abroad announced by the Prime Minister. | | (168397) | 286
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, how the £70 million for community projects devoted to countering extremism announced by the Prime Minister will be spent; and how much (a) was spent in 2006-07 and (b) will be spent in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) each of the next three years. | | (168398) | 287
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when she expects the new board of experts to advise local authorities, councillors and local communities on tackling radicalisation and those promoting hate announced by the Prime Minister to be set up; who she expects to be members of the board; what she expects the cost of the board to be; and if she will make a statement. | | (168399) | 288
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when she expects to announce the independent review to examine with communities how to build the capacity of Islamic seminaries referred to by the Prime Minister; who she expects to carry out the review; when she expects it to report; what she expects its costs to be; and if she will make a statement. | | (168402) | 289
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when she expects the green paper on interfaith groups announced by the Prime Minister to be published. | | (168408) | 290
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, which Muslim women were consulted on the new advisory group on Muslim women announced by the Prime Minister. | | (168410) | 291
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, what the remit is of the new advisory group in relation to Muslim women announced by the Prime Minister; who she expects its members to be; what she expects its cost to be; and if she will make a statement. | | (168412) | 292
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when she expects the advisory group on citizenship education classes run by mosque schools announced by the Prime Minister to be set up; who she expects its members to be; what she expects its costs to be; and if she will make a statement. | | (168444) | 293
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reviews have been undertaken of her Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if she will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of her Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168084) | 294
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures her Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by her Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to her Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions her Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures her Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in her Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of her Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168250) | 295
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many employees of each grade in her Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of her Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) her Department and (ii) her Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of her Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168269) | 296
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 785-6W, on railway stations in Hampshire, what the schedule is for including in the Railways for All programme those Hampshire railway stations which have not been announced for inclusion in the programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (168912) | 297
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether funding for the disabled facilities grant is included in the Local Government Finance Settlement. | | (168773) | 298
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will announce her conclusions and intentions in response to the consultation on modernising empty property relief. | | (168903) | 299
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her forecast is of the number of home purchases through (a) New Build Homebuy and (b) other shared ownership schemes in the North East over the next 12 months; and how many such purchases were made in each case in the last 12 months. | | (168302) | 300
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of the capacity of the A14 in setting housing development targets for north Northamptonshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (168507) | 301
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Peterborough City Council area in each of the last 10 years. | | (168124) | 302
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she next expects the Migration Impact Forum to report; and if she will make a statement. | | (168768) | 303
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, the hon. Member for Hartlepool, to reply to the letters of 29th August 2007 and 22nd October 2007 from the hon. Member for North Durham. | | (168219) | 304
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on use of retrofit to improve the energy efficiency of existing houses; and if she will make a statement. | | (168645) | 305
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the basis was for the decision not to require new homes funded through the Housing Corporation from April 2008 to meet higher standard than Core Level 3 for Sustainable Homes. | | (168652) | 306
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on sustainable ways of replacing windows in local authority-owned homes, with particular reference to the policy of Birmingham City Council of replacing windows with UPVC double glazed units. | | (168653) | 307
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167936) | 308
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average level of council tax was in the Vale of York in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (168660) | 309
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Thames Gateway has paid to the London Communications Agency in fees to date; and how much it expects to pay (i) in the current financial year and (ii) over the remainder of the contracted period; and if she will make a statement. | | (167699) | 310
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library (a) a summary of Thames Gateway's contract with the London Communications Agency, with particular reference to (i) the range of functions it covers, (ii) the frequency with which work is to be provided and (iii) the staffing commitment and (b) examples of the Agency's work for Thames Gateway produced during the last 12 months. | | (167700) | 311
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association socially rented houses were built in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area in each year from 1997 to 2006. | | (167902) | 312
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November 2007, Official Report, column 329W, on housing: low incomes, how many (a) local authority and (b) housing association socially rented houses will be built in each region in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10. | | (167904) | 313
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of home information pack searches have been undertaken via local authorities. | | (168929) | 314
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167961) | 315
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by her Department. | | (168112) | 316
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of income from the sale of council accommodation was used for the development of new council (a) housing and (b) affordable housing in each London borough in 2006-07. | | (168057) | 317
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many breaches of data protection security there were in her Department or her Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if she will provide details of each breach. | | (168843) | 318
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procedures are in place in her Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168480) | 319
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168752) | 320
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers are available to local authorities to take action against those caught (a) dropping litter and (b) fly-tipping; and how many (i) prosecutions were brought and (ii) penalty notices were issued under each power in each local authority area in the West Midlands in each of the last five years. | | (168902) | 321
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria applications for unitary status from district councils in England are required to meet. | | (168296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 322
| Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Visit Britain spent in each year since its establishment; how much it is budgeted to spend in each year of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what the percentage change (a) was and (b) is expected to be from each year to the next. | | (168920) | 323
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the digital dividend will affect the availability of radio spectrum for the staging needs of the 2014 Commonwealth games in Glasgow; and if he will make a statement. | | (168392) | 324
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) on licences and (b) off licences to sell alcohol under the Licensing Act 2003 were subject to (i) review and (ii) revocation as a result of (A) selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 and (B) disorderly conduct, broken down by (1) police force area and (2) local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (167977) | 325
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what terms of reference have been adopted for the review of the operation of the Licensing Act 2003; and when the review is expected to conclude. | | (167978) | 326
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been granted to (a) the Royal Opera House and (b) the London Coliseum by (i) the Arts Council for England and (ii) other public bodies in each of the last five years. | | (167605) | 327
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168845) | 328
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has allocated to sport in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) the Lancashire County Council area in the last five years. | | (168306) | 329
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Department's press release of 12th October, how much funding the Arts Council England will receive from the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement in (a) cash and (b) real terms until 2011. | | (168557) | 330
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168599) | 331
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister on 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he expects the Royal Television Society and Society of Newspaper Editors to hold the conference and regional debates on how to ensure accurate and balanced reporting of issues related to terrorism in the media, announced by the Prime Minister; what contribution his Department expects to make to the costs of these debates; and if he will make a statement. | | (168350) | 332
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he expects the guidance to museums, libraries and archives councils on extremist material referred to by the Prime Minister to be issued. | | (168363) | 333
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168085) | 334
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168251) | 335
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agency has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168271) | 336
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167935) | 337
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what lottery funding will be made available for the hosting of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. | | (168328) | 338
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide an update on assistance provided to cricket clubs affected by flood damage. | | (168214) | 339
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last had a meeting to discuss the issue of Olympic target pistol shooters; and if he will make a statement. | | (168216) | 340
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13th November 2007, Official Report, column 106W, on the Legacy Lives conference, what UK Sport's involvement is in the 2008 Legacy Lives conference in Barbados; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (168516) | 341
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's public service agreement targets are for arts inclusion following the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement. | | (168865) | 342
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the grade is of the most senior official in his Department who has responsibility for policy on flag flying. | | (168884) | 343
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations he received on the consultation document on flag flying; when he will report on the consultation; and if he will make a statement. | | (168887) | 344
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167960) | 345
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which historical anniversaries his Department intends to mark in each of the next four years. | | (167963) | 346
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168111) | 347
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 24th October 2007, Official Report, column 329W, on Digital Broadcasting: Gaelic Language, what the outcome was of the BBC Trust's consideration of the proposals. | | (168726) | 348
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department gave to S4C in each of the last five years. | | (168736) | 349
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168819) | 350
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's Agency in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168830) | 351
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168479) | 352
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168751) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 353
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Hydra CRV-7 rocket system has been reclassified as no longer a cluster munition; and if he will make a statement. | | (168232) | 354
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Trident D5 missiles are equipped with permissive action links. | | (167914) | 355
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of (a) married and (b) single accommodation are provided at each barracks in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Germany; and what percentage of that accommodation is (A) in use, (B) subject to repair and refurbishment and (C) empty. | | (168171) | 356
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168854) | 357
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans resident in Gloucestershire have applied for the Veterans badge. | | (168910) | 358
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168587) | 359
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168086) | 360
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168252) | 361
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168272) | 362
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what public consultation was conducted before 25th July 2007 on the use of Menwith Hill as part of the US Ballistic Missile Defence system. | | (168867) | 363
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Czech and Polish counterparts on the US Ballistic Missile Defence programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (168868) | 364
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place on notification and consultation between the US Administration and the Government before RAF Fylingdales and RAF Menwith Hill could be used to engage hostile missile attacks on the US. | | (168869) | 365
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation properties in England and Wales were identified as awaiting disposal or demolition in each year since 2002; and how much rent was paid to Annington Homes for those properties in each year. | | (168870) | 366
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many substitute service family accommodation properties were rented in each year since 1997. | | (168871) | 367
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties are rented as substitute service family accommodation and substitute single living accommodation in each region; and at what cost. | | (168872) | 368
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the 50 most expensive substitute service family accommodation and substitute single living accommodation properties rented out in the last 12 months were. | | (168873) | 369
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decisions to waive the liability charge on Defence Estate (Aldershot) have been made for events since 2006; and what events were involved. | | (168874) | 370
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Andover) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168875) | 371
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Sutton Coldfield) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168876) | 372
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Salisbury) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168877) | 373
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (Osbaldwick, York) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168878) | 374
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Defence Estate (High Wycombe) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168879) | 375
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the function is of the Warhead Pre-Concept Working Group in the nuclear weapons programme; and what the projected cost is of work carried out by this Working Group over the next three years. | | (168880) | 376
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings have taken place between UK and US officials on concept studies for the development of a new missile system to replace Trident with particular reference to the Underwater Launched Missile System in the last three years. | | (168881) | 377
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments there were to Armed Forces personnel in each month since January 2007; and at what cost. | | (168882) | 378
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) operational requirement and (b) strength is of medical personnel treating head injuries in Operation Herrick and Operation Telic. | | (168883) | 379
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many neurosurgeons are currently deployed in British forward field hospitals in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (168889) | 380
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all British forward field hospitals in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have CT scanners; and how many each forward field hospital has. | | (168890) | 381
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time to evacuate soldiers with brain injuries to neurosurgical facilities is in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (168891) | 382
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capability there is for direct communication between military medical units and field hospitals in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (168892) | 383
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Defence Medical Services policy is on medical manning and capabilities required for the treatment of head injured patients. | | (168893) | 384
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which insurance firms his Department uses when insuring charity events on departmental property. | | (168900) | 385
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) Defence Estate (Warminster), (b) Defence Estate (Telford) and (c) Defence Estate (Rosyth) has billed in liability charges for events held on his Department's property since April 2005. | | (168901) | 386
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department defines current operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan as small, medium or large-scale contingencies. | | (168904) | 387
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) in-service and (b) out-of-service dates are of all helicopters in service with the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force. | | (168905) | 388
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what external consultancy costs have been incurred by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Support Integrated Project Team since 2002. | | (168759) | 389
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of his Department's civilian and military manpower capitation rates document for the latest available financial year in the Library. | | (167909) | 390
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what level in his Department the decision by British military commanders to support district centres in northern Helmand province was approved; and whether the Prime Minister was aware of Governor Daud's request prior to deployment of British forces in support of their district centres. | | (168859) | 391
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds have been fired by British forces in each Brigade rotation in Helmand Province since May 2006, broken down by type of ammunition used. | | (168908) | 392
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the RAF Puma helicopter, lost in Iraq on 20th November, first entered service. | | (167968) | 393
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167934) | 394
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he expects the UK to receive from France's purchase of the Future Aircraft Carrier design; and what the schedule is for payment of this sum. | | (167368) | 395
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 475W, on Defence Export Services Organisation, whether Lord Drayson's opinion was (a) sought and (b) given before the Prime Minister took the decision to transfer the Defence Export Services Organisation's responsibilities to UK Trade and Investment. | | (167777) | 396
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daily cost to the public purse was of food provided to a member of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (168204) | 397
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution that can be made to remedying homelessness by releasing void married quarters to Annington Homes. | | (168241) | 398
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with colleagues to identify married quarter voids that can be released to alleviate homelessness. | | (168242) | 399
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combat-related injuries requiring hospitalisation of service personnel in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq there have been since January 2001, broken down by the home constituency of such personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | (168063) | 400
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communications his Department has had with injured personnel who received their injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq sine January 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (168064) | 401
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to acknowledge the contributions made by service personnel who have suffered injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (168065) | 402
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will put in place a procedure by which hon. and right hon. Members would be able to find out the names and addresses of service personnel from their constituencies who have been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan since January 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (168066) | 403
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of Army troops who (a) are and (b) have been on operational deployment in Iraq during the month of August in each year since 2003 is from (i) Scottish regiments and (ii) the Royal Regiment of Scotland. | | (168894) | 404
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of army troops was from (a) Scottish regiments and (b) the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since 2003. | | (168895) | 405
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of army troops who have been injured or wounded (a) by accident and (b) in action in each year since 2003 was from (i) Scottish regiments and (ii) the Royal Regiment. | | (168896) | 406
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to help rehabilitate servicemen and women on their return from active service in the armed forces. | | (168864) | 407
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to hand (a) the former Garrison Church, (b) the former Garrison Theatre and (c) the Victorian Gymnasium over to the developers of the Colchester Garrison site. | | (168886) | 408
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167959) | 409
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168110) | 410
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of money needed to bring all armed forces accommodation up to Grade 4 standard and above under Grade for Change classification. | | (168380) | 411
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168813) | 412
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168827) | 413
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168478) | 414
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on expenditure on minibuses by army cadet groups of the London Low Emissions Zone in the first 12 months of its operation. | | (168658) | 415
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168750) | 416
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes he used each category of River Class offshore patrol vessels in each year since 1997; for how many patrol days in each category; and if he will make a statement. | | (168221) | 417
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many patrol days in each category of operation each class of fishery patrol vessel was used in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168227) | 418
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreement has been reached between his Department and Vosper Thorneycroft (UK) Ltd to supply three River Class offshore patrol vessels; and when the lease will end. | | (168228) | 419
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what maximum number of patrol days each River Class offshore patrol vessel may undertake (a) operationally and (b) under the terms of his Department's (i) agreement with Defra and (ii) the contract with Vosper Thornycroft. | | (168244) | 420
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take at the end of the lease period for the River Class offshore patrol vessels; and if he will make a statement. | | (168245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 421
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average price of farmland per acre is in West Yorkshire; what estimate he has made of changes in the price over the last 10 years; what his assessment is of the effect of such charges; and if he will make a statement. | | (168127) | 422
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the extent to which proposers of any new nuclear stations should be responsible for the costs of nuclear waste management, with reference to his reply on a blog on energy and environmental policy hosted by the No. 10 Downing Street website on 19th November, that it would be for the proposers of any nuclear power stations to cover the cost of nuclear waste primarily. | | (167910) | 423
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who represented the United Kingdom at the 27th meeting of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, held in Valencia on 12th to 17th November; whether the Government submitted any papers to the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting. | | (167916) | 424
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research the Government is (a) commissioning and (b) funding on alternatives to organophosphate sheep dip. | | (168059) | 425
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department makes available on the use of organophosphate sheep dip. | | (168060) | 426
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research jointly with the Department of Health looking into genetic susceptibility to nervous disorders as a result of using organophosphate sheep dips. | | (168061) | 427
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for his Department's participation in the Environmental Permitting Programme; and what assessment he has made of the programme's effect on landfill sites and former landfill sites. | | (168173) | 428
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the (A) size and (B) name of each relevant site is. | | (168852) | 429
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce North Sea fish discards; and if he will make a statement. | | (168303) | 430
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168596) | 431
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168087) | 432
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168253) | 433
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168273) | 434
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average fee was for administration of a warm front voucher in the latest period for which figures are available; how the fee was calculated; which organisation receives the fee revenues; and if he will make a statement. | | (168237) | 435
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on decision V/5 of the Convention on Biological Diversity on socio-economic and scientific assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (168238) | 436
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 868W, on home energy efficiency scheme, who is responsible for paying the administration fees for warm front vouchers; and what the procedure is for making those payments. | | (168913) | 437
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide his Department's list of game farms to the Valuation Office Agency for its work on business rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (168918) | 438
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many convictions there were for offences involving illegal theft of protected bird species from the wild in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168924) | 439
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he (a) has had recently and (b) plans to have with conservation organisations and statutory country agencies on the future of the UK Bird Registration Scheme under section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. | | (168925) | 440
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of a discontinuation or weakening of the UK Bird Registration Scheme under section 7 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 on (a) the enforcement of wildlife crime in the UK and (b) the UK's biodiversity targets; and if he will make a statement. | | (168926) | 441
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was levied in fines by local authorities for incidences of pollution against (a) companies, (b) local authorities and (c) individuals for each type of pollution incidence in each financial year since 2000, broken down by (i) region and (ii) fine. | | (165541) | 442
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of sites of special scientific interest which were in favourable condition in each year for which records are available; what steps are being taken to ensure the Government reaches its Public Service Agreement target to bring 95 per cent. of nationally important wildlife sites into favourable condition by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (165542) | 443
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the financial state of arable crop farming in the Eastern region. | | (168764) | 444
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislative provisions are in place governing the welfare of fish caught for human consumption. | | (168217) | 445
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms (a) he has and (b) he plans to put in place to prevent flooding in East Yorkshire. | | (167697) | 446
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167933) | 447
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Answer of 20th November 2007 to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (164336), if he will list (a) in total and (b) in respect of each local authority (i) the value of bids submitted to divisional veterinary managers (DVMs) and certified by the DVMs as eligible for additional resources under the Revenue Support Grant for work on animal health and welfare for 2007-08 and (ii) the funding allocations made by his Department in response to those bids. | | (167846) | 448
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the proposals of UK sugar beet growers that British Sugar's application to the EU Restructuring Scheme should be linked to a plan to recompense those growers who lost their sugar-growing enterprises as a result of the closure of the York and Allscot factories. | | (168348) | 449
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from sugar beet growers in the areas of the now closed York and Allscot factories seeking compensation as part of the reform of the EU sugar regime. | | (168349) | 450
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many commercial valuations his Department has made of Gleathorpe Cottages, Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire in 2007. | | (167689) | 451
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons 30th November has been set as the deadline for the sale of Gleathorpe Cottages, Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire. | | (167690) | 452
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of occupancy is of former ADAS Consulting Ltd workers resident in Gleathorpe Cottages, Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire. | | (167691) | 453
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the reduction in funding for county councils for trading standards officers to carry out animal disease control work; what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the change in funding on the enforcement of animal disease control; and if he will make a statement. | | (168187) | 454
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Science Advisory Council last met to discuss (a) biofuels and (b) bovine tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement. | | (168716) | 455
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he (a) has sought and (b) has been provided with by the Science Advisory Council on (i) biofuels and (ii) bovine tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement. | | (168717) | 456
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Science Advisory Council supports the Government's targets on biofuels. | | (168718) | 457
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from members of the Science Advisory Council on the environmental effects of the Government's targets on biofuels; which members of the Council have made such representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (168719) | 458
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers were prosecuted for breaches of biosecurity in each of the last five years. | | (168720) | 459
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities about the management of waste; and if he will make a statement. | | (167583) | 460
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect the Renewable Fuel Transport Obligation has had on crop prices; and if he will make a statement. | | (167853) | 461
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent trends in farm-gate milk prices. | | (167854) | 462
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones consultation. | | (167855) | 463
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the prevalence of bovine TB in Gloucestershire and measures to counter bovine TB. | | (167856) | 464
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fallen Stock Disposal Scheme. | | (167857) | 465
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in making payments to farmers under the Single Farm Payment Scheme. | | (167858) | 466
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167958) | 467
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168109) | 468
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish a national strategy for cleaning ditches and brooks as part of his flood prevention policy. | | (167515) | 469
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses he has received to his consultation document on access to coastal areas; what assessment he has made of such responses; and if he will make a statement. | | (167516) | 470
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce regulations under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to ban the use of non-domestic animals in travelling circuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (167769) | 471
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168811) | 472
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department or (b) his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168837) | 473
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168477) | 474
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168749) | 475
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response he has made to the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses Report commissioned by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (168229) | 476
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new primary legislation would be necessary to amend the regulation of travelling circuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (168230) | 477
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the classification of bathing water between 2016 and 2020 under the criteria outlined in Article 5(4) of Directive 2006/7/EC; and if he will make a statement. | | (168231) | 478
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who signed the most recent licence authorising the holding or working with restricted pathogens in respect of (a) the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright and (b) the Merial site, Pirbright. | | (168165) | 479
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure full payment of the single farm payment to farmers in England in December 2007. | | (168190) | 480
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on UK carbon dioxide emissions of maintaining British Summer Time in winter and introducing double British Summer time in summer. | | (168763) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 481
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to encourage the UN to give effect to UN Resolutions 1353 and 1723 on Tibet; and if he will make a statement. | | (168233) | 482
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason material referring to the CIC, redacted from a copy of a covering letter sent by his Department to the hon. Member for Billericay on 19th July was described as sensitive. | | (167674) | 483
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the itinerary of his recent visit to Israel and the Occupied Territories; and a list of his engagements. | | (167786) | 484
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against his Department's computer systems in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (167984) | 485
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Chinese Government on its use of the death penalty. | | (168906) | 486
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on (a) travel, (b) school fees and (c) other costs in respect of the education in the UK of children of his Department's staff in overseas posts in each of the last five years, broken down by school; what the criteria are for eligibility for this facility; how many (i) children and (ii) members of staff it applied to in each such year; and if he will make a statement. | | (168451) | 487
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on the persecution of Christians in that country. | | (168493) | 488
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) position adopted by the leadership of the Lord's Resistance Army and (b) effect of this position on the peace talks being held with the Government of Uganda in Juba. | | (168068) | 489
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Pakistan on the blasphemy trial of Qamar David in Karachi. | | (168069) | 490
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contributions the Government is making to the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation. | | (168167) | 491
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Arab communities are represented in the African Union-UN led Darfur peace process. | | (168168) | 492
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Sudan on its progress towards the enactment of an electoral law. | | (168170) | 493
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of China in the case of Yoo Sang-joon, a North Korean on trial in China; with particular reference to the potential repatriation of Yoo Sang-joon to North Korea. | | (168715) | 494
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168856) | 495
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168600) | 496
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the costs were of the Radical Middle Way website in each year for which figures are available. | | (168435) | 497
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minster of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, what estimate he has made of the cost of the roadshows of mainstream Islamic scholarship to be held (a) in Britain and (b) abroad announced by the Prime Minster in (i) 2007 and (ii) in each year for which figures are available; and how he plans to assess the effectiveness of these roadshows. | | (168436) | 498
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, if he will publish details of how the £400 million to be spent in the next three years by his Department on tackling radicalisation and promoting understanding overseas announced by the Prime Minister will be used; and how he plans to assess the effectiveness of this initiative. | | (168438) | 499
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi contracted staff there are who meet the criteria for ex gratia assistance and who work or have worked for the UK Government in Iraq (a) under the direct authority of the Basra Provincial Reconstruction Team, (b) for the British civilian police mission or for international contractors engaged by the Government to carry out the police training programme and (c) for the Department for International Development's (i) Centre of Government, (ii) Ministry of Interior Capacity Building, (iii) Civil Society, (iv) Economic Reform and (v) Infrastructure Services and Governorate Capacity-building Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (168378) | 500
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the Prime Minister of Serbia's comments on the Dayton peace agreement and UN Security Council Resolution 1244 on Kosovo. | | (168383) | 501
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 566W, on Zimbabwe: sanctions to the hon. Member for East Devon, if he will list the Zimbabwean individuals who are not already subject to an EU travel ban and assets freeze that the UK has decided to exclude from the UK; and when these decisions were taken. | | (168386) | 502
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the theft of radiation generators from a nuclear medicine department storage in Banja Luka in the Entity of Republica Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | | (168446) | 503
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iranian nationals received training in Britain in nuclear-related disciplines in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (168448) | 504
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has received on approaches by Iran to the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (168449) | 505
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on the security situation in Lebanon of the imminent expiry of the deadline to agree a new President by 24th November; and what diplomatic support the UK is providing to the process. | | (168549) | 506
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the working groups on (a) energy, (b) security and (c) refugees have met since their establishment under the Iraq Neighbours Conference; and what progress has been achieved by each. | | (168555) | 507
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168088) | 508
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168254) | 509
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168274) | 510
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his strategy is for (a) increasing the UK's anti-whaling efforts, (b) recruiting more pro-conservation countries to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and (c) encouraging IWC members who have voted with Japan in the past to use their votes for whale conservation. | | (168497) | 511
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his definition of scientific whaling is; what definition the Japanese government uses of scientific whaling; and if he will make a statement. | | (168503) | 512
| 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 Japan about (a) the hunting of endangered whales and (b) whaling claimed to be scientific; and if he will make a statement. | | (168508) | 513
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167932) | 514
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take in the next six months to encourage the governments of Russia and the USA to remove their nuclear missiles from hair-trigger-alert. | | (168608) | 515
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made towards the achievement of the 13 practical steps towards nuclear disarmament agreed at the NPT Review Conference in 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (168609) | 516
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his Department's practice to attach to Written Answers hard copies of earlier replies cited in such Answers where these were previously given to hon. Members other than the hon. Member to whom the Answer is addressed. | | (167768) | 517
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Zimbabwe. | | (168543) | 518
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Iraq. | | (168546) | 519
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Iran. | | (168547) | 520
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of Russia's decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty; whether he has discussed this issue with (a) Russian and (b) US counterparts; and if he will make a statement. | | (168394) | 521
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to seek the widening of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty to include countries other than the US and Russia; and if he will make a statement. | | (168395) | 522
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy priorities are being pursued by the Government's representative on the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression of the International Criminal Court. | | (168367) | 523
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Israeli Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary on resuming fuel supplies for Gaza. | | (168656) | 524
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the fuel blockade on Gaza. | | (168657) | 525
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167957) | 526
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168108) | 527
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of substantial progress being made in the December peace process talks for Darfur. | | (168729) | 528
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond of 21st June 2007, Official Report, column 2214W, on Sudan: armed conflict, what progress has been made in considering the measures to improve air monitoring in Darfur; and what further steps the Government is taking with its international partners on this matter. | | (168730) | 529
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) equipment and (b) personnel non-EU countries have pledged to the EU peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic. | | (168731) | 530
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government has put forward for strengthening borders between Chad, the Central African Republic and Sudan. | | (168732) | 531
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with its European counterparts on the deployment of the EU peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement. | | (168733) | 532
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has (a) made and (b) received on numbers of helicopters available for the EU peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement. | | (168734) | 533
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the EU peacekeeping mission to Chad and the Central African Republic will be deployed by December; and if he will make a statement. | | (168735) | 534
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what risk assessment his Department conducts in formulating advice to UK citizens purchasing property abroad. | | (168616) | 535
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria are used by his Department when conducting a risk assessment in formulating advice to UK citizens purchasing property abroad. | | (168617) | 536
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what risk assessment his Department has undertaken in relation to the acquisition of properties by UK citizens in (a) Northern Cyprus and (b) illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | | (168618) | 537
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions UK citizens have sought advice from his Department in relation to property disputes in (a) Northern Cyprus and (b) illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the last five years. | | (168619) | 538
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what safeguards have been included in (a) UK and (b) EU agreements on sharing intelligence with countries that permit torture and corporal punishment within domestic law to exclude any information obtained by torture as defined in international law. | | (168623) | 539
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168814) | 540
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many breaches of data protection security there were in his Department or his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168840) | 541
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168476) | 542
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 543
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he expects to have access to the entire content of the NHS Medical Records Database. | | (167986) | 544
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 18 years experienced serious injury as a consequence of excessive alcohol consumption in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (167987) | 545
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is provided to general practitioners in identifying and treating children with a speech, language or communication disability. | | (167613) | 546
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to general practitioners on referring children with a speech, language or communication disability to an appropriate service; and if he will make a statement. | | (167614) | 547
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Patient Environment Action Team scores for cleanliness were in the Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford in each year since 1997. | | (166243) | 548
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the level of take up of influenza vaccine by pensioners over 65 years old in West Chelmsford constituency in each year since 1997. | | (166244) | 549
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national bowel cancer screening programme will be implemented in the Mid Essex Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement. | | (166245) | 550
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have (a) completed and (b) not yet completed a strategic services development plan; and in which year each completed plan was completed. | | (168928) | 551
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amount of drugs classified as wasted was in 2006, broken down by region. | | (167608) | 552
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to GPs on over-prescribing. | | (167609) | 553
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of pharmacists in tackling the over-prescribing of medicines. | | (167610) | 554
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a limit on the time for which any one medication is available on a patient's repeat prescription. | | (167611) | 555
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of medicines packaging design to drug wastage; and what potential improvements are likely to be made. | | (167612) | 556
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes were completed in each of the last five years. | | (168351) | 557
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant dermatology posts were created in each of the last five years. | | (168352) | 558
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the costs and benefits of GPs with special interests. | | (168353) | 559
| Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the most common state of progression of skin cancer when diagnosed by a GP. | | (168354) | 560
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projections for the population of the City of Newcastle in 2006-07 and 2007-08 were used in allocating resources for health services; how those projections were calculated; and what methodology will be used to project the population of the city for 2008-09. | | (167213) | 561
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surplus was reported for the North East Region Strategic Health Authority in 2006-07; and to what uses it was put. | | (167692) | 562
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surpluses were reported by each trust in the North East Region Strategic Health Authority area at 31st October; and what surpluses are projected to be achieved by 31st October 2008. | | (167693) | 563
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to improve the lives of those with diabetes since 1997. | | (167898) | 564
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has allocated to research into diabetes since 1997. | | (167899) | 565
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by the NHS each year on providing NHS outpatient care to non-EU citizens. | | (168135) | 566
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168853) | 567
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with spinal cord injuries were discharged from hospital to a nursing home in each year since 2001, broken down by age. | | (167152) | 568
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the take-up of influenza vaccinations by pensioners over 65 years old in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (167775) | 569
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction's 2007 Annual Report, The State of the Drug Problems in Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (168646) | 570
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the numbers of clinical nurses specialising in prostate cancer. | | (168785) | 571
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if, prior to ratification of any European Reform Treaty, the Government will put forward and insist upon amendments designed to ensure that citizens of the United Kingdom domiciled in (a) France and (b) any member state of the European Union shall be entitled to the provisions for healthcare available to the domestic nationals of that country. | | (166005) | 572
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168590) | 573
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources will be made available to local chlamydia screening teams to implement the National Chlamydia Screening Programme's men's strategy. | | (168143) | 574
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168089) | 575
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168255) | 576
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168275) | 577
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to meet the needs of people with autism. | | (168509) | 578
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authority commissioners (a) demonstrate their plans to provide services to people with autism and (b) provide adequate resources to implement those plans. | | (168517) | 579
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the ability of the service plans of local authority commissioners to meet the needs of people with autism; and if he will make a statement. | | (168518) | 580
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Department for Work and Pensions on (i) funding for and (ii) provision of alternative and augmentative communication aids; and what (1) response he has made and (2) steps he has taken in response to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report on the life chances of disabled people in relation to the provision of such aids. | | (168780) | 581
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on tackling misuse of alcohol in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area since the introduction of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England. | | (168301) | 582
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol-related admissions to the accident and emergency department of Peterborough District Hospital by the East of England NHS Ambulance Trust and other agencies there were in each month since May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (168863) | 583
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on midwives' salaries. | | (167695) | 584
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in England (a) were admitted to hospital and (b) died because of a negative reaction to prescription drugs in each of the last three years. | | (167921) | 585
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) are (a) in operation, (b) under construction and (c) planned; how much has been spent on establishing ISTCs; how much is planned to be spent in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10; and what plans the Government has for the future of the ISTC programme. | | (167941) | 586
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been allocated to compensate contractors involved in the provision of independent sector treatment centres for proposed treatment centres which will now not proceed. | | (167942) | 587
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many different areas of Milton Keynes hospital have been identified as requiring a deep clean. | | (167586) | 588
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what decant area has been identified at Milton Keynes hospital to facilitate the proposed deep clean. | | (167587) | 589
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is to deep clean each area of Milton Keynes hospital proposed for a deep clean. | | (167588) | 590
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of midwives to bays was in the delivery suite of Milton Keynes hospital in each shift in the last three months. | | (167589) | 591
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the occupancy rate of Milton Keynes hospital was in each month of the last three years. | | (167590) | 592
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives worked in Milton Keynes Hospital in each month of the last three years. | | (168046) | 593
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many births there were in Milton Keynes Hospital in each month in each of the last five years. | | (168047) | 594
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist Milton Keynes Hospital in meeting the Government aspiration of a one-to-one midwife per birth ratio in its delivery suite. | | (168048) | 595
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Manchester and (b) Manchester Withington constituency have had an appointment with an NHS dentist since the introduction of the new dental contract. | | (168447) | 596
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of conceptions which ended in terminations in each year from 1990 to 2000. | | (168914) | 597
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of pseudomonas infection were acquired in hospitals in each health trust in England in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (168201) | 598
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost to the public purse was of food provided to each hospital patient in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (168202) | 599
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost to the public purse was of food for each publicly-funded patient in a nursing home in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (168203) | 600
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of low pricing of bulk purchase alcohol in supermarkets. | | (168114) | 601
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that patients with ankylosing spondylitis do not face delays in receiving the two anti-TNF treatments recently approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) if the final appraisal decision is delayed by an appeal in support of the one anti-TNF treatment that NICE rejected. | | (168179) | 602
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is planned to be spent by each local authority and in total by all local authorities on (a) direct payments for social care, (b) supported and other accommodation, (c) nursing home placements, (d) equipment and adaptations, (e) meals, (f) other services, (g) assessment and case management, (h) day care, (i) residential care home placement and (j) home care for elderly people; and what percentage of their total health and social care budgets each of these figures represent. | | (167845) | 603
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each local authority is planning to spend on care for elderly and disabled persons who are in (a) critical need, (b) substantial need, (c) moderate need and (d) low need according to Fair Access to Care Services guidance to local authorities in 2002 in 2007-08; and what each authority spent on each of these categories in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06 and (iv) 2006-07. | | (167851) | 604
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of (a) birth conditions and (b) training opportunities provided by each type of childbirth unit. | | (168189) | 605
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 890W, on NHS: loans, when his Department estimates that the £777,881,000 in loans issued to NHS trusts in the UK on 22nd March 2007 will be paid back. | | (167852) | 606
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts propose to declare interest payments on the loans given on 22nd March 2007 on their end of year balance sheets in future financial years. | | (167888) | 607
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in receipt of loans issued on 22nd March 2007 (a) included the loans on their end of year balance sheets for the financial year 2006-07 and (b) propose to include the loans on their end of year balance sheets for 2007-08. | | (167889) | 608
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total annual interest payable on the £777,881 in loans issued to NHS trusts on 22nd March 2007 will be. | | (167890) | 609
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations have been received by (a) the National Commissioning Group and (b) other competent bodies on assessing the potential use of beating heart transplant technology in transplant units; what the outcomes have been of assessments undertaken by those bodies; what the reasons are for decisions that may have been reached; and if he will make a statement. | | (168314) | 610
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures his Department holds on international 30-day mortality rates following heart transplants; and if he will make a statement. | | (168315) | 611
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has assessed the cost effectiveness of existing technologies and approaches for treatment of end-stage heart failure in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (168316) | 612
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of using beating heart transplant technology in transplant units for one year; and if he will make a statement. | | (168317) | 613
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has recommended an upper limit for donor organ allowable ischaemic time to provide a safe time limit prospect for heart transplantation; and if he will make a statement. | | (168318) | 614
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, after what period of ischaemic time his Department recommends that a heart is rejected by surgeons for transplantation; and if he will make a statement. | | (168319) | 615
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on the Register of Organ Donors. | | (168320) | 616
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on the waiting list for heart transplant surgery. | | (168321) | 617
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heart transplants were carried out in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006. | | (168322) | 618
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of hearts removed from donors (a) were transplanted into recipients, (b) reached their destination hospital within the safe limit of ischaemic time and (c) were not transplanted into recipients, in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168323) | 619
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of donor hearts were found to be diseased or otherwise defective prior to transplantation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168324) | 620
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the report by the Healthcare Commission on Intervention at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its recommendations on reducing ischaemic time; whether he has assessed the merits of using beating heart transplant technology in the UK's transplant units; and if he will make a statement. | | (168368) | 621
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of using the organ care system on (a) the level of ischaemic injury to donor organs, (b) the outcomes after organ transplant procedure and (c) the level of utilisation of existing donor organs; and if he will make a statement. | | (168369) | 622
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the health economy of (a) reducing ischaemic injury to donor organs and (b) the ability to evaluate organ function prior to transplantation to avoid diseased organs being transplanted; and if he will make a statement. | | (168370) | 623
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of research on the correlation between ischaemia time and 30 day mortality rates after heart transplantation; and if he will make a statement. | | (168371) | 624
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has reviewed all commercially-available medical technologies and assessed their ability to reduce ischaemic injury to donor organs for use in organ transplantation; and if he will make a statement. | | (168372) | 625
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the 30 day survival rate for heart transplant patients who received a beating heart transplant using the organ care system at Papworth and Harefield hospitals; and if he will make a statement. | | (168373) | 626
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on survival rates in heart transplantation of the use of the organ care system/beating heart transplant technology in all the UK's transplant units; and if he will make a statement. | | (168374) | 627
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on the number of donor organs in heart transplantation of the use of the organ care system/beating heart transplant technology in all the UK's transplant units; and if he will make a statement. | | (168375) | 628
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have discussed the clinical merits of beating heart transplant technology with the Clinical Director of Transplant Services at Papworth Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (168376) | 629
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be used in deciding on the locations of the 150 new walk-in centres and 100 new GP practices announced as part of the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (167903) | 630
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners there are for each 100,000 of the population in each (a) region and (b) primary care trust area. | | (167918) | 631
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167956) | 632
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168107) | 633
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled at (a) Addenbrooke's Hospital, (b) West Suffolk Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital within (i) seven days and (ii) 24 hours of the appointment in each of the last five years. | | (167901) | 634
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) HIV, (b) tuberculosis, (c) malaria and (d) hepatitis B were diagnosed in (i) the east of England and (ii) Suffolk in each of the last five years; and how many of these were in people not born in the UK. | | (167905) | 635
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each strategic health authority spent on biologics in each of the last three years. | | (167607) | 636
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses there were of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver in those of (a) 18 to 25, (b) 26 to 35, (c) 36 to 45 and (d) over 45 years of age in (i) England and (ii) Devon Primary Care Trust area in each of the last five years. | | (168294) | 637
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for hearing tests in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Hemsworth constituency, (d) Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and (e) Pontefract Primary Care Trust; what steps are being taken to reduce the numbers of people waiting; and if he will make a statement. | | (167920) | 638
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided for residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centres in (a) the Wakefield area, (b) Hemsworth constituency and (c) England in 2007-08. | | (168010) | 639
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168812) | 640
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168828) | 641
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168475) | 642
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 643
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what international comparisons of detention without charge limits she has made between the UK and (a) European, (b) North American and (c) Commonwealth countries; and if she will place the information in the Library. | | (168495) | 644
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assess the likely effect of the proposed new points system for working migrants on professional footballers. | | (168132) | 645
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what stage the Document Scanning Equipment with Forgery Detection Capability Tender for (a) Heathrow Airport, (b) other airports and (c) Eurotunnel has reached. | | (165571) | 646
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to manage people who arrive at airports in the UK without the passports with which they checked in at their departure airport. | | (165572) | 647
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the implementation of alcohol disorder zones under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (167972) | 648
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were commited against her Department's computer systems in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (167973) | 649
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 10 to 13, (b) 14 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 year olds were (i) cautioned, (ii) prosecuted and (iii) given a penalty notice for disorder for purchasing alcohol under age in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by (A) police force area and (b) local authority area. | | (167979) | 650
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder for selling alcohol to young people under the age of 18 on (i) premises and (ii) off premises in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by (A) police force area and (B) local authority area. | | (167980) | 651
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people under the age of 16 years were charged with alcohol related offences in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by Police Basic Command Unit. | | (168696) | 652
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the rollout of the Independent Sexual Violence Advisers scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (168697) | 653
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) have been appointed since the commencement of the scheme; how many ISVAs remain in post; and in which areas they serve. | | (168698) | 654
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of her Department's budget has been spent or committed on the Independent Sexual Violence Advisers scheme in the 2007-08 financial year; and how much has been budgeted for the scheme for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (168699) | 655
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of thefts of lead from roofs in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (168606) | 656
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are employed in West Chelmsford constituency; and what proportion of their time is spent on street patrols. | | (166242) | 657
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police cells and (b) custody suites there are in West Chelmsford constituency. | | (167062) | 658
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce alcohol-related anti-social behaviour in Chelmsford. | | (167064) | 659
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of emergency calls to the police in 2006-07 were classified as prank calls. | | (167065) | 660
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library copies of letters sent by her Department to Northumbria Police Authority on the new 101 pilots. | | (168003) | 661
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) entered and (b) left accommodation supported by the National Asylum Support Service or the Borders and Immigration Agency in Newcastle upon Tyne in each quarter in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007. | | (168888) | 662
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (162984) | 663
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to provide support to victims and witnesses of anti-social behaviour before, during and after relevant court proceedings. | | (162985) | 664
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reward young people for positive social behaviour since 1997. | | (164045) | 665
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to improve counter terrorism efforts in the West Midlands in the last 10 years. | | (167514) | 666
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the planned identity card scheme will enable NHS managers to check the eligibility of non-EU citizens for NHS outpatient care. | | (168134) | 667
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by the Assets Recovery Agency in Belfast on (a) salaries, (b) travel and (c) subsistence in each financial year since its creation. | | (168491) | 668
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted asylum on grounds of religious persecution in each year since 2002, broken down by country of origin. | | (168519) | 669
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what land surplus to her Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168847) | 670
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each year since 2001. | | (167776) | 671
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken in co-operation with the Romanian police to tackle criminal Romanian gangs operating in London. | | (168004) | 672
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many A2 nationals were arrested for crimes connected with automatic teller machines in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (168005) | 673
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Romanian and (b) Bulgarian nationals have been arrested by Metropolitan Police officers since January 2007. | | (168006) | 674
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168588) | 675
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs incurred by Kent Police as a result of immigration in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006. | | (168344) | 676
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licence applications to the Security Industry Association were turned down in each year since 2004. | | (168345) | 677
N | Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 680W, on police: airports, which non-designated airports have a routine police presence. | | (168504) | 678
N | Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 680W, on police: airports, whether information on the size of the routine police presence at (a) designated and (b) non-designated airports is held centrally. | | (168505) | 679
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reviews have been undertaken of her Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if she will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of her Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168090) | 680
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures her Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by her Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to her Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions her Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures her Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in her Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of her Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168256) | 681
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees of each grade in her Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disc; how many of her Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) her Department and (ii) her Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of her Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168276) | 682
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agencies and organisations have access to personal data held by her Department or its agencies; and which agencies and organisations have been provided with such data in each of the last two years. | | (167997) | 683
| Mr Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of the EU anti-trafficking hotline on the level of human trafficking. | | (168310) | 684
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of anti-social behaviour were reported to the Respect Task Force in each of the last three years. | | (168506) | 685
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will give an breakdown of callers to the FRANK helpline by category of relevant drug in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168907) | 686
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug dealers who were not UK citizens resident in the Peterborough City Council area were deported in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (168769) | 687
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 948W, on entry clearances, what methodology will be used to identify the location of applicants for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. | | (168858) | 688
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167931) | 689
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's practice to attach to Written Answers hard copies of earlier replies cited in such Answers where these were previously given to hon. Members other than the hon. Member to whom the Answer is addressed. | | (167791) | 690
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) reduce information requirements and (b) streamline transaction processes for applications for project licences for scientific procedures on animals. | | (167696) | 691
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the costs to animal research businesses and other organisations of applications for project licences for scientific procedures on animals. | | (167698) | 692
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on public order of supermarkets selling alcohol at cost price. | | (168115) | 693
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holders of valid UK passports were (a) resident in the UK and (b) resident abroad at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (168139) | 694
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to provide updated guidance for the Certificate of Approval for marriage or civil partnership applications online. | | (167615) | 695
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to establish border controls between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. | | (168401) | 696
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) establishing and (b) running an e-borders system (i) excluding and (ii) including Northern Ireland. | | (168403) | 697
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Irish government on the introduction of the e-borders system in Great Britain; and what the outcome of those discussions was. | | (168404) | 698
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Irish government on the introduction of the e-borders system in Great Britain; and what the outcome of those discussions was. | | (168405) | 699
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when an e-borders system in Great Britain was first proposed. | | (168406) | 700
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the Irish government makes to the Common Travel Area. | | (168409) | 701
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) discussions there have been on and (b) consideration has been given to the merits of setting up an e-borders system around the Common Travel Area. | | (168411) | 702
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first informed the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of plans to introduce an e-borders system. | | (168413) | 703
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to the Irish government on adopting an e-borders system compatible with the UK system. | | (168414) | 704
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account has been taken of the implications of co-operation with the government of the Republic of Ireland for the functioning of an e-borders system around Great Britain; and what the likely effects are of such a system on the common travel area. | | (168437) | 705
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on procurement for the e-borders system; and what the planned extent of the system is. | | (168440) | 706
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are of an e-borders system circumscribing Great Britain for travel between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland; and what documents will be required under the proposed e-border system for travel between Britain and Northern Ireland. | | (168443) | 707
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on negotiations to allow Olympic target pistol shooters to train and compete in the UK. | | (168215) | 708
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are assigned to the monitoring and investigation of cults associated with terrorism; and if she will make a statement. | | (168885) | 709
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167955) | 710
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by her Department. | | (168106) | 711
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences since 11th September 2001 have at some point claimed asylum. | | (168341) | 712
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their removal delayed by application for judicial review in each of the last three years; and what proportion of cases before the Appeal Court they comprised. | | (168342) | 713
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November, Official Report, column 682W, on terrorism, which countries have proscribed Hizb-ut-Tahir; and what account she has taken of these countries' positions in his decision on the position of Hizb-ut-Tahir in the UK. | | (168897) | 714
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Border and Immigration Agency and its predecessor paid Suffolk Police Authority for use of its police cells in each of the last five years. | | (167907) | 715
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Border and Immigration Agency pays Suffolk Police Authority to use a police cell for a 24 hour period. | | (167908) | 716
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the adequacy of police powers to tackle illegal encampments; and if she will make a statement. | | (167849) | 717
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places are available in residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centres in (a) the Wakefield area, (b) Hemsworth constituency and (c) England; and if she will make a statement. | | (168009) | 718
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by her Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168816) | 719
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of data protection security there were in her Department or her Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if she will provide details of each breach. | | (168838) | 720
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place in her Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168474) | 721
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168746) | 722
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers police have to take action against those caught (a) dropping litter and (b) fly-tipping; how many (i) prosecutions were brought and (ii) penalty notices were issued under each power in each of the local authority areas in the West Midlands in each of the last five years. | | (168862) | 723
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many and what proportion of the DNA samples from the National DNA database that have been used for research projects undertaken using data from the National DNA database the permission of the donor has been obtained; and if she will make a statement. | | (167966) | 724
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples from the National DNA database have been used for each research project undertaken using data from the National DNA database to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (167967) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 725
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what guidance has been issued on procedures for (a) cleaning up and (b) disposing of environmentally-friendly light bulbs which have been broken. | | (168313) | 726
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate has been made of the monetary value of the accommodation, facilities and services provided to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association for its headquarters in 7 Millbank in each of the last five years; and what the figure is expected to be in 2007-08. | | (168346) | 727
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu have been purchased by the House authorities for use by their staff in the event of an influenza pandemic. | | (168379) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 728
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of first year undergraduate students, excluding those from other European Union member states and overseas, were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in the (a) 2007-08 academic year and (b) in each of the last five such years, in (i) England and (ii) each university in the North East. | | (167212) | 729
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what public spending on research and development was (a) in real terms and (b) as a share of gross domestic product in each year since 1992, broken down by (i) region and (ii) county; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent figures for the private sector over the same period. | | (167214) | 730
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168844) | 731
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were created in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last three years. | | (168307) | 732
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the debt owed to the Student Loan Company by residents from the London Borough of Bexley in higher education. | | (168647) | 733
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeships were created in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last three years. | | (168648) | 734
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168604) | 735
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he expects the investigation of the Higher Education Funding Council into setting up a European Centre of Excellence for Islamic students to be complete; what he expects its cost to be; and if he will make a statement. | | (168441) | 736
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he plans to invite universities to lead the debate on academic freedom and associated issues as referred to by the Prime Minister. | | (168442) | 737
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168091) | 738
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168257) | 739
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168277) | 740
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the types of learning required to help older people remain economically active; and if he will make a statement. | | (167764) | 741
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with (a) the Department of Health and (b) Department for Communities and Local Government on the health and social effects on older people of continued participation in learning. | | (167765) | 742
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167930) | 743
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of 16 year olds who had been in custody for more than one year was entered for GCSE examinations in each year since 2001; and what proportion of 16 year olds in custody gained five A* to Cs at GCSE in each of those years. | | (168195) | 744
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the amount of debt owed to the Student Loan Company by residents from the London Borough of Havering in higher education. | | (168422) | 745
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167954) | 746
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168105) | 747
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168824) | 748
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168841) | 749
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168472) | 750
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168745) | 751
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students were admitted to a UK university to study an undergraduate course in (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biology, (d) engineering and (e) computer science in each of the last 10 years. | | (168298) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 752
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to the Fairtrade Foundation in each of the last five years; how much will be given in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (168391) | 753
| Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department gave to (a) domestic and (b) international non-governmental organisations and charities pursuing fair trade goals in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (168393) | 754
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what development projects his Department has in Papua New Guinea; and what their budgets are for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | [R] (168142) | 755
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168851) | 756
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will review the UK aid programme to Tanzania in the light of the Silverdale case. | | (166006) | 757
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the UK High Commissioner in Tanzania on court actions against UK investors in that country. | | (166007) | 758
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168597) | 759
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 551W, on Afghanistan: reconstruction, what progress has been made towards meeting the benchmarks of the Afghanistan Compact. | | (168385) | 760
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 12th June 2007, Official Report, column 1017W, on Palestine: EC aid, what the main conclusions of the European Commission and World Bank report into the effectiveness of the Temporary International Mechanism were; what changes have been made to the mechanism or its administration in light of the report; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report. | | (168388) | 761
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research has been conducted by his Department on UK-funded reconstruction initiatives in Iraq. | | (168483) | 762
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Afghanistan was allocated to security assistance in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (168548) | 763
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168079) | 764
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168258) | 765
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Department has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168278) | 766
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) the government of Ivory Coast, (b) the government of Ghana and (c) other governments of cocoa-producing countries on the use of child labour in cocoa production. | | (168521) | 767
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided for (a) care and (b) palliative care for those with HIV/AIDS in developing countries under the G8 commitment to universal access to treatment. | | (168243) | 768
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167929) | 769
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has been paid for investments made by Actis since it was part-privatised in 2002. | | (168144) | 770
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of his Department's investment in Actis. | | (168145) | 771
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has issued guidance to Actis on ethical criteria for its investment funds. | | (168146) | 772
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish the salary, bonus and fee packages of each director and senior management team member of Actis. | | (168147) | 773
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's profit share arrangement with Actis is; what dividend payments have been received under that arrangement; and what profit share arrangements are proposed after 2009. | | (168148) | 774
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what capital payments were made by his Department to establish Actis and provide it with office accommodation; and what arrangements there are for the repayment of these. | | (168149) | 775
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average remuneration package is for employees of Actis; and how many former employees of the Commonwealth Development Corporation and CDC Group plc are working for Actis. | | (168150) | 776
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has paid to KPMG in each of the last five years. | | (168151) | 777
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much capital investment for projects in developing countries funded by the CDC Group plc was not made through Actis in 2006-07. | | (168152) | 778
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what loans there are between Actis and his Department; and what the interest and repayment terms of each is. | | (168153) | 779
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of assets under management by CDC Group plc. | | (168154) | 780
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when CDC Group plc last paid a dividend to the Government. | | (168155) | 781
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what management fee arrangements are operated by Actis. | | (168156) | 782
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts his Department has awarded to KPMG in (a) 2007-08 and (b) each of the previous five years. | | (168157) | 783
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his estimate is of the expected amount of funding that the Government will make through CDC Group plc in each of the next three years; and what amount of funding was made in this way in each of the last five years. | | (168158) | 784
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether there has been a change in the objectives and investment requirements required for investment of capital provided to Actis since his initial statement on 8th January 2004. | | (168159) | 785
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who was responsible for the valuation of Actis when it was devolved from the former Commonwealth Development Corporation. | | (168160) | 786
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department took to prevent possible conflicts of interest between employees of the Commonwealth Development Corporation and the subsequent majority owners of Actis. | | (168161) | 787
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what long-term performance payments are available to employees of the CDC Group plc and Actis; and if he will make a statement. | | (168162) | 788
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what audit fees have been charged for the auditing of Actis since it was set up; and to whom these fees have been paid. | | (168163) | 789
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has held with the Shareholder Executive in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on public funding of the activities of the CDC Group plc and Actis. | | (168164) | 790
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what residual pension liabilities his Department has for employees of Actis formerly employed by CDC. | | (168724) | 791
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish (a) the equity holdings in Actis of those members of staff who purchased a 60 per cent. stake from his Department and (b) any subsequent changes in equity holdings. | | (168725) | 792
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of Actis funds investment capital is invested in the poorest quartile of African countries; and if he will list such investments. | | (168782) | 793
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Actis's Paul Fletcher earned in the last 12 months including expenses, bonuses and pension entitlement. | | (168783) | 794
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe. | | (168544) | 795
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. | | (168545) | 796
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of water supplies for the population of Gaza City. | | (168655) | 797
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167953) | 798
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168104) | 799
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of proposed EU Economic Partnership Agreements on the Government's targets to reduce global poverty. | | (167061) | 800
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of Iraqi refugees in Syria; what discussions he had with the Syrian authorities about the safe and early return of these refugees; whether the Government is providing financial support to Syria to assist them in housing, feeding and schooling these refugees; and what discussions he has had with (a) his European counterparts and (b) his American counterpart about this situation. | | (168624) | 801
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168810) | 802
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many breaches of data protection security there were in his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168836) | 803
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168473) | 804
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 805
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce tougher sentencing for perpetrators of fraud, as recommended in the 2006 Fraud Review. | | (168181) | 806
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residence orders were made in respect of (a) men and (b) women in 2006. | | (168182) | 807
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many area managers in HM Prison Service received bonuses at the end of the 2005-06 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (168183) | 808
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the previous area manager for London received a bonus on retirement from HM Prison Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (168184) | 809
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of the HM Prison Service management board received bonuses at the end of the (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (168185) | 810
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many area managers in HM Prison Service received a bonus at the end of the 2006-07 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (168186) | 811
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 875W, on prison service: unfair dismissal, for what reason this information is not collected in this form by the Treasury Solicitor; and if he will make a statement. | | (168542) | 812
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many penalty notices for disorder were issued in the first six months of 2007, broken down by (a) police force area and (b) offences committed; and how many such penalty notices for disorder were (i) paid in full within the 21 day suspended enforcement period, (ii) paid in full outside the 21 day suspended enforcement period, (iii) registered as fines, (iv) contested in court and (v) cancelled. | | (167981) | 813
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials are employed by the Information Commissioner in investigating potential breaches of the Data Protection Act. | | (167982) | 814
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget was allocated to the Office of the Information Commissioner for (a) the 2007-08 financial year and (b) each of the preceding two financial years. | | (167983) | 815
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of (a) fixed penalty notices and (b) penalty charge notices for motoring offences were paid in full within the 28 day deadline in each year since 1999. | | (168610) | 816
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of fixed penalty notices issued for environmental offences were paid in full within the 14 day deadline in each year since 1999. | | (168611) | 817
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for selling alcohol to minors in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. | | (167063) | 818
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) police cells and (b) custody suites in West Chelmsford constituency are occupied by serving prisoners who have been given a custodial sentence. | | (167066) | 819
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce prison overcrowding. | | (164694) | 820
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168855) | 821
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the judgment of the House of Lords in Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Company Ltd; and if he will make a statement. | | (168784) | 822
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16th April 2007 to the hon. Member for Sunderland South, Official Report, column 480W, on prison places, what the average capital cost was of providing each place in the prisons built in each year since 1997, including all land acquisition, construction, legal and conveyancing costs and other associated costs. | | (168494) | 823
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research he has commissioned into the effectiveness of mandatory drug testing of all prisoners upon entry to custody; and what his policy is on the compatibility of such testing with human rights legislation. | | (168496) | 824
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many of the additional 1,500 prison places announced on 19th June 2007 funding have been secured; and where these funded places will be. | | (168498) | 825
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Ministry of Justice review. | | (168499) | 826
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of transporting (a) prisoners on remand to court and (b) sentenced prisoners from court to prison in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (168500) | 827
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to custody had already served (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a community sentence in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (168501) | 828
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of recorded crimes committed were committed by offenders who had previously served (a) a prison sentence and (b) a community sentence in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (168502) | 829
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168591) | 830
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, when he expects the specialist unit in the Prisons Service tasked with preventing extremists using prison networks to plot future activities announced by the Prime Minister to be set up; what he expects its costs to be; and how he plans to measure the effectiveness of the unit. | | (168452) | 831
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168078) | 832
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168259) | 833
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168279) | 834
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of convictions for theft of personal property resulted in (a) custodial and (b) community sentences in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006. | | (168327) | 835
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of homes in the Peterborough City Council area according to Land Registry data were worth (a) £400,000 or more, (b) £500,000 or more, (c) £600,000 or more, (d) £800,000 or more and (e) £1,000,000 or more in each year since 1997. | | (168766) | 836
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there were for firework-related offences in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006. | | (167694) | 837
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167928) | 838
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures apply to access by prisoners to computer (a) games and (b) consoles (i) individually and (ii) communally. | | (168200) | 839
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost to the public purse was of food for each prisoner in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (168206) | 840
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with learning disabilities were detained in UK (a) prisons and (b) youth offender institutions in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (168930) | 841
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held on indeterminate sentences. | | (167604) | 842
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the Carter and Corston reviews on prison services. | | (167616) | 843
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fires were started by prisoners at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (168550) | 844
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoner on prisoner assaults, (b) riots and (c) assaults on staff there were at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (168551) | 845
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many roof top protests there were at Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Stoke Heath in each month in the last five years. | | (168552) | 846
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries there were to staff at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (168553) | 847
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167952) | 848
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168103) | 849
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidelines there are on minimum pixel density of closed circuit television material used in courts. | | (168614) | 850
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prison Service has paid Suffolk Police Authority for use of its police cells in each of the last five years. | | (167906) | 851
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168815) | 852
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168839) | 853
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168471) | 854
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168743) | 855
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions there are in England; and how many places those institutions provide. | | (168309) | Questions to the Leader of the House 856
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will undertake a review of her Office's compliance with data protection laws; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the last such review. | | (168234) | 857
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, how many employees of each grade in her Office (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of her Office's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of her Office has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of her Office for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases was. | | (168280) | 858
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, on how many occasions in her Office confidential data have been downloaded onto compact discs (a) without and (b) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures are in place for the (i) transport, (ii) exchange and (iii) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are held by her Office of information being sent outside the Office; on how many occasions her Office's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; and what procedures her Office has in place on downloading confidential data onto computer disks before transfer. | | (168331) | 859
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will advise Ministers to adhere to the practice of attaching to Written Answers hard copies of earlier replies cited in such Answers where these were previously given to hon. Members other than the hon. Member to whom the Answer is addressed. | | (168300) | 860
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by her Department. | | (168102) | 861
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Leader of the House, what mechanisms are in place for regional ministers to account to Parliament. | | (167601) | 862
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will establish a regular oral question time to allow regional ministers to be questioned by hon. Members. | | (167602) | 863
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Leader of the House, whether her Office's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168742) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 864
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the policing budget is for Northern Ireland in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the change in budget on numbers of police officers available for duties over the next 12 months. | | (167999) | 865
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of (a) applicants and (b) appointees to the Police Service of Northern Ireland were (i) Protestant, (ii) Roman Catholic and (iii) of non-determined religion in each of the last four years. | | (168000) | 866
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the security threat posed by Republican dissidents. | | (168484) | 867
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been (a) questioned and (b) charged in connection with the recent attempted murders of Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in Londonderry and Dungannon. | | (168485) | 868
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff in the Northern Ireland Office are (a) Northern Ireland civil servants and (b) Home Office civil servants, broken down by grade. | | (168486) | 869
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of crimes involving knives were reported in Belfast North constituency in each year since 2002. | | (168487) | 870
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attacks were made on Orange halls in each constituency in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (168488) | 871
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of attacks on Orange halls in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (168489) | 872
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sex offenders were released on licence under Article 26 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 in each year since the legislation came into operation; and how many were (a) fined and (b) recalled to prison for breach of their licence conditions under Article 27 of that order in each year. | | (168490) | 873
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many elderly persons were assaulted in their homes in each year since 1998 in Northern Ireland; and how many persons were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of such assaults in each year. | | (168492) | 874
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on (a) salaries, (b) travel and (c) subsistence in each financial year since 2003-04. | | (168533) | 875
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on equality and human rights training in each financial year since 2002-03; and what percentage this represented of the total training budget. | | (168534) | 876
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on equality and human rights training in each financial year since 2002-03; and what percentage this represented of the total training budget. | | (168535) | 877
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Police Service of Northern Ireland (a) regular and (b) full-time reserve officers were on paid sick leave caused by stress in each financial year from 2002-03. | | (168536) | 878
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the reasons are for the date at which the draft Criminal Justice Order will come into force. | | (168537) | 879
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will review the effectiveness of section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (168538) | 880
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many elderly persons have been murdered in their homes in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998; and how many persons have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of such murders. | | (168539) | 881
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons are registered as missing in Northern Ireland, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) religion. | | (168540) | 882
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps are being taken to improve the speed and methods by which missing persons in Northern Ireland are traced. | | (168541) | 883
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168601) | 884
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if his Department will undertake a review of its compliance with data protection laws. | | (168077) | 885
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions in his Department confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168260) | 886
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Department has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases was. | | (168287) | 887
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in his Department have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167927) | 888
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167951) | 889
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168101) | 890
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168818) | 891
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168829) | 892
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168741) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 893
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will place in the Library the latest copy of the Olympic Delivery Authority's register of (a) interests and (b) gifts and hospitality. | | (168400) | 894
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, further to the Permanent Secretary's evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday 15th November, what the Singapore commitments on mass participation sport costed in the Olympic budget are. | | (168213) | 895
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by her Office. | | (168093) | Questions to the Prime Minister 896
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to President Museveni during the Commonwealth Heads of State Conference on (a) the human rights situation in Uganda and (b) the peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army. | | (168062) | 897
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, when he was first informed that illegal migrant workers had been given clearance to work in sensitive security posts. | | (168605) | 898
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, what reviews have been undertaken of No. 10 Downing Street's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of No. 10 Downing Street's compliance with data protection laws; and if he will undertake a review of No. 10 Downing Street's compliance with data protection laws. | | (168076) | 899
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions in his Office confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (a) without and (b) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Office has in place for the (i) transport, (ii) exchange and (iii) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Office being sent outside his Office; what changes have been made to his Office's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Office's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Office has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Office's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with his Office's procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Office's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168261) | 900
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, how many employees of each grade in his Office (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Office's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Office has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Office for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases was. | | (168281) | 901
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is his practice to attach to Written Answers hard copies of earlier replies cited in such Answers where these were previously given to hon. Members other than the hon. Member to whom the Answer is addressed. | | (167766) | Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission 902
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, for what reasons the National Audit Office wanted information from HM Revenue and Customs on all child benefit recipients. | | (168911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 903
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168603) | 904
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if his Department will undertake a review of its compliance with data protection laws. | | (168075) | 905
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions in his Department confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168262) | 906
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Department has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases was. | | (168282) | 907
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials in his Department have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167926) | 908
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Office in each year since 1997; which organisations staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. | | (168695) | 909
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167949) | 910
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168100) | 911
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168817) | 912
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many breaches of data protection security there were in his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168832) | 913
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168740) | Questions to the Solicitor General 914
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167940) | 915
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how much has been spent by the Law Officers' Departments on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167948) | 916
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by the Law Officers' Departments. | | (168099) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 917
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had on measures to improve the efficiency and security of postal votes. | | (167996) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 918
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 14th November 2007, Official Report, column 667, on national security, what plans her Department has to improve security at (a) overground and (b) London Underground railway stations. | | (168220) | 919
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) her Department and (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if she will make a statement. | | (167976) | 920
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations on airport development are planned; and what the expected date of each consultation is. | | (167912) | 921
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a decision is expected on the re-doubling of the track between Kemble and Swindon. | | (168067) | 922
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what land surplus to her Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168848) | 923
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168592) | 924
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which trunk roads in Wales straddle the border. | | (168554) | 925
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which roads in Wales her Department defines as trunk roads for the purposes of the provisions relating to road-charging schemes in the Local Transport Bill. | | (168622) | 926
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reviews have been undertaken of her Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if she will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of her Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168074) | 927
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures her Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by her Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to her Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions her Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures her Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in her Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each of her Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168248) | 928
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of each grade in her Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of her Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) her Department and (ii) her Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of her Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168283) | 929
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) environmental data and (b) model inputs were used in the consultation on Heathrow Airport; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's analysis of the consultation responses. | | (168357) | 930
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps taken by the management of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency led to the denial of access to Lee on Solent Aerodrome to the local community and general aviation; and if she will make a statement. | | (168236) | 931
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has had with (a) Hampshire Police Authority and (b) others on the closing of Daedalus airfield to (i) general aviation and (ii) the local community; and if she will make a statement. | | (168520) | 932
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the effects on the public purse of costs arising from removing the tolls from the two Severn bridges; and if she will make a statement. | | (168774) | 933
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Severn Bridge toll arrangements on traffic flows (a) east and (b) west on the A48 in Gloucestershire. | | (168775) | 934
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20th December 2005, Official Report, column 2932W, when she expects the Rail Safety Standards Board research into passenger emergency evacuation procedures to be published. | | (168921) | 935
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any people have died as a result of using emergency egress windows as a means of escape following a train crash. | | (168927) | 936
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167925) | 937
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 462W, which trains going from (a) Milton Keynes to London during morning peak hours and (b) London to Milton Keynes during evening peak hours represent an increase in peak services calling at Milton Keynes. | | (167964) | 938
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what scientific (a) reports and (b) evidence she considered prior to introducing her proposal for a Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation. | | (168141) | 939
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) Arriva about the frequency of its direct services between Cheltenham and the North West; and if she will make a statement. | | (167584) | 940
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies about the frequency of services to and from Ashchurch; and if she will make a statement. | | (167585) | 941
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on transport in (a) England, (b) London and the South East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years. | | (168384) | 942
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what projections she has made of public spending on transport in (a) England, (b) London and the South East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the next five years. | | (168390) | 943
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by her Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167947) | 944
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non EU foreign nationals are employed by her Department. | | (168098) | 945
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in work undertaken by her Department and Transport for London to ensure that Oyster cards are compatible with the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation standard. | | (168613) | 946
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of requiring speed limiters to be fitted to non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles. | | (168007) | 947
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research she has commissioned on the accident rates of left-hand and right-hand drive vehicles using UK roads; and whether her Department collects information categorising accidents by driver position. | | (168008) | 948
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by her Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168825) | 949
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if she will provide details of each breach. | | (168842) | 950
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are in place in her Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168462) | 951
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to widen the Newcastle A1 Western By-pass; and if she will make a statement. | | (168659) | 952
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is planned that a single operator will run all passenger trains on Crossrail tracks. | | (168661) | 953
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had on the interaction of new Crossrail services and existing commuter rail links running into Paddington. | | (168662) | 954
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library recent studies her Department has carried out on the economic impact of airport expansion. | | (168663) | 955
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the average volume of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger, per kilometre for travel by air. | | (168664) | 956
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions with stakeholders she has had on competition in the market for airport parking. | | (168665) | 957
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the contribution made to the UK economy by transit passengers using UK airports in the last period for which figures are available. | | (168666) | 958
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the efficiency of security procedures at Heathrow; and what discussions she has had with BAA on reducing security queuing times at Heathrow. | | (168667) | 959
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on waiting times for immigration at (a) Heathrow and (b) other UK airports. | | (168668) | 960
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the proposals in the report by Sir Alan West on security at (a) rail stations and (b) airports will be met from existing departmental budgets. | | (168669) | 961
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects passengers using (a) Birmingham, (b) Bristol, (c) Glasgow, (d) Edinburgh and (e) Manchester airports to be allowed to take more than one item of hand luggage on their journey. | | (168670) | 962
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects passengers using (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted and (d) Luton airports to be allowed to take more than one item of hand luggage with them on their journey. | | (168671) | 963
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects passengers using (a) Newcastle and (b) Cardiff airports to be allowed to take more than one item of hand luggage on their journey. | | (168672) | 964
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the increase in flights at (a) Heathrow and (b) other UK airports in each of the last 10 years was of short haul leisure flights. | | (168673) | 965
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making on developing a sustainability labelling scheme for renewable transport fuels. | | (168674) | 966
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of biofuel production on deforestation. | | (168675) | 967
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of biofuel production on biodiversity. | | (168676) | 968
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of biofuel production on orang-utan habitats. | | (168677) | 969
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of biofuel production on food prices. | | (168678) | 970
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage car-sharing clubs. | | (168679) | 971
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the amount of travel her officials undertake. | | (168680) | 972
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on encouraging alternatives to car use for taking children to school. | | (168681) | 973
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Children, Schools and Families to encourage children to cycle to school. | | (168682) | 974
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many community groups she has met to discuss road improvements since her appointment; how many road improvement schemes she has visited since her appointment; and which representatives of road haulage businesses she has met since her appointment. | | (168683) | 975
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on producing the White Paper, Towards a Sustainable Transport System; and how many copies were printed. | | (168684) | 976
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on tackling anti-social behaviour on buses. | | (168686) | 977
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority and (b) the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police about anti-social behaviour on buses. | | (168687) | 978
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the average volume of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger per kilometre for travel by rail. | | (168688) | 979
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what involvement her Department has had in the alteration of timetables and services on the Gatwick Express over the last 12 months. | | (168689) | 980
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which community rail partnership projects she has visited since her appointment as Secretary of State; and which representatives of train operating companies she has met. | | (168691) | 981
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons were for setting a timetable for the West Coast Mainline with fewer stops made in Watford. | | (168692) | 982
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the Government expects nationwide coverage for the use of smartcards on the national rail network to be reached. | | (168693) | 983
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168739) | 984
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will consult the UK biofuels industry on the possible effects of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO); and if she will publish a timetable for introduction of the RTFO. | | (168166) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 985
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168602) | 986
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if his Department will undertake a review of its compliance with data protection laws. | | (168072) | 987
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions in his Department's confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168265) | 988
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of his Department has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168285) | 989
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how frequently he meets the Deputy First Minister of Wales; and on how many occasions he has done so since the conclusion of the All Wales Accord. | | (168312) | 990
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials in his Department have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167923) | 991
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Office in each year since 1997; which organisations staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. | | (168694) | 992
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167945) | 993
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168096) | 994
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168823) | 995
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many breaches of data protection security there were in his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168833) | 996
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168738) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 997
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by her Office. | | (168094) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 998
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions CDs containing personal data of benefit recipients have been sent by his Department to (a) other Government Departments, (b) agencies and (c) the National Audit Office in each of the last three years; and how many of those CDs were (i) encrypted and (ii) password protected. | | (167675) | 999
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff authorised to access the entire database for benefits administered by his Department are subject to criminal records checks. | | (167678) | 1000
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) procedures and (b) protocols govern the transfer of personal data by his Department to (a) other Government departments, (b) local authorities and (c) Government agencies. | | (167679) | 1001
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new national insurance registrations (a) of non-UK citizens and (b) of people from each the 10 countries from which the greatest number of registrations were received there were in the city of Sheffield in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (168761) | 1002
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches were committed against the computer systems of (a) his Department and (b) the Child Support Agency in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (167985) | 1003
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of incapacity benefit in West Chelmsford constituency there were in each of the last five years. | | (166241) | 1004
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Child Support Agency (CSA) to implement the request by the Independent Case Examiner that the CSA should forward papers relating to the complaint by Mrs Burton-Mortimer of Ferndown under ICE Ref No. CSA01227/07; and what the reason is for the time taken to respond to this request. | | (168218) | 1005
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many whole-time equivalent staff were employed by the Child Support Agency (a) in each region and (b) in Newcastle and North Tyneside (i) in 2005-06, (ii) in 2006-07 and (iii) on the most recent date for which figures are available; and how many are expected to transfer to the Agency's successor organisation in 2008. | | (168860) | 1006
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs were met by his Department for site services and maintenance at Benton Park View in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (168861) | 1007
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what land surplus to his Department's requirements it is (a) selling, (b) leasing and (c) intending to (i) sell and (ii) lease; and what the size and name of each relevant site is. | | (168850) | 1008
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the 56th Report of the Public Accounts Committee, Session 2006-07 HC 312, if he will monitor the performance of Jobcentre Plus by the exit to employment successes of individual personal advisers. | | (167688) | 1009
| Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops have been stolen in 2007; and what the value of those items was. | | (168589) | 1010
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the policy of the Child Support Agency is on British fathers paying child maintenance to non-British mothers resident in the UK. | | (168396) | 1011
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what checks are made on the immigration status of applicants for disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (168343) | 1012
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the last review of his Department's compliance with data protection laws; and if (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies will undertake a review of their compliance with data protection laws. | | (168071) | 1013
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies confidential data have been downloaded on to compact discs (i) without and (ii) with encryption in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; how many of those discs have been posted without using recorded or registered delivery; what procedures his Department has in place for the (A) transport, (B) exchange and (C) delivery of confidential or sensitive data; what records are kept of information held by his Department being sent outside the Department; what changes have been made to his Department's rules and procedures on data protection in the last two years; on how many occasions his Department's procedures and rules on data protection have been breached in the last five years; what those breaches were; what procedures his Department has in place on downloading confidential data on to computer discs before its transfer; what technical protections there are in his Department's computer systems to prevent access to information held on those systems which is not in accordance with departmental procedures; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's rules and procedures on the protection of confidential data on individuals, businesses and other organisations. | | (168264) | 1014
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are authorised to download such data to disk; how many of his Department's employees have undergone data protection training in the last 12 months; what the average length of time is that each employee of (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies has spent on data protection training; how many investigations of employees of his Department for improperly accessing confidential information have taken place in the last 12 months; how many such investigations resulted in cases of disciplinary action; and what the circumstances of each of those cases were. | | (168286) | 1015
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) procedures and (b) safeguards his Department and its agencies have in place to ensure the secure storage and transfer of personal information about benefit claimants. | | (167670) | 1016
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures his Department put in place on (a) dealing with requests by and (b) transferring personal data to (i) other Government departments, (ii) public bodies and (iii) others. | | (167671) | 1017
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what personal account data has been provided by his Department to the National Audit Office in the last 12 months. | | (167672) | 1018
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what categories of personal data relating to members of the public (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department hold. | | (167673) | 1019
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what time on 19th November he placed the Transformation of the Personal Capability Assessment report in the Library. | | (168356) | 1020
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people there are on each grading of Jobcentre Plus's customer assessment tool. | | (168770) | 1021
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies are participating in local employment partnerships. | | (168771) | 1022
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people there are on income support benefit who are working (a) part-time and (b) full-time. | | (168772) | 1023
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who require alternative and augmentative communication equipment; and if he will make a statement. | | (168776) | 1024
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of alternative and augmentative communication equipment for disabled people. | | (168777) | 1025
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential demand for alternative and augmentative communication aids among people aged (a) under 24, (b) between 24 and 65 and (c) over 65 years old; and if he will make a statement. | | (168779) | 1026
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies have been awarded the two ticks symbol in recognition of action taken to meet commitments in relation to people with disabilities; and how many were withdrawn in each of the last five years. | | (168781) | 1027
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which agencies and organisations have access to personal data held by his Department or its agencies; and which agencies and organisations were provided with such data in each of the last two years. | | (167998) | 1028
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies have private health insurance provided as part of their employment package. | | (167922) | 1029
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in Jobcentre Plus have been dismisssed in the last 12 months due to their attendance record. | | (168445) | 1030
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in introducing the new child support system; and when the system will apply to all the Child Support Agency's clients. | | (168919) | 1031
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of children lived in families claiming benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997. | | (168137) | 1032
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of children lived in families in receipt of disability benefits in each ward in Wrexham in each year since 1997. | | (168138) | 1033
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from the Government Equalities Office in each year since 1997; which organisations' staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. | | (168723) | 1034
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of elderly and disabled people (a) in the public sector and (b) in the private sector who are paid (i) below the minimum wage, (ii) at the minimum wage, (iii) between £5.53 and £7.00 per hour, (iv) between £7.01 and £8.00 per hour, (v) between £8.01 and £9.00 per hour, (vi) between £9.01 and £10.00 per hour and (vii) over £10.00 per hour. | | (167844) | 1035
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the ease of completing disability living allowance application forms; and if he will (a) bring forward proposals to review the format of the forms and (b) consults the National Autistic Society on their recommendations for changes to the application process. | | (167603) | 1036
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to report on the Young review on the Financial Assistance Scheme. | | (168136) | 1037
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. | | (167944) | 1038
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department. | | (168092) | 1039
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by his Department to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168821) | 1040
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many breaches of data protection security there were in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's Agencies in each of the last five years; and if he will provide details of each breach. | | (168834) | 1041
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that personal information relating to members of the public is (a) stored and (b) transported securely. | | (168461) | 1042
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's information technology and data management systems are BS7799 compliant. | | (168737) | 1043
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Financial Assistance Scheme has paid out to members of pension schemes wound up before 6th April 2005 with insufficient funds to cover all entitlements since its inception; and if he will make a statement. | | (167151) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1044
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps have been taken to establish dark tunnel transfer of sensitive data between Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies. | | [Transferred] (168612) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 1045
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-672, on national security, when she expects the new unit in the Charity Commission to strengthen governance and accountability announced by the Prime Minister to be set up; what she expects its costs to be; and how she plans to measure the effectiveness of this unit. | | [Transferred] (168360) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1046
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to review the efficacy of the outsourcing of visa applications to commercial organisations on a regular basis over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (168767) | 1047
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the governments of (a) China, (b) India and (c) the USA to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. | | [Transferred] (168607) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 1048
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what projections his Department has made of the numbers of students entering higher education in Romford over the next five years. | | [Transferred] (168425) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 1049
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the Basra Development Commission has made against its objectives since its launch; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (168339) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 1050
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimated proportion of the budget for Network Grant New is to be spent in Wales in 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (168362) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 1051
| Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many students entered (a) further education and (b) higher education in each ward in Wrexham in the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (168898) |
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