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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 27 November 2007
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 27 November 2007
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 27 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 27 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to announce the appointment of the first chief executive of the National Nuclear Skills Academy; and when the appointment will begin. | | (168626) | 2
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169029) | 3
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to his oral Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1328, on postal services, what precedents there are for consultations to be suspended in advance of local elections. | | (168702) | 4
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households with access to mains gas supply. | | (167507) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials are employed to enforce minimum wage requirements in the Yorkshire and the Humber region; and what the planned number of such staff is for 2008-09. | | (168566) | 6
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of 18 to 24 year olds are unemployed in West Chelmsford constituency; and what the equivalent figures were on 27th November in each of the last five years. | | (167892) | 7
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths attributable to alcohol there were in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. | | (167894) | 8
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Information Officer of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last reviewed the security procedure for accessing the Child Benefit database within HMRC. | | (168705) | 9
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the computer software being used to store the Child Benefit database in HM Revenue and Customs in March 2007 was capable of encrypting data. | | (168707) | 10
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which version of which computer software was used for the Child Benefit database within HM Revenue and Customs (a) in March 2007 and (b) in October 2007. | | (168708) | 11
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the relevant password to open the Child Benefit database was supplied with the data given by the HM Revenue and Customs to the National Audit Office. | | (168709) | 12
N | Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of password to access the Child Benefit database within HM Revenue and Customs was capable of being encrypted. | | (168710) | 13
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs made of the cost of de-sensitising the data held on the Child Benefit database prior to its transfer to the National Audit Office in March 2007. | | (168936) | 14
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 1101-18, on HM Revenue and Customs, what representations he has received from banks requesting that he delay announcing the loss of personal data by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (168796) | 15
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 1101-18, on HM Revenue and Customs, what assessment he has made on whether the missing computer discs remain on Government property. | | (168797) | 16
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many discs containing personal data were lost in total by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessors in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (168941) | 17
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Child Benefit Agency spent on staff travel overseas in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and which destinations were travelled to. | | (168937) | 18
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Child Benefit Agency has spent on (a) potted plants, (b) taxis and (c) staff parties in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (168939) | 19
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much staff at the Child Benefit Agency were paid in bonuses in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (168943) | 20
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 10 largest bonus payments made to Child Benefits Agency staff were in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (168944) | 21
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the IT department at the Child Benefit Agency received bonuses in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how much was paid out in such bonuses in total. | | (168945) | 22
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169043) | 23
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the capital gains tax changes announced in the Pre-Budget Report on the farming sector. | | (168758) | 24
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 1101, on HM Revenue and Customs, when (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants were first informed of the breach of security procedures that took place in March. | | (168786) | 25
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 1998 that have been sent to other agencies of his Department in the last two years, broken down by (a) mode and classification of delivery and (b) carrier. | | (168789) | 26
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 926W, on video games: research, which companies received funding through research and development units allocated by HM Revenue and Customs; and how much each company received. | | (168986) | 27
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in Peterborough Primary Care Trust and its predecessor's area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168333) | 28
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of 22nd October 2007, Official Report, columns 19-24, on the intergovernmental conference, and with reference to the Answer of 15th December 2003, Official Report, column 674W, that three million British jobs are linked to trade with the EU, what estimate he has made of (a) the volume of goods and services exported to the UK by other EU states and (b) the returns received by other EU states on investments in the UK in each of the last two years; what proportion of gross domestic product each represented for each EU state; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in each state which were linked directly or indirectly to trade with the UK. | | (168706) | 29
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of not keeping fuel duty in line with inflation in each year since 2000. | | (168981) | 30
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the personal details lost by HM Revenue and Customs, how many of those affected were (a) adults and (b) children, broken down by sex. | | (168787) | 31
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the personal details lost by HM Revenue and Customs, how many of those affected were (a) adult and (b) children in North West Cambridgeshire constituency, broken down by sex. | | (168798) | 32
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the Information Commissioner was contacted by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies to report breaches of data protection security in each of the last five years. | | (168938) | 33
N | Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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. | | (168940) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 34
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the cost of arson in schools in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) region and (b) local education authority. | | (169046) | 35
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review on future revenue funding of (a) academies and (b) maintained schools in Dorset. | | (168630) | 36
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to reduce alcohol abuse amongst teenagers. | | (167864) | 37
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the incidence of bullying of children (a) via the internet and (b) by mobile phone text messaging. | | (168947) | 38
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 661W, on sports: children, whether there are any targets set for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) physical development of babies and young children; how progress in this area will be assessed; and how much funding has been allocated to the EYFS. | | (168988) | 39
| 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 952W, on CfBT, what services are provided to his Department by CfBT Education Trust. | | (169004) | 40
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the percentage turnover of staff was in his Department in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169030) | 41
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15th November 2007, Official Report, column 420W, on music: finance, how many local education authorities supplemented their music standards fund grants with additional spending in the last 12 months. | | (168987) | 42
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of the annual budget for the music standards fund was allocated for (a) instrumental and (b) voice tuition in each of the last five years. | | (169016) | 43
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much of the annual budget for the music standards fund was (a) devolved to schools and (b) given to local authority music services in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (169017) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 44
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he last met members of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance Unit to discuss information security. | | (168801) | 45
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings he has had with Ministerial colleagues in other Departments to discuss information assurance in the last 12 months. | | (168802) | 46
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget was of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance Unit in each of the last five years. | | (168803) | 47
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were employed in the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance Unit in each of the last five years. | | (168804) | 48
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he read the report, Independent Review of Government Information Assurance; and what steps he has taken in response to the report. | | (168805) | 49
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the percentage turnover of staff was in the Office of the Leader of the House in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169027) | 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169028) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 51
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 availability of affordable housing in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (166479) | 52
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has spent on housing in the West Midlands since 1997. | | (166480) | 53
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the numbers of false alarms for the fire service since 1997. | | (166957) | 54
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of properties (a) newly built and (b) refurbished under the housing market renewal pathfinder projects have been equipped with communal digital television systems. | | (168998) | 55
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169031) | 56
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the interdepartmental working group considering alternatives to the regional casino in Manchester has met; on which dates; and who was in attendance on each occasion. | | (169018) | 57
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the business plans developed by the six local authorities on her Department's opt out pilot and reports from the opt out pilot group. | | (168632) | 58
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration she has given to the compatibility of existing planning permissions for dormant quarries and planning and environment law. | | (168931) | 59
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council on the planning application to re-open Ding quarry and the associated environmental impact assessment. | | (168932) | 60
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the economic effects of re-opening dormant quarries. | | (168933) | 61
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) her officials have had with quarry owners on re-opening dormant quarries. | | (168934) | 62
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms her Department has in place to ensure that databases containing personal information on members of the general public are not accessed (a) by unauthorised staff and (b) by authorised staff for unauthorised purposes. | | (168962) | 63
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many requests her Department received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public in each year since 1997. | | (168964) | 64
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times her Department's databases containing personal information on members of the general public were accessed in each month of the last five years. | | (168965) | 65
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff of each grade in her Department have access to electronic databases which contain personal information on members of the general public. | | (168966) | 66
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many security breaches regarding access to personal data occurred within her Department in each year since 1997. | | (168967) | 67
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when each electronic database held by her Department containing personal information on members of the general public was first created. | | (168968) | 68
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many electronic databases containing (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information of members of the general public are held by her Department. | | (168969) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 69
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure that databases containing personal information on members of the general public are not accessed (a) by unauthorised staff and (b) by authorised staff for unauthorised purposes. | | (168970) | 70
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many requests his Department received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public in each year since 1997. | | (168971) | 71
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times databases held by his Department and containing personal information on members of the general public were accessed in each month of the last five years. | | (168973) | 72
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff of each grade in his Department have access to electronic databases which contain personal information on members of the general public. | | (168974) | 73
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many security breaches regarding access to personal data occurred within his Department in each year since 1997. | | (168975) | 74
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when each electronic database held by his Department containing personal information on members of the general public was first created. | | (168976) | 75
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many electronic databases held by his Department contain (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information on members of the general public. | | (168977) | 76
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, columns 550-1W, on sports: school leavers, what percentage of people aged (a) 11 to 15, (b) 16, (c) 17 to 18 and (d) 19 years and over participated in sport in each year since 1997. | | (168989) | 77
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which areas (a) can receive all digital multiplex signals, (b) have partial coverage and (c) are unable to receive any digital multiplex signals via digital terrestrial television in each region. | | (168996) | 78
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether communal digital television receiving infrastructure will be built in to all new dwellings for multiple occupation constructed as part of the 2012 Olympic site regeneration. | | (168997) | 79
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of each region is covered by each digital broadcasting multiplex signal on (a) terrestrial, (b) cable and (c) satellite broadcasting platforms. | | (169048) | 80
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the percentage coverage was of each digital broadcasting multiplex signal in each region broadcasting from each digital platform in each of the last five years. | | (169049) | 81
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169032) | 82
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been provided for the project to restore the Cutty Sark from (a) Government funds and (b) lottery funding. | | (169007) | 83
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) publicly funded and (b) charitably funded (i) art galleries, (ii) museums and (iii) archives (A) closed and (B) opened in each local authority area in England in each of the last five years. | | (169008) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 84
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169033) | 85
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Land Rover has been invited to participate in the tender process for the new defence vehicle; how many vehicles are included in the tender; what the size is of the vehicle in the tender; and which companies were included in the tender process. | | (168644) | 86
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office about the contents of the Foreign Secretary's recent Bruges speech prior to its delivery. | | (168564) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 87
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in his Department have been offered early retirement in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (168946) | 88
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was allocated to local authorities for animal welfare in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2005-06. | | (168799) | 89
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what incentives the Government has put in place to encourage households to reduce household waste and recycle more. | | (168790) | 90
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage the building and construction industry to cut carbon emissions in its activities. | | (168791) | 91
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage the building and construction industry to build carbon zero housing. | | (168792) | 92
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169034) | 93
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on management consultants working on projects in the West Country since 2002. | | (168627) | 94
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on flood defences in the West Country since 2002. | | (168628) | 95
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated rebuilding costs of Brixham Fish Quay are; when the rebuilding will be (a) started and (b) completed; how much EU funding under Objective II the scheme has received; and if he will make a statement. | | (168629) | 96
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Veterinary Laboratories Agency experiments concerning inbreeding have been carried out on sheep in the last 20 years; and what the results were. | | (167618) | 97
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Veterinary Laboratories Agency experiments have been conducted on cows fed with BSE infected material in the last 20 years; and what the results were. | | (167619) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 98
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases referred to the National Technical Assistance Centre since its inception have been child protection inquiries, broken down by the referring police force. | | (168800) | 99
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, columns 759-61W, on National Technical Assistance Centre, how many cases referred to the National Technical Assistance Centre, since its inception, have related to child protection. | | (168806) | 100
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he visited a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank during his recent visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (168568) | 101
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 559W, on Dudley Ankerson, whether Mr Dudley Ankerson's association with his Department has been confirmed in official documents published by his Department. | | (168567) | 102
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 747W, on Venezuela, what assessment he has made of the (a) impartiality, (b) funding streams and (c) personnel involved in Transparency International in Venezuela. | | (168569) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169035) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 104
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire are currently registered with an NHS dentist. | | (168935) | 105
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances (a) a GP's surgery and (b) another NHS organisation may pass on a patient's personal data to a third party. | | (168995) | 106
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169036) | 107
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the levels of awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. | | (169020) | 108
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise levels of awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer through the Cancer Reform Strategy. | | (169021) | 109
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the provision of specialist nursing staff in the field of urological cancers; and if he will make a statement. | | (168332) | 110
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many urological cancer clinical nurse specialists were employed in each acute NHS trust in the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (168334) | 111
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public consultation meetings will be held by East Midlands Regional Strategic Health Authority in December 2007; what the purpose of those meetings is; and who has been invited to them. | | (168703) | 112
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will change the structure of the Maidstone and West Kent NHS Trust to take account of issues arising following the two clostridium difficile outbreaks there. | | (168633) | 113
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the relevant strategic health authority in relation to each outbreak of clostridium difficile at Maidstone Hospital. | | (168634) | 114
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure the representation of (a) Maidstone and (b) Tunbridge Wells areas on the board of the relevant new NHS trust. | | (168635) | 115
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the strategic health authority (SHA) was first informed of the (a) first and (b) second outbreak of clostridium difficile at Maidstone Hospital; and what steps were taken by the SHA. | | (168636) | 116
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people contracted MRSA in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (169009) | 117
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects sealed envelope software is likely to be available for testing in each of the main established GP systems; and what plans he has to pilot the software within established discrete General Practice databases before being rolled out to databases accessible by multiple providers. | | (168953) | 118
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the provisions of section 10 of the Data Protection Act 1998 can be applied to the processing of data on any component of the national care records database; and whether this could include a patient requirement not to record clinical information on a database that can be accessed by users who are not directly involved in their care. | | (168954) | 119
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances a patient's wishes expressed as a section 10 opt-out from the summary care record are expected to be overridden. | | (168955) | 120
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it will be lawful for the secondary users database to be searched at the request of the police and for the police to be provided with the identity of individuals whose medical records contain specific information. | | (168956) | 121
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which categories of NHS staff working outside GP surgeries will have direct access to information in detailed care records created by clinicians working in a GP surgery; and which of those staff categories will be authorised to override patients' wishes expressed through sealed envelope software. | | (169022) | 122
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the data controller will be in respect of the information stored on the secondary users database. | | (169023) | 123
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce legislation to provide that he shall not be a data controller in relation to personal data processed on a detailed care record. | | (169024) | 124
| Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances he may be designated the data controller in relation to personal data processed on a detailed care record. | | (169025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 125
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractual commitments for units of accommodation the Border and Immigration Agency has with (a) Your Homes Newcastle and (b) other accommodation providers in Newcastle; and how much notice is required before that figure can be altered. | | (169005) | 126
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the British Council's Migration Integration Policy Index 2007 report. | | (168788) | 127
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169037) | 128
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi (a) interpreters and (b) other employees of the British armed forces have been granted admission to the UK. | | (167943) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 129
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, when defibrillators were installed at the Palace of Westminster; how many times they have been used; and if he will make a statement. | | (168637) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 130
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169038) | 131
N | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will assess the likely effect on the delivery of vocational courses funded by his Department at the University of Bath of that university's proposal to withdraw from the Oakfield campus in Swindon. | | (168562) | 132
N | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the University of Bath's proposal to withdraw from the Oakfield campus in Swindon on his Department's policy of encouraging greater access to higher education. | | (168563) | 133
N | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make it his policy to require the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to collect information about and report to him on proposals by universities to withdraw services from specific campuses; and if he will instruct the HEFCE to do so in the case of the University of Bath and the Oakfield campus in Swindon. | | (168711) | 134
N | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding from the public purse was given to the University of Bath for the Oakfield Campus (a) prior to and (b) since its opening in 2000; how many higher education schemes initiated by his Department are run at the campus; and how many students were on these courses at the Oakfield Campus at the latest date for which figures are avilable. | | (168712) | 135
N | Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Higher Education Funding Council for England on the interests of students whose courses are affected by the withdrawal of universities from satellite campuses. | | (168714) | 136
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when each electronic database containing personal information on members of the general public held by his Department was first created. | | (168957) | 137
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many security breaches regarding access to personal data occurred in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (168958) | 138
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many times databases held by his Department containing personal information on members of the general public were accessed in each month of the last five years. | | (168959) | 139
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department have access to electronic databases which contain personal information on members of the general public, broken down by grade of staff member. | | (168960) | 140
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many requests his Department received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public in each year since 1997. | | (168963) | 141
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure that databases held by his Department containing personal information on members of the general public are not accessed (a) by unauthorised staff and (b) by authorised staff for unauthorised purposes. | | (168978) | 142
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many electronic databases containing (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information of members of the general public his Department holds. | | (168979) | 143
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funding he has allocated in cash terms to (a) Higher Education Funding Council for England funding for teaching costs only, (b) fee grants, (c) fee loans, (d) maintenance loans, (e) maintenance grants and (f) access funds in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (168983) | 144
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) resource cost and (b) cash cost of career development loans is expected to be in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (168984) | 145
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the resource cost is expected to be of (a) fee loans and (b) maintenance loans in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (168985) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 146
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance has been provided by the UK Government to Bangladesh in relation to damage caused by Cyclone Sidr. | | (168793) | 147
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance was provided by the Government to improve water and sanitation provisions in developing countries in each of the last five years. | | (168794) | 148
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many requests his Department received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public in each year since 1997. | | (168972) | 149
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what provisions his Department has in place to ensure that databases containing personal information on members of the general public are not accessed (a) by unauthorised staff and (b) by authorised staff for unauthorised purposes. | | (168980) | 150
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times electronic databases in his Department containing personal information on members of the public were accessed in each month in each of the last five years. | | (168990) | 151
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff at each grade in his Department have access to electronic databases which contain personal information on members of the public. | | (168991) | 152
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many breaches of personal data security there were in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (168992) | 153
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when each electronic database in his Department which contains personal data was created. | | (168993) | 154
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many electronic databases his Department has which contain the (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information of members of the public. | | (168994) | 155
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the percentage turnover of staff was in his Department in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169039) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 156
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full- or part-time probation officers there were in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. | | (167891) | 157
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to encourage the development of a distinct Welsh legal system. | | (168631) | 158
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 12th November 2007, Official Report, column 30W, on police: Wales, and 21st November 2007, Official Report, columns 975-6W, on prison officers: dismissal, for what reason the number of dismissals in the first Answer differs from the number of reasons for dismissals in the second Answer for the years 2005 and 2007. | | (168795) | 159
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169040) | 160
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints the Information Commissioner has processed in the last 12 months; what was the average amount of time taken by the Information Commissioner to process these complaints; how many of these complaints have taken over (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 24 months to be processed; and if he will make a statement. | | (169019) | 161
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have completed their tariff and remain in prison. | | (167617) | Questions to the Leader of the House 162
N | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Leader of the House, on how many occasions Ministers gave oral statements on the introduction of Government consultation papers in each of the last five years. | | (168625) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 163
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she took on her recent visit to Beijing to encourage the Chinese authorities to ensure freedom of movement and expression in China for both domestic and international press (a) in the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and (b) afterwards; and how many meetings she has had with Chinese officials at which media freedom was discussed. | | (169047) | Questions to the Prime Minister 164
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, what the percentage turnover of staff was in his Office in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169026) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 165
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the percentage turnover of staff was in his Department in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169041) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 166
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169042) | 167
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to introduce facilities for the payment of tolls on the Severn crossings by (a) debit and (b) credit cards. | | (168704) | 168
N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations cover the carrying of defibrillators on civilian passenger airlines flying in and out of UK airports; and if she will make a statement. | | (168638) | 169
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail on the timetable for future use of the former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo. | | (167663) | 170
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects South West Trains to begin running the first commuter services from the former Eurostar platforms at London Waterloo; and what timetable she envisages for the use of the remaining platforms. | | (167865) | 171
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost changes have been approved for schemes in the Highways Agency's major roads programme since the publication of the Nichols Report in March 2007. | | (168982) | 172
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department has in place to ensure that databases containing personal information on members of the general public are not accessed (a) by unauthorised staff and (b) by authorised staff for unauthorised purposes. | | (169010) | 173
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests her Department received in each year since 1997 from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public. | | (169011) | 174
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times databases containing personal information on members of the general public held by her Department were accessed in each month in the last five years. | | (169012) | 175
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff have access to electronic databases which contain personal information on members of the general public in her Department, broken down by grade. | | (169013) | 176
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many security breaches regarding access to personal data there were within her Department in each year since 1997. | | (169014) | 177
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for how many electronic databases containing (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information of members of the general public her Department is responsible; and in what year each database was set up. | | (169015) | 178
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Children, Schools and Families on the interpretation of new driving licence regulations for minibus drivers with post-1997 licences; and if she will make a statement. | | (168565) | 179
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations took place prior to the implementation of new regulations in respect of minubuses for drivers with post-1977 licences; and if she will make a statement. | | (168713) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 180
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Oral Answers of 21st November 2007 on the comprehensive spending review and legislative competence, Official Report, columns 1172-77, if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence and paperwork exchanged with National Assembly of Wales Ministers which set out the specific instances and road schemes in Wales affected by clause 109 of the Local Transport Bill. | | (168942) | 181
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the percentage turnover of staff was in his Department in (a) the last 12-month period and (b) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169044) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 182
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in West Chelmsford constituency have been found guilty of benefit fraud in each of the last five years. | | (167893) | 183
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the existing IT contract between his Department and EDS will be transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC); and whether it is open to CMEC to seek to renegotiate this contract. | | (169006) | 184
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what relocations are planned by his Department over the next two years; what the current locations of those posts are; and where they are being relocated to. | | (168961) | 185
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage turnover of staff was in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies in (i) the last 12-month period and (ii) the last 24-month period for which figures are available. | | (169045) |
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